Archives for Thursday, August 11, 2005:

Explosion rocks busy shopping area in Port of Spain, Trinidad

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad:  Panic gripped the city on Wednesday when another loud explosion, the second in one month, rocked downtown Port of Spain, Trinidad... read more...

International airport for St Vincent promised by 2011

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent: St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves has reiterated “that the absence of an international airport in St Vincent and the Grenadines and Dominica is a regional integration issue of the first order.”  He promised that the Unity Labour Party would deliver an international airport in St Vincent... read more...

Trinidad citizens group wants national debate on crime

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: A private citizens group in Trinidad calling itself the "Keith Noel 136 Committee" on Tuesday presented close to 50,000 signatures to Trinidad and Tobago's Head of State, Professor George Maxwell Richards by way of a petition requiring that there be a national debate in the parliament on rising crime in the country... read more...

LIAT to sue Dominica police

ROSEAU, Dominica: LIAT's manager in Dominica, Gerard Cools-Lartigue, said on Wednesday that legal action would be taken against the local police following the arrest of two of the regional airline's employees on an "obstruction of justice" charge... read more...

Turks & Caicos Chief Minister announces engagement to Hollywood actress

GRAND TURK, Turks & Caicos Islands: The engagement has been announced between Michael Misick, Chief Minister of the Turks and Caicos Islands, and actress/businesswoman, LisaRaye McCoy.  Mr Misick and Ms McCoy will exchange their wedding vows on December 28, 2005 in the Turks and Caicos Islands... read more...

Haitian Justice Minister calls for fair trials

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (UPI): Haitian Justice Minister Henri Dorlean has called for the immediate release of hundreds of prisoners or fair trials for those being held without charges... read more...

Minister clears the air on future Nevis airport expansion

CHARLESTOWN, NEVIS: Minister of Communications, Works, Public Utilities, Posts, Physical Planning, Natural Resources and Environment, Michael Perkins, has said that the Nevis Island Administration would not proceed with the proposed expansion at the Vance W. Amory International Airport in Newcastle in the absence of a feasibility study... read more...

Chile offers scholarships to Caribbean law enforcement officers

GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Law enforcement officials from Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will soon have the opportunity for training under a scholarship programme being offered by the Government of Chile... read more...

Electoral reform continues in St Kitts-Nevis

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts: The Government of St Kitts and Nevis continues its stated objective to reform the electoral system, inherited by the People’s Action Movement (PAM)... read more...

Commander, US Southern Command meets Belize Prime Minister

BELIZE CITY, Belize: General John Craddock, Commander of United States Southern Command, met with Prime Minister Said Musa on Wednesday during a one-day trip to Belize to conduct meetings with government officials... read more...

National crime expert to meet with concerned USVI residents

ST THOMAS, USVI: Residents of the US Virgin Islands will have an opportunity to hear an address by National Crime Prevention Council President Al Lenhardt. Delegate Donna M. Christiansen has invited Lenhardt to the USVI to help with strategies to "fight crime and take back our communities."... read more...

Rastafarians to lobby CARICOM to end stigma and discrimination

GEORGETOWN, Guyana: It was unanimously agreed at the conclusion of the 10th Gathering of the Caribbean Rastarfari Organisation (CRO) that there should be greater moves to approach the fourteen-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to decriminalize marijuana, pay slavery reparations, repatriate followers of their faith to Africa and to stop stigma and discrimination of Rastafarians... read more...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

Drumming festival in Tobago

SCARBOROUGH, Tobago: The rich cultural heritage of Tobago came to the fore once again over the weekend with the inaugural Tobago Muhtadi International Drumming Festival which was staged at the Shaw Park Cultural Complex in Scarborough... read more...

LETTERS

Horrible experience in the Dominica Republic

My name is Evelyn Vasquez, and I would like to let the department of tourism both here and in the Dominican Republic about my horrible experience while I visited Dominican Republic two weeks ago... read more...

TRAVEL NEWS

Caribbean welcomes Spirit Airlines service expansion

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic: Fort Lauderdale-based Spirit Airlines, the leading low cost carrier to the Caribbean, is planning a further expansion of its operations to the region... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Williams-Darling adds world crown to Olympic title

HELSINKI, Finland:  Bahamian Tonique Williams-Darling powered her way home in the final stretch to capture the women’s 400-metre dash at the 2005 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland on Wednesday.  Williams-Darling clocked a season’s best 49.55seconds to add the World title to the Olympic crown... read more...