GREAT BAY, St. Martin – “For Sekou, the commitment to struggle means working in all areas of literary production, forging communities across borders and languages,” said professor and literary critic Juliana Spahr. Dr. Spahr introduced the St. Martin writer Lasana M. Sekou to the Mills College Contemporary Writers Series (CWS) in Oakland, California, on February... »
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Jamaica will be pulling its relief operations out of earthquake-devastated Haiti by March 19, following Cabinet’s decision to extend the current period by another two weeks. Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, who made the disclosure at Tuesday’s (March 3) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, said... »
TORONTO, Canada - Earthquake-ravaged Haiti will benefit from part of the proceeds from the University of the West Indies’ (UWI) fundraising gala, which was held for the first time in Toronto, Canada last Saturday (February 27). The event, held at the Four Seasons Hotel, was a resounding success, with a large turnout of members of academia,... »
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - On February 19 and 20 at the Barbados Yacht Club, the Barbados Entrepreneurs’ Venture Capital Fund held its first Shepherding Training Programme designed to nurture a new crop of potential “shepherds,” business mentors to tend a flock of local entrepreneurs. The course gave them a comprehensive introduction to the CBET Shepherding Model™... »
AMSTERDAM – The unanimous re-election of Dr. Allyson Leacock as Chair of the Global Steering Committee of the World AIDS Campaign is indeed a positive achievement for our region. The new Executive Committee was elected as The World AIDS Campaign (WAC) recently held its eighth Global Steering Committee (GSC) meeting in Amsterdam. On the subject... »
TORONTO, Canada – Caribbean beats on Sunday will carry the heartfelt good wishes of West Indians in Canada for the people of Haiti. A seasoned Trinidadian musician in Toronto, Joseph Maharaj, says he and his band of musicians are ready to serve the people of Haiti this weekend when Noasarc and the Caribbean Media Exchange... »
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Montserrat was represented this week at the Symposium on Production and Global Distribution of Caribbean Film and Video by Director of Information & Communications, Nerissa Golden. The event, hosted by One Caribbean Media Ltd the largest media company in the region, is part of the Best of CaribbeanTales Film Festival taking place... »
by Truly Caribbean Woman For some reason over the past ten years, the chorus of this song would be ringing in my ears. ‘If you can’t be with the one you love honey, love the one your with.” The Luther Vandross version is my favorite but for a long time I rejected the notion of... »
The Best of CaribbeanTales Film Festival is set to launch in Barbados next week, screening some of the best Caribbean films made in recent years, alongside a symposium on Global Distribution, a Caribbean Film Market, workshops, master classes, and youth screenings. The Festival kicks off with a Gala Launch hosted by The Canadian High Commission,... »
by Truly Caribbean Woman Who told you… … you were naked? Who told you… …the dignity and strength that squared your shoulders and held your head high was false pride? Who told you… … to forget you healed thousands with your hands, with herbs, with words? Who told you… …I required you to disregard your legacy, the wisdom of kings and queens... »
by Truly Caribbean Woman I can hear the conversation well. My former husband telling me that my priority had to be him and his child and not church and my other social obligations. It was a sign of my success as a wife if I could manage to keep the house clean, laundry done and... »
by Truly Caribbean Woman Returning to Montserrat to live with my kids last summer was a practical but also a very emotional decision. It signaled my desire to move forward with my life and really live it to the fullest. There were job opportunities opening up within the fields I enjoy and I needed to... »
Roseau, Dominica – The Government and people of Dominica are making a significant contribution to the people of Haiti in the aftermath of devastating earthquake which struck the country on January 12th 2010. As of Friday, January 29, 2010, the Government and People of Dominica had contributed in excess of 1,300 cases of... »
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS –A new nine-member St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party Cabinet of Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas was sworn in on Sunday afternoon. Prime Minister Douglas and his new ministers took the oaths of allegiance, office and secrecy administered by his Lordship Frances Bell during what CMC in Barbados... »
CARICOM Secretariat, Guyana - Minister of Health of Jamaica, Honourable Rudyard Spencer will give the feature address at the Opening Ceremony of a three-day workshop on incorporating behaviour change communication strategies and models in prevention-planning programmes to mitigate substance abuse. Organised jointly by the Caribbean Community Secretariat and the... »
