Struggling Air Jamaica Raises US$35 Million

JAMAICA -- Executive Chairman of Air Jamaica Ltd. Dr. Vincent Lawrence announced this week that US$35 million was raised between December 23 and 31 to facilitate the repayment of debt incurred by the airline. ..Full Story

Greece Donates US$100,000 For Grenada Hurricane Relief

NEW Y0RK -- Greece has joined the many countries and organisations that have donated funds towards the rebuilding efforts in Grenada...Full Story

Regional Radio Journalist Could Lose Job in St. Kitts

ST. KITTS -- News reaching Caribbean Net News indicates that Guyana-born journalist Clive Bacchus, who has been serving as the general manager of the privately owned and operated WINN FM Radio in St. Kitts...Full Story

Tsunami Forces Mother of Two Sons To Decide which One She Must Let Go

AUSTRALIA (AP) - When a massive wall of water shattered Jillian Searle's idyllic tropical holiday, she was forced to make a horrific choice no parent should ever have to face: which of her two young sons to save...Full Story

Trinidad Records 260 Murders, 35 Higher than Preceding Year
TRINIDAD (CMC) - Murders shot up to a record 260 person in 2004, leaving nationals fearful about the country's continuing homicide problem. There were 35 more murders last year than in 2003...Full Story

Disappearance of CXC Exams Rocks T&T Education Ministry
TRINIDAD (CMC) - Twelve workers have been fired by the Ministry of Education in a scandal involving the disappearance of CXC examination papers...Full Story

Tsunami Warning System Lacking For Caribbean, but Being Proposed
BARBADOS --: There is no formal tsunami early warning system for the Caribbean but there are efforts underway to create one.....Full Story

Lester Bird Sees Gloomy 2005, Says ALP is to be Reorganized

ANTIGUA – During separate end-of-year interviews on two radio stations, former Prime Minister Lester Bird predicted that the year 2005 will not be a good one for the people of the twin-island unitary stat, and that the Antigua Labor Party, which he heads, is going to be reorganized....Full Story

Dog Saves 7-year-old Indian Boy From Churning Tsunami Waters

Run away!" her husband screamed from a rooftop after he spotted the colossal waves. The command was simple but it presented Sangeeta with a dilemma: She had three sons, and only two arms...Full Story

St. Vincent Welcomes Home 12 Presumed ‘Missing at Sea’

The families of a group of 12 Grenadians and Vincentians who were missing at sea for several days returned home on Thursday, December 23, to cheers, hugs and tears of joy...Full Story

Massive Fire Destroys Part Of Popular Barbados Mall

A massive fire on December 30 that was not brought under control until New Year’s Day caused extensive damage to a popular Bridgetown shopping mall, leaving merchants counting thousands of dollars in losses...Full Story