Six US airlines approved to begin direct flights to Cuba
Six US airlines have been approved by the American government to begin the first scheduled flights to Cuba in more than 50 years. The airlines were approved to fly from five US cities to nine Cuban...
View ArticlePainful lessons from loss of Cuban fencing team in 1976
By noon on Oct. 6, 1976, at Seawell International Airport in Barbados, it was humid, raining and 80 degrees. A McDonnell Douglas four-engine DC-8 jet adorned with Cubana Airlines' blue, white and red...
View ArticleHere’s why Cuba is the perfect destination for a quiet, lazy vacation
Despite a succession of sweeping changes in recent years – rapprochement with the US, Fidel Castro’s death – the rhythm of life on the island remains as languid as ever. In Old Havana, locals still...
View ArticleCuba calls
I am glad I visited Cuba soon after former President Barack Obama began to ease travel restrictions as part of his diplomatic detente. Now, President Donald Trump is intimating he might quash one of...
View ArticleThe Best Dressed Chicken Set To Excite With First-Class ‘Culinary...
The Best Dressed Chicken has recruited four of Jamaica’s leading chefs to tantalise the taste buds this evening at the Jamaica Observer Table Talk Food Awards. The quartet of accomplished chefs: Ravi...
View ArticleAntigua looking to Cuban market
ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) — Antigua and Barbuda is sending a trade mission to Cuba that Trade, Commerce and Industry Minister, Paul Chet Greene, has described as a strategic move given the imminent...
View ArticleJamaican students grateful for medical scholarships
University student Nicholas Campbell is extremely delighted to receive a scholarship to pursue a medical degree in Cuba. He is one of eight young Jamaicans who will leave the island in August to pursue...
View ArticleU.S.-Cuba commercial flights on the horizon
American Airlines’ Howard Kass is hopeful that the airline will be flying regularly scheduled service between the United States and Cuba within the first half of this year and says Miami will play a...
View ArticleHistoric flight from U.S. lands in Cuba
SANTA CLARA, Cuba — The first commercial flight between the United States and Cuba in more than a half century landed in the central city of Santa Clara on Wednesday morning, re-establishing regular...
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Pop into any modern mainstream restaurant today (from the USA to Canada to the UK and all points in between) and you will more than likely find jerk, or some version thereof, on the menu. And while we...
View ArticleInaugural commercial flight from US lands in Cuba
SANTA CLARA, Cuba (AFP) — The first regular commercial flight in more than 50 years from the United States landed in Cuba on Wednesday, as the two nations took the latest step in their efforts to boost...
View ArticleWhy you should get to Cuba now!
I have a Cuban hangover. I’m sitting in my easy chair early in the morning, drinking black Cuban coffee and listening to Cuban music while looking at the photos I took on our trip. I didn’t have...
View ArticleCurator hails Mobay Cultural Centre
ST JAMES, Jamaica (JIS) — Curator of the National Museum of Jamaica, David Stimpson, says the Montego Bay Cultural Centre is now the place to have an up-close-and-personal experience with Jamaican...
View ArticleBevan Earle — blazing a trail of success in South Florida
FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida — When St James native Bevan Earle emigrated to Florida in 1989 after serving 18 years in the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), he had no idea that he would later be dubbed...
View ArticleSandals makes another game-changing move
Hotel giant Sandals Resorts International (SRI) is planning another investment for Jamaica’s tourism industry. After gaining approval for five overwater villas at Sandals Kokomo Island, hotelier Gordon...
View ArticleinterCaribbean Airways launches Cacique Rewards
PROVIDENCIALES, Turks & Caicos Islands, Dec. 23, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- interCaribbean Airways is pleased to announce our new rewards program called "Cacique Rewards". A rewards program for our...
View ArticleEight U.S. airlines will fly between American cities, Havana
Eight U.S. airlines will be awarded 20 direct daily flights between U.S. cities and Havana, with service to begin this fall, the Transportation Department announced Thursday. The airlines, whose...
View ArticleCuba ranks top in Caribbean for culture
A couple of developments in the travel industry have hit the headlines recently. They may not be in the biggest type, but they’re notable. They’ve gotten me thinking. They’re indicators, I think, of...
View ArticleNew air links raise hopes in Washington and Cuba
SANTA CLARA, Cuba >> The first off JetBlue 387 were the TV cameramen, the U.S. secretary of transportation and the airline executives. As the tropical sun beat the tarmac, the VIPs traded...
View ArticleUPDATE: Trinidad outlines reasons for denying Jamaicans entry to country
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – The Trinidad and Tobago Government says it had prevented 12 Jamaicans from entering the island late last month because they were “deemed likely to become charges on...
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