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READER SUBMITTED Caribbean Culture Celebrated At Mass At Saint Justin And Picnic
Archbishop Henry J. Mansell will celebrate a Mass, along with the Rev. Emmanuel Ihemedu, dedicated to the culture of the Caribbean on Sunday, June 23 at Saint Justin Church, 230 Blue Hills Avenue in Hartford, at 11 a.m. The Mass will open with a festive procession of colorful Caribbean flags. Liturgical dancers from Caribbean American Dance Company and steel pan drummers will participate in the ...
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US collegians to host Cuba in July
DES MOINES, Iowa -; The U.S. collegiate national baseball team will host its Cuban counterpart next month in a five-game international "friendship" ...
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Songa Mercur to Depart Cuba for Vietnam
Songa Mercur (mid-water semisub) is departing Cuba for Vietnam after failing to find oil, AFP reported on Tuesday. Drilling work in Cuba was suspended because of a problem-plagued exploration well, and the start of the hurricane season, reported the state-run Agencia de Informacion National (AIN). Songa Mercur was drilling in shallow waters in the central Cuban province of Ciego de Avila about ...
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Annexation to US Would Turn Puerto Rico Into a LatAm Ghetto
San Juan, Jun 18 (Prensa Latina) Puerto Rico's annexation to the United States would destroy its economy and turn it into a Latin American ghetto, assured Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla today. The Puerto Rican governor favored the development of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (ELA), in force since 1952, as an U.S. maneuver to remove Puerto Rico from the U.N. List of Non-Self-Governing ...
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Chinese premier meets Cubas first vice-president
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Tuesday met with Cuban First Vice-President Miguel Diaz-Canel and pledged to further boost cooperation between the two countries.During the meeting, Li hailed the traditional friendship between China and Cuba.He highlighted their mutual support on national sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity, and the paths of socialist development suitable to their ...
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Minnis slams govt on crime economy
Opposition Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis said yesterday the 2013/2014 budget fails to sufficiently address two key priorities: reducing crime and growing the economy. "The Bahamas is meandering, while taking on water and sailing in the heavy seas of crime, joblessness, bloated public finances, increased government borrowing and erratic, inflammatory and reactionary immigration policies and a ...
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Contract workers demand pay from BTC
Unpaid sub-contracted workers of Bahamas Telecommunications Company wait at the parking lot of the company's John F. Kennedy Drive headquarters yesterday seeking payment. TORRELL GLINTON TNG ...
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Policeman says he saw Stephen Stubbs stash gun
A policeman yesterday claimed that he saw Stephen Stubbs put a .45 caliber pistol under a car in the parking lot of Club Rock Disco on West Bay Street. Stubbs, Andrew Davis and Clinton Evans are on trial before Justice Roy Jones for the murder of DC Jimmy Ambrose and the attempted murder of Constable Marcian Scott at the club on March 29, 1999. They have denied the allegations. Constable ...
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Lawyer says legal action looms in St. John’s feud
An attorney representing scores of parents whose children attended St. John's College said yesterday she would file legal action against the school as early as this week if the Anglican Central Education Authority (ACEA) does not reverse its decision to cancel the graduation ceremony and prom. Graduation was scheduled for this morning. The ACEA has said it canceled the school's prom ...
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Officials to address cruise industry’s crime concern
The Ministry of Tourism, the police and major cruise lines are working on a white paper on crime that will specifically address how to prevent crime in tourist areas, Minister of Tourism Obie Wilchcombe said. This comes after several cruise lines that visit The Bahamas began issuing crime warnings to their passengers. The proposed white paper was discussed during a meeting attended by police, ...
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$20m more for Bahamasair
The government has allocated $20 million to Bahamasair in the upcoming fiscal year, Deputy Prime Minister Philip Brave Davis said yesterday. "Bahamasair holdings continues to suffer from high labor costs and an aging fleet, escalating fuel costs and a commitment to unprofitable domestic [routes]," Davis said during his contribution to debate of the 2013/2014 budget in the House of ...
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Man charged with June 9 murder
Police have charged a man with the murder of Sidney Brown, who was murdered earlier this month. Shadrach Gibson, 18, of Johnson Alley, is accused of the fatal stabbing of Brown on June 9. Brown was found stabbed to death on a sidewalk near Jerome Avenue and Wulff Road. Gibson was not required to enter a plea to the charge at his arraignment before Chief Magistrate Roger Gomez yesterday. He ...
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Cubas Resolution on Puerto Rico Stresses at UN
Havana, Jun 18 (Prensa Latina) Edwin Gonzalez, delegate of the Puerto Rican Mission in Havana, stressed the importance of the draft resolution submitted by Cuba on his country in the UN Decolonization Committee, Granma newspaper reported. The fact that the "UN participate on the matter is of vital importance to our independentist intentions, as the U.S. justification for ignoring the matter ...
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Icon Dominican border town resumes trade with Haiti for now
Dajabon, Dom. Rep.- The local retailers association of Dajabon, the country's biggest and most active border town, lifted the strike in effect since yesterday to protest the Haitian government's ban on Dominican Republic poultry products, enacted citing concerns over alleged bird flu. Tractor-trailers and other vehicles were allowed to cross into and out of Haiti since early Tuesday ...
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Raul Castro Meets President of Sao Tome and Principe
Havana, Jun 18 (Prensa Latina) President Raul Castro met Manuel Pinto da Costa, President of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, who continues today an official visit to this country. Both leaders referred to the relations of friendship and cooperation between their countries, expressed their interest in strengthening bilateral ties, and also talked on international issues. ...
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Couple Sought Asylum in Cuba Said Childrens Lives in Danger Lawyer Says
The Tampa couple accused of kidnapping their sons at gunpoint and absconding on a sailboat across the Gulf of Mexico tried to formally seek asylum from Cuban authorities, asserting the lives of their children were at risk from U.S. government officials, one parent’s lawyer said ...
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Castro targets kids fashion
CAST ) today officially announced that it is entering the children's clothing market. Castro CEO and owner Gabi Rotter said, "We plan entering this market in a very significant way from the outset. This is an engine of growth for us and very necessary. Our role is to bring good news to the children's fashion market and we want to be a market leader. Children's fashion is not ...
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Australian abruptly ends Cuba-Fla. swim attempt
HAVANA (AP) - Australian endurance swimmer Chloe McCardel ended her attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida after 11 hours in the water when she was stung by a jellyfish Wednesday ...
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Caribbean diplomats fight UK’s APD
BRIDGETOWN--Caribbean diplomats in the United Kingdom are gearing up to lobby the British government for an ease in the airline passenger duty (APD), a tax which Caribbean countries say seriously affect their tourism industries.Tourism and International Transport Minister Richard Sealy said the Caribbean diplomats have secured 40,000 to assist them in this effort.Sealy, who recently visited the ...
Haiti Feature
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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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