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Campbell-Brown leads Caribbean contingent in Diamond League
Three-time Olympic gold medallist and four-time World champion Veronica Campbell-Brown will lead about three dozen Caribbean athletes in the Adidas Grand Prix here next week. The Grand Prix, the third meet of the glitzy, multi-million dollar Diamond League, will be held May 25 at Icahn Stadium on Randall's Island here, reports CMC. It will feature dozens of international superstars, including ...
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Sea turtle comeback in a corner of the Caribbean
Flourishing turtle tourism is providing good livelihoods for people in formerly dead-end farming towns, with the Trinidad-based group Turtle Village Trust saying it brings in some $8.2 million annually. The inflow of visitors, both domestic and foreign, to Trinidad's northeast coast jumped from 6,500 in 2000 to over 60,000 in 2012. Officials with the U.S.-based Sea Turtle Conservancy say ...
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New board to oversee Trinidads Caribbean Airlines
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad -; Trinidad's finance minister has appointed a new interim board to oversee Caribbean Airlines after announcing that the state-owned company posted losses of more than $70 ...
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Has Caribbean Diplomacy Lost Its Mojo
- Whether by accident or coincidence, recent days have seen a variety of Caribbean leaders and journalists question whether the region is failing to pursue leadership roles within international organisations – and thus losing its voice in global issues like trade, climate change, and peace and ...
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Haiti trip an eye-opener for Pitt athletes
Katie Lippert saw things she never had seen before on a goodwill trip to Haiti with other Pitt athletes last month. Poverty, malnourishment and deplorable living conditions were the norm for the villagers in Cap Haitien, the city along the northern coast where they volunteered their services for a week at a local orphanage. Lippert, a senior midfielder on the women's soccer team, saw ...
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Discover Haiti Miami Donna Karan Showcases Haitian Artisans At Little Haiti Cultural Center
Fashion designer Donna Karan walks through the art gallery during her visit to Little Haiti at the Discover Haiti Exhibition in Miami, Friday, May 17, 2013. Karan is among the designers and celebrities who have advocated for Haitian artisans since a catastrophic earthquake shook the Caribbean country in 2010. (AP Photo/Alan ...
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UNWTO Caribbean international tourist arrivals to hit 30 million by 2030
International tourist arrivals to the Caribbean region are projected to reach 30 million by the year 2030, according to the Tourism Towards 2030 forecast from the UN World Tourism Organization. The Caribbean received a total of 21 million tourist arrivals in 2012. That was announced this week at the 55th Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas, which is being held in San Jose, Costa ...
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Singer Wyclef Jean to run for Haitian Presidency
Former Fugees Singer Wyclef Jean has decided to contest for the post of President of Haiti. Former Deputy Pierre Eric Jean-Jacques said Jean will run as part of his coalition in the November 28 election. Jean's spokesperson said the singer has planned to make an announcement on Thursday, but declined to say what it would be. "Jean-Jacques, who will be seeking to return to the ...
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Caribbean talks conservation on Branson’s island
Buildings line the shore of Necker Island in the British Virgin Islands, Friday, May 17, 2013. Richard Branson, the adventuring CEO and founder of the Virgin Group of companies is co-hosting a two-day meeting at Necker Island, his home in the British Virgin Islands, where he has developed an ultra-exclusive eco-resort that showcases renewable energy technology, reintroduced flamingoes, imported ...
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South America contraception up to 79 Middle Africa 19
Between 2003 and 2012, the total number of women worldwide wanting to avoid pregnancy and in need of contraception increased from 716 million to 867 million, with growth concentrated among women in the 69 poorest countries where modern method use was already very low. A young Chinese boy walks past a neighborhood 'sex shop', full of contraceptive suggestions, in central Beijing. (UPI ...
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World Bank says its helping Haiti draft mining legislation
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - The World Bank said Friday that it's helping Haiti craft legislation for the impoverished nation's little-known mining industry. In a brief statement to The Associated Press, the bank said it's trying to support the Haitian government in its effort to develop the mining sector in the country's northeastern mountains, which would entail revamping laws ...
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New CFO at Royal Caribbean
The top finance job at Miami-based Royal Caribbean Cruises is in new hands.The world’s second-largest cruise ship company announced Thursday that Brian Rice, who is retiring in spring of 2014, would no longer serve as chief financial officer, a job he has held since 2006. With 24 years at the company, Rice will remain vice chairman until he retires. In that role, he supervises finance, ...
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Donna Karan promotes Haitian artisans through Urban Zen Foundation helps curates art exhibit
MIAMI - The handbag Donna Karan was showing off Friday lacked her signature logo, or any designer's logo. It was made of paper mache and, the fashion designer said, represented Haiti's handmade carnival masks -- in wearable form. She said the tote bag and other similar fashion and decorative items made by Haitian artisans are part of her "dressing and addressing people" ...
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Dominican Republic’s flag waves high at Cannes
CANNES, France.- Dominican Republic's flag waves high at its Cannes Film Festival pavilion, where it promotes the country as an international film destination and where contacts and ties with world-renown producers have been forged. Presidency Film commissioner Ellis Perez said the impact on many producers unaware of the country's tax breaks was good, as well as the locations and ...
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Dominican Republic workers want a 17 wage hike not “ridiculous” 11
Santo Domingo.- The labor unions on Friday proposed a salary increase of 17 percent for this year and revised to negotiate another hike in 2014, according to the inflation and the cost of basic staples. Jacobo Ramos, spokesperson of the labor unions grouped in the CNTD, said employers have offered three "ridiculous and unacceptable" salary increases of 8%, then 9%, and ...
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US Canada pledge millions to fight drug trafficking other crime in eastern Caribbean
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent - The U.S. government has pledged $23 million to help improve security and fight drug trafficking and other crimes in the eastern Caribbean region. The narcotics affairs director of the U.S. Embassy in Barbados says the money will go toward the Regional Security System, a co-operative of police forces across the eastern Caribbean. Kurt van der Walde says the money will be ...
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Ambassador Yzaguirre gets Dominican Republic’s highest honor
Santo Domingo.- The Dominican Government bestowed Thursday the Duarte, Sanchez and Mella Medal of Merit on U.S. ambassador Raul Yzaguirre, for his effort to strengthen commercial, political and cultural cooperation between Santo Domingo and Washington . President Danilo Medina Decree No. 125-13 bestows the Dominican Government's highest honor on Yzaguirre, as head of the U.S. ...
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Ask dont tell the missionary aid model is the wrong way to help Haitians | Jill Filipovic
Haiti is not what you see on CNN." That was one of the first things Haitian entrepreneur Claudel Dumas told me when I visited the country in April. He was right. Yes, Haiti is extremely poor, and infrastructure is sorely lacking. The government is inefficient, and the nation is speckled with visitors there to "help", like missionaries and NGO workers. What's missing from the ...
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Aristide reappearance in Haiti fuels comeback talk
View Photo AFP/Thony Belizaire - Supporters of former Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide in Port-au-Prince on May 8. Having kept silent for nearly two years since returning from exile, recent public ...
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Haitian language offers insight
Grief for Haiti quickly turned to contempt for a country of poverty-stricken victims of the greatest tragedy in the country’s history, but there is more to this nation than destruction and underdevelopment and a Haitian-born teacher, who now lives in the US is doing something to try and show this fact.
Haiti has become a country known only for the devastation that was wrought by the January 12th earthquake, a date now infamous in the media. In the wake of the destruction, there was an outpouring of concern and grief followed by condemnation of the country for its third world ways and the inability of government to deal with the chaos and devastation. Read more
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