Archives for Tuesday, December 6, 2005:

Trinidad’s Energy Minister threatens court action over bribery allegations

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad:  Trinidad and Tobago’s Minister of Energy and Energy Industries, Eric Williams, says he is not prepared to fuel the controversy and allegations circulating in the country that he, Williams, received a bribe as stated by PNM local government Councilor, Dansam Dhansook... read more...

Teenage girl charged in school stabbing death in Guyana

GEORGETOWN, Guyana: After nearly five days in hiding, a 16-year-old female student of Richard Ishmael Secondary School in Guyana was due to be arraigned Monday for the fatal stabbing of a woman inside the school's compound... read more...

Polish, Swiss journalists expelled from Cuba

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Two European journalists were expelled from Cuba after meeting with a leading figure of the Communist island's political opposition, diplomatic sources told AFP Sunday... read more...

Police baffled over double homicide in Suriname

PARAMARIBO, Suriname: Police in Suriname are trying to get answers on the murder of an elderly Chinese couple on Friday of last week. Alarmed by neighbors and family members, police found the dead bodies of businessman Harry Mo Tin Sung (62) and his wife Hoi-Oi-Lin (56) around 5 pm... read more...

IMF Deputy Managing Director looks to ‘fine tune’ IMF’s engagement with Eastern Caribbean Region

WASHINGTON, USA: On the eve of his first visit to the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union region, IMF Deputy Managing Director Agustin Carstens said that “while the challenges that the countries face are very deep, in many aspects there has been progress.”... read more...

Suriname government drops fuel prices

PARAMARIBO, Suriname: Starting Tuesday. prices of gasoline and diesel in Suriname will drop by about 15 cents US per liter. Minister of Trade and Industry, Siegfried Gilds, made the announcement Monday in parliament, after local newspaper de Ware Tijd revealed the government's decision on this matter some two weeks ago... read more...

Chinese locomotives to chug across Cuba

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Twelve Chinese locomotives, the first the Asian country has exported to Latin America, are en route to Cuba, which bought them in January to improve rail service on the communist island, the official daily Granma said Monday... read more...

New local bank opens in Turks and Caicos

PROVIDENCIALES, Turks & Caicos Islands: The opening of the first indigenous commercial bank in the Turks and Caicos Islands, TCI Bank Limited, was celebrated on Thursday, December 1, 2005 in Providenciales.  The event drew support from a number of local as well as foreign dignitaries... read more...

Costumes brighten HIV/AIDS march in St Kitts-Nevis

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts: The World AIDS Day March in St. Kitts and Nevis gave the general public an opportunity to see samples of the colourful costumes designed for the “Choices” carnival troupe.  “Choices -- Knowing is Beautiful” is an initiative of the National Youth Ambassador Network and the Ministries of Health and Youth... read more...

COMMENTARY

Strong Caribbean position needed in Hong Kong

Guyana’s Minister of Foreign Trade, Clement Rohee, has an unenviable task during the Sixth Ministerial Meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Hong Kong from December 13th to 18th.  Mr Rohee has been selected by the Chairman of the Conference as one of six “facilitators”, three of them having specific roles... read more...

Wither the Commonwealth...

At the closing session of last week’s Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Malta, delegates spent almost as much time defending their decision to allow Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni to host their next summit as they did spinning the platitudes about trade and good governance... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Bravo optimistic about West Indies’ future

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados:  West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo is confident the team can bounce back from their recent horrors and return to greatness in Test cricket... read more...