Archives for Wednesday, November 30, 2005:

Antigua-Barbuda WPC arrested with cocaine at London's Gatwick airport

ST JOHN'S, Antigua: "There's a kind of hush" all over the police stations in Antigua since the news broke here Tuesday that police in England have in their custody a female member of the Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda who, according to reports, tried to "import a significant quantity of cocaine into England" on Saturday... read more...

One soldier wounded as UN forces clash with armed groups in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): A UN soldier was lightly wounded in clashes between UN forces and Haitian armed groups in the Haitian capital that have lasted three days, a UN spokesman said Monday... read more...

Another tropical storm forms on eve of hurricane season's end

MIAMI, USA (AFP): Epsilon, the 26th Atlantic tropical storm of the year, formed Tuesday, one day short of the official conclusion of a record-breaking hurricane season, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said... read more...

Trinidad’s TSTT puts squeeze on newcomer Digicel

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Mobile telecommunications operator, Digicel Trinidad and Tobago Limited, has been temporarily squeezed out of the local market by competitor the Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT)... read more...

Leading Caribbean investor to be honoured in Washington DC

WASHINGTON, USA: The Inter-American Economic Council (IAEC) has selected a leading Caribbean investor, Mr R. Allen Stanford, as the 2006 recipient of the Excellence in Leadership Award. The award will be presented to Mr Stanford at the headquarters of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Washington, D.C. on February 9, 2006... read more...

Gangs outlawed in the Cayman Islands

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: According to new legislation recently enacted in the Cayman Islands, an illegal gang comprises any formally associated group of three or more people who carry out crime as one of their primary activities, or have committed criminal offences in the past three years... read more...

Cruise ship rescues 10 Cubans in tiny boat

MIAMI, USA (UPI): A Celebrity Cruises ship rescued 10 Cubans from a 15-foot boat foundering within sight of Cuba, but the refugees' freedom may be brief, a report said... read more...

Jamaican PM bids farewell to Commonwealth colleagues

KINGSTON, Jamaica: Jamaican Prime Minister P.J. Patterson has expressed confidence in the continued role of the Commonwealth of Nations as an important vehicle through which its diverse membership of 53 countries comprising 1.8 billion peoples and spanning all continents of the world could achieve global prosperity... read more...

Napoleon carried out 'ethnic cleansing' in Haiti, says French historian

PARIS, France (AFP): On the French Caribbean island colony of Haiti, then known as Saint Domingue, a French author claims that Napoleon's troops launched a "vast operation of ethnic cleansing" in 1802, to stamp out a slave revolt... read more...

Landmark gender and disaster management workshop opens in St Lucia

RODNEY BAY, St Lucia (CDERA): A landmark workshop on gender and disaster management opened in St Lucia Monday attracting participants from over 40 key agencies in 16 Caribbean countries and Canada... read more...

St Vincent opposition promotes knowledge-based economy

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent: The opposition New Democratic Party (NDP) in St Vincent and the Grenadines is continuing with its thrust to create a “knowledge-based economy – K-economy” and launched its website on Monday... read more...

Busiest Atlantic hurricane season on record comes to an end

MIAMI, USA (AFP): The busiest Atlantic hurricane season on record draws to a close this week, with thousands of people in devastated New Orleans and in Central America still struggling to rebuild their lives... read more...

St Vincent's ruling party launches election manifesto

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent: St Vincent and the Grenadines' incumbent Unity Labour Party on Saturday launched its manifesto, declared Monday a national day for discussion on the youth and bombarded Vincentians with a plethora of pro-ULP advertisements... read more...

Hemisphere-wide response planned to threat of avian influenza

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (IICA): The creation of a partnership in the Americas to prevent an epidemic, and eventual pandemic, will be one of the topics discussed during the Hemispheric Conference on Surveillance and Prevention of Avian Influenza/Agricultural and Health Ministerial Meeting... read more...

LETTERS

Is this a model of transparency and accountability?

‘The project manager said WCB (World Cup Cricket Inc.) had put as many systems in place to ensure transparency. Included among these, he said, was an advisory team that advised on best practices across the board’... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Umpiring decisions blighted final Australia-West Indies Test

ADELAIDE, Australia (AFP): Umpiring decisions blighted the final Australia-West Indies Test here, but Ricky Ponting said Tuesday the current system should stay in place in cricket.  As far as the Australian skipper is concerned the less technology the better... read more...

Australia recover from Ashes loss with clean sweep over West Indies

ADELAIDE, Australia (AFP): Ricky Ponting believes Australia have righted a few wrongs from the Ashes loss to England with their 3-0 Test series clean sweep over the West Indies at Adelaide Oval Tuesday... read more...

Trinidad and Tobago's Glen makes Rapid move

DENVER, USA (AFP): Cornell Glen, a forward who helped Trinidad and Tobago qualify for the 2006 World Cup finals in Germany, was traded Tuesday by the Columbus Crew to the Colorado Rapids for US defender Ritchie Kotschau... read more...

Williams-Darling and Campbell to run at Norwich Union Grand Prix

LONDON, England: Athens Olympic champions Tonique Williams-Darling from the Bahamas, and Jamaica’s Veronica Campbell are already confirmed for next February’s Norwich Union Grand Prix indoor meeting in Birmingham, according to the UK Athletics.  Both Campbell and Williams-Darling will also line-up in Glasgow on January 28... read more...

Nevis pledges continued support for cricket development

CHARLESTOWN, Nevis: Junior Minister of Youth and Sports in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA), Laughton Brandy, while meeting with the newly elected Executive Members of the Nevis Cricket Association (NCA) on Monday gave an assurance that the government will continue to support the development of cricket... read more...