Suriname: New Mine Brings Big Changes To Town In Rainforest
Nov 29, 2016 – http://caribbeannewsservice.com/
LANGA TABIKI, Suriname, Nov 29 2016 — Muddy footpaths wind past empty homes, most 
collapsing into ruins. Dozens of stores and bars have closed. The most prominent citizen, the chief of a tribe descended from escaped African slaves, has decamped to the capital.
A gold mine operated by a U.S.-based company opened recently in the rainforest of southern Suriname, bringing hundreds of jobs and badly needed revenue to a government struggling with some of the highest inflation in the world.
But it has also emptied out the nearest community, Langa Tabiki, a small frontier town with an outsized role in the history and culture of this South American nation, one that has depended heavily on wildcat mining. Continue reading →
Caribbean Life News Update – 30 November 2016
Caribbean Life News Update – 30 November 2016
Major ‘Island of Flatbush’ Diabetes Expo on Saturday
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Stating that diabetes is ravaging the Caribbean community in Brooklyn, a coalition of faith-based and community groups is partnering with New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and major area hospitals in conducting a massive diabetes exposition and symposium this Saturday, Dec. 3, at Erasmus Hall High School, 1199 Flatbush Ave., Brooklyn.
Low turn-out for Grenada’s referendum
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The Washington, D.C-based Organization of American States (OAS) says that its electoral delegation to Referendum on Constitutional Reform in Grenada has taken note of the low turn-out.
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Whitewash
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“Believe”
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CARIBBEAN
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