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The Caribbean Treasure islands in trouble
LAST month McKeeva Bush, the ousted premier of the Cayman Islands, appeared in court to contest a string of charges, some stemming from alleged use of his government credit card in American casinos. His next date with the judge is in June. But in a general election on May 22nd voters delivered their own verdict: with most votes counted, it seemed they had re-elected Mr Bush to the West Bay seat ...
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Business in Cuba A new course
The comandante emerges from his bunker AFTER the 1959 revolution Fidel Castro declared that golf was a "bourgeois" hobby, unsuitable for communists. Most of the island's courses were built on, and no new ones have been developed since. But the government has just given the go-ahead to a new golf resort, in what it claims is "the start of a whole new policy to increase the ...
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EXCLUSIVE As renewed Haiti cholera crisis looms UN blamed for inadequate effort
As the annual rainy season gathers over Haiti, bringing the risk of a renewed cholera epidemic that first struck in October 2011, growing numbers of health care professionals and relief workers are openly critical of the United Nations -- which many believe brought the deadly disease to Haiti in the first place. "The situation is worse than it was two years ago, " says Duncan ...
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Homeowners Protection Bill Debated
Lawmakers in the lower chamber yesterday began debate on the Homeowners Protection Bill, which is designed to assist struggling homeowners facing "extraordinary" circumstances to keep their homes. Moving the Bill in the House of Assembly was State Minister for Finance Michael Halkitis. "This Bill represents a modernisation of the lending framework in The Bahamas and creates a ...
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Canada businessmans corruption trial on in Cuba
HAVANA -; The trial of a Canadian businessman caught up in a corruption probe in Cuba is apparently under way nearly two years after he was ...
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AU Foreign Ministers Back Cuba
Addis Ababa, May 23 (Prensa Latina) The foreign ministers of the African Union (AU) adopted "by consensus or acclamation," a motion of support and gratitude to Cuba, for its contribution to the emancipation of Africa, a regional executive told Prensa Latina. The executive secretary of the South African Development Community (SADC), the Mozambican Tomaz Salomao, said the text was also ...
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Cubas Film School Celebrated in France
3 de mayo de 2013, 10:23 Paris, May 23 (Prensa Latina) The significance of the San Antonio de los Baños International Film School (EICTV) in Cuba, where young filmmakers from many countries have trained, was highlighted in France during an exhibition of films from the school. Founded 27 years ago, the institution is one of the most important of its kind in the world, and its associated ...
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Fitch Affirms National Commercial Bank Jamaica Ltd.s L-T IDRs Removes Rating Watch Negative
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Fitch Ratings has removed from Rating Watch Negative and affirmed National Commercial Bank Jamaica Limited's (NCBJ) long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) at 'B-'. At the same time, Fitch has assigned a Negative Outlook to NCBJ's long-term IDRs. A full list of rating actions is at the end of this press ...
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Fidel Castro Greets Cuban Rehabilitation Health Program
Havana, May 23 (Prensa Latina) The historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, sent congratulations today to the workers of the national community program of comprehensive rehabilitation of patients, started a decade ago. Since 2003, these services were expanded throughout the island, with 400 wards where about 69 million patients have so far benefited, with high levels of ...
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U.S. Blockade on Cuba is Unjust Saharawi Minister Says
Addis Ababa, May 23 (Prensa Latina) The economic blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba is unjust and illegal, stated today in this capital Saharawi Foreign Minister, Mohamed Ould Salek, who said that position is common among African ...
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Jamaica branch of Cuba-Venezuela cable goes live
ALBA -1 submarine cable, which connects the island with Venezuela, according to Doug Madory of internet analysis firm Renesys. Madory told The Associated Press that he detected new traffic between state-owned telecoms monopoly Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Cuba (ETECSA) and Cable & Wireless Jamaica beginning 13 May 2013. 'They’re gaining some physical diversity there, so if ...
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Dominican Republic busts network possibly linked to foreign terrorists
Santo Domingo.- The National Investigations Department (DNI) arrested members of a people trafficking network with possible links to international terrorist cells, who used Dominican Republic as a bridge from Cuba, France, Spain, Sri Lanka and Haiti. DNI chief operating officer Fidel Paulino identified the Sri Lankan- Canadian Karunanithy Nallathamby as the group's leader, arrested in ...
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Cuba bridgade information session
Find out about the 31st Southern Cross Brigade to Cuba (an annual trip organised through the Australia Cuba Friendship Societies), 29 Dec 2013 - 20 Jan 2014. Lotteries House, 2 Delhi Street, West Perth Are you interested in: Agricultural sustainability? Food security? Global social justice? Universal health care? Education? Organic Gardening? Socialism in practice? The brigade offers the ...
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Turtle tourism booming in Trinidad village
UP CLOSE: In this May 2 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 US-based Sea Turtle Conservancy say Trinidad is now likely the world's leading tourist destination for people to see ...
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Mt. Pleasant pair answering the call to help in Haiti
Answering the call to help others, two young Mt. Pleasant-area residents are in the midst of a week-long trip to Haiti as part of a mission trip under the auspices of the Church of God ...
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LPGA tournament reduced to 54 holes
The LPGA Tour Wednesday announced this week's event in the Bahamas would be reduced from 72 to 54 holes due to torrential rains that struck the course. Almost a foot of rain fell on the Ocean Club Golf Club in an 8-hour period Tuesday, leaving much of the course under water. The ninth and 18th fairways were flooded from tee to green. The tournament had been scheduled to begin Thursday, ...
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Puerto Rico legislator seeks to reduce dropout rates through increased fines jail time
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A legislator in Puerto Rico has submitted a bill that would increase fines and jail time for parents whose children skip classes or drop out of school. Angel Munoz Suarez says fines up to $5,000 and a 12-month jail sentence are needed to reduce dropout and absenteeism rates in the U.S. territory. He also says welfare benefits should be cut as punishment. Munoz says in a ...
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Puerto Ricos Culebra awaits new hospital school
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -; Puerto Rico's tiny island of Culebra has been forever dependent on the U.S. territory for food, jobs and health care, but the territory's governor is cutting some of those ...
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Puerto Rico legislator targets parents of dropouts
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -; A legislator in Puerto Rico has submitted a bill that would increase fines and jail time for parents whose children skip classes or drop out of ...
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Rain dampens debut of LPGA Bahamas event
The LPGA's first official tournament in the Bahamas boasts an elite field, but Mother Nature has already thrown a wet blanket over this week's event.The $US1.3 million tournament was scheduled to run from Thursday through Sunday, but has been shortened to 54 holes and is now to start on Friday after nearly a foot of rain fell on the Ocean Club Golf Course on Tuesday night.In the wake ...
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Trinidad rearranges infastructure spending
Trinidad and Tobago, although a small island nation less than ten times the size of the city state of Singapore, is a regional economic powerhouse and the national capital Port of Spain, is a centre of commerce in the West Indies, but with the robust development that our island has experienced comes a number of infrastructure projects all with different supporters and different objectives.
The controversial nature of the nationwide highways expansion program was seen as a reflection of the competing needs of the local population and the need to balance government spending against sustainable development. Read more
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