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Caribbean Weather Heads attend high-level meeting of UN Organization GENEVA, Switzerland - The Coordinating Director of the Port of Spain-based Caribbean Meteorological Organization (CMO), Mr Tyrone Sutherland, was unanimously re-elected for a second term as the World meteorological Organisation’s (WMO) Second Vice-President. Mr Sutherland has served on the WMO Executive Council since 1999, and was...Read More... HCA appoints Caribbean-American as Chief Financial Officer FT. LAUDERDALE - HCA (Hospital Corporation of America) East Florida Division appointed Caribbean-American, Michael A. Houston as Chief Financial Officer of the Division, effective immediately. Mr. Houston has over 20 years of healthcare experience and has been with company – HCA - for the past eleven years. Since 2005, Mr. Houston...Read More... Award winning Caribbean-American author to be honored MIAMI - The Jamaica College Old Boys' Association of Florida Annual Dinner celebrates Caribbean-American Heritage Month with a tribute to Great Caribbean-Americans by award-winning author and Jamaica College Old Boy, Geoffrey Philp. The Annual Dinner will be held at The Miramar Civic Center, 6920 SW 35th Street, Miramar, FL 33023....Read More... Bahamian Physician selected Caribbean Science Icon NASSAU, The Bahamas - During March of this year the National Institute of Higher Education Research Science and Technology (NIHERST) located in Trinidad and Tobago, which is the official regional headquarters for the Caribbean Council for Science and Technology (CCST) selected a Bahamian Physician as the Caribbean Science Icon 2007....Read More... First Caribbean National to be Granted Honorary Membership in AAUW PHILADEPHIA - Jamaica’s Minister of Education and Youth, Maxine Henry Wilson has become the first Caribbean national to be granted honorary membership in the American Association of University Women (AAUW), Philadelphia branch. The Minister was inducted in the association by its President, Dr. Claudette Dia-Taylor at the association's...Read More... Jamaican Judge selected as Yale World Fellow from over 100 Countries KINGSTON, Jamaica - Judge Marlene Malahoo Forte has been selected as one of only 18 persons worldwide to participate in the Yale World Fellows Program at Yale University in the United States. Judge Malahoo Forte was selected from an exceptionally qualified and competitive group of 500 emerging leaders from over 100 countries. The...Read More... Trinidadian receives one of Broward’s highest honors FT. LAUDERDALE - At a lavish 500-plate luncheon held in her honor at the Signature Grand Hotel in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on May 2nd 2007, Sandra Bernard-Bastien was presented with a Proclamation declaring May 3rd “Sandra Bernard-Bastien Day” throughout Broward County, the second largest county in the State of Florida after Miami-Dade. Amongst...Read More... Royal Bahamas Defence Force officer completes U.S. Coast Guard training with top honors BAHAMAS - Royal Bahamas Defence Force officer Lt. Michael Hanna is back home after completing an extensive training at the United States Coast Guard Training Center in Yorktown, Virginia from January 9-April 6, 2007. The training was divided into three areas: The first, International Crisis Command and Control. Important aspects...Read More... CARIBBEAN MET CHIEF TO SEEK RE-ELECTION ON UN BODY Greater Georgetown, Guyana - Coordinating Director of the Trinidad-based Caribbean Meteorological Organization, Tyrone Sutherland, is seeking re-election as Second Vice-President of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the UN Specialized Agency that coordinates global activity in weather, water, climate and related aspects...Read More... Humanitarian award presented to Food For The Poor COCONUT CREEK - The distinguished Martin Luther King Jr. Humanitarian Award of the Jamaica America Friendship Association (JAFA) has been awarded to Food For The Poor. The award ceremony and banquet will be held at the Pegasus Hotel in Jamaica on April 28. Last year honorees included; Senator Douglas Orane, Chief Executive...Read More...   First Previous Next Last

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