Archives for Monday, July 25, 2005:

Pro-Aristide priest detained in Haiti over killing of journalist

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): A Haitian judge on Friday ordered a Roman Catholic priest close to ousted Haitian leader Jean Bertrand Aristide to be held in custody on suspicion of involvement in the murder of a high-profile journalist, his lawyers said... read more...

Cuba frees nine dissidents but still holds 17 others in crackdown

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Cuba has released nine detained political dissidents, including Marta Beatriz Roque, but continued to hold another 17 activists, dissidents said... read more...

EU concerned over new Cuba clampdown

BRUSSELS (AFP): The European Union voiced deep concern Sunday over Cuba's latest clampdown on dissidents, lamenting a renewed hardening of stance in Havana six months after the EU suspended sanctions against the island state... read more...

Pick-pockets and vagrants threatening Antigua cruise tourism says Association president

MARBLE HILL, Antigua:  Antigua and Barbuda's cruise tourism could be dealt a serious blow if an effort is not made to deal with a problem that is seriously threatening the product.  Antigua and Barbuda Cruise Ship Association President, Nathan Dundas, has warned that the harassment of visitors impacts negatively... read more...

St Lucia facing shortage of doctors

CASTRIES, St. Lucia: Already afflicted by a chronic lack of nurses, St Lucians were told this week that the Accident and Emergency Department at the country’s main hospital was also short on doctors... read more...

Police promotions in St Lucia

CASTRIES, St. Lucia: The Ministry of Home Affairs and Internal Security and the Police High Command in St Lucia are hoping that policing against crime will get a boost with the recent confirmation and promotion of a dozen of the Police Force’s top officers... read more...

Dominica to introduce visas for Haitian and Dominican Republic nationals

ROSEAU, Dominica: Dominican authorities disclosed Thursday that visa requirements would be slapped on nationals from Haiti and the Dominican Republic to curb their illegal migration to neighbouring Caribbean islands... read more...

Antiguan authorities plead for a violence-free Carnival

ST JOHN’S, Antigua: With the start of the 2005 Carnival Season, officials have been pleading with residents to do their best to ensure a violence-free Carnival Season.  Despite a call for a safe carnival last year, festivities came to a premature end as a death and other forms of violence forced authorities to shut down Lastlap... read more...

Antigua-Barbuda PM discusses closer relations with India

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua: Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer on Friday held discussions with the Indian High Commissioner to Antigua and Barbuda Mr. Avinash Gupta in an effort to forge closer relations between both countries.  Gupta outlined the possibilities for future contribution by India to Antigua and Barbuda’s development... read more...

Guyana Foreign Affairs Ministry seeks explanation from Barbados for the alleged mistreatment of travellers

GEORGETOWN, Guyana: The Guyana Foreign Affairs Ministry has written to their Barbadian counterparts seeking answers on behalf of forty-nine Guyanese who were reportedly denied entry into Barbados on arrival at the Grantley Adams Airport... read more...

Barbados bans poultry from Britain

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Barbados has put a temporary ban on poultry imports from England – its main supplier of chicken wings – in the wake of an outbreak of Newcastle Disease... read more...

African dust cloud heads for Caribbean

MIAMI, USA (UPI): The Caribbean is likely to get a taste of the Sahara Desert this week. An enormous dust cloud is moving across the Atlantic Ocean, borne by the trade winds, the Miami Herald reports... read more...

St Kitts PM and cabinet ministers visit Beaumont Park race track

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts: St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr Denzil Douglas led his Cabinet colleagues on a whirlwind visit to several tourism-related construction sites in the Whitegate, South Friars Bay and Frigate Bay areas on Thursday.  The first stop was at the US$17 million Beaumont Park Track for thoroughbred horse and greyhound races... read more...

Plans for community entertainment park in St Kitts

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts: Major plans for converting the land around the Salt Pond at Frigate Bay in St Kitts into a community entertainment park and improving the beach so that economic activity can be generated for the local vendors have been outlined by Minister of State for Tourism, Sports and Culture, Sen. Ricky Skerritt... read more...

St Kitts sugar factory receives last canes

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts: It is a day that will go down in the annals of the history of St. Kitts and Nevis, when at 1:15 P.M. on Friday 22nd July 2005, flower-decorated locomotives with their sirens and horns blaring, brought the last the tonnes of cane to sugar factory for grinding from the fields.... read more...

CARILEC conference opens in St Kitts

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts: St. Kitts and Nevis is the venue for the 2005 Caribbean Electric Utility Services Corporation (CARILEC) Engineers Conference and Supply Chain Seminar which opens here on Monday... read more...

Bahamas gets $2.75-million harbour dredge

ALICE TOWN, Bahamas: A $2.75 million contract to deepen the harbour in North Bimini is set to again open this twin-island sportsfishing community as the tourism gateway to the Bahamas, Tourism Minister Obie Wilchcombe said.  And Transport and Aviation Minister Glenyss Hanna-Martin promised an upgrade of the airport... read more...

WEEKEND SPORTS ROUNDUP

Sri Lanka tighten grip on second Test

KANDY, Sri Lanka (AFP): Kumar Sangakkara hit 135 not out in between frustrating rain delays as hosts Sri Lanka tightened their grip on the second cricket Test against the West Indies on Sunday... read more...

West Indies call-up Ricardo Powell for ODI series

ST. JOHN'S, Antigua:  The West Indies selectors have called up hard-hitting middle order batsman Ricardo Powell for the Triangular One Day Series in Sri Lanka... read more...

Birmingham City interested in Jamaican striker Jason Euell

LONDON, England (World-Track):  Birmingham City has become the latest team in the chase to sign Jamaican international Jason Euell from Charlton Athletic, after it was reported that the striker is unsettled at his old club... read more...

Yorke scores on debut for Sydney FC

SYDNEY, Australia (World-Track):  Trinidad and Tobago international Dwight Yorke lived up to his billing by scoring on debut for Sydney FC as they comfortably defeated New Zealand Knights 3-1 in their first pre-season friendly match at Aussie Stadium on Saturday... read more...

Jamaica beat Bermuda 98-6 in World Youth Netball Championships opener

FORT LAUDERDALE, USA:  Jamaica’s world number two under-21 netball team opened their quest for gold at the 2005 World Youth Netball Championships here at the Broward County Convention Centre with 98-6 pounding of lowly Bermuda... read more...

New injury for Powell in London

LONDON, England:  After much speculation, Caribbean Net News has received word from Paul Doyle, Asafa Powell's manager, that the injury which left the world record holder crashing to the track after 10-metres in the men's 100m at the Norwich Union London Grand Prix in London Friday night, could be a new injury... read more...

Powell hurt, Campbell and Bolt defeated in London

LONDON, England: In front of a sell-out 18,000 crowd in London the much anticipated clash between world record holder Asafa Powell of Jamaica and Olympic champion Justin Gatlin of USA was squashed after Powell failed to finish the dash which left the packed stadium disappointed... read more...

Brown and Lee victorious in Finland

LAPPEENRANTA, Finland: Trinidad and Tobago's Darrel Brown stepped up a notch in his preparation for the 10th IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland next month by winning the men's 200-metres at the 2005 Karelia Games at the Kimpinen Stadium in Lappeenranta on Thursday... read more...