News from the Caribbean for
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Archives for Monday, March 20, 2006:
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| ST JOHN'S, Antigua (AFP): Caribbean hotels who have tripled their prices to take advantage of next year's Cricket World Cup face a top level government probe, it was revealed here on Sunday. read more.. |
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HAVANA, Cuba (AFP):  Wives, mothers and daughters of Cuban political prisoners marched in Havana Saturday to mark the third anniversary of Cuba's worst crackdown on dissidents in years. About 30 "Ladies in White" fasted Saturday and marched to demand the release of 60 political prisoners. read more.. |
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| PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): A runoff in Haiti's parliamentary elections is set for April 21, electoral officials said here Friday. Sixty Senate candidates and 187 hopefuls for the Chamber of Deputies will stand in the second round of voting. read more.. |
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| BRADES, Montserrat: Right on the brink of a new election, the current government of Montserrat is now being accused of fostering an agreement that is being referred to by members of the public as a ‘criminal sellout’ of the country’s natural resources. read more.. |
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PARAMARIBO, Suriname:  The Surinamese government will lodge a complaint “at the highest level” against the humiliating drug inspections Surinamese passengers have to endure on arrival at Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands. President Ronald Venetiaan said that the complaint would be made. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: There are reports in Trinidad that charges of corruption are likely to be laid against a number of top public officials for their involvement in a multi-million dollar desalination plant contract. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: According to recent reports, officers from Brtiain's Scotland Yard will be arriving in Trinidad and Tobago at the end of April. A news release from the Ministry of National Security says that the officers are specialised forensic investigators. read more.. |
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| CASTRIES, St Lucia: Trinidad and Tobago's soca star Machel Montano, who dominated the 2006 Trinidad and Tobago carnival, and Jamaica reggae group T.O.K. are now in the line-up of the world famous St Lucia Jazz. read more.. |
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ST JOHN’S, Antigua:  Member of Parliament for Barbuda and Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, Trevor Walker, will represent Antigua and Barbuda's Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer this week at a meeting of CARICOM foreign ministers with the United States Secretary of State. read more.. |
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ST JOHN’S, Antigua:  The Minister responsible for Information Technology, Dr Edmond Mansoor, has announced that the Governance and Institutional Development Division of the Commonwealth Secretariat has agreed to assign an ICT expert to Antigua and Barbuda for two years. read more.. |
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| BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: There's a call for the authorities in Caribbean countries to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 18 years. The recommendation is being made by Professor Neville Duncan who was commissioned by UNICEF to conduct a study, 'World Fit for Children in the Caribbean: Beyond 2002'. read more.. |
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GENEVA, Switzerland:  With the deadline for action a mere three weeks away, the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) heard a status report from the United States on Friday on steps it intends to take to implement that body’s recommendations and rulings. read more.. |
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| UNITED NATIONS, New York: Recent hurricanes have blown Grenada off course on its way to the CARICOM Single Market (CSM), even though its neighboring Eastern Caribbean countries are expected to join the regional trade bloc this summer. read more.. |
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| MIAMI, USA (UPI): Hundreds of Cubans are reported to be risking their lives in one of the ocean's most dangerous straits because it's a new route to the United States. read more.. |
COMMENTARY
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 Tourism representatives from almost 40 countries around the world, including a few Caribbean countries, will be in Beijing, the capital of the Peoples Republic of China, from 3-5 April, attending the Beijing International Travel and Tourism Market. read more.. |
LETTERS
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| In a bold front page headline entitled ‘over to PMs’, Chris Dehring, the chief executive officer and managing director is quoted as asking the regional leaders to look into ‘high (hotel) room rates’. read more.. |
SPORTS NEWS
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| WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP): New Zealand tightened their grip on the second cricket Test against the West Indies here Sunday, ripping through the top order to leave the tourists at 118 for four in their second innings at the end of the third day here Sunday. read more.. |
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| SAN DIEGO, California (AFP): Baseball was created in the United States but it appears to have been perfected in Cuba and Japan. The Japanese avenged two prior losses to previously unbeaten South Korea with a 6-0 victory here Saturday in the World Baseball Classic to book a date in Monday's final against Cuba, who eliminated the Dominican Republic 3-1. read more.. |
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| SAN DIEGO, California (AFP): Having waited decades to prove themselves against Major League Baseball stars, Cuban amateurs downed an elite Dominican Republic team 3-1 Saturday to reach the World Baseball Classic final. read more.. |
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP):  World record holder Asafa Powell's bid to win his first major title was firmly on course here on Sunday as he made mincemeat of the opposition to progress into Monday's semi-finals. The 23-year-old Jamaican has yet to win an individual medal at a championships. read more.. |
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| MELBOURNE, Australia: Stephen Francis, the coach of high-profile Jamaican sprinter and 100 metres record holder Asafa Powell, believes that his pupil Sherone Simpson can upstage Olympic gold medallist Veronica Campbell in the women's 200m dash at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games. read more.. |
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| MELBOURNE, Australia: World Indoor champion Alleyne Francique of Grenada and silver medallist California Molefe of Botswana easily qualified for the next round of the men's 400m at the 2006 Commonwealth Games now on in Melbourne, Australia. read more.. |
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