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    West Indies middle order batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul has been forced to withdraw from the first ever Caribbean Premier League (CPL) because of his contractual obligations with English county team Derbyshire. Organisers say Chanderpaul signed a contract with CPL, offering himself for selection but later realised that his commitment to Derbyshire provided for release only if it pertained to ...

  • WICB president meets regional dignitaries

    The president of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Dave Cameron has described a series of meetings he has been having with Caribbean prime ministers as "crucial" to the development of the sport in the region. Cameron's comments follow his latest round of meetings in which talks were held with St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves in Kingstown and Prime Minister of ...

  • Eastern Caribbean Fueled by OECS Integration Process

    Port of Spain, Jun 18 (Prensa Latina) The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) turned 32 years today with new challenges and immersed in a process of change to increase the links between its members. A key moment of the group was the launch, two years ago, of a regional economic union, which allows greater trade with the signing of the Revised Treaty of Basseterre. The agreement ...

  • Dominican leader warns Haiti of “drastic” measures on poultry ban

    Santo Domingo.- President Danilo Medina on Tuesday warned of possibly drastic measures to prevent Dominicans eggs and poultry's dependence on Haiti's market and ruled out shuttering the border as some sectors suggest, because "we don't have to go that far," calling the standoff trade dispute. He didn't specify what measures could be taken and announced a meeting ...

  • 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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  • Dental hygienist goes to Haiti to help orphans finds a life calling

    Tuesday June 18, 2013 PUTNEY -- When Julie Winchester first went to Haiti, back in 2007, she wanted to open up her 14-year-old daughter’s world. But then it became more of a life calling. "The connections that have happened since have been crazy," said Winchester, who will be returning to Haiti on Aug. 5. Winchester grew up in Halifax with her grandparents raising her. She ...

  • Haiti reports first suspected H1N1 death in 2013

    Haiti reported on Monday its first suspected death this year from H1N1 virus, reports reaching here said.The victim was from the small community of Nan Bannann in the southern city of Belle-Ansecity, 110 km southwest of the capital Port-au-Prince, the reports said.As local government said, the victim died at a hospital in Thiotte, 65 km east of the capital.Reports said the victim appeared to ...

  • Blight sweeping Central American coffee

    Across Central America, even as rains arrive, many coffee plantations contain only spindly, nearly defoliated bushes, the result of a blight known as coffee leaf rust whose devastation, so far, has yet to affect the prices of premium highland coffee that baristas serve around the developed world.But while Americans have yet to feel its effects, the blight may soon prove to be as disastrous as ...

  • Haiti ban shows Hispaniola commission’s lack of clout on trade rows

    Santo Domingo.- The row unleashed by Haiti's ban on Dominican eggs and poultry has shed light on the Joint Dominican-Haitian Bilateral Commission's lack of clout in the current disputes among the two Hispaniola island nations, despite being "two wings of the same bird." The row also shows both countries' weakness toward dialogue and the bungled handling of their ...

  • Four-hour meeting fails to lift Haiti ban on Dominican products

    Santo Domingo -After meeting for more than four hours, the Haitian and Dominican authorities failed to reach an agreement to lift the ban on poultry and eggs imports. FILE. Haiti Foreign minister Pierre Richard Casimir and Dominican counterpart Carlos Morales are in a closed-door talks since 12: 20pm, looking to lift the ban of Dominican egg and chicken exports to the neighboring country. To ...

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