BBCCaribbean.com explores the candidates beyond those being covered most. Check an excerpt from their story below…

Under Haiti’s constitution, candidates must meet seven constitutional requirements….

…They must be a native of Haiti, be at least 35 years old, have never renounced their citizenship, have never been sentenced for a crime, own property and a “habitual residence” in Haiti, not currently be handling public funds and have resided in the country for at least five consecutive years before election day.

Mr Jean’s candidacy was believed to have been rejected on the grounds that he was not resident in Haiti in the past five years.

He said he would appeal the ruling.

Now that the hip hop star is out of the race, the main contenders are likely to be Mr Alexis, Mr Neptune and Mr Celestin….

Check out the full story here: BBCCaribbean.com: The race for Haiti’s presidency.

Interesting story on the Olympic aspirations of dominoes players in Jamaica. Could dominoes ever overtake Track & Field as their national sport? Only time will tell.

Check out an excerpt from the article below…

Domino competitions see players setting up from daybreak and going through until the early hours playing Cut Throat and Partner, the names of the two most popular local styles played.

A “Q”, or quarter-litre bottle of white rum, is often a key element of the event, making the job of getting the game more professional even more of an uphill battle.

“I’d say seven of 10 of us play,” says Rey Smith, head of the National Association of Domino Bodies in Jamaica.

“We play it as a social game and we’re now playing it competitive level. It’s that level that we’re talking about with the Olympics.”

Read the full feature here: BBC News - Jamaica’s dream of Olympic dominoes.

In January an earthquake in Haiti killed up to 230,000 people and left more than one million homeless.

As the rainy season began, photographer Jake Price traveled to a number of the many camps that house some of those left homeless and presents his impressions of those struggling to rebuild their lives.

Check out the feature here: BBC News - Audio slideshow: Life in a camp in Haiti.

Interesting article from the BBC on the recent G20 Conference in Copenhagen and how the decisions made there affect Caribbean nations. Check out an excerpt below…

The message from small island states in the Caribbean was so simple, it could be reduced to song lyric form.

“1.5 to stay alive” was the song written and performed by Barbadian performance poet Adisa “AJA” Andwele.

AJA is also the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Spokesperson for Peace and Poverty Eradication for Barbados and the Organisation of Eeastern Caribbean States (OECS).

The theme of the song refers to the centigrade degree limit to which global surface temperatures can rise before Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are severely compromised in their ability to adapt to the impacts of climate change.

But, with world leaders failing to provide a binding solution to climate change at their just-concluded summit in Copenhagen, small states such as those in the Caribbean are left to assess where this leaves them….

Check out the full article here: “1.5 To Stay Alive”: The Caribbean and Copenhagen.

….also, for those who didn’t catch it see Guyana’s deal with Norway to protect their rainforests.

BBC has always been great with their photography and we’ve highlighted some of the their work around the Caribbean before. Now comes a new photo-essay highlighting the fight to end hunger in Haiti, after the string of natural disasters this year. Check out the details below…

A year after a series of natural disasters and civil unrest rooted in increasing food prices ravaged Haiti, people there are still struggling to recover. A third of the population - 1.9 million people - still do not have a guaranteed supply of food.

See a few images from the photo essay below…

…and check out the full feature here: In pictures: Fighting hunger in Haiti. (BBC News).

BBCCaribbean.com has put together a nice summary of the dominance of Caribbean teams at this year’s Track & Field championships. Check out an excerpt below…

…The peerless Bolt, who turned 23 years old on Friday, broke both his individual world records - in the 100 and 200 metres - and left the world grasping and gasping for superlatives as attention turned rightly to Jamaican performances on the track and field.

But this was no one man-show as, after six days of this nine-day event, Jamaica led the gold-medal count with five.

That was one more than the United States, two of whose winners have come from Caribbean-born athletes…

For the full story, click here: The Caribbean Party in Berlin.

All even more fitting, since the Jamaican men just wrapped up another gold in the 4×100 final. Check the video after the jump…

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The BBC did a series of interviews with Usain Bolt and his family to get a sense of the athletes life off the track.
These videos show the other side of the world class runner. Check’em out…

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BBCCaribbean.com has put together a nice feature on the up-and-coming track atheletes in Jamaica. Check out the full story at the link below…

image via puma running on Flickr.

It seems like the ice is melting a bit when it comes to Cuba, with the US and other nations recently easing back on some of the restrictions that have existed for decades. That being the case, the BBC sat down with a few Cubans and Cuban-Americans to discuss both the past and future of the island.

Check out the full feature here: Cubans discuss US embargo.

Image via dermarkstein on Flickr.

Interesting article from the BBC on the 30th Anniversary of Grenada’s revolution, led by Maurice Bishop, and the aftermath it left behind. You might remember me mentioning this a while back….

Soft reggae music - known as “lovers rock” - hangs in the air piped gently through the public address system of the main hospital in Grenada’s hilly capital, St George’s.

The tranquil mood is in stark contrast to the events of 1983 when the nearby fort, which overlooks the General Hospital, was the scene for serious violence that left the prime minister, Maurice Bishop, dead.

Now the last of the “Grenada 17″ jailed for his murder look set to be released.

Mr Bishop had come to power 30 years ago on a heady day - 13 March - when his youthful revolutionaries overthrew the autocratic elected leader, Sir Eric Gairy….

Check out the full article here: Revolution Legacy: Grenada’s turbulent recent history still reverberates 30 years after coup.

Image via Corbis.