Archives for Tuesday, November 29, 2005:

Antigua-Barbuda businessmen may form new political party

ST JOHN'S, Antigua: With the nation being caught in the grip of what some government officials and others are calling an electricity crisis and other serious problems, Antiguans and Barbudans may very well be having a new political party come the next general election which is constitutionally due by 2009.... read more...

CARICOM’s agenda addressed at CHOGM in Malta

GOLDEN BAY, Malta: The Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda has termed the just concluded Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Malta a success, noting that two very important issues relevant to CARICOM were addressed.  He said that multilateral trade and the vulnerability of small states were two issues... read more...

Dutch PM, armed ex-soldier nearly crash in Suriname

PARAMARIBO, Suriname (AFP): Suriname authorities tried Monday to determine why a former soldier with a gun in his car nearly crashed into a motorcade carrying Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende... read more...

Hurricane Wilma losses $704m says Cuban government

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Hurricane Wilma, which delivered an indirect but devastating hit on Cuba last month, caused some 700 million dollars in damage across the island, officials here said Monday... read more...

Bermuda's population older, poorer

HAMILTON, Bermuda (UPI): A national study says Bermuda's population of 65,000 is becoming older, poorer, more unhealthy and more female, the Bermuda Sun reported Monday... read more...

French investigators say West Caribbean crash conclusion is 'hasty'

PARIS, France (AFP): A conclusion by the airline West Caribbean that ice on the wings of one of its planes was responsible for the August 16 crash in Venezuela that killed all 160 people on board was "hasty," French air accident investigators probing the crash said Friday... read more...

Call on business leadership to help address Caribbean challenges

KINGSTON, Jamaica:  Dr Basil Springer, head of Counterpart International’s Caribbean arm, called on corporations to play a lead role in addressing some of the region’s development challenges, such as the HIV/AIDS pandemic.  His comments came as Counterpart embarked on its partnership with Coca-Cola... read more...

Group considers aggressive approach to exonerate Garvey

HARTFORD, USA: Every year since 1987, New York Congressman Charles Rangel has introduced a bill before Congress to exonerate Marcus Garvey. Every year, the bill has received a tepid response.  About two years ago, a group in Connecticut joined Rangel’s quest, and they lobbied representatives and signed petitions... read more...

Jamaica Rotary provides funding for scholarships

KINGSTON, Jamaica: The Rotary Club of Montego Bay East in Jamaica has awarded 22 scholarships valued at approximately $465,000, to secondary and tertiary level students in the parish of St. James... read more...

Caribbean media to be recognised for gender equality coverage

KINGSTON, Jamaica: The judges' reports are in and six Caribbean journalists from Jamaica, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago will be honoured during the United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA Caribbean Media Awards at the Hilton Kingston in Jamaica on Tuesday, December 6, 2005... read more...

Royal send-off for Bahamas Governor General

NASSAU, The Bahamas: Dame Ivy Dumont, who demits office on November 30, 2005, after serving four years as Governor-General of The Bahamas, was given a royal send-off Thursday by members of the Governor General's Divisions... read more...

Trinidad to increase trading links with Cuba

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: The Trinidad business sector plans to dominate the Cuban market while an embargo restricts US businesses from conducting any business in and with Cuba, with a few exceptions... read more...

COMMENTARY

The Commonwealth: Relevant or relic?

The shortest meeting of Heads of Government in the history of the Commonwealth, a voluntary association of 53 countries, was held in Malta from 25th to 27th November amid questions about the relevance of the grouping.  Commonwealth membership is drawn from every continent of the world, comprising a third of the world’s population... read more...

Law and Politics: A whole new political ball game!

It has been a well recognised and generally adopted principle that, in whatever circumstance where two sides are facing each other in negotiations, or in trading, or in giving account for work done or services rendered, it is always more prudent to put one’s cards on the table, or as we say in local parlance, "to come clean."... read more...

Our duty to cherish and protect the natural wonders in our midst

For decades, Bahamian government officials have been announcing new agreements -- almost monthly -- with foreign investors to develop another piece of their paradise islands. And, with over 90 percent of the 700 islands and 2400 cays in the archipelago of The Bahamas still virtually uninhabited, there seemed no end to this trend... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Australia beat West Indies by seven wickets to sweep Test series 3-0

ADELAIDE, Australia (AFP): Australia made a clean sweep of their three match series against the West Indies with a seven-wicket victory over the tourists in the final cricket Test at Adelaide Oval on Tuesday... read more...

Warne reported for dissent in final Test against West Indies

ADELAIDE, Australia (AFP): Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne was on Monday reported for dissent by the match umpires during the third cricket Test against the West Indies at Adelaide Oval, Cricket Australia said... read more...

Lara gives 'farewell' wave in final Australian Test

ADELAIDE, Australia (AFP): West Indian batting superstar Brian Lara gave an indication Monday that he has played his final cricket Test match in Australia with a prolonged farewell wave of his bat to the crowd after his second innings at Adelaide Oval... read more...

Lara or Tendulkar: Who is the best?

ADELAIDE, Australia:  From batsmen to bowlers, and topping it off with commentators, all acknowledge Brian Lara greatness as the Trinidadian world record holder successfully graduated from being a Prince to King this weekend in the third and final Test in the Frank Worrall series against Australia... read more...

Guadeloupe-born Pérec donates gold medal kit to the IAAF

MONTE CARLO, Monaco:  Two days after Bahamian Tonique Williams-Darling turned over her Helsinki gold medal winning bodysuit to the IAAF humanitarian project Athletics for a Better World, Marie-José Pérec, a Guadeloupe-born French sprinter donated her 1995 kit to the project... read more...