Popular reggae singer Dwight ‘Bushman’ Duncan has been left distraught after claims of being abused by police officers outside of a carnival event in St Thomas last Saturday.
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RIGHTS-LATIN AMERICA: Men Have Gender Issues, Too – Dalia Acosta
HAVANA, Feb 28 (IPS) – Although it may seem obvious, the need to involve men in the effort to attain gender equality is not clear to everyone in Latin America and the Caribbean, where quite a few people think it is an issue that mainly concerns the women’s rights movement.
Might Gabby Sacked
Two leading figures in the cultural industry and connected to the National Cultural Foundation (NCF), Anthony Gabby Carter aka Mighty Gabby and Carol Roberts, marketing officer at the foundation, have been given their walking tickets.
China Donates $900,000 to Barbados
China continues to show its support for Barbados‘ military with a donation of over BDS$900 000 worth of supplies. In a brief ceremony on Wednesday last, chief of staff of the Barbados Defense Force (BDF), Colonel Alvin Quintyne, and Permanent secretary in the Ministry of Defense also Security, Antoinette Williams, […]
Air Jamaica Increases Seats to Barbados & Grenada
KINGSTON, Jamaica (February 26, 2008) – Air Jamaica is increasing its seat capacity from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York to both Barbados and Grenada, effective April 1, 2008.Paul Pennicook, Air Jamaica‘s Senior Vice President of Marketing and Sales, announced that the Caribbean carrier will continue to serve the New York-Barbados […]
Catholic Church Wants More Freedom to Do Its Work by Dalia Acosta
HAVANA, Feb (IPS) – Ten years after the historic visit to Cuba by Pope John Paul II, who passed away in 2005, the Catholic Church continues to call for “unlimited” scope and “due freedom” for its social action initiatives in this socialist country, as one of its most important demands.
CARIBBEAN: Fissures Appear Over EU Trade Deal by Peter Ischyrion
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Feb(IPS) – It was not supposed to be so. Soon after beating the Dec. 31 deadline last year, Caribbean leaders were patting themselves on the backs for having reached a “far reaching” Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with Europe that they said would help ensure the future […]
Cuban-American’s React to Fidel’s Resignation
TAMPA, Feb 20 (IPS) – Cuban President Fidel Castro’s decision to resign his political office was met with a wide range of emotions and feelings in Florida, home to the largest Cuban population outside Cuban.
Caribbean Media Exchange on Sustainable Tourism
WASHINGTON, DC (February 22, 2008) – Reporters, editors and young people could, with the stroke or two of their pens, secure fellowships to attend one of the most sought after media gatherings in the Caribbean.
Cuba quiet after Castro announces resignation
HAVANA, Cuba (CNN) — Although the news that one of the longest-serving leaders in the world was officially stepping down sent ripples around the globe, Fidel Castro’s resignation announcement barely registered in Cuba.
Guyana gunmen kill 12 in attack
Gunmen in Guyana have killed 12 people, including three police officers, in an attack on a small town, local officials have said. The gunmen were dressed in military uniforms and took weapons from a police station in Bartica, 80 miles (130km) south-west of the capital Georgetown.
Sir Eric Matthew Gairy
Eric Matthew Gairy, son of Douglas and Theresa Gairy, was born in the parish of St. Andrew’s on the beautiful Caribbean Island of Grenada on February 18, 1922. He received his early education at the St. Mary’s RC School in La Fillette and the St Andrew’s RC School in Grenville. […]
