News: Caribbean

The Bahamas takes a serious blow from the deepening global financial crisis - among other stories.

HAVANA, Oct 6 (IPS) - Blogging has finally hit Cuba, despite the challenge of gaining access to the Internet and the limited number of home computers on the island, and the emergence of a Cuban community of bloggers may soon be more than just wishful thinking.

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Commonwealth finance ministers meet in St Lucia, Caribbean urged to delay EPA - and more stories.

SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine: Sunday's reopening of the Bog Walk gorge - the major corridor linking Jamaica's capital to the north coast - brought massive relief to commuters who have been forced to traverse rugged alternative routes for more than a month...

SPORTS enthusiast and jurist Patrick Robinson is calling for the establishment of a national athletics museum to memorialise Jamaica's tremendous legacy over the years.He also urged the Jamaican Government to set up a national athletics fund to finance...

BURLINGAME, California (AP): Sarah Palin defended her claim that Barack Obama "pals around with terrorists", saying the Democratic presidential nominee's association with a 1960s radical is an issue that is "fair to talk about"...

Walk into a corporate office and say 'good morning' to folks in the waiting area and you'll probably be met with blank stares or the sotto voce response, "A weh you come from?"Are Jamaicans a set of ill-mannered people who have abandoned common courtesy? ...

Strawberry Hill Hotel and Spa yesterday apologised to patrons and athletes for delays experienced by hundreds of guests who attended a dinner in honour of the Jamaican Beijing Olympic team. According to the hotel, a break-down in key kitchen equipment...

Religious leaders are adamant that despite a significant breakdown in family values and morality in society, the Church has continued to live up to its responsibility of providing guidance to the family and and parents. Jamaican pastor, Shian O'Connor, head of the Family Life...

ROTARY CLUBS from across the nation have collaborated in an effort to highlight positive youth leadership within communities islandwide. The Rotary Youth Initiative, which was launched last Thursday at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel, in New Kingston, is a four-pronged project ...

MALVERN, St Elizabeth: A St Elizabeth pastor is urging parents to make it clear that they will not tolerate the ongoing assault on the nation's children.Addressing scores of parents at the monthly dedication of babies, held at his Sharon Baptist Church in Santa Cruz on Friday...

Education Minister Andrew Holness says education is the solution for getting the guns out of the hands of criminals. Speaking Saturday, during the annual Capital and Credit Scholar-ship Awards ceremony, held at the Terra Nova All Suite Hotel, in St Andrew...

NEW, DARING and brazen rules of engagement within the island's criminal gangs are costing the nation's children their lives. Since 2003, a total of 398 children have been killed by violent means either due to gang warfare or personal attacks, including abductions, rape and murder.

Gleaner photographers Norman Grindley and Peta-Gaye Clachar captured scenes from the motorcade which paraded Jamaican Olympians who participated in the recent Beijing Games through the streets of the Corporate Area on Friday, as well as from the sports...

It is only a matter of time before the financial crisis in the United States (US) will affect the pockets of local consumers, as food prices are expected to increase, say local and international food producers.

Expressing shock and outrage at the "brutal and callous attacks on our children", Minister of Education Andrew Holness said yesterday that steps were being taken to ensure that children were safe and secure moving to and from, and at school.

THE NUMBER of Jamaicans living with autism is on the rise. Leading professor in the field in Jamaica, Dr Maureen Samms-Vaughn, confirmed two years ago that the numbers had increased from approximately two diagnoses per year in the 1970s to 40 per year in 2006. She restated this in a recent television interview.