Mar
24
Spoken word night with StaceyAnn Chin and student poets
Friday, March 27th
7:00pm
Grant Auditorium
$4 (get tickets at box office starting Today!!!)
Staceyann Chin, a Jamaican and Chinese, out lesbian slam poet tests
the limits of social boundaries. She has performed on Def Jam Poetry
and the Nuyorican poets Cafe
contact :MultiracialExperience.syr@gmail.com
http://www.staceyannchin.com/v2/index.html
Mar
24
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Headline News…
Pope’s view on condoms wrong, Ramsammy says
Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy unequivocally expressed his disagreement with the Pope?s view on condom use at a press conference held yesterday, as he discussed the Pope?s visit to Africa.
http://www.caribdaily.com/article/142396/pope-s-view-on-condoms-wrong-ramsammy-says/
Employing women for night work can land you in jail
DID you know that employers can be fined or imprisoned for employing women to perform night work, with a few exceptions?Well, that’s how it is under the current law. The Women (Employment of) Act 1942 states that employers are prohibited from employing women to perform night work, which is defined as a period of 11 consecutive hours which includes the period of 10:00 pm to 5:00 am (see section 3).
http://www.caribdaily.com/article/142213/employing-women-for-night-work-can-land-you-in-jail/
US Embassy: T&T hospitals good enough for Obama
THE healthcare system in Trinidad and Tobago is good enough for US President Barack Obama to use if he needs it, says Minister of Health Jerry Narace.
http://www.caribdaily.com/article/141526/us-embassy-t-t-hospitals-good-enough-for-obama/
Mar
19
Caribbean Students Association next general body meeting is this Friday, March 20th at 6pm in HL RM 114. We are also sponsoring Pan Africa Night w/ ASU this Friday, March 20th at 8pm in Goldstein Auditorium. Come out and support the event. Hope to see you at the next general body meeting.
When: Friday, March 20th
Where: Hall of Languages, rm 114
Time: 6pm
Mar
05
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Stores Looted, Cars Burned as Violence spreads to Martinique
FORT-DE-FRANCE, Martinique (AP) – Vandals burned cars and looted stores in Martinique overnight, police said yesterday as violence spread to a second French Caribbean island in protests over high prices, low pay and alleged neglect by officials in Paris.
http://www.caribdaily.com/article/134490/stores-looted-cars-burned-as-violence-spreads-to-martinique/
How Jamaica can beat the energy crisis
With close to zero growth over the last six months and our major trading partner having difficulties of its own, one way to obtain growth is to reduce our outlay for energy.
http://www.caribdaily.com/article/135626/how-jamaica-can-beat-the-energy-crisis/
USVI Delegate under consideration for Obama cabinet post
ST THOMAS, USVI: The influential American Medical Association and the Congressional Black Caucus have asked the Obama Administration to nominate physician and USVI Delegate to Congress, Donna Christensen, for the Cabinet Post of Secretary of Health and Human Services.
http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/usvi/usvi.php?news_id=14606&start=0&category_id=19
Feb
25
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Guyana to assist Trinidad with security for Summit of the Americas
As Trinidad and CARICOM prepare to host the Summit of the Americas in April, Guyana is among several other CARICOM countries that will be assisting with the security arrangements.
Haitians destroy environment in struggle to survive
Haiti is a tiny island country in the Caribbean and the poorest in the Western hemisphere with 49 percent of its people living in absolute poverty.Worldfocus special correspondent Benno Schmidt and producer Ara Ayer visited there recently and report that in their struggle to survive, Haitians are destroying the very elements of their environment that sustain them.
http://www.caribdaily.com/article/132723/haitians-destroy-environment-in-struggle-to-survive/
Information on Dominica’s Carnival
Dominica’s Carnival, held at the traditional pre-lenten time, is a feast of calypso, shows and two exciting days of street jump-up. Carnival is formally opened about a month before the two final days of jump-up.
http://www.avirtualdominica.com/carnival.cfm
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