December 31, 2013
Supplies for St Lucia victims destroyed in mysterious blaze
Police are investigating the cause of a fire at the Red Cross building on the outskirts of the capital that destroyed items scheduled to be distributed to victims of the floods that devastated several parts of the island over the Christmas……
December 31, 2013
Good Chance Of Average 2014 Hurricane Season
A month after the official close of the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season, the United Kingdom-based Tropical Storm Risk (TSR) is predicting there is a 40 per cent chance the next hurricane season will be above average. There is also a 33 per cent…
December 31, 2013
Haiti AIDS research clinic wins top global health prize
A world-renowned clinic in Haiti that has become a leader in global health leading the fight against HIV/AIDS has won a top global health prize. The Haitian Group for the Study of Kaposi’s Sarcoma and Opportunistic Infections (GHESKIO) has been…
December 31, 2013
Dominica half-way to being voted “Best Caribbean Island”
Dominica now sits at the 5th position in the race to being voted as the best Caribbean Island in the USA Today’s Readers Choice contest. The island is among twenty Caribbean destinations chosen by experts and the winner will be named Best…
December 25, 2013
Hugh Jackman quits Harry Houdini Broadway musical
X-Men star Hugh Jackman has pulled out of a new Broadway musical about Harry Houdini in which he was to have played the famed illusionist. The actor cited scheduling demands as the reason for his departure, saying he "wasn't able to commit to the…
December 25, 2013
Tessanne Chin wants to voice at home
Newly crowned The Voice winner Tessanne Chin said for her upcoming album she would love to do some recording in her homeland. Chin, who was voted season five winner of the NBC talent competition, received a recording contract from Universal Music…
December 25, 2013
‘The Hobbit’ holds off ‘Anchorman 2’ to top box office
On busy pre-Christmas weekend at the box office, ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’ held off a very different sequel, ‘Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues’. Peter Jackson's ‘Hobbit’ sequel took in US$31.5 million in its second weekend of release…
December 25, 2013
Tessanne begins recording with Universal early 2014
The Voice season-five winner Jamaican songbird Tessanne Chin says she will begin recording with Universal Music group in early 2014. Speaking with reporters at the Jamaica Observer's Beechwood Avenue headquarters Monday morning, Tessanne said…
December 25, 2013
Arsenio Hall Uninjured in Minor Car Accident
Arsenio Hall was involved in a minor car accident two days before Christmas. According to TMZ, the actor-turned-talk show host was driving in the West San Fernando Valley on Monday night, December 23, when he lost control of his brand new Porsche…
December 25, 2013
Bolt, Fraser-Pryce named Latin America’s top sports personalities
Jamaicans Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce have been voted top sporting personalities in Latin America and the Caribbean. The announcement was made by AIPS America, the Continental arm of the International Sports Press Association (AIPS)…