Archives for Monday, August 1, 2005:

Natalee Holloway’s disappearance heading for the cold case files?

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: It is a case that has drawn an international audience as people, in varying languages, ask one question: Where really, is Natalee Holloway?.  Our own senior correspondent, Norman ‘Gus’ Thomas, is firm in the view that the Holloway matter is on its way to what he calls the 'cold case files'... read more...

Beth Holloway Twitty leaves Aruba

ORANJESTAD, Aruba (UPI): The mother of a teenager missing in Aruba has returned home to Alabama indefinitely, a broadcast report said.  CNN said Beth Holloway Twitty will return to the island if there are any developments in her daughter's case... read more...

Suspect charged in Bahamas tourist murders

NASSAU, The Bahamas: Unlike their Aruban counterparts, Bahamian tourism officials can breathe a sigh of relief following the quick work by Bahamian police in nabbing a 22 year-old suspect for the murder of an Austrian couple in room six at the Anchorage Hotel in Alice Town, Bimini.. read more...

One dead, one missing in St Maarten flash floods

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten:  One person has been killed and another reported missing in flash floods caused by heavy rain late Saturday afternoon in the Saunders area of St Maarten... read more...

Grenada disaster agency on 24-hour stand-by

ST GEORGE'S, Grenada:  The National Disaster Management Agency (NaDMA) in Grenada  is now on 24-hour vigilance as it monitors developing weather patterns in conjunction with the Point Salines International Airport... read more...

Three arrested in Barbados in shooting death of British teenager

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados:  Police in Barbados now have in custody all three men being sought in connection with Wednesday night's shooting death of British visitor, 19-year-old Daniel Christopher May... read more...

Cuban regime and dissidents agree in rejecting new US official

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Tensions have escalated between Cuba's government and dissidents, but both sides bitterly rejected Washington's appointment this week of a "transition coordinator" to speed President Fidel Castro's downfall... read more...

Bahamian nurses concerned about standards for foreign recruits

NASSAU, Bahamas: Responding to reports that foreign nursing recruits are not required to live up to the same rigorous standards as their Bahamian counterparts, the Bahamas Nurses Union (BNU) has spoken out about the recruitment of foreign nurses to work in The Bahamas... read more...

USVI Rep. backs bill to improve minority health care

ST THOMAS, USVI: Legislation has been introduced in the US Congress with the goal of improving health care for minorities. The bill, called the Healthcare Equality and Accountability Act of 2005, is also expected to be introduced in the Senate prior to the August recess... read more...

St Kitts-Nevis PM proclaims the end of sugar

BASSETERRE, St Kitts: Concluding a two hour address in the St. Kitts and Nevis National Assembly on the closure of the 350 year old sugar industry, Prime Minister Dr Denzil Douglas said just like how the spirit of the African ancestors survived the terrible journey in the smelly holds of the slave ships across the Atlantic... read more...

BOOK REVIEW

Crumbled Small, by Sir Ronald Sanders

In the book entitled "Crumbled Small", Sir Ronald, who worked at the Caribbean Development Bank and served as consultant to the OECS and chairman of the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force states that the small states of the Commonwealth Caribbean are in crisis and that there is need for urgent action... read more...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

The Sparrow still soars

NEW YORK, USA: How do you top the soaring of a legend?... You don’t; instead you celebrate his legacy with a huge 70th birthday bash. That’s what the Caribbean American Center of New York, Inc. (CACNY) did on Friday night at Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn, NY when it hosted a fabulous fete in honor of the The Mighty Sparrow.... read more...

Bermuda musician releases Tropicana Steel Pan Vol. 3

HAMILTON, Bermuda: Robert Symons, the renowned Steel Pan musician from Bermuda recently released his third volume of Tropicana Steel Pan interpretations. Following the formula of success employed on the previous two volumes, Symons takes recognizable pop gems and turns them into an island paradise with his expertise.... read more...

TRAVEL NEWS

United Airlines expands service to the US Virgin Islands

ST THOMAS, USVI: United Airlines has announced three additional weekly flights from its hubs at Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) and Washington Dulles International (IAD), to Cyril E. King airport (STT) in St. Thomas, beginning Saturday, December 17, 2005... read more...

WEEKEND SPORTS ROUNDUP

Dravid guides India to victory over West Indies

DAMBULLA, Sri Lanka (AFP):  Rahul Dravid hit a second successive half-century to shape India's comfortable six-wicket victory over a depleted West Indies in a triangular one-day series match here on Sunday... read more...

Wigan poised to sign Jamaica's Damien Francis

LONDON, England:  Jamaica's Damien Francis could be heading back into the top flight of the English Premier League this season after newly promoted team Wigan Athletic settled a signing fee with his current club Norwich City on Saturday... read more...

Jamaica's Fuller says he will be ready for new season

LONDON, England:  Jamaican Reggae Boyz striker Ricardo Fuller is confident that his fitness level will not prevent him from performing in the English Coca-Cola Championship this season... read more...

Burns, Smith and Simpson win silvers at Bislett Games

OSLO, Norway:  Trinidad and Tobago's Marc Burns, and Jamaicans Trecia Smith and Brandon Simpson won silver medals at the ExxonMobil Bislett Games – IAAF TDK Golden League meeting in Oslo’s newly renovated Bislett stadium in Norway on Friday... read more...