Archives for Tuesday, September 27, 2005:

Rice to make day trip to Haiti

WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will visit Haiti on Tuesday to highlight US support for the impoverished Caribbean country's upcoming elections, officials said Monday... read more...

Trinidad’s President says his country is in crisis because of crime

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Trinidad and Tobago’s President, George Maxwell Richards, says his nation is now in crisis as a result of an upsurge in bomb threats, explosions, kidnappings and murder and the apparent inability of government officials to deal with the criminal element... read more...

Suriname police foil cocaine delivery

PARAMARIBO, Suriname: A cocaine delivery went sour over the weekend when police in Suriname arrested three suspects and subsequently seized 248 kilos of cocaine. Police received a tip last week about a planned cocaine air-drop in the Tibiti area in the Saramacca district, 50 miles west of the capital Paramaribo... read more...

USVI mired in allegations of hate crimes

ST JOHN, USVI:  Racism seems to have raised it head on the idyllic island of St John, in the US Virgin Islands. A series of alleged hate crimes dating back to April 2003 have been reported by the Fretts, a black family on St John, who said they had confrontations with a white store owner in Cruz Bay... read more...

Havana, Beijing become sister cities

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): The cities of Havana and Beijing signed a series of education, scientific, economic, health and cultural exchanges during a visit here by the deputy mayor of the Chinese capital, Zhang Mao... read more...

US judge to decide fate of anti-Castro militant within a month

MIAMI, USA (AFP): The legal fate of anti-Castro militant Luis Posada Carriles, wanted in Venezuela for bombing a Cuban airliner, is due to be decided within a month, a US immigration agency spokesman said on Monday... read more...

New policing plans for Turks & Caicos released

PROVIDENCIALES, Turks & Caicos Islands: Commissioner of Police, Mr. Edward Hall accompanied by Governor Richard Tauwhare and Minister of Natural Resources and Social Services, Galmo Williams, released the Strategic Plan 2005 – 2009 and the Commissioner’s Policing Plan 2005 -2006 for the Royal Turks & Caicos Islands Police Force... read more...

COMMENTARY

Small States need a stronger UN

For three days in September World leaders met in New York to mark the 60th anniversary of the United Nations and to produce what was called an ‘Outcome Document’.  The occasion was not a celebration. Indeed, the anniversary was marked by complaints, criticism, doubts and frustration... read more...

Law and Politics: What is the score with our politics?

The above question would not have been out of place in our Tri-Island State for many years now, yet I am prepared to wager anything that in the recent past, and as from the aftermath of "Ivan" since last year, the same question has taken on very puzzling and confusing proportions... read more...

China buying political dominion over the Caribbean!

In 1962, when the Soviet Union threatened America’s sphere of influence by basing missiles in Cuba, President John F. Kennedy threatened nuclear confrontation if they did not retreat. They did and, thankfully, the Cold War remained cold. Today, however, China poses a similar threat. Although the Chinese weapons of choice are not missiles... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Jamaican Smith finishes 18th in 2005 IAAF World Combined

MONTE-CARLO, France:  The Caribbean's top multi-athlete, Maurice Smith of Jamaica finished in the top 20 list of competitors for the 2005 IAAF World Combined Events Challenge... read more...