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Latin America Haiti Guatemala Paraguay With Highest Malnutrition
UN’s World Food Programme Paraguay, Guatemala, and Haiti are the countries with the biggest problem of food deprivation and malnutrition in Latin America, according to a report by UN. In the study by the World Food Programme, 25.5% of the Paraguayan population is undernourished, while the figure rises to 30.4% in Guatemala and 44.5% in Haiti. Nearly two million people worldwide are ...
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Stressed in Cuba the Need to Increase Links in the Caribbean
Havana, May 22 (Prensa Latina) Caribbean Cultural institutions need to promote and get more cooperation between them, said here Lourdes Croes, Director of the National Library of Aruba, the unique institution of its kind in the ...
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Film on Anti-Apartheid Mysterious Symbol to Be Premiered in Cuba
Havana, May 22 (Prensa Latina) Searching For Sugar Man, the Oscar-nominated documentary about the mysterious singer Sixto Rodriguez stands out among the proposals of a sample of British cinema in Cuba. Despite being a sales failure in his native United States, ...
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Tutor Arrested For Receiving Package Of Meth At Jamaica Plain School
BOSTON – A Dorchester man who works at a Jamaica Plain School has been held on $10,000 cash bail after being charged with trafficking ...
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Book Fairs in Cuba and Venezuela
The Book Fair in La Havana, Cuba (February 14 - 22) has just ended, now Filven in Venezuela (March 08 - 17) is due to begin. In Cuba, just like in Venezuela, books can be bought at low cost, since book publications are sponsored by the state. All segments of society can afford to buy and read ...
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Species Donated to Cuba by Serbian Zoo
Belgrade, May 22 (Prensa Latina) As part of the celebrations for the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the diplomatic relations between Cuba and Serbia, both nations announced the donation by Serbia of a couple of crocodiles and four flamingos. In a press conference, Cuban Ambassador to Belgrade, Mercedes Martinez and the director of the Serbian zoo, Vuk Bojovi, gave information on the ...
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Cuba Achieved Good Results in Sport Games for Journalists
Medellin, Colombia, May 22 (Prensa Latina) Cuban representatives achieved very good results today, which include three golden medals, four silver and two bronze in athletics at the First Sports Games for journalists AIPS America, taking place in the Colombian city. Cubans achieved the first place in the 100 meters under 35 years, through Duber Luis Piñeiro, while Dayan Garcia got bronze. ...
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21st Anniversary of Cubas Hemingway International Yacht Club
Havana, May 22 (Prensa Latina) In the middle of the preparations of the 63rd International Fishing Tournament Ernest Hemingway, the attendees include in their programs the celebrations for the yacht club that also bears the name of the American writer today. The Hemingway International Yacht Club organizes a meeting for tomorrow to remember its creation, which sponsor the tournament with the ...
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Reappearance of H1N1 in Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo, May 22 (Prensa Latina) The H1N1 influenza virus reappeared in Dominican Republic in the recent two months and there is no statement of epidemiological alert for that reason, reported the media. The sources show that a pregnant woman died due to the disease, which appeared in Mexico in 2009 with a negative impact for regional countries. Nevertheless, said the source, the identity ...
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UC San Franciscos Joseph Castro tapped as Fresno State president
John Welty , who has been Fresno State's president since 1991, in August. He has been vice chancellor at UCSF since 2010, and was vice provost before that from 2008 to 2010. From 2006 to 2008, Castro was associate vice chancellor for student academic affairs. Before coming to UCSF, Castro worked all over the University of California system at campuses in Berkeley, Davis, Merced and Santa ...
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Cubas Hemovigilance Results Similar to Wealthy Countries
Havana, May 22 (Prensa Latina) Cuba has developed a hemovigilance program with results similar to those of industrialized nations, said a Cuban physician participating in the 7th Cuban Congress of Hematology (Hematology 2013). The initiative, implemented for nine years in the western province of Matanzas as a national pilot program to be adopted throughout the country, was carried out without ...
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Puerto Ricos Carrion running for IOC president
FRANCK FIFE/Getty Images LONDON (AP) -- Richard Carrion of Puerto Rico entered the IOC presidential race Wednesday, promising to use his business experience to guide the Olympics through the world's troubled financial times and proposing to deploy IOC staff permanently in host cities to help organize the games. The 60-year-old Carrion, a banking executive who chairs the IOC ...
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Bell defends govt on crime
The latest string of murders has renewed debate over crime with State Minister of National Security Keith Bell declaring that the situation would have been worse had the Free National Movement (FNM) been re-elected last May. But FNM Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis said the recent spate of violence should force the government to admit that it is "paralyzed" when it comes to fighting crime. ...
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Five arrested in shooting probe
Police have arrested five men for questioning over the Whit Monday double murder and shooting spree, and were looking for three more suspects. Assistant Commissioner of Police Anthony Ferguson yesterday urged anyone with information on the suspects' whereabouts to turn them in, and warned that people found harboring wanted men would be arrested. Ferguson said it was too early to say if ...
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Severe weather impacts NP
Meteorologists are warning Bahamians to be vigilant today as a moist and unstable air mass combined with an upper level trough continues to move through the central Bahamas, creating severe weather activity on New Providence. The unstable weather will trigger widespread scattered showers, severe thunderstorms, strong gusts, dangerous lightning, water spouts and possible tornadic activity, ...
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Baha Mar announces casino partner
MACAU - A management team involved in the opening of the largest casino in the world has signed on to lead Baha Mar's much-anticipated gaming product. Global Gaming Asset Management (GGAM), known for its work in Las Vegas, Macau and Singapore, will manage the Baha Mar Casino & Hotel when it opens in December 2014. The international firm played a leading role in Venetian Macau, which ...
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Gibson Morale high at NIB after Cargill’s firing
As the National Insurance Board (NIB) commences its search for a new director, Minister of Labour and National Insurance Shane Gibson said yesterday morale at NIB is at an "all time high" following the firing of former director Algernon Cargill. Cargill, who held the post more than four years, was fired last week for alleged gross misconduct. Gibson said NIB is looking for someone ...
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Govt to fulfill more election promises in 20132014
With a little over a week left until the Christie administration presents the 2013/2014 budget to Parliament, Minister of State for Finance Michael Halkitis said yesterday the upcoming fiscal year will give the government more leeway to implement some of its election campaign pledges. However, former Minister of State for Finance James Smith, who is now a government financial consultant, said ...
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Minnis wants emergency committee on crime
A national emergency plan that is non-partisan is needed to address the high crime rate in The Bahamas, Free National Movement (FNM) Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis said yesterday. Minnis said he will request an urgent meeting with Prime Minister Perry Christie to discuss the establishment of a crime committee made up of political leaders, members of civil society, the business community and the ...
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Govt in airspace talks with U.S.
The government held preliminary discussions with officials from the United States last week in a bid to finally gain control of the Bahamian airspace, Minister of Transport and Aviation Glenys Hanna-Martin said yesterday. Hanna-Martin said she along with other government officials had talks with U.S. officials in Washington, D.C. She said negotiations regarding the control of Bahamian airspace ...
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Bail appeal for ex-cop delayed
A former policewoman is scheduled to return to the Court of Appeal on Thursday in hopes of being granted bail pending trial. Toni Sweeting's bail hearing was adjourned yesterday because her lawyer, Jomo Campbell, had not filed an affidavit in support of the application. Sweeting, 27, was on duty when police officers allegedly found her with cocaine strapped to her body at Lynden Pindling ...
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Court sets deadline for release of seized funds
Senior Justice Jon Isaacs has set a deadline of Friday for seized funds to be released to convicted drug trafficker Melvin Maycock Sr. Police seized Maycock's accounts when he was indicted as the Caribbean head of a multinational drug smuggling gang in 2004. However, the court has authorized the release of some of that money to allow Maycock to pay legal expenses. If this does not ...
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Pompey Square to be completed within days
A former eyesore on Bay Street has been transformed into a green space that will feature cultural performances. The makeshift tent that temporarily housed the Straw Market is gone, and work on Pompey Square that leads out to the Prince George Wharf should be completed within days, according to Gevon Moss, the project manager for the Downtown Nassau Partnership (DNP). "We see the need for ...
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Ministry of Tourism heightens lionfish awareness
SEYMOUR'S, Long Island - The Ministry of Tourism and its partners have come together to further heighten awareness of the invasive and venomous lionfish in Bahamian waters. One such avenue was the Lionfish Hunt II, a competition and cook-off between local fishermen and chefs, that was held on May 17 to 18 at Seymour's Dock. The lionfish was sighted in Bahamian waters following the ...
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Sports complex in consideration
ABACO - A representative from the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture, along with a multi-agency team came together on May 9 with a small group of stakeholders to discuss ideas for a sporting facility in Abaco. Eugene Poitier, deputy permanent secretary at the ministry, said the government is seeking to increase the country's ability to develop new talent and manage elite talent by ...
Barbados Digest
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Barbados employment slips
Barbados has seen a dramatic increase in unemployment benefits and requests for help from the government following the recession, a country that emerged rather well from colonialism is now struggling, but a new census is in the works.
Barbados is country with much to be proud of, this little island nation in the Caribbean was a possession of various colonial powers from the Spanish in the 15th century to the British until 1966. Read more
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