News from the Caribbean for
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Archives for Thursday, March 30, 2006:
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WASHINGTON, USA (AFP):  Haiti's president-elect Rene Preval on Tuesday met briefly with US President George W. Bush, a White House official said, as part of a three-day visit to Washington. Bush "again congratulated Preval and noted that he was looking forward to working with the president-elect," read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: A combined team of local and foreign police officers in Trinidad have led to the detention of two persons believed to be connected with the murder of six-year-old US citizen, Sean Luke. read more.. |
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| MIAMI, USA (AFP): Haiti's President-elect Rene Preval on Wednesday urged the United Nations to focus on bolstering Haiti's police force, rather than on the UN military mission in the Caribbean country. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Trinidad and Tobago Foreign Affairs Minister, Knowlson Gift, sees the supply of energy-based products to the region as vital to the survival of CARICOM member states. read more.. |
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ST JOHN, USVI:  US Virgin Islands Delegate to Congress, Donna Christensen, attended a congressional briefing Wednesday on the activities of the Federal Bureau of Investigations in Puerto Rico, the office that has jurisdiction in the USVI. The briefing was convened to look into alleged misconduct. read more.. |
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| KINGSTON, Jamaica: Caribbean companies are missing out on billions of dollars in potential business because they are not aggressively pursuing export opportunities opened up by trade agreements between Caribbean Community (CARICOM) governments and third countries, says a spokesman for the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (CRNM). read more.. |
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| WASHINGTON, USA: Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the WTO, Dr John Ashe, met on Tuesday with Congressman Pete Sessions to discuss the current status of Antigua and Barbuda’s WTO Internet gaming dispute with the United States. read more.. |
SPORTS NEWS
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ST JOHN’S, Antigua:  Allen Stanford and 13 of the Stanford 20/20 legends were in Antigua and St Kitts this week to discuss matters related to the Tournament coming up in July and to take part in an advertising shoot that will form part of a US$2.75 million marketing and promotional campaign launching in May. read more.. |
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| NEW DELHI, India: India’s star batsman Sachin Tendulkar has been ruled out of his country's forthcoming tour of the Caribbean next May with a shoulder injury that will keep him out of action for up to three months. read more.. |
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