TORONTO, Canada – Caribbean beats on Sunday will carry the heartfelt good wishes of West Indians in Canada for the people of Haiti.   A seasoned Trinidadian musician in Toronto, Joseph Maharaj, says he and his band of musicians are ready to serve the people of Haiti this weekend when Noasarc and the Caribbean...
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CARICOM Secretariat, Guyana – Haiti Prime Minister Honourable Jean-Max Bellerive has expressed his country’s gratitude for the quick response of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in the wake of the devastating earthquake of Tuesday 12 January 2010. Speaking to the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC), which was part of CARICOM’s Tactical Mission to Haiti, Mr Bellerive...
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BRADES – More than 20 of Montserrat’s Musical Maestros are coming together to raise funds for Haiti. On Saturday 30th January, the Montserrat Cultural Centre will be the venue for the family day and evening of entertainment from 3pm until midnight, of which the funds raised will go to aid the victims of last...
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(CARICOM Secretariat Guyana) – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) moved its assistance to its earthquake devastated Member State, Haiti to another level with the deployment of a Tactical Mission to that country on Sunday, 17 January. On Wednesday, 13 January, less than 24 hours after the earthquake struck on 12 January, Jamaica had deployed medical...
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BRADES – The calls kept coming and by the end of the almost three hours of the Montserrat Haiti Relief Radiothon on Thursday night, a total of EC$ 51,134. had been pledged to support the people of Haiti suffering after Tuesday’s devastating earthquake. Radio Montserrat (ZJB) hosted the Radiothon in collaboration with the Montserrat...
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BRADES – Montserrat is poised to support the regional response effort being coordinated by the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) says Regional Affairs Director, Claude Hogan. In an official communiqué from the Regional Affairs Unit in the Office of the Chief Minister, Hogan said “the region’s disaster management system was fully engaged in...
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BRADES – The island of Montserrat is no stranger to tragedy or emergencies but even Chief Minister Reuben T. Meade says the present devastation in Haiti makes dealing with an active volcano seem tantamount to dealing with a baby. The chief minister on Thursday encouraged nationals to lend a hand to the people of...
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The Caribbean Media Exchange on Sustainable Tourism (CMEx), which promotes sustainable tourism development among media practitioners and industry tourism stakeholders, believes that this week’s deadly earthquake in Port-au-Prince is an opportunity for Caribbean countries to find innovative ways to help the survivors put their lives back together. “The richer countries and...
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ST. MARTIN – The Conscious Lyrics Foundation (CLF) will invite the audience at its 23rd annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. lecture on Friday, January 15, to donate funds for earthquake relief in Haiti, said Shujah Reiph, the CLF president. “We are inviting all of our island’s people, all people of good will to...
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