And from what I can see and what I'm told, this country's financial collapse a sharp Saint vincent and the grenadines of the currency that has made this once prohibitively expensive destination more affordable for visitors hasn't emptied them a bit. Pools and tubs scattered throughout the city, each promising the heady sensation of a body enveloped in warm water but a head exposed to bitingly cold...
by andersonSixty-third General Assembly Third Committee THIRD COMMITTEE DRAFT TEXT ENDORSES RECOMMENDATIONS, FUTURE WORKPLAN OF HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL’S WORKING GROUP ON RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENTVote on Right to Food The draft resolution on the right to food (document A/C.3/63/L.42/Rev.1) was approved...
China’s hissy-fit over the recent meeting between French President Nicolas Sarkozy and the Dalai Lama prompted two bloggers to count the number of times that China has accused other nations of hurting the feelings of the Chinese people. It appears that about 25% of the world’s countries have done that very thing. The Chinese must [...]
Kevin Lyttle and his soca-infused dancehall stylee are back. Some of you may remember Lyttle who had a minor hit in 2004 with the song "Turn Me On" from his eponymous debut album. The Saint Vincent and the Grenadines...
The heads of 15 of the nations that comprise the Caribbean Community trade alliance known as CARICOM today called for President-elect Obama to end the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba. CARICOM representatives are in Santiago de Cuba for its third...
BURLINGAME, Calif. - Limbo, one of the fastest growing mobile social networks in the world, announces the availability of its network to three and a half billion people in more than two hundred countries. Limbo was among the first location-aware social networks to launch an iPhone applicatio
Qatar has dramatically improved its standing in the current Corruption Perception Index (CPI) compared to last year, according to world corruption watchdog Transparency International.
Pirates armed with rocket-propelled grenades attacked three vessels off Somalia's coast but failed to hijack them because of quick action by crew members, a maritime official said Monday.
London - Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh will visit the states of Slovenia and Slovakia for the first time next month, Buckingham Palace announced in London Thursday. The queen, 82, and her husband, 87, will travel to Slovenia on October...
Caribbean countries of Trinidad and Tobago, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Grenada have agreed to form an economic union in 2011, said news reaching here from Puerto Espana, the capital of Trinidad and Tobago. The reports said officials from the four countries signed Thursday an understanding memorandum at a meeting in Puerto Espana. Under the memorandum, the four countries also...
Energy and commodities markets on Monday were watching a couple of low-pressure systems in the Atlantic Ocean that could develop into tropical depressions over the next couple of days....
Temas Observation: This seminar is a follow-up to the meeting held in Guyana last year, where some of the same promises were made. Let's hope that not another year must pass before something more concrete emerges from this initiative. ________________________ From the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB): Plans to unleash the Caribbean region’s renewable energy potential gain momentum [...]
First of all I would like to thank the 2008 Beijing Olympic Blog for allowing me to post my thoughts on the 29th Games of the Modern Olympiad. I have been interested in the Olympic Games since the Seoul Olympics of 1988 (when I woke up at 2.00am British time to specfically watch the opening ceremony) and since then have watched the Games of Barcelona (1992), Atlanta (1996), Sydney (2000) and Athens...
A low pressure system located east of the Windward Islands has the potential to become a tropical depression on Wednesday, according to the National Hurricane Center.
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