On Your Marks, Get Set, Go: Nearly 50 cars competing at Nevis Drag Raceway

Drag racing enthusiasts in St. Kitts and Nevis can look forward to an exciting Independence meet with almost 50 cars competing at the St. James Drag Raceway. This is according to Operations Manager for Pudgy Productions Mr. Christian Cozier.
The Trinidad-based company was contracted by the Nevis Island Administration [NIA] to improve the quality of Drag [...]

Barbados wants to ban Smoking, but Santo Domingo urges an encounter with the aroma of the best cigars

Whether or not you are a cigar aficionado, if you will be visiting, don’t think twice and make the most of the opportunity to tour the Tabacalera de Garcia Cigar Factory.
Watch the hands that roll some of the best cigars in the world.
More than 300 different blends are made at the factory.

Ask the Consul [#4 in a series]: All About IV Marriage Visas – US Embassy for Barbados & Eastern Caribbean

What is the difference between an Immigrant Visa CR1/IR1 and a K3? Which is better for my spouse and I?

Marriage-based petitions for spouses of United States Citizens fall under the immigrant visa categories of IR1 (for couples married more than two years) and CR1 (for couples married less than two years). A K3 [...]

Guardian Holdings Limited (GHL) Trinidadian Shareholders Unanimously Approve US $75 Million Transaction

Trinidad & Tobago’s Guardian Holdings Limited (GHL) has securely closed the deal on the proposed US $75 million investment by the IFC into the equity of GHL by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), it was taken when the GHL Shareholders unanimously approved the transaction at an extra-ordinary meeting of its Shareholders conducted on September 1, [...]

The Pope visits the UK: Why we should all follow his lead in tackling climate change By Paul Brummell, British High Commissioner to Barbados

The UK Government is honoured that His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI will arrive in Britain next week. It is the first Papal visit since the visit of Pope John Paul II in 1982. It will be particularly special for the UK’s six million Catholics; many of whom will take the opportunity to pray [...]

St Kitts erects stiff campaign for Condom Usage – Denzil Douglas regime offer incentives to carry machines to prick Kittitians’ consciences

The National AIDS Secretariat of the St. Kitts and Nevis Ministry of Health wishes to inform the public, particularly establishments such as night clubs, restaurants and work places {BR – Sex at Work, Really? Wow, Kittitians are PROGRESSIVE!}, that a number of male condom vending machines are available for distribution.
Interested persons are invited to contact [...]

HBO received the most awards of any network; “The Pacific” leads all programming with 8 Emmys®

HBO® received 25 Primetime Emmy® Awards, the most of any network at the 62nd Primetime Emmy® Awards Show, which took place Sunday night in Los Angeles.
The miniseries, “The Pacific,” headlined the list of awarded programming, with 8 Emmys®, while the HBO® original made-for-TV film, “Temple Grandin,” was awarded 7, and “The 25th Anniversary Rock and [...]

DIGICEL HAITI FOUNDATION PARTNERS WITH U.S. GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE NEW SCHOOLS IN EARTHQUAKE-AFFECTED COMMUNITIES IN HAITI

The first school built under an innovative public-private partnership was opened yesterday by the Digicel Foundation and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). École Louis de Borno in Léogâne – the town located at the epicenter of the January 12th earthquake – will welcome 600 primary students when the new school year begins on [...]

Saggin Pants – Letter from a college student: Pass this on to Our Youth, Our Parents, Our Black Men and Women {BASED ON FACTS}

{BEEN MEANING TO POST THIS FOR AGES, MANY TKS 4 MY SOURCE – TOOK A WHILE TO VERIFY DEFINITIONS, MOST ARE TRUE! CLICK ON LINKS!}

The other day, a friend of mine visited me in the lobby of my dorm just to chat while her laundry was drying.
As we were chatting, two young freshmen came by. [...]

U.S. Government Mobilizes Support for Flood Ravaged Pakistan

“These are dark days.” That is the assessment of Pakistan’s cricket captain, Salman Butt, as his country continues to grapple with the floods that have become the worst natural disaster in its history.
The United Nations estimates that the impact of the flooding, which stretches from the Himalaya mountains down to the Arabian Sea, is now [...]