| Knee injury rules out Sohail Tanvir from T20 World Cup Pakistan fast bowler Sohail Tanvir has been ruled out of international cricket for at least four months due to a knee injury thus ending his chances of playing in the World T20 Championship in the Caribbean next... | |
| Unesco to help restore Haitian cultural heritage The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) will set up a committee to help restore the Haitian cultural heritage damaged in a devastating earthquake in the Caribbean... |
| Leander Paes calls for support to Haiti victims Indian tennis star Leander Paes came out in support of the Haiti earthquake victims, and asked the people of India to contribute and show generosity towards the millions who lost their lives and homes to the natural... |
| Castro Tv Series Charts 638 Assassination Attempts Illness has forced him from public view, but Fidel Castro is back in Cuban living rooms via a lavish television series that celebrates his escape from 638 assassination... |
| Assam Rifles Men On Un Mission For Haiti Relief As part of the UN Mission, 140 men from Assam Rifles will be leaving for Haiti next month to provide relief and aid in the quake-hit poor Carribean country. "The contingent will include ten officers... |
| Cuba's Sugar Harvest Threatened By Rain, Organizational Problems Organizational problems and rain could jeopardize Cuba's sugar harvest this year, the official daily Granma said on Wednesday.Operational breakdowns of sugar mills and a lack of sugarcane due to the... |
| The Grief They Bear Senior Staff Reporter THE HAUNTING wail of a mother who lost her child continues to echo in the heads of her neighbours four days after Ruthlyn Williams received word that her 11-year-old son had... |
| Heated Warmington Walks Out Of House Junior government minister Everald Warmington staged a one-man walk out of Gordon House yesterday after failed attempts to register a nay vote against an Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) report... |
| Mother Still Searching For Child After Eight Years Five-year-old Rojay King went missing two days after his mother's birthday in 2002. Janet Hardie, King's mother, described a time in her life where she was depressed, heartbroken and longed for her... |
| Portmore Toll Road To Get Repairs THE NATIONAL Road Operating and Constructing Company (NROCC) is to carry out urgently needed repairs to sections of the Portmore, St Catherine, leg of Highway 2000 starting May. The repairs, which... |
| House Amends Terrorism Law, Al-faisal Held At Bay ON A day when Parliament debated and passed amendments imposing tougher sanctions against acts of terrorism, deported Muslim cleric Abdullah al-Faisal, who has been accused by the United Kingdom of... |
| Madoff Victims Join Stanford Investors To Lobby For Payback By Robert Schmidt and Jesse Westbrook WASHINGTON, USA (Bloomberg) -- Victims of Bernard Madoff and accused Ponzi schemer Allen Stanford are banding together to lobby Congress for a law that could... |
| Castro Regime Allows Sex Change Operations It might be a stark contrast from the days Castro's regime sent gays to state-run labor camps in the early 1960's, but the new Cuba is perhaps showing a more tolerant side to some transgender... |
| Brazil Leader Rapped For Stance On Cuba Dissidents Cuba for his deference to the island's communist government over political prisoners and hunger strikes for human rights.A Cuban dissident on hunger strike to demand the release of ailing political... |
| Record Number Of Candidates Take January Csec Exams BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -- The number of candidates sitting the 2010 January Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations more than doubled, with some 54,866 candidates writing the... |
| Ict Plays An Important Role In Disaster Recovery In The Region BASSETERRE, St Kitts (SKNIS) -- The use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) as a catalyst for the recovery of the earthquake devastated Haiti and its adoption for other disasters were... |
| Letter: Beware The Siren Song Of Solidarity Sonia Rosita Boddie's commentary, "OAS vs The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States" from 10 March was interesting both in where it is insightful and where it is dangerous.... |
| Commentary: Nevis National Security Agenda Fell Between The Cracks Rhonda Mitchell is a media planner in Norwalk, CT. She has a BS in Corporate Communication. She grew up in Nevis for the first thirteen years of her life before moving to Norwalk. Feedback... |
| Venezuelans Sweating Over Order To Cut Power Use By Charlie Devereux CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) -- Adrian Freites mops his forehead as steam rises from the pressing irons behind him in his sweltering Caracas dry-cleaning shop. Like others in... |
| Us Congress Honours Jamaican Rex Nettleford WASHINGTON, USA (JIS) -- The United States Congress has posthumously honoured the late Vice Chancellor Emeritus of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Professor Rex Nettleford OM for his... |
| Puerto Rico Bets On Public-private Deals In 2010 By Michael Connor MIAMI, USA (Reuters) -- Puerto Rico's government is preparing public-private partnerships to jump-start the island's stalled economy and wants several of the big-ticket deals in... |
| Private Sector Eyes Opportunity In Haiti Rebuilding By Pascal Fletcher MIAMI, USA (Reuters) -- Rebuilding Haiti after its catastrophic earthquake should generate major contracts for private companies specializing in construction, logistics, transport... |
| Hurricane Season Poses 'above-normal' Threat, Say Forecasters By Charlotte Porter NEW YORK, USA (Bloomberg) -- The 2010 Atlantic hurricane season will be more active than last year’s and poses an “above- normal” threat to the US Gulf and East... |
| Obama Meets Preval, Warns Haiti Situation 'dire' By Stephen Collinson WASHINGTON, USA (AFP) -- US President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that the situation in Haiti following January's earthquake was still "dire" and warned that a... |
| Bolt Wins Sportsman Award For 2009 ABU DHABI, Emirati (AFP) -- Usain Bolt and Serena Williams won the 2010 Laureus sportsman and sportswoman awards on Wednesday at a ceremony in the Emirati capital of Abu Dhabi. Bolt, the Jamaican... |
| Launch Date Of New Caribbean Inter-island Ferry Service To Be Announced Soon ST GEORGE’S, Grenada -- With the gradual resolution to a number of logistical issues, the date for the launch of the Caribbean’s new inter-island ferry service, will soon be announced. In... |
| Jamaica Breaks Ground For Us$49 Million Wind Farm Expansion Project KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) -- Minister of Energy and Mining, James Robertson, on Wednesday broke ground for the US$49 million Wigton Wind Farm expansion project in Jamaica. The project will include the... |
| Aruban Company Interested In Guyana's Fruits, Vegetables GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA) -- Aruban businessman Roberino Faro and Logistics Officer Larry Phillips of the company, Fruit & Veggie in a box met with Guyana's Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud... |
| West Indies Seamers Skittle Zimbabwe AMOS VALE, St Vincent (Reuters) -- West Indies enjoyed a crushing 141 run victory over Zimbabwe to take a 2-1 lead in their five match one day series after dismissing the tourists for just 104 at... |
| Quake-hit Chile, Haiti To Attend Shanghai World Expo As Scheduled: Official Chile and Haiti will participate in the Shanghai World Expo, which opens on May 1, as scheduled though powerful earthquakes caused heavy casualties and damages in the two countries, a Chinese... |
| Obama Pledges Continued Aid To Earthquake-stricken Haiti President Barack Obama committed continued relief aid to Haiti in a meeting Wednesday with Haitian President Rene Preval, even as the U.S. begins to withdraw troops. Ray Suarez reports on the... |
| Obama Warns Situation In Haiti Remains 'dire' Washington, March 10: US President Barack Obama warned Wednesday that the situation in Haiti remains "dire" and called on the world to step up its efforts in the earthquake devastated Caribbean... |
| Obama Renews Backing Of Earthquake-stricken Haiti (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)President Barack Obama and Haitian President Rene Preval leave the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, March 10, 2010, after making a joint... |
| Obama Backs Reconstruction Efforts In Haiti Washington - United States President Barack Obama said on Wednesday conditions in earthquake-stricken Haiti remained dire and promised that the United States would be a reliable partner in... |
| [03/10] Brazil Leader Rapped For Stance On Cuba Dissidents BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - Brazil's president came under withering criticism Wednesday at home and in Cuba for his deference to the island's communist government over political prisoners and hunger... |
| U.s. Reassures Its Commitment To Haiti Reconstruction U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday reassured his Haitian counterpart that the United States will continue to provide Haiti with assistance in terms of both short-term disaster relief and... |
| Jean Thanks Dominican Republic For Haiti Help Governor General Michaëlle Jean is greeted by Leonel Fernandez, the president of the Dominican Republic, during an official visit on March 10 in Santo... |
| Obama Renews Commitment To Haiti U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday renewed America's commitment to the recovery and reconstruction of earthquake-devastated Haiti, telling visiting President Rene Preval he knows the crisis in... |
| Haiti Presents Obama With $14bn Vision Of A Rebuilt Caribbean Paradise$ END: Module - Module - M24 Article Headline with portrait image (b) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Haiti’s President went to the White House yesterday with a vision of a ... |
| * Cuba Launches New Cigar For Women Gripped between the teeth of former Cuban president Fidel Castro, Winston Churchill, a Cuban peasant or a Western businessman, the cigar has long been a male preserve. Now however Cuba hopes to woo... |
| Bahamas Removed From Tax Haven List (AP) NASSAU, Bahamas - The Bahamas has been removed from an international list of uncooperative tax havens by signing information exchange pacts with several Nordic nations. Pascal... |
| Haiti Earthquake: As Obama Meets Preval, Us Quietly Pulls Out Of Haiti (AXcess News) Port-au-Prince, Haiti - As President Obama hosts Haitian President Rene Preval at the Oval Office today, the two will discuss how the US can best help rebuild the impoverished Caribbean... |
| Haiti Mission Ends For U.s. Troops Here's the latest news for Wednesday, March 10: Obama renews commitment to Haiti; Boyfriend: 'Jihad Jane' suspect wasn't religious; Police: no foul play in Haim's death; Georgian TV locates... |
| The Bahamas abandons tax haven status The Bahamas has been removed from an international list of uncooperative tax havens by signing information exchange pacts with several Nordic nations.Pascal Saint-Amans is a spokesman for the... |
