News from the Caribbean for
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Archives for Friday, March 24, 2006:
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| ORANJESTAD, Aruba (UPI): Police in Aruba have uncovered a new lead into the mystery of a missing 18-year-old Alabama girl who was last seen May 30, CBS News reported Thursday. read more.. |
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| MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica (AFP): A passenger on a cruise liner died of a heart attack and 11 others were treated for smoke inhalation after a fire broke out aboard the luxury ship Thursday during a Caribbean voyage, Princess Cruises said. read more.. |
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| HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Singer Wilfredo "Pio" Leyva, a pillar of the Grammy-winning Buena Vista Social Club and one of Cuba's masters of 'son,' died Thursday in Havana aged 88, his family said. read more.. |
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| MIAMI, USA (AFP): The US authorities said that Luis Posada Carriles, wanted in Venezuela for the 1976 bombing of a Cuban airliner, would remain in US custody although he has been ordered expelled. read more.. |
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| NEW YORK, USA (Bloomberg): Kerzner International Ltd., operator of the Atlantis casino in the Bahamas, agreed to be sold for about $3 billion to a group that includes the company's chairman and chief executive officer. read more.. |
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| KINGSTON, Jamaica: Global Research Center is conducting a Jamaica Wireless Feasibility survey on behalf of a wireless Internet services provider planning to penetrate Jamaica with low cost, reliable wireless Internet services. read more.. |
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BASSETERRE, St Kitts:  Executive Director of the St. Kitts Music Festival Allister Williams says patrons can expect one or more Grammy award winners to be featured each night at the tenth annual event. Thrilling the audience will be acts such as Dionne Warwick, Air Supply amd Shaggy among others. read more.. |
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| NEGRIL, Jamaica: Outraged tourists have united together to publicise an allegedly awful vacation experience during the week of March 11 through 18, 2006 at the Sandals resort in Negril, Jamaica. read more.. |
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| MIAMI, USA (UPI): One of Fidel Castro's former aides is living in Miami, where he has become a celebrity in the Cuban community, complete with regular appearances on TV. read more.. |
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| PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti: Haiti and the Dominican Republic are preparing for the second edition of the ecological, tourist and production exhibition christened "Let us protect our frontier rivers." read more.. |
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ST GEORGE'S, Grenada:  Work is full speed ahead and Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell, after touring the Queens Park Stadium facility last week, is even more confident that Grenada will be ready for Cricket World Cup 2007. The Chinese echoed the sentiments that Grenadians can rest assured. read more.. |
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ROSEAU, Dominica:  Thursday marked two years since Dominica established diplomatic relations at ambassadorial level with China. It was on that day in Beijing in 2004 that Dominica aligned itself with the majority of nations of the world in recognizing United Nations Resolution 2758 of 1971. read more.. |
COMMENTARY
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 I write this letter in my capacity as a concerned citizen of The Bahamas who has some professional knowledge of international relations. And I trust you will appreciate that, for a variety of reasons, this is the most suitable means available. read more.. |
LETTERS
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| It has been nearly 10 months since Natalee Holloway became the victim of the criminal acts of some of the inhabitants of Aruba. I would like to address the investigation and response of the Aruban people. read more.. |
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| Unfortunately, we have been and continue to be our worst enemies. We fight for freedom, and when we get it, we use it as a weapon against our own. read more.. |
SPORTS NEWS
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MELBOURNE, Australia:  Caribbean athletes continued to dominate the sprinting events at the 18th Commonwealth Games now taking place in Melbourne Australia, by sweeping the men's and women's 200 metres finals on Thursday night. The region's best fulfilled their promise. read more.. |
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