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  • Indian Caribbean Museum in Nat Geo list of 500 sacred places

    The Indian Caribbean Museum, described as "a national treasure, a window to the past, and an opportunity to see history come alive", has been cited by a National Geographic publication that showcases 500 of the world's most powerful and spiritual places and guides travellers who wish to visit them. "This is a fitting recognition in just seven years of our existence, especially as we celebrate ...

  • Woman pleads for help after daughter disappears in Haiti

    A Canadian refugee from Haiti is making a plea for help from Canadian authorities to bring her family to Canada after her 22-year-old daughter was kidnapped. Marie Yvena Senatus-Prince said she has been waiting for her two children, two grandchildren and a son in-law from Haiti to join her in Canada since she applied to sponsor them in 2010. Senatus-Prince was accepted as a refugee in 2010 on ...

  • Whats Up Little Haiti

    MIAMI -- The handbag Donna Karan was showing off Friday lacked her signature logo, or any designer's logo. It was made of paper mache and, the fashion designer said, represented Haiti's handmade carnival masks - in wearable form. She said the tote bag and other similar fashion and decorative items made by Haitian artisans are part of her "dressing and addressing people" ...

  • Singer Wyclef Jean to run for Haitian Presidency

    Former Fugees Singer Wyclef Jean has decided to contest for the post of President of Haiti. Former Deputy Pierre Eric Jean-Jacques said Jean will run as part of his coalition in the November 28 election. Jean's spokesperson said the singer has planned to make an announcement on Thursday, but declined to say what it would be. "Jean-Jacques, who will be seeking to return to the ...

  • Mt. Pleasant pair answering the call to help in Haiti

    Answering the call to help others, two young Mt. Pleasant-area residents are in the midst of a week-long trip to Haiti as part of a mission trip under the auspices of the Church of God ...


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The Honeymoon Killers [DVD]

The Honeymoon Killers [DVD]

One of the reasons Leonard Kastles The Honeymoon Killers has developed into a cult classic in the three decades since its theatrical release is because watching it with distanced irony is the only way not to be sucked into its truly disturbing account of the activities of two sociopaths in the late 1940s. Stark almost to a fault, the film is based on the true story of Ray Fernandez and Mar ... ...

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  • Justice Minister clarifies statement on Haitian children

    Santo Domingo.- Justice minister Francisco Domnguez on Tuesday clarified that children of undocumented Haitian parents aren't Dominicans, just hours after Senate president Reinaldo Pared questioned his confusing statement, fueling the row on the Central Electoral Board's refusal to document the foreigners who claimed citizenship. "The Constitution is very clear, it says who is ...

  • Kobo Town A Haunted Jukebox Filled With Caribbean Sounds

    , Kobo Town frontman Drew Gonsalves declares his love for the past even as his feet are firmly planted in the present. The music of the Toronto-based band can drift between classic Caribbean pop styles and even verge on hip-hop, but the singer's perspective remains sharply focused, wry and witty. The song "Postcard Poverty," for example, ribs tourists for whom tropical slums ...

  • Don’t send Haitians to Dominican territory official warns Brazil

    Santo Domingo.- Immigration Agency director on Wednesday said the country isn't obliged to receive Haitian nationals repatriated from Brazil or other nations, if they didn't depart from the country. Jose Ricardo Taveras noted that in recent months Brazil has deported more than 300 Haitians who allegedly departed from Dominican Republic. He said the country, which signed off on the ...

  • Latin America Haiti Guatemala Paraguay With Highest Malnutrition

    UN’s World Food Programme Paraguay, Guatemala, and Haiti are the countries with the biggest problem of food deprivation and malnutrition in Latin America, according to a report by UN. In the study by the World Food Programme, 25.5% of the Paraguayan population is undernourished, while the figure rises to 30.4% in Guatemala and 44.5% in Haiti. Nearly two million people worldwide are ...

  • Stressed in Cuba the Need to Increase Links in the Caribbean

    Havana, May 22 (Prensa Latina) Caribbean Cultural institutions need to promote and get more cooperation between them, said here Lourdes Croes, Director of the National Library of Aruba, the unique institution of its kind in the ...

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