Archives for Monday, April 4, 2005:

Chile leads race for OAS top post with backing from 11 CARICOM members

PARAMARIBO, Suriname (AFP):  Chile's interior minister Jose Miguel Insulza has the support of at least 10 of 14 voting member nations from the Caribbean Community, in his bid to become the new Organization of American States chief, government officials said... read more...

Grief and praise mingle as world pays tribute to pope

VATICAN CITY (AFP):  Words of grief and heartfelt tributes continued to flood in from around the world Sunday as leaders mourned the death of Pope John Paul II, eulogizing him as a towering figure in modern history and a tireless champion of peace, freedom and mutual tolerance.  Homage came from the strongly Roman Catholic regions... read more...

Cuba orders mourning for pope who revived island's Catholics

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP):  Cuba's communist government said it would order a three-day period of mourning after Pope John Paul II's death Saturday, an unusual gesture of respect for a Roman Catholic leader whose 1998 visit helped thaw relations between church and state... read more...

Commonwealth says world loses 'towering figure' in death of pope

LONDON, England (AFP):  The Commonwealth of mostly former British colonies said the world had lost a "towering figure in a troubled world" following the death Saturday of Pope John Paul II... read more...

Gray increases 2005 hurricane predictions

GEORGE TOWN, Grand Cayman:  Hurricane watchers in the Caribbean are expressing serious concern over what many consider a " gloomy and worrying" forecast which has been presented by noted climatologist William Gray, for the 2005 hurricane season.  Gray's forecast suggests 13 named tropical storms in the Atlantic... read more...

Three shootings in 36 hours in the Cayman Islands

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: Another man in the Cayman Islands has been murdered – succumbing to injuries received in a shooting incident on Wednesday 30 March. His death as a result of violent criminal activity thrusts the number of shooting incidents in which people have been injured over the last 36 hours up to three... read more...

Barbados prison now evacuated

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados:  Barbados’ sole adult penal institution which was the scene of an uprising and fire last week, is like a ghost town with all of the nearly 1,000 inmates housed there up until last Tuesday, now evacuated to secure locations.  This information has come from Attorney General Mia Mottley... read more...

Probe into Jamaican prison riot underway

KINGSTON, Jamaica: Hard on the heels of rioting at the prison in Barbados, officials in Jamaica are this weekend continuing their investigations into Thursday's bloody riot at the Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre in downtown Kingston, which resulted in the death of four individuals, leaving another five injured... read more...

Bahamas PM urges church leaders to adopt a collective approach to social ills

NASSAU, The Bahamas: Prime Minister Perry Christie has urged the Bahamas religious leaders to find a way to harness the collective judgment and will of their various denominations to bring urgent attention and change to the negative social conditions affecting the country. The Prime Minister was addressing a group of religious leaders ... read more...

EU plans programme of assistance for St Kitts-Nevis post sugar era

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts: A request from St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Dr Denzil Douglas to the European Union for assistance in the post sugar production era is getting favourable response from the Barbados-based Head of Delegation.  Dr Douglas pointed out that St. Kitts-Nevis could not go beyond 2006 ... read more...

Jamaican justice system to be enhanced

KINGSTON, Jamaica: Jamaica’s justice system will be boosted during the new fiscal year with the introduction of bills pertaining to plea-bargaining, fitness to plead, the children’s court and child maintenance ... read more...

Antigua Labour Party leadership race heats up

ST JOHN'S, Antigua: As the opposition Antigua Labour Party (ALP) prepares to hold its convention in just a few days, the race for party leadership is heating up as Gaston Browne, the challenger to the party's leader Lester Bird, is calling on him to "quit while he is ahead."  Browne's team expressed confidence ... read more...

EC$100,000 offered for information on missing Antigua government files

ST. JOHN'S, Antigua: The Lock Up Movement Party (LUMP) is offering a total of EC$100,000 for information leading to the arrest of individuals involved in the removal of files belonging to the government from the Prime Minister's Office as well as the bombing of the Hitachi Center.  Meanwhile, many remain divided on the missing files issue ... read more...

Antigua-Barbuda government moves to have police stations IT ready

ST JOHN’S, Antigua: The Government of Antigua and Barbuda has taken steps to have police stations in the country equipped with modern tools of communication utilizing information technology.  Minister for Communications Dr Edmond Mansoor, recently presented the Dockyard Police Station with a Pentium Computer System ... read more...

WEEKEND SPORTS UPDATE

West Indies and South Africa set for last day epic

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP):  South Africa were fighting for survival on Sunday as the intriguing first Test against the West Indies was poised for a last day epic showdown... read more...

West Indies draw Pakistan in World Cup seedings

LONDON, England:  When the West Indies open their group stage at the 2007 Cricket World Cup, they will have to face Pakistan after the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed the seedings and venue details on Friday... read more...

West Indies women lose to India in World Cup cricket

PRETORIA, South Africa (Photo Images):  The West Indies women's hopes of reaching the semi-finals in the 2005 Women's Cricket World Cup ended after suffering an eight wicket defeat to India in the sixth round of matches on Friday at the Harlequins... read more...

Grenada's Jason Roberts goal not enough for Wigan against West Ham

LONDON, England:  Grenada's Jason Roberts, who made history on his debut for Wigan with a 30 seconds goal, scored his 19th goal of the season but in the process wasted numerous chances as his team went down 2-1at home to West Ham at the JJB Stadium on Saturday.  Wigan set a fearsome tempo from the start... read more...

Dutchman Leo Beenhakker takes over as Trinidad's football coach

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago:  Leo Beenhakker, the former Real Madrid, Ajax and Netherlands coach has been named as Trinidad & Tobago's new national football head coach, the nation's football federation announced on their official website.  Former captain and star mid fielder Russell Latapy will take over as assistant coach... read more...

MLS team re-signs Grenada’s Shalrie Joseph

FOXBOROUGH, USA:  Grenada international Shalrie Joseph was rewarded by the New England Revolution for his contribution to the team with a contract extension, the team announced on Wednesday... read more...

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