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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 ...

  • Maersk to Hike Rates in Asia-Caribbean Trade

    From Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Taiwan to Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Panama, Colombia and Puerto Rico, the hike will be $980 per 20-foot container and $1,400 per 40-foot and 40-foot high-cube ...

  • The Caribbean Treasure islands in trouble

    LAST month McKeeva Bush, the ousted premier of the Cayman Islands, appeared in court to contest a string of charges, some stemming from alleged use of his government credit card in American casinos. His next date with the judge is in June. But in a general election on May 22nd voters delivered their own verdict: with most votes counted, it seemed they had re-elected Mr Bush to the West Bay seat ...

  • EXCLUSIVE As renewed Haiti cholera crisis looms UN blamed for inadequate effort

    As the annual rainy season gathers over Haiti, bringing the risk of a renewed cholera epidemic that first struck in October 2011, growing numbers of health care professionals and relief workers are openly critical of the United Nations -- which many believe brought the deadly disease to Haiti in the first place. "The situation is worse than it was two years ago, " says Duncan ...

  • Haitian girls big school dream

    Rose Matrie is a bright student attending secondary school in Haiti Her parents are struggling to pay the fees to keep her and her five siblings enrolled Public schools in Haiti only meet about 20 percent of the demand for basic education Organizations like Plan are working to provide more access to quality ...


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Eagle Eye

Eagle Eye

Warning: This review contains major spoilers. Proceed at your own risk if you have not seen the film already. Eagle Eye is a techno-paranoid nightmare on steroids. Its underlying fear is based on interconnection, the idea that all technologies--traffic lights, securi ... ...

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  • Montclair the Rev. Franck Aguilh has hopeful lamentations for Haiti

    Above, buyers and sellers are busy at the peak of activities on market day in Mizak, Haiti. The market day takes place on a stretch of dirt road twice a week, according to the Rev. Franck Aguilh. Right, the remnants of a building stand beside a pile of rubble created by the earthquake of Jan. 12, 2010, in Port-au-Prince, ...

  • Dominican Republic busts network possibly linked to foreign terrorists

    Santo Domingo.- The National Investigations Department (DNI) arrested members of a people trafficking network with possible links to international terrorist cells, who used Dominican Republic as a bridge from Cuba, France, Spain, Sri Lanka and Haiti. DNI chief operating officer Fidel Paulino identified the Sri Lankan- Canadian Karunanithy Nallathamby as the group's leader, arrested in ...

  • 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 ...

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