News from the Caribbean for
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Archives for Friday, March 31, 2006:
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KINGSTON, Jamaica (UPI):  The Jamaican capital of Kingston was under heavy security Thursday as the country's first female prime minister, Portia Simpson Miller, was to be sworn in. Some 6,000 guests were invited to the ceremony on the lawn of the governor's King's House mansion, the Jamaica Gleaner reported. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Members of two of Trinidad and Tobago's most powerful business organizations -- the South and Central Chambers of Commerce -- are calling on government immediately to address a number of issues, including the recent murder of six-year-old Sean Luke. read more.. |
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| BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: One man has been charged with manslaughter and five others are facing violent disorder charges as police continued their investigations into the altercation outside a City nightclub that left brothers Justin and William Greene dead. read more.. |
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| MIAMI, USA (AFP): US authorities say they will not release Luis Posada Carrilles, wanted in Venezuela for the 1976 bombing of a Cuban airliner, because he represents a threat to national security. read more.. |
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| NEW YORK, USA (Bloomberg): Winn-Dixie Stores Inc., the bankrupt grocery chain, said it will sell its majority stake in Bahamas Supermarkets Ltd. to a Bahamian company, BK Foods Ltd., for $50 million to focus on its U.S. business. The shares rose 7.1 percent. read more.. |
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| BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Caribbean governments and businesses are being told they're partly to blame for their university graduates leaving their homelands and moving to other countries to work. read more.. |
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| ROAD TOWN, BVI: A summary of the population and housing census conducted in the British Virgin Islands in 2001 was published on Thursday. The population of the BVI stood at just over 23 thousand at the time of the 2001 census. read more.. |
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| WILLEMSTAD, Curacao: Antigua and Barbuda made full use of the opportunity to market its many assets to the consumers present at Vacation Expo Curacao 2006. read more.. |
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BASSETERRE, St Kitts:  St Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister, Dr Denzil Douglas, has hailed Jamaica’s former Prime Minister, P.J. Patterson, as one of the pre-eminent stalwarts of the Caribbean region, in a message to mark the Jamaican leader’s demitting office. read more.. |
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| VIENNA, Austria: The repercussions of the armed revolt and collapse of the Lavalas Family party government in early 2004 continued to be felt, as armed groups, many of them with political affiliations, challenged the authority of the interim government. read more.. |
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| VIENNA, Austria: Haiti has once again ranked low on press freedom indexes, with three journalists killed during the year. Another matter of concern in the troubled Caribbean state was the pressure exerted on journalists and media outlets. read more.. |
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ST JOHN, USVI:  The Minister of State of the Republic of Ghana, in West Africa, has extended an official invitation to Caribbean residents of the US Virgin islands to participate in a formal healing ceremony to be held in that country and the opening of the Virgin Islands Exhibition. read more.. |
COMMENTARY
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 U.S. presidents invariably enjoy popularity abroad that they can only dream of having at home. Such was certainly the case for President Bill Clinton. And nowhere was he more popular than throughout the Caribbean. read more.. |
SPORTS NEWS
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ST THOMAS, USVI:  The 33rd International Rolex Regatta was every sailor's best dream. The three-day event, hosted by the St. Thomas Yacht Club from Friday, March 24, through Sunday, March 26, saw hundreds of sailors aboard 92 boats plying the shockingly blue waters of the Caribbean. read more.. |
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