WASHINGTON, Jan (IPS) – Nearly one year after his inauguration, hopes that President Barack Obama would bring fundamental changes to U.S. relations with Latin American have faded badly.
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News from the Caribbean
DIGICEL GROUP DONATES US$ 5 MILLION FOR URGENT RELIEF EFFORTS IN HAITI
Wednesday 13th January 2010 – Kingston, Jamaica: Digicel Group, the largest mobile company in the Caribbean and fastest growing mobile company in Central America, is donating US$5 million in cash to support the urgent relief efforts needed following the widespread devastation caused by the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that hit Haiti […]
CG James’ Statement on Hait
NEW YORK, January 13, 2010 – Consul General, Derrick James released the following statement regarding the earthquake in Haiti on Tuesday January 12th, 2010.
Patti LaBelle Set to Deliver Legendary Soulful Valentine’s Concert at BAM
By Gerry Hopkins, J.D. (hopkinscg@gmail.com) At the heels of the iconic Temptations, Manhattans and Rose Royce, New York City dwellers are preparing to experience yet another legend of soul music at the Brooklyn Academy of Music – the notable empress, Patti Labelle. According to Lorraine Campbell of the Brooklyn-based cultural […]
Court date set for Windies Fast Bowler
West Indies fast bowler Jerome Taylor is due to appear in court on January 12 after an incident over the New Years holidays. Taylor was arrest for assault at a bar in Kingston, AFP has reported.
LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN EXPORTS DROP 24 PER CENT IN 2009, UN REPORTS
New York, January 7, 2010 – The value of total exports from Latin America and the Caribbean in 2009 fell 24 per cent compared to the previous year due to the global economic crisis, according to a new United Nations study released today.
Sammy happy to take over from Lewis
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Allrounder Darren Sammy is ready for the challenge of leading the Windward Island in the upcoming West Indies Cricket Board’s Four-day First-class competition which bowls off on Friday in Jamaica. The 26-year-old will be at the helm and says he expects his team to do will in […]
ANTHONY BOATSWAIN RECOMMENDED FOR THE SENATE
St. George’s Grenada, January 6th, 2010: Leader of Her Majesty’s Opposition, Dr. the Rt. Hon. Keith Mitchell has recommended to the Governor General, that Mr. Anthony Boatswain be appointed as a Senator in the Upper House of Parliament. Boatswain who was a former Minister of Finance, Economic Development, Trade and […]
LEARNING MORE ABOUT GRENADA
Toronto, January 4, 2010 – An English professor at York University in Toronto has commended Grenada-born author and journalist Lincoln Depradine on the “details’’ embodied in his debut publication, “White Frock & Coals: The Story of A Community Called The Wharf.’’
Grayson Shillingford dies aged 65
Grayson Shillingford, the former West Indies fast bowler who played seven Tests between 1969 and 1972, has died aged 65 of cancer. Shillingford had been receiving treatment in Canada before returning to his native Dominica a month ago. He succumbed to the illness in Salisbury, in the country’s west coast, […]
Civil rights attorney and politician Percy Sutton has died
The son of a slave, Sutton first moved to New York City after serving with the Tuskegee Airmen in World War II.
Glittering Awards ceremony scheduled for January 28 in New York
Four Caribbean Prime Ministers; Usain Bolt, Olympic and World Champion; and Spike Lee to be Honored By American Foundation for the University of the West Indies, and several Other leading public figures in U.S. and Caribbean to be Saluted at Annual Awards Gala Glittering Awards ceremony scheduled for January 28 […]
Venturing into Non-Fiction
Michael G. A. Lashley, Trinidad and Tobago’s ebullient Consul General in Toronto, is fond of saying: “It is vitally important that we be the ones to tell our stories.” So he is doubtless quite thrilled that this year two local authors have leapt boldly into the field of Non-Fiction and […]
Grenada and Japan discussed funding for projects
Please visit our new discussion forum COPENHAGEN, Denmark, December 17, 2009 – Grenada and Japan continue to explore ways of closer cooperation in the margins of the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.
Grenadian authors featured at event in Washington, DC
Washington, DC, December 17, 2009 – The Grenada Embassy in Washington has started its seasonal observance with a special event for nationals, foreign diplomats and other friends of Grenada living in the U.S. capital.
