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Beating the rush - Back to School in Barbados

Posted by CaribShout on July 9, 2009 at 10:29pm

Cherie Pitt - Photo ONLY ONE WEEK of the summer vacation has gone, but parents are already getting the jump on back-to-school shopping. Not only do they want to get the necessary chore out of the way, but after last year's fire at Yankee Garments,

Costa Rica tops list of 'happiest' nations, Jamaica 3rd.

Posted by CaribShout on July 6, 2009 at 7:30pm

(CNN) -- Forget Disneyland! Costa Rica is the happiest place in the world, according to an independent research group in Britain with the goal of building a new economy, "centered on people and the environment." Costa Rica is known for its lush rain

Despite turnout, optimism grows for youth biz project

Posted by CaribShout on July 11, 2009 at 11:30am

Nineteen-year-old Anika Shaw fills out forms to join the Young Entrepeneurs Programme during a sensitisation seminar at the St Elizabeth Technical High School on July 3. - Photo by Tashieka Mair WESTERN BUREAU: Despite a low turnout to the launch o

Jamaican students receive scholarships to study in Cuba

Posted by CaribShout on July 3, 2009 at 8:31pm

KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) -- A total of 26 Jamaican students have been awarded scholarships to study at universities in Cuba, under the 2009/10 Cuban Scholarship Programme. The scholarship awards, which were presented by Cuba's Ambassador to Jamaica,

Haiti has best chance in decades, says Bill Clinton

Posted by CaribShout on July 5, 2009 at 5:08pm

Former US President Bill Clinton. AFP PHOTO NEW YORK, USA -- The new United Nations envoy on Haiti, Bill Clinton, on Monday laid out his vision to advance development in the small and impoverished Caribbean nation, stressing that, more than ever bef

Choiseul St. Lucia to choose queen!

Posted by CaribShout on July 15, 2009 at 11:48pm in Community

The Community of Choiseul has been deeply involved in community carnivals for more than two decades. Among their features have been the calypso show and popular j’ouvert. In 2001, Choiseul took a giant leap by organizing their very own Carnival quee

Cuba's Fidel Castro honoured with a reggaeton song

Posted by CaribShout on July 7, 2009 at 6:45pm

A banner hangs in Havana of Cuban President Fidel Castro. AFP PHOTO HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters) -- Since he swept into power 50 years ago, Cuba's Fidel Castro has been honoured in poems, movies and paintings and now in reggaeton, a form of music widely p

Hope for Haiti

Posted by CaribShout on July 9, 2009 at 10:54pm

Deborah and Leo Duncam, along with their adopted daughters Taphatna, 12, and Camasiz, 11, started their Hope for Haiti walk-a-thon on Friday. The Duncans are raising donations for Feed the Children and FIDA. Deborah Duncan and her kids went for a w

Warriors from the East on Fire for Change

Posted by CaribShout on July 3, 2009 at 2:48pm

The St. Kitts & Nevis Democrat: The Campaign to Victory train rolled into Baker’s Corner in the heart of East Basseterre on the evening of Wednesday 24th for a pre Music Festival “Poor Cant Take No More” rally. The People’s Action Movement brought t

Obama urges 'new black mindset'

Posted by CaribShout on July 16, 2009 at 8:06pm in Community

US President Barack Obama has told America's oldest civil rights organisation that African Americans should take charge of their lives. He said there were "no excuses" for ethnic minority children not to work hard and succeed. Mr Obama's comments ca

Reggaeton fever shakes up Cuba's culture

Posted by CaribShout on June 30, 2009 at 9:30pm

By Esteban Israel HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters) -- To record his next hit El Micha, one of the rising stars of Cuba's reggaeton music blending reggae, Latin and electronic rhythms, just has to knock on his neighbor's door. A microphone plugged into an old

Jamaica to IMF :We Are Setting The Terms. PM Golding Yes To IMF, But On Jamaica Terms

Posted by CaribShout on July 10, 2009 at 8:06pm

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC - Prime Minister Bruce Golding says his administration will only enter into an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) if the terms are beneficial to Jamaica. "We are not going to go back into any IMF agreement un

Wanted: more debt-for-nature swaps for Caribbean

Posted by CaribShout on July 10, 2009 at 11:13pm

KINGSTON, Jamaica, July 10, 2009 - With issues of global warming and the economic crisis causing headaches for many countries, there's a suggestion that more debt forgiveness should be offered to Caribbean countries in exchange for their investment

Preparations moving apace for regional symposium on services in Antigua-Barbuda

Posted by CaribShout on July 11, 2009 at 12:47pm

GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- More than a hundred representatives of the Services Sector in the Caribbean will gather in St John’s, Antigua and Barbuda next week to begin charting a more structured approach to the development of the Sector within the CARICOM

Daily sex may improve men's fertility

Posted by CaribShout on July 2, 2009 at 1:27am

Photo Credit: Getty Images Until now doctors have debated whether or not men should refrain from sex for a few days before attempting to conceive with their partner to improve the chance of pregnancy. But a new study by Dr. David Greening of Sydney

OAS Group of Friends of Haiti satisfied with Haitian debt cancellation

Posted by CaribShout on July 11, 2009 at 1:08pm

WASHINGTON, USA -- The Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Ambassador Albert Ramdin, expressed at a meeting of the OAS Group of Friends of Haiti his satisfaction with the cancellation by the World Bank, the Inter

Haiti's ruling party takes Senate elections

Posted by CaribShout on July 2, 2009 at 12:02pm

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, July 1, 2009 - The ruling Lespwa party of Haitian President Rene Preval has taken the lion share of the 11 seats up for grabs in Senate elections, preliminary results have indicated. It took five, while five other parties won

Students get great opportunity to cook with Sandals!

Posted by CaribShout on July 15, 2009 at 11:34pm

Students in Sandals culinary training program will get a chance to work with seasoned chefs at Sandals properties. By: Kayra Williams St. Lucia, July 15, 2009. Sixteen students from secondary and tertiary institutions on the island are set to take

Turks & Caicos: Premier Says Country At A Standstill

Posted by CaribShout on July 10, 2009 at 8:04pm

PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos Islands, CMC – Premier Galmo Williams says the current situation in the territory is untenable and he is anxious to receive word from the British authorities on the way forward for the Turks and Caicos Islands. “Tod

Guadeloupe Demonstrations

Posted by CaribShout on June 30, 2009 at 9:30pm

POINTE-A-PITRE, Guadeloupe (AFP) - Between 1,200 (according to Guadeloupe police) and 3,000 people (according to the organisers), rallied on Saturday in Pointe-a-Pitre in a demonstration concluding the “week of mobilisation” called by the LKP prote

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