CARIBBEAN TODAY


Few Caribbean students

 choose U.S. schools


WASHINGTON, D.C. Few
Caribbean students are study-
ing in the United States,
according to the latest Open
Doors survey, which analyses
foreign students in the U.S.
 The survey, which is pub-
lished by the Institute of
International Education with
support from the U.S.
Department of State's Bureau
of Educational and Cultural
Affairs, found that while
Brazil, Mexico and Venezuela
made the top 25 list, not a sin-
gle Caribbean country man-
aged to make the cut.
 By contrast, students
from India, China and South
Korea continue to dominate
the top three spots in the
ranking with students from
those nations accounting for a
large percent of the number
of foreign students in the U.S.


Wee Tom crowned 'Miss Florida Caribbean'


L esa-gayle Wee Tom,
wearing the sash "Miss
- onna's Restaurant",
was last month crowned "Miss
Florida Caribbean" 2009.
 Wee Tom is no stranger to
pageants. She is a former first
runner up "Miss Hollywood
Teen", second runner up
"Miss Jamaica Florida" and
second runner up "Miss
Miami Tropic" and a contest-
ant in "Miss Jamaica World"
2009. She is a student at
Florida Atlantic University
and hopes to earn a degree in
broadcast journalism.
 According to organizers,
the "Miss Florida Caribbean"
pageant offers personal devel-
opment opportunity for young
Caribbean American females
ages 18-25, who live in the
U.S. state of Florida. The pag-


 India had 94,563 students
out of 623,805 globally for the
:21 2 11 is period while
Chinese students accounted
for 81,127 of that number.
 Meanwhile, while a
record number of U.S. stu-
dents are studying abroad, the
Caribbean region did not
make the cut either for the
top 25 places where the
American students are turn-
ing for education. According
to the Open Doors 2009 sur-
vey, the number of Americans
studying abroad increased by
8.5 percent to 262,416 in the
2007/08 academic year, with
most choosing the U.K., Italy,
Spain and France.

- CaribWorldNews
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MIAMI Finance Minister
Audley Shaw is confident
there are many investment
opportunities in Jamaica.
 Addressing the 33rd
annual Miami Conference on
the Caribbean and Central
America, recently, Shaw out-
lined the strategies being
undertaken by the Bruce
Golding administration to
attract investors. He spoke of
the development of the agro-


eant also includes
divisions for
"teen" and "jun-
ior" contestants
between ages nine
and 17.
 The winner of
"Miss Florida
Caribbean" is eli-
gible to represent
the "Sunshine
M"it at the 2010
Miss Caribbean
United States
pageant in New
York. The winner
of that competi-
tion will move on
to the "Miss
Caraibes Hibiscus
International"
pageant in St.
Maarten.
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industry, with its array of sub-
sectors, including food pro-
cessing, organic farming and
green house production.
 Regarding tourism, Shaw
said the island had recorded a
five percent increase in visitor
arrivals and a two percent
increase in spending recorded
in the industry, despite the
downturn in the regio, caused
by the global economic reces-
sion. He said with the devel-


opment of the industry, value-
added linkages to support the
sector, such as the construc-
tion of houses for hotel work-
ers, could be explored for
investment.
 Shaw said there are also
opportunities to develop
attractions, to provide exotic
cuisine, as well as to get
involved in the fashion and
music industries.
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Florida prosecution seeks death penalty

for Haitian accused of murdering family


NAPLES, Florida The pros-
ecution is seeking the death
penalty for Haitian Mesac
Damas, 33, who is charged
with murdering his wife and
five children in September.
 The State Attorney's
Office said that prosecutors will
seek the death penalty for
Damas, who has confessed to


the killings. The notice of
intent to seek the death penalty
was filed in Collier County
court recently.
 Damas remains on suicide
watch in the Collier County
jail and has not been allowed
any visitors other than his
attorney since his September
arrest, the Collier County


Sheriff's Office reported.
 Collier County Deputy
Public Defender Mike
Orlando, who represents
Damas, filed a not-guilty plea
in September and said at the
time that he had concerns
about his client's mental state.
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