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  • Campbell-Brown leads Caribbean contingent in Diamond League

    Three-time Olympic gold medallist and four-time World champion Veronica Campbell-Brown will lead about three dozen Caribbean athletes in the Adidas Grand Prix here next week. The Grand Prix, the third meet of the glitzy, multi-million dollar Diamond League, will be held May 25 at Icahn Stadium on Randall's Island here, reports CMC. It will feature dozens of international superstars, including ...

  • Puerto Rico rally to beat Cuba at Beilun womens volleyball tournament

    Puerto Rico staged a spirited comeback to beat Cuba in a dramatic five-setter (25-27, 23-25, 25-22, 25-18, 15-11) at the Beilun International Women's Volleyball Tournament here on Saturday.Yoana Mendoza Palacio and Ana Yilian Cleger each scored 22 points for Cuba. Karina Ocasio led Puerto Rico with 19 points, while Yarimar Rosa added 18.With 2-0 ahead in sets, the Cubans loosened in ...

  • Resolution of Cuba’s debt problem to boost its financial investment rating

    MOSCOW, May 18 (Itar-Tass) - The entry into force of the agreement on the settlement of Cuba’s debt will boost its financial and investment rating, Federation Council Chairperson Valentina Matviyenko said upon arrival in Moscow on Saturday, May 18, after a visit to ...

  • Sea Turtle Comeback Giant Leatherback Numbers Rebound In Parts Of Caribbean

    GRANDE RIVIERE, Trinidad - Giant leatherback turtles, some weighing half as much as a small car, drag themselves out of the ocean and up the sloping shore on the northeastern coast of Trinidad while villagers await wearing dimmed headlamps in the dark. Their black carapaces glistening, the turtles inch along the moonlit beach, using their powerful front flippers to move their bulky frames onto ...

  • 3 killed 3 injured in shooting at Puerto Rico gas station

    SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Three people have been killed and three others injured during a shooting at a gas station in Puerto Rico. Police say several men opened fire on the group early Saturday in the eastern town of Las Piedras. It is unclear what prompted the shooting. The U.S. territory had already seen five similar shootings reported this year in which at least three people died. Police ...

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The Double Life of Veronique (La Double vie de Véronique) [DVD]

The Double Life of Veronique (La Double vie de Véronique) [DVD]

An inscrutable mystery wrapped in a puzzle wrapped in an enigma, Krzysztof Kieslowskis beautiful and haunting The Double Life of Veronique (La Double vie de Vronique) is a film of rich imagery and obscure meaning. It is either a lyrical meditation ... ...

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  • Villages in Trinidad embrace threatened sea turtles spark tourist boom

    In this May 2, 2013 photo, a leatherback turtle heads back to the ocean after burying her eggs in the sand at daybreak on a narrow strip of beach in Grande Riviere, Trinidad. With more than half of all adult leatherback turtles on the planet having been lost since 1980, mostly in the Eastern Pacific and Asia, the resurgence of leatherbacks in Trinidad is touted by many as a major achievement. ...

  • Cayman Islands former premier rejects new corruption allegations

    GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands - The former premier of the Cayman Islands who faces charges in a corruption probe is denying allegations that he donated $1 million to a Caribbean university to obtain an honorary PhD. McKeeva Bush said in a statement late Friday that he knows nothing about a donation to University College of the Caribbean in Jamaica as alleged in local media reports. He notes that ...

  • Cargill to walk away with $50K

    Fired National Insurance Board (NIB) Director Algernon Cargill will walk away from NIB with just over $50,000, according to his dismissal letter, a copy of which was obtained by The Nassau Guardian. The letter, which was signed by NIB Chairman Father James Moultrie, shows that the payout includes Cargill's salary up to May 16, which adds up to $7,659.12. He is also entitled to $56,161.99 ...

  • U.S. Embassy warns on armed robberies

    The United States Embassy in Nassau has issued a security alert to American citizens residing in and traveling to The Bahamas about an increase in armed robberies on New Providence. The alert came after American sailor Kyle Bruner was murdered during an armed robbery last Sunday. "Armed robbery remains a major threat facing U.S. citizens in The Bahamas," the statement said. ...

  • Dead baby’s family recalls tragic fire

    Santania Cooper attempts to raise funds for the funeral service of her daughter Santia Cooper who died in a fire on Mother's Day. AHVIA J. ...

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