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Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Man found dead in home in Pastory

St. John has the dubious honor of the territory's first murder of the year: Juan Ayala, owner of Cap's Place in Cruz Bay and the Pony Bar on St. Thomas, was found dead Monday at his home in Pastory......Read More

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Monday, January 5, 2009

Haitian President warns citizens to avoid high expectations for 2009

President Rene Preval has told Haitians to avoid high expectations for 2009 following the hardships of the past year. Celebrating Haiti's 205th anniversary of independence from France, President Preval said the country and its people will not forget how 2008 shook Haiti and warned that it would suffer this year due to the global economic crisis.....Read More

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Fires claim 43 lives, leave thousands homeless in 2008
 Sunday, January 04, 2009

FIRES claimed the lives of 43 people, left more than 2,000 others homeless and caused damage, estimated at more than $4 billion, to property in Jamaica in 2008. This is according to the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB), which reported that for the period January 1 to December 28 last year, 35 adults and eight children were burnt to death in fires across the island.....Read More

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Monday, December 29, 2008

Cubans face new austerity measures

Cubans have been told to expect more austerity measures in the new year. President Raul Castro says those measures, including fewer subsidies for workers and stricter management are necessary to pull the country out of an economic morass.....Read More

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Sunday, December 28, 2008

Jamaican Families Celebrate Christmas Despite Tough Year

In 2008 more than 60 children were murdered in Jamaica but on Friday, January 26th, the Island closed out the year with fun for the children as hundreds of families poured out to the Christmas Kiddiefest at Hope Gardens, St Andrew, to enjoy the Boxing Day activity....Read More

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Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

Ministry employee to appear in court

In Jamaica, Sixty-year-old Verline Hyacinth Watt, the Director of the Ministry of Finance's MOU Secretariat, is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday on drug possession charges.....Read More

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Monday, December 22nd, 2008

St. Kitts & Nevis Carry Out Death Penalty

The St Kitts and Nevis government has pledged to carry out the death penalty, as it battles a record murder rate......Read More

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Thursday, December 18, 2008

Three more released

Three more members of the so-called Grenada 17, convicted in the 1983 murders of Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and members of his cabinet, were on Thursday released from prison....Read More and this week's news

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Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Wet spell far from over

Guyanese authorities are blaming climate change for the spate of flooding being experienced in the country. Unusually heavy rainfall flooded several coastal villages and rice fields, with rice farmers affected counting their losses, and appealing for government relief.....Read More and this week's news

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Tuesday, December 16, 2008

The future of Premier Michael Misick of the Turks and Caicos Islands looks in doubt after a majority of his MPs called on him to resign.

The action follows the filing of an opposition motion of no-confidence in the government, which is also the subject of an inquiry into corruption allegations....Read More and this week's news

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Monday, December 15, 2008

Tax cuts, duty exemptions promised

Jamaican prime minister Bruce Golding has outlined a package of measures intended to help the island's economy weather the impact of the global financial crisis. The measures announced include tax cuts, duty exemptions and hundred of millions of dollars in loans......Read More and this week's news

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Sunday, December 14, 2008

Tourism job losses

Major tourism industry job losses have been announced in St Lucia and Antigua. The Sandals Hotel chain has decided to lay off more than two hundred of its workers in St Lucia......Read More and this week's news
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Financial Crunch hits Tourism

Saturday, December 13, 2008

THE global financial crisis has hit Caribbean tourism, resulting in job cuts and employment freezes, among other measures to contain spending, three days ahead of the official start of the winter tourist season.. Read More and this week's news

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Friday, December 12th, 2008

PM battling kidney cancer

The Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Patrick Manning, has disclosed that he has kidney cancer. Speaking after the weekly cabinet meeting on Thursday, Mr. Manning revealed that the malignant tumor in his left kidney has to be removed surgically but was discovered in its early stages......Read More and this week's news

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Thursday, December 11th, 2008

No gun show

Dominican authorities say they are disappointed that not one gun has been turned in two months after an amnesty for illegal firearms was launched.....Read More and this week's news

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Wednesday, December 10th, 2008

St Lucian migrants

St Lucia has announced a three-month amnesty for illegal aliens currently living on the island. The amnesty period starts in January 2009.....Read More and this week's news

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Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

Caricom appeals to Obama

Caricom has called for the US president-elect Barack Obama to end the trade embargo against Cuba.......Read More and this week's news

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Sunday, December 7th, 2008

Drop in electricity bills

Jamaicans will see a reduction in their light bills this month. The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) says the reduction is due to ongoing decreases in the cost the JPS pays for oil to make electricity........Read More and this week's news

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Thursday, December 4th, 2008

Family of Haitian Man Trampled To Death on 'Black Friday' Sues Wal-Mart

It has been reported that the family of the Valley Stream, NY Wal-Mart employee trampled to death on "Black Friday" filed a lawsuit Wednesday, December 3rd in New York State Supreme Court in the Bronx.....Read More and this week's news

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Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

Two dead after rains in Trinidad

Two people have been killed as a result of several days of persistent torrential rains in Trinidad. An elderly woman was killed by a landslide and in a separate incident a four-year-old girl died when she was covered under large quantities of mud in her home.....Read More and this week's news

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Monday, November 17th, 2008

Financial crisis hits Trinidad

Trinidad and Tobago's Central Bank governor Ewart Williams has said that rising prices are the single greatest problem of the twin island republic's energy based economy......Read More and this week's news

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Sunday, November 16th, 2008

Memorial for "Mama Africa"

 A public memorial is planned for tomorrow in Johannesburg for South African singing legend Miriam Makeba, who died last weekend after a performance in Italy......Read More and this week's news

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Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

Parliament debating death penalty

The Jamaican parliament on Wednesday began its much awaited debate on the death penalty. Jamaican MPs divided on the hanging issue.....Read More and this week's news

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Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

Obama-Cuba talks pushed

Russia's foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, has expressed hope that the American President-Elect, Barack Obama, will reconsider US relations with Cuba.....Read More and this week's news

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Sunday, November 9th, 2008

World leaders have hailed the election of Senator Barack Obama as the first black president of the United States.... Read More and this week's news

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Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

The WFP denounces food theft

The World Food Program  has condemned the theft of humanitarian assistance in Haiti, after two city officials in Gonaives were arrested and questioned in connection with a warehouse full of stolen food discovered by police......Read More and this week's news

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Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

UN provides aid to Cuba

The United Nations World Food Program has announced that it will provide almost two million Cubans affected by hurricanes Gustav and Ike with food aid over the next six months. The WFP has earmarked close to $6 million in rations, including rice, beans, vegetable oil and canned fish.....Read More and this week's news

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Monday, October 27th, 2008

Call for debt cancellation

Non Government Organizations in the Caribbean are asking for an unconditional write-off of Haiti's foreign debt. Within a month, Haiti was hit by four major storms, which left almost 800 people dead and thousands more in shelters......Read More and this week's news

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Friday, October 24th, 2008

Rich contributed to crisis

 Former US President Bill Clinton has told a United Nations conference that the developed world has contributed to the global food crisis. He said developed countries treated food crops as commodities instead of as a vital right of the world's poor.....Read More and this week's news

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Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

Petrocaribe remains intact

Venezuela says it has no plans to make changes to its Petrocaribe agreement with Caribbean and Central American nations....Read More and this week's news

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Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

Preval appeals for help

Haiti's President Rene Preval has renewed his calls for assistance for his country, in the wake of recent disasters. Mr. Preval, who has been meeting with the World Bank president Robert Zoellick in Port-au-Prince, says he is struggling to keep the attention of the international community.......Read More and this week's news

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Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

Trinidad Drunk Truck Driver Banned

In Trinidad, a drunk truck driver who almost crashed into a police vehicle has been banned from having a driver’s license for one year.... Read More and this week's news

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Police Shoot man at New Kingston Post

In Jamaica, a man who reportedly attacked police personnel at the New Kingston Police post is now in hospital after he was shot.....Read more and this week's news

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Thursday, October 16th, 2008

Caribbean cleans up after Omar

Islands throughout the eastern and northern Caribbean were on Thursday mopping up, after Hurricane Omar dumped more than six inches of torrential rains on the country...Read more and this week's news

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Friday, October 10th, 2008

More appeals for Haiti

The United Nations special representative in Haiti, Hedi Annabi, has warned that the achievements of the UN mission might be short-lived, if the international community does not step in to help to improve social conditions in that country.......Read more and this week's news

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Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

Ministers call for urgent action

Commonwealth finance ministers meeting in St Lucia have made an urgent appeal for strong action to boost the economies of member countries.....Read more and this week's news

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Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

More ganja seized

In Jamaica, five hundred pounds of compressed ganja was seized when the police in St. Elizabeth, Area Three and personnel from Kingfish conducted an operation at the Fort Charles Beach in Treasure Beach, St Elizabeth Monday night.....Read more and this week's news

 

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Monday, October 6th, 2008

Shaw & PM Delusional Says Thwaites

In Jamaica, Ronald Thwaites, People's National Party (PNP) Member of Parliament for Central Kingston, is bashing the Government for what he says is its misconception on the likely impact of the global financial crisis.....Read more and this week's news

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Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

More storms predicted

The Caribbean should be on the look out for at least three tropical storms this month, with one of them becoming a major hurricane. That's the prediction from a team of weather researchers at the Colorado State University. Haiti battered by four storms so far this season....Read more and this week's news

 

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Sunday, September 28th, 2008

In Jamaica, the police are reporting that they have made their biggest ganja find since the start of the year.  More than 4,000 pounds of ganja was seized in St. Elizabeth on Saturday, September 27th.  Spokesman for Operation Kingfish Detective Sergeant Jubert Llewellyn is reported to have stated that the seizure was made during an operation in Red Bank, St. Elizabeth.....Read more and this week's news

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Friday, September 26th, 2008

Shatierra 'Shay Shay' Sigler

Stepfather Appears In Court and Funeral Arrangements Confirmed

Kentrell Lance Sanderson, the man accused of killing his 12-year-old stepdaughter in Norfolk, VA appeared on Thursday morning, September 25th in Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court, and Commonwealth’s Attorney Jack Doyle told the judge that he could eventually face a capital charge....Read more and this week's news

Congrats!!  Portia Simpson-Miller Wins Party Presidential Election In Jamaica

Published Sunday, September 21st, 2008

Celebrations continue in the Team PNP camp following Saturday night's win by Portia Simpson-Miller in the Party's Presidential Election.....News Sept 15th - 21st, 2008

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Sunday, September 14th, 2008

Tough times


Tough challenges lie ahead for Caribbean economies even as some sectors hold up for now amid the global gloom....Read More

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Thursday, September 11th, 2008

Ambassador Albert R. Ramdin, the Organization of American States’ (OAS) Assistant Secretary General, arrives in Haiti on Thursday, on a two-day visit, to assess the situation on the ground after the recent deadly hurricanes....Read More

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Monday, September 8th, 2008

Ike strikes Cuba


Hurricane Ike has struck the eastern coast of Cuba, just over a week after another hurricane, Gustav, caused severe damage in western parts of the island....Read More

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Friday, September 5th, 2008

Jamaica paying out millions to keep American Airlines flying to the island

KINGSTON, Jamaica: Tourism is one of the biggest revenue earners in Jamaica and the government wants to ensure that their market is not affected by cuts in airlift and, to this end, the Department of Tourism is paying out millions to American Airlines (AA)....Read More

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Thursday, September 4th, 2008

Civil society to protest construction project

The Civil Society Network of Saint Lucia, an alliance of civic groups, has organised a protest against a controversial construction project near the famous Pitons....Read More

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Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

Hanna strikes Haiti

 
Tropical storm Hanna has struck Haiti's third largest city, Gonaives, causing extensive flooding and leaving at least ten people dead....Read More

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Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

Police kills pastor in love triangle gone wrong


 A senior police officer has been held after he allegedly shot and killed a pastor in a love triangle in Trinidad and Tobago Sunday. Police said the unidentified officer, who is also an executive member of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service Association was arrested at the Mount Hope Medical Complex.  Read More

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Saturday, August 30th, 2008

The Government estimates that as many as 11 persons may have died during the passage of Tropical storm Gustav........Read More

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Thursday, August 28th, 2008

Gustav death toll


Tropical storm Gustav has killed more than 15 people in Haiti and threatened to dump more rain as it passed around Jamaica on Thursday....Read More

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Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

Gustav leaves trail of death


Tropical storm Gustav drifted away from Haiti and the Dominican Republic on Wednesday, leaving a trail of death, injury and destruction. Gustav swept over Haiti on Tuesday as a category one hurricane, killing at least five people, and injuring seven others....Read More

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Tuesday, August 26th, 2008



Hurricane Gustav bears down


Tropical storm Gustav has been upgraded to hurricane status overnight. The National Hurricane Centre in Miami said that a hurricane warning on for southern Haiti where Gustav is expected to make landfall on Tuesday afternoon....Read More

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Monday, August 25th, 2008

Empire salute

Jamaica's latest honour came on Saturday in New York City. The black, green, and gold colours of the country's flag were displayed in a light show on the tower of the Empire State Building......Read More

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Friday, August 22nd, 2008

Fay hits Florida - again

Tropical Storm Fay has made landfall in the US state of Florida for the third time in four days....Read More

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Thursday, August 21st, 2008

Gators prowl streets as Fay heads back to Fla.
Third dose of tropical storm could bring up to 30 inches of rain
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - Tropical Storm Fay hung offshore Thursday and poured more rain on Florida's central Atlantic coast after flooding hundreds of homes, trapping residents and leaving much of the state a soggy mess....Read More

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Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

Florida braces for another hit from Fay

The US state of Florida is preparing for what could be another hit from Tropical Storm Fay....Read More

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Monday, August 18th, 2008

Final preparations for Carifesta

Guyana is this week making final preparations for the Caribbean Festival of Arts, CARIFESTA, which begins on Friday........Read More

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Saturday, August 9th, 2008

In  Nassau, Bahamas, a Rastafarian is still waiting to receive compensation from the government after prison officials reportedly ignored a court order not to cut his locks, when he was incarcerated more than a decade ago...Read More

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Friday, July 25, 2008

The second man wanted in connection with one of two major drug busts in Kingston and Clarendon on Wednesday night remains at large.... Read More

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Sunday, July 20, 2008

Caribbean Headline News...

Updated Saturday, July 5, 2008

`CaribID2010,` a movement initiated by Felicia Persaud, is a gigantic effort to secure a category for Caribbean people from the English, Dutch and French-speaking Caribbean, onto the U.S. Census form.... Read more

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Updated Sunday, June 28th, 2008

In Barbados, residents in the Country Road, St Michael, area awoke to a massive furnace on Saturday morning.  At around 4 a.m. fi