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Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  May 26, 2009

  Nothing can be improvised in Haiti
Reflections of Fidel (Taken from CubaDebate) FIVE days ago I read a press report stating that Ban Ki-moon is to appoint Bill Clinton as his special envoy for Haiti. According to the report, Clinton accompanied the secretary general on a two-day official visit to Haiti...... [view]
Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  May 13, 2009

  Turks and Caicos Premier calls for referendum on direct rule from London
BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CUOPM) -- Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands, Galmo Williams has called for a referendum to be taken or a general poll held before the United Kingdom government proceeds to suspend the territory’s constitution and impose direct rule from London later this month. ...... [view]
Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  May 11, 2009

  The struggle has barely begun
Reflections of Fidel (Taken from CubaDebate) GOVERNMENTS might change, but the instruments with which they converted us into colonies are still the same. For one president in the United States with a sense of ethics, in the last 28 years we have had three who committed...... [view]
Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Apr 29, 2009

  Imagine a World Without Seafood for Supper -- It's Nearer Than You Think
By Andrew Purvis, The Observer UK: As I step off the train at Heysel, the vast art deco structure of the Palais du Centenaire rises like a cathedral. With its four soaring buttresses topped by statues, the Palais forms the centrepiece of the Parc des Expositions in Brussels, Belgium - a...... [view]
Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Apr 16, 2009

  Officers with sound beliefs
(Taken from Cubadebate) IT is not known how many people in the United States write to Obama and how many different issues they put to him. Obviously, he cannot read all the letters and tackle every issue, because neither the 24 hours of the day and the 365 days of the year would be...... [view]
Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Mar 7, 2009

  CLICO-Guyana problems not unique
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA): The recent developments of the Colonial Life Insurance Company (CLICO) are not unique to Guyana as subsidiaries of four islands have also been affected by the recent financial troubles facing CLICO’s parent company, the Trinidad-based CL Financial. The governments...... [view]
Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Mar 6, 2009

  Cayman orders CLICO to 'cease and desist'
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority has instructed CLICO (Cayman) Ltd to stop its public investment business activity until company accounts are approved by the Authority. A CIMA media release stated that in an order issued on Tuesday (3 March), it told CLICO...... [view]
Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Feb 18, 2009

  Race, class fuel social conflict on French Caribbean islands
POINTE-A-PITRE, Guadeloupe (AFP): A general strike crippling Guadeloupe and Martinique has exposed racial and class divides on the French Caribbean islands where a white elite wields power over a majority descended from African slaves. Protesters on Monday stepped up their nearly month-long...... [view]
Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Jan 25, 2009

  Come home, Haiti, to the legacy of your founding fathers!
By Jean H Charles: It is a fitting tribute to 233 years of the American Revolution, forty five years of America true black integration that culminate into the election of the 44th President, Barack Obama as the first black leader of the United States to call on Haiti the first black...... [view]
Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Jan 17, 2009

  Haiti, a report card, one year later
By Jean H Charles: Last year on January 1st 2007, I wrote an essay entitled: ‘Haiti must engage in a mode of urgency to catch up with the rest of the Caribbean.” One year later, it is now time for a report card on, how Haiti has faired in its praxis of good governance. A caveat is in...... [view]
Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Jan 15, 2009

  Haiti and the slave route
A UNESCO agreement calls on culture ministers to promote the abolition of slavery every August 23 • France and the international community urged to honor the date in this 2009 full of significant anniversaries Gabriel Molina • THE 205th anniversary of the emancipation of Haiti...... [view]
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