Archives for Wednesday, September 7, 2005:

Another tropical storm likely to form in the Bahamas

MIAMI, USA (AFP): Tropical Depression Sixteen could become a tropical storm late Tuesday or Wednesday, according to the Miami-based National Hurricane Center. If it becomes a tropical storm with winds exceeding 37 miles per hour, it will be named Ophelia.  Tropical storm warnings were issued for the Bahamas... read more...

Man missing after falling overboard from Trinidad-Tobago ferry

SCARBOROUGH, Tobago: The Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard were up until Monday still engaged in an extensive maritime search and rescue exercise for a man believed to have fallen off the country’s inter-island ferry, the MV Sonia, which was on its way to Tobago... read more...

No US answer on Cuba's offer of doctors for hurricane victims

WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): US officials on Tuesday did not rule out an offer by longtime foe Cuba to send nearly 1,600 doctors to the southern United States to treat the victims of Hurricane Katrina.  Cuban President Fidel Castro has offered to send 1,586 doctors and 34 tonnes of medicine to the United States... read more...

Haiti reschedules first post-Aristide vote for third time

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): Haitian authorities on Monday changed for the third time this year the dates for the country's first presidential and legislative elections since the ouster of president Jean Bertrand Aristide... read more...

Trade mission and business forum opens in St Vincent

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent: Opponents of globalization and trade blocs like the CSME who are quick to argue that they have no human face are wrong.  Lorna Barrow did not give a run-of-the-mill explanation of her premise, but hers was one which John Public could have easily understood and agreed with... read more...

Second annual Turks & Caicos Conch Festival scheduled for November

PROVIDENCIALES, Turks & Caicos Islands: New England has festivals for its clams, Maryland for crabs, and Louisiana for crawfish, but when it comes to conch (pronounced ‘conk’), the tiny island chain of the Turks & Caicos Islands is king – or should we say Queen, as in Queen Conch... read more...

LETTERS

Fast, safe and cheap inter-island transportation

I have read with interest your recent articles by Dawne Bennett concerning a ferry system operating from Barbados; and Adrian Loveridge commenting on the necessity of having a South African Airways connection in Barbados... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Trinidad’s coach backs John's selection

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad:  Trinidad and Tobago's senior football head coach Leo Beenhakker has come to the defence of Stern John, saying that the striker is one of the best players for the country... read more...

Trinidad’s Sealy voted MLS player of the month

NEW YORK, USA:  Trinidad and Tobago's striker Scott Sealy, who plays for US Major League (MLS) team Kansas City Wizards, has been rewarded for his efforts with the Honda League Player of the month award... read more...