Archives for Tuesday, October 18, 2005:

EU parliamentarian warns of Caribbean poverty if sugar price cut approved

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): The Co-President of the European Union-African Caribbean Pacific joint parliamentary assembly, Glenys Kinnock, warned Sunday of increased poverty if the European Commission's proposed 39 percent cut in the price Europe pays for cane-sugar is approved... read more...

Tropical Storm Wilma ties 72-year-old storm record

MIAMI, USA (UPI): Tropical Storm Wilma formed with 40 mph winds in the Caribbean Monday, tying the 1933 record as the hurricane season's 21st storm... read more...

USVI prepares to host International Tourism Conference

ST THOMAS, USVI: Thirty-three countries will be represented at the 28th Annual Caribbean Tourism Conference, which is scheduled to begin later this week in the US Virgin Islands... read more...

Castro's health 'excellent' says Cuban government

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Cuban President Fidel Castro, 79, is in excellent health, the head of Cuba's legislature said Monday, denying that illness explained his absence from an Ibero American summit... read more...

Inadequate resources blamed for regional disaster vulnerability

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent: Inadequate resourcing, not the absence of preparedness and response plans, has been blamed for much of the devastation caused by disasters across the region and the world.  This is according to Jeremy Collymore, coordinator of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA)... read more...

St Vincent and Grenadines opposition to present voters list concerns

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent: The opposition New Democratic Party should by Wednesday be ready to present its list of concerns to the St Vincent and the Grenadines' Supervisor of Elections, Rodney Adams.  NDP president and Leader of the Opposition, Arnhim Eustace, told Caribbean Net News that is in the final stages of verifying information... read more...

Jamaica’s education minister appeals to communities to protect schools

KINGSTON, Jamaica: Jamaican Minister of Education, Youth and Culture, Maxine Henry-Wilson, has made an impassioned plea to residents of communities surrounding schools to adopt these institutions and ensure their protection.  The Minister noted that communities were the primary beneficiaries of the education system... read more...

'Empress of the Seas' to make 20 calls to St Kitts this season

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts: The 2005/2006 Cruise Ship Season began Saturday with the arrival in St Kitts of the Royal Caribbean Cruise Line “Empress of the Seas.”.  The 48,000-ton “Empress of the Seas,” which will make some 20 calls to St. Kitts this Season, arrived from St. Maarten with 1,562 fun-loving and sun-seeking passengers... read more...

St Kitts-Nevis PM to hold talks with Japanese leader and officials during nine-day visit

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts: Strengthening bi-lateral relations between the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis and the Kingdom of Japan will be discussed in Tokyo on Tuesday.  Issues pertaining to security, the funding of economic development projects, grants, foreign aid and mutual foreign policy agenda will dominate discussions... read more...

HMS Cumberland visits Nevis

CHARLESTOWN, Nevis: The Premier of Nevis, Vance Amory, said on Monday that it was an honour to have a British naval vessel visiting the island. He made the comments as he welcomed Commanding Officer of the HMS Cumberland, Captain S J Ancona, who paid a courtesy call on him at his Administration Office at Bath Plain... read more...

Abnormal waves at Maracas Bay, Trinidad

ST. AUGUSTINE, Trinidad: On Sunday October 16, waves surpassing their normal height were reportedly seen at Maracas Bay along Trinidad’s north coast. Records at the Seismic Research Unit show absolutely no evidence of any earthquakes occurring in the region to generate these waves... read more...

Nevis youth impress Premier Amory

CHARLESTOWN, Nevis: At the end of a one-day youth forum dubbed “Premier’s Initiative Symposium” held in Nevis on Sunday, Premier Vance Amory, expressed his satisfaction at the way the participants had managed to accomplish the affairs at hand.  Premier Amory participated in the entire day-long process... read more...

COMMENTARY

Turning Caribbean migration to advantage

In a report that should deeply trouble the Caribbean, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) reveals that a majority of Caribbean countries have lost more than 50 percent of its people who have been educated beyond secondary school.  They have migrated to the countries of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development... read more...

Law and Politics: Deepest sympathy - but international problem!

Those five words formed the repeated response of the Minister for Finance, Hon. Anthony Boatswain, when he appeared alone with Lou Smith on a Special "Beyond the Headlines" programme on GBN last week Wednesday.  The Government insisted that the Minister be given the opportunity to put its case, and so it was... read more...

Whose beach is it anyway...?

I think we all understand the artistic license taken when producing commercials to promote Caribbean tourism that feature mostly white people frolicking on our beautiful beaches. (Although, have you noticed the flashing images of token blacks in these commercials lately - perhaps to make them more politically correct?)... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Grenada’s Roberts named spokesperson for anti-racism campaign

LONDON, England:  Grenada and Wigan Athletic top striker, Jason Roberts, has accepted the opportunity to become the ambassador for the 2005 Kick Racism out of Football campaign... read more...

Jamaica’s Latty still wrestles with injuries

LINCOLN, USA:  One of Jamaica’s best ever junior sprinters, Tesfa Latty is still battling with injuries and could struggle to complete yet another season at the collegiate level... read more...