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  • Will new UK tax approach harm the Caribbean

    Last week, Britain's Prime Minister, David Cameron, wrote to the leaders of all of the UK's Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies*. The letter formed a part of the UK Government's attempt to have the leaders of all G8 nations - the grouping that brings together the world's wealthiest countries - agree a concrete action plan to tackle tax evasion and aggressive tax ...

  • Royal Caribbeans Explorer of the Seas to be based at Port Canaveral

    Royal Caribbean International plans to base a third ship at Port Canaveral Explorer of the Seas for the winter of 2014-201 Royal Caribbean International plans to base a third ship at Port Canaveral Explorer of the Seas for the winter of 2014-2015, Florida Today reports. The ship has been sailing for the last eight years from Cape Liberty Port in Bayonne, N.J. Once based at Port Canaveral, ...

  • Singer Lissie set for concert to raise money for Haiti orphanage

    Elaine Constantine/Contributed photo File Photo: Ojai-based musician Lissie. Taking a break from her U.S. tour, Lissie — the stage name for Elisabeth Corrin Maurus — is swinging by her adopted hometown of Ojai to perform at the Libbey Bowl on Saturday for a concert benefiting Changing Tides Orphanage in ...

  • National Black Light Theater Prague to Perform in Dominican Republic

    4 de mayo de 2013, 00:01 Santo Domingo, May 24 (Prensa Latina) National Black Light Theatre Prague will perform again in Dominican Republic next June 8, with the show Aspects of Alicia, reported local media. The play, to be exhibited at National Theater Eduardo Brito, is a version of Alice in Wonderland, the legendary creation of Lewis Carroll. Under the direction of Czech Pavel Marek, the ...

  • SXM first Caribbean airport to receive International Transport Award

    Simpson Bay, St. Maarten - Princess Juliana International Airport (SXM) became the first Caribbean airport to receive the International Transport Award given by the Global Trade Leaders' Club (GTLC) since the award was established 15 years ago. It was also the only airport to receive the award this year out of a total of 15 awardees. Receiving the award on Monday, May 20, 2013 in Madrid, ...


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Zombie (Zombi 2) [Blu-Ray]

Zombie (Zombi 2) [Blu-Ray]

When I first saw Lucio Fulcis Zombie nearly 20 years ago, I absolutely hated it. I had just recently seen George A. Romeros zombie trilogy (1968s Night of the Living Dead, 1978s Dawn of the Dead, and 1985s Day of the Dead), and I couldnt get past the fact that Fulc ... ...

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  • NOAA forecasts active or extremely active 2013 hurricane season

    The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration issued a forecast Thursday for an active or extremely active 2013 Atlantic hurricane season. NOAA's Climate Prediction Center, in its hurricane season outlook, forecast a 70 percent likelihood of 13 to 20 named storms (winds of 39 mph or higher) -- of which seven to 11 could become hurricanes (winds of 74 mph or higher), including ...

  • Haitian refugee pleads for help after her daughter is allegedly kidnapped

    Marie Yvena Senatus-Prince, a 45-year-old refugee from Haiti, has made a plea to Canadian authorities to help locate her 22-year-old daughter, who she says was kidnapped in ...

  • Coffee Leaf Rust Plant Disease Threatens Central American Crops

    Zoom in on the Indian Ocean for our Geo Quiz. We’re looking for an island nation. Its neighbors to the southwest are the Maldives. The island we’re in search of offers an interesting example of how plants changed the world. Back when it was under Dutch control, there were valuable cinnamon plantations across the island we want you to name. In the 19th century the economy shifted ...

  • Dominican Republic Latin American leader in Asia trade

    Miami.-The Dominican Republic is among Latin America's fastest growing trade partners of China and South Korea, according to an analysis by online publication Latinvex based on figures from the International Monetary Fund and the Korean government. Dominican Republic exports to China last year grew 40.8 percent to $411 million. That was the fifth-highest increase in Latin America. Total ...

  • The Caribbean can expect as many as 11 Atlantic hurricanes

    College Park, Md.- The Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and other tropical storm-prone areas had better get ready for another busy hurricane season, maybe unusually wild, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) forecast Thursday, AP reports. NOAA said there'll be 13 to 20 named Atlantic storms, 7 to 11 that strengthen into hurricanes and 3 to 6 that become major hurricanes. It ...

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