Archives for Wednesday, November 10, 2004:

CARICOM says help Haiti, but no entry for the Latortue regime

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Caribbean Heads of Government wrapped up their 10th Special Meeting on Tuesday evening after deliberating on several issues including the crisis facing the French-speaking Caribbean nation.  After several hours of discussion, the 15-member body remains disunited on the issue of accepting Haiti back in the fold... read more...

US$81 million in aid for CARICOM

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) are expected to implement another five-year aid programme on Wednesday with specific focus on HIV/AIDS worth some US$81 million.  The objective of this new five-year plan is to help the Caribbean... read more...

Caribbean hurricane preparations lacking

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago (UPI): Caribbean nations have been told that none of the existing disaster management and response systems in place could have handled this year's hurricane disasters... read more...

Trinidad-Tobago PM suggests political union in Caribbean

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AFP): Trinidad and Tobago's Prime Minister Patrick Manning has called for a political union of the islands in the southern Caribbean.  He made the appeal late Monday in an address opening a two-day special summit of regional leaders here...  read more...

OECS 40th Authority Meeting opens in Tortola

ROAD TOWN, BVI: OECS Heads and their delegations, fresh from the 10th CARICOM Special Summit which ended in Port of Spain, Trinidad on Tuesday, began arriving in Tortola, British Virgin Islands, late Tuesday for Wednesday's opening ceremony of the 40th meeting of the Authority of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States... read more...

US authorities arrest former Haitian major wanted for murder

MIAMI, USA (AFP): US authorities in Miami on Monday arrested an alleged former Haitian death squad member wanted at home for the murder of an activist who was close to the then exiled former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide... read more...

I will clear my good name, says Trinidad MP

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) delegates to the just concluded 10th Special Meeting of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government in Trinidad, flew out of Port of Spain having experienced the lighter side of the Trinidad meeting with a taste of a real Trinidadian-style constituency meeting with Member of Parliament Dr Keith Rowley... read more...

Cuba to experiment with trading in yen, European and Latin American currencies

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Cuba will open a currency exchange window to trade Japanese yen, Canadian, European and Latin American currencies for the convertible peso, the local currency the government is using to replace the US dollar, the communist party daily Granma announced Tuesday... read more...

Jamaica considers mandatory youth service programme

KINGSTON, Jamaica: A committee headed by Dr. Donald Rhodd, State Minister with responsibility for Youth Development in the Jamaican Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture, is currently assessing the need for the establishment of a mandatory service programme for unattached youngsters.... read more...

Suriname, Maersk Oil sign offshore deal

PARAMARIBO, Suriname (AFP): Suriname's state oil company and Danish Maersk Oil signed a production sharing agreement Tuesday in Paramaribo.  Maersk Oile og Gas As will invest 3.4 million dollars in prospecting for oil and gas in an offshore plot of 5,330 square miles located some 20 miles north of the coast...  read more...

Cross Country Road Project in St Vincent moves one step closer to reality

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent: On Friday, a cheque valued at US$ 2.74m was handed over to Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves for the funding of the first phase of the Cross Country Road by Elizabeth Chu, the Taiwanese Ambassador to St. Vincent and the Grenadines...  read more...

FirstCaribbean announces its Unsung Heroes for 2004

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Nurse Margaret Juan, a nurse living and working in Belize, has been named FirstCaribbean‘s regional Unsung Hero for 2004. One of seventeen Caribbean nominees, Nurse Juan was selected by a distinguished panel of judges at a meeting in Barbados recently...  read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Jamaican Olympic medallist Lennox Miller dies

LOS ANGELES, USA (AFP): Lennox Miller, who won two Olympic 100 metre medals for Jamaica and was the father of top American female sprinter Inger Miller, died Monday of cancer.  Miller, a 100m silver medal winner in 1968 in Mexico City and a bronze medal winner from Munich in 1972, was 58 years old...  read more...