Archives for Monday, January 17, 2005:

Tobago to elect new assembly

SCARBOROUGH, Tobago:  Voters in Trinidad's sister island of Tobago will pick a new House of Assembly on Monday in an election pitting the ruling People's National Movement against the Democratic Action Congress, whose leader has called for greater autonomy for the tourist island.  There are 30 candidates vying for 12 assembly seats... read more...

Barbados firm wins legal battle over name of Galileo satellite navigation system

MUNICH, Germany (AFP): An information technology firm based in Barbados has secured a victory in a legal battle in Germany regarding the rights to the name Galileo, which the European Union has chosen for its future satellite navigation system... read more...

Police kill four armed men in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): Police said last week they had killed four armed men during an operation in the Saline section of the capital... read more...

UN says ready to stay in Haiti

UNITED NATIONS (AFP): The UN Security Council said last week it was willing to keep peacekeepers in Haiti as long as necessary, while leaders urged the world community to keep Haiti's crisis near the top of its agenda... read more...

Trinidad Minister defends government role in LIAT loan deal

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Despite the fact that there is an argument by many here in Trinidad and Tobago that we don’t need LIAT, and that BWIA could service the region, Trinidad and Tobago's Trade Minister, Ken Valley is firm in his view that it is in Trinidad and Tobago’s best interest to assist the debt-ridden LIAT... read more...

CHA president calls for tourism summit

KINGSTON, Jamaica: Berthia Perle, President of the Caribbean Hotel Association (CHA) has called for the removal of a number of obstacles, which, in her view are seriously affecting the further development of the tourism industry in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)... read more...

Tobago students in need of assistance, says minister

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Trinidad and Tobago's Education Minister, Hazel Manning, has voiced concern that students on the sister island of Tobago as well as in South East Trinidad came lowest in the National Test in both math and English... read more...

Violence against women unacceptable, says St Vincent minister

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent: St Vincent and the Grenadines Minister with responsibility for Social Development, Selmon Walters, has expressed the the firm view that any form of violence against women is totally unacceptable... read more...

Officials in St Vincent preparing the gallows

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent: Death-row prisoners in St. Vincent and the Grenadines have been given notice that they will be facing death by hanging once their appeals have been exhausted.  St. Vincent and the Grenadines has been shaken by a series of violent crimes including several murders involving guns... read more...

Guyana president orders police investigation into money 'discrepancies'

GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Guyana's President Bharrat Jagdeo has set an immediate police probe into Wildlife Division funds said to have gone missing by the Auditor General, Caribbean Net News learnt late last week.  The Guyana Wildlife Division was under the direct control of the Environmental Protection Agency until a fraud was detected in 2002... read more...

Heavy flooding shuts down Guyana capital

GEORGETOWN, Guyana: A few drops of rain on Friday turned into showers which later became a prolonged downpour which lasted for most of the morning, leaving the capital of Guyana, Georgetown, and several parts of the coast flooded.  Some city officials told Caribbean Net News that this was the worst flooding they had ever seen in the city... read more...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

Marley Foundations deny plan to rebury reggae legend in Ethiopia

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica (AFP): The Bob Marley and Rita Marley Foundations have denied press reports that the widow of the reggae legend plans to have his body exhumed from his Jamaican burial ground and entombed in Ethiopia.  a representative of the Rita Marley Foundation said there was no plan to move Marley's body... read more...

Ethiopia gears up for late Bob Marley's 60th birthday

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AFP): Ethiopia is preparing a massive party next month to mark the 60th birthday of late reggae superstar Bob Marley, the first time the annual event has been held outside the singer's native Jamaica.  Some 200,000 people are expected to attend the giant celebration... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

West Indies wilt against world champions

MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP): The West Indies wilted in the face of intense pressure from world champions Australia, collapsing 116 runs short of victory in their opening Tri-series one-day cricket international here Friday.  After being dismissed off just 46.2 overs, the tourists mustered a paltry 185 runs in reply to Australia's 301 for 4... read more...

Cubans take to cricket

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Cricket has found a new base in the unlikely form of baseball-mad Cuba, according to press reports here Sunday... read more...

Australia chasing West Indies for Test tour

HOBART, Australia (AFP): Australia will seek to host the West Indies and South Africa for Test series during the 2005-2006 season, Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland confirmed here Sunday... read more...