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Things fall apart for PNP |
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Sunday, 28 September 2008 |
KINGSTON – As the 70-year-old People’s National Party (PNP) treads on shaky ground, winner of party’s leadership election Portia Simpson Miller has dissolved the opposition council and promises to roll out a new one before the next sitting of parliament.
Since the elections last Saturday, defeated candidate in the bid for the party leadership Dr. Peter Phillips and Sharon Hay Webster, who lost her vice presidential bid, along with Maxine Henry-Wilson, Dean Peart and Fitz Jackson have resigned as spokespersons.
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ICE halts deportation to Haiti |
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Sunday, 28 September 2008 |
With Haiti, the poorest nation in the hemisphere still reeling from the
onslaught of four storms, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement
(ICE) is temporarily halting deportations to that country.
ICE spokeswoman Barbara Gonzalez told the Associated Press Friday,
“When we it’s appropriate to resume, we’ll notify the members of
Congress. There are no imminent removals to Haiti. We are aware of the
situation – no removals are scheduled or planned.”
The announcement comes as a relief to a number of Haitian nationals who
were slated for deportation to their home country as it struggles with
regrouping with hundreds of thousands still homeless and a growing need
for more international help.
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Sunday, 28 September 2008 |
PORT AU PRINCE – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General Edwin
Carrington has arrived in Haiti for talks with President Rene Préval
and other officials on the devastation caused by the passage of four
tropical storms over the past few weeks.
A CARICOM Secretariat statement said that Carrington is being
accompanied by Ambassador Colin Granderson, the Assistant
Secretary-General for Foreign and Community matters. They are expected
to get a first hand look at the devastation caused by the storms that
killed hundreds of people and left thousands more homeless.
The Secretariat said that food and water are desperately needed in the
areas affected by the storms, and relief efforts were also being
hampered by the flood waters that have not yet receded.
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Homosexuality: ‘It’s coming!’ |
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Sunday, 28 September 2008 |
ST GEORGE'S – A university lecturer is predicting that homosexuality could soon be accepted as a way of life in the Caribbean.
Claude Douglas, a sociologist, has just released a new book titled,
Homosexuality in the Caribbean: Crawling Out Of the Closet, which
examines the rise of homosexuality in the region. The 60-page book
covers issues ranging from biological origins and the gay tourist
phenomenon, to the campaign to decriminalize homosexuality in the
region.
"If we look at the evolutionary process of the society and see how the
society evolves, we would see that yesterday's deviants become today's
and tomorrow's norms," Douglas told the Caribbean Media Corporation
(CMC).
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Sunday, 28 September 2008 |
WASHINGTON, US – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) says it is prepared to assist Caribbean governments in improving water and sanitation services for their populations.
The IDB said that regional countries can now apply for grants under the Aquafund, a new source of financing approved by the bank's board.
"The Aquafund is a fast-disbursing vehicle intended to help accelerate the development of projects in the water, sanitation and solid waste disposal sectors. It can be used to finance activities, ranging from pre-feasibility studies to technical training and knowledge dissemination, depending on specific local needs," the IDB said in a statement.
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