Caribbean Island of St. Lucia Caribbean Island of St. Lucia St. Lucia (Loo-sha) is a volcanic mountainous island deep in the Caribbean. The island of St. Lucia is approximately 623 square kilometers (roughly three and a half times the size of Washington‚ DC). The climate is tropical‚ and the main source of revenue for the island is generated by the banana trade‚ with tourism coming in a close second. St. Lucia gained its independence from British rule in 1979 after many years of being ruled
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Enlightening the Individual History has proved to us that what we know now is nothing compared to what lies ahead in the future. In Europe‚ the people thought that absolutism was the way of the world‚ but they were soon to discover that each individual has just as much power as the next. This new realization was coined the name the enlightenment. It led to the division of religion and the idea of a separated church and state. Religious division and political authority in Europe changed as a result
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Natural disasters may be defined as natural catastrophes which cause great damage by disrupting the functioning of a society thus rendering the country incapable of coping through using its own resources as there is a need for outsider assistance in order to effectively preserve lives and the environment. Conversely‚ Natural hazards are natural phenomena that are potential threats to people within a society‚ structures or economic assets and may cause disaster. Natural disasters are inevitable and
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Impotent Pursuits The aftermath of World War I provided mankind with a true loss of purpose‚ shattering the masses’ morality code only to make them lost and afraid. Many of the people who came back from the war lost all sense of themselves due to their lost ideology. From this shattering‚ the literary movement known as modernism attempts to make sense of the shattered pieces of society’s lost ideology. Some of the figureheads that surmounted this patching up were: Ernest Hemingway‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald
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International Burch University‚ Sarajevo Managment Department Introduction to Economics I TRADE AGREEMENTS AND WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION PROFESSOR ASSISTANT STUDENTS Nataša Tandir Nedžad Isaković Sejid Abaz Sarajevo‚ December 2011. CONTENT Trade Agreements.......................................................................................................................... 3 Bilateral and Multilateral Agreements......................................................................
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all ten regions within Haiti have since been effected by Cholera but the worst reported areas of the outbreak include; Centre‚ Nord-Est‚ Artibonite and Ouest region which encompasses the capital city of Port-au-Prince‚ Nord‚ Nord-Ouest and Grande Anse and Sud (Barzilay et al.‚ 2013). According to the Haitian Ministry of Public Health and Population‚ “as of August 4th‚ 2013‚ 669‚396 cases and 8‚217 deaths have been reported since the epidemic began in Haiti in October 2010” (CDC‚ 2013). According
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ST. LUCIAS FOLK CULTURE AND THE STRUGGLES FOR EMANCIPATION By Travis Weekes My main motivation for researching the contents of this paper stems from my curiosity about the origin and development of some of St. Lucias most vibrant and persistent cultural forms. Forms which I believe have been and are still very instrumental in the shaping of the St. Lucian person forms such as the bele‚ the konte‚ the abwe‚ the flower festivals of La Rose and La Maguerite and of course the language Kweyol‚ which
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| PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTS | | CHARLES ENTERPRISES | Performance of Charles Enterprises over a three month period. | | Name: Akima Charles | Teacher: Mr. Randy Boyke Cadet School: St Joseph Convent St George’s Registration number: School number: Due date: 18/02/2011 | | TABLE OF CONTENTS Topics Page # Introduction--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report was commissioned to address the need for Wiggo‚ a successful Supermarket chain of Europe to introduce a new outlet in the Caribbean region on the island of St.Lucia. It was found that the major factors which would affect the decision of the marketing department of Wiggo in opening the outlet would be the following: Using the PESTLE Model for the situational analysis it was found that the main external factors which would influence Wiggo Tropico are the age distribution
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LAND (DUTIES AND TAXES) Act 46 of 1984 – 16 July 1984 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS PART I – PRELIMINARY Short title Interpretation PART II – REGISTRATION DUTY 3 Duty leviable PART III – LAND TRANSFER TAX 4 Levy of land transfer tax 5 Exemption 6 Declaration by transferor 7 Penalty for incorrect declaration PART IV – CAPITAL GAINS 8 Interpretation 9 Levy of capital gains tax 10 Sale price and cost of infrastructure works 11 Contents of deed PART V – 12-15 PART VI – CAMPEMENT SITE TAX 16 Interpretation
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