Can Coke Light Ruin Your Vacation? ABC News Column by LESLEY CARLIN Editor | Nov. 18, 2009 | Q: I was on a cruise on a ship that had just returned to the Caribbean from the Mediterranean. They didn't have Diet Coke in any of the bars or restaurants, just Coke Light, which is supposedly the European version of Diet Coke. Well, it's totally dif...
Singh, Gilani Port-of-Spain date unlikely Deccan Herald Anirban Bhaumik, New Delhi, Nov 14, DH News Service: | Possibility of any high-level talks between India and Pakistan on the sidelines of the ensuing Commonwealth Heads of Government Meet (CHOGM) in Port-of-Spain seems dim. | Though Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will attend the CHOGM on November 27 ...
Kikwete wants agri ties with Jamaica The Gleaner | Tanzanian President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete says he is impressed with Jamaica's agricultural research, and wants closer cooperation between both countries in that area. | "There is need for exchanging information and exchanging experience, and to use...
EDITORIAL - You are too busy for Port-of-Spain, PM The Gleaner | This is a very busy week for Prime Minister Bruce Golding. Sunday was his big speech to the closing session of the annual conference of his Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), the primary news from which was that the Government has not reached an agreement...
CMI honours Noel Hylton The Gleaner | Noel Hylton, chairman and chief executive officer of the Port Authority of Jamaica, was recently honoured at the graduation of the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI). Below is the citation which was presented to Hylton. | Noel A. Hylton, OJ, Hon LL...
Healthy Reefs Buoy Haitian Hopes for Tourism Revival The New York Times | Fifth in a six-part series on Haiti's environmental problems. Click here for the first part, second, third and fourth. | ARCADINS COAST, Haiti -- There was a time when Haiti was known as the "Pearl of the Antilles," a Caribbean vacation destination...
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Hurricane Ida threatens oilfields Al Jazeera | Hurricane Ida is heading towards the oilfield rich Gulf of Mexico after unleashing three days of torrential rain in El Salvador that triggered floods and mudslides, leaving at le...
Hurricane Ida strengthens, 42 dead in Salvador The Star | CANCUN, Mexico (Reuters) - Hurricane Ida strengthened off the Mexican resort city of Cancun on the Yucatan Peninsula on Sunday as heavy rains caused by the storm killed at least ...
Hurricane Ida aims for Gulf of Mexico oil fields Khaleej Times CANCUN, Mexico - Hurricane Ida roared toward the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, where important oil fields are located, after killing 91 people and leaving at least another 60 missing i...
Healthy Reefs Buoy Haitian Hopes for Tourism Revival The New York Times | Fifth in a six-part series on Haiti's environmental problems. Click here for the first part, second, third and fourth. | ARCADINS COAST, Haiti -- There was a time when Haiti was known as the "Pearl of the Antilles," a Caribbean vacation destination...
Avast! Crichton's 'Pirate Latitudes' runs aground Syracuse | (AP) - "Pirate Latitudes" (HarperCollins, 320 pages. $27.99), by Michael Crichton: It's pointless to complain about the cardboard characters, dreadful action-movie dialogue and wildly improbable plot points in Michael Crichton's latest-and last-boo...
Newest of the New/ Largest of the Large:Oasis of the Seas sets sail The Examiner | Royal Caribbean's much-ballyhooed Oasis of the Seas recently set sail on its inaugural cruise out of Fort Lauderdale. Tipping the scales at 220,000 gross registered tons and carrying a maximum of 5,400 passengers (based on doub...
Holes to plug before city is safe Indian Express | Too many monitors, not enough coordination | With no sign yet of the Centre’s promised apex maritime agency for coordinated coastal security, five state and central departments are monitoring Maharashtra’s 720-kilometre coastline, home to eight lakh fishermen in 382 villages. In addition, there is also a sixth unit, a joint patrol of the first fi...
