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www.wwlp.com/dpp/news/lo... - SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) - Springfield had a burst of West Indian flavor Saturday, as a part of the city’s Caribbean week. Hundreds of people came out to State Street in Springfield to see the annual Caribbean parade. Dana Brathwaite of Springfield comes to the Caribbean Parade every year with her family. She told 22 News this cultural tradition is very meaningful to her. more...()
www.nydailynews.com/ny_l... - A stretch of Sixth Ave. became a sea of red, white and blue Dominican pride Sunday as thousands turned out for the Dominican Day Parade.
Cheering crowds lined the route wearing shirts and bandannas emblazoned with the Caribbean nation's national colors. more...()
www.digicelfootball.com/... - Brooklyn, New York: Digicel, the largest mobile operator in the Caribbean and recent entrant to Central America, last night announced details of its three-year sponsorship of the Digicel Caribbean Cup New York. The tournament is in its 18th year and features 12 representative teams from the Caribbean and South America. It is currently entering the playoff stages of the tournament, with Jamaica and St. Vincent leading the build up to the final, which takes place on Sunday, September 6th in Brooklyn, New York. Digicel will provide much-needed funds to the staging of the weekly rounds of the tournament, as well as marketing support and investment in player development. more...()
uk.reuters.com/article/i... - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton said on Sunday he would lead an international trade mission of private investors to Haiti in October to pursue energy and other development amid signs the nation is stabilizing. Clinton burnished his credentials as an elder statesman last week when he visited North Korea to retrieve two American journalists who had been held in the communist-ruled Asian nation and met with its reclusive leader Kim Jong-il. more...()
www.muzikspace.com - Jamaicans in the Diaspora are being encouraged to become more actively engaged in transforming the country. "If you believe in Jamaica, give yourself to the process of national building in Jamaica and help the nation pull through to her capability, as belief demands action," urged Pastor of the Fellowship Tabernacle in Kingston, Rev. Dr. Merrick 'Al' Miller. more...()
www.muzikspace.com - Jamaicans across Canada are gearing up to celebrate Jamaica's 47th year of Independence, with activities such as flag-raising ceremonies, and church services, under this year's theme: 'I Believe in Jamaica'. more...()
www.jamaica-gleaner.com/... - An Air Jamaica Airbus A320-200, flight JM-15 from Kingston (Jamaica) to New York JFK,NY (USA), was enroute already overhead Cuba, when the right hand windshield developed a crack. The crew decided to return to Kingston, where the airplane landed safely. more...()
in.reuters.com/article/s... - Sprinter Sheri-Ann Brooks, one of five Jamaican athletes to test positive for a banned stimulant in June, has been cleared for the world championships due to an 'irregularity' in testing for her second sample. more...()
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_n... - A fresh warning about violent crime in Caribbean island of Trinidad and Tobago had been issued by the Foreign Office after a Somerset couple were attacked with a machete. Peter Green, 65, and his wife Mirium, 59, who are originally from Reading and live in Wellington, Somerset, were seriously hurt in Saturday's attack. more...()
www.telegraph.co.uk/news... - A British couple were left for dead after being attacked with machetes at their Caribbean holiday home. Peter and Murium Green have both undergone emergency surgery following the attack in Tobago.
The alarm was raised after Mrs Green, 59, who suffered severe facial injuries, crawled from their home into the street pleading for help. more...()
westorlandonews.com/2009... - Over 50,000 convicted Caribbean-born criminals, who have called the U.S. home for many years, have been shipped back to the Caribbean in the past decade under tough U.S. immigration laws, a CaribWorldNews analysis of new Department of Homeland Security data reveals. more...()
www.muzikspace.com - The concept isn’t new. As far as we knew Beenie Man had already crowned himself King of the Dancehall with his 2004 hit titled just that. Plus we’ve been jamming to his Caribbean beats since “Who Am I” hit airwaves in the late ’90s. But Jamaica had to make it official. more...()
www.muzikspace.com - Elephant Man won’t be performing on Saturday, Aug. 1, at the Caribana festival in Toronto. The Jamaican dancehall musician is known for lyrics that advocate for the torture and murder of gay men and lesbians. more...()
www.muzikspace.com - A boat carrying Haitian migrants capsized and sank off the Turks and Caicos Islands and up to 85 people are missing, the U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday. One survivor said the boat struck a reef as it tried to elude police. more...()
www.muzikspace.com - Sources in Jamaica have named the banned substance that five Jamaican athletes tested positive for at the national trials last month as methylxanthine, a decongestant. If taken as a performance-enhancing drug it could assist in getting oxygen into the lungs. more...()
www.telegraph.co.uk/spor... - A year after Jamaica's athletes ruled the world by winning six gold medals at the Beijing Olympics, the country was reeling on Friday from the news that five of its leading sprinters had tested positive for a banned substance. more...()
www.muzikspace.com - The Royal Navy has seized cocaine worth £33million from a speedboat off the coast of South America. HMS Iron Duke was just a week into its latest Caribbean deployment as part of a multi-national task force to counter drug smuggling in the region. more...()
www.playbill.com/news/ar... - The North American premiere of The Harder They Come, the new reggae music musical based on the film of the same name, about an obscure Jamaican performer hoping for stardom, opens July 23 after previews from July 21 in Toronto. more...()
www.kansas.com/news/worl... - Even now, about three years after a near-fatal gay bashing, Sherman gets jittery at dusk. On bad days, his blood quickens, his eyes dart, and he seeks refuge indoors. more...()
www.etaiwannews.com/etn/... - An increase in fatal shootings by police is setting back efforts to curb violence and build faith in the Caribbean nation's justice system, Amnesty International said Tuesday. A report by the London-based group said the killings reflect a disregard for human rights in the island's inner cities, where residents are cut off from many basic services and violent gang leaders often hold more influence than government authorities. more...()
www.dailymail.co.uk/spor... - Usain Bolt says Tyson Gay has no chance of beating him at next month's World Championships in Berlin despite the American being the fastest man over 100 metres this year. more...()
www.muzikspace.com - A collection of slavery records newly available over the Internet may help thousands of people trace their families back to Africa through St. Croix, a former slave-trading hub in the Caribbean. more...()
www.muzikspace.com - Telecoms group Cable & Wireless reiterated its guidance for full-year core earnings on Friday, in spite of pressure in the Caribbean, where it will cut costs as fewer tourists are using its services. more...()
www.muzikspace.com - The West Indies players who declined to play in the first Test against Bangladesh are unlikely to back down and apologise to the West Indies board, raising the likelihood of a weakened side for the second Test against Bangladesh even though they lost the first by 95 runs in St. Vincent. more...()
www.muzikspace.com - The Jamaican press were happy about the national team win on Friday in Miami, yet they will still have to be watching the games on Saturday in order to give closure to their fate in the Gold Cup. more...()
www.muzikspace.com - Jamaican reggae and dance hall star Bounty Killa was arrested on assault and other charges on Thursday for an altercation with an off-duty policeman nearly two years ago. Police said Bounty Killa, whose real name is Rodney Pryce, could face a sentence of 15 years in prison if convicted. more...()
www.muzikspace.com - Talks between the West Indies Cricket Board and the players' union ended after just 23 minutes when the board refused to negotiate while the players remained on strike. more...()
www.muzikspace.com - Playing in its second consecutive CONCACAF Gold Cup, Guadeloupe is out to prove the last time was no fluke. That its semifinal finish at the 2007 edition was merely a warning shot. That the Gwada Boys mean business. So far, so good. more...()
www.miamiherald.com/spor... - The specifics might be fuzzy more than 12 years later, but there's a moment that those in attendance -- and anyone associated with FIU soccer -- will never forget: Tyrone Marshall, in the 57th minute, unleashing a bicycle kick from 15 yards out. The acrobatic shot connected, put FIU up 2-0 and guaranteed the Golden Panthers a place in the title match against St. John's. more...()
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/ne... - Tiki Hunia, 27, and Nickie-Jean Hunia, who live in Hong Kong, were approached by a gunman in the yard of the guest house in which they were holidaying on Upper Montrose Rd - an expensive area known as the "Golden Triangle" in the Kingston suburb of St Andrew. more...()
www.muzikspace.com - PAUL HESSION last night officially finished third to Jamaica’s world 200 metres record holder Usain Bolt at the Lausanne Grand Prix in Switzerland – the only problem being it was in a separate race. Hession clocked his fastest 200 metres of the season in the B race as his 20.50 seconds was enough to hold off the top American Kelly Willie – although that only went some way towards not making the A-race, where Bolt ran a stunning 19.59 seconds. more...()
www.jamaicaobserver.com/... - JAMAICA yesterday recorded its first death from the Influenza A H1N1 virus, commonly called Swine Flu, prompting the health minister to ask a team of doctors to probe the incident and report to him Friday when he returns to the island. more...()
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