tips4travels.com gives you the latest news from Caribbean http://tips4travels.com/en Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:49:28 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/kids-in-haiti-&#039kidnapping&#039-have-parents.htm All 33 children US missionaries tried to take out of Haiti illegally after the January earthquake have parents, aid workers say, as they were finally reunited with their families. It has turned out th... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:26:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/haiti-reveals-ambitious-reconstruction-plan.htm PORT-AU-PRINCE -- Haiti unveiled the first draft Tuesday of a grand reconstruction plan, saying US$11.5 billion would be needed to help the country rebuild after January's devastating earthquake. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:04:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/woman-off-to-haiti-to-head-red-cross-relief-efforts.htm SASKATOON — With her deployment to Haiti less than a week away, Leslie Leach can't afford to get excited. I don't know if I have time for that, Leach, the director of research and develop... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:54:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/&#039orphans&#039-in-haiti-row-back-with-parents.htm ALL 33 children US missionaries tried to take out of Haiti illegally after the January earthquake have parents, aid workers say, as they were finally reunited with their families. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:48:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/cuba-detains-30-people-in-havana-protest.htm HAVANA: Police detained about 30 people as they marched in Havana yesterday in a protest led by the mother of a political prisoner who died in a hunger strike, a journalist witnessed said. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:35:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/recovery-bill-estimated-at-11.5-billion-dollars.htm WASHINGTON, Mar 17, 2010 (IPS) - Two weeks before a major donors conference, the Haitian government has estimated that the country will need some 11.5 billion dollars over the next three years to reco... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:35:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/all-&#039trafficked&#039-haiti-quake-orphans-have-parents.htm Haiti earthquake aid workers say all 33 children United States missionaries tried to illegally take from the country have parents. SOS Children's Village said all of the children have finally been re... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:24:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/carnegie-hall-haiti-benefit-to-win-less-cash-than-attention.htm Carnegie Hall on Sunday night in a concert trumpeted as a fund-raiser for the earthquake-ravaged Haiti. But what ticket buyers may not realize is that far more of their dollars will go toward concert-... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:13:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/&#039abducted&#039-haiti-orphans-all-had-parents.htm ALL 33 children US missionaries tried to take out of Haiti illegally after the January earthquake have parents, aid workers said as they were finally reunited with their families. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:10:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/un-reports-222570-dead-in-haiti-earthquake.htm January 12 Haiti earthquake left exactly 222,570 deaths, 1,300,000 millions of refuged people in harbors, 766,000 displaced people, 310,000 injuried and 869 disappeared. The report also mentioned econ... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:08:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/un-economic-and-social-council-to-hold-key-meeting-next-month-on-assistance-to-haiti.htm The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) - the body responsible for coordinating economic and social work of the UN funds, programmes and specialized agencies - said today that it will ... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:29:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/hospitals-friendly-to-newborns-and-their-mothers-are-widely-realized-in-cuba.htm Post-delivery care is one of the hallmarks of child- and mother-friendly hospitals like the General Camilo Cienfuegos Provincial Hospital in Sancti Spíritus, Cuba. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:16:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/bbc-caribbean-news-in-brief.htm The new leader of Trinidad and Tobago's opposition United National Congress, Kamla Persad Bissessar, says she will not be deviating from the party's position on the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:52:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/haiti-kids-taken-reunite-with-families.htm Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) -- Nearly all of the 33 Haitian children whom American missionaries allegedly tried to take out of the earthquake-ravaged nation were reunited Wednesday with their families... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:45:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/regina-group-returns-home-after-providing-relief-in-haiti.htm REGINA — Carlos Petit-Homme is lost for words when he tries to describe the devastation he witnessed during a recent visit to the earthquake-ravaged country of Haiti. Wow is one of the fi... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:45:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/rights-group-urges-cuba-to-revoke-laws-restricting-freedom-of-expression.htm urged [press release] Cuban authorities to revoke laws that restrict freedom of expression, assembly and association and to release all dissidents unfairly detained by the authorities. AI called on Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:34:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/&#039i-don&#039t-think-we-could-have-done-better&#039.htm Haiti President Rene Preval popped out of a shiny SUV. Then, just like that, he took my arm and pulled me inside with him. 'Don’t you have some questions for me?' he asked. As a journalist, how coul... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:16:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/30-women-protesters-arrested-in-cuba.htm (RTTNews) - Police in Cuba on Wednesday stopped a rally taken out by female relatives of some 50 political prisoners being held in the communist country, and arrested about 30 women protesters partic... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:07:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/u.s.-cruise-lines-say-return-to-cuba-would-take-time.htm MIAMI (Reuters) - U.S. cruise companies are eager to add Cuba to their itineraries; but even if U.S. policy allowed that, Cuba's ports would need years of rebuilding to accommodate the ships, industry... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:05:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/women-girls-rape-victims-in-haiti-quake-aftermath.htm PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — When the young woman needed to use the toilet, she went out into the darkened tent camp and was attacked by three men. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:02:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/33-&#039orphans&#039-to-be-reunited-with-their-parents.htm Haiti will be reunited with their biological families. SOS Children's Villages is a global organization that provides family based care for children without parental care, and social services for ... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:00:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/&#039miracle&#039-baby-to-be-reunited-with-parents-in-haiti.htm A Florida judge has ordered a miracle baby rescued from the rubble after the devastating earthquake in Haiti be reunited with her parents.The baby girl was just two months old when she was pulled al... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:57:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/dominican-republic-intensifies-10-year-search-for-american-who-is-most-wanted-drug-smuggler.htm Dominican Republic (AP) — The Dominican Republic's most wanted man is an American who for 10 years has fed his mystique by pulling off narrow escapes and taunting police. Now the search for alle... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:37:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/freaky-man-&#039rubs-up&#039-on-cop-arrested-after-police-allegedly-felt-his-erection.htm A man accused of gyrating on a policewoman until he had an erection, while they were both on a bus recently, is to be tried in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court in May.The accused, Carlto... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:12:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/gas-pump-attendant-to-know-fate-april-7.htm A 28-year-old gas pump attendant who is accused of using a skimming device to acquire the card information of customers who used their debit and credit cards to pay for gas, is to be sentenced on Apri... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:12:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/police-probe-alleged-scammer&#039s-death.htm Nesta Rutherford of Belmont in the parish was killed on Monday during a drive-by shooting. Since his death, however, there have been different theories as to what could have sparked the incident. Sou... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:12:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/cop-told-&hellip-granny-beaten-with-pot-cover.htm A young woman accused of using a pot cover to hit her 78-year-old grandmother was taken before the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:12:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/umbrella-gang-members-remanded.htm FOUR alleged members of the notorious Umbrella Gang of Newlands, Portmore, three of whom were on the St Catherine South Police division's most-wanted list for six months, are to reappear in the Kingst... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:12:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/money-allegedly-smuggled-in-toothpaste.htm Rasbert Turner, Star Writer Three women who attempted to smuggle money in tubes of toothpaste to an inmate at the St Catherine Adult Correctional Centre, found themselves being charged with breache... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:12:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/security-guard&#039s-killers-convicted.htm KAREGA 'Che' BARNES and Marlon 'Backto' Brown were last Friday convicted in the Kingston Circuit Court for the August 2005 shooting death of security guard Edward Green at the Caymanas racetrack. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:12:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/accused-armoured-truck-robbers-remanded.htm Four people accused of being involved in stealing $42 million from a Guardsman armoured truck in downtown Kingston in January, were remanded in the Corporate Area Resident Magist-rate's Court yesterda... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:12:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/alleged-cocaine-thieves-appear-in-court.htm Four civilians employed to the Transnational Crime and Narcotics Division (TCND) and who are accused of stealing cocaine that was scheduled to be destroyed, appeared before the Corporate Area Resident... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:12:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/caribbean-monitoring-ba-strike-plan.htm But they are bracing for the impact of that action, although the Chairman of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association, Peter Odle, thinks it might not end up as devastating as some in the region f... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:02:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/haiti-rebuilding-effort-could-cost-$11.5b-over-3-years-assessment-says.htm A thorough analysis prepared by the Haiti government, together with the United Nations and other international organizations estimates it will take $11.5 billion over the next three years to repair ... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:21:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/dominican-government-to-build-university-in-haiti.htm SANTO DOMINGO. - The Dominican Government will build a university in Haiti for around 10,000 students, president Leonel Fernandez announced Wednesday, and though he didn’t specify the cost, affirmed... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:12:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/haiti&rsquos-visionaries-rising-from-the-rubble.htm The voodoo priest Akiki Baka, a k a Emperor Sonson, at his Gede temple near the Grand Rue, in Port-au-Prince. The temple, which weathered Haiti’s earthquake unscathed, will have an altar in a pl... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:55:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/&lth1&gt&ltp&gtelection-court-nears-end&lt/p&gt&lt/h1&gt.htm By krystel Rolle ~ Guardian Staff Reporter ~ krystel@nasguard.com:A decision on the outcome of the five protest ballots cast for Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) candidate Ryan Pinder during last month... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:38:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/&lth3&gt&ltp&gtdeath-sentences-for-two-convicts&lt/p&gt&lt/h3&gt.htm By LEDEDRA MARCHE ~ Senior FN Reporter ~ lededra@nasguard.com:Prosecutors had their request granted yesterday when Acting Justice Jethro Miller sentenced convicted police killers Edwin Bauld Jr. and W... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:38:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/&lth1&gt&ltp&gtcrunch-time-for-arawak-cay&lt/p&gt&lt/h1&gt.htm By Scott Armstrong ~ Guardian Business Editor ~ scott@nasguard.comtwitter.com/guardianbiz: Crunch time is approaching for the $60 million Arawak Cay container shipping port as government and private ... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:38:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/&lth3&gt&ltp&gtnib-staff-members-walk-off-the-job&lt/p&gt&lt/h3&gt.htm By Brent Dean ~ Guardian Senior Reporter ~ brentldean@nasguard.com:More than 100 staff members of the National Insurance Board (NIB) walked off the job yesterday morning to demonstrate their displeasu... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:38:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/&lth1&gt&ltp&gttino-going-for-gold&lt/p&gt&lt/h1&gt.htm By SHELDON LONGLEY ~ NG Sports Editor ~ slongley@nasguard.com:By the time this article is read, Bahamian Valentino Knowles would have known his fate in the gold medal match of the 60 kg. class of the ... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:38:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/&lth3&gt&ltp&gtanxiety-still-high-among-clico-policyholders&lt/p&gt&lt/h3&gt.htm By Keva Lightbourne ~ Guardian Senior Reporter ~ kdl@nasguard.com:Ruth Russell is two months shy of her 79th birthday and every day she carries the burden of not knowing when the CLICO debacle would c... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:38:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/&lth2&gtcolina-with-70-rnd-stake-as-offer-closes-&lt/h2&gt.htm By Scott Armstrong ~ Guardian Business Editor ~ scott@nasguard.comtwitter.com/guardianbiz:A quiet final day of trading saw Colina Insurance Ltd. emerge from its share purchase offer to RND Holdings sh... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:38:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/&lth2&gtdirect-debits-and-credits-pass-major-test&lt/h2&gt.htm By Scott Armstrong ~ Guardian Business Editor ~ scott@nasguard.comtwitter.com/guardianbiz:Testing of the new electronic direct debits and credits banking system - which could make bill paying for Baha... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:38:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/&lth3&gt&ltp&gteugene-dupuch-law-school-wins-2nd-annual-caribbean-court-of-justice.htm By Tonya Bastian Galanis ~ Principal, Eugene ~ Dupuch Law School:The Eugene Dupuch Law School (EDLS) is very pleased to announce that the team representing the law school was the winner of the 2nd Ann... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:38:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/&lth3&gt&ltp&gtman-charged-with-killing-love-rival&lt/p&gt&lt/h3&gt.htm By Artesia Davis ~ Guardian Senior Reporter ~ artesia@nasguard.com:A man accused of the fatal stabbing of a much younger love rival appeared before a magistrate on a murder charge yesterday.Kirkwood S... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:38:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/&lth2&gtdecember-air-arrivals-dip-in-the-bahamas&lt/h2&gt.htm By Inderia Saunders ~ Guardian Business Reporter ~ inderia@nasguard.com:Visitor air arrivals throughout The Bahamas declined by 10 percent during the normally busy month of December, even as total vis... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:38:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/&lth3&gt&ltp&gtpaul-moss-resigns-from-plp&lt/p&gt&lt/h3&gt.htm By Keva Lightbourne~ Guardian Senior Reporter ~ kdl@nasguard.com:Attorney Paul Moss, who mounted an unsuccessful challenge against Perry Christie for the leadership of the Progressive Liberal Party at... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:38:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/&lth2&gtbahamas-film-competition-winner-unveiled&lt/h2&gt.htm By Inderia Saunders ~ Guardian Business Reporter ~ inderia@nasguard.com:A $21,000 prize has been shelled out to the winner of the somewhat controversial I4 Island Film challenge — courtesy of a M... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:38:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/&lth2&gt20000-notes-invested-in-music-school&lt/h2&gt.htm By Inderia Saunders ~ Guardian Business Reporter ~ Inderia@nasguard.com:A local musician has invested nearly $20,000 to open one of this country's first top level music schools, billing it as key in p... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:38:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/&lth3&gt&ltp&gtbaha-mar-deal-with-chinese-partners-nears&lt/p&gt&lt/h3&gt.htm By Jasmin Bonimy ~ Guardian Staff Reporter ~ jasmin@nasguard.com:Baha Mar Vice President of External Affairs and Communications Robert Sands has confirmed that Baha Mar Resorts is making excellent pr... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:38:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/&lth3&gt&ltp&gtgrant-responds-to-hanna-martin-on-road-safety&lt/p&gt&lt/h3&gt.htm By Jimenita Swain ~ Guardian Senior Reporter ~ jimenita@nasguard.com:A war of words over road safety has erupted between the two major political parties.Minister of Public Works and Transport Neko Gra... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:38:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/&lth2&gtthe-bahamas-expresses-interest-in-world-youth&lt/h2&gt.htm By Sheldon Longley ~ NG Sports Editor ~ slongley@nasguard.com:Just yesterday, it was mentioned in a Nassau Guardian article that with the completion of the new multi-million dollar national stadium, t... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:38:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/&lth2&gtretirement-secrets-that-no-one-is-telling-you-about-retirement&lt/h2&gt.htm By Glenn S.Ferguson:I am understanding now what is meant by the expression time sneaks up on you like a bug on a windscreen . You see I am used to seeing the gray in others and while you know it will... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:38:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/&lth3&gt&ltp&gtrelief-funds-forwarded-to-haiti&lt/p&gt&lt/h3&gt.htm By Jimenita Swain ~ Guardian Senior Reporter ~ jimenita@nasguard.com:Officials from the Bahamas Red Cross said that more than $350,000 has been forwarded to Haiti to fund relief efforts. We sent two w... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:38:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/&lth3&gt&ltp&gttrial-of-melvin-maycock-sr.-postponed&lt/p&gt&lt/h3&gt.htm By Artesia Davis ~ Guardian Senior Reporter ~ artesia@nasguard.com:The start of the second escape trial of accused drug lord Melvin Maycock Sr. has been postponed because of a magistrate's illness.Mag... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:38:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/&lth2&gtcob-athletes-return-home-from-florida-meet&lt/h2&gt.htm By COB WRITER ~ For the Guardian:The College of The Bahamas' track team returned home on Sunday after a successful trip to Florida this past weekend.Yanique Clarke continued her stellar performance in... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:38:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/&lth2&gttwo-swim-well-ahead-of-carifta&lt/h2&gt.htm By SPORTS WRITER ~ For the Guardian:Dionisio Carey, 12, and Dustin Tynes, 14, were the only two swimmers from The Bahamas to compete in the 2010 Florida Gold Coast Swimming Jr. Olympic Championships, ... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:38:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/&lth2&gtthe-thunderbird&#039s-legacy-continues&lt/h2&gt.htm By Fred Sturrup:The late Rev. W. Gentry McPhee will always be synonymous with sloop sailing in The Commonwealth of The Bahamas. He crafted the legend of 'The Thunderbird', the prolific A-Class regatta... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:38:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/&lth3&gt&ltp&gtpastors-forum-donates-$3000-to-aid-haiti&lt/p&gt&lt/h3&gt.htm By K. NANCOO-RUSSELL ~ Freeport News Reporter ~ krystal@nasguard.com:The Bahamas Conference of Methodist Churches (BCMC) received yesterday a donation of approximately $3,000 from the Pastors Forum to... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:38:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/electroacoustic-music-fest-opens-in-cuba.htm More than 50 exponents of the electroacoustic music, from 17 Latin American countries, Europe, the US and China, would attend the festival, which opened Monday with a concert dedicated to the Cuban de... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:58:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/ccrif-considering-need-to-expand-coverages-after-haiti-quake.htm Article Reprints A bulletin from the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) indicates that many of its member countries are re-examining their preparedness for natural catastrophes, in... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:52:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/women-girls-rape-victims-in-haiti-quake-aftermath.htm Three men grabbed the young woman as she ventured out into the darkened tent camp to relieve herself. Women and children as young as 2, already traumatized by the loss of homes and loved ones in Haiti... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:52:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/amnesty-urges-cuba-to-allow-human-rights-monitoring.htm London - Amnesty International Wednesday called on the Cuban authorities to release all dissidents unfairly detained and to revoke laws restricting freedom of expression and the right to free assemb... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:48:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/electroacoustic-music-fest-opens-in-cuba.htm The 13th International Festival of Electroacoustic Music has opened in Cuba, Prensa Latina reported Wednesday. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:00:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/rape-in-haiti-brazen-heists-&amp-st.-patrick&#039s-day.htm South Pacific island nation , and carrying out surveillance missions to better assess the damage. Early reports indicate that entire homes were blown away and many trees were uprooted. It is evident ... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:59:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/garmin-to-move-place-of-incorporation-to-switzerland-from-cayman-islands.htm NEW YORK - Navigation device maker Garmin Ltd. said Wednesday that it will shift the location of its incorporation from the Cayman Islands to Switzerland. The board approved the move and the company... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:26:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/health-care-gets-a-prop.htm The Government has increased its financial allocation to regional health authorities, which have been struggling to survive under the pressure of free health care. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:16:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/ymca-helps-the-disabled.htm The Kingston Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) has set up a life-coping skills programme to provide hands-on experience for adult persons with disabilities. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:16:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/good-support-for-parish-visioning-symposium-in-clarendon.htm Under the direction of the Office of The Prime Minister's (OPM) Department of Local Government, the Clarendon leg of the series of parish-visioning symposiums was held recently at the Versalles Hotel,... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:16:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/saving-your-way-to-comfortable-living.htm TO SAY Jerico Hanson is a saver does not do justice to the life he has built on a simple philosophy - no matter how little you earn, save something. At 63, this retired civil servant knows more than a... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:16:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/sav-gets-more-municipal-police.htm The enforcement of municipal laws and efforts towards greater traffic management in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, have been boosted, with six additional municipal police officers trained and deployed ... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:16:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/council-hunts-funds-to-restore-spanish-town-square.htm We are looking at UNESCO and the European Union to fund the project, said Christopher Powell, secretary manager of the St Catherine Parish Council. We need to return the square to its former glory.... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:16:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/bbc-caribbean-news-in-brief.htm Illegal Haitian migrants in the Dutch territories of the Caribbean have been offered temporary asylum because of the earthquake that devastated Haiti in January, with more than 500 taking up that off... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:06:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/2nd-navy-ship-returning-from-haiti.htm HMCS Athabaskan is returning home to Halifax on Wednesday after an eight-week deployment in Haiti. Family and friends will be at the dockyard for 10 a.m. to welcome the destroyer and its crew of 240.... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:59:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/u.n.-official-puts-3-year-cost-to-rebuild-haiti-at-$11.5-billion.htm SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- The U.N. regional assessor for natural disasters says about $11.5 billion is needed over three years to rebuild quake-stricken Haiti, the hemisphere's poorest nati... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:25:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/crosspoint-pastor-wife-bring-hope-to-haiti&rsquos-helpless.htm Two of those led to Haiti were CrossPoint Community Church pastor Bruce Word and his wife Debbie.The couple flew into Port-au-Prince on Feb. 25, and for 10 days, they did all they could to help the re... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:13:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/cuba-criticizes-u.s.-ruling-on-internet-access.htm HAVANA -- Cuba says a U.S. ruling that makes it easier for companies to provide Internet communications services on the island is meant to destabilize the country, not loosen Washington's 48-year econ... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:09:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/water-resorces-should-be-viewed-like-oil-natural-gas-and-minerals-says-st-kitts-nevis-pm.htm BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CUOPM) -- St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Denzil Douglas said on Tuesday that water in the 21st century will be what oil was in the 20th and the twin-island Federation must beg... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:08:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/st-lucia-jazz-to-feature-grammy-award-winning-line-up.htm CASTRIES, Saint Lucia -- The Saint Lucia Tourist Board has announced that world renowned, Grammy-winning recording artistes Ne-Yo, Corinne Bailey Rae, Shaggy and Steel Pulse are set to perform at the ... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:08:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/the-political-drama-continues-in-grenada.htm Last Sunday, March 14, 2010, former Grenadian prime minister George Brizan surfaced from political self imposed isolation and was interviewed by journalist George Grant on Grenada Broadcast Show. Howe... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:08:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/nevis-minister-urges-agro-processors-to-prepare-for-entry-into-regional-markets.htm CHARLESTOWN, Nevis -- Minister of Agriculture in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) Robelto Hector, has called on agro processors on the island to take advantage of a training workshop he said woul... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:08:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/st-kitts-records-more-rainfall-this-year-compared-to-last-year.htm BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CUOPM) -- Wth a dry spell from Jamaica in the north to Guyana in the south, St Kitts has recorded more rainfall this year compared to the same period in 2009. Information from th... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:08:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/nevis-government-commended-for-efforts-to-utilise-local-produce.htm CHARLESTOWN, Nevis -- Food Technologists from the Trinidad based Caribbean Industrial Research Institute (CARIRI) Ahliya Gobin and Carol Tarradath expressed their satisfaction with the Nevis Island Ad... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:08:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/jamaican-government-has-been-bold-and-courageous-says-minister.htm LONDON, England (JIS) -- Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Audley Shaw, says that the Jamaican government has been bold and courageous in entering into a new arrangement with the Internation... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:08:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/flood-risk-for-more-than-200000-homeless-haitians.htm By Andrew Gully PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) -- Two months after arguably the worst natural disaster of modern times, Haiti faces further calamity as more than 200,000 quake survivors camp in putrid te... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:08:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/new-book-by-son-of-bob-marley-triggers-family-row.htm MIAMI, USA (AFP) -- A son of reggae legend Bob Marley, Ky-Mani Marley, has written a new book claiming he was deprived of his father's fortune for years unlike his half-bothers and half-sisters, spark... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:08:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/spanish-filmmaker-signs-petition-to-free-cuban-political-prisoners.htm Several personalities, including Spanish-Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa, are among some 5,000 people who have already signed it. The petition calls for the immediate and unconditional releas... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:08:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/cuban-government-supporters-harass-rights-marchers.htm By Nelson Acosta and Jeff Franks HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters) -- Cuban government supporters harassed and shouted at members of the opposition group Ladies in White on Tuesday in Havana as the w... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:08:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/christians-are-not-weaklings.htm The Bible and history are laden with examples of the good and noble works of men and women who operated under inspiration and conviction of the Holy Spirit, not fearing what man can do to them. Daniel... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:08:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/cuba-and-russia-analyse-prospects-of-tourism-cooperation.htm HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) -- The president of the Russian Federal Agency of Tourism, Anatoli Grechkin, met on Monday with Carmen Casal, Foreign Relations Director at the Cuban Tourism Ministry (MINTUR), to d... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:08:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/interview-u.s.-graft-report-angers-haiti-amid-quake-recovery.htm PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti's president on Tuesday condemned arrogant U.S. criticism of corruption in his government, and said the Haitian presidency should have final veto power over donor-fun... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:04:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/2-police-killed-by-motorcycle-gunmen-in-haiti.htm Filed at 9:56 p.m. ET PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Haitian police say two off-duty officers have been shot to death near an open-air market in the capital. Officials say the policemen were out of u... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:55:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/2-police-killed-by-motorcycle-gunmen-in-haiti.htm Officials say the policemen were out of uniform and sitting in a car near the La Saline slum when gunmen pulled up on a motorcycle and opened fire Tuesday afternoon.Investigators say one officer died ... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:34:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/&ltb&gt2-police-killed-by-motorcycle-gunmen-in-haiti&lt/b&gt.htm THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Haitian police say two off-duty officers have been shot to death near an open-air market in the capital. Officials say the policemen were out of unifo... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:26:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/2-police-killed-by-motorcycle-gunmen-in-haiti.htm PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Haitian police say two off-duty officers have been shot to death near an open-air market in the capital. Officials say the policemen were out of uniform and sitting in a c... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:25:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/2-police-killed-by-motorcycle-gunmen-in-haiti.htm PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haitian police say two off-duty officers have been shot to death near an open-air market in the capital. Officials say the policemen were out of uniform and sitting ... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:49:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/2-police-killed-by-motorcycle-gunmen-in-haiti.htm PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Haitian police say two off-duty officers have been shot to death near an open-air market in the capital.Officials say the policemen were out of uniform and sitting in a car n... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:43:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/2-police-killed-by-motorcycle-gunmen-in-haiti.htm PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haitian police say two off-duty officers have been shot to death near an open-air market in the capital. Officials say the policemen were out of uniform and sitting in a... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:32:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/caribbean/caribbean-news/2-police-killed-by-motorcycle-gunmen-in-haiti.htm THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Haitian police say two off-duty officers have been shot to death near an open-air market in the capital. Officials say the policemen were out of unifo... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:28:00 +0100