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Month: February 2015

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Dominican advocates, officials to launch LGBT tourism campaign

From Washington Blade A Dominican advocacy group is working with government officials and travel industry representatives on a campaign designed to promote LGBT tourism and gay rights in the Caribbean country. Members of the Center for Integrated Training and Research,…

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Balanced approach to merger [says CWC Chief]

From Nation News Barbados CABLE & WIRELESS Communications (CWC) chief executive officer Phil Bentley recently answered several questions related to the company’s operations and its plans for Barbados and the Caribbean this year. Following is the first part of that…

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Media portrayals of women in tech: Google joins non-profits to drive change

By Conner Forrest From Tech Republic Some of the foundational innovators of modern computer science were women. Navy Rear Admiral Grace Hopper’s work led to the development of the programming language COBOL, and actress Hedy Lamarr worked on the technology…

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Justices take up marriage challenges

By Marcia Coyle, From The National Law Journal Bans on same-sex unions set for arguments in April. This article has been updated to reflect that Judith Schaeffer is vice president of CAC. The U.S. Supreme Court stepped into a historic…

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Kate Middleton and Prince William teach Prince George to swim on Caribbean babymoon

By Caitlin McBride From Indepenedent.ie Kate Middleton and Prince William are teaching Prince George how to swim. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are enjoying a babymoon in Mustique while they celebrate her mother’s 60th birthday and soak up their…

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Secret files shed light on first Thatcher-Gorbachev talks

By Katherine Haddon, AFP from Business Insider Then-Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev talks to then-Bristish Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher during their joint press conference in Moscow on June 8, 1990 London (AFP) – Classified documents made public Tuesday shed light on…

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Time to take action Increased drug trafficking a threat to Caribbean region

From The Barbados Advocate One does not like to see or even hear the Caribbean being dubbed continuously as a key transhipment point for illegal drugs entering the USA. The islands making up the Caribbean have for the most part…

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London: Book by Caribbean Archbishop launched at Carlton Club

By Jo Siedlecka From ICN There was more than a touch of Caribbean sunshine at the Carlton Club in London just before Christmas 2014, when Archbishop Robert Rivas, Archbishop of Castries, arrived for the launch his book ‘How Beautiful the…

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Trinidad and Tobago attorney general called on to step down

By Denyse Renne From Caribbean News Now PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — Attorney general of Trinidad and Tobago Anand Ramlogan remained in office over the weekend, even as calls continued for him to resign. But the question remains if he…