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
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.
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.
KINGSTON, Jamaica: UK Minister for Trade and Development Gareth Thomas has announced on behalf of the UK Department for International Development (DFID) a £46 million (US$78 million) package to help the Caribbean develop more effective ways to trade with Europe and the rest of the world.
AS CANADA PREPARES to go to the polls on Tuesday, Bajans there are split over both the likely outcome and which party would be best for Barbados and its Caribbean neighbours.
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Several sexual partners of a well-known local entertainer are now fretting that they may be HIV positive, following disclosure by at least one female partner that she has been infected with the deadly virus.
The XtraNews got a phone call from overseas this week from one woman claiming to be a lover of a local entertainer, saying that she was HIV positive and that she believed the entertainer’s other lovers were similarly infected.
UNITED NATIONS – Every September, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders travel to New York to attend the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) hoping to influence discussions that could affect their socio-economic development.
A Royal Navy backup ship has visited Cuba for only the second time since the country’s revolution 50 years ago.The trip is a courtesy visit, linked to the battle against the illegal drugs trade in the Caribbean.
Grenada, Carriacou & Petite Martinique are three beautiful islands in the Windward chain of islands, threaded by the Caribbean Sea, connecting North and South America. The Caribbean Sea laps gently on the western shores of these islands, while the Altantic casts magnificent swells onto the eastern coastline.
Americans are feeling the economic pinch from a looming recession and the Jamaican-based dancehall and reggae industry is also being negatively affected.
‘Up North’, people are losing their houses, businesses and jobs. Many have difficulties making ends meet for simply regular expenses. The latest International Monetary Fund (IMF) report said the United States’ economy is at “considerable” risk of recession when the current financial crisis is compared to past periods of financial stress.
The objective of the Caribbean Students Association (C.S.A) of Syracuse University is to promote the awareness of Caribbean Culture on and off campus by facilitating discourse about issues faced in the Caribbean and by promoting culture Caribbean cultural activities through the medium of visual and performing arts which is a central aspect of Caribbean culture. Forums with panelist, general lectures, re]lief funds, drives, cultural shows, and festivals will be used to incorporate these aspects of the Caribbean and achieve the mission of the Caribbean Students Association. C.S.A.’s constituencies are inclusive, for those of Caribbean or Non-Caribbean decent, but also to the Syracuse communities and the Caribbean.
