News from the Caribbean for
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Archives for Thursday, March 23, 2006:
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| NASSAU, Bahamas (AFP): The United States and its Caribbean neighbors on Wednesday patched up their differences over Haiti and issued a joint call for more international help for the politically turbulent, impoverished nation. read more.. |
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| NEW YORK, USA (Bloomberg): Puerto Rico, a U.S. commonwealth with more per-capita debt than any of the 50 states, may have its bond rating cut to near junk status because of chronic budget deficits and reliance on borrowing to plug the gaps, Standard & Poor's said. read more.. |
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| MADRID, Spain (Bloomberg): Union Fenosa SA, Spain's No. 3 power company, received $296 million from the Dominican Republic for its stakes in Edenorte and Edesur, electricity distributors in that country. read more.. |
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| ROAD TOWN, BVI: The Inland Revenue Department in the British Virgin Islands has begun making plans to become more customer friendly. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: A Trinidad high court judge on Wednesday sentenced to death a police officer after the officer was found guilty of killing a teenager in 2004. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Lawyers for Trinidad and Tobago opposition leader, Basdeo Panday, in his Integrity in Public Life trial on Wednesday failed to have a senior government minister, Labour Minister Danny Montano, implicated during legal arguments as one of those persons in breach of the country's Integrity in Public Life Act. read more.. |
LETTERS
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| It seems that the media has forgotten that Williams-Darling was not the Commonwealth Champion in Manchester so how could she have been upset? read more.. |
SPORTS NEWS
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| MELBOURNE, Australia: For the second time in two days Caribbean favourites missed out at winning a gold medal in the 400 metres at the 18th Commonwealth Games now taking place at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Australia. read more.. |
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| MELBOURNE, Australia: Bahamian World and Olympic champion Tonique Williams-Darling has blamed the timing of the competition at the 18th Commonwealth Games, now taking place at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, as the main reason for her surprise defeat in the women's 400 metres finals on Tuesday. read more.. |
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