Archives for Friday, December 2, 2005:

Haitian journalist slams CARICOM leaders

CAYENNE, French Guyane:  In a just-concluded conference with colleagues from other francophone countries, Suriname, Brazil, Guyana and St Lucia, Haitian journalist Nancy Roc accused CARICOM leaders of accepting money from the Aristide government in Haiti in exchange for their political support... read more...

Trinidad’s attorney general talks tough against corrupt public officials

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: A tough talking Trinidad Attorney General, John Jeremie, has read the riot act to corrupt public officials saying no one will be spared from being prosecuted to the full extent of the law when found to have committed an offence... read more...

Epsilon no threat to Bermuda, but getting stronger

MIAMI, USA (UPI): Tropical Storm Epsilon's sustained winds strengthened to 65 mph Thursday morning, but posed no threat to land, spinning 765 miles east of Bermuda... read more...

USVI charter boat operators seek Homeland Security answers

ST THOMAS, USVI: It was standing room only at American Yacht Harbor on St Thomas in the US Virgin Islands Tuesday night when over 100 charter boat owners, operators, and captains attended a meeting to find answers about how to comply with new Homeland Security regulations... read more...

Resilient Cayman Islands rebounding after Hurricane Ivan

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: The impact of Hurricane Ivan is “working its way out” of the Cayman economy, according to data emanating from the twin pillars of the Islands’ economy – financial services and tourism – as well as the usual economic indicators.  The Financial Secretary expanded on economic forecasts... read more...

11 Haitian children and American kidnapped in Haiti capital

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): Gangs kidnapped 11 Haitian school children and an American national and two teenagers in three separate incidents in Port-au-Prince on Thursday, police said... read more...

Women, young people increasingly hit by AIDS in the Caribbean

GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala (AFP): More than 2.1 million people live with HIV-AIDS in Latin America and the Caribbean, where Thursday's World Aids Day was marked with increased public warnings to act to stop the spread of the disease... read more...

Cuba releases political prisoner jailed in 2003 crackdown

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Cuban authorities Thursday released political prisoner Mario Mayo Hernandez, who was among 75 dissidents arrested by the government in a 2003 crackdown against the opposition, according to relatives and opposition sources... read more...

Ambitious capital spending by Cayman Islands government

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands The Cayman Islands government intends to spend $235.6 million (US$282.7 million) in capital projects comprising mainly new schools, new office buildings, and equipment for police by June 2009, the end of its fourth fiscal year.  The money will be raised partially by borrowing $182 million... read more...

Guyana business leader calls for more inter-CARICOM trade

PARAMARIBO, Suriname: Guyanese business leader Jeffrey Da Silva, who leads the Guyanese delegation participating in the Annual Trade Fair of the Surinamese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, has called for more trade between CARICOM countries... read more...

Suriname government slammed for increasing transportation fees

PARAMARIBO, Suriname:  The Government in Suriname is being heavily criticized for increasing its own transportation fees by approximately 700 per cent, while that of other civil servants is left untouched... read more...

IMF warns against wastage of Trinidad and Tobago's resources

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad:  Members of the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in their latest report on Trinidad and Tobago’s economy have warned against unwise spending and wastage of the country’s resources... read more...

Cayman Islands Monetary Authority marks 10,000th fund registration

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: The recent issuing of a certificate of registration to The Rutland Fund, a hedge fund authorised by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority, was significant on at least two counts.  The first is that The Rutland Fund was the 10,000th fund to be approved by the Authority since the passage of the Mutual Funds Law... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Collymore likely to miss West Indies' New Zealand tour

MELBOURNE, Australia:  West Indies pace bowler Corey Collymore was listed to undergo knee surgery on Thursday and is likely to miss next February’s tour of New Zealand, team officials said in a release.  The 27-year-old Collymore has a bone spur on the patella tendon of his right knee... read more...

Lara up five places in ICC batting rankings

ABU DHABI, UAE:  West Indies star batsman Brian Lara moved five places up to the number two position, according to the latest LG International Cricket Council (ICC) Test batting rankings... read more...

Trinidad and Tobago cyclist rises In world rankings

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Trinidad and Tobago's national cycling champion, Azikiwe Kellar, is now the tenth fastest man in the world in the kilometer time trial according to the rankings of the Union Cycliste Internationale, the world governing body for cycling.  Kellar, 29, was voted cyclist of the year 2005... read more...