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• Curtain call for Siobhan
  The minute she stepped on to the stage, to do Aretha Franklin’s “Think”, I thought she was going to shoot herself in the foot. The Queen of Soul is a tall order to climb. How could a white girl, that is as skinny like a twig, belt out a signature performance on that [...]
• It’s a joke and the Karaoke singer grins
  Somebody is playing a cruel joke. There is a contestant on American Idol that should be gone long ago. He sings as bad as Drew Brees hums a tune while taking a shower for a commercial. Drew Brees earned a Super Bowl ring, and I recognize that singing (um humming) is not his thing [...]
• BUSY SCHEDULE FOR ICC VENUE OFFICE IN ST. KITTS
  The ICC Venue Office has stayed very busy of late. Their activities included hosting Consultant Mandy Keegan and Project Executive Glen Kirton from Rushmans, the firm tasked with the implementation of the accreditation process for the ICC WT20 WI 2010 cricket tournament. The group spent Saturday February 27 inspecting the facilities at Warner Park and [...]
• Heritage tourism suppliers invited to exhibit at TPOC conference in the Bahamas
  Travel Professionals who sell heritage tourism products and have the ear of millions of African American and other Minority travelers, will convene in Nassau, Bahamas, on April 22-25, 2010 for their eighth annual conference and trade show. Statistics show that US$90 billion plus is spent annually by minorities on travel with a high percent of [...]
• Steel Pans will play National Anthems at upcoming WT20 Cricket Games
  Clement Ogarro At a brief ceremony to review the National Anthems to be played at the start of each game during the preliminary women’s fixtures for the ICC WT20 WI 2010 in St Kitts, the St Kitts All-star Steel Orchestra was given rave reviews for their four renditions. This function was the first of its kind [...]
• Upcoming US-Africa Seminar set for Washington, DC
  Africa Tourism Association (ATA) 3rd Annual US-Africa Tourism Seminar will be held March 4-5th at the Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place, Washington, DC, 20001 in Room 204 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Representatives from the more than a dozen African countries — Angola, Kenya, Gambia, Tanzania, Ghana, Zimbabwe, the Republic of the [...]
• Diski dance by Cape Town youth marks 100 days to FIFA 2010 World Cup
  Cape Town Tourism organized an 800-strong group of Peninsula youths to perform the diski dance at the Cape Town Stadium on Tuesday, when the City marks 100 days until the first official FIFA 2010 World Cup™ whistle is blown. Joined by Executive Mayor, Alderman Dan Plato, and key tourism industry stakeholders, Cape Town Tourism is [...]
• Hawaii rallies to get in the running for visionary Google project
  A community-based appeal for Google to make Hawaii one of the test locales for its recently-announced, ultra-fast broadband service is being organized through an online petition. Called Gigabit Hawaii, the initiative seeks to get tens of thousands of residents to add their support by a March 15 deadline when the petition of community-based encouragement [... […]
• UFI Exhibition Management Seminar scheduled for Bahrain
  The UFI Open Seminar in the Middle East will be held in Manama, Bahrain, from March 29-31, 2010 at the Bahrain International Exhibition and Convention Centre (BIECC). The seminar will be hosted by UFI member Bahrain Exhibition and Convention Authority (BECA). Themed “Toolbox for Future Exhibition Management,” the seminar’s program will offer industry profess […]
• Shakira and World Bank Launch US$300 Million Early Childhood Initiative
  Grammy Award-winning artist Shakira and World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick today launched a US$300 million joint initiative aimed at expanding development programs for young children in Latin America and the Caribbean. The “Early Childhood Initiative: An investment for life” seeks to focus cost-effective policies and resources in the region, while […]