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 PORT OF SPAIN, Nov (IPS) – When he “dropped in” on the Power 102 radio station last weekend to complain about the “unprofessional conduct” of two local broadcasters, Prime Minister Patrick Manning insisted that he was exercising his right as an ordinary citizen.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, November 14, 2008: (IPS)  – Caribbean civil society groups say they want to have direct input at the Fifth Summit of the Americas to be held in Trinidad and Tobago next April, and are urging hemispheric governments to begin implementing some of the 600 recommendations that […]

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, November 14, 2008: (IPS)  – They sat glued to their television sets as the new president-elect of the United States, Barack Obama, during his acceptance speech in the early hours of Wednesday, made reference to those listening “in far off places” around the world.

Kingston, Jamaica and Waterloo, ON  – Digicel and Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced the availability of the BlackBerry® Pearl™ Flip 8220, the first BlackBerry® smartphone to come in the popular flip form factor. 

New York, November 5, 2008 – The Grenadian community is saddened to learn of the passing of Jamaican music icon Bryon Lee after a prolonged illness.  I found Bryon to be a very kind and easy approachable person during his many visits to Grenada with his band over the years.

 Saturday, October 25; Pedro Marrero Stadium, Havana, Cuba: The Barbadian brigade managed to tame the Lions of Cuba in an exciting 1-1 draw in THE match of the Digicel Caribbean Championships’ Group G so far.

  Cuba’s Technical Director, Raul Gonazalez Triana, gives an insight into the team’s preparations for DCC Wednesday, October 22 – Havana, Cuba:  Cuba, also known as ‘The Lions of the Caribbean’, is confident about their success in the 2008 Digicel Caribbean Championships (DCC), despite defeats over the past year.  Since […]

NEW YORK (October 21, 2008) – While tourism operators at home and in the marketplace bemoan the current difficult economic times and the typical challenges they associate with the summer and fall seasons, others are “improving, renovating, expanding and exposing” their product in anticipation of better days.

Plans are well on the way for the 2009 edition of Carriacou and Petit Martinique’s Carnival. The official launch of the festival will take place on Saturday November 8th on the Esplanade in Hillsborough.

Christ Church, Barbados – Member States of the Caribbean Forum of African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States (CARIFORUM) and the European Community (EC) assembled in Barbados at the Sherbourne Conference Centre yesterday October 15, 2008 to commemorate the beginning of a new chapter in the history of their economic relationship […]

HAVANA, Oct 15   (IPS)  – Pastors and representatives of Protestant churches expressed their disagreement with a report from the United States that describes Cuba as one of the countries that restrict the practice of religion and said that, on the contrary, they have absolute freedom to practise their faith.