Archives for Thursday, April 28, 2005:

Human trafficking 'wreaking havoc' in Caribbean

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): The Caribbean Community will craft a regional strategy to combat human trafficking, a crime that is "wreaking havoc" in the region, a top Caricom official said Wednesday... read more...

Cable and Wireless apologizes to Grenada's Prime Minister

ST. GEORGES, Grenada: The British telecommunications giant Cable and Wireless (C&W) has apologised to Grenada's Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell and has settled a suit brought against them by the Prime Minister.  A source in the Prime Minister's Office told Caribbean Net News that the matter related to "damaging comments"... read more...

Grenada-born Iraq war hero presented with Victoria Cross

LONDON, England (AFP): A Grenada-born British army private who saved the lives of dozens of comrades in Iraq was awarded the Victoria Cross on Wednesday, the first soldier to get the country's highest medal for bravery in 23 years.  "You're very special," Queen Elizabeth told Johnson Beharry during a ceremony at Buckingham Palace... read more...

St Kitts manufacturers asked to ready themselves for the CSME

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts: Members of the private sector in St Kitts and Nevis, especially those involved in manufacturing, are being called upon to ready themselves for the soon to come Caricom Single Market and Economy (CSME)... read more...

Public awareness campaign launched in St Kitts for the transition out of sugar production

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts: A public awareness campaign on the transition from sugar production will provide the public with reliable information, says Minister of Agriculture Cedric Liburd, when he officially launched the campaign... read more...

Whispering Head Resort for St Kitts

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS: St. Kitts and Nevis sealed a multi-million dollar deal on Tuesday for the construction of the Whispering Head Resort on 1,700 acres of prime private land on St. Kitts’ South East Peninsula.  Prime Minister Douglas said the new tourism development by Auberge Firesky Limited will also boast other hotels... read more...

Government will continue to support CCJ, says Jamaican PM

KINGSTON, Jamaica: Prime Minister P.J. Patterson has said that the Jamaican Government would continue to give its backing to the creation of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)... read more...

Caribbean customs officials to discuss border security

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts: Border security, anti-smuggling initiatives and World Cup Cricket 2007 are among issues to be discussed at the 27th Annual Conference of the Caribbean Customs Law Enforcement Council (CCLEC) in the British Virgin Islands next month... read more...

Regional conference examines preparedness for national disasters

KINGSTON, Jamaica: Environmental and emergency response professionals throughout the Caribbean will be meeting at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, over the next two days at a conference to examine preparedness and response to natural hazards and disasters... read more...

FirstCaribbean exceeds US$4 billion loan mark

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: FirstCaribbean International Bank has created history by passing the US $4 billion loan mark in total lendings to its personal and business customers... read more...

Castro summons a million for workers' holiday

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): President Fidel Castro has summoned a million people in his communist island nation to rally on International Labor Day May 1 to back an alternative development plan for the Americas and denounce the presence of anti-Castro crusader Luis Posada Carriles in the United States... read more...

US Congress urges EU to press Cuba on rights record

WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): The US Congress on Wednesday urged the European Union to press Cuba on its human rights record and condemned the communist-led island for its crackdown on dissidents... read more...

New book on Caribbean culture

CAVE HILL, Barbados:  Caribbean cultural critique is still, for the most part, rooted in 1980s and 1990s praxis. Culture @ the Cutting Edge is a groundbreaking work that brings Caribbean cultural criticism into the twenty-first century, by way of its technology-sensitive, “multi-track” reading of popular culture... read more...

LETTERS

News from a friend

My name is Ernesto Iraheta, and I traveled to Grenada for a couple of months in 2001. In that time I worked in Bank Crozier installing software, and I made a great friendship with Raphael Hamilton, the IT manager... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Lara, Tendulkar, captains for tsunami match

LONDON, England:  Two of the world's most exciting batsmen Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara will act as captains in the Tsunami appeal match scheduled for Lords on Tuesday June 14.  Lara, who recently overtook South Africa's Jacques Kallis as the number one batsman in Test cricket will captain the International XI... read more...

Trinidad and Tobago’s Shaka Hislop wins special merit award

LONDON, England:  Portsmouth goalkeeper Shaka Hislop was presented with the Professional Footballers Association (PFA) Special Merit Award on Sunday for his continued involvement with the 'Show Racism The Red Card' campaign.  The Trinidad and Tobago international received the award at a gala dinner at the Grosvenor House Hotel... read more...