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Navi Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Last week, thousands of mourners gathered at the remains of the Rana Plaza factory complex in Bangladesh to pray for the 1,127 people who died when it collapsed on 24 April.

The poignant remembrance of the victims of this dreadful tragedy came amid a succession of actions and reforms announced by the Bangladesh government, local factory owners and some international clothing chains whose products were being stitched by the largely female workforce crammed into five factories inside the Rana Plaza building.

The St. Christopher Air and Sea Ports Authority (SCASPA) and Jay Cashman, Inc of Massachusetts on Friday, signed a memorandum of understanding which SCASPA plans will develop into an EC$83.7 million construction of a second cruise pier at Port Zante which would be able to accommodate two Oasis class cruise ships.

Jonathan Bass is the CEO of SCASPA. He said that the timing of this new development couldn’t be better. “The signing of this MOU is indeed a timely response to the challenges that SCASPA is facing with respect to berthing facilities. The unprecedented growth in the cruise tourism sub-sector that St. Kitts has experienced over the past six years has placed tremendous pressure on our berthing infrastructure particularly on those days when more than three large vessels request berthing.”

Line Up of Well-Known Artists to Perform at Brooklyn's Bethesda Healing Center on Saturday, June 1, 2013, in a Gospel Celebration of The Caribbean's Unity and Diversity

NEW YORK,NY (May 17, 2013) - Some of the Caribbean's top gospel icons are set to lift spirits with joyful noises to launch this year's Caribbean Week in New York.

Nearly a dozen of the most talented and accomplished Caribbean artists will light up Brooklyn's Bethesda Healing Centre with inspirational messages through song, dance and other performances at the Gospel Celebration.

Star of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Flight to be Spokesperson for the Week of Activities Organized by the CTO New York Office

NEW YORK, NY (May 16, 2013) - Leading television and film star Tamara Tunie has partnered with the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) as the celebrity spokesperson for the CTO's 40^th celebration of Caribbean Week in New York.

Perhaps best known as "Medical Examiner, Melinda Warner" on NBC's long-running top-rated series, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and more recently in Paramount's Oscar nominated,Flight, with co-star Denzel Washington, Ms. Tunie will engage the media in America's most populous city as the official spokesperson for the June 1 - 8, 2013 event.