Wyclef Jean featured on 6o Minutes
CBS To live the life of Wyclef Jean is to believe that almost anything is possible. Wyclef is a Grammy Award winning multimillionaire rock star who comes from Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. He's one of thousands of Haitians who immigrate to the U.S. And many never return. But not Wyclef: he goes back to Haiti often, using all of his personal wealth to help his impoverished country

Kaiso greats sing praises to a champion
Trevor Burnett | 10:14 pm
The four-time calypso king Kelvin Pope, the Mighty Duke, died at the Ellerslie Park Private Hospital (formerly Stanley’s) at 1.05 pm yesterday. Duke, 77, was born in St Vincent and came to Trinidad at a tender age and lived at Andel Road in Point Fortin, before moving to Cap-de-Ville Main Road. Calypsonian Dr Hollis “Chalkdust” Liverpool said, “At this time words fail me, but I was happy to say a prayer at his bedside with his son Constable Wendell Pope and his wife Rebecca, while he was going

Jamaica Gleaner, Manpower, Government team up to train youths
Published: Thursday | January 15, 2009, Hinchcliffe
The Audrey Hinchcliffe-led Manpower and Maintenance Services and the Ministry of Labour and Social Security are partnering to train and provide employment for an initial 500 youths. The move takes place as the country seeks to restructure its workforce in the midst of the global economic crisis. A total 10,000 youths are to be trained by year-end

Jamaica backs Gaza resolution
Posted: 2009-01-12 09:11:56Jamaica has welcomed a resolution adopted by the United Nations Security Council last Friday for an immediate ceasefire and urgent provision of aid to Palestinians in Gaza. Jamaica’s representative at the Friday meeting, Ambassador Peter Black, is urging both sides to immediately implement the ceasefire, which will facilitate international efforts to alleviate the grave and deepening humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

Trinidad Express
Monday January 12, Trinidad's president relative lost at sea according to news reports from the Trinidad Express. The report stated that two men one of them the nephew of Dr. Jean Ramjohn wife of President George Maxwell Richards remaind missing---

Trinidad Gaurdian
Ramesh calls for UNC-A party elections Francis Joseph | 8:45 pm
In the wake of mounting tensions within the Opposition UNC-A, Chief Whip Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj has again called for internal party elections and a successor to be appointed to replace the ageing political leader, Basdeo Panday

TPS for Haitians denied Sunday, 11 January 2009
Hundreds of Haitians who reside in the United States illegally had their hopes dashed on *** when the Bush Administration denied the many calls to grant Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Haitians.The disappointing measure was carried out by Homeland Security Secretary, Michael Chertoff who wrote a letter to Haitian President Rene Préval informing him that despite the many appeals to grant Haiti temporary protective status (TPS) by the U.S. this was not approved.