Archives for Wednesday, July 13, 2005:

Hurricane warnings issued as Emily continues westward

MIAMI, USA: According to the 11 pm EDT advisory issued by the National Hurricane Center in Miami on Tuesday, the centre of Tropical Storm Emily was located near latitude 10.7 north, longitude 54.7 west or about 370 miles east-southeast of Barbados and about 450 miles east of Trinidad.  Emily is moving just south of due west near 20 mph... read more...

Investigation continues into Trinidad explosion

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Investigators in Trinidad are continuing their probe into an explosion just outside of Maraj Jewellers at the corner of Frederick and Queen Streets, Port of Spain, in the heart of the city's shopping district on Monday afternoon.  Police say the incident is not being considered as the work of terrorists... read more...

Explosion triggers increased security alert among energy companies in Trinidad

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad: Energy companies in Trinidad have stepped up their security measures in the wake of Monday's explosion in which 15 persons were injured, two seriously.  Operations at the state-owned Petrotrin went into a high state of alertness, said Wayne Bertrand, president of operations... read more...

Explosion was a sign from God says Trinidad parliamentarian

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: An afternoon explosion in the busy shopping district of Frederick Street, in Trinidad’s capital, Port of Spain, brought an abrupt adjournment to a sitting of the House of Representatives on Monday.  Caribbean Net News has learnt that the proceedings were adjourned until Friday... read more...

Call for investigation into the WICB

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Caribbean Governments have been urged to launch an investigation into the affairs of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB)... read more...

St Lucian prisoner recaptured within 24 hours of escape

CASTRIES, St Lucia:  An inmate who escaped from St Lucia’s Bordelais Correctional Facility Friday afternoon was recaptured less than 24 hours later, authorities said... read more...

Trinidad & Tobago coastal defence to be boosted

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Six patrol boats costing $75 million each will be added to Coast Guard’s fleet as Trinidad and Tobago seeks to boost its coastal defence capability... read more...

Hurricane Dennis's death toll mounts

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): The death toll from Hurricane Dennis rose dramatically Tuesday, with at least 40 reported dead in Haiti, 16 in Cuba and more bodies expected to be found... read more...

Venezuela to send hurricane disaster aid to Cuba

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): A Venezuelan cargo ship with hurricane emergency aid is scheduled to arrive in Cuba next week, officials said, even as the government rejected assistance from the European Union and the United States... read more...

Caribbean nations call on Europe to assist St Kitts-Nevis as sugar industry closes

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts: Caribbean leaders have called on the European Commission to expedite the financial and other assistance required by the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis to effect the transition out of the production of sugar for export.  CARICOM Leaders expressed their strong opposition to the proposal by the Commission... read more...

Vincentians prepare for Emily

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent:  Vincentians were up to Tuesday night preparing for the possible impact of Tropical Storm Emily, which scientists predict can develop into a hurricane and hit St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), Barbados, St. Lucia, Grenada and Tobago by late Wednesday afternoon... read more...

Regional leaders receive health services report

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts: St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr Denzil Douglas said Caribbean Governments must now increase the levels of expenditure beyond the average five percent in their respective national budgets... read more...

French Embassy snubs Cuban dissidents for Bastille Day party

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): The French Embassy has invited Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque and other Cuban officials to its Bastille Day reception in Havana, but took dissidents off its guest list, a French diplomatic source said... read more...

Montserrat welcomes one and all

GERALDS, Montserrat. About 8am, Monday morning, July 11, 2005, air traffic was noted as dignitaries, heads of government, and media from around the Caribbean began to arrive in Montserrat indicating that Geralds Airport was indeed open and functional. The opening ceremony to commemorate this historic event began at 9:00am... read more...

COMMENTARY

More CSME tales from the north

Not too long ago when a group of bureaucrats operating under the guise of going after money launderers, decided to undermine the sovereignty of regional governments, Owen Arthur reminded the faceless bureaucrats that Barbados was a sovereign nation whose tax regime was a matter for the people and government of Barbados... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Starless West Indies ready for Sri Lanka challenge

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AFP): West Indies captain Shivnarine Chanderpaul has warned Sri Lanka not to consider his under-strength team pushovers during the two-Test series starting here on Wednesday... read more...

Ronaldo, Zidane give 120,000 dollars to Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): International football stars Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane on Tuesday made a 120,000-dollar donation to humanitarian projects in Haiti, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) announced... read more...