Archives for Friday, September 30, 2005:
Antigua-Barbuda and USAID establish partnership for sustainable growth
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua: Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer and US Charge d’Affaires Ms. Mary Ellen Gilroy will on Friday morning sign a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a USAID
development programme for Antigua and Barbuda that will increase trade and
competitiveness and reduce the islands’ risk profile for natural disasters...
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US, Cuba argue over migration
MIAMI, USA (UPI): The United States has accused Cuba of refusing to comply with
the 1995 migration accords designed to prevent another exodus to Florida...
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FBI probed over Puerto Rico gunfight
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (UPI): The U.S. Department of Justice's inspector general
will investigate a Puerto Rican gunfight in which FBI agents killed a
72-year-old fugitive separatist...
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Digicel to invest TT$1.2 billion in telecommunications
in Trinidad
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Officials at the
region’s mobile telecommunications operator, Digicel, say they expect to
invest over TT$1.2 billion (US$190 million) to set up operations in Trinidad and
Tobago...
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US Virgin Islands hosts Caribbean fire service
conference
ST CROIX, USVI: The US Virgin Islands Fire
Services will host a conference bringing together fire chiefs and rescue
agencies from more than eleven Caribbean countries October 4 - 9, according to
Fire Service Deputy Commissioner Merwin Potter...
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LETTERS
Oh, how the mighty has fallen!
The headline in Barbados screamed "Owen Slips". Of course this came as a shock
to Prime Minister Owen Arthur and his Barbados Labour Party Government but to
the rest of us Barbadians we knew that all along...
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SPORTS NEWS
Former West Indies skipper calls for youth development in the region
KINGSTON, Jamaica: Former West Indies captain Jimmy Adams is calling on
the leaders of the region’s game to place more emphasis on youth in order to
restore cricket dignity in the Caribbean...
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Grenadian Roberts confident in Wigan’s attack
LONDON, England: Grenadian International Jason Roberts is back to form and he is warning that Wigan Athletic will be a force to reckon
with in front of the net this season...
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Gillingham manager has high praise for Trinidad’s Sancho
LONDON, England: Gillingham manager Neale Cooper praised the efforts of Trinidad and Tobago international Brent Sancho
for his game winner against Chesterfield in the English League One on Tuesday...
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