Caribbean Business Online notes – “Bacardi Corp. announced Friday that it was restructuring its Puerto Rico bottling operations, a move that will result in the elimination of 77 local jobs over the next year.”

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Virtual Beer Can Lets You Pretend to Be an Alcoholic

The $9 toy is a plastic recreation of the top of a beer can, complete with a pop top that plays an electronic sound simulating the opening of a beer can every time you pull it. Every 30 times you pull the tab, it plays what we’re told is “a special sound” as a “reward” — your guess is as good as mine.

From OhGizmo

Vincent Ford, the songwriter credited with composing the Bob Marley reggae classic No Woman, No Cry has died in Jamaica. He was 68.

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On Christmas eve at New York’s Herald offices, Mencken found only two people sober.

“All the rest were full of what they called hand-set whiskey. This powerful drug was sold in a saloon next door to the Herald office, and was reputed to be made in the cellar by the proprietor in person–of wood alcohol, snuff, tabasco sauce, and coffin varnish.”

H.L. Mencken, Newspaper Days

Whatever Holiday You Celebrate around This Time of Year,
Please Try to Stay Clear of the Coffin Varnish.

Here is a small list of USVI based radio stations that stream their audio on the internet.

WDHP Christiansted, USVI with Island music

http://www.reefbroadcasting.com/

Caribbean gospel music WEVI-FM St. Thomas:

http://www.wevifm.org/

WIUJ St. Thomas

http://nyc01.egihosting.com/9876

WJKC Christiansted

http://www.isle95.com/

WMNG Christiansted classic rock

http://www.mongoose1049.com/

WVIQ Christiansted Adult Contemporary

http://www.sunny995.com/

WSTX Christiansted

http://www.wstxam.com/

The fine folks at Brinley Gold Rum are giving away a trip to St. Kitts! To enter, all you have to do is submit your Brinley flavored rum cocktail. Click here to enter.

The trip for 2 to St. Kitts includes: 2 round trip airfares from domestic US to St. Kitts, accomodations for 5 days, 4 nights in St. Kitts, Golf for 2, Spa Day for 2, Catamaran Sailing Day Trip for 2, and $500 spending cash.

My first post. Time for another drink.