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China, India, Brazil! Is The Caribbean Next? - Feb 2, 2012 - 11:32:16 PM
NEW YORK, NY -
Find out this June when the second Invest Caribbean Now power forum returns to New York City.
"The first Invest Caribbean Forum in June 2011 was a pivotal moment in
developing interest in a new era of entrepreneurship and investing in
the Caribbean. This year's forum promises to be even more significant in
advancing U.S. and worldwide interest in emerging opportunities
throughout the Caribbean," said Felicia Persaud, the convener of Invest
Caribbean 2012 for the Caribbean Tourism Organization, in announcing
this year's forum.
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Hott Caribbean Radio: The New Era of Broadcasting - Feb 2, 2012 - 4:24:14 PM
New York, New York - Over the years there has been
tremendous change in the radio landscape due to the adoption of both the
Internet and streaming media by the mainstream. As internet usage and broadband
access become more accessible to all, online radio has seen a vast increase in
its listenership.
Total Caribbean Network
is pleased to announce the launch of
Hott
Caribbean Radio, streaming a diverse mix of Caribbean News, Music, Talk;
Celebrity Interviews and so much more! Our programs are available 24/7...
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Florida Memorial’s 12th President Prepares For Inauguration on First Anniversary of Taking Office - Feb 1, 2012 - 7:27:21 PM
MiamiI Gardens, FL -
Florida Memorial University’s (FMU) new era of transformative
leadership is well under way, and its next chapter is poised to
officially begin. February marks the formal inauguration of
Henry
Lewis, III, Pharm.D, as the university’s 12th president. This historic
occasion will be celebrated with a week of fanfare and reverence. The
South Florida community is invited to join FMU from
February 6 – 11, 2012, for celebratory and fundraising events. The week’s theme is “Keeping the Promise: Advancing from Good to Great!”
“Since assuming the presidency, Dr.
Lewis has outlined and executed a fresh direction for our institution’s
future,” said Adriene Wright, vice president for Institutional
Advancement at FMU. “His ambitious vision includes the entire
community. Armed with a renewed vision and energetic leadership team...
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U.S. Embassy Consular Officer Encourages High School Students to Invest in Their Future - Feb 1, 2012 - 4:42:59 PM
Nassau, Bahamas - “Pursuing higher education
opportunities is an important way of investing in your future. You
should not take this lightly.” These comments came from Mrs. Sally
Sternal, the U.S. Embassy’s Chief of the Non-Immigrant Visa Unit as she
addressed senior high students during two outreach events held at C.I.
Gibson Senior High on January 13 and at St. John’s College on January
19. Over 300 students and parents attended both seminars designed to
encourage students to prepare for college and consider a wide range of
schools - including small independent colleges, universities and
community colleges in the United States.
Mrs. Sternal’s participation in the two college-prep events is part of
a U.S. Embassy effort to promote international study opportunities in
support U.S. President Obama’s hemisphere-wide “100,000 Strong in the
Americas Initiative...
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Chargé Dinkelman Meets the American Council on Education (ACE) Fellows - Feb 1, 2012 - 2:05:28 PM
Nassau, Bahamas -
During
their recent visit to Nassau to explore tertiary education in The
Bahamas, members of the American Council on Education (ACE) Fellows
Program, accompanied by Valdez Russell The College of The Bahamas (COB)
International Relations Liaison met with U.S. Chargé d’Affaires John
Dinkelman on January 12.
The
four ACE Fellows, representing colleges and universities throughout the
United States, received an overview of the U.S. Embassy’s role in The
Bahamas and obtained insights on the student visa process from the Chief
of the U.S. Embassy’s Consular Section, John Armstrong. The group also
discussed ways to strengthen The Bahamas’ ties to U.S. universities...
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(Photos) NBC's "Today Show" comes to Staniel Cay, Bahamas - Jan 31, 2012 - 11:49:11 PM
Staniel
Cay, BAHAMAS - The wild pigs in Big Major are getting more attention!
According to the Staniel Cay Yacht Club's Facebook page, "NBC's 'The
Today Show' arrived today to
film advance shots for the show to be aired on Febuary 9th and 10th
from The Bahamas. Sara Haines and the Today Show crew visited Staniel
Cay and
got some great shots of the pigs on Big Major (a brand new litter!) and
Thunderball Grotto.
The weather could not have been better for this
... 80s and sunny!
A big "thank you" goes out to the Today Show and the
Bahamas Ministry..."
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Grand Bahama Introduced to London - Jan 31, 2012 - 11:48:51 PM
James
Sarles, President of Coldwell Banker James Sarles Realty, was recently
invited by exclusive Savills to the launch of their Caribbean desk,
where he showcased Grand Bahama property listings in London. Sarles
works with Savills—a global real estate service provider listed on the
London Stock Exchange—to give his clients greater world wide reach.
Savills
encompasses an international network of more than 200 offices and
associates throughout the Americas, the United Kingdom, continental
Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa, and the Middle East. A broad range of
specialist advisory, management, and transactional services is offered
to clients all over the world...
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection Reporting Requirements 2012 - Jan 31, 2012 - 9:49:10 PM
 International Transport to/from the U.S. with $10,000 Currency or More
-- Reporting Requirements, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
Thursday, January 26, 2012.
The
U.S. Embassy would like to remind travelers in and out of The Bahamas
that under the United States of America and The Bahamas Preclearance
Agreement Act, a traveler departing on a pre-cleared flight from the
Lynden Pindling International Airport in Nassau, or Grand Bahama
International Airport in Freeport to the U.S., must declare to CBP anything contained in his/her baggage or being hand-carried by the passenger using the Customs Declaration form.
While it is legal to transport any amount of currency or other monetary...
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Association of Bahamians in Canada to hold Souse Out event, March 2nd - Jan 29, 2012 - 2:40:11 PM
Ontario,
CANADA - The Association of Bahamians in Canada (ABC) will hold their
1st ANNUAL SOUSE-OUT on March 2nd, 2012 at 76 Shuter Street in Toronto
from 7 to 11pm.
Are you Canadian-Bahamian, or a Bahamian living in Canada?
The
Association of Bahamians in Canada (ABC) is a non-profit organization
comprised of Bahamians, Bahamian-Canadians, their families and friends,
and other supporters. The Association, based in Toronto, Ontario,
Canada, was established in 1980...
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(Video) 'Barefoot Bandit' sentenced to 6 1/2 years - Jan 29, 2012 - 1:11:20 PM
The Associated Press:
Seattle - After a two-year international crime spree in which he
survived a handful of crash landings, Colton Harris-Moore — the infamous
"Barefoot Bandit" — says he's lucky to be alive.
Harris-Moore
spoke publicly in court Friday for the first time since his 2010 arrest.
A short while later, he was sentenced to 6 1/2 years in federal prison,
which will be served concurrently with state prison time.
"What I
did could be called daring, but it is no stretch of the imagination to
say that am lucky to be alive ... absolutely lucky," he said. "I should
have died..."
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Life Beyond Earth? Underwater Caves In Bahamas Could Give Clues - Jan 26, 2012 - 11:01:05 AM
Texas A&M University:
Discoveries made in some underwater caves by Texas &M University at
Galveston researchers in the Bahamas could provide clues about how
ocean life formed on Earth millions of years ago, and perhaps give hints
of what types of marine life could be found on distant planets and
moons.
Tom Iliffe, professor of marine biology at the Texas
A&M-Galveston campus, and graduate student Brett Gonzalez of Trabuco
Canyon, Calif., examined three “blue holes” in the Bahamas and found
that layers of bacterial microbes exists in all three, but each cave had
specialized forms of such life and at different depths, suggesting that
microbial life in such caves...
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Barbados is Latest Caribbean Island to Feel the Emera Squeeze - Jan 25, 2012 - 7:44:57 PM
 Halifax Media Co-op writes:
On a small island north of Venezuela, 4,500 kilometres from Halifax,
Barbados Light and Power (BLP) recently issued a news release. Energy
use on the Caribbean island has hit a low not seen since 1974.
“Some people are now simply just turning off all the electricity in
their homes, especially when they're not home,” says Carson Cardogan, a
Barbadian ratepayer. “They're pulling out everything. Every plug.
Including the fridge. People are living virtually in the dark, in order
to not pay Barbados Light and Power the hefty electricity bills.”
While the average Canadian might applaud such a downward shift in
power consumption, this is not a question of Barbadians “going green” by
choice. It is the work of Nova Scotia’s Emera, BLP's new owner...
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OAS Assistant Secretary General Reaffirms the Organization’s Commitment with Haiti - Jan 25, 2012 - 7:18:20 PM
The
Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States
(OAS), Albert Ramdin, today reported to the Permanent Council of the
Organization on his recent visit to Haiti, and reaffirmed the
commitment of the organization with the people and government of
Haiti. In his report on OAS activities in that member country and
perspectives towards the future, Ambassador Ramdin recalled that
peace and stability in Haiti have been until now the priorities in
cooperation with the Caribbean country and that in the future the
Organization will continue to work with government authorities to
pursue development and growth of the Haitian people and
institutions...
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Marine Mammals On the Menu in Many Parts of World - Jan 25, 2012 - 12:50:04 PM
ScienceDaily: The fate of the
world's great whale species commands global attention as a result of
heated debate between pro and anti-whaling advocates, but the fate of
smaller marine mammals is less understood, specifically because the
deliberate and accidental harvesting of dolphins, porpoises, manatees
and other warm-blooded aquatic denizens is rarely studied or monitored.
To shed more light on the issue, researchers from the Wildlife
Conservation Society and Okapi Wildlife Associates have conducted an
exhaustive global study of human consumption of marine mammals using
approximately 900 sources of information.
The main finding: since
1990, people in at least 114 countries have consumed one or more of at
least 87 marine mammal species. In addition to this global review,
Wildlife Conservation Society scientists work in remote countries...
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(Video / Transcript) Obama's 2012 State of the Union address - Jan 24, 2012 - 11:32:55 PM
Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow Americans:
Last month, I went to Andrews Air Force Base and welcomed home some of
our last troops to serve in Iraq. Together, we offered a final, proud
salute to the colors under which more than a million of our fellow
citizens fought - and several thousand gave their lives.
We
gather tonight knowing that this generation of heroes has made the
United States safer and more respected around the world. For the first
time in nine years, there are no Americans fighting in Iraq. For the
first time in two...
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2011/2012 OAS Fellowship Program Now Open - Jan 16, 2012 - 8:42:47 AM
 Nassau, Bahamas - The Organization of American States (OAS) Bahamas Office is
pleased to announce the opening of the 2011/2012 Undergraduate and Graduate OAS
Fellowship Cycle. Each year the OAS Inter-American Agency for Cooperation and
Development (OAS/IACD), offers one of the Hemisphere’s largest multinational
fellowships and training programs; providing several hundred fellowships for
graduate and undergraduate studies and research in institutions throughout the
34 OAS member states.
Candidates must have clear academic goals, a focused program
of study and career objectives that will contribute to the development of the
country. Applications are accepted in the fields of study related to the OAS
priority development areas...
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Caribbean LIVE Programming now Mobile TV - Jan 11, 2012 - 11:00:40 PM
New York, New York - With the launch of Total Caribbean
Network (TCN) a little over a year ago, TCN set out to provide a space
where Caribbean people could feel at home. By giving its viewers access
to 24 hour streams of live Caribbean news, entertainment and so much
more; TCN became the “go to” location for everything Caribbean and also
proved to be fertile ground for up and coming producers, filmmakers and
artists, who were allowed to submit their content for review and
placement on the TCNHD network.
In the past year the network has grown exponentially as TCN has now
fully integrated itself into all things mobile and with the launch of
TCN’s Hott...
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OAS Secretary General Highlights Services Sector Growth in Latin America - Feb 2, 2012 - 7:33:14 PM
The
Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José
Miguel Insulza, participated today in the launch of the book, "Exporting
Services: A Developing Country Perspective," published by the World
Bank, an event in which he remarked on the remarkable growth of the
services sector in Latin America in the past two decades.
During
the event, held at the headquarters of the World Bank in Washington, DC,
the head of the hemispheric organization recalled that Latin America
experienced 150 percent growth in the services sector in the decade of
the 90s and 200 percent in the 2000s. "That is really a very impressive
performance," he said. "It's the highest performance percentage wise all
over the developing world."
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OAS Secretary General Condemns Attacks by the Farc - Feb 2, 2012 - 7:32:20 PM
The
Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José
Miguel Insulza, strongly condemned the criminal attacks perpetrated by
the Farc yesterday and today in Colombia, in the Departments of Nariño
and Cauca.
"These events represent an attack against the
Colombian State and a despicable crime against the population, meriting a
categorical rejection by the entire international community," Insulza
said.
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Guatemala Offers to Host the 2013 OAS General Assembly - Feb 2, 2012 - 7:24:02 PM
The
government of Guatemala, through a statement recently sent to the
Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José
Miguel Insulza, made official its offer to host the XLIII Regular
Session of the OAS General Assembly, to be held in June of 2013.
The
letter, sent by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Harold Caballeros, was
shared with the members of the Permanent Council during their recent
session by the Alternative Representative of Guatemala, Lionel Maza, who
reiterated the “historic commitment” of that country “with the
principles and objectives contained in the Organization’s main
instruments...”
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