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  • Chanderpaul out of CPL Pomersbach in

    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 ...

  • Saving Baby Lillie Haitian girl in PBC

    WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - A baby girl from Haiti is getting a new chance at survival in south Florida. Her rare birth defect will soon be treated by doctors in Palm Beach County. The pediatric surgeons received this heartbreaking case because of the dedication of a Lake Worth-based non-profit ...

  • Quebec wants Haiti earthquake victims to stay in Canada

    The Quebec government is hoping Ottawa will allow thousands of Haitians who fled to Canada after the 2010 earthquake to stay in the country. Amid the chaos of Haiti's devastating earthquake, Malie-Merline Fanfan found refuge aboard a Canadian military plane bound for Montreal, settling in the city's St. Michel district with her two daughters. "Imagine these children who are ...

  • Canada to send peacekeeping troops to Haiti

    A Canadian soldier carries supplies as troops arrive at a temporary medical centre in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in January 2010. A handful of Canadian troops are about to take part in peacekeeping operation in Haiti under the command of Brazilian ...


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  • Platoon of Canadian soldiers deploys with Brazilians for Haiti peacekeeping

    TORONTO - A team of Canadian and U.S. researchers has developed a new "sharp-shooter" drug they hope may be a breakthrough in treating several types of aggressive ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

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