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Call for better tsunami warning systems
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – In the Caribbean and western mid-Atlantic, tens of thousands of lives are at risk and millions of dollars are at stake if a tsunami strikes and therefore all communities must implement more efficient warning systems. So says Christa von Hillebrandt Andrade, manager of the US national weather service Caribbean tsunami warning programme, who spoke yesterday…
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‘Be ready for natural disasters’
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Citizens must make themselves ready to deal with disasters and not depend on the Government, head of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management (ODPM), Dr Stephen Ramroop, said yesterday. Ramroop was speaking at the eighth session of the Inter-Governmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami and other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean, at…
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Strong earthquake felt in Leeward islands
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 struck near St. Kitts and Nevis on Tuesday, but there were no immediate reports of death of damage on the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country. The U.S Geological Survey said that the quake, which occurred at 2.53 am (local time) and its epicentre was located at 17.48 degrees north…
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State TV: Syrian premier escapes bomb attack
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria's prime minister escaped an assassination attempt Monday when a bomb went off near his convoy in Damascus, state media reported, the latest attack targeting a top official in President Bashar Assad's regime. Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi was unhurt in the bombing in the capital's western neighborhood of Mazzeh, state TV said. The TV showed footage…
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Cuba, Venezuela ink deals worth two billion dollars
Cuba and Venezuela have signed accords for 51 joint projects worth $2 billion US dollars in Havana, local media reported Sunday. At the close of 13th Cuba-Venezuela Intergovernmental Meeting Saturday night, Cuban President Raul Castro and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced the deals for projects in such areas as education, health, sports, culture, food production, construction, transport, communications, energy and…
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How Dancehall and Rap Define Today’s Youth
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The music we listen to reflects our innermost feelings and our relationship with society, and if society does not offer opportunities for jobs and a meaningful life, then music won’t offer narratives that reflect hope and opportunity for loving relationships and acceptance into society. That is why we have hip hop culture infiltrating T&T. That’s…
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Celebrating with the indefatigable George Lamming
KINGSTON, Jamaica – (Today), Barbados will celebrate National Heroes Day, and highlighting the activities will be the presentation of the prestigious Clement Payne Appreciation Award to legendary Barbadian novelist, political commentator, essayist, and public intellectual, Mr George Lamming, appropriately marking the 60th anniversary of the publication of his seminal work, In the Castle of My Skin. The octogenarian still exudes…
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Trinidad-born author wins regional prize for literature
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad-born United Kingdom-based writer, Monique Roffey, whose work titled “Archipelago” based on the 2008 floods here, has won the US$10,000 2013 One Caribbean Media (OCM) Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature. St. Lucian poet, Kendel Hippolyte won the poetry category for his collection “Fault Lines” while Guyanese writer Rupert Roopnarine won the non-fiction category with…
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Anger over South Africa award to Burnham
KINGSTON, Jamaica – THE recent decision by the South Africa Government to confer on Guyana's late President Forbes Burnham its highest national honour designated for outstanding foreign citizens- — the Oliver Tambo Award (gold) — has drawn strong criticisms from two well-known Jamaican scholars and Pan-Africanists — Dr Rupert Lewis and Dr Horace Campbell. Both have expressed shock and sadness…
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PJ gets Oliver Tambo award
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica's former Prime Minister PJ Patterson receiving South Africa's highest award presented to non-nationals, the Order of the Companions of OR Tambo, from President Jacob Zuma at the annual Freedom Day ceremony in Pretoria on Saturday. The Order, instituted on December 6, 2002, is awarded to foreign nationals (heads of state and governments) and other foreign dignitaries…
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