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www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/... - Caribbean governments have renewed policies in an insurance pool that triggers payouts of emergency cash to regional islands after devastating hurricanes or earthquakes.
Sixteen Caribbean nations and territories pool their risk through the program, slashing individual premiums by about 40 percent. Governments have purchased policy deductibles that would reimburse them for damage incurred during hurricanes or earthquakes over a 20-year period.
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www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/c... - After last week's first success of the season, Afro Caribbean were brought back down to earth thanks to an agonising one-run defeat to Dunchurch. Michael Penna bowled 7-37 to see off Dunchurch for 190 all out before his side fell just short on all out for 189 after Amir Ali had made 64 and Tony McCourtie 62 not out. more...()
stluciastar.com/content/... - A team of six, including two officials left the island Friday evening for the 2009 Eastern Caribbean Bodybuilding Championships taking place in Trinidad & Tobago from May 29-31. The team consists of two men and two women. Dale Leon will compete in the Men’s Light Heavyweight category while Orville James faces the opposition in the Men’s Middleweight category. more...()
www.bviplatinum.com/news... - Local Health officials are keeping a close tab on the Influenza A H1N1 and continue to urge residents to remain vigilant as more Caribbean countries report cases of the deadly disease. Additional cases of the new strain of Influenza A H1N1 have been identified in the Caribbean with two cases being confirmed in Jamaica, one case in the Bahamas and one in Bermuda. This adds to the three previous cases confirmed in Cuba and two in the Dominican Republic. more...()
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/worl... - The United States is facing pressure over its Cuba policy at the annual meeting of the Organization of American States (OAS), being held in Honduras. Most Latin American countries want the Caribbean island to return to the group, from which it was expelled in 1962, without preconditions. more...()
www.reuters.com/article/... - he World Bank on Tuesday approved a new four-year, $121 million lending strategy for Haiti, the Western Hemisphere's poorest country, that focuses on economic growth, jobs and reducing the impact from natural disasters.
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thehill.com/leading-the-... - The House ethics committee is reviewing a trip Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) and several other members took to the Caribbean island of St. Maarten last year. Ethics committee Staff Director Blake Chisam and Todd Ungerecht, counsel to the panel’s ranking member, have asked for information from a conservative group that has raised questions about a November 2008 conference at the St. Maarten Sonesta Maho Bay Resort & Casino. more...()
www.stabroeknews.com/200... - Austin Jack Warner, president of CONCACAF and vice president of FIFA yesterday said he was disappointed that Guyana’s goal project has not yet gotten off the ground but added that he was finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. more...()
www.dailymail.co.uk/tvsh... - Troubled Amy Winehouse may have cancelled her UK comeback gig, but the singer is still plugging away at her third album – and was even spotted touting her guitar across a sandy St Lucia beach. Dressed in her island uniform of hotpants and a bikini top, and displaying a collection of painful looking bruises on her legs, the singer scampered up and down the shore with her instrument and even paused to chat with some sunbathers. more...()
www.nydailynews.com/ny_l... - With the goal of sharing the unique and striking attributes of the Caribbean with potential visitors, "Caribbean Week in New York" is returning to the city. The event, which runs from June 8 through June 12 and is sponsored by the Caribbean Tourism Organization, is a source of great pride among Caribbean New Yorkers, as their homelands take center stage with private and public activities in the city more...()
www.miamiherald.com/ente... - Matisyahu, the devout Jewish rapper, is making the kind of journey he makes all the time between his music and his religion. On this recent Friday afternoon, that consists of walking through Manhattan from a voice lesson to prepare for Shabbat, the Jewish holy day of rest. For Matisyahu, this particular passage is simply another step in his dual spiritual and musical odyssey. more...()
www.brisbanetimes.com.au... - A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake rocked the economic and tourist heart of Honduras on Thursday, killing five, wounding at least 13, and shaking neighbouring countries as far away as Mexico. Officials expected the death toll to rise as reports arrived from rugged areas around Honduras' Caribbean coast, and locals feared further aftershocks. more...()
www.chron.com/disp/story... - Come Monday, you better pack your passport for that weekend cruise to Cancun or that quick shopping trip across the U.S.-Mexico border.
Gone are the days when you could just declare your U.S. citizenship and breeze through U.S. Customs at the nation’s land and sea ports.
Even your Texas driver’s license and a birth certificate won’t get you home these days — at least not without some extra questioning from U.S. border inspectors. more...()
www.theglobeandmail.com/... - A powerful earthquake of 7.1 magnitude struck northeast of an island off Honduras early on Thursday, sending people running into the streets as far away as Guatemala. A tsunami watch was in effect for countries along the Caribbean Sea coast. There was no immediate report of damage or injuries. The quake hit 64 kilometres northeast of Roatan, an island in the Islas de la Bahia, and had a shallow depth, 10 kilometres. more...()
www.americanchronicle.co... - Jet-powered, Raleigh-based businessman William Wise snagged gold and diamonds, a quarter-million-dollar wine collection, a private plane, luxury SUVs and millions in cash thanks to investors' faith and deposits in Wise's now-failed Caribbean bank. more...()
www.wtvm.com/Global/stor... - FBI agents are now packing their bags for St. Maarten, after the Supreme Court of the Netherlands approved the extradition of accused double murder Michael Jason Registe. All they are waiting for now is a signature from the Governor of the Netherlands Antilles, expected to come sometime this week, according to the Chief of the Governors' Cabinet. more...()
www.eturbonews.com/9488/... - Bringing both the public and private sectors together, the purpose of Caribbean Week in New York is to achieve a better understanding of the current position and future of the travel and tourism industry of the Caribbean region. more...()
www.dominicanewsonline.c... - PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos Islands, CMC – Despite the global economic crisis, Caribbean economies recorded growth last year, albeit at a slower pace than in 2007, the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) said on Tuesday. more...()
www.trinidadexpress.com/... - The Caribbean Games 2009 Local Organising Committee can breathe a sigh of relief after getting the green light from the Caribbean Association of National Olympic Committees (CANOC) on all their proposed venues for the Games. more...()
www.wktv.com/news/local/... - US Marshals say Tonya Brown, 35 and David Stewart, 34 were both members of the violent Jamaican based Drug Ring known as the “Shower Posse” and were wanted by the United States Marshals Service on federal arrest warrants. They were charged with Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine and Cocaine Base, Crack. more...()
www.caymannetnews.com/ne... - EstHer Ebanks had grown weary of waiting for the boxing facility in memory of her late husband Dunstan Dalmain Ebanks, but her prayers were answered recently with the opening of a new boxing gym at the Truman Bodden Sports Complex. The then Minister of Sport Hon Alden McLaughlin opened the facility after seven months of construction, which comprises some 5,700 square feet and is equipped with training gear to accommodate 25 athletes at any one time. The facility can also accommodate 500 spectators for demonstration fights. more...()
www.setanta.com/uk/Artic... - Sunderland boss Ricky Sbragia says Kenwyne Jones is fully committed to the lone striker role. Jones had formed one half of a dangerous double act alongside Djibril Cisse which plundered 21 goals this season before the goals dried up. This prompted Sbragia to drop Cisse to the bench and employ the Trinidad & Tobago striker at the spearhead of a 4-5-1 formation. more...()
www.timesonline.co.uk/to... - The other question that US security experts were debating was how much had been achieved by assigning more than 100 agents to a year-long investigation of three petty criminals and a mentally ill Haitian immigrant, none of whom had any connection with any known terrorist group. “They were all unsophisticated dimwits,” said Kindlon. more...()
www.latimes.com/sports/l... - Six years into his English Premier League career, the former New York-New Jersey MetroStar is regarded as one of the top goalkeepers in England. Some of the credit goes to Abdel, the U.S. goalkeeper coach and a former Egyptian national team player. Most of the credit goes to Howard, who has followed superbly in the footsteps of Americans Kasey Keller, Brad Friedel and Marcus Hahnemann, all of whom blazed goalkeeping trails through England. more...()
sportsjamaica.com/read_a... - The semi-finals of the Captain Bakery-sponsored St Thomas Major league take centre stage at York Oval this afternoon and tomorrow. In tomorrow's contest, Lyssons will seek to avenge their mid-season final defeat, which Kool Kat won 3-2. Today, the consistent Prospect, will meet dangerous Danvers Pen. Danvers Pen, who struggled in the first round of the competition, have showed championship quality in the second round and should pose a challenge to Prospect.
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www.jamaicaobserver.com/... - Five teenage girls have died when a juvenile detention centre was engulfed by flames as police investigated a melee by inmates, Jamaican authorities said. St Ann parish police said in a statement that officers were assailed with stones and other projectiles when they were summoned to quell rowdy behaviour at Armadale Juvenile Centre
During an investigation into the violence, a fire swept through a section of the lock-up, trapping some of the girls inside. more...()
www.etaiwannews.com/etn/... - ST. VINCENT: Opposition seeks independent probe into deadly police shootout KINGSTON, St. Vincent (AP) _ The head of St. Vincent's political opposition called Saturday for an independent investigation into the fatal shootings of three fugitives by regional police. Opposition chief Arnhim Eustace wants an independent panel to determine if the Regional Security System, a cooperative of police forces across the Eastern Caribbean, used excessive force Thursday in a shootout with three men, including a 29-year-old Barbadian wanted on homicide charges. more...()
www.jamaica-gleaner.com/... - In the mid-1980s, Jamaica and Canada nearly came to blows, figuratively that is, over patties, or more specifically, when a patty is, or is not, a patty. According to the Canadians, a Jamaican patty, a light baked crust with a meat-filled centre, was really a pie. So, Jamaicans in Canada who made a business of baking and selling the iconic Jamaican patty could not call it such, they were told. A pie, perhaps! more...()
www.ocregister.com/artic... - Travelers driving or taking a cruise to Mexico or Canada have something new to worry about: the right identification. Beginning June 1, Americans traveling by road or ship to Mexico and Canada will have to show a passport or similar document to get back into the U.S. more...()
www.anguillalife.com/new... - The Anguilla Hotel and Tourism Association are delighted to announce that Anguilla will be fielding a team to compete in the TASTE of the CARIBBEAN 2009. The competition takes place In Puerto Rico in mid June (12th to 15th). Trudy Nixon the AHTA Executive Director says: “Anguilla will compete against other great Caribbean Culinary destinations such as Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados and of course St Maarten As it is so conveniently located we hope to encourage supporters from Anguilla to attend and support our team. ..” more...()
www.caribpr.com/details.... - CaribWorldNews, NEW YORK, NY, Weds. May 20, 2009: The push by Carib ID for a Caribbean origin category on the U.S. Census form is gaining momentum, with the introduction on Tuesday of a companion senate bill. New York Senators Charles Schumer and Kristin Gillibrand on May 19, 2009, introduced the companion bill to Rep. Yvette D. Clarke's Caribbean Count Bill, (H.R. 2071), which was introduced on April 23rd. more...()
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