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Haiti to host international AIDS eventA ceremony for the opening of an AIDS memorial will take place next year in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, the Global Health Council said Monday.
Source : Topix.net | 04-Dec-2008 01:16
Canada facing a new political crisis
TORONTO -- Canada's governor general cut short a European trip Tuesday to deal with an unprecedented political crisis that could force the second national election in two months or see an opposition ...
Source : Haiti Sun | 03-Dec-2008 20:49
Caribbean Politics Grapples With Dual Citizenship
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Dec 3 (IPS) - When Jamaica's chief justice disqualified Daryl Vaz from sitting in Parliament last April, it brought into focus the complications surrounding dual citizenship, not on...
Source : Haiti Sun | 03-Dec-2008 20:46
Dominican Republic has a Law on International Financial Zones
SANTO DOMINGO.- The Chamber of Deputies passed the bill that creates International Financial Zones in certain geographic demarcations in the Dominican Republic, including a legal framework for its ope...
Source : Haiti Sun | 03-Dec-2008 20:42
Haiti - Seven years after radio journalists murder, convicted killers still at large
MONTREAL, Dec. 3 /CNW Telbec/ - Justice has still not been fully rendered in the case of Brignol Lindor, a young radio journalist who was murdered in a particularly barbaric manner in the southweste...
Source : Haiti Sun | 03-Dec-2008 20:32
Tourism slide hits Dominican Republic, most popular Caribbean destination
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic - Fewer tourists are flocking to the beaches of the Dominican Republic. New statistics from the Central Bank show the number of visitors began declining in the sec...
Source : Haiti Sun | 03-Dec-2008 20:30
Rahaxi, Inc. Signs a Lucrative Service Agreement With Pure Commerce for Expansion of Business Within the Caribbean and Latin America
Major Multi-Currency Solutions Provider to Strengthen Rahaxi, Inc. Offering of Dynamic Currency Conversion Solutions in the Caribbean and Latin America
Source : Haiti Sun | 03-Dec-2008 15:04
Crisis having an affect in the Caribbean
Caribbean nations are feeling the sting of the U.S. recession but so far are weathering the storm, according to officials gathered in Miami for a regional conference.
Source : Haiti Sun | 03-Dec-2008 15:03
JetBlue Airways wants to add Dominican Republic, Mexico routes from South Florida
JetBlue Airways plans to further expand its service at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport with two new international routes.JetBlue, which considers Fort Lauderdale a ''focus city,'' said...
Source : Haiti Sun | 03-Dec-2008 11:26
Program to analyze smaller Caribbean businesses
Small and medium-sized businesses in the Caribbean looking for help on how to better manage their enterprises can now get some free advice courtesy of Scotiabank and the Inter-American Investment Corp...
Source : Haiti Sun | 03-Dec-2008 11:26
St Kitts PM concerned by spike in killings
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts -- Prime Minister Denzil Douglas says he is alarmed by rising violent crime in St. Kitts and Nevis.He is calling on parents to help reduce crime by teaching their kids ``what is...
Source : Haiti Sun | 03-Dec-2008 04:36
Regional Cooperation Needed on Caribbean Natural Disasters
Miami — Caribbean countries especially hard-hit in recent years by hurricanes, tropical storms and severe flooding emphasize the need for a unified regional approach to deal with natural disasters a...
Source : Haiti Sun | 03-Dec-2008 04:26
Royal Caribbean announce new Director and office in Sydney
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCCL) announced yesterday at a media briefing that it would open its first Australian-based office in Sydney with the purchase of Discover the World Marketing. Discove...
Source : Haiti Sun | 03-Dec-2008 00:57
Autopsy Reveals Haitian-American Wal-Mart Employee Trampled to Death
NEW YORK, NY -- The 34-year-old Haitian American, who died at a Wal-Mart store on Friday was trampled to death, an autopsy confirmed on Monday. Nassau County Police Commissioner, Lawrence Mulvey, told...
Source : Haiti Sun | 03-Dec-2008 00:00
Children Dying in Haiti, Victims of Food Crisis
Port-au-Price, Haiti - The 5-year-old teetered on broomstick legs - he weighed less than 20 pounds, even after days of drinking enriched milk. Nearby, a 4-year-old girl hung from a strap attached to a...
Source : Haiti Sun | 02-Dec-2008 21:14
Haiti launches malnutrition survey
As more severely malnourished children and their mothers trickled into Port-au-Prince Monday from Haiti's southeastern region to obtain life-saving treatment, the Ministry of Health and an international anti-hunger aid organization launched a national survey of children's nutritional health.
Source : Topix.net | 02-Dec-2008 20:07
Guyana leader pardons ex-lawmaker in treason case
GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- (AP) -- Guyana's president has pardoned a former opposition legislator who had been accused of treason.Philip Bynoe was accused of inciting hundreds of protesters to raid Presid...
Source : Haiti Sun | 02-Dec-2008 17:48
Julieta Venegas returns to Dominican Republic with unplugged concert
Santo Domingo.– A year after singer and composer Julieta Venegas performed at Hotel Jaragua´s Teatro La Fiesta, the same venue will welcome her as part of her El Presente Unplugged Tour, an accl...
Source : Haiti Sun | 02-Dec-2008 17:41
UN mission funds public works projects in Haiti
New York.– The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) is providing $250,000 to fund two construction projects in the Central Plateau region of Haiti, one of the poorest regions i...
Source : Haiti Sun | 02-Dec-2008 17:41
A New Cold War in the Caribbean
Ever since the Monroe Doctrine, the U.S. has seen the Caribbean in the way that the Romans viewed the Mediterranean: Mare Nostrum, Our Sea. From the Spanish-American War through the Cuban missile cris...
Source : Haiti Sun | 02-Dec-2008 17:10
Grenada, Barbados aiming for Jamaica in Digicel caribbean championships
Robert Bailey, Gleaner WriterTrinidad and Tobago (T&T), Barbados and Grenada all arrived in the island yesterday for tomorrow's start of the Digicel Caribbean Championships.The Trindadians and Grenadi...
Source : Haiti Sun | 02-Dec-2008 13:15
Russia, Venezuela conduct joint naval drills in Caribbean
(Poll - Why has Russia sent warships to Venezuela?) MOSCOW, December 2 (RIA Novosti) - A Russian naval task force from the Northern Fleet and the Venezuelan navy have successfully conducted the V...
Source : Haiti Sun | 02-Dec-2008 12:39
Running scared in Haiti
Mary Jane spent two years in jail for killing a man who raped her Amnesty says 55% of the 105 rapes reported so far this year were of girls aged under 18. In August, the BBC's Xanthe Hinchey visite...
Source : Haiti Sun | 02-Dec-2008 09:32
Haitian Family May Sue In Wal-Mart Trampling Death
QUEENS, NY: The family of a Haitian American, killed when shoppers stormed a Wal-Mart store in Nassau, Long Island Friday, may sue the company. Danielle Damour, the sister of 34-year-old Jdimytai Damo...
Source : Haiti Sun | 02-Dec-2008 08:48
Openly gay marchers debut at Haiti AIDS rally
ST. MARC, Haiti -- A dozen men in T-shirts declaring “I am gay” and “I am living with HIV/AIDS” marched with hundreds of other demonstrators through a Haitian city on Sunday in what organizers...
Source : Haiti Sun | 02-Dec-2008 06:36
Haiti launches malnutrition survey
Pierre Davidson, 3, who suffers from malnutrition, lies on a bed at the Doctors Without Borders hospital in Port-au-Prince Wednesday. Aid workers fear hunger is worsening in rural Haiti after at least...
Source : Haiti Sun | 02-Dec-2008 03:22
Russian navy begins Caribbean exercises
Russian warships have begun naval exercises in the Caribbean for the first time since the end of the Cold War. Four Russian ships and a dozen Venezuelan vessels are involved in the exercises, the lat...
Source : Haiti Sun | 02-Dec-2008 03:12
South Florida agency gets $4.8 M to combat AIDS in Haiti
Cross International, a South Florida humanitarian agency, has been awarded a $4.8 million grant from the U.S. government for a new program seeking to stem the spread of AIDS in Haiti.The grant, announ...
Source : Haiti Sun | 01-Dec-2008 23:39
Amnesty criticizes Jamaica death penalty vote
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Amnesty International is urging Jamaica to reform its justice system rather than resume executions to deal with violent crime.Amnesty International Deputy Director of the America...
Source : Haiti Sun | 01-Dec-2008 23:39
Budget shortfall forces cutbacks in Trinidad
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad -- The drop in world energy prices is forcing Trinidad and Tobago to postpone the construction of new schools and two major hospitals.Prime Minister Patrick Manning says the g...
Source : Haiti Sun | 01-Dec-2008 23:39
Gays march in Haiti for first time
A dozen men in T-shirts declaring "I am gay" and "I am living with HIV/AIDS" have marched with hundreds of other demonstrators through a Haitian city in what organizers called the Caribbean nation's f...
Source : Haiti Sun | 01-Dec-2008 23:28
Russian naval task force starts deployment in Caribbean
MOSCOW, December 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's naval task force from the Northern Fleet has started deployment in the southern Caribbean in preparation for joint exercises with the Venezuelan navy, a...
Source : Haiti Sun | 01-Dec-2008 23:08
30 not out for Caribbean all-rounder Digicel
Pan-Caribbean mobile operator Digicel has launched commercial GSM-based services in the British Virgin Islands, its 25th market in the Caribbean and Central American regions, and its 30th market world...
Source : Haiti Sun | 01-Dec-2008 15:48
Life gets worse for Haiti
BAIE D'ORANGE, Haiti -- The slow road to death runs high above the scenic coastline, past the crumbled bridges and buried rivers. It traverses a jagged trail passing green slopes and red fertile dirt...
Source : Haiti Sun | 01-Dec-2008 15:41
Life gets worse for Haiti's hungry children - Haiti & Caribbean
The slow road to death runs high above the scenic coastline, past the crumbled bridges and buried rivers.
Source : Topix.net | 01-Dec-2008 15:14
Openly gay marchers debut at Haiti AIDS rally
ST. MARC, Haiti -- A dozen men in T-shirts declaring "I am gay" and "I am living with HIV/AIDS" marched with hundreds of other demonstrators through a Haitian city on Sunday ...
Source : Topix.net | 01-Dec-2008 15:10
Russia, Venezuela to start naval drills in Caribbean
Caracas/Moscow, Dec 1 (RIA Novosti) Russia and Venezuela are set to begin two-day joint naval exercises in the Caribbean.
Source : Haiti Sun | 01-Dec-2008 14:01
Activist holding a red ribbon in Haiti
An activist holds a red ribbon, the symbol of AIDS awareness, during a march marking World AIDS Day in Saint Marc, Haiti, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008. Haiti, a nation of 9 million, remains the most affected...
Source : Haiti Sun | 01-Dec-2008 10:50
Openly gay marchers debut at Haiti AIDS rally
A dozen men in T-shirts declaring "I am gay" and "I am living with HIV/AIDS" marched with hundreds of other demonstrators through a Haitian city on Sunday in what organizers called the Caribbean natio...
Source : Haiti Sun | 01-Dec-2008 08:49
Openly gay marchers debut at Haiti AIDS rally
A man, wearing a T-shirt declaring "I am gay," dances during a march marking World AIDS Day in Saint Marc, Haiti, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008. Haiti, a nation of 9 million, remains the most affect...
Source : Haiti Sun | 01-Dec-2008 05:12
Openly gay marchers debut at Haiti AIDS rally
ST. MARC, Haiti (AP) - A dozen men in T-shirts declaring "I am gay" and "I am living with HIV/AIDS" marched with hundreds of other demonstrators through a Haitian city on Sunday in what organizers cal...
Source : Haiti Sun | 01-Dec-2008 05:04
Dominican Republic hands out aid to poor
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- The Dominican Republic is distributing $28 million worth of free food and electrical appliances to impoverished families this holiday season.Dominican food administrator Nico...
Source : Haiti Sun | 01-Dec-2008 03:07
Grenada officials surprised to find new hotel
ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada -- Grenada has ordered a Chinese company to stop construction on a nearly completed five-story hotel because it only had permission to build offices.The physical planning direct...
Source : Haiti Sun | 01-Dec-2008 03:06
Bahamas to fund overdue projects to soften crisis
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- The Bahamas says it will finance several long-overdue projects after recently announcing it would step up borrowing to soften the blow of the global financial crisis.Public W...
Source : Haiti Sun | 01-Dec-2008 03:06
Openly gay marchers make first-ever appearance at World AIDS Day rally in Haiti
ST. MARC, Haiti (AP) _ A dozen men in T-shirts declaring "I am gay" and "I am living with HIV/AIDS" marched with hundreds of other demonstrators through a Haitian city on Sunday in what organizers cal...
Source : Haiti Sun | 01-Dec-2008 02:42
Caribbean community: EU aid not enough for pact - Haiti & Caribbean
Caribbean nations are grumbling that an aid package of euro165 million is not enough to help implement a free-trade agreement with the European Union.
Source : Topix.net | 30-Nov-2008 23:40