(Roseau, Dominica - 7 December 2006) - More than 15 Caribbean whale watching organizations, in partnership with the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW - www.ifaw.org), met this week to formalize CARIBwhale, an association committed to conserving cetaceans and their habitat and promoting responsible whale and dolphin watching. A formal launch is planned for early 2007.

CaribPR Newswire, NEW YORK, N.Y. Nov. 15, 2006: On Friday, December 1, art lovers and humanitarians alike will have a clear opportunity to help Haiti, a country with such endemic and intractable troubles that it’s sometimes difficult to know where and how to lend a hand. At 7:00 that evening, the Haitian Education and Leadership Program (H.E.L.P.) will host its first ever auction of Haitian contemporary and naïf art, featuring works by some of Haiti’s most renowned artists.

The state of North Carolina and the Chatham County's Sheriff's Office has issued an Amber Alert on October 1, 2006 after the child was taken during a home invasion robbery.

Edwin Sanchez Gonzales, 2 years of age. He is three-feet tall, 25 pounds, black hair and brown eyes, and was last seen wearing a white t-shirt and a diaper.

The suspect is his father, Jorge Sanchez Aguilera. Aguilera is 29 years-old, five feet, six inches tall, 145 pounds, black hair and brown eyes.

He was last seen driving a burgundy Ford Expedition. He may be headed to South Carolina where he has family.

Four armed suspects duct-taped the three occupants of the home, the boy's mother, his grandfather, and a teenager.

Anyone with information should call the Chatham County's Sheriff's Office at 919-542-2911 or dial 911.

CaribPR Newswire, KINGSTON, Jamaica October 4, 2006: A group of high-ranking Jamaican government officials are slated to address the Jamaican community in Manhattan and its environs on matters related to conducting business transactions in Jamaica later this month.

The forum, “Outlook for the Future: Doing Business in Jamaica,” organized by the Jamaica National Building Society and the Gleaner Company Limited, is set for the Hilton Hotel in Manhattan on Friday October 20, 2006.

CaribPR Newswire, NEW YORK, N.Y. September 28, 2006: 24Seven Vending, the fourth largest independent vending company in the US, is seeking Caribbean nationals and other minority franchisees in 14 territories across the U.S.

The move is part of 24Seven’s diversity outreach initiative and franchisees are sought in New York, New Jersey, California, Florida, Georgia, and Washington, DC. among other states.