Archives for Wednesday, August 10, 2005:

US court orders retrial of convicted Cuban spies

MIAMI, USA (AFP): A US appeals court has ordered a retrial for five Cubans convicted in 2001 of spying on the United States for the communist government in Havana, their attorneys said Tuesday... read more...

UN official accused of using Antigua accounts to launder bribes

NEW YORK, USA (AFP):  A former UN procurement officer accused of corruption in the oil-for-food scandal pleaded guilty in US court Monday of receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars in kickbacks from firms seeking UN contracts and laundering the proceeds through accounts in Antigua, the Manhattan district's attorney office said... read more...

Aristide loyalists mount campaign amid new violence

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): Supporters of former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide announced Monday they would support Aristide's candidacy in elections planned for later this year... read more...

Another LIAT airline employee arrested in Dominica

ROSEAU, Dominica: The local employees of regional airline LIAT, on Tuesday were contemplating strike action in response to the detention by police of another work colleague on an "obstruction of justice" charge... read more...

Trinidad soldier charged with malicious wounding

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: A soldier of the Trinidad and Tobago Defense Force has been charged with two counts of malicious wounding.  The accused, Corporal, Harrilal Deopersad appeared before a district magistrate in Chaguanas East Trinidad on Monday... read more...

Dominica parliament approves overdraft of EC$34.5m

ROSEAU, Dominica: On Thursday, August 4, 2005, the Dominica Parliament granted approval for the Minister for Finance to borrow and guarantee by means of fluctuating overdraft, a sum not exceeding in the aggregate EC$34,500,000... read more...

Suriname commemorates Javanese immigration

PARAMARIBO, Suriname (AFP): The South American nation of Suriname has been marking 115 years since immigrants started arriving from Indonesia with a visit by a top provincial governor... read more...

Antigua-Barbuda officials in limbo over EC$25m Secondary School of Excellence

ST. JOHN'S Antigua: As the people of Antigua and Barbuda are coming to terms with the reality that some 40 per cent of the students registered to sit the Common Entrance Examinations this year have failed, education officials themselves are reportedly in a quandary of sorts, as to how to best "utilize" a EC$25 million donation... read more...

More electricity problems for Antigua

ST. JOHN'S, Antigua: The Antigua Public Utilities Authority (APUA) is once more grappling with the problem of not being able to supply enough power to serve the people of Antigua and Barbuda.  Last January, a similar situation occurred when the main plant at the Crabbs Power Station went out of commission for several days... read more...

COMMENTARY

We are partners in educating every child

Educators in Latin America and the Caribbean are not alone in confronting challenges to improve their education systems. In the United States, we share the same vision as our friends in the Western Hemisphere: to ensure educational excellence for every child... read more...

LETTERS

The Barbados government action was not only legal but right

You stated in a recent issue that a New York organization wrote to the Barbados Prime Minister concerning the treatment of Guyanese immigrants... read more...

Guyanese government should help its own country to prosper

Guyanese are either the most remarkable or the most stupid people on planet Earth. I do not think that we can describe our South American neighbors any other way... read more...

Latest readers' letters about Aruba and the Holloway investigation

If Aruba is true to its word that they will do/are doing whatever possible to solve the Holloway case, why are the defense team and locals grumbling about another entity (FBI) assisting in the investigation?... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Cuba's Calatayud wins women's 800 metres title

HELSINKI, Finland (AFP): Cuba's Yuliya Calatayud emulated her two-time winning compatriot Ana Quirot when she clinched the women's 800 metres title at the world athletics championships here on Tuesday.  The 25-year-old timed 1minute 58.82seconds to see off Hasna Benhassi of Morocco (1:59.42)... read more...

Sanchez crashes out of 400 metres hurdles finals

HELSINKI, Finland (AFP): Bershawn Jackson won the men's 400 metres hurdles title here at the world athletics championships on Tuesday as reigning champion and Olympic gold medallist Felix Sanchez failed to finish.  The Dominican Republic star was running against his doctor's advice... read more...

Cayman Islands cricket director ‘ecstatic’

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: Technical Director of cricket in the Cayman Islands Theo Cuffy is ecstatic over the inclusion of the Cayman Islands in the 2005 Inter-Continental Cup.  Cuffy was informed on Sunday that his team will be replacing the USA due to the internal conflict that has plagued the sport there recently... read more...

UK agency to brand Barbados cricket legends

BASINGSTOKE, England: Great Minds Marketing, a UK-based tourism and leisure marketing company has been appointed to create the brand identity and visual language for the Cricket Legends of Barbados Inc... read more...