Archives for Monday, January 16, 2006:

Trinidad's opposition leader set to go on trial

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad:  Trinidad's opposition leader, Basdeo Panday could go on trial this week for a breach of the country's Integrity in Public Life Act.  Panday, who is also a former Prime Minster, has been charged with failing to declare his finances to the Trinidad Integrity Commission relating to a London bank account... read more...

Severe power rationing in Haiti

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti: The year 2006 started in Port-au-Prince, capital of Haiti, under the sign of the blackout, as the last part of 2005 had ended.  Except for the zones known as priority, some districts of the metropolitan area of Port-au-Prince get electricity only two hours every three days... read more...

Cuban defectors challenge 'wet-foot' law

MIAMI, USA (UPI): Fifteen Cubans challenging U.S. immigration laws got their day in a Miami courtroom but not before they already had been sent back home... read more...

Treasury Bills raise near EC$40m for Nevis Island Administration

CHARLESTOWN, NEVIS: The Nevis Island Administration (NIA) has collected near EC$40 million through the issue of Treasury Bills, a performance according to Treasurer Collin Dore, which has surpassed the Administration’s expectations while the demand for the Bills continues to grow... read more...

Cuba gets China's first trains exported to Latin America

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): President Fidel Castro on Saturday happily took delivery of China's first trains exported to Latin America and the Caribbean, part of Cuba's strategy to improve the country's persistent transport problems.  Castro came out personally to the rail-yards here see the 12 trains -- as well as 80 buses -- purchased from China... read more...

Jolie and Pitt 'Clean Streets' alongside Wyclef Jean in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, Hollywood's couple du jour, choppered into Haiti Friday to join hip-hop star Wyclef Jean's Clean Streets project for the impoverished Caribbean nation.  Dressed in black and sporting huge sunglasses, the two stars dropped in to support the US-funded city cleanup project... read more...

Montserrat experiences an historic performance of international proportions

BRADES, Montserrat: International musical artiste, Tanya Stephens concluded Montserrat’s commemorative tenth anniversary year by providing the biggest and best show of the annual festival season, while simultaneously creating, what was deemed, one of the biggest financial losses and controversy of the season... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

US to play Puerto Rico to open world basketball championships

TOKYO, Japan (AFP): Three-time champions the United States were drawn to take on Puerto Rico to open the world men's basketball championships which get under way this August in four cities in Japan.  A total of 24 countries and regions were divided into four preliminary groups for the tournament from August 19 to September 3... read more...

Powell doubtful, Collins out of Commonwealth Games

MELBOURNE, Australia: Caribbean Net News understands that Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell, the 100m world record holder, may withdraw from the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia in March... read more...

West Indies A-team to play Pakistan during English tour

ST JOHNS, Antigua: The West Indies A-team’s tour of England, which kicks off on July 21 will see the Windies playing Pakistan, as well as four three-day matches against county sides, with the first being played at Durham, home of Jamaican off spin all-rounder Gareth Breese, from July 21-23... read more...

Gatlin trains on Powell's turf in quest of 100m record

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AFP): World and Olympic 100-metres champion Justin Gatlin of the United States has come here to train on the home turf of world record-holder Asafa Powell with plans to break the Jamaican's mark... read more...