CaribWorldNews, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. Mar. 19, 2010: A three-member Trinidad-born family have been indicted for stealing $1.75 million in an immigration and real estate fraud scheme, CaribWorldNews has learnt. Charged in the scheme are Shane Ramsundar, 50; his wife, Gomatee Ramsundar, 46, and their daughter, Shantal Ramsundar, 23, all […]
Month: March 2010
Haitian Survivors Of Quake Now Face Sexual Violence
CaribWorldNews, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. Mar. 20, 2010: Meet `Gentile,` a Haitian woman who was recently grabbed by five men and taken into a nearby house in the congested Parc Jean Marie Vincent camp of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. There she was raped, forced to perform oral sex, and brutally beaten. Gentile, […]
Carib ID On Media Blitz Push For Accurate Caribbean Census Count
CaribPR Wire, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. Mar. 19, 2010: Carib ID, the movement founded to get Caribbean nationals accurately counted, this week ramped up a media blitz of interviews and online promotions as the countdown begins to the April 1st return date for Census forms. CaribID founder Felicia Persaud has […]
Obama Pushes Congress To Act Soon On Immigration Reform
CaribWorldNews, WASHINGTON, D.C., Fri. Mar. 19, 2010: With the issue of health care reform still up in the air, President Obama is turning his attention to immigration reform even as thousands are set to descend on the Capitol Hill Sunday. Obama on Thursday issued statement Congress to act at the […]
Former U.S. Presidents For Haiti Monday
CaribWorldNews, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. Mar. 19, 2010: Two former US presidents are set to touch down on the earth-quake devastated capital of Haiti Monday. Presidents Bill Clinton and George W Bush are set to visit the country to assess recovery needs following January`s devastating earthquake and to pledge continued […]
EU Agrees To Cut Banana Tariffs For Latin America
CaribWorldNews, BRUSSELS, Belgium, Fri. Mar. 19, 2010: The European Commission this week agreed to gradually cut its import tariff on bananas from Latin America from 176 Euros (US$239) per tonne to 114 Euros (US$154) over the next seven years. The decision could effectively end the 15-year banana dispute between Europe […]
Report Projects Less Than 2.5 Percent Growth For Trinidad And Tobago
CaribWorldNews, LONDON, England, Fri. Mar. 19, 2010: Significant capacity constraints and a sharply deteriorating outlook for the vital energy sector suggest to us that the twin-island nation`s economic recovery will be a weak and drawn-out process over the course of 2010. That`s according to the latest report from Companies and […]
Haiti-based WIN Group and South Florida-based Sante Holding Corp. Announce Agreement for New Development and Expansion Plan at Haiti’s Terminal Varreux
Plans call for new jetties and increased depth, along with state-of-the-art container terminal facilities to be jointly developed PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, March 16 /PRNewswire/ — Responding to the desperate need for new and expanded port infrastructure to serve earthquake recovery efforts, as well as to address the long-term shipping needs of the […]
Dominican American Wins NY Senate Seat
CaribWorldNews, QUEENS, NY, Thurs. Mar. 18, 2010: A second generation migrant from the Dominican Republic is the newest member of the New York State Senate. José R. Peralta was elected in a landslide to the New York State Senate in a special election, outpolling Hiram Monserrate 65 percent to 27 […]
DR National Among Women of Courage Honorees
CaribWorldNews, WASHINGTON, D.C., Thurs. Mar. 18, 2010: A national of the Dominican Republic was among 10 other women recently honored by the U.S. as the 2010 Women of Courage awardees. Sonia Pierre, a human rights activist, was among the honorees at a ceremony attended by First lady Michelle Obama and […]