Coconut farmers in St Mary and St Thomas have received supplies from the Coconut Industry Board (CIB) to assist in their ongoing recovery from losses sustained during Hurricane Beryl’s passage just south of Jamaica on July 3. The provisions were handed over to farmers in two farm groups in St Mary and their counterparts in St Thomas on December 19 and 20, respectively. Each farmer received two bags of fertiliser and 25 seedlings, while each farmer group was given a spray pack to be shared by the membership. The seedlings are the Maypan variety, which was engineered by the CIB to be resistant to Lethal Yellowing disease, among other qualities. CIB Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Shaun Cameron, told JIS News that the items are intended to brighten the festive season for the farmers, by helping them to bounce back after Beryl’s devastation. “The reason for the delay in the Beryl...

Kalani’s VI Adventures releases “Mama Make Yuh Johnny Cake.” (Facebook Image from Kalani’s Adventures) Just in time for the Crucian Christmas Festival season, Kalani’s VI Adventures released their first musical project, “Mama Make Yuh Johnny Cake.” Currently ranking in the top 20 on the radio streaming platform Vivid Streaming, this song begins with a melody reminiscent of the original by the Ten Sleepless Knights. As it progresses, the lyrics celebrate the culture and history of the Virgin Islands while incorporating the sounds of steel pan and a family-friendly drumbeat. The voice behind Kalani’s VI Adventures, 10-year-old Carter Rojas, brings life to the animated character on his YouTube channel. Carter is a student at Pearl B. Larsen Elementary School on St. Croix and a Guardian of Culture Moko Jumbie. His favorite lyrics in the song reference the beloved spirit guardians, the moko jumbies. “Mama Make Yuh Johnny Cake” was produced and...

The burning Honda Fit moments after the crash on the ETH. (CNS): Police said that they are diverting even more resources on to the roads after the second deadly smash on local roads in twenty-four hours. As fatal and serious crashes reach unprecedent levels the police once again urged drivers to continue to slow down pay attention and not to get behind the wheel after drinking alcohol. In the latest fatal collision five people were trapped inside a Honda fit which caught fire after smashing into a tree on the Esterley Tibbetts Highway, in West Bay, on Boxing Day afternoon. It was around 4:30pm, 26 December, when police and emergency services were called to the single-vehicle crash on the highway near Canal Point Drive. The Honda was travelling northbound along Esterley Tibbetts when it left the roadway and collided with a tree and caught fire. Firefighters extinguished the blaze and...

Le journaliste cofondateur de Haïti Tribune à Paris et Haïti Liberté à New-York, Wiener Kerns Fleurimond, a consacré deux tomes à l’analyse du contexte entourant l’assassinat de Jovenel Moïse, tout en offrant une critique approfondie de la classe politique. Dans ces deux dernières publications, Wiener Kerns Fleurimond a réalisé un vrai travail d’investigation politique. Évoquant cet événement tragique qu’est l’assassinat d’un chef d’État, il n’en analyse pas moins les dynamiques politiques et sociales ayant conduit à ce dénouement dramatique. Ce travail de décryptage ne s’arrête pas à la simple description des faits. Fleurimond utilise une méthode analytique précise pour identifier les responsabilités, les erreurs de gouvernance, et les jeux de pouvoir qui ont façonné cette tragédie. Cela confère à ses écrits une dimension pédagogique pour les lecteurs intéressés par la politique haïtienne contemporaine. L’auteur présente un président instrumentalisé, placé au pouvoir par des forces qui dépassaient largement ses compétences politiques....

Overview: In Haiti, children are the most vulnerable group in the face of multiple crises, notably including natural disasters, sociopolitical and economic instabilities, and rampant gang violence. They have not only seen their fundamental rights violated but have also been traumatized by the shocking situations affecting the country. National and international organizations have been mobilizing to assist them through various programs. One of these organizations is Music Heals International, which has been teaching children to play musical instruments for 10 years to provide a source of comfort, economic support and autonomy. PORT-AU-PRINCE — Rebecca Serin, a 9-year-old girl, recently fled the Delmas 30 area with her family to seek refuge in Tabarre, another northeastern Port-au-Prince commune, after bandits stormed her community and killed several worshipers inside a church. Amid the growing insecurity, Serin, a 4th grader, has started learning to play the piano with the dream of becoming a great...

Con un juego entre peloteros veteranos de La Habana y Matanzas, Cuba conmemorará hoy el 150 aniversario del primer partido de béisbol con registro estadístico, celebrado en el estadio Palmar de Junco. Ese día de 1874 se enfrentaron novenas de ambas provincias en un duelo que no solo midió habilidades deportivas, sino que anunció el nacimiento de una pasión que, como una llama perpetua, ardería para siempre en los corazones de los cubanos. Ganó el equipo de La Habana con un marcador de 51-9, un resultado tan amplio como las ansias de un pueblo por abrazar el juego que ya hacía furor en tierras estadounidenses. Las gradas del estadio que hoy tiene el privilegio de ser el más antiguo del mundo que se mantiene activo, estaban repletas de curiosos y aficionados, quienes, sin saberlo, se convertían en los primeros guardianes de una tradición. Entre ellos, comerciantes, poetas, campesinos y aristócratas...

Forced to defer its 2025 season from February by two months, the one major New Year’s wish of Barbados Netball Association’s (BNA) president Dr Carmeta Douglin is a completed Netball Stadium. Douglin says over 2 000 netballers have been affected by the unavailability of the Waterford, St Michael facility where refurbishment work is being undertaken to pave the way for an indoor venue. “As I prepared my Christmas message to our members, friends and supporters, our main wish was a refurbished Netball Stadium by April 5, 2025. If we want the sport of netball to grow as we have been seeing over the last two years, we need our Netball Stadium back urgently to support our youth,” Douglin told Weekend Sport yesterday. “Apart from the over 2 000 persons that play netball, we also have four national squads in training. A new development pathway Under-14 squad, an Under-16 squad that...

Diabierna mainta yega trempan na Campeon. Bo pisca fresco ta wardabo pa tempera pa aña nobo. Pargo na mochi. Djampou, Mulato, Dorao, Conovis, Brazie y Picuda na mochi. Cabes cu Wanstick pa sopi. Tin filet di Pargo y Filet di di Mahi Mahi. Tambe comcomber chikito. Banana pa hasa, pandushi. Mainta tin pastechi, kroket y sandwich sabroso. Tin cos di bebe. Pasa Campeon habri di 7:30 am pa 3 pm.

24 The Barbados Meteorological Services (BMS) is advising the public of the potential for the deterioration of marine conditions on the west coast of Barbados, due to northerly sea swells from Sunday, December 29th to Thursday, January 2nd 2025. THERE ARE NO WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR BARBADOS FOR THIS MARINE EVENT. Potential ImpactsChoppy sea conditions mainly along the western coastlines of Barbados are expected from as early as the night of Sunday, December 29th expected to last until early on the morning to Thursday January 2nd, 2025. These conditions are predicted to peak from Monday through Tuesday, during the aforementioned period. What you should doMarine users are encouraged to follow the advice and warnings provided by the National Conservation Commission and their lifeguards. Additionally, users should monitor the BMS, DEM and GIS websites and their respective social media pages along with the local media networks for further updates...

La Administración que gobierna Siria impuso un toque de queda en las ciudades de Homs y Jable en medio de los enfrentamientos entre los manifestantes locales y las nuevas autoridades del país, informó la emisora Sham FM, citando a la Policía y al Gobierno. Agencias / EL LIBERTADOR MOSCÚ (Sputnik) — «Se impone un toque de queda en Homs desde las 18:00 (15:00 GMT del miércoles) hasta las 8:00 (…) El Consejo de la ciudad de Jable anuncia un toque de queda desde las 20:00 hasta las 8:00», señala el comunicado del gobierno de Siria.  Agrega que el toque de queda también se introduce en Latakia, desde las 20:00 del 25 de diciembre hasta las 8:00 del 26 de diciembre. Hace unos días, en Alepo, hombres armados prendieron fuego a la tumba del jeque alauita Abu Abdulá Al Huseín Al Jasebi que vivió en el siglo X, lo que provocó protestas en la población, según...