Caribbean diplomats fight UK’s APD

General Sources - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

BRIDGETOWN--Caribbean diplomats in the United Kingdom are gearing up to lobby the British government for an ease in the airline passenger duty (APD), a tax which Caribbean countries say seriously affect their tourism industries.Tourism and International Transport Minister Richard Sealy said the Caribbean diplomats have secured 40,000 to assist them in this effort.Sealy, who recently visited the ...

U.S. Cuba to resume talks on direct mail stopped in ’63

Tribune Review - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

WASHINGTON -- The United States and Cuba will resume talks this week on restarting direct mail service despite a deadlock between Washington and Havana over detainees that has largely stalled most rapprochement efforts, a U.S. official said on ...

Haiti reports first suspected H1N1 death in 2013

Global Times - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Haiti reported on Monday its first suspected death this year from H1N1 virus, reports reaching here said.The victim was from the small community of Nan Bannann in the southern city of Belle-Ansecity, 110 km southwest of the capital Port-au-Prince, the reports said.As local government said, the victim died at a hospital in Thiotte, 65 km east of the capital.Reports said the victim appeared to ...

Special Committee on Decolonization Approves Text Calling upon United States to Initiate Self-determination Process for Puerto Rico

United Nations - Monday 17th June, 2013

Meeting to consider the question of Puerto Rico, the Special Committee on Decolonization called again upon the United States today to expedite a process that would allow Puerto Ricans to fully exercise their inalienable right to self-determination and ...

US names dangerous Cuba prisoners

Independent.ie - Monday 17th June, 2013

Pentagon , Army Lieutanant Colonel Todd Breasseale.The names of all Guantanamo prisoners have been public for years, but the administration of ...

Whelan Barbados is on FA Cup travel itinerary

Soccernet - Monday 17th June, 2013

Emmerson Boyce and Gary Caldwell lift the FA Cup after their stunning triumph Whelan, who owns a villa on the island of Barbados, is due to leave in his summer holidays once he unveils former Bolton manager Owen Coyle as the replacement to Roberto Martinez.But before he jets off, the 76-year-old has renewed his promise to parade the historic trophy for all of Barbados."Since we won the FA ...

Storm clouds loom over Jamaica Pond

Boston Herald - Monday 17th June, 2013

"It was mostly sunny with some innocent clouds in Jamaica Plain and then suddenly these dramatic dark storm clouds moved in over Jamaica Pond. They looked like something from the movie "Independence Day" when the alien space ships enter Earth's atmosphere. The rain that followed was pretty intense ...

Intl. Seminar on Journalism and Tourism Starts in Cuba

Prensa Latina - Monday 17th June, 2013

Havana, June 17 (Prensa Latina) An International Seminar on Journalism and Tourism started today in this capital with a study of routes and cultural proposals in Havana and the potentials of the tourism industry in Cuba. At least 48 communications professionals from Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and Cuba have gathered for a week for this ninth seminar at the Jose ...

Haiti ban shows Hispaniola commission’s lack of clout on trade rows

Dominican Today - Monday 17th June, 2013

Santo Domingo.- The row unleashed by Haiti's ban on Dominican eggs and poultry has shed light on the Joint Dominican-Haitian Bilateral Commission's lack of clout in the current disputes among the two Hispaniola island nations, despite being "two wings of the same bird." The row also shows both countries' weakness toward dialogue and the bungled handling of their ...

Four-hour meeting fails to lift Haiti ban on Dominican products

Dominican Today - Monday 17th June, 2013

Santo Domingo -After meeting for more than four hours, the Haitian and Dominican authorities failed to reach an agreement to lift the ban on poultry and eggs imports. FILE. Haiti Foreign minister Pierre Richard Casimir and Dominican counterpart Carlos Morales are in a closed-door talks since 12: 20pm, looking to lift the ban of Dominican egg and chicken exports to the neighboring country. To ...

New Elections for Grenada Olympic Committee Demanded

Prensa Latina - Monday 17th June, 2013

Kingston, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) The former President of the Grenada Athletic Association, George Robinson, described the recent election of Royston LaHee as president of Grenada Olympic Committee (GOC) as shady and unconstitutional. These general elections are null and must be declared void, stated Robinson, while criticizing the process. Lahee was re-elected for an eighth consecutive with no ...

US Cuba seek to restore mail services

General Sources - Monday 17th June, 2013

View Photo AFP/Joe Raedle - Officials from the United States and Cuba will meet this week to restore direct mail services frozen since 1963, the State Department ...

Police 1 Chinese man dies another missing after apparent fishing accident in Dominica

Canada.com - Monday 17th June, 2013

ROSEAU, Dominica - Police in Dominica say one Chinese man has died and another is missing after they fell into a rushing river while fishing from the banks. Police spokesman John Carbon said Monday that five Chinese men were casting fishing nets at the mouth of the Layou River on the rugged Caribbean island when two of them became submerged and quickly "encountered difficulties since they ...

Cuba Defends Puerto Rican Self-Determination at UN

Prensa Latina - Monday 17th June, 2013

United Nations, June 17 (Prensa Latina) Cuba presented today at the United Nations a draft resolution that reaffirms Puerto Rico's inalienable right to self-determination and independence. The text was put to the consideration of all 29 member countries of the UN decolonization committee by Cuban permanent representative to the UN, Rodolfo Reyes. The Cuban diplomat recalled that the Puerto ...

Holland America Line To Feature Diverse Caribbean Cruises For Tropical Getaways In 2013-14

CNW Group - Monday 17th June, 2013

June 17, 2013 /CNW/ - Itineraries up to 25 days, diverse ports of call and a rare mid-size ship experience highlight Holland America Line's 2013-14 Caribbean season that features eight of the line's premium vessels sailing round-trip from either Fort Lauderdale or Fla. All Fort Lauderdale itineraries feature a call at ...

ABC Family Presents a Pirates of the Caribbean Weekend Airing Saturday July 6th Sunday July 7th

General Sources - Monday 17th June, 2013

[06/17/13 - 10:10 AM]ABC Family Presents a "Pirates of the Caribbean" Weekend Airing Saturday, July 6th & Sunday, July 7thHighlights include the network television premiere of "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" on Sunday, July 7 at ...

Obamas Policy Towards the Caribbean is Criticized

Prensa Latina - Monday 17th June, 2013

Port of Spain, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) The main feature of the policy towards the Caribbean of United State' President, Barack Obama, is the lack of commitment, said today the Caribbean Journal newspaper. According to the journal, the permanent promise of the president is the closure of the prison in Guantanamo's naval base, territory that is occupied by US against the will of Cuban ...

Police made hundreds of visits to Ariel Castros Cleveland street in the years since three womens disappearance

The Independent - Monday 17th June, 2013

Local police made nearly eleven hundred visits to houses on the Cleveland block where Ariel Castro is accused of holding three women captive in his home for around a decade, it has ...

Rare U.S.-Cuba talks to explore resuming mail services

Reuters - Monday 17th June, 2013

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and Cuba are exploring the possibility of resuming direct mail services between the two countries after a 50-year ban, U.S. officials with knowledge of the talks said on ...

Usain Bolt’s coach calls for anti-doping lab in Jamaica to protect athletes

Global Times - Monday 17th June, 2013

The Jamaican government needs to establish an accredited anti-doping laboratory to protect its world-class athletes from taking contaminated substances, the coach of world record holder and Olympic champion Usain Bolt says.Glen Mills, who mentors Bolt and world 100 meters champion Yohan Blake, said Jamaican athletes faced a minefield of substances and had little way of checking their ...

PM won’t be rushed on BTC

Nassau Guardian - Monday 17th June, 2013

Prime Minister Perry Christie has dismissed a suggestion from head of the Bahamas Communications and Public Officers Union (BCPOU) Bernard Evans that he has been slow to act on his promise to get back a controlling interest in the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) on behalf of the Bahamian people. Asked by The Nassau Guardian to respond to Evans and the BCPOU, Christie said, "I ...

Diplomat returns to church one week after robbery

Nassau Guardian - Monday 17th June, 2013

A week after she was robbed and assaulted on her way to St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, the United States Embassy's Vice Consul Kathleen Cayer returned to church yesterday, saying the ordeal will not deter her from worshipping. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Fred Mitchell, Acting U.S. Charge d'Affaires John Armstrong and Catholic Archbishop Patrick Pinder accompanied ...