Archives for Friday, August 5, 2005:

Suriname president re-elected for second consecutive term

PARAMARIBO, Suriname: In a third and final round Suriname's incumbent president Ronald Venetiaan, 69, was re-elected on Wednesday for a second consecutive five-year term as head of state... read more...

Haiti peacekeepers free kidnapping victim

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (UPI): UN peacekeepers in Haiti this week freed a Dominican Republic man who had been kidnapped two weeks ago.  The victim, a Dominican national, was released after a UN patrol spotted five armed men near the central market in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince on Tuesday... read more...

Haiti not ready for elections

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (UPI): Haiti is not prepared to hold elections later this year and may be forced to delay them, says the Brussels-based think tank International Crisis Group... read more...

Tropical Storm Harvey brushes Bermuda

MIAMI, USA (UPI):  Bermuda awoke Thursday to rain and 60 mph winds as Tropical Storm Harvey brushed the island in its east-northeasterly path... read more...

St Kitts-Nevis asks Venezuela to build oil refinery

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts: St Kitts and Nevis has requested Venezuela to study the possibility of establishing an oil refinery on St Kitts.  The proposal was submitted by St. Kitts and Nevis Minister of Public Works, Utilities, Transport and Posts, Dr Earl Asim Martin during discussions in Basseterre last Tuesday with officials from the Venezuelan Embassy... read more...

Canada picks Haitian-born journalist to become first black governor general

OTTAWA, Canada (AFP): Canadian journalist Michaelle Jean was picked Thursday to become Canada's new governor general, a nomination that will make the Haitian-born news presenter the first black person to represent the British crown in Canada... read more...

Montserrat’s bottom line

SALEM, Montserrat. The first week long volcano scientific conference in the history of the Lesser Antilles come to a close on the 30th of July, in Montserrat and simultaneously crushed hopes of a dying eruption and a stable economy.  Residents of Montserrat are still reeling from the bottom line that emerged from this conference... read more...

Antigua-Barbuda appoints new PR agency

ORLANDO, USA: The Ministry of Tourism for the twin island state of Antigua and Barbuda has named Yesawich, Pepperdine, Brown & Russell (YPB&R), Orlando, Florida., to manage its North American publicity, public relations and promotions... read more...

Remains of Spanish-American War steamship found in Cuban waters

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Cuban researchers have discovered the remains of an American boat from the 1898 Spanish-American War in waters off the southeastern coast of Cuba, officials said... read more...

US, Belize sign ship boarding agreement

WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): The United States and the Caribbean nation of Belize signed a reciprocal ship-boarding agreement Thursday as part of US efforts to crack down on the transport of weapons of mass destruction... read more...

Caribbean journalists trained in population, health and environment issues

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada: The Population Reference Bureau (PRB), the Association of Caribbean Media Workers, and the Caribbean Environmental Health Institute trained 14 journalists from nine Caribbean countries on the technical dimensions of population, health and environment (PHE) issues during a two-day session held in Barbados recently... read more...

Rastafarians to lobby CARICOM to decriminalise marijuana

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): Rastafarians in the Caribbean are to lobby the 15-nation Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to legalize the use of marijuana for religious purposes, Chairman of the Caribbean Rastafarian Organisation (CRO), Franklyn 'King Frank-I' Francis, said Thursday... read more...

LEGAL NEWS

The CCJ to hear its first case next Monday

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Barbados is already set to be the first country to take a criminal matter to the Caribbean Court of Justice, but it will now also be the first with a civil case set for next Monday at the court’s headquarters in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad... read more...

Grenada opposition leader to appeal Commission of Inquiry decision

ST. GEORGE’S Grenada:  Opposition Leader Tillman Thomas has been granted leave by the High Court in Grenada to apply for Judicial Review of the decision by the sole commissioner Dr. Richard Cheltenham in the commission of inquiry into allegations of wrongdoing by Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Trinidad's Darrel Brown shaping up for another surprise at the World Championships

HELSINKI, Finland:  A race-sharp Darrel Brown of Trinidad and Tobago will definitely prove to be a handful for his senior rivals when the 10th IAAF World Track and Field Championships in Helsinki, Finland starts on Saturday.  Brown, a 20-year-old former World Junior 100m champion is a well built sprinter... read more...

Campbell, Sturrup racing for 1-2 in Helsinki

HELSINKI, Finland:  If things go according to plan, the Caribbean could have two sprinters on the medal podium after women's 100-metres finals at the 10th IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, on August 8... read more...

It will be business as usual for the Caribbean quarter-milers at the World Championships

HELSINKI, Finland:  The Caribbean has always been competitive in any level of the 400-metres on the world stage and when the 10th IAAF World Track and Field Championships kicks off in Helsinki on Saturday, things will be no different.  Since the origin of these Championships in 1983, the region has claimed 10 medals... read more...