Kweyol close-up: photojournalist Chris Higgins captures Saint Lucia's Kweyol culture with his black-and-white images that demand a new perspective on the sun-drenched Caribbean.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SAINT LUCIA SITS AT THE HEART OF THE LESSER ANTILLES, the Caribbean region extending east of Puerto Rico to the northern coast of Venezuela. It belongs to a thin line of islands known as the Windwards that cut across the rough Atlantic to form the...

Visitors to the Caribbean.
Byline: PALLAVI PASRICHA Their bags are packed and match tickets in place. Delhi and Mumbai celebs are heading to the Caribbean for the World Cup action and some tropical sun. Guess where people will be holidaying this March and April? The picturesque Caribbean islands, of...

Visitors to the Caribbean.
Byline: PALLAVI PASRICHA Their bags are packed and match tickets in place. Delhi and Mumbai celebs are heading * towards the Caribbean for the World Cup action and some tropical sun. Guess where people will be holidaying this March and April? The picturesque Caribbean islands,...

Visitors to the Caribbean.
Byline: PALLAVI PASRICHA With their bags packed & match tickets in place, these celebs are Caribbean-bound for the World Cup and some tropical sun. Guess where people will be holidaying this March and April? The picturesque Caribbean islands, of course, where the Men in Blue...

'We'll give India reason to smile'.
Byline: Nimisha Tiwari Sachin Tendulkar sounds warning as Team India leaves for World Cup 2007. Team India was looking super confident yesterday on the eve of its departure to the Caribbean islands where it plays its first Group B match of World Cup 2007 on...

Seed plant genera endemic to the Caribbean Island Biodiversity Hotspot: a review and a molecular phylogenetic perspective.
Abstract Introduction Defining the Caribbean Island Hotspot Review Objectives Previous Accounts of the Endemic Genera The Endemic Genera: Current Status, Historical Profile, and Comparisons with other Insular Hotspots An Updated List of the Endemic Genera Historical Profile Comparisons with other Insular Hotspots Molecular Phylogenetics: Origin and Evolution of Antillean...

Caribbean set to play and calypso.
Byline: Ashok Chatterjee Since cricket in the Caribbean is more than just a game, it will be calypso, congos and catches that'll get fans over the boundary. If there's one thing you can expect during a cricket match in the Caribbean, it's a party. Cricket...

The Gemological Institute of America Presents 2006 GIA Chapter Volunteer Award to U.S. Virgin Islands Senator Shawn-Michael Malone.
CARLSBAD, Calif., Feb. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gemological Institute of America (GIA), the world's foremost authority in gems and gemology, will present its 2006 GIA Chapter Volunteer Award to U.S. Virgin Island Senator Shawn-Michael Malone in recognition of his work in establishing an alumni chapter in St. Thomas. ...

Caribbean impulse in Lilian Allen's psychic unrest.
"de root of all language is impulse" -Lillian Allen (53) "the square root of impulse is language" -Lillian Allen (68) Cultural debates on Canadian multiculturalism have variously created a literary landscape that is ever changing. Particularly since the 1980s, with the flowering of women's writing,...

Love all in this game.
Byline: Smita Khanna Devyani Kacker and Kunal Katre have not only scheduled their wedding to coincide with the CWC, but are also going to the Caribbean island for a honeymoon. He is a die-hard fan of Adam Gilchrist and Matthew Hayden. She swears by Sourav...