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Funding Will Help Restore Threatened Coral Reefs |
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Wednesday, 01 July 2009 |
Economic Stimulus Funding Will Help Restore Threatened Coral Reefs in Florida and U.S. Virgin Islands
Stimulus funds will create 57 jobs and expand efforts to restore threatened coral reefs at an “unprecedented” scale.
SUGARLOAF KEY, Florida — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced today that The Nature Conservancy and its partners’ staghorn and elkhorn coral recovery project will receive support from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), which will fund all or part of 57 positions needed to develop large-scale, in-water coral nurseries and restore reefs along Florida’s southern coast and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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PUERTO RICO & DOMINICAN REPUBLIC WIN INAUGURAL YUCATAN HOLIDAYS ACADEMIC TOURISM SCHOLARSHIPS |
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Tuesday, 30 June 2009 |
 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (June 26, 2009) - Jeremy Sanchez and Viladys Rivera were recently selected from over 90 regional applicants to receive the annual Yucatan Holidays Academic Responsible Tourism scholarship awards administered through the CHTA Education Foundation.
Erika Garcia, CEO Yucatan Holidays expressed delight at this honor for Puerto Rico "it is Yucatan Holidays deep belief that we must impact and develop the Spanish Caribbean tourism product by giving funds to allow professional study & growth within the tourism & hospitality sector. Our academic scholarships target young Hispanic students who desire to change the way their islands do business and embrace the global changing mood that places sustainability and responsible tourism as the drivers. We are firm believers that this works for all!" |
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United Nations Secretary-General among top global leaders |
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Tuesday, 30 June 2009 |
College Park, MD— US President Barack Obama has the confidence of
many publics around the world - inspiring far more confidence than any
other world political leader according to a new poll of 20 nations
by WorldPublicOpinion.org
A year ago, President Bush was one of the least trusted leaders in
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DIGICEL TO BRING FIFA WORLD CUP COVERAGE TO FOOTBALL FANS ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN |
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Monday, 15 June 2009 |
 Football fans across the Caribbean can also enjoy the FIFA Confederations Cup, the FIFA World Cup Under 17 and Under 20 tournaments and the South American World Cup Qualifiers courtesy of Digicel
Friday, June 12th, 2009 – Bridgetown, Barbados: Digicel, the largest sponsor of football in the Caribbean and Central America, today announced details of Digicel’s regional broadcast sponsorship of the FIFA World Cup 2010.
Broadcast live, as live and on round-up programmes on terrestrial and cable TV across the Caribbean - football fans can watch up to 274 football matches over the next 13 months, starting with the FIFA Confederations Cup which kicks off on June 14th 2009, right up to the much-anticipated FIFA World Cup 2010 which is taking place next summer in South Africa. Digicel has been able to secure this thanks to an exclusive regional deal with IMC/Sportsmax. |
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DIGICEL KICK START CLINICS DRAW TO A CLOSE IN TRINIDAD |
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Monday, 15 June 2009 |
‘Quality and attitude of players was very good’ – John Barnes
Saturday, June 13th, 2009 – Port of Spain, Trinidad: The penultimate leg of the Digicel Kick Start Clinics in the Caribbean concluded on Friday evening at the St. Mary’s Grounds, Port of Spain, with the Digicel Kick Start Clinics Under 17 team defeating a combined Pro League Under 17 side 3-2 in an exciting match.
Digicel Kick Start Clinics Head Coach, John Barnes, said that the Trinidad leg of the Clinics was very good. “The quality of football was very good and regardless of whether anyone here is selected to go to Sunderland, the boys showed great talent and an excellent attitude.”
It was a very competitive match with some members of the Pro League team having played on the national Under 17 for Trinidad and Tobago which provided great opposition for the Digicel Kick Start team.
Barnes, an energetic and hard working individual said that the philosophy he is trying to instill in these talented young footballers is one of hard work and discipline. |
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