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| Royal Caribbean Expects Flu to Hurt Earnings |
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| online.wsj.com/article/S... - Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. expects suspended port calls in Mexico amid the outbreak of the H1N1 flu virus to cut 2009 earnings by about 22 cents a share. Numerous cruise ships temporarily diverted from the country as the illness broke out. The virus "had a short, but highly disruptive impact to our operations," said Chairman and Chief Executive Richard Fain on Tuesday. He added, "Fortunately, our vessels are quickly returning to their original itineraries." more... () |
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| Climate change blamed for Caribbean coral deaths |
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| www.reuters.com/article/... - Climate change has contributed to a flattening of the complex, multi-layered architecture of Caribbean coral reefs, compromising their role as a nursery for fish stocks and a buffer against tropical storms, a study shows. The analysis of 500 surveys of 200 reefs, conducted between 1969 and 2008, showed the most complex types of reef had been virtually wiped out across the entire Caribbean. more... () |
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| Caribbean Swine Flu Rate Now Close To 50 |
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| www.dominicagazette.com/... - Dominican Republic health officials reported a pregnant 17-year-old from Santo Domingo as the first victim of AH1N1 flu virus. The death comes as the World Health Organization said the DR now has 33 reported cases of the disease, the highest for any Caribbean country. Jamaica for its part reported three more cases Sunday, brining the total according to the Health Ministry’s surveillance and monitoring team to seven. more... () |
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| T&T women into Norceca second round |
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| guardian.co.tt/sports/ot... - The one-week tournament that was also used as a test event for next month’s Caribbean Games concluded at the UWI St Augustine on Saturday night. The “Calypso Spikers” won 25-16, 25-16, 25-11 to advance to the next round in Cuba from June 21-23 and will come up against Guatemala, Nicaragua and the host. more... () |
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| Dominican teen is first Caribbean swine flu death |
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| www.caycompass.com/cgi-b... - A pregnant teenager who had tuberculosis is the first person in the Caribbean to die of swine flu, Dominican health officials said Friday. The 17–year–old was seven months pregnant and also had cardiovascular problems, according to a statement from the country’s health department. more... () |
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| Caribbean islands renew catastrophe insurance pool |
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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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| Not so easy going for Caribbean boys |
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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... () |
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| Bodybuilders at Caribbean Championships |
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| 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... () |
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| Tight Checks As More Caribbean Countries Report Influenza A H1N1 Cases |
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| 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... () |
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| US faces summit pressure on Cuba |
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| 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... () |
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| World Bank approves $121 mln Haiti lending plan |
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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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| Caribbean trip under scrutiny by House panel |
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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... () |
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| Warner disappointed with progress of goal project |
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| 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... () |
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| Amy Winehouse strums her guitar on a Caribbean beach |
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| 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... () |
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| Caribbean week returns to NYC with food, rum & rhythm |
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| 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... () |
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| Matisyahu keeps the faith while rapping |
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| 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... () |
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| Strong quake shakes economic heart of Honduras, kills five |
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| 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... () |
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| If you’re going abroad and plan to return, listen up |
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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... () |
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| Powerful quake strikes off Honduras...Tsunami watch for Caribbean |
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| 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... () |
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| Investors Expecting Fraction of Money Back From Caribbean Bank Ponzi Scheme |
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| 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... () |
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| Netherlands Supreme Court allows extradition of Michael Registe |
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| 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... () |
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| New York hosts Caribbean Week |
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| 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... () |
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| Slow growth for Caribbean countries in 2008 |
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| 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... () |
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| Caribbean Games venues get green light |
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| 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... () |
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| Fugitives on the run captured in Jamaica |
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| 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... () |
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| New boxing gym opens its doors |
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| 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... () |
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| Sbragia happy with lone striker |
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| 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... () |
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| FBI ‘lured dimwits’ into terror plot |
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| 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... () |
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| Tim Howard has no trouble keeping busy |
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| 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... () |
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| St Thomas football semi-finals on today and tomorrow |
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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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| Five teenage inmates die in blaze -Lessons from the Armadale tragedy |
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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... () |
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| Caribbean news briefs |
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| 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... () |
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