At least 7 killed in tanker truck explosion
From Caribbean News Service PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Mar 18 2016 – At least seven people were killed and about 30 others seriously burned in Haiti when a tanker truck transporting fuel for the Total oil company caught fire and exploded. The…
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Building the skillsets of unemployed youth in the Caribbean
By Siobhan Pangerl and Elizabeth Boggs Davidsen From EconoMonitor More than one-quarter of the world’s 7.3 billion people are between the ages of 10 and 24, according to a recent UN Population Fund Report. That means there are more than…
Jamaican wins Commonwealth Youth Award
By Vivienne Siva, Jamaican High Commission From JIS Story Highlights Shamoy Hajare, from Jamaica, has won this year’s Commonwealth Youth Award for the Caribbean/Canada region. The presentation was made recently at Marlborough House, in London. Shamoy is the founder and President…
Antigua’s annual regatta week
Antigua’s annual regatta week adds even more to enjoy on paradise Caribbean island By Susanna Galton From Daily Mirror UK Susanna Galton splices the mainbrace at the Caribbean island’s annual week of sailing before enjoying its many other delights With…
Jamaica’s tourism product best in the Caribbean – Bartlett
By Garwin Davis From JIS Story Highlights Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says Jamaica’s tourism product is the best in the Caribbean and so the country has no need to fear the opening up of Cuba. Mr. Bartlett was…
PANCAP commits to sustaining regional response to HIV
From Jamaica Observer PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — The Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) partners have ended a meeting here committing to implementing high-impact cost-effective interventions to sustain national and regional responses. A statement issued at…
Schoolboy murdered In Trinidad
From Caribbean News PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, Mar 21 2016 – Police say they have detained one person and are searching for two others after a 14-year-old schoolboy was killed and his home set on fire over the weekend. Police said that…
Documenting the diaspora with Dr. Marta Moreno Vega
By Jon Lentz From City State Dr. Marta Moreno Vega is the president of the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute, which she founded in 1976. Her East Harlem institution features works reflecting the experience of African descendants in Puerto…
UPDATE on Burglary in North Side Sat Morning (19)/MVA on Esterley Tibbetts Hwy
From RCIPS Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 3:22 PM UPDATE on Burglary in North Side Sat Morning (19) With respect to the burglary that occurred in North Side on Saturday morning, 19 March, we have been informed that the man…
UPDATED: Brussels attacks: Brothers named as suspects – At least 31 dead at Zaventem and Maelbeek/Cayman’s premier’s statement- flags lowered
UPDATE From BBC Brussels attacks: Two brothers behind Belgium bombings Image copyright AFP Image caption Khalid el-Bakraoui, the metro suicide bomber, and brother Brahim Belgium under attack Two of the suicide bombers who carried out attacks in Brussels on Tuesday…
