St Lucia receiving $10.7 million loan

The IMF has approved a $10.7 million loan to St Lucia to help compensate for the downward spiral in their economy.
It is unknown at this time whether this will translate into job opportunities for this area.
Reuters article

Four islands hit with Tropical Wave

This article is from: Jamaica Observer
CMC
Tuesday, July 21, 2009

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – At least four Caribbean islands were yesterday lashed by heavy rains from a tropical wave located east of the Windward Islands.
The heavy rains, accompanied by lightning and thunder, affected the islands of St Lucia, Dominica, Grenada, St Vincent and the Grenadines [...]

British Virgin Islands voted best in the Caribbean

Posted on: July 20th, 2009 by Peter Headley
This article is from: Carrentals.co.uk
Virgin Islands has just been voted the best destination in the Caribbean in a poll by Travel and Leisure magazine’s World’s Best Awards. The annual accolades go out to the best in each category like best beach and best hotel.
The winners are judged by [...]

Couple leaves cornfields for Caribbean

BY CAROL HICKS
This article is from: The Commercial News
HOOPESTON — Barbara McVicker, a former Rossville resident, returned home recently from an island paradise in St. Croix, Virgin Islands, to visit with family and friends.
She and her husband, Kenny, live there.
“We have always wanted to retire on an island, and one year ago, we vacationed at [...]

Tropical Wave approaching Caribbean

NEW YORK, July 20 (Reuters) – A tropical wave about 200 miles east of the Windward Islands has a small chance — less than 30 percent — of developing into a tropical cyclone over the next 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center forecast Monday.
Over the next five days, most weather models forecast the system [...]