Posts in category Caribbean News

Our pride is a double edged sword. On the upside, West Indians have the type of pride that galvanizes us around sports and pageantry, brings …

By DAVID McFADDEN Associated Press KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica’s Senate on Friday started debating a bill that would decriminalize possession of small amounts of pot …

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida saw a more than 50 percent drop in enrollment of black freshmen from 2007 to 2013 and a …

Brand Jamaica is a worldwide cultural phenomenon. All Caribbean people are the life of the party, but there’s something about Jamaicans that is synonymous with …

Photo Courtesy of digitaljournal.com   PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Visiting members of the U.N. Security Council on Sunday called for Haiti to organize credible elections as soon …

By DAVID McFADDEN PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haiti has a new prime minister as it enters a phase of political uncertainty, with its parliament dissolved, opposition …

True freedoms are part of the reason we leave the islands to take root in these foreign lands. From our homes where we are physically …

This New Year, Florida began allowing gay couples to wed, and I was happy about it. I am an advocate of gay rights. Many from …

There’s a movie about the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. headed to theaters. Selma looks like one of those that’s going to stay with …

The year 2014 was a rough one, or maybe those are just the not-so-distant memories of it. “We” lost the U.S. Senate, rogue white police …