Caribbean
Tickets Go On Sale As Trinidad's BP Marionettes Ready Landmarks
Category: Trinidad & Tobago Written by Caroline Taylor
It was about this time 50 years ago when the first members of the BP Marionettes Chorale – the first choir to be formed in a newly independent Trinidad & Tobago – had just come together to begin a trailblazing journey to becoming one of the nation’s most treasured cultural organisations.
Jamaica Makes Moves To Ban Smoking In Public Places
Category: Jamaica Written by CMC
Jamaica intends joining its Caribbean Community (CARICOM) partners in banning smoking in public areas and the workplace.
St Lucia Wins Best Island In The Caribbean Award
Category: St Lucia Written by Global Traveler Release
St Lucia, home to the iconic twin-peaks The Pitons, a UNESCO-designated World Heritage Site, has won another international accolade.
Beenie Man Blasts Jamaican Government For Fighting Against Dancehall
Category: Jamaica Written by Entertainment Reporter
Dancehall superstar, Beenie Man, is angry at the Jamaican government for strict laws on street dance. Last month, Mavado called on the government to help dancehall music and not fight against it.
St Lucia Police Receives Two-Year Jail Sentence
Category: St Lucia Written by CMC
A police officer who was caught last year with drugs while on court duty was on Friday sent to prison for two years.
Disaster Management Agency to provide ViaRadios for Vulnerable Montserrat Residents
Category: Montserrat Written by Nerissa Golden
Vulnerable residents in the community will be receiving radios from the Disaster Management Coordination Agency (DMCA) to assist with disaster preparedness.
National Bank Has No Confidence in St Kitts Prime Minister Douglas
Category: St Kitts & Nevis Written by Dr Charles Warner (SKNLIST)
The St. Kitts Nevis Anguilla National Bank is the latest entity to publicly and openly express its “NO CONFIDENCE” ih Dr. Douglas, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance. The decision not to invest in Bonds issued by the Douglas Cabal had to come via a vote. That vote is a “NO CONFIDENCE VOTE”
Italian National Charged In Antigua With Ex-Wife's Murder
Category: Antigua & Barbuda Written by CMC
A 73-year-old Italian national charged with murdering his 72-year-old ex-wife is to re-appear in court here on September 17.
Usain Bolt's Dad Robbed of Half a Million Dollars
Category: Jamaica Written by Kingsley Irish
Wellesley Bolt, the father of sprinting legend Usain Bolt, was reportedly robbed in Falmouth, Jamaica, of just under half-a-million dollars cash.
Barbados New Banknotes in Circulation
Category: Barbados Written by Media Release
Barbados’ new-look banknotes, the first design change since 1973, are now in circulation.
Montserrat Port Project Reaches 90 Percent Design Stage
Category: Montserrat Written by Nerissa Golden
Plans for Montserrat’s new port in Carr’s Bay have reached the critical 90% design stage.
Caribbean Tourism Struggling To Stay Above Water
Category: Connect Written by CMC
A senior official of the Barbados-based Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) Tuesday warned that the Caribbean “is barely keeping its head above water” amid predictions that the sector will record a slight increase in tourist arrivals in 2013.
Jamaica Moves to Guard Technology Sector Against Cyber Attacks
Category: Jamaica Written by CMC
The Jamaica government says it will soon implement a a cyber emergency response team (CERT) to assist in the protection of the island’s internet infrastructure by coordinating defences against and responses to cyber attacks and threats.
Barbados Signs Agreement for Brand New Rum To be Named 10 Cane
Category: Barbados Written by Media Release
The Barbados government has welcomed the agreement signed by Foursquare Rum Distillery to distill, blend and bottle a brand of rum known as “10 Cane’ which officials say is expected to rake in BDS$100 million (One Barbados dollar = US$0.50 cents) in foreign exchange.
Clico Offices Raided by Armed Police
Category: Trinidad & Tobago Written by (Trinidad Guadian)
Heavily armed police officers from the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) last week raided the offices of financially troubled insurance company Clico and its parent company, CL Financial, looking for evidence to support the criminal case that the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is building against former high-ranking executives of the companies.
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