Archives for Thursday, July 28, 2005:

Bahamas murder victim may have been a baroness

NASSAU, Bahamas: Ernst Rumer, Austria's Honorary Consul in The Bahamas, said his office is working to see that minimum fallout occurs for the tourism-dependent islands following the weekend murders of two visiting Austrian tourists, one of whom Caribbean Net News has learned, was a member of the Austrian aristocracy, while the other was the son of an affluent and well-known doctor... read more...

Barbados granted leave to appeal death sentence ruling to CCJ

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: The Barbados government has been granted conditional leave to take the first death sentence appeal to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ).  The permission was granted Tuesday and the government will be asking the court to restore the death sentences of 28-year-old Lennox Boyce, and Jeffrey Joseph, 29... read more...

Dengue fever mosquitoes found breeding in St Croix

ST CROIX, USVI: Mosquitoes that carry the dengue fever virus were found breeding in a pile of abandoned tires Tuesday in Estate Williams Delight in the west end of St. Croix, in the US Virgin Islands, according to a statement issued by Darlene Carty, Department of Health Commissioner... read more...

Report released into controversial death of St Lucian woman and newborn baby

CASTRIES, St Lucia: A team of health experts probing the controversial death of a pregnant woman and her baby at Saint Lucia’s Soufriere Hospital has cleared hospital staff of any wrongdoing.  The investigators said the young mother stood little chance of survival, even with the best of care... read more...

Another murder rocks the Bahamas

NASSAU, Bahamas: Another murder, the fifth in two weeks, has Bahamian police busy as officials carry out investigations into the murder of 27-year-old man.  According to the police, Philip Minnis, was shot Monday night after an alleged altercation.  Police say Minnis had been shot in the head, chest and stomach... read more...

Significant improvement in Dominica’s finances reported as Skerrit unveils $308m budget

ROSEAU, Dominica: Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Planning, National Security and Overseas Nationals, Roosevelt Skerrit, reported a significant improvement in Dominica’s fiscal position when he presented the 2005/2006 Budget to Parliament Wednesday.  Debate on the 2005/2006 Budget will start on Tuesday... read more...

Cuba will not tolerate dissident 'provocations' - Castro

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Cuban President Fidel Castro warned Tuesday that his communist regime would not tolerate "provocations" by dissidents, and trumpeted a galloping economic growth prediction of nine percent this year... read more...

Investor sinks his millions in Caribbean’s first authentic links course

WINDING BAY, The Bahamas: What do you do with 500 acres on Winding Bay, Abaco, a two-mile cove ringed by powder-soft pink sand, bluffs, a peninsula, the Atlantic and a quarter billion dollars to spend on its development? Build another quarter billion resort in The Bahamas, but not if you are Peter de Savary... read more...

Cayman Net News launches the Jamaican in Cayman

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: Cayman Net News has announced the launch of ‘The Jamaican in Cayman’ the first publication to be produced in the Cayman Islands dedicated to reporting the news and issues facing the Jamaican community living in the country, as well as providing a round-up of news from Jamaica... read more...

St Kitts-Nevis to introduce new passport security measures

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts: The newly announced intention of the St Kitts and Nevis Ministry of National Security, Justice, Immigration and Labour to introduce machine readable passports by October this year is in an effort to enhance the safety component of the travel document as part of an increased border control, security measure in the post 9/11 era... read more...

CGID writes Prime Minister Arthur on deportation of Guyanese from Barbados

NEW YORK, USA:  President of the Caribbean Guyana Institute for Democracy (CGID), Mr. Rickford Burke, has written to the Prime Minister of Barbados, Owen  Arthur, expressing concern over last week’s mass deportation of Guyanese nationals from Barbados... read more...

OECS statisticians meet in St Lucia

CASTRIES, St. Lucia: Top statisticians from OECS Member States met in St. Lucia Wednesday July 27 to review progress on a project designed to better equip their offices to plan and execute poverty surveys in their respective countries... read more...

OECS to promote yachting sector at International Boat Show

CASTRIES, St. Lucia: Yachting industry operators from OECS member countries get an opportunity this September for unparallel exposure to the European market... read more...

Caribbean students lead New York college team to national academic victory

NEW ROCHELLE, USA: Caribbean students studying at Monroe College in New York led their college’s Two-Year/Associate Degree S.I.F.E. Team to a first place victory at the 2005 U.S.A. National Championship at the Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) National Tournament held in Kansas City, MO, May 25... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Powell and Campbell head Jamaica’s team for Helsinki

KINGSTON, Jamaica:  Despite the uncertainty of the nation's top male sprinter, the Jamaica Amateur Athletics Association (JAAA) has named 100-metres World record holder Asafa Powell in their team for the 10th IAAF World Championships which is slated for August 6-14 in Helsinki, Finland... read more...

London run boosts Collins' World Championships hopes

LONDON, England:  Reigning World 100-metre champion Kim Collins of St Kitts and Nevis believes he can produce a career best and retain his World Championships 100m crown in Helsinki next month.  The St Kitts star sprinter had a huge turn around to his season in his last meeting at the Norwich Union Grand Prix, in London last week... read more...

Powell may only contest sprint relay in Helsinki

STOCKHOLM, Sweden:  The fastest man on the planet, Asafa Powell, remains doubtful to face starter's gun in the individual 100m, however Caribbean Net News understands that the coaching staff are thinking about using the sprinter on the anchor leg of the men's 4x100 sprint relay team.... read more...