Caribbean
Karl Hood Resigns From The Ruling Grenada Government
Category: Grenada Written by MNI Political Reporter
Grenada’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Karl Hood, has resigned. Prime Minister Tillman Thomas announced yesterday, May 17th, that he had accepted Hood’s resignation. No reason was given for the sudden decision but in an address to the nation last night, Thomas said he will now assume that vacant portfolio.
Beenie Man Addresses Gay Rights Critics, Insisting He Respects Gays
Category: Jamaica Written by Jodee Brown
Internationally acclaimed Dancehall superstar, Beenie Man has publicly confirmed his stance regarding gay and lesbian critics who have continuously criticized him throughout his prestigious career.
Barbados Encouraged To Develop Relations With Its Diaspora
Category: Barbados Written by BGIS
Barbados has been encouraged actively to pursue relations with its Diaspora. Indian Commissioner Kanwal Jit Singh Sodhi made the suggestion during a recent farewell courtesy call paid on Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Maxine McClean.
HIV Prevention Drug May Not Help Antigua's AIDS Problems
Category: Antigua & Barbuda Written by Media Release
In the wake of a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel recommendation to fast-track the HIV prevention treatment drug Truvada, an infectious disease specialist has said it might not be the cure for Antigua and Barbuda’s HIV/AIDS woes, at least not yet.
Montserrat's Premier Reuben T Meade Says His Government Is Delivering For Montserrat
Category: Montserrat Written by Nerissa Golden
The Honourable Premier Reuben T. Meade says his administration continues to deliver the goods to put Montserrat on the path to self sustainability. In a statement, Premier Meade said the Government of Montserrat has satisfied all the conditions established for the approval of the single programming document with the European Union, which he signed on Tuesday along with Ambassador Valeriano Diaz, Head of Delegation of the European Union to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean.
Dominica’s Cultural Officials Offer Support To Antiguan Thriller
Category: Dominica Written by Golden Media
An audience of movie lovers, cultural and government officials came out last Friday, May 11 to watch supernatural thriller The Skin at the Arawak Cultural Centre in Dominica. The screening of The Skin, the fourth feature from HAMAFilms Antigua, was organised by the Discover Dominica Authority and the Dominica Film Commission.
US$100,000 Needed To Medivac Gunshot Victim Ezra David To The UK
Category: Montserrat Written by Nerissa Golden
The family of Ezra David needs to raise $100,000 US in four weeks to be able to medivac him to the United Kingdom for further medical care. David was found March 18 in a ghaut in Carrs Bay, Montserrat after being missing from the day before. His mother Mary Allen said it was not until arriving in Antigua that she was told he'd been shot in the head. "The doctors did not expect him to survive the night," she said. "Now almost two months later he is still alive and improving and we are thankful to God for that."
Grenada Spicemas 2012 Making Every Effort To Be Successful & Profitable
Category: Grenada Written by The Spicemas Corporation
The Spicemas Corporation (SMC) is about to unveil its regional television media promotion to attract thousands of Caribbean visitors to Grenada for this year’s carnival. “Uniquely Rooted in Our Rich Ancestral Traditions. Shortknee: Legacy of the Chantuelle,” is the theme of Spicemas 2012 that will be launched on Saturday, June 2, at the National Stadium.
Caribbean Beat Unveils Its First Readers' Choice Awards
Category: Trinidad & Tobago Written by Caroline Taylor
For the first time in the magazine's 20-year history, Caribbean Beat has launched its Readers' Choice Awards, inviting readers worldwide to nominate and vote for their favourite Caribbean places, experiences, and businesses. The Readers' Choice Awards were launched on 1st May, 2012, with the release of its latest issue, featuring the dynamic Trinidad-born Grammy and Tony Award-winning singer and actress, Heather Headley.
Princess Juliana Int’l Airport Promotes The ‘greening and re-greening’ of St. Maarten
Category: Connect Written by Kalifa Hickinson
Princess Juliana Int’l Airport, as Blue Flag-designated company for April, in collaboration with Environmental Protection in the Caribbean (EPIC) and St. Maarten Nature Foundation, initiated a tree-planting ceremony along Belair Road on Friday, May 11, to culminate its Blue Flag activities and show its commitment to environmental issues.
90 Year Old Bedridden Woman Beaten And Chopped To Death In Trinidad
Category: Trinidad & Tobago Written by Newsday
Days before tomorrow’s celebration of Mother’s Day, a 90-year-old bedridden mom was beaten and chopped by an assailant at her Belmont home on Thursday night. Eldica Cudjoe could not defend herself from the brutal cutlass attack, and, although she received emergency treatment for severe injuries she died at the Port-of-Spain General Hospital at about 3:00am yesterday.
St Kitts/Nevis Ranked As The Third Best Island In The World
Category: Connect Written by US News & World Report
St Kitts and Nevis has copped third spot on a list of the “10 Best Islands in the World” by US News & World Report. It was pipped to the post by The Maldives and Bora Bora, at numbers one and two, respectively.
The Skin Brings The Supernatural Home To Dominica
Category: Dominica Written by Nerissa Golden
Dominica is no stranger to talk of the supernatural and so this Friday’s showing of The Skin is coming close to home. Howard and Mitzi Allen of HAMAFilms Antigua and the duo behind the supernatural thriller The Skin are the guests of the Dominica Film Commission and the Discover Dominica Authority as part of DOMFESTA.
Island Diva Mas Presents Splendour & Beauty For Montserrat's 50th Festival Anniversary
Category: Montserrat Written by Jeevan Robinson
Mas, splendour and beauty will be on regal display during Montserrat's 50th Festival Anniversary, this December, with Island Diva Mas. Island Diva Mas is here due to the hard work, vision and dedication of two of Montserrat's Soca Divas, Jadine Greenaway and Sharlene Lindsey. These ladies have created amazing costumes that will set the streets of Montserrat alight with colour and fantasy for this year end's Festival Day Parade, which will almost conclude the 50th Festival Anniversary celebrations.
Montserrat Nurses Host 9th Biennial Convention
Category: Montserrat Written by Nerissa Golden
Current and retired nurses on island gathered at the Glendon Hospital Physiotherapy Unit for the ninth Biennial convention organised by the Montserrat Nurses Association on Wednesday, May 09, 2012 to encourage each other to be “Nurses: Advocating, Leading and Caring.”
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