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  • Caribbean T20 League builds momentum

    Caribbean Premier T20 League operations manager Carlisle Powell says the key stakeholders in the six franchise countries have thrown their support behind the inaugural tournament which bowls off in July. Powell and other CPL officials recently held meetings with cricket board executives, stadium management, tourism representatives and government ministers in Antigua amp; Barbuda, Barbados, ...

  • Broward women brought 143 Haitians to S. Fla. for fake jobs feds say

    Haiti with false promises of steady paying jobs in construction or on farms, the hope of getting permanent residency and making a life in the U.S., they said.But when they arrived, they found the jobs didn't exist, and they were left to fend for themselves — the victims of a fraud perpetrated by two Broward women, prosecutors said.The plot was so audacious that one of the women, Jetta ...

  • A Unique and Diverse Caribbean Theme of Colloquium in Havana

    Havana, May 20 (Prensa Latina) Beyond its cultural, historical and linguistic, the Caribbean as a whole has a unitary essence, said today the director of Casa de las Americas, Cuban writer Roberto Fernandez Retamar. During the inauguration of the International Symposium on Cultural Diversity in the Caribbean, Retamar, also essayist indicated that this region has been felt more from the last few ...

  • Dominican Republic 22 Drug Traffickers Arrested

    Santo Domingo, May 20 (Prensa Latina) The Dominican Republic National Police arrested 22 people in the last three days, linked to the drug traffic in the north-western province of Santiago, said press reports Monday. The sources some said the arrested are 18 years old, also firearms, money in cash, stolen vehicles and other items, were confiscated. The Dominican Republic has a favorable ...

  • Dominican Republic prosecutor says drug cartel plans to kill him

    Dominican Republic.- La Romana province prosecutor Jos Polanco Ramrez said Monday drug traffickers and killers-for-hire plan attempts on his life and those of his family, for which he was assigned more bodyguards. He said Justice minister Francisco Dominguez and Police chief Jose A. Polanco already provided increased protection for him and his family, from the threat by the so-called ...


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Ashes and Diamonds (Popiól i diament) [DVD]

Ashes and Diamonds (Popiól i diament) [DVD]

Andrzej Wajdas Ashes and Diamonds (Popil i diament) was the third film in a loose, originally unintended trilogy about Poland during World War II, and it is a fitting a capstone that solidified Wajdas place in international cinema. Taken together, the three films, ... ...

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  • Haiti Relief Jam II in the suburbs on June 2

    Relief jam concerts have proved to be powerful fundraising tools, most recently for Hurricanes Sandy and Katrina rebuilding efforts, among others. Now, a local relief concert comes back with its second edition, in a continuing attempt to help children in Haiti, and give them access to education, medical supplies and ...

  • See giant leatherback turtles rebound in the Caribbean

    In this May 2, 2013 photo, a tourist takes photographs of a leatherback turtle as it heads to the ocean after burying her eggs in the sand at daybreak on a narrow strip of beach in Grande Riviere, Trinidad. Officials with the U.S.-based Sea Turtle Conservancy say Trinidad is now likely the world s leading tourist destination for people to see leatherbacks. (AP Photo/David ...

  • Earthquake Shakes Eastern Caribbean Islands

    Port of Spain, May 20 (Prensa Latina) An earthquake of 5.3 degrees on the Richter scale shook several Eastern Caribbean islands without causing damage or casualties, the Seismic Department of the University of the West Indies reported today. The institution stressed that the quake?s epicenter was located southwest of Barbuda, part of the Antigua and Barbuda federation. At the end of last month, ...

  • Ben Fountains top 10 books about Haiti

    A woman participates in the Voodoo festival in Souvenance village, Haiti in 2012. The event attracts thousands of pilgrims each Easter. Photograph: Andres Martinez Casares/Xinhua ...

  • Fla. woman charged with Haitian visa fraud

    FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- A South Florida woman has been charged with visa fraud after authorities say she falsely promised 143 Haitians and told the federal government there were jobs waiting for them in the U.S.Prosecutors say 59-year-old Jetta McPhee of Tamarac prepared a fake contract claiming a U.S. company needed construction workers under the H-2B guest worker visa program. The workers ...

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