Archives for Friday, April 15, 2005:

Caribbean Court of Justice to be launched Saturday

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: .According to information coming out of the press office of the Port of Spain-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) which will be launched Saturday, nationals of 13 countries will have access to an institution that will enforce their rights granted under the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas... read more...

Driver dies after car plunges into Charlotte Amalie harbour

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, USVI: A forty-eight-year-old man, who authorities in St. Thomas in the US Virgin Islands believe suffered a heart attack while driving, died Monday morning when the vehicle he was driving ran off the busy Veterans' Drive before plunging headfirst into the Charlotte Amalie Harbour... read more...

Trinidad courthouse a ‘hell hole’

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Ramrag Harrypersad, President of the Trinidad and Tobago Association of Magistrates, is concerned about the pace of justice in the twin-island Republic and has suggested that the situation is creating criminals, adding that poor courthouse conditions are of such that an officer of the court could be injured... read more...

Jamaican manufacturers may now produce their own electricity

KINGSTON, Jamaica: Jamaican manufacturers who wish to produce their own electricity to operate their businesses can do so without being in violation of the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPSCo) licence... read more...

Carib Territory in Dominica to get radio station

ROSEAU, Dominica: The Kalinago people of the Carib Territory in Dominica should expect a brand new radio station in their area, come August... read more...

St Lucia government moves towards universal health care

CASTRIES, St. Lucia: Moves continue in St Lucia towards the inauguration of a new concept designed to make quality health care more readily available to St. Lucians at cost prices.. read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Big names set for Jamaica International Track and Field Meet

KINGSTON, Jamaica:  Organisers of the Jamaica International Track and Field Invitational Meet at the National Stadium in Kingston, confirm the availability of a number of top local and international athletes for the May 7 event... read more...

Bolt to compete at Penn Relays

FLORIDA, USA: Fresh from his victory at the Seminole Invitational held at the Mike Long Track Complex in Tallahassee, Florida on Saturday, Jamaica's Usain Bolt will now turn his attention to the 111th running of the Penn Relays, scheduled for April 28-30 at Franklin Field at the University of Pennsylvania... read more...