Barbados
Country Overview: The island was uninhabited when first settled by the British in 1627. Slaves worked the sugar plantations established on the island until 1834 when slavery was abolished. The economy remained heavily dependent on sugar, rum, and molasses production through most of the 20th century. The gradual introduction of social and political reforms in […]
Belize
Country Overview: Belize was the site of several Mayan city states until their decline at the end of the first millennium A.D. The British and Spanish disputed the region in the 17th and 18th centuries; it formally became the colony of British Honduras in 1854. Territorial disputes between the UK and Guatemala delayed the independence […]
Primary School Performing Arts Festival
FEBRUARY 2009 Primary School Performing Arts Festival, a month long festival of song, dance, drama and poetry featuring the children of St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Interview with Dat Bumpy Head Gal, Joan Andrea Hutchinson
This month we interview with Dat Bumpy Head Gal, Joan Andrea Hutchinson. She is a well respected writer, motivational speaker, actress, tv/ radio producer; training in radio and television production and news (Jamaica, Holland, South Korea, Japan , the US and Benin). She has produced a few CDs including her latest “Jamaican Proverb: Pretty & […]
TEXT OF CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE SENT BY PRESIDENT BHARRAT JAGDEO TO PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
“Mr. President, On behalf of the Government and people of the Republic of Guyana, and on my own behalf, I am pleased to extend heartfelt congratulations to you on the occasion of your historic inauguration as the 44th President of the United States of America. During your term of office as President of the United […]
Jamaican Wedding
It has been over six and a half years since I’ve moved to Jamaica. During that time I have attended more funerals than I care to think about, but not one wedding. Perhaps I am at that stage in life where all those around me are moving on to the other side and not down […]
Jamaica And The Economics Of Morality
Crime costs Jamaica 6% of GDP economists love to charge. Fine, but they do not like to make the real connection between the lifestyles of islanders, their morality, and current woeful levels of the nation’s financial ratios. In spite of the vast numbers of churches in Jamaica, islanders have one of the lowest levels of sexual […]
The British Virgin Islands is Recognised for its Adherence to International AML/
The British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission (FSC) is pleased to announce that the Third Round Mutual Evaluation of the British Virgin Islands by the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) has been completed with the finalisation of the BVI’s Mutual Evaluation Report. The Report concluded that the BVI is largely compliant with the Financial […]
Jan 21 – Feb 4 14th annual Mustique Blues
For further information on Mustique Blues please contact: Basil’s Bar & Restaurant, Mustique. Tel: 784-488-8350/784-488-8407 email: [email protected]
It May Not Be the End of the Road for the "Banana Man" in Jamaica
Some of the happiest days of my childhood were spent on a banana plantation in Portland back in the early 1950s. The plantation belonged to Dr. Frazer McConnell and his brother, Toby, and they had hired my father as the overseer after he retired from his job with the Jamaica Agricultural Society. So I feel […]