Sunday 5th February, 2012
Memorial service held for US man shot in Haiti
MIAMI -- A memorial service will be held in Miami for an Ohio man who died from gunshot wounds he suffered during a robbery in Haiti where he was working on an orphanage.The service for 50-year-old ...
LAWRENCE: Haitian minister to give progress update
In the two years since an earthquake struck Haiti on Jan. 12, 2010, it might seem that little has been done to rebuild the country still reeling from the disaster that killed nearly 200,000 people. ...
10 die as Dominican Republic migrant boat sinks
Dominican Republic overturned in the pre-dawn darkness on Saturday, killing at least 10 people and leaving dozens missing, officials said.The migrants had left from near the town of Nagua, on the ...
Dominican Republic bishops reflect on crisis of morality
EWTNBishops from the Dominican Republic recently stated that although humanity is concerned with the global financial crisis, the real issue of today "is human and moral."The bishops expressed ...
Norovirus strikes 2 cruise ships in Caribbean
CBC NewsAn outbreak of norovirus has forced two cruise ships in the Caribbean to make early returns to their home ports in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Reports say a total of 484 people have been stricken on the ...
Haitian-born killer taught respect for women by aboriginal elders: parole documents
General SourcesWINNIPEG -- Federal documents have offered a glimpse into a controversial hearing last month in which a Haitian-born convicted killer was able to access an aboriginal-style parole hearing at ...
A flicker of light in Haiti
General SourcesTwo years after an unprecedented and unimaginable natural disaster, Haiti still mourns its dead, struggles to rebuild, has had to cope with cholera and has seen international assistance fall victim ...
Lord Ashcroft's Caribbean bank asked to hand over documents
The GuardianLord Ashcroft faces demands to hand over documents relating to the collapse of a company whose subsidiary is accused of benefiting from a culture of corruption.An insolvency practitioner appointed ...
Single in the Caribbean Sun
New York TimesGRATEFUL for rain on a Caribbean vacation? You bet I was. And you might have been, too, had you just escaped from a mob of bronzed bodies dancing under the stars in whipped-up, blissed-out unison to ...
Haitian president attends summit in Venezuela
Dominican TodayCaracas.- Haiti's President Michel Martelly arrived in Caracas Friday to attend a summit of leftist Latin American leaders hosted by Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez.Martelly said he ...
Tony Boursiquot rushed home to Haiti to become 'defender of weakest'
Christian Science MonitorTony Boursiquot stands with children at a Star of Hope school in Jeanton, Haiti, 60 miles north of Port-au-Prince. He was born in a village in southern Haiti, then went to live with relatives in the ...
Classical in style, Caribbean in flair
Times ColonistWhat: Dance Victoria presents Ballet Nacional de CubaWhen: Friday night, with additional performance SaturdayWhere: Royal TheatreRating: 3.5 starsThe Ballet Nacional de Cuba spun, leaped and chassd ...
Cuban Poet Highlights Cuban Relation with the Caribbean
Prensa LatinaHavana, Feb 3 (Prensa Latina) Cuban poet Marilyn Bobes, renowned by her narrative work in countries such as Mexico and Peru, highlighted here the approach of Cuban literature with the Caribbean, ...
Royal Caribbean taking hit from Costa Concordia disaster
Miami HeraldThe world’s second-largest cruise ship company on Thursday reported increased profits in 2011 and a promising start to the new year — until the Costa Concordia wreck in Italy scared off ...
Blanche Ely teacher accused of calling Haitian-American student ‘little chocolate boy’
General SourcesAfter calling a Haitian-American student ‘little chocolate boy’ and ‘chocolate nobody wanted,’ a reading teacher could face suspension without ...
Giving Haitian community a voice
General SourcesAngelucci Manigat , an activist and newspaper publisher, says Haitians suffer from a distinct image problem. A small Caribbean nation burdened by poverty, political strife, and natural disasters, ...
Haitian president says he won’t interfere in Baby Doc case
General SourcesPORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI Haitian President Michel Martelly says he won't interfere in the case of former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier, the National Palace said Friday. The office of the ...
Single in the Caribbean Sun
International Herald TribuneGRATEFUL for rain on a Caribbean vacation? You bet I was. And you might have been, too, had you just escaped from a mob of bronzed bodies dancing under the stars in whipped-up, blissed-out unison to ...
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