Archives for Saturday, July 2, 2005:
St Lucia hosts 26th summit of Caribbean Heads of Government
 CASTRIES, St. Lucia: Known to many as
the "Helen of the West", St Lucia, which is one of the Windward Islands of the
Eastern Caribbean, is situated just south of Martinique. Officials at the
Foreign Affairs Ministry told Caribbean Net News that the 238 sq. mile
island is volcanic in origin and has wooded mountains running from north to
south...
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Missing girl suspect admits lying to Aruban cops
PALM BEACH, Aruba (UPI): A disc jockey
arrested in the case of missing American teenager Natalee Holloway says he
lied to Aruba police to protect another suspect...
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US Senate passes Dominican Republic free trade deal
WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): The US Senate has approved a controversial free trade
pact with Central America and the Dominican Republic by a close 54-45 vote, with
a battle likely at its next stage in the House of Representatives...
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Haiti worries increase after killing of Red Cross worker
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): An employee of the International Committee of the
Red Cross has been killed in Haiti, leading to new warnings Friday about
security in the trouble-torn Caribbean state...
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OAS Secretary General to attend CARICOM summit and will
visit Haiti after
WASHINGTON, USA: Secretary General José
Miguel Insulza will represent the Organization of American States at the
opening ceremony on Sunday of the Twenty-Sixth Regular Meeting of the Conference
of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), in St Lucia. The
CARICOM summit runs until July 6...
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Former minister leads new Suriname parliament
PARAMARIBO, Suriname: In a ceremony that
lasted almost four hours, the new parliament in Suriname was sworn in on
Thursday. Former cabinet minister Paul Salam Somohardjo is the new Speaker of
the House...
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COMMENTARY
Fishing for votes: Japan bribes the Caribbean
Harsh words and accusations of bribery were
flying at the International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting last week, June
20-24. Tensions flared over Japan’s challenge to the moratorium on commercial
whaling adopted by the organization in 1986, a perennially controversial issue...
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Rejecting outdated Cuba policy
On Thursday, by a vote of 211-208 the US House of Representatives voted against a measure permitting
Cuban-Americans to visit their families in Cuba more often and eliminating the
45 year old trade embargo on Cuba...
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PetroCaribe: Venezuela’s oil-for-votes program
Under the patronage of Venezuelan President
Hugo Chávez, Caribbean leaders came together at last Wednesday’s inaugural
Caribbean Energy Summit to found the regional energy cooperative PetroCaribe...
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SPORTS NEWS
Sri Lankan cricket board unhappy after West Indies name
depleted squad
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AFP): The Sri Lankan cricket board is disappointed over
hosting a second-string West Indian side for an upcoming two-Test series and a
three-nation tournament also involving India, an official said here on Friday...
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