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Caribbean Fashion Week 2019
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Caribbean Fashion Week 2019

Caribbean Fashion Week 2019 will run from Thursday, June 13 to Sunday, June 16, 2019. The schedule is as follows: Thursday, June 13, 2019: Pulse’s 40th Anniversary Launch @ The Chairman’s Suite, Pulse Rooms, 38a Trafalgar Road, Kingston 10 Friday, June 14, 2019: Caribbean Fashionweek Welcome Reception @ Nigeria House, 2 Millsborough Close, Kingston 6 Saturday, June 15, 2019: Caribbean Fashionweek Night 1, The Collections from Africa and the Caribbean @ Pulse Suites @ Villa Ronai, Old Stony Hill Road Sunday, June 16, 2019: Caribbean Fashionweek Night 2, The Collections from Africa and the Caribbean @ Pulse Suites @ Villa Ronai, Old Stony Hill Road CFW primarily will be a by invite series of events, with very limited tickets available for sale. The event categories i...
Region must place high priority on Disaster Management
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Region must place high priority on Disaster Management

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott, says the region must place high priority on the issue of disaster management. He noted that the Caribbean region is considered to be the second most disaster prone in the world, and revealed that for Jamaica alone, it is conservatively estimated that for the past 10 years, the country has lost $14 billion annually, dealing with damage caused by impact of hazards, such as hurricane and floods. The Minister pointed out that this is more than the capital budget of many government departments. Mr. Arscott, who is the incoming Chair of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) Council of Ministers, was speaking at the opening ceremony and cocktail reception for the third meeting of the Council of the ...
First Caribbean Yoga Conference to be held in Montego Bay
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First Caribbean Yoga Conference to be held in Montego Bay

Bella Luna Yoga is on a mission to celebrate a global, ever-expanding yoga consciousness. First stop, the tropical climate of the Caribbean! The inaugural Caribbean Yoga Conference will be held February 2-5, 2012 at the Rose Hall Resort and Spa in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Bella Luna Yoga is the brainchild of Kimberly Moon, an educator, yoga instructor, and entrepreneur. Born from her passion for yoga and travel, Kimberly founded Bella Luna Yoga, an innovative business that provide resorts with world-class yoga and wellness programming and offers skilled yoga instructors the means to share their love of yoga with the world. Bella Luna’s team of experts offers professional consultations and program development in a variety of areas from yoga and wellness program development and lifestyle coach...
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Caribbean Exam to Replace GSAT soon

The Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) is developing a Primary Exit Examination (PEE), Professor of Research, Measurement and Evaluation at the University of the West Indies' (UWI) School of Education, Mona, Dr. Stafford (more…)
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REDJet Approved to fly in Jamaica

Approval has been granted by the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority for Airone Ventures Limited, which trades as REDjet, to commence operations in the Jamaican market. This was disclosed by Minister of Transport and Works, Hon. Michael (more…)
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Hillary Clinton to visit Jamaica

United States (US) Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton will be coming to Jamaica on Wednesday.  Mrs. Clinton will be in Montego Bay to meet with her Caribbean counterparts.  The US Embassy in Kingston says Clinton will (more…)
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2011 Hurricane Names

Today is the first day of the 2011 hurricane season. The 6 month long North Atlantic hurricane season, runs from June 1 – November 30. Hurricanes are named in alphabetical order from the list in chronologically. Thus the first (more…)
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The Rebirth of Air Jamaica

It has been a long and winding 40-year journey and now the little piece of Jamaica that flies is back. Two strong brands, Air Jamaica and Caribbean Airlines, are now joined together in one airline to serve Jamaica and the Caribbean (more…)
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Jamaica retains Caribbean Cup

Jamaica won its second straight Digicel Caribbean Cup and fifth overall Sunday, outlasting Guadeloupe 5-4 on penalty kicks after a 1-1 draw. Jamaica prevailed when Guadeloupe captain Jean Luc Lamboude - whose 78th-minute (more…)
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2010 Hurricane Names

Today is the first day of the 2010 hurricane season. The 6 month long North Atlantic hurricane season, runs from June 1 - November 30. Hurricanes are named in alphabetical order from the list in chronologically. Thus the first (more…)