News from the Caribbean for
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Archives for Tuesday, March 14, 2006:
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| CASTRIES, Saint Lucia: Criminal lawyer Richard Frederick has won the by-election in Castries-Central, becoming the first independent candidate to win an election in Saint Lucia in over forty years. read more.. |
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| LONDON, England (AFP): Barclays, the third-biggest British bank, said Monday that it has signed a letter of intent to sell its 43.7-percent stake in FirstCaribbean International Bank for about 1.08 billion dollars to Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC). read more.. |
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| BRASILIA, Brazil (UPI): Brazilian forces will remain in Haiti as long as they are needed by the country's new government, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Monday. read more.. |
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| PARAMARIBO, Suriname: Police in Suriname have detained six Haitian nationals who tried to enter the country illegally. They arrived at the international airport on Saturday along with 125 fellow-countrymen who entered legally. read more.. |
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| PARAMARIBO, Suriname: Suriname’s ambassador in the Netherlands, Edgar Amanh, has resigned over an incident last week at Schiphol Airport involving Surinamese Transport Minister Alice Amafo. read more.. |
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CHARLESTOWN, Nevis:  The Nevis Island Administration is looking to the future to provide additional quality and reliable water sources on Nevis. In that regard, Cabinet held discussions with officials of Earth Water Global, a deep water drilling company based in Europe. read more.. |
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| NEW YORK, USA: Citing the absence of communication and transparency about the government-led initiative to mobilize Jamaicans abroad, tri-state area Jamaicans convened Saturday at the Jamaican Consulate to craft a “New York position.” read more.. |
COMMENTARY
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 From Guyana in the South to the British Virgin Islands in the North, the Caribbean needs LIAT, an airline that has served the region faithfully for more than 50 years. The shareholders, management and employees of LIAT are now facing challenges. read more.. |
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 Actually, it only seems as though The Bahamas is caught between Scylla and Charybdis (i.e. a rock and a hard place) because U.S. politicians have threatened it with serious “harm and pain.” read more.. |
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 In the Grenadian Voice of Saturday, fourth March, the “Personally Speaking” writer purported to describe Mr Hugh Wildman’s behaviour as the “arrogance of the able” and he went on to state that none of his (Wildman's) detractors have been able... read more.. |
LETTERS
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| With reference to the Editor’s Note in response to Mr Douglas’ letter or March 10, 2006, I must say that it couldn’t have been said any better, the manner through which you did. read more.. |
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| As a Dominican leaving overseas and a former media workers I am most disturbed as to the response given to the Dominica’s Press Secretary Sean Douglas after he wrote (rightly so mark you) complaining about the irresponsible story written by your Dominican Correspondent. read more.. |
SPORTS NEWS
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| AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AFP): The West Indies suffered a further setback Tuesday, a day after losing the first cricket Test to New Zealand, with confirmation that vice-captain and leading batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan has been ruled out of the rest of the tour. read more.. |
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| SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AFP): Jose Cruz knocked in three runs and Puerto Rico remained unbeaten in the World Baseball Classic by defeating Dominican Republic 7-1 in a second-round match here Sunday. read more.. |
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| MELBOURNE, Australia: Jamaican sprinters Asafa Powell, the world record holder over 100m, and Olympic champion Veronica Campbell, as well as Bahamian World and Olympic champion Tonique Williams-Darling, are among the gold medal favourites from the Caribbean who will be competing in the athletics events at the upcoming Commonwealth Games. read more.. |
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CHARLESTOWN, Nevis:  Nevis athletes Reggie Douglas and Miranda Grandison swept the first ever OECS Olympic Distance Triathlon Championship titles in the male and female categories during the Carino sponsored Nevis Olympic Triathlon 2006 on Sunday March 12, 2006. read more.. |
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