Archives for Saturday, January 29, 2005:

Taiwan dismisses concerns over diplomatic ties in Caribbean

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP): Taiwan on Friday dismissed concerns over its diplomatic ties with Haiti and Dominican Republic in the wake of their Caribbean neighbor Grenada's recent defection to rival China... read more...

St Vincent & Grenadines Election and Boundaries Commission sworn in

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent: A former Superintendent of Police was on Thursday sworn in as Chairman of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Elections and Boundaries Commission... read more...

Please, help the children: St Vincent Infant Hospital cries out for help

GEORGETOWN, St. Vincent: A local children’s institution is seeking the assistance of the public in repairing the roof and facilitating general upgrade of its buildings  The administrator at the St. Benedict’s Day Nursery and Infant Hospital in Georgetown, on behalf of their wards, has launched an appeal to the Vincentian population for help... read more...

Diaspora’s innings in World Cup talks

NEW YORK, USA: A distinguished group of journalists from the Caribbean Diaspora will contribute to the discussions on the region's hosting of the 2007 World Cup Cricket competition when the second edition of CMExPress, the one day version of the Caribbean Media Exchange on Sustainable Tourism, takes place in Trinidad next month... read more...

Deposed Aristide lectures on 'Africa's first tsunami'

PRETORIA, South Africa (AFP): Almost a year after fleeing his country, Jean Bertrand Aristide took up his post at a South African university, delivering a first lecture on African values and the trauma of slavery, "Africa's first tsunami."... read more...

Private sector committee meets Nevis Cabinet

CHARLESTOWN, Nevis: The conservation of public places policy of the Nevis Island Administration has come in for praise from the Private Sector Committee in Nevis.  Members of the committee expressed their fear that with the accelerated development in Nevis, there would be no recreation areas for the public... read more...

St Lucia Rotary Club joins Rotarians worldwide to celebrate 100 years

CASTRIES, St. Lucia: The Rotary Club of St. Lucia is joining with Rotarians around the world in celebrating 100 years. It is the first service organization created for service to mankind and this was in Illinois in the month of February, 1905. Since then the concept of service to others has spread to over 1.2 million Rotarians in 31,000 clubs in 166 countries worldwide... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

West Indies wallop Pakistan

ADELAIDE, Australia (AFP): Skipper Brian Lara returned to his brilliant best Friday, blasting a record-breaking 156 as the West Indies put Pakistan to the sword with a 58-run victory to keep their tri-series hopes alive... read more...