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In 2003 I published a book entitled Rastafari and its Hindu Origins, which I subsequently renamed Rastafari and its Shamanist Origins.  In the chapter titled:  A Changing Caribbean,  I wrote that: “ The Caribbean region will figure greatly in the upcoming years as a region that is part of the Arab-Israeli question. The island of Trinidad and Tobago has gone unnoticed in international circles as a haven for extremist Muslim rhetoric. The attempted coup led by the Jamaat al-Muslimeen in Trinidad is an example of Muslim extremism in the region. The tendency of Arab Muslim extremists to train and finance Muslim extremists in other parts of the world has also proven true in Trinidad and Tobago.   Today 2016 , thirteen years later newspaper reports, both in the print and online mediums abound all validating my prediction bolstered by factual data. Looptt.com posted online on November 16 2015 that: “After ISIS claimed responsibility for the terror attacks in Paris l...

“Cuba catalyst for sustainable regional marketing campaign!”. The above headline jumped out at me in the Friday issue of July 17 th , 2015 in the Today Newspaper. Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association (CHTA) President Emil Lee is the brainchild of the above quote. His statements were in reference to CHTA’s so called “Cuba White Paper”. The paper called Cuba: The Great Disruption for the Good of the Caribbean. The article claims that the paper has generated, a “huge” amount of interest in newspapers and trade journals in the US, without referencing even one instance of such, or providing a quote from one of the mediums, that has supposedly shown interest in Lee’s claims. On the heel of Carnival Cruises announcing that it had received permission from the US government, to begin cruises between the US and Cuba. The CHTA claims that, the cruise lines Cuba plans will adversely affect some current cruise destinations. Lee claims that: “ tourism presents the fastest opportunity ...

How to achieve Caribbean economic resurgence. Logo Soualiga Youth. ST PETERS Sint Maarten: Since 2000 the Foundation Soualiga Youth wrote a detailed report which was presented to then Minister of Education Sarah Wescott Williams. In said report the Foundation outlined a comprehensive plan of action pertinent to Economic revitalization of the Caribbean economies, using Agriculture and Eco-Cultural Tourism as an alternative to the present hedonistic people destructive trend in tourism.The plan was never taken seriously and experts worldwide are predicting the imminent collapse of the Tourism sector as a viable economic pillar regionally. This article is a mirror of what the Soualiga Youth presented to the government of Sint Maarten. Nov 21, 2012 (Menafn - Caribbean News Now - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) --There is indeed a continuing conversation in many global quarters pertaining to the type of prescription necessary for the revival of the C...