Archives for Friday, July 29, 2005:

British teenager murdered in Barbados

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Police in Barbados say they’re working feverishly to solve the murder of 19-year-old Briton, Daniel Christopher May, who was shot on Wednesday night... read more...

Police make arrest in Bahamas tourist murders

NASSAU, The Bahamas: Bahamian police have one man in custody in connection with the weekend murders of two visiting Austrian nationals, Caribbean Net News confirmed Wednesday afternoon... read more...

Media workers seek apology from Grenada’s Security Minister

ST GEORGE’S Grenada: The Media Workers Association of Grenada (MWAG) and members of the press who covered a press conference with the Minister of National Security on Monday say they are astonished that the government would call the press conference to disseminate information and then about an hour before major newscasts call several journalists and stations asking that they do not report on aspects of the story... read more...

Dominican Republic-CAFTA passes US Congress

WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): The White House scored a major victory in its campaign to tear down global commerce barriers with the passage early Thursday of a hotly contested US trade pact with the Dominican Republic and Central America... read more...

US names 'Cuba transition coordinator'

WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): Caleb McCarry, a veteran Latin America hand and congressional staffer, was named Thursday the US "Cuba transition coordinator" tasked with helping speed Fidel Castro's downfall, officials said... read more...

Haiti force needs added capability, says UN peacekeeper

UNITED NATIONS (UPI): UN troops in Haiti are making progress but lack capabilities for specialized operations, according to the world organization's top peacekeeper... read more...

Human rights under siege in Haiti, says Amnesty International

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (UPI): Haiti's gangs and former military are committing grave human rights violations against the embattled nation's civilians, Amnesty International says... read more...

Grenada to host 'Region Rap' communications exercise

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada: Grenada and other Caribbean countries will be involved in a telecommunications testing exercise on Friday July 29. The disaster preparedness offices in the various islands will participate in a programme which has been dubbed, “Exercise Region Rap.”... read more...

US and UK markets boost OECS economies, says St Kitts-Nevis PM

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts: The tourism industry in the member countries of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Unit (ECCU) continued to benefit from favourable global economic conditions, particularly in the major source markets -- the United States and the United Kingdom.  This was disclosed by the St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister... read more...

US$70m hotel and villa resort for St Kitts

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts: The Cable Bay Hotel and Villa Development Project at Frigate Bay, was formally presented to St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Tourism, Dr Denzil Douglas on Wednesday afternoon.  Ground breaking and construction of the US$70 million project is scheduled for January next year... read more...

Brazilian Ambassador pays courtesy call on Acting Premier of Nevis

CHARLESTOWN, Nevis: Brazilian Ambassador to the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis, Mr Olando Oliveira on Thursday, paid a half-day visit to Nevis where he met and held discussions with the Acting Premier, Mr Malcolm Guishard.  The Ambassador sought to establish relations with the Nevis Island Administration... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Struggling West Indies head into Sri Lankan tri-series

DAMBULLA, Sri Lanka: (AFP): India, Sri Lanka and the West Indies head into a triangular one-day series here with each struggling to find a winning formula.  The three teams have been hit by form, fitness and selection problems, making none of them strong favourites in the tournament... read more...

Gayle and Sarwan still committed to West Indies cricket says lawyer

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados:  The ongoing dispute between the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and the West Indies Players' Association (WIPA) has not changed the commitments of Christopher Gayle and Ramaresh Sarwan, according to a press release late Wednesday evening... read more...

Brown and Burns to highlight 100m in Norway

OSLO, Norway:  Trinidad and Tobago's pair of sub-10 sprinters this season, Marc Burns and Darrel Brown has been confirmed for Friday's ExxonMobil Bislett Games, the third of this season’s six legs of the 2005 TDK Golden League.  The meet is slated for the Bislett stadium in Oslo, Norway and the Caribbean Boys are once again favourites... read more...

Jamaica's Sinclair in star-studded 800m line-up in Oslo

OSLO, Norway:  Jamaica's top middle distance runner Kenia Sinclair will face perhaps her biggest challenge leading up the 10th IAAF World Championships when she steps into Oslo's newly-rebuilt Bislett Stadium, to face the start tomorrow night in the women's 800-metres.  Sinclair has been in top form this season... read more...

Sanchez wants to double up in Helsinki

NEW YORK, USA:  World and Olympic 400m hurdles gold medallist Felix Sanchez from the Dominican Republic is determined not just to defend his title at the 10th IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland which begin next month, but also to run a leg on his national 4x400 relay team... read more...

Jamaica and Trinidad start second round with wins at the World Youth Netball Championships

FORT LAUDERDALE, USA:  Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago’s Under-21 netballers made winning starts in second round fixtures of the World Youth Netball Championships in the Broward County Convention Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Wednesday... read more...