Did I just unlock the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle

The Globe and Mail - Monday 20th May, 2013

I've discovered the secret of the mysterious shipwrecks and disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle. It's rum.My discovery began as day of sailing the sparkling turquoise waters of postcard-perfect Bermuda with a local, complete with his captain's cap. Captain Ron assured me he knew the waters better than anyone and I felt reassured that I was in good hands. Conditions were ...

Dominican Republic 22 Drug Traffickers Arrested

Prensa Latina - Monday 20th May, 2013

Santo Domingo, May 20 (Prensa Latina) The Dominican Republic National Police arrested 22 people in the last three days, linked to the drug traffic in the north-western province of Santiago, said press reports Monday. The sources some said the arrested are 18 years old, also firearms, money in cash, stolen vehicles and other items, were confiscated. The Dominican Republic has a favorable ...

Trinidad and Tobago Wants to Strengthen Commercial Links with DR

Prensa Latina - Monday 20th May, 2013

Santo Domingo, May 20 (PL) Trinidad and Tobago seeks to increase trade relations with the Dominican Republic, and to fulfill this objective, delegations from both countries met today in this capital. We hope that enterprises from both countries may achieve the exchange of goods and services, and the formation of strategic alliances, said the President of the Export Agency of Trinidad and Tobago, ...

Dominican Republic prosecutor says drug cartel plans to kill him

Dominican Today - Monday 20th May, 2013

Dominican Republic.- La Romana province prosecutor Jos Polanco Ramrez said Monday drug traffickers and killers-for-hire plan attempts on his life and those of his family, for which he was assigned more bodyguards. He said Justice minister Francisco Dominguez and Police chief Jose A. Polanco already provided increased protection for him and his family, from the threat by the so-called ...

See giant leatherback turtles rebound in the Caribbean

Pioneer Press - Monday 20th May, 2013

In this May 2, 2013 photo, a tourist takes photographs of a leatherback turtle as it heads to the ocean after burying her eggs in the sand at daybreak on a narrow strip of beach in Grande Riviere, Trinidad. Officials with the U.S.-based Sea Turtle Conservancy say Trinidad is now likely the world s leading tourist destination for people to see leatherbacks. (AP Photo/David ...

Man in Puerto Rico arrested by FBI after sending Twitter threat

Vancouver Sun - Monday 20th May, 2013

A man has been arrested in Puerto Rico for a Twitter post that threatened a gay activist and made a reference to the Boston Marathon bombing, the FBI said ...

Earthquake Shakes Eastern Caribbean Islands

Prensa Latina - Monday 20th May, 2013

Port of Spain, May 20 (Prensa Latina) An earthquake of 5.3 degrees on the Richter scale shook several Eastern Caribbean islands without causing damage or casualties, the Seismic Department of the University of the West Indies reported today. The institution stressed that the quake?s epicenter was located southwest of Barbuda, part of the Antigua and Barbuda federation. At the end of last month, ...

Edouard Glissants Work to be Discussed in Cuba

Prensa Latina - Monday 20th May, 2013

Havana, May 20 (Prensa Latina) The work of Martinican writer Edouard Glissant (1928-2012) will be discussed today at the International Colloquium "Cultural Diversity in the Caribbean", attended by a large delegation of intellectuals from the region. The meeting, sponsored by the Casa de las Americas, is being attended by artists, writers and intellectuals from Aruba, Haiti, Dominican ...

Lens Blog Vlad Sokhins Photos of Haitis Child Servants

New York Times - Monday 20th May, 2013

Twelve-year-old Judeline crouches at the feet of a much younger girl, lifting high a makeup kit so the little girl, Boubou, can apply a colored pencil to her brow. Boubou studies herself intently in the kit's mirror; Judeline, hidden to her, stares at us with a look that seems both humiliated and beseeching. Taken by the photographer Vlad Sokhin for a series called "Restavek: Child ...

Digicel rolls out HSPA+ in Haiti

TeleGeography - Monday 20th May, 2013

HSPA + network in the country, with the service available to both pre- and post-paid subscribers. Digicel advertised an average download speed of up to 3Mbps for the service, depending on the location, the device capabilities and the network traffic, whilst theoretical ...

The Bahamas Journal – Jones Communications Network

Bahama Journal - Monday 20th May, 2013

For months he has been tight-lipped, but National Insurance Minister Shane Gibson finally revealed yesterday that the National Insurance Board (NIB) forensic audit cost the government a whopping $861,606. The government hired the Grant Thornton (Bahamas) accounting firm to carry out the audit after now axed NIB Chairman Gregory Moss and NIB's Board wrote Minister ...

lindbergh smith The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism SuperBowl Add was...

Bahama Journal - Monday 20th May, 2013

If you were watching the Super Bowl on CBS on Sunday, chances are you saw the primetime debut of a $4.5 million advertisement by the Ministry of Tourism. But since then, the 61-second commercial, intended to encourage visitors to come to The Bahamas, has received both good and bad reviews from Bahamian citizens. Viral comments flooded both Facebook and Twitter as some locals reveled in the ...