Spirit Airlines has announced plans to provide assistance to the people of Haiti.”Our hearts and prayers go to all the people in Haiti during this terrible tragedy,” said Spirit Airlines CEO and President Ben Baldanza. “Our initial focus is on raising funds for relief agencies are best equipped to assist in the overall spirit of relief and prepared to give a billion miles for the people who helped in this effort.”

In 2007 singer Romain Virgo, then only 17 years, making history as the youngest person to win the Digicel Rising Stars, Jamaica is a very popular TV talent competition.

Romain Champion contest with rollicking interpretation Stevie Wonder’s “Sir Duke”, who get a warm reception from the judges and the applause from the studio audience. Romain Jamaica also won the hearts of TV viewers with a vocal kind of humility and strength, which evokes the essence of respected soul star Sam Cooke, Otis Redding and Marvin Gaye.
Among the prizes awarded to the champion Rising Stars is JA $ 1 million (approximately U.S. $ 11,300) and the opportunity to record with producer Richard “Shams” Browne and Tony Rebel.

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Strong earthquake that struck Haiti on Jan. 12 will cost the Caribbean Disaster Risk Insurance Facility nearly $ 8 million.
The CCRIF said magnitude 7.0 quake was strong enough to trigger the full policy limits for earthquake coverage Haiti, which led to the payment after the 14-day waiting period. Facilities said that, based on calculations from the initial location and size of the data, Haiti will be paid “under the” $ 8 million, or about 20 times Haiti’s premium for earthquake coverage of $ 385,500.

Ministry of Tourism will conduct a study on the relationship between sports and tourism in Barbados to assist technocrats in formulating the necessary policies, to encourage this niche area to the front.

Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) will be shipping the first batch of supplies and personnel to Haiti this evening (January 13) as the starting Jamaica to support the process of earthquake relief.

St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas said the Mercy Mission, including the Chairman of CARICOM CARICOM, Prime Minister of Dominica, Hon. Roosevelt Skerritt and Barbados’ Prime Minister, Hon. David Thompson went to Haiti affected by the earthquake on Thursday.

St. Kitts is said to start the new year than at an optimistic note in this year’s Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) which ended the Caribbean Marketplace in San Juan, Puerto Rico on Tuesday.

According to Caribbean Net News, St. Kitts was measured to show progress in the development and promotion of the island tourism industry and a positive outlook for 2010.