Cricket officials in Dunedin have apologised for using the slogan 'It's all white here' to promote a Test match between New Zealand and the visiting West Indies side in the city next...

London, Nov 21 : British royal Prince Williams is heading to the Caribbean region for a secret training mission with the Special Boat Service (SBS)....

According to them, parenting is facing a national dilemma that is being fuelled by watered down values and a continued failure to plan for children.Psychologist Dr Leahcim Semaj told the forum, held...

King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sophia will likely travel to Jamaica in February next year.They were initially expected to visit between December 2 and 4 but, according to the diplomat, this was...

Today, The Gleaner presents the views of Earl Moore, president and CEO of Guardian Life Limited, on the positive traits of Jamaica as a...

The mother of the three children who were murdered at Killancholly, St Mary, in January 2005 wept uncontrollably in court yesterday as she heard the confession statement of 34-year-old security guard...

Three men have been taken into custody in connection with a gun attack in which four persons, including a 13-year-old boy, were killed in the volatile community of Hendon/Norwood, early yesterday...

Seaga, who was yesterday addressing a National Council on Youth Leadership at the University of the West Indies, Mona campus, said the current global economic crisis would hit Jamaica much harder...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Mackenson Duclair, 5, teetered on broomstick legs. Venecia Lonis, 4, hung from a strap attached to a scale, her emaciated arms dangling weakly. Suspended on a scale mounted...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti | The 5-year-old teetered on broomstick legs - he weighed less than 20 pounds, even after days of drinking enriched milk. Nearby, a 4-year-old girl hung from a strap attached to...

Management consultant Dr Leahcim Semaj is urging persons who might lose their jobs in the next few months not to immediately cash their redundancy...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- The 5-year-old teetered on broomstick legs - he weighed less than 20 pounds, even after days of drinking enriched milk. Nearby, a 4-year-old girl hung from a strap...

PORT-AU-PRINCE -- A noisy rumble sparked panic at a school outside the Haitian capital Wednesday, killing one student and wounding dozens as jitters remained nearly two weeks after a deadly school...

By Sir Ronald Sanders Ominous clouds are gathering around financial services in the Caribbean both offshore and onshore. The clouds are approaching from two directions – the new US government...

HAVANA, Cuba (ACN): The President of the St Lucia-Cuba Friendship Association Rawle Harvey presented a donation of materials sent from that country to Cuba, to help in the recovery from the damage...

LOS ANGELES, USA (AFP): Honduras defeated Mexico 1-0 with the help of an own goal on a waterlogged field to advance in 2010 South Africa World Cup qualifying at the expense of Jamaica. Jamaica...

oscar@caribbeannetnews.com GEORGETOWN, Guyana: One hundred and fifteen passengers travelling between Guyana and New York via Port of Spain on Wednesday were seriously inconvenienced when Caribbean...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The 5-year-old teetered on broomstick legs — he weighed less than 20 pounds, even after days of drinking enriched milk. Nearby, a 4-year-old girl hung from a strap...

A gang member and his friends were arrested today after they walked into English High School in Jamaica Plain with a loaded gun looking for a student they had a beef with while an anti-gang seminar...

HAVANA, Nov 20 (IPS) - In Cuba, international aid is promoting the advancement of cultural projects, adopting an approach that enriches the traditional perspective on development with a dimension...

AFP, LOS ANGELES Friday, Nov 21, 2008, Page 20 Honduras defeated Mexico 1-0 with the help of an own goal on a waterlogged field on Wednesday to advance in 2010 World Cup qualifying at the expense...

LA HABANA -- Las autoridades cubanas decomisaron en agosto 577 kilos de marihuana que después fueron quemados, reportó el jueves el diario oficial Granma.El rotativo...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Emergency officials say a 19-year-old Haitian schoolgirl died of a heart attack after students panicked that their school was collapsing. Civil protection official Jean...

MOSCOW, November 20 (RIA Novosti) - Russian metals giant Norilsk Nickel is considering the possibility of becoming an operator in a metals plant construction project in Cuba, the company's CEO...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana: President of Guyana Bharrat Jagdeo on Monday evening told representatives of participating countries at the Caribbean Development Bank/Inter American Development Bank (CDB/IDB),...

n Jan. 1, 2009, the Cuban Revolution marks its 50th anniversary. Three weeks later, Barack Obama will step into the Oval Office as the 11th U.S. president to face a Castro-led government in...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS): Jamaica stands to benefit from more technical expertise in the areas of education and agriculture from Brazil, according to Jamaica's prime minister. The Brazilian Embassy...

oscar@caribbeannetnews.com KINGSTON, Jamaica: Directors of the Jamaica Tourist Board have joined a growing list of public sector executives appointed by the 13-month-old Jamaica Labour Party...

CHARLESTOWN, Nevis: The Federation of St Kitts and Nevis is presently hosting the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force’s (CFATF) Heads of Plenary and Ministerial Meetings, which are taking...

SANTO DOMINGO.- The Boudicca Cruise’s arrival in Santo Domingo Port on Saturday marks the start of Dominican Republic’s 2008-09 cruise ship season, expected to draw through two terminals in the...

By Horace Helps KINGSTON, Jamaica (Reuters): The coach of triple Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt is prepared to wait a while longer before declaring the Jamaican the world's greatest ever sprinter....

oscar@caribbeannetnews.com KINGSTON, Jamaica: Jamaica seems set to retain the death penalty, but the hangman could have his workload shared, as some parliamentarians have proposed the use of lethal...

reported that at Tuesday's meeting of the Bauxite Alumina Industry Security Committee it was revealed that JA$660.9 million (US$8.6m) worth of diesel was stolen from the bauxite industry between...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico: Coast Guard rescue crews suspended their search at 7 p.m. Wednesday for a missing yola (boat) with more than 90 Dominican Republic migrants aboard, that reportedly went missing...

Anthony Foster, Gleaner WriterKemoy Campbell and Natoya Goule, both national junior representatives, won Sunday's Burger King 10K in Portmore.However, Rupert Green and Arieta Martin did enough to...

Orville Clarke, Gleaner WriterRETURNING CHAMPION jockey Omar Walker stole the show at Caymanas Park yesterday, thanks to a fabulous four-timer on the nine-race programme.His winners were 7-5...

Orville Clarke, Gleaner WriterCARIB CEMENT walked away with the most awards at the 70th annual KSAFA/Western Sports Business House Football Association (BHFA) ceremony at the Scotiabank Sports Club,...

President of the Jamaica Manufacturers Association (JMA), Omar Azan, says while the impact they would have is clear, no analysis has been done on the situation so far."The more congestion you have is...

Glenroy Sinclair, Assignment CoodinatorMEXICO'S TOP rally driver, Ricardo Trivinio, headlines a list of international drivers confirmed to compete in Jamaica's premier motorsport event, Rally Jamaica...

The trial of the man accused of the murder of three children at Killancholly, St Mary, in 2005 entered its third day yesterday with a policeman testifying that on February 8, 2005, the accused showed...

Jamaica defeated Canada 3-0 in World Cup qualifying on Wednesday but it wasn't enough to advance to the CONCACAF finals.Jamaica missed out because Honduras downed Mexico 1-0 to top Group 2 on 12...

SANDY SPRINGS, GA, November 20, 2008 /24-7PressRelease/ -- FireLine hosts Jim Daws and Jeff Hayes welcomed Chief Dave Rohr to FireLIne Saturday November 15, 2008 to discuss the rescue work done by...

Heavy rains caused a river in eastern Cuba to overflow its banks, flooding highways and more than 2,000 homes, and leading authorities to evacuate nearly 20,000 people, state media said.Severe...

Residents of Chancellor Hall, the University of the West Indies, at a vigil held in October, in honour of three students who were killed in a car accident in St Mary a week earlier. -...

Leeward Islands beat the Windwards by 70 runs to join Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados and Jamaica in the semifinals of the WICB Cup one-day tournament on Wednesday.Trinidad and Leewards topped the...

HAVANA -- China’s President Hu Jintao on Wednesday was to wrap up a landmark visit to Cuba where he brought millions of dollars in aid and promises of closer trade...

By JAMES FULLERASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad -- A pair of goals by Kenwyne Jones and Dwight Yorke in a two-minute span in the second half helped Trinidad to a 3-0 win over Cuba...

at Providence . Set 180 to win, Guyana were bowled out for 143 in 45 overs, with the Jamaican spin duo of Lorenzo Ingram and Bevon Brown taking three wickets apiece. Ingram, a left-arm spinner, was...

The financial crisis has forced a stall on the multimillion dollar construction project of the Punta Palmera Condominium at the Cap Cana Resort in Punta Cana, Dominican...

WESTERN BUREAU A Bajan, who was caught trying to smuggle ganja out of Jamaica, was sentenced to nine months in prison in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday.Roosevelt Turton, 53,...