MIAMI -- The handbag Donna Karan was showing off Friday lacked her signature logo, or any designer's logo. It was made of paper mache and, the fashion designer said, represented Haiti's handmade carnival masks - in wearable form. She said the tote bag and other similar fashion and decorative items made by Haitian artisans are part of her"dressing and addressing people" ...

Former Fugees Singer Wyclef Jean has decided to contest for the post of President of Haiti. Former Deputy Pierre Eric Jean-Jacques said Jean will run as part of his coalition in the November 28 election. Jean's spokesperson said the singer has planned to make an announcement on Thursday, but declined to say what it would be."Jean-Jacques, who will be seeking to return to the Chamber ...

Answering the call to help others, two young Mt. Pleasant-area residents are in the midst of a week-long trip to Haiti as part of a mission trip under the auspices of the Church of God ...

Santo Domingo.- Justice minister Francisco Domnguez on Tuesday clarified that children of undocumented Haitian parents aren't Dominicans, just hours after Senate president Reinaldo Pared questioned his confusing statement, fueling the row on the Central Electoral Board's refusal to document the foreigners who claimed citizenship."The Constitution is very clear, it says who is ...

, Kobo Town frontman Drew Gonsalves declares his love for the past even as his feet are firmly planted in the present. The music of the Toronto-based band can drift between classic Caribbean pop styles and even verge on hip-hop, but the singer's perspective remains sharply focused, wry and witty. The song"Postcard Poverty," for example, ribs tourists for whom tropical slums become ...

Santo Domingo.- Immigration Agency director on Wednesday said the country isn't obliged to receive Haitian nationals repatriated from Brazil or other nations, if they didn't depart from the country. Jose Ricardo Taveras noted that in recent months Brazil has deported more than 300 Haitians who allegedly departed from Dominican Republic. He said the country, which signed off on the ...

UN’s World Food Programme Paraguay, Guatemala, and Haiti are the countries with the biggest problem of food deprivation and malnutrition in Latin America, according to a report by UN. In the study by the World Food Programme, 25.5% of the Paraguayan population is undernourished, while the figure rises to 30.4% in Guatemala and 44.5% in Haiti. Nearly two million people worldwide are ...

Havana, May 22 (Prensa Latina) Caribbean Cultural institutions need to promote and get more cooperation between them, said here Lourdes Croes, Director of the National Library of Aruba, the unique institution of its kind in the ...

Santo Domingo, May 22 (Prensa Latina) The H1N1 influenza virus reappeared in Dominican Republic in the recent two months and there is no statement of epidemiological alert for that reason, reported the media. The sources show that a pregnant woman died due to the disease, which appeared in Mexico in 2009 with a negative impact for regional countries. Nevertheless, said the source, the identity of ...

About 75 Haitian students gathered in the McGlynn Middle School auditorium on Friday, May 17, to celebrate Haitian Flag Day.';We have so many Haitian students, we wanted to do something special,'; said McGlynn Middle School Principal Jake Edwards. Edwards said the celebration was organized after Haitian students urged him to arrange something special for the holiday. The ...

OAS to Hold Workshop for Central America and the Dominican Republic on Participation and Access to Information for Sustainable Development in El Salvador May 22, 2013 The Organization of American States (OAS) will hold, on Thursday, May 23, in San Salvador, the first Regional Workshop on"Mechanisms of Participation and Access to Information for Sustainable Development" for the ...

SANTO DOMINGO.- Economic growth that translates into poverty reduction and a stronger middle class in the Dominican Republic was at the center of a series of concrete actions presented Tuesday in a high-level national ceremony hosted by the country at the Presidential Palace. The presentation is part of the Caribbean Growth Forum (CGF), a two-year regional platform for dialogue to foster higher ...

Meteorologists on Tuesday warned communities in western Haiti to stay alert to possible thunderstorms and heavy rains caused by a low-pressure ...

Wed May 22, 2013 2:27am EDT LONDON May 22 (Reuters) - Cable&Wireless Communications met expectations with a 1 percent rise in full-year core earnings, and said it would cut $100 million of costs from a business now focused on the Caribbean and Central American. The company, which has sold its Macau and Monaco and Islands businesses, posted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and ...

St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves has cited the"leisure and pleasure" way of life as one of the"anti-social" trends developing in the Caribbean in the past ...