News from the Caribbean for
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Archives for Thursday, March 16, 2006:
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ST GEORGE’S, Grenada:  After been questioned by police, the Editor of the Grenada Today newspaper, George Worme, walked away without any charges being laid against him. Worme was detained on Tuesday and questioned in connection with an article considered libellous. read more.. |
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| GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Two senior officials of the militant group, Joint Initiative for Human Advancement and Development (JIHAD) were grilled Tuesday as security officials try desperately to recover missing guns from the Guyana Defence Force Headquarters. read more.. |
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| CASTRIES, St Lucia: The OECS Secretariat is hosting a week-long consultation, on Bird Island, the rock formation off the coast of Dominica that is being claimed by Venezuela. read more.. |
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| KINGSTON, Jamaica (UPI): The Jamaican government will increase its pension rate for some 87,000 senior citizens by 66 percent beginning next month. read more.. |
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| NEW YORK, USA: Antigua and Barbuda's Carnival is due to resound through the homes of millions of American and Caribbean households on Thursday and Sunday, when top television network, BET airs a half hour special on one of the region's greatest summer festivals. read more.. |
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BASSETERRE, St Kitts:  St Kitts and Nevis Minister of State for Tourism, Sport and Culture, Richard “Ricky” Skerritt has invited his ministerial colleagues from Australia and Scotland to visit St. Kitts and Nevis for the ICC Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007. Teams will be based in the Federation. read more.. |
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KINGSTON, Jamaica:  Festivities relating to cricket were in the air on Saturday March 11, at the launch of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Cricket World Cup (CWC) West Indies 2007 Volunteer Programme and the introduction of the mascot, Mello. Peter McIntosh stated that he is more than satisfied. read more.. |
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| FORT LAUDERDALE, USA: LIAT airlines has faced significant operating challenges since the company’s inception and a former Caribbean diplomat thinks the solution is to distribute more shares of the company to its workers. read more.. |
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| PARAMARIBO, Suriname: Police Commander Elfriet Metroos confirmed that one hundred kilos of cocaine were seized by Suriname police on Tuesday night. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Two people in Trinidad recently died from Gastroenteritis virus and the incidence of the food-borne illness is rising throughout the country. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Parents, students and staff of Sacred Heart Girls Primary School in Port of Spain, Trinidad held a silent march around the institution on Wednesday in protest against a pigeon infestation problem. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: The Trinidad and Tobago National Council on Alcoholism and other Addictions (NCAA) has expressed outrage at the alarming number of road accidents attributed to drunk driving. read more.. |
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ST JOHN, USVI:  Taking a walk on the lighter side of politics, US Virgin Islands Delegate to Congress Donna Christensen will appear on the cable television Comedy Central channel this week. Christensen will appear on The Colbert Report, during the Better Know a District program segment. read more.. |
SPORTS NEWS
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| SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AFP): Alberto Castillo scored the winning run on a passed ball here Tuesday to give Dominican Republic a 2-1 victory over Venezuela and a berth in the World Baseball Classic semi-finals. read more.. |
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| MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP): Jamaica's 100 metres world record holder Asafa Powell received a huge boost in his bid to win the Commonwealth Games title on Thursday as defending champion Kim Collins withdrew because of injury. read more.. |
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| MELBOURNE, Australia: World Indoor 800m gold and silver medallist Maria Mutola of Mozambique and Jamaica's Kenia Sinclair are set to renew their rivalry when they battle for the two-lap crown at the upcoming 2006 Commonwealth Games, which started on Wednesday in Melbourne, Australia. read more.. |
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