Caribben Net News: Us Will Allow Americans to Send Cellphones to Cuba
President George W. Bush announced an easing of restrictions on Wednesday to allow Americans to send mobile telephones to their families in Cuba, which he portrayed as a challenge to the Communist authorities to advance reforms…
…”If Raul is serious about his so-called reforms, he will allow these phones to reach the Cuban people,” Bush said.
Caribbean Net News: Florida woman Jailed for Slavery Case “Involving Haitian Girl”
A former Florida schoolteacher was sentenced on Tuesday to more than seven years in prison for forcing a Haitian girl to work without pay in her home…
…[Maude] Paulin, 52, along with her 74-year-old mother Evelyn Theodore, were convicted of conspiring to violate Celestin’s civil rights and compelling her to perform forced labour.
Caribbean Net News: Dominican Presidency Votes Tallied Show Leonel Winning with 54 Percent
With 100 percent of the votes tallied, the Central Electoral Board stated that the incumbent President Leonel Fernandez of the PLD, won with 54 percent; Miguel Vargas Maldonado of the PRD, 40 percent; and Amable Aristy Castro of the PRSC, 4 percent; with 1 percent of the votes divided between the other four candidates.
BBC Caribbean: Jamaica Could Go Back to Polls Due to MPs Dual Nationalities
The High Court has already disqualified one elected member from the House of Representatives, threatening the 32-28 margin the Jamaica Labour Party won at elections last September…
…However JLP leader, Prime Minister Bruce Golding, has said that he would be prepared to go to the polls in new general elections…
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