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  • Indian Caribbean Museum in Nat Geo list of 500 sacred places

    The Indian Caribbean Museum, described as "a national treasure, a window to the past, and an opportunity to see history come alive", has been cited by a National Geographic publication that showcases 500 of the world's most powerful and spiritual places and guides travellers who wish to visit them. "This is a fitting recognition in just seven years of our existence, especially as we celebrate ...

  • The Caribbean can expect as many as 11 Atlantic hurricanes

    College Park, Md.- The Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and other tropical storm-prone areas had better get ready for another busy hurricane season, maybe unusually wild, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) forecast Thursday, AP reports. NOAA said there'll be 13 to 20 named Atlantic storms, 7 to 11 that strengthen into hurricanes and 3 to 6 that become major hurricanes. It ...

  • Noaa predicts wildly active hurricane season out of Atlantic and Caribbean

    Americans were warned on Thursday to brace for an extremely active hurricane season - less than a year after the devastation of Sandy, which hit the east coast in October 2012 - with 13 to 20 named storms, including seven to ...

  • Leni Gas Oil unveils update on Maxim joint venture in Trinidad

    -1.34% LONDON (SHARECAST) - AIM-listed Leni Gas & Oil (LGO) has published an update on its joint venture agreement in Trinidad with Vancouver-based oil and gas production company Maxim Resources, relating to a proposed transaction whereby Maxim and LGO would work together to pursue oilfield development opportunities in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. LGO said that the "TSX ...

  • Maersk to Hike Rates in Asia-Caribbean Trade

    From Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Taiwan to Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Panama, Colombia and Puerto Rico, the hike will be $980 per 20-foot container and $1,400 per 40-foot and 40-foot high-cube ...


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Movie Review

L.A. Confidential

As I watched the credits rolling after "L.A. Confidential," I came to a wonderful and refreshing conclusion: Hollywood is still capable of making great films. I would never deny that a monumental amount of junk emerges from Hollywood's hallowed halls each year. However, every once in a while, the right people come together, all the pistons fire, and out comes a movie like this, which is destined t ... ...

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  • The Caribbean Treasure islands in trouble

    LAST month McKeeva Bush, the ousted premier of the Cayman Islands, appeared in court to contest a string of charges, some stemming from alleged use of his government credit card in American casinos. His next date with the judge is in June. But in a general election on May 22nd voters delivered their own verdict: with most votes counted, it seemed they had re-elected Mr Bush to the West Bay seat ...

  • Ex-pilot joins CAL board

    Retired BWIA pilot Cpt Azad Niamat will be the newest member of the Caribbean Airlines board of directors, Finance Minister Larry Howai said yesterday.Howai told reporters at the opening ceremony for the TSL Tech Expo at the Hyatt Regency (Trinidad), Port of Spain that he asked Niamat to join the board, and he agreed, so he (Howai) was now in the process of organising his instruments of ...

  • Howai aims to pay off wage backlog from 2008 - 2010

    Six months into the new financial year, Finance Minster Larry Howai has said that revenues to the State are up, and expenses are down. But this is both a good and bad thing, he said.Howai spoke to reporters yesterday at the opening ceremony for the TSL Tech Expo 2013 at the Hyatt Regency (Trinidad), Port of Spain. "You have to manage expenses, but part of expenditure, particularly on the ...

  • Turtle tourism booming in Trinidad village

    UP CLOSE: In this May 2 photo, a tourist takes photographs of a leatherback turtle as it heads to the ocean after burying her eggs in the sand at daybreak on a narrow strip of beach in Grande Riviere, Trinidad. Officials with the US-based Sea Turtle Conservancy say Trinidad is now likely the world's leading tourist destination for people to see ...

  • Kobo Town A Haunted Jukebox Filled With Caribbean Sounds

    , Kobo Town frontman Drew Gonsalves declares his love for the past even as his feet are firmly planted in the present. The music of the Toronto-based band can drift between classic Caribbean pop styles and even verge on hip-hop, but the singer's perspective remains sharply focused, wry and witty. The song "Postcard Poverty," for example, ribs tourists for whom tropical slums ...

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