Archives for Tuesday, January 18, 2005:

PNM wins landslide in Tobago

SCARBOROUGH, Tobago:  Preliminary results from the island of Tobago indicates that Orville London and of the People's National Congress (PNM) have followed the pattern of landslides that has been taking place in Trinidad and Tobago recently as his party won a landslide victory in Monday's sweep of 11 of the 12 assembly seats... read more...

Education officials in St. Kitts & Nevis hold retreat

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts: With the aim in mind of rectifying the problem of under-achievement among the nation's youth and a number of other challenges facing the Education Department, officials in St. Kitts and Nevis are coming together in a special retreat at Ocean Terrace Inn in Basseterre Tuesday... read more...

Haitian cabinet chief wounded in shooting

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): Haitian Prime Minister Gerard Latortue's cabinet chief, Raymond Lafontant, was shot in the back Sunday in downtown Port-au-Prince as he was on his way to visit his mother, a police spokesman said... read more...

Turks & Caicos Chief Minister to receive global award

GRAND TURK, Turks & Caicos: The Chief Minister of the Turks and Caicos Islands, Michael Misick, will receive the “Global Award” at the 13th Annual Trumpet Awards Ceremony, which will be held in Atlanta Georgia on Monday 25th April 2005. The Award Ceremony is broadcast to a national television audience of over 25 million... read more...

Imminent energy crisis in Suriname

PARAMARIBO, Suriname: Continuing dry weather conditions are jeopardizing the energy supply in Suriname. Water levels in the Van Blommenstein lake are reaching critical levels, resulting in the possible shutdown of turbines at the Afobakka hydroelectric power station, some hundred kilometers south of capital Paramaribo... read more...

Suriname contributes to record gold production

PARAMARIBO, Suriname: Positive results at Rosebel Gold Mines in Suriname resulted in a record gold production of 694,100 ounces for Canadian mining company Cambior in 2004. In 2003 gold production reached 521,500 ounces.  The increase in gold production is due to the successful start-up of the Rosebel mine in Brokopondo, Suriname... read more...

Guyana-born woman jailed for five years after London 'date rape drug' robberies

LONDON, England (AFP): A British court Monday sentenced a Guyana-born woman to five years in prison for using the "date rape" sedative Rohypnol to drug and then rob wealthy men after picking them up in London bars... read more...

PADF/OAS strengthening Haitian-Dominican relations along the border

WASHINGTON, USA: The Pan American Development Foundation (PADF), an affiliate of the Organization of American States (OAS), is implementing an important new initiative along the Haiti-Dominican Republic border that is designed to strengthen ties between the two countries and improve living conditions... read more...

COMMENTARY

Law and Politics: We jam-up in a pressure cooker!

As we look or reflect on life on this Earth, if we are really seriously concerned about the happenings that are unfolding around us, and affecting our daily lives, it would not be difficult to understand why, or how it is, many (too many) people are falling prey to the mounting pressure we live under... read more...

Rice and Zoellick: Not rice and peas

‘Rice and peas’ is a favourite dish throughout the Caribbean. Our people eat it with relish. The region will have to prepare for a regular diet of ‘Rice and Zoellick’ dished up compliments of the US President George W Bush in his second term.  Condoleeza Rice and Robert Zoellick have been appointed as Secretary of State and Deputy respectively... read more...