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  • Clouds gather over Wyclef Jean's Haiti bid
    PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) -- Hip-hop superstar Wyclef Jean flew out of his native Haiti on Friday as clouds gathered over his outsider presidential bid announced barely 24 hours earlier. "I am leaving because of family obligations, but I will return in several weeks to enter the electoral campaign," he said.

  • Jamaica seeks markets, investors in Canada
    TORONTO, Canada (JIS) -- Jamaica's Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Dr Christopher Tufton, met on Thursday with Ontario's Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Carol Mitchell, to discuss topics of mutual interest. The meeting took place at the Ontario Minister's offices in downtown Toronto.

  • Gay condemns Bolt to first defeat in two years
    STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AFP) -- World record holder and Olympic champion Usain Bolt crashed to his first defeat in two years on Friday when America's Tyson Gay won their eagerly-awaited 100m clash at the Diamond League meeting. Gay clocked 9.84sec to edge Bolt, who was second in 9.97sec.

  • Private-public sector team from Guyana to visit Kuwait
    GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA) -- The government of Guyana, the private sector and the Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce are currently working on putting together a team to travel to Kuwait, to pursue investments and build relations. This follows the recent visit by the Kuwaiti Prime Minister and delegation.

  • UN talks founder as climate impacts mount, say delegates
    PARIS, France (AFP) -- UN climate talks tasked with curbing the threat of global warming are backsliding, delegates from both rich and developing nations said on Friday at the close of a week-long session in Bonn. Even as evidence mounts that deadly impacts are upon us, negotiators said.

  • Over 150 firms engage in national training programmes across the OECS
    CASTRIES, St Lucia (OECS) -- The OECS Export Development Unit, OECS EDU says at least one hundred and seventy-five companies across the nine-member grouping are to benefit from an ongoing series of National Training Programmes. The workshops are supported by the European Development Fund.

  • Tropical Storm Colin heads towards Bermuda
    MIAMI, USA (AFP) -- Tropical Storm Colin barreled towards Bermuda on Friday, with US forecasters saying the weather system could clip the island, or even pass directly over it, but was not likely to affect the US east coast.  At 11:00 am local time the storm was about 380 miles south-southwest of Bermuda.

  • Commentary: Belizeans in the US should start advocating for Belizean citizenship rights
    It has been many years now since the United Democratic Party granted dual citizenship rights to Belizeans who became citizens of another country and to their children and offspring who are born overseas. Yet, despite this passage, Belizeans who possess dual citizenship cannot vote by proxy...

  • Players' chief calls for uniform referral system
    SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- The chief of the Federation of International Cricketers' Associations on Friday called for the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS) to be applied throughout all Test series. The referral system is being used in a Test series in Britain for the first time during the current four-match campaign.

  • Smooth sailing for Barbados cruise industry
    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BTA) -- Cruise is in the forefront of the Barbados Tourism Authority’s (BTA) new marketing thrust. It is described by Ryan Blackett, Director, Cruise Tourism, as having “the ability to transform the tourism landscape.” The Caribbean is at present the number one cruise destination in the world.

  • Sean Penn questions Wyclef Jean bid for Haitian presidency
    LOS ANGELES, USA (AFP) -- Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn poured cold water on Wyclef Jean's bid for the Haitian presidency on Wednesday, questioning the motives of the musician and those backing his campaign. Penn has spent extended periods in Haiti since the devastating January 12 earthquake.

  • New York mayor to host West Indians at Gracie Mansion
    NEW YORK, USA -- New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, is getting set to once again welcome hundreds of influencers in New York's Caribbean-American community to his official residence on August 12 to kick-off celebrations for the 43rd West Indian American Day Carnival Association Labor Day Parade.

  • Castro autobiography describes rebel shaped by childhood
    HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) -- Cuba's iconic former leader Fidel Castro says his childhood struggle against unjust authority turned him into a rebel and revolutionary, in extracts of his upcoming autobiography published online on Thursday by Cubadebate.com. "I wasn't born a politician, although as a young child...

  • Letter: What happened when Labour morphed into the MNU?
    In an article published in the Vincentian (June 24/2010), listing the author as “the ULP View” and captioned “Eustace’s mountain of follies,” the writer presents a litany of charges and accusations against the leader of the opposition. The writer claims “Eustace does not have what it takes…