Archives for Monday, March 7, 2005:

Lara axed by West Indies

ST. JOHN'S, Antigua:  West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) threw down the gauntlet Friday night with the announcement that seven senior players will not be considered for selection for the upcoming Digicel Home Series against South Africa and Pakistan in March.  Teddy Griffith, the president of the West Indies board, made the announcement... read more...  

Commission of Enquiry to investigate hospital allegations in Tobago

SCARBOROUGH, Tobago: A retired Judge Annestine Sealey is heading a Commission of Enquiry (COE) which will probe allegations of the removal of materials, equipment and resources from the site of the $135 million, 100-bed Scarborough Regional Hospital now under construction to the site of the Land Date project at Mason Hall... read more...

Argentine peacekeepers bring a semblance of order in Haiti

GONAIVES, Haiti, (AFP): Cadavers from September's devastating floods still make eerie appearances amid mud and rubble in dusty Gonaives, a provincial town where 451 peacekeepers from Argentina work to deliver some semblance of public order amid Haiti's misery and flashes of hope... read more...

Four accused in Miami of trafficking Cubans into US

MIAMI, USA (AFP): Four of six men allegedly involved in smuggling Cubans into the United States appeared Friday in a Miami federal court to face charges of human trafficking, according to the federal prosecutor in Miami... read more...

Portia: the people's favourite to replace Jamaican PM

KINGSTON, Jamaica: According to a recent poll by the Gleaner Company commissioned by Don Anderson, Portia Simpson Miller, one of the People's National Party's (PNP) four vice-presidents, appears to be the Jamaican "people's choice" to take over leadership of the ruling PNP, now led by Prime Minister P. J. Patterson... read more...

Gasoline odour closes school for two days on St Thomas

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, USVI: As they endeavoured to settle down to school work following several disruptions last year, students and teachers at the Addelita Cancryn Junior High School in ST Thomas, US Virgin Islands, had their classes disrupted for the second straight day due to a chemical odour which affected the school... read more...

UWI needs to market itself more says Harris

ST. JOHN'S, Antigua: Noting that the University of the West Indies (UWI) has a story that's worth telling worldwide, the institution can do a lot better in marketing itself and become a lot more attractive as an institution of higher learning in the region. That's the word from the new Vice Chancellor, Guyana-born Dr. Nigel Harris... read more...

St John's: A rat infested city, says senator

ST. JOHN'S, Antigua: The City of St. John's on the island of Antigua is rat-infested, a problem that has forced the Baldwin Spencer Administration to seek professional assistance along with efforts by the country's Central Board of Health to tackle the problem.  Senator Lenworth Johnson, admitted that the health officials are facing a problem... read more...

Cultural exchanges in the Belize-Guatemala Adjacency Zone

BELMOPAN, Belize: The townships of Benque Viejo del Carmen (Belize) and Melchor de Mencos (Guatemala) and the Office of the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) in the Adjacency Zone, have announced the First Cultural Journey Belize – Guatemala / Guatemala – Belize, on Friday, 11th March ... read more...

Vincentian man attempts Guinness World record

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent:  A Vincentian man will on Tuesday attempt to walk six days “non stop” in an effort to earn a place in the Guinness Book of World Records.  Earl “Old George” Daniel, who has attempted a number of “iron man” walks before is hoping to achieve recognition not only for himself but also for St. Vincent and the Grenadines... read more...

New anti-crime drive in Trinidad

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: In a bid to combat gang-related killings and shootings, a new anti-crime programme was set in motion in Trinidad when some 100 police and army personnel got transferred to the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF)... read more...

Fishing talks between CARICOM and Japan

GEORGETOWN, Guyana: According to Huntley Medley of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat in Guyana, talks are taking place between the Belize-based Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism and the Japan International Cooperation Agency for the development of a master plan for fisheries and aquaculture development in the Caribbean... read more...

Honduras Garifuna returns ‘home’ to St Vincent

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent: A group of Honduran Garifuna will visit their “spiritual homeland” on Thursday March 10. The International Garifuna Folkloric Ballet Company of Honduras, led by the acclaimed Honduran choreographer, Armando Chrisanto Mendes, comes St. Vincent and the Grenadines for a six-day visit... read more...

Coalition of Services Industries in St Lucia to have positive impact

CASTRIES, St. Lucia: Stakeholders of a recently formed Coalition of Services Industries in St. Lucia will get an opportunity on the weekend to learn more about the work of the organization and discuss its future importance to the services sector on the island and the wider region... read more...

WEEKEND SPORTS ROUNDUP

Lara calls for compromise

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (Sporting Eagles):  West Indies captain Brian Lara announced on Saturday that he is ready to help resolve the current conflict between the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and West Indies Players Association (WIPA).  “I suggest a lot of sincere apologies – private apologies – would pave that way forward," ... read more...

Carib Beer Cricket Series 9th round summary - Day 2

SALEM, Montserrat:  Darren Ganga stroked his second successive hundred to lead Trinidad and Tobago to 367 for 4 on the second day of their ninth round Carib Beer Series match against the Leeward Islands at Salem Park on Saturday.  Playing his new role as a number three batsman, Ganga finished the day with an unbeaten 169... read more...

Coach Simmons defends Zimbabwe Test status

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (Sporting Eagles):  Despite suffering a humiliating innings defeat inside two days against South Africa, Zimbabwe coach Phil Simmons rejected calls for the country to lose its Test status.  The Former Trinidad and Tobago and West Indies all-rounder hit back at former Zimbabwe captain and coach... read more...

WICB invites 22 players for Barbados training camp

ST. JOHN'S, Antigua:  Following the exclusion of seven senior players on Friday, the West Indies selectors have invited 22 players to make themselves available for selection for the Digicel 2005 Home Series... read more...

No return for Trinidad & Tobago's Russell Latapy

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Former Trinidad and Tobago football international Russell Latapy has turned down the offer to rejoin his country's senior squad for the remaining 2006 World Cup qualifying matches.  According to a Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation release, the former FC Porto and Hibernian player expressed regret... read more...

Reggae Boy Marlon King completes loan switch to Leeds

LONDON, England (Sporting Eagles): Jamaican international striker Marlon King has completed a loan move to Leeds from Nottingham Forest.  Since the arrival of new manager Gary Megson, the Reggae Boy has fallen out -of -favour at the City Ground. King is set to go straight into the squad for Sunday's game at Millwall should the switch be finalised... read more...

Caribbean club champions in Washington DC

KINGSTON, Jamaica:  Reigning Caribbean Football Union's (CFU) club champions, Harbour View, left the island of Jamaica on Thursday for Baltimore to contest their CONCACAF Club Championship quarter-finals match against DC United next Wednesday at the Maryland Soccerplex... read more...

Desmond Haynes appointed WIPA secretary

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Former West Indies opener Desmond Haynes has been selected secretary of the West Indies Players Association (WIPA) according to a release on Friday... read more...