PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) -- The struggling aid effort in Haiti was hit by another setback Monday as the UN halted deliveries to some 10,000 quake survivors after discovering that fake coupons were in operation. An agitated crowd of around 100 people continued to wait well into the afternoon at the drop-off site. read more...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Guyana's Finance Minister, Ashni Singh presented a $142.8 billion 2010-2011 national budget that will see increased emphasis on economic expansion, social sectors and infrastructure. He told the National Assembly this year's budget will build on gains over the past years. read more...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BTA) -- Tourism, long believed by economic pundits to be the sector to pull Barbados out of the global economic recession, is already showing tremendous signs of improvement in 2010. Barbados Tourism Authority preliminary figures show a 5.3 per cent increase in arrivals as at January 29. read more...
RACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) -- President Hugo Chavez inaugurated a folksy new radio talk-show on Monday by declaring an "electricity emergency" in oil-rich Venezuela. Despite its huge crude reserves, the South American OPEC member relies on hydro-electricity for 70 percent of its power needs. read more...
WASHINGTON, USA --.In response to a request made by Deborah-Mae Lovell, Antigua and Barbuda’s Permanent Representative to the OAS and Ambassador to the United States of America, the OAS will provide technical assistance to Antigua and Barbuda’s Public Sector Transformation programe. read more...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -- The creatively provocative Barbadian artist Annalee Davis, who has exhibited her work throughout the Caribbean and abroad for more than 20 years, will curate the first ever art exhibition for the venerable Caribbean Studies Association Annual Conference, which takes place in Barbados. read more...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BTA) -- Barbados will soon have a direct non-stop flight from South America. Starting Summer 2010, GOL, the second largest airline in Brazil, will operate a Boeing 737 from Sao Paulo to Bridgetown once a week on Saturdays, with same-plane connections to Buenos Aires, Argentina. read more...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- Some 126 Barbadian health care workers have offered to be a part of this country's medical response in Haiti. This was revealed by Minister of Health, Donville Inniss, last Thursday, during a press briefing at Government Headquarters on the National Collaborative Haiti Relief Effort. read more...
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- As part of Digicel’s relief efforts in Haiti, the country’s largest mobile operator has donated an assortment of generators, phones and credit to 15 radio stations in Port-au-Prince to help them get back in contact with their listeners after the earthquake on January 12th. read more...
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) -- Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Roosevelt Skerritt, has said that the spirit and strength of the Haitian people remain high, despite the earthquake which devastated sections of the island on January 12. He said they were resilient, out building homes and helping neighborhoods. read more...
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AFP) -- Screen star Angelina Jolie on Monday visited Haitian children being treated in the neighboring Dominican Republic after the devastating earthquake in their homeland killed more than 200,000 people. Oscar-winner Jolie toured the pediatric wing of Dario Contreras Hospital. read more...
BOGOTA, Colombia (Reuters) -- Haiti's interior minister on Monday toured a Colombian town rebuilt after a huge 1999 tremor as his own country considered plans to reconstruct its wrecked capital city after last month's devastating earthquake. Haiti says more than 200,000 people were killed. read more...
QUITO, Ecuador (Reuters) -- South American leaders deeply divided by political differences may take a break from their usual recriminations on Tuesday when they meet to discuss the continent's response to the crisis in quake-shattered Haiti. Previous meetings of the UNASUR countries have been marked by insults. read more...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Reuters) -- A Haitian judge made no decision at a hearing on Monday whether to free or prosecute 10 US missionaries accused of kidnapping children, and their leader said she trusted in God they would be cleared and released. The missionaries belong to an Idaho-based Baptist church. read more...
CASTRIES, St Lucia -- The Lucian Peoples Movement (LPM), in its inaugural editorial on its website has called for a referendum on the Taiwan-China issue come the next general election constitutionally due by December 2011. The LPM, which released its website on Saturday, 6th February, 2010, one day after... read more...
CASTRIES, St Lucia -- Hundreds of delegates and supporters turned out on Sunday in Dennery to participate in the second leg of the Saint Lucia Labour Party’s (SLP) Annual Conference of Delegates. Although this was the closed session meant only for delegates, scores of supporters jammed the grounds. read more...
CARACAS, Venezuela (Bloomberg) -- Venezuela will allow foreign companies to exchange dollars for 2.6 bolivars apiece, lower than the 4.3-bolivar rate applied for non-essential items, a former planning minister said. Venezuela devalued its currency a month ago, from 2.15 to a dual rate of 2.6 and 4.3 bolivars to the dollar. read more...
Among the ‘cargo’ of 8 million enchained Africans shipped to and sold in the Caribbean were some fiercely unwanted souls. Every effort was made by slave traders, their brokers and commission agents stationed along the West African coast, to carefully examine each consignment with a view to weed them out. read more...
I was appalled and disgusted upon reading a missive published in your newspaper under the hand of one Wade 'Kojo' Willians. The notion that there could be subversives working in St Vincent and Grenadines to undermine and topple the legitimately elected government is very serious. read more...
Politics is sometimes referred to as a game. I can recall the deputy political leader of the New National Party (NNP) and parliamentary representative for Carriacou and Petite Martinique Hon Elvin Nimrod expressing such sentiments. In my opinion politics is a science and as such it must be seen and appreciated in that way. read more...
HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) -- The 35th ‘Vuelta a Cuba’ annual cycling event begins on Tuesday in the easternmost city of Baracoa with the participation of 10 foreign teams and 13 national squads that cover 1,791 kilometers in 13 stages. The foreign participation includes teams from Colombia, Mexico, Italy, Canada... read more...
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad-- Dynamic kite boarders and wind surfers prepare for a competition of epic proportions at the ultimate “Festival of Wind”. In the month of February competition is not only limited to Kings and Queens of Carnival or the Calypso and Soca Monarchs. The Tobago Carnival Regatta... read more...
LONDON, England (Reuters) -- Retired players and budding talents will both get an opportunity when a worldwide Twenty20 format starts this year, former Australia bowler Shane Warne said on Monday. Warne, 40, was speaking at a news conference at Lord's to launch a global Twenty20 brand. read more...
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Guyana's Finance Minister, Ashni Singh presented a $142.8 billion 2010-2011 national budget that will see increased emphasis on economic expansion, social sectors and infrastructure. He told the National Assembly this year's budget will build on gains over the past years. 
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BTA) -- Tourism, long believed by economic pundits to be the sector to pull Barbados out of the global economic recession, is already showing tremendous signs of improvement in 2010. Barbados Tourism Authority preliminary figures show a 5.3 per cent increase in arrivals as at January 29. 
RACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) -- President Hugo Chavez inaugurated a folksy new radio talk-show on Monday by declaring an "electricity emergency" in oil-rich Venezuela. Despite its huge crude reserves, the South American OPEC member relies on hydro-electricity for 70 percent of its power needs. 
WASHINGTON, USA --.In response to a request made by Deborah-Mae Lovell, Antigua and Barbuda’s Permanent Representative to the OAS and Ambassador to the United States of America, the OAS will provide technical assistance to Antigua and Barbuda’s Public Sector Transformation programe. 
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -- The creatively provocative Barbadian artist Annalee Davis, who has exhibited her work throughout the Caribbean and abroad for more than 20 years, will curate the first ever art exhibition for the venerable Caribbean Studies Association Annual Conference, which takes place in Barbados. 
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- Some 126 Barbadian health care workers have offered to be a part of this country's medical response in Haiti. This was revealed by Minister of Health, Donville Inniss, last Thursday, during a press briefing at Government Headquarters on the National Collaborative Haiti Relief Effort. .jpg)
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- As part of Digicel’s relief efforts in Haiti, the country’s largest mobile operator has donated an assortment of generators, phones and credit to 15 radio stations in Port-au-Prince to help them get back in contact with their listeners after the earthquake on January 12th. 
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) -- Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Roosevelt Skerritt, has said that the spirit and strength of the Haitian people remain high, despite the earthquake which devastated sections of the island on January 12. He said they were resilient, out building homes and helping neighborhoods. 
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AFP) -- Screen star Angelina Jolie on Monday visited Haitian children being treated in the neighboring Dominican Republic after the devastating earthquake in their homeland killed more than 200,000 people. Oscar-winner Jolie toured the pediatric wing of Dario Contreras Hospital. 
QUITO, Ecuador (Reuters) -- South American leaders deeply divided by political differences may take a break from their usual recriminations on Tuesday when they meet to discuss the continent's response to the crisis in quake-shattered Haiti. Previous meetings of the UNASUR countries have been marked by insults. 
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Reuters) -- A Haitian judge made no decision at a hearing on Monday whether to free or prosecute 10 US missionaries accused of kidnapping children, and their leader said she trusted in God they would be cleared and released. The missionaries belong to an Idaho-based Baptist church. 
CASTRIES, St Lucia -- The Lucian Peoples Movement (LPM), in its inaugural editorial on its website has called for a referendum on the Taiwan-China issue come the next general election constitutionally due by December 2011. The LPM, which released its website on Saturday, 6th February, 2010, one day after... 
CASTRIES, St Lucia -- Hundreds of delegates and supporters turned out on Sunday in Dennery to participate in the second leg of the Saint Lucia Labour Party’s (SLP) Annual Conference of Delegates. Although this was the closed session meant only for delegates, scores of supporters jammed the grounds. 
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad-- Dynamic kite boarders and wind surfers prepare for a competition of epic proportions at the ultimate “Festival of Wind”. In the month of February competition is not only limited to Kings and Queens of Carnival or the Calypso and Soca Monarchs. The Tobago Carnival Regatta... 
LONDON, England (Reuters) -- Retired players and budding talents will both get an opportunity when a worldwide Twenty20 format starts this year, former Australia bowler Shane Warne said on Monday. Warne, 40, was speaking at a news conference at Lord's to launch a global Twenty20 brand. 
