News From the Caribbean

08 June
Panama
SICA
SICA abrirá su primera subsede en Panamá
El Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana (SICA), que tiene su sede en El Salvador, abrirá su primera subsede en Panamá, informó hoy una fuente oficial del Gobierno panameño.
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08 June
St Kitts & Nevis
Caribbean 360
St Kitts and Nevis in pioneering sustainable tourism group
BASSETERRE, St Kitts, Friday June 08, 2012 – St Kitts and Nevis is the only Caribbean country among the four pioneering early adopters of the Global Sustainable Tourism Council’s (GSTC) new criteria for destinations.
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08 June
UNISDR
Caribbean urged to prepare for a tsunami
The magnitude 4.0 earthquake recorded off the coast of Antigua on 11 May is "a warning that the Caribbean should prepare for a much more severe earthquake to come," says a leading expert.
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07 June
ECLAC
New ECLAC Report Examines the Performance of the Region's Economies in the First Few Months of 2012
(7 June 2012) In the first quarter of 2012, there was less of a slowdown in economic activity in the region's countries than the one observed during the second semester of 2011. The scale of and reasons behind the performance, as well as the implications of the subsequent...
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29 May
Mexico
SELA
El Salvador con nuevos proyectos turísticos en cooperación con México
San Salvador, 29 de mayo.- En el marco del XIX Congreso Interamericano de Turismo 2011, el Ministerio de Turismo a través de la Corporación Salvadoreña de Turismo y la Secretaría de Turismo de México realizaron la firma de un memorándum de entendimiento para fortalecer los lazos...
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29 May
Trinidad & Tobago
Newsday
Devant wants better Port
TRANSPORT Minister Devant Maharaj says a newly introduced software operating system would allow cargo to be cleared faster and at lesser cost than what applies at present to clients, at the port of Port-of-Spain.
28 May
St Kitts & Nevis
SKN Vibes
FAREWELL TO DR. SIMEON DANIEL – Pioneer, Premier & Bridge-Builder
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – AS THE FEDERATION bids farewell to Dr. Simeon Daniel, former Premier of Nevis, who died on Sunday May 27 2012, history will record that he was a pioneering force and steered the course of events that had far reaching outcomes for the twin-island...
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28 May
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Panamá
Cancillería presenta dos proyectos para beneficio nacional e internacional
El Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores presentó este lunes ante representantes del Cuerpo Diplomático Organismos Internacionales y de la Cámara Panameña de la Construcción, dos proyectos prioritarios del Gobierno Nacional, el Centro Regional de las Naciones Unidas para América...
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28 May
Caribbean News Digital
Países del Mundo Maya relanzarán gran circuito turístico a partir de este año
Más de 90 destinos en Belice, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador y cuatro estados del sureste de México, las naciones integradas en el proyecto Mundo Maya, se conectarán en los próximos años mediante nuevas frecuencias aéreas, dos rutas náuticas y un gran circuito por carretera,...
28 May
Venezuela
El Universal
Petrocaribe funds program to help poor mothers in Haiti
The Haitian government launched a social protection program to help 100,000 mothers living in extreme poverty throughout the country, said Monday the President's press office.