Olive Live Talk comes to CaribDirect
It’s been a long time since we had our very own talk specialist, agony aunt, talk therapist or whatever you want to call the person skilled to listen to your problems, concerns, fears and so on and help you cope and even solve them. Yes, veteran talk show host Olive Guillais-Lazure will be all yours […]
Tessanne Chin’s voice – can it compete?
In Jamaica news. So Miss Tessanne Chin has Jamaicans at home glued to their television screens on Monday and Tuesday nights, celebrating, “bussing blanks” and “beating fences like it’s an Olympic or World Championship year. Week after week, Tessanne wows the judges with her performances. In the battle rounds, she killed her performance with fellow […]
Stop the rot between Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago
In Caribbean News. Relations between Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago are becoming increasingly difficult. This deterioration in relations between two of the most influential countries in the 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) does not serve the interests of either country or the Community as a whole. Urgent steps should have been taken some time ago to defuse […]
St Vincent: New Pre-School opens at Layou
In St Vincent and the Grenadines news. LAYOU, ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES; Thursday November 21, 2013 – Teachers and parents of pre-schoolers attending the Vinsave Preschool at Layou can now breath sighs of relief following the construction of a new facility on the site of the old wooden, dilapidated building which was once the […]
Airfare lobbying campaign heads to Birmingham
Community in action against exorbitant plane fares to Jamaica organised by Think Tank & Lobby Group Facilitators For a Better Jamaica (FFBJ) AirFare Lobbying campaign continues and is calling it’s third Community Consultative Meeting in Birmingham. The campaign is intensifying in seeking for the reduction of airfares to Jamaica and the Caribbean and to […]
Wed. 27 & Thur. 28 Nov. TT Business Conference
The Trinidad and Tobago Chamber of Industry and Commerce will be hosting a “Business Opportunities in Trinidad and Tobago – BizOppsTT” Conference on November 27-28, 2013 . The Trinidad and Tobago High Commission has arranged for interested attendees to view and participate via video conferencing at the High Commission, London, from 12noon – 9 p.m. […]
The Dominican Republic has crossed the line
In Caribbean news. The Dominican Republic has crossed the line: Caribbean governments must act Seemingly concerned about offending the principles of “non-interference in the internal affairs of States” and the “sovereignty” of States, the ten Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries that are members of the 53-nation Commonwealth have not spoken out in condemnation of the government […]
Agriculture and food addressed by St Vincent
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 05, 2013; KINGSTOWN, ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES – Ministers of Government, officials from the Food and Agriculture Organisation, the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean, IICA, and CAFAN, this afternoon concluded a two-day conference on food and agriculture in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The discussions over the past two-days centered on Governance for […]
Sale of Property in Jamaica
In business news. Recently a couple made an appointment to see me as they were selling their property in Jamaica and had received a Transfer of Land document together with a copy of the same document from their lawyer in Jamaica. The Transfer of Land document contained a description of the land, details of the […]
‘Friends’ turn rivals: The Mahendra Dhoni and Dwayne Bravo saga
In West Indies Cricket news. Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Dwayne Bravo, the two captains of India and West Indies teams, are good friends thanks to their association with Indian Premier League outfit Chennai Super Kings (CSK). But their demeanour on and off the field are in sharp contrast. Dhoni never lets emotion get the better […]