Archives for Monday, September 19, 2005:

Tropical Storm Rita threatens the Bahamas and Cuba

MIAMI, USA: Tropical Depression 18 has been upgraded to Tropical Storm Rita in the Caribbean, about 295 miles east-southeast of Nassau, Bahamas.  Rita's top sustained winds have increased to near 50 mph with stronger gusts.  A hurricane watch is in effect for Northwest Bahamas and Cuba... read more...

Fire damages former Antigua Broadcasting Service facility

ST. JOHN'S, Antigua: A fire of unknown origin on Sunday scorched and damaged the building that once housed the radio section of the Antigua and Barbuda Broadcasting Service (ABS).  The building, which is located at Radio Range, also sits just a few feet from the station's 10,000 watts transmitter... read more...

Montserrat government minister resigns

BRADES, Montserrat:  A little after 3pm on Thursday, 15 September 2005, ZJB Radio announced that Montserrat's Minister of Agriculture, Lands, Housing and the Environment, Annie Dyer Howe, had submitted her resignation, to the Governor and the Chief Minister, from her assigned ministerial post and simultaneously created an unstable political environment that could result in the call for an early election in Montserrat... read more...

Antigua cricket official's folly could earn him jail time in St Maarten

PHILLIPSBURG, St. Maarten: Forty-four-year-old Leon Rodney, an executive member of the Antigua Cricket Association (ACA), could be spending more time in the custody of the St. Maarten police, having been taken into custody on Sunday last, following an incident at the Princess Juliana International Airport... read more...

Trinidad and Tobago gives US$2m to help hurricane victims

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: The Trinidad and Tobago government has donated US$2 million to assist persons in the United States affected by hurricane Katrina... read more...

Late lunch affecting Antigua’s school meals programme

ST. JOHN'S, Antigua:  It all came about as a result of an election promise by the ruling Baldwin Spencer-led United Progressive Party (UPP) Administration, which promised that it would provide for a number of selected schools with free lunches, as the government wanted to ensure that no child is disadvantaged due to nutritional deprivation... read more...

Antigua teachers return to classrooms

ALL SAINTS, Antigua: Teachers at the All Saints Secondary School (ASSS) in Antigua are back to work after they began the new school year with a sit-in, in an effort to draw government's and education officials' attention to the lack of a proper science lab and other deficiencies at the learning institution... read more...

Caricom Heads appeal for more assistance for Grenada

ST. GEORGE’S Grenada: Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell met on Thursday with Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin. Mitchell and other Caricom Heads who attended the meeting thanked the Government and people of Canada for the support shown to Grenada after Hurricane Ivan... read more...

Grenada war hero wins million-pound book deal

LONDON, England (AFP): A Grenada-born British Army private awarded the country's highest bravery medal for saving the lives of dozens of comrades in Iraq has received a more lucrative reward for his heroism, a report said Sunday -- a massive deal to publish his autobiography... read more...

Grenada’s Foreign Minister calls for more effective disaster management

ST. GEORGE’S Grenada: Foreign Minister Elvin Nimrod has reiterated Grenada and CARICOM's sentiments of condolence and solidarity to the Government and people of the U.S. for the loss of lives and property caused by Hurricane Katrina in the South Eastern United States.... read more...

Former Antigua-Barbuda PM attempting to prove he is the 'Comeback Kid'

ST. JOHN'S, Antigua: Having seen larger crowds, former Prime Minister Lester Bird, who is also the political leader of the opposition Antigua Labour Party (ALP), addressed the party faithful, supporters, sympathizers and disgruntled United Progressive Party (UPP) supporters at a public meeting in the city on Thursday... read more...

Castro discusses economic ties with Chinese vice-president

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Cuban President Fidel Castro has met an "important Chinese delegation" led by China's vice-president for development and reform, Zhang Xiao Giang, a Cuban government statement said Saturday... read more...

Antigua-Barbuda committed to 'unique relationship' with St Kitts-Nevis

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts: Antigua and Barbuda said Sunday it stands committed to maintaining its unique relationship with St. Kitts and Nevis as both nations “work shoulder to shoulder” in the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)... read more...

Trinidad criminologist chairs international crime forum

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: About 100 local, regional and international participants met in Port of Spain, Trinidad over the weekend to deliver papers on crime and violence in the Caribbean region... read more...

Trinidad government to meet with University Council over student fee increase

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Trinidad’s Minister of Science, Technology and Tertiary Education, Mustapha Abdul Hamid, says, to date, the University of the West Indies administration at St. Augustine has not given proper justification for any increase in tuition fees for medical students who are nationals of Trinidad and Tobago... read more...

Regional disaster managers reminded of the importance of being prepared

ST. GEORGE’S Grenada: One year after the passage of Hurricane Ivan, disaster managers are being reminded that it is important to ensure that they are prepared at all times... read more...

WEEKEND SPORTS ROUND UP

Wins for Williams-Darling, Sturrup and Williams in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, China:  Bahamian World and Olympic champion Tonique Williams-Darling, compatriot Chandra Sturrup and Jamaica's Christopher Williams recorded wins at the IAAF 2005 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix meeting at the Shanghai Stadium in China on Saturday... read more...

Jamaica’s Smith in seventh position after first day at Decastar Combined Meeting in France

TALENCE, France:  Jamaica's multi-athlete Maurice Smith is still in hunt to finish in the top half of the Decastar Meeting, the penultimate leg of the 2005 IAAF World Combined Events Challenge... read more...

Reggae Boy Hayles scores again in Millwall's win

LONDON, England:  Jamaican international Barry Hayles scored his second goal in as many games to guide Millwall to a 2-1 win over fellow strugglers Sheffield Wednesday in an English Coca-Cola Championship game played at Hillsborough on Saturday... read more...

Redknapp sees Jamaica's Fuller as a key player

LONDON, England:  Southampton manager Harry Redknapp is confident that Ricardo Fuller is the man to ease his team's striking dilemmas... read more...

Jamaican Hayles the hero for Millwall

LONDON, England:  Millwall manager Colin Lee said he was about to pull striker Barry Hayles out of the team's latest Coca-Cola Championship game before the Jamaican punched in a stoppage-time game winner last Tuesday night... read more...

Jamaica's Stephenson released by KC Wizards

KANSAS CITY, USA:  US Major League Soccer (MLS) team Kansas City Wizards announced on Wednesday that Jamaican international Khari Stephenson was the man making room for Finnish national forward Antti Sumiala on the team's roster... read more...