Archives for Friday, May 6, 2005:

DLP wins in Dominica

ROSEAU, Dominica:  Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit and his Dominica Labour Party (DLP)/Dominica Freedom Party (DFP) Coalition, have been returned to office for another 5 years in Dominica, having defeated the United Workers Party (UWP) of Edison James 12 seats to 9 in Thursday's General Election.  Caribbean Net News will have a full update shortly.

Antigua and Barbuda is being dishonest, says Gonsalves

ST. JOHN'S, Antigua: Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, the Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, has accused officials in the sister Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country of Antigua and Barbuda of not playing fair in relation to regional trade.  Dr. Gonsalves pointed out that Antigua and Barbuda has been breaching the trade laws of the region... read more...

Kidnapping takes lawless Haiti to a new low

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): The kidnapping of an Indian businessman and a Russian in Haiti has highlighted the growing insecurity in the impoverished Caribbean state as it seeks stability to hold elections later this year... read more...

Trinidad Government encourages increased onshore oil production 

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: The Trinidad Government has begun negotiations with the Petroleum Company of Trinidad and Tobago (PETROTRIN) and other operators, to award new licenses for onshore oil exploration and production in Trinidad’s Southern Basin... read more...

Horse racing returns to St Kitts in September

BASSETERRE, St Kitts: Horse Racing should soon return to St. Kitts later this year. According to a spokesman for Beaumont Park, construction of the horse racing facility in the Whitegate area of Dieppe Bay is continuing and the first meet on the island in decades should be held mid-September... read more...

Mexican companies invited to explore joint venture opportunities with Jamaicans

KINGSTON, Jamaica: Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade K. D. Knight has invited Mexican companies to consider joint venture opportunities with Jamaicans, especially in tourism... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Hinds fined for Test 'sharp practices'

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AFP): West Indies opening batsman and medium pace bowler Wavell Hinds was fined 100 per cent of his match fee on Thursday for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct during the drawn fourth Test match against South Africa... read more...

Vincentian Nixon Mclean omitted from Somerset squad

LONDON, England:  Vincentian all-rounder Nixon Mclean has been left out of the Somerset squad to face Durham in their English Frizzell County Division II Cricket Championship match against Durham in Stockton on Wednesday... read more...