Archives for Monday, January 24, 2005:

Death toll in flood-ravaged Guyana rises to five

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): Devastating floods in Guyana have left five people dead, authorities said Saturday, as relief supplies trickled into thousands of affected villages in the South American nation.  The bodies of two men and a woman were found Saturday in three Atlantic coast villages severely affected by the week-old flood... read more...

Guyana government may set up tent city for 20.000 evacuees

GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Following days of torrential rains that caused one of the most severe floods to hit Guyana in over 100 years, officials at the Joint Operation Centre (JOC) told Caribbean Net News that the situation looks grim, adding that the government of President Jagdeo is now looking at constructing a tent city for thousands of people... read more...

Regional correspondent condemns murder of Haitian journalist

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: Caribbean Net News Senior Regional Correspondent Norman 'Gus' Thomas, has written to the Prime Minister of Haiti, Gerald Latortue, condemning the murder of a fellow journalist and called on the Haitian government to conduct a prompt and thorough investigation into the matter... read more...

'Outposts of tyranny' Cuba and Iran thumb noses at Bush with cooperation deal

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Branded as "outposts of tyranny" by the US administration, Cuba and Iran have decided to step up bilateral cooperation in banking, farming and biotechnology, state media underscored Friday... read more...

Channel Six TV station 'hauled off' the air in Guyana

GEORGETOWN, Guyana: One of Guyana's most popular television stations was "hauled off" the air when, at approximately 9.30 pm on Saturday, a phalanx of heavily armed police, led by a unidentified government functionary, arrived at the Robb and Wellington Street premises of the broadcast facility... read more...

Spanish researchers to analyse purported remains of Columbus in Dominican Republic

BARCELONA, Spain (AFP): Scientists from the University of Granada, deep in southern Spain, announced this weekend that they will head to the Dominican Republic next month to analyse human remains in Santo Domingo believed to be those of Christopher Columbus... read more...

Religious attire has its place, says Trinidad’s chief justice

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Trinidad and Tobago's Chief Justice Sat Sharma is firm in his view that the dress code standards of the court must at all times be upheld. This became obvious when the learned judge expressed satisfaction when senior counsel Israel Khan obeyed an order by the Chief Magistrate to change his Nehru-collar suit last Friday and dress appropriately... read more...

Bahamas fighting citrus canker outbreak

NASSAU, Bahamas: Bahamian Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Local Government, Alfred Gray, said last week that his ministry intends to deal with an outbreak of citrus canker disease in Abaco, with aggression and single-mindedness.  Minister Gray assured Parliament that the Government is abreast of developments... read more...

Bahamas FAO Ambassador named to high level panel on sustainable development

NASSAU, The Bahamas: Godfrey Eneas, The Bahamas Ambassador to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), has been appointed to a High Level Panel on Sustainable Development... read more...

USVI education officials given deadline to fix school in St Thomas

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, USVI: Following 48 hours of protesting conditions at the Addelita Cancryn Junior High School, teachers copied the action of their counterparts at the Irene B. Williams Primary School in Antigua, as they took protest action giving education officials a deadline by which proper improvements are to be made... read more...

Anguilla police force celebrates 33 years

THE VALLEY, Anguilla: The programme of activities to mark the 33rd Anniversary of the Royal Anguilla Police Force and Police Week 2005 has been made public.  The Anniversary which is being celebrated under the theme "Keeping the Community Spirit Alive for Police Week 2005" will commence with a church service on Sunday... read more...

New Jamaican police commissioner sworn in

KINGSTON, Jamaica: The new Commissioner of Police in Jamaica, Lucius Thomas, received the symbolic Baton of Command from outgoing Commissioner, Francis Forbes, at a ceremony on January 19.  Commissioner Thomas wasted no time in assuring Jamaicans of his commitment to get the job at hand done... read more...

Jamaicans urged to unite

KINGSTON, Jamaica: 'Building Love' was the theme of the annual National Leadership Prayer Breakfast (NLPB) held in Kingston, Jamaica, with state and church leaders calling on Jamaicans to come together in unity and peace for the betterment of the country.  Prime Minister, P.J. Patterson was among several leaders taking part in the event.... read more...

UN and St Lucia sign poverty reduction memorandum

CASTRIES, St. Lucia: Signing on the dotted line of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between St Lucia, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Poverty Reduction Fund is being seen as a commitment by the St. Lucia Government to work closely with the UN’s Millennium Project to fight global poverty... read more...

St Lucia PM presents $148,000 cheque to Grenada

ST. GEORGES, Grenada: St. Lucia's Prime Minister, Dr Kenny Anthony, who is presently on three-day official visit to Cayenne (French Guiana), on Friday presented a cheque for the amount of $148,000, on behalf of the Government and people of St. Lucia, to Grenada's Prime Minister Keith Mitchell during a brief ceremony in St. George’s... read more...

Bahamas paying for Trinidad & Tobago law students to study in Nassau

NASSAU, Bahamas: In an attempt to encourage more Caribbean law students to study in the Bahamas, the government of Prime Minister Perry Christie has put provisions in place to pay a part of the tuition for eight students from Trinidad and Tobago to study at the Eugene Dupuch Law School... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Ex-West Indies Test star Julien battles cancer

LONDON, England (AFP): Former West Indies Test all-rounder Bernard Julien is battling throat cancer, according to a newspaper report.  The 54-year-old has been given a 90-percent chance of beating the disease... read more...