World's Largest Cruise Ship Visits Haiti
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World's Largest Cruise Ship Visits Port In Impoverished Haiti, Stoking Hopes For Tourism
Rahaxi Inc. today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Freestar Dominicana has entered into a partnership agreement with UniCarte, a division of UNIBANK Haiti. The partnership is based on a 50/50 profit-sharing agreement on the sales of electronic pins and recharge/top-up transactions for telecommunication companies in Haiti, such as Digicel, Comcell, and Haititel.
MIAMI (AP) -- As usual, Art Basel Miami Beach is luring collectors to glamorous South Beach. This year, the annual contemporary art fair also extends to Miami's gritty Little Haiti district.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - One wish by a South Carolina group this holiday season is providing more safe drinking water for the world. Water Missions International of Charleston is hosting 30 of its directors working in 10 nations from Haiti to Indonesia.
Millers adopted two children from the country.
A least 20 people died and two were injured when fire engulfed a third-floor karaoke bar in one of Indonesia's largest cities on Friday, police said, adding that the death toll could rise.
A fire at an amusement center in a commercial building in Indonesia's third largest city killed at least 20 people and injured two others Friday, police said, adding that the death toll could rise.
What's Your Reaction? So what's with the yellow headbands ? Well, besides my homage to the great Lance Armstrong...I had this opportunity to visit Haiti this summer. It's an incredible country, with amazing people and a vibrant culture.
Sacred Heart Church in Winnetka will host an afternoon of jazz music this weekend, and proceeds will help send a group of local teens to Haiti for volunteer work.
Twenty people were killed on Friday after a commercial building in Indonesia's Medan, North Sumatra province, caught fire in a blaze lasting an hour, police said.
Haiti's new prime minister will be the keynote speaker Tuesday night at the annual Miami Conference on the Caribbean, which gives special attention this year to the distressed nation recovering from back-to-back hurricanes.
A collection for new or used sneakers and basketballs is beingorganized to support “Hoops for Haiti,” a basketball missions tripbeing organized by Student-Athlete Advisory Councils from IllinoisState and Illinois Wesleyan.
Ben Stiller pulled out all the social media stops today when he launched his semi-satirical charity initiative, Stillerstrong, via Facebook , Twitter and a branded Web site . The campaign, not-so loosely (and hilariously), based on Lance Armstrong’s Livestrong initiative, was inspired by a trip Stiller took to Cévérine — a small town in Haiti — last summer, and seeks to raise money for a local ...
Police say at least 17 people have been killed in an amusement park fire on Indonesia's northern Sumatra island.
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- India, harvesting its smallest rice crop in seven years, plans to increase purchases from local farmers to avoid imports that are as much as 73 percent more expensive, said a government official.
MIAMI BEACH | A thief stole two cameras, clothes, jewelry, a wallet and a makeup bag together valued at $1,980 after breaking a window on a 2003 Chevrolet in the 500 block of Lincoln Lane between 3:15 and 6 p.m. Nov. 15.