Region warned to be prepared for massive earthquake

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Jan 13, CMC – The Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of the University of the West Indies (UWI) is warning the region to “move expeditiously” towards building resilience amid predictions of the Caribbean being hit with an earthquake with a magnitude of eight or ...
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Suriname Assumes Chair of the OAS Permanent Council

The Permanent Representative of Suriname to the Organization of American States (OAS), Niermala Badrising, today assumed the Chair of the Permanent Council of the hemispheric institution, a position she will hold for the next three months. Upon assuming the role, Ambassador Badrising expressed the ...
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Gayle leads Windies to world record triumph

Johannesburg (AFP) - Chris Gayle blasted 90 off 41 balls as the West Indies achieved a world record run chase in the second Twenty20 international on Sunday to beat South Africa by four wickets. South Africa captain Faf du Plessis hit a 46-ball century in his team's total of 231 for seven -- th...
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Five years after quake, cholera epidemic haunts Haiti

Five years after an earthquake demolished its capital, Haiti's efforts to get back on its feet are still hampered by an epidemic blamed on the UN troops there to help. The United Nations has denied legal responsibility for the ongoing cholera outbreak that has killed 8,000 Haitians, but all sci...
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Five years on – Remembering Haiti’s devastating 2010 earthquake

12 January 2015 - Marking the anniversary of the massive earthquake that struck Haiti five years ago today, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon paid tribute to the more than 200,000 victims, including 102 United Nations personnel, who perished, and declared that in sorrow, there is the promise of hope tha...
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