Archives for Friday, February 11, 2005:

Antigua judge orders power company to reconnect local radio station

ST. JOHN'S, Antigua: A High Court Judge in Antigua, on Thursday afternoon ordered the country's power company, the Antigua Public Utilities Authority (APUA) to reconnect forthwith, the electricity and telephone services which were disconnected days earlier from the popular ZDK Radio (now called 'Liberty Radio')... read more...

‘No time for panic’ says Jamaican Justice Minister

PARAMARIBO, Suriname: CARICOM member states at this moment should push forward to establish the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in its original jurisdiction. All the options to come to a solution on this matter should be explored exhaustively.  “Now is not the time for panic,” said Jamaican justice minister A.J. Nicholson... read more...

Caribbean Net News to publish Hurricane Special

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: With the memory of the billions of dollars worth of damage done to the Cayman Islands and Grenada during last year's hurricane season fresh in the minds of the people of the region, Caribbean Net News is moving early to provide as much information as possible... read more...

US senators seek to lift agriculture export restrictions with Cuba

WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): A group of US senators presented a bill to Congress Wednesday seeking to clarify a law that permits the sale of agricultural produce and food to Cuba, thus ending a controversy that has jeopardized authorized trade with the communist island... read more...

Disease raises death toll to 33 in flood-stricken Guyana

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): At least four people have died from a water-borne disease in the aftermath of devastating floods in Guyana, raising the death toll to 33, authorities said Thursday... read more...

Justice Rolston Nelson appointed a CCJ judge

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Justice of Appeal of Trinidad and Tobago’s Supreme Court, Rolston Nelson, was sworn in as a Judge of the Caribbean Court of Justice on Tuesday, February 1, at President’s House, Port of Spain.  Justice Nelson was appointed a Justice of Appeal in 1999 directly from the private Bar... read more...

Government helping HIV/AIDS victims and families in St Lucia 

CASTRIES, St. Lucia: The Government of St. Lucia continues to invest substantial sums of money to ensure that persons living with HIV and AIDS and their affected families are provided with the best support.  Last week, a EC$21.1 million St. Lucia HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Project was launched at the Sandals Grande Resort... read more...

St Kitts beef producers earned one million dollars in 2004

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts: The Department of Agriculture in St. Kitts has reported a near fifty percent increase in beef production in 2004 compared to the previous year.  Director of Agriculture Dr Jerome Thomas said beef production in 2004 increased by 46 percent from 83,200 kg in 2003 to 121,700 kg in 2004... read more...

Lions Club of Nevis audited

CHARLESTON, Nevis: Vice District Governor, District 60 B, of Lions Clubs International, Ms Beverly Reddock, was in Nevis this week, where she carried out the annual auditing of the local clubs at the Nevis Red Cross Building in Charlestown.  Ms Reddock, who is from St. Vincent carried out the audit of Nevis Lions Club and the Nevis Leo Club... read more...

$220 million to revitalise Jamaica’s agriculture

KINGSTON, Jamaica: The Jamaican Ministry of Agriculture will be spending $220 million as part of its effort to revitalise agricultural production, following the devastation caused by Hurricane Ivan last year.  The Minister of Agriculture said the areas targeted for expansion included goat rearing, apiculture, organic farming and fisheries...  read more...

Regional ICT specialists to meet in Barbados

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Regional technology specialists will meet in Barbados at the end of this month to discuss how they can improve competitiveness in the area of Information Communication Technology.  Minister of Commerce, Consumer Affairs and Business Development, Senator Lynette Eastmond, will open the workshop...  read more...

Belizean wins UNESCO Young Scientist Award

BELMOPAN, Belize: The Ministry of Education and the Belize National Commission for UNESCO have announced that Belizean Frantz Smith has won the 2005 United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Young Scientist Award...  read more...