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 NEW YORK (April 26, 2008) – While the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup may have helped economic expansion, boosted infrastructure investment and furthered functional cooperation across the region, many in the tourism circles did not reap the kind of dividends they expected from the sporting spectacle because of the unexpected […]

Silver Spring, Md. (April 22, 2008) – As featured in the magazine’s most recent issue, Lodging Hospitality has honored Choice Hotels International (NYSE: CHH) with a Chain Leadership Award in the area of development, specifically for the efforts of the company’s emerging markets group. Selected from among the many submissions, […]

The St. Louis RC Girls Ex-Student Association of NY (Mother Rose) takes this opportunity to express our sincere appreciation and thanks to everyone who attended our annual fundraising BINGO on Saturday last at St. Matthew’s Parish Hall, 1351 Lincoln Place in Brooklyn. Congratulations to all winners! We look forward to […]

WASHINGTON, DC (April 20, 2008) – A unique partnership of internationally focused development, faith and women’s organizations announced it had raised a billion dollars for investing in women and girls around the world as a key strategy for ending global poverty.

The word on the streets of Brooklyn is that New Yorkers are looking forward to the special “Spring Fun Raising Party,” which will be happening from 10 p.m. on Saturday, April 19, 2008, at Spice Island Haven, 1169 Nostrand Avenue, between Fenimore Street and Ruthland  Road in Brooklyn.

NEW YORK (April 19, 2008) – Who knew that for a third successive week I would be writing another article about the strategic importance of the Caribbean Diaspora to tourism promotion efforts?

NEW YORK (April 12, 2008) – Last week’s article on the importance of courting the intellectual and financial capital of the Caribbean Diaspora has provoked some important responses and proposals from members of the Caribbean community and the Diaspora about the wisdom of engaging an upwardly mobile and influential market […]

The weeks ahead look gloomy for the nearly 40,000 investors of Cash Plus Limited as it now appears that its embattled head, Carlos Hill, might have lied about the number of assets he claimed the company owned.

The Haitian Senate has voted to dismiss Prime Minister Jacques-Edouard Alexis following widespread rioting earlier this week over soaring food prices.

Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of serious and organized crime, Les Green yesterday made an appeal for persons having information in relation to any assets or property linked to the troubled Cash Plus Limited investment scheme to come forward and assist in the ongoing investigation into allegations of fraud […]

Brooklyn’s newest number 1entertainment spot, Total Eclipse Sports Bar & Grill, located at 8920 Avenue D, between Remsen and East 89th Street in Brooklyn, will officially open its doors to the public on Saturday, April 12, 2008, at 10 p.m.

Cedella Booker, the mother of the late Jamaican and international reggae superstar Bob Marley died late Tuesday April 8, at the age of 82.

A Cuban team of engineers from the Heritage and Architectural Bureau of the Historians Office of Havana, Cuba who did the drawings for the restoration of York House and the Governor General’s Residence came to the end of their stint at the Ministry of Works on Friday.

  NEW YORK (April 5, 2008) – The dictionary defines “Diaspora” as any group that has been dispersed outside its traditional homeland.