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DIGICEL CHAIRMAN, DENIS O’BRIEN, NAMED GOODWILL AMBASSADOR FOR THE CITY OF PORT-AU-PRINCE |
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Friday, 19 February 2010 |
Thursday, February 18th 2010 – Kingston, Jamaica: Digicel owner and Chairman, Denis O’Brien, has been named as a goodwill ambassador for the city of Port-au-Prince in Haiti, it was announced today.
The honour comes in recognition of Mr. O’Brien’s dedication to helping Haiti recover and rebuild in the aftermath of the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that devastated Port-au-Prince on 12th January and was bestowed on Mr. O’Brien by the mayor of Port-au-Prince, Jean Yves Jason and the deputy mayor, Nadeje Augustin in a meeting in the Haitian capital on Tuesday 9th February.
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Commonwealth Writers’ Prize Opens New Chapter for 12 Authors in the Caribbean and Canada |
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Friday, 19 February 2010 |
Internationally recognized for propelling authors into the literary spotlight, the shortlist for the regional winners from the Caribbean and Canada region has been unveiled in the race to win the influential 2010 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize. Offering an exceptional opportunity for new writers to demonstrate their talent and for authors already on the literary scene to strengthen their reputation – writers across the region - are in pole position to compete with the best authors from Africa, South Asia and Europe and South East Asia and the Pacific to win the coveted prizes of Best Book and Best First Book. |
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ECTEL 10th Anniversary Programme |
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Friday, 19 February 2010 |
Castries, 17th February 2010 - The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) will launch a one-year programme in observance of its tenth anniversary, on Thursday 25th February 2010 at the Bay Gardens Beach Resort in Saint Lucia.
A leading Caribbean figure has been invited to deliver the feature address. Addresses will also be delivered by the Chairman of the ECTEL Council of Ministers Hon. Joseph Gilbert of Grenada, the Hon. Guy Joseph, Minister responsible for Telecommunications in Saint Lucia and former Prime Minister of Saint Lucia Dr. Kenny D. Anthony. Representatives of regional organisations have been invited to attend this historic event. |
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Haitian agriculture minister Gué calls for debt relief |
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Friday, 19 February 2010 |
Delegates from Brazil, Canada, France and the United States attending IFAD Governing Council meeting express support for multilateral relief
18 February 2010, Rome – The Haitian Agriculture Minister, Joanas Gué called for debt relief when he met with senior officials of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and other agencies at the 33rd session of the Funds’ Governing Council.
With the G7 calling for debt forgiveness - and indications from several countries, including Brazil, Canada, France and the United States, that they are prepared to support such initiatives - IFAD is moving forward with a robust plan on total debt relief for the country. |
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MESSAGE ON WORLD DAY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE |
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Thursday, 18 February 2010 |
20 February 2010
On the World Day of Social Justice, we recognize the importance of tackling poverty, exclusion and unemployment, in order to promote solidarity, harmony and equality
of opportunity within and between societies.
On this day, which is being marked for only the second time, we reflect on the importance of social justice in our efforts to forge a more stable, equitable and secure world.
The pursuit of social justice for all is at the core of the United Nations’ mission to promote development and human dignity. The Social Protection Floor Initiative, launched in 2009,
is a UN system-wide effort to promote common priorities and solutions, to ensure basic social guarantees for all. |
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Wizards intern preparing for Canadian pageant |
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Thursday, 18 February 2010 |
By RON FANFAIR
Monqiue Redhead is on track to graduate in May with a Sports Management Master of Professional Studies degree from Georgetown University.
The Washington Wizards intern is also hoping to represent Canada at this year's 60th Miss World pageant in Vietnam in November. She's a contestant in the Miss World Canada Ontario regionals in Toronto in March. The regional finalists will advance to the Miss World Canada event in Vancouver in early May.
The Toronto-born knows that the road to Southeast Asia will be just as long and winding as the path she has travelled since leaving Canada in 2004 to pursue post-secondary studies in the United States. |
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