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Finance: Louis Barajas Interview
Posted on 29. Jan, 2010 by admin.
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A Financial Expert for Real Time Life Planning By Diego Zerpa Chang The author of titles such as The Latino Journey to Financial Greatness: The 10 Steps to Creating Wealth, Security, and a Prosperous Future for You and Your Family and Overworked Overwhelmed and Underpaid is also a successful entrepreneur who formed his own wealth [...]
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Haiti: A Nation in Suffering
Posted on 14. Jan, 2010 by admin.
By David Clodomir Let’s apply some perspective. Imagine for a moment that Maryland was hit with an earthquake that registered 7.2 on the Richter scale. Also imagine that Maryland was not one of 50 states in a super-power nation with a strong infrastructure and support resources, but a nation unto itself; one of the poorest [...]
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Travelling to the Caribbean this holiday season? You should know…
Posted on 22. Dec, 2009 by admin.
By Anubhav Kapoor This Holiday Season is expected to bring back some impetus to the struggling economies of Caribbean nations as they try to resurrect their tourism industry that has managed to stay afloat in global economic crisis. Anticipations are running high among tour operators, and regional financial analysts have been keeping their fingers crossed [...]
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Holiday Party Etiquette
Posted on 06. Dec, 2009 by admin.
By Janelle Julien ‘Tis the holiday party season, a time for schmoozing and boozing at office parties, family gatherings, and after-hours soirees. Does the thought of attending a holiday party make you panic or does it make you giddy with excitement? Whether your social calendar is packed with multiple functions or just one, be sure [...]
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Top Ten Winter 2009 Trends
Posted on 05. Dec, 2009 by admin.
By Kimberley McLeod The weather outside might be cold, but these trends are hot, hot, hot! 1. THE TREND – Circle Scarves and Snoods WHO ROCKED IT – Missoni and Burberry Fall/Winter 2009 Collections WHY IT WORKS – Circle scarves and snoods (a tubular scarf that’s a mix between a scarf and a hood) are [...]
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Surviving on Cuba’s Rations – Making the Best of a Bad Situation
Posted on 29. Nov, 2009 by admin.
By Nicole Bowers As part of the socialist system in Cuba, citizens receive rations each month. Though these rations include everything from rice, sugar and salt to fish, hotdogs and eggs to cigarettes and toothpaste, they are very little. Milk is rationed to children only until seven years of age. Previously it was rationed to [...]
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Caribbean Coral Reef Erosion
Posted on 14. Nov, 2009 by admin.
Will the Cruising Industry Accept Responsibility?
By Anubhav Kapoor
The Caribbean was among the first coastal regions across the globe that voluntarily ventured into conducting extensive sea-surface temperature studies. During one such elaborate ocean water study in 2005, it was recorded that surface water temperatures in the Caribbean periodically rose by nearly two degrees for sustained intervals [...]
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Cyber Love
Posted on 06. Nov, 2009 by admin.
By Janelle Julien Thanks to technology, many people have had the opportunity to expand their social networks. It’s not so long ago that phone cards were a necessity to call back home to the Caribbean. Then along came email, instant messaging, and the world of online dating services. These technologies have connected people around the [...]
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Carnival ‘Round de Corner…Recession…what Recession?
Posted on 26. Oct, 2009 by admin.
By Janelle Julien It’s that time of year again. Band launches at mas camps all over Trinidad and Tobago, gearing up for the long holiday season, which ends with carnival. Despite the daily doomsday headlines of a global recession, it seems that it hasn’t affected T&T’s carnival machine. I won’t lie. I’m a Trini and [...]