Archives for Friday, November 26, 2004:

Computer-snatching students set free in Antigua

GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands: A trio of 18-year-old fifth formers at the Antigua Grammar School (AGS), Quentin Lewis and Kerry Mills and a friend, Oswald Thomas, who were held by the police for the theft of computer parts from the AGS, skipped out of the Magistrates court in St. John's on Tuesday as free men... read more...

Antigua-Barbuda Gender Department holds solidarity march

GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands: An orderly gathering of men and women held a peaceful solidarity march through the streets of the Antiguan capital of St. John's Wednesday to express the disgust and outrage felt by the country over the recent killings of women and gender abuse as a whole... read more...

Cuba, Spain renew official contact

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Cuba and Spain renewed "official contact" Thursday, some 17 months after the European Union imposed sanctions on the communist island, Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque said... read more...

Barbados flooded from heavy rains

GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands: Government and emergency officials in Barbados are continuing to assess the damage done as a result of the heavy rains which deluged the island, forcing the evacuation and closure of schools and some offices nationwide.  Last Tuesday’s downpour began at about mid-morning...  read more...

Trinidad and Tobago government spends TT$10m to refurbish London residence

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: TT$10 million (approx. US$1.5 million) has been spent refurbishing the living quarters of Trinidad and Tobago’s High Commissioner in London Glenda Morean Philip.  Foreign Affairs Minister Knowlson Gift also disclosed the cost of expenses met for the accommodation of the High Commissioner to London... read more...

Dominica government invests over $2 million in fire appliances

ROSEAU, Dominica: The Fire and Ambulance Services in Dominica have received a major boost. Four first aid fire appliances valued at US$958,240 arrived in Dominica recently from the United Kingdom...  read more...

Violence against women is a living horror, says Antigua minister

GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands: Antigua and Barbuda's Minister with responsibility for Social Transformation, Senator Colin Derrick, has categorised violence against women as a living horror.  Derrick noted that violence against women is an everyday occurrence, a living horror that is unacceptable, yet condoned...  read more...

Antigua-Barbuda senator calls for zero tolerance on gender violence

GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands: Antigua and Barbuda's Junior Minister of Agriculture, Senator Joanne Messiah, has issued a call for a "zero tolerance" approach when dealing with the issue of violence against women.  Messiah made the call while addressing an appreciative crowd comprising men and women, at a Candlelight Vigil...  read more...

LETTERS

Political Prisoners... Where? Here?

As a voracious reader of many fields and subjects I sometimes become dismayed at the level of intelligence (or lack thereof) which is put forward as journalism by many of our Grenadian 'journalists'...  read more...

SPORTS NEWS

West Indies cricket in chaos, shadow hangs over tour of Australia

Cricket is the West Indies was thrown further into crisis when the West Indies board (WICB) dropped captain Brian Lara and 15 other players from the 25-man squad scheduled to start training next Monday...  read more...

Australia expects Windies to send best players for one-day series

MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP): Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland said Thursday the West Indies had an obligation to send its best team for a triangular one-day series here in January...  read more...

Grenada PM to intervene in cricket dispute

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada: Grenadian Prime Minister Keith Mitchell, in his capacity as Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Prime Ministerial Sub Committee on Cricket, has agreed to intervene in the current dispute between the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and the West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA)...  read more...