Archives for Wednesday, February 2, 2005:

Antigua police investigate early morning bombing of Minister’s family business

ST JOHN'S, Antigua: Police in Antigua and Barbuda on Tuesday launched an investigation into the early morning bombing of the Hitachi Centre Compound on Market Street which houses the Medical Practice and Clinic of newly appointed Minister responsible for Information, Broadcasting and Communications Dr. Edmond Mansoor... read more...

Grenada to benefit from lowered interest rates from IMF

ST GEORGE'S, Grenada: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has lived up to its promises to ease the financial constraints on low income countries when the IMF Board took a decision on January 21, 2005 to lower interest rates on its natural disaster assistance loans... read more...

Fidel Castro documentary to air on US public TV

MIAMI, USA (AFP): Cuban President Fidel Castro, US nemesis for 40 years, returns to the US small screen Monday in a public television documentary on his life... read more...

US mixed on end of EU's Cuba sanctions

WASHINGTON, USA (UPI): The US State Department Tuesday said it is concerned by the European Union's move to end sanctions against Cuba, but hoped it would help civil society... read more...

Cuba and China sign energy agreement

HAVANA, Cuba (UPI): Cuba announced Monday the signing of a shared production contract with the Chinese company SINOPEC to develop potential oil fields off the island's coast... read more...

China expands trade links with Caribbean

BEIJING, China: The China-Caribbean Economic and Trade Co-operation Forum begins Wednesday in Kingston, capital of Jamaica, and is expected to boost trade ties between the two sides... read more...

Chinese vice president arrives in Jamaica

KINGSTON, Jamaica (Xinhuanet): Chinese Vice President Zeng Qinghong flew into Kingston, Jamaica Tuesday from Trinidad and Tobago for an official visit as guest of the Jamaican government.  He is also expected to attend the first Ministerial Meeting of the China-Caribbean Economic and Trade Cooperation Forum 2005 on February 2... read more...

Trinidad and Tobago recognizes China's full market economy status

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (Xinhuanet): China on Monday agreed to list Trinidad and Tobago as one of its citizens' tourist destinations. Trinidad and Tobago is to recognize China's full market economy status... read more...

Dominican minister accuses opposition of sabotage

ROSEAU, Dominica: Political Leader of the Dominica Freedom Party and Tourism Minister, Charles Savarin has accused the Leader of the Opposition Edison James and the United Workers Party of attempting to sabotage the cooperation agreement between Dominica and the People’s Republic of China... read more...

State obtains interim injunction against Guyana TV station

GEORGETOWN, Guyana: According to the Association of Caribbean Media Workers, the Attorney General of Guyana, Doodnauth Singh, acting on behalf of the state, has obtained an interim injunction against CN Sharma and Savitree Singh restraining them from transmitting in any form on Channel Six while the suspension of his television licence remains in force... read more...

St Vincent PM responds to Trinidad and Tobago critics

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent: Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, on Monday expressed amazement at being criticized -- locally and in Trinidad -- for last week leading a Trinidad and Tobago delegation to lobby for the establishment of the FTAA headquarters in Port of Spain... read more...

St Vincent and the Grenadines education policy strikes sour note

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent:  A move by the government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) in its quest to achieve universal secondary education by September 2005 has struck a sour note among some parents of students attending the 54-year-old Richmond Hill Government School. On Monday, parents gathered outside the Ministry’s office... read more...

Opposition Senator appointed in St Kitts Nevis National Assembly

BASSETERRE, St.Kitts,: An opposition senator in the St. Kitts and Nevis National Assembly has been appointed.  Governor General Sir Cuthbert Sebastian, acting on the advice of Leader of the Opposition, Malcolm Guishard, has appointed Michael A. Perkins to be a Senator to sit on the opposition benches of the St. Kitts and Nevis National Assembly... read more...

Bob Marley: king of reggae, champion of the oppressed

PARIS, France (AFP): Rastafarian reggae legend Bob Marley rose to superstar status in a career cut cruelly short by cancer, championing through his music the rights of the oppressed and his vision of "One World, One Love.".  Marley, who would have celebrated his 60th birthday on Sunday, died in 1981 aged just 36... read more...

COMMENTARY

Aid finally arriving to devastated Guyana

Since the final days of December, relentless downpours have battered the South American nation of Guyana, causing severe flooding. While the death toll currently stands at only six, it is estimated that the inundations have affected more than half of Guyana’s roughly 700,000 citizens... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

West Indies give away a berth in Tri-Series final to Pakistan

PERTH, Australia (AFP): West Indies threw away three wickets for nine runs Tuesday to hand Pakistan a 30-run victory and a berth in the finals of the Tri-series limited-overs cricket competition against Australia.  The Windies, chasing Pakistan's big total of 307 for 8, had been going well until the 33rd over... read more...