Extractions: Source: The Library of Congress Country Studies Political experience emerged directly from the difficult growth of labor organizations throughout the Caribbean. Trade unionization derived from the plethora of mutual aid and benevolent societies that existed from the period of slavery among the Afro-Caribbean population. Not having the vote or a representative in power, the lower classes used these societies for their mutual social and economic assistance. To obtain political leverage, the working and employed classes had only two recourses: the general strike and the riot. Beginning after World War II and lasting until the late 1960s, a sort of honeymoon existed between the political parties and the labor unions. Expanding domestic economies allowed substantial concessions of benefits to workers, whose real wages increased significantly as unionization flourished. Data as of November 1987 NOTE: The information regarding Caribbean Islands on this page is re-published from The Library of Congress Country Studies. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Caribbean Islands Labor Organizations information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Caribbean Islands Labor Organizations should be addressed to the Library of Congress.
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Extractions: GEOGRAPHY: The Bahamas consist of 700 low-lying islands, mostly islets (cays or keys) and rocks. The whole archipelago extends 970km (500 miles) southeastward from the coast of Florida, surrounded by clear, colourful waters. The soil is thin, but on the more developed islands, cultivation has produced exotic flowers. On other islands are large areas of pine forest, rocky and barren land, swamp and unspoilt beaches. The Bahamas are divided into two oceanic features, the Little Bahama Bank and the Great Bahama Bank.
Extractions: of the Pacific and Caribbean Back to Table of Contents " ...until climate models that can resolve regional scales are available, these models offer the best `what if' scenarios available for consideration of vulnerabilities to climate change." Note about General Circulation Models This paper's discussion about possible futures and their implications was taken from different sources based on a variety of general circulation models (GCMs) but is particularly based on the results of the Hadley Centre and Canadian Centre model simulations used by the National Assessment process. GCMs are tools used by scientists to construct plausible estimates of potential changes in climate. It is generally agreed that these models provide reasonable estimates of changes at the global and latitudinal scale. However, for a variety of reasons, significant differences can exist on a regional scale between model outputs. Among these reasons are limits in the computational resources needed to resolve regional-scale topography and surface features. Because GCMs are coarse and do not accurately represent changes at the regional scale, caution should be used in interpreting the details of outputs from these models. However, until climate models that can resolve regional scales are available, these models offer the best what if scenarios available for consideration of vulnerabilities to climate change.
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Extractions: September 2002, Volume 23 No. 3 General News The successful introduction of Cactoblastis cactorum from Argentina to Australia in the 1920s for the biological control of Opuntia cactus is the flagship programme for weed biological control, and its success has since been repeated in South Africa and elsewhere. It was introduced with great success in various Caribbean islands, but has since reached the American mainland from there. The threat it is now posing to native Opuntia species in the Americas has economic, ecological and social dimensions. During the 1950s, the Commonwealth Institute of Biological Control (now part of CABI Bioscience ) facilitated the introduction of C. cactorum to the Caribbean island of Nevis, and achieved spectacular success at a cost of a mere US$1300 with year-on-year savings of $24,000. Subsequently the moth crossed 3 km of sea to the nearby island of St Kitts. CABI also facilitated its introduction to the Cayman Islands, and it was imported to Antigua and Montserrat by the ministries of agriculture of these islands. More recently C. cactorum
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Extractions: T o conduct fundamental and applied research in marine affairs to ensure the sustainable use of the natural resources of Trinidad and Tobago; to make the results of such research available to the Government for the formulation of coherent and consistent policies in the conservation and management of the cmarine and related resources; and to respond to general needs for information and collaboration with all sectors of Trinidad and Tobago and the wider Caribbean. The Institute of Marine Affairs is located on the island of Trinidad, which is the larger of the two main islands which make up the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. These two islands are the most southerly in the chain of the Caribbean Islands, with Tobago situated 32Km northeast of Trinidad. Trinidad and Tobago is located off the northeastern coast of the mainland of Venezuela, within 10° 02' - 11° 21' Latitude and 60° 31' - 62° 01' Longitude. The Institute is located in the northwestern part of Trinidad, on the Chaguaramas Peninsula. The UNDP, following the recommendations of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on the Law of the Sea in 1974, provided the technical and financial assistance necessary for the Institute to become a reality. Cruz Matos, of the UN, was the project coordinator who drew up the operational design for the Institute. Later, as its first Director (1976 - 1979), he established guidelines and directions for growth, and developed relationships with local and foreign organizations.
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Extractions: Location: Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago Population: 89,018 (July 2000 est.) Ethnic groups: black 82% some South Asians (East Indians) and Europeans, trace Arawak/Carib Amerindian Religions: Roman Catholic 53%, Anglican 13.8%, other Protestant 33.2% Languages: English (official), French patois Area: total: 340 sq km, land: 340 sq km, water: sq km Natural resources: timber, tropical fruit, deepwater harbors
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Extractions: Source: The Library of Congress Country Studies THE COMMONWEALTH CARIBBEAN is the term applied to the English- speaking islands in the Carribbean and the mainland nations of Belize (formerly British Honduras) and Guyana (formerly British Guiana) that once constituted the Caribbean portion of the British Empire. This volume examines only the islands of the Commonwealth Caribbean, which are Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, the Windward Islands (Dominica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Grenada), Barbados, the Leeward Islands (Antigua and Barbuda, St. Christopher [hereafter, St. Kitts] and Nevis, the British Virgin Islands, Anguilla, and Montserrat), and the so-called Northern Islands (the Bahamas, the Cayman Islands, and the Turks and Caicos Islands). To the casual observer, these islands might appear to be too disparate to allow for a common discussion. Consider, for instance, the differences in population, size, income, ethnic composition, and political status among the various islands. Anguilla's 7,000 residents live on an island totaling 91 square kilometers, whereas Jamaica has a population of 2.3 million and a territory of nearly 11,000 square kilometers. The per capita gross domestic product (GDPsee Glossary) of the Cayman Islands is nearly fourteen times as large as that of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Trinidad and Tobago's population is evenly divided between blacks and East Indians, a pattern quite different from that on the other islands, on which blacks constitute an overwhelming majority. Although most of the islands are independent nations, five (the British Virgin Islands, Anguilla, Montserrat, the Cayman Islands, and the Turks and Caicos Islands) remain British dependencies.
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Extractions: Inside CANOE.CA SLAM! Sports Jam! Showbiz CANOE Travel CNEWS CANOE Money C-Health LIFEWISE AUTONET flirt.canoe.ca Newsstand WHAM! gaming AllPop Search eBay.ca Find Old Friends Free E-Mail shop.canoe.ca CareerConnection Classified Extra Obituaries Today Restaurants Hotels Weather Horoscopes Lotteries Crossword Scoreboard News Ticker Sports Ticker TV Listings Movie Listings CLIVE Concerts Mutual Funds Stocks Feedback Index The Caribbean islands of Antigua and Barbuda have brought a complaint against the United States with the World Trade Organization over their on-line gambling operations. Antigua and Barbuda contend that U.S. measures affecting the cross-border supply over the Internet of gambling and betting services violate WTO rules. Internet gambling has experienced dramatic growth. It is estimated the market will reach about $6 billion this year. The U.S. is trying to stop it.
Extractions: What's New Elementary/Secondary Postsecondary Training/Jobs ... Related Sites Location : Home Elementary and Secondary Private Schools The Ministry of Education has agreements with the following overseas secondary schools to provide an annual inspection of their standard of instruction. If a school receives a satisfactory inspection report, the Principal is authorized by the minister to grant credits toward the Ontario Secondary School Diploma. The inspection of the school does not include matters relating to the health, safety or supervision of the pupils. The ministry is not involved in the hiring of teachers for the school. The ministry is not responsible for any claim for injury, loss or other damages to pupils, staff or visitors arising out of the operation of overseas schools.
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Extractions: 17th Caribbean Geological Conference circular is located at Caribbean Tectonics listserve or pick it up here Geological Society of America Special Paper on "Natural Hazards in El Salvador" - Time series of MODIS images showing oil spill slicks on Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela (cf. article by Chuanmin et al., 2003, EOS, v. 84, on. 33, August 19, 2003. The International Lithosphere Programs (ILP) Task Group II-2 (Western Hemisphere) is nearing its end with the publication of Quaternary fault maps for ten countries in Central and South America . Reports are available from USGS websites. The 15th CGC transactions are now available from UWI Press
