CaribWorldNews, WASHINGTON, D.C., Mon. Mar. 3, 2008: Caribbean countries hardly produce illegal drugs yet remain major transit points for drug dealers seeking to get their merchandise to the U.S. and European markets.

That’s the conclusion yet again of the U.S. State Department as it released another International Narcotics Control Strategy Report on Friday in Washington. The islands continue to serve as northbound transshipment points for cocaine and increasing amounts of heroin coming from South America; chiefly Colombia and Venezuela, said officials.

Hardbeatnews, KINGSTON, Jamaica, Fri. June 29, 2007: South Florida-based, Jamaican-born pilot Barrington Irving has been called an inspiration to Jamaica and the world by the country’s Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller.

Simpson Miller’s comments came as the 23-year-old completed his historic flight around the world Wednesday and returned back to the Miami airport on a plane he had made.

By Davia Morrison, Panos Youth Journalist

Kingston, May 19, 2007 (Panos) - Jenna Bush, the 25 year old daughter of United States of America President George Bush, spent two weeks in Jamaica recently on a fact finding mission exploring issues concerning Jamaican children.

Bush, who arrived in the island on April 28 and left on May 8, met with a number of organisations which focus on child rights and HIV including Panos Caribbean’s Youth Journalist group in Kingston.

CaribPR Newswire, NEW YORK, NY April. 16, 2007: For the very first time in the history of New York City, Guyana's flag, the Golden Arrow Head, will be raised above the financial district of the Big Apple in honor of the South American nation's 41st anniversary of independence from Britain.

CaribPR Newswire, NEW YORK, NY March 21, 2007: This June, some 25 million Caribbean consumers across the US, from Colin Powell to Sean ‘P Diddy’ Combs, will be celebrated during the second annual Caribbean American Heritage Month (CAHM).

In honor of CAHM, The Caribbean Heritage Month Foundation, known as the most aggressive lobbying group for the passage of the bill into law, Uplift Caribbean® and media partner, The Caribbean World News Network, are teaming up to present a national PSA campaign entitled: ‘My Caribbean Story.’