CaribWorldNews, WASHINGTON, D.C., Weds. Mar. 3, 2010: The Caribbean region is suffering from a chronic shortage of nurses are many are migrating to the United States, Canada and Britain.That`s according to a recent World Bank report. The report, released Tuesday, said between 2002 and 2006, more than 1,800 Caribbean nurses […]
The Haitian Press Between Survival And Suffering
By Claude GillesPanos Caribbean Panos Caribbean, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Weds. March 3, 2010 : After a difficult first month, some media houses in Port-au-Prince and provincial towns which were severely affected by the earthquake of January 12, are trying to rise from the rubble. With makeshift studios housed in tents, sometimes […]
New York State Senator Slammed For Jamaica Trip
CaribWorldNews, ALBANY, NY, Weds. Mar. 3, 2010: It is not just New York State Governor David Patterson who is getting the heat in Albany. So too is State Senator Antoine Thompson. Thompson is facing criticism over a trip to Jamaica, West Indies, in the midst of the state senate`s budget […]
Jamaican Jailed For Using False Identity
CaribWorldNews, LONDON, England, Weds. Mar. 3, 2010: A 30-year-old Jamaican woman, who used a false identity to live and work in the UK, will have to spend the next two years of her life in prison. Tamika Benjamin, of Plumstead Common Road, Woolwich, also faces deportation following her prison time […]
Six Customs Officers Fired In Guyana
CaribWorldNews, GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Weds. Mar. 3, 2010: Six top customs officials in the South American nation of Guyana have been fired despite being cleared of a bribery claim. Revenue Authority director Kurshid Sattaur said Tuesday that six of the Customs and Excise officials` positions had become redundant and that their […]
Air Canada To Resume Weekly Haiti Flight
CaribWorldNews, MONTREAL, Canada, Weds. Mar. 3, 2010: Canadians seeking to travel to Haiti can do so, on Air Canada next week. The airline said Tuesday it will resume scheduled air service to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, starting next Tuesday, March 7th. This comes as the Toussaint Louverture International Airport is resuming limited […]
That Caribbean, Latin American Bloc
By David Jessop CaribWorldNews, LONDON, England, Tues. Mar. 2, 2010: `Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.` So wrote Niccolo Machiavelli in his discourses in 1513. This message from the past is one that the Caribbean would do well to heed if it is to chart […]
HBO Presents Robin Williams in the Caribbean: Weapons of Self Destruction
MIAMI, March 2 /PRNewswire/ — HBO Latin America announced that next Sunday, March 7th it will broadcast Weapons of Self Destruction, the fifth HBO special from acclaimed actor, writer, comedian and Academy Award Winner Robin Williams, in the Caribbean. `It is an honor for HBO to be able to bring […]
Four Caribbean Nations Make US` Major Drug List
CaribWorldNews, WASHINGTON, D.C., Tues. Mar. 2, 2010: Four Caribbean nations have made the US` latest list of `major illicit drug producing and/or drug-transit countries.` The list is included in the latest U.S. international narcotics report, released by the U.S. State Department Monday. The four are The Bahamas, the Dominican Republic, […]
Antigua Among Caribbean Nations To Make Major Money Laundering List
CaribWorldNews, WASHINGTON, D.C., Tues. Mar. 2, 2010: The Caribbean island of Antigua and Barbuda is among six Caribbean nations to make this year’s `Major Money Laundering List.` The U.S. State Department on Monday listed the island, which was cast into the international spotlight last year as the U.S. Securities and […]