News from the Caribbean for
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Archives for Tuesday, April 11, 2006:
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| GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): Guyana has postponed elections set for early August because of technical problems, an OAS official said Monday, and the new date may now be September 18. read more.. |
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| PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti: On Sunday, April 9, Haiti’s Provisional Electoral Council (PEC) organised a simulation of the electoral day scheduled to occur on April 21, 2006. read more.. |
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| PARAMARIBO, Suriname: During a press conference last week, Suriname’s Prosecutor General announced that police have discovered an active illegal arms trade between Guyana and Suriname. read more.. |
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| PARAMARIBO, Suriname: The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is to assist Suriname in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Last week, Suriname’s Health Minister, Celsius Waterberg, signed an agreement with IDB representative Pablo Adams to release a grant of US$750,000 for the National AIDS Programme (NAP). read more.. |
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| PARAMARIBO, Suriname: Last week, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained 37 foreign nationals in South Florida, including people from Jamaica, Haiti, and Suriname. read more.. |
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| BASSETERRE, St Kitts: The piloting of the PANCAP/CARICOM Mini-Grant Programme has proceeded well enough to allow its expansion into five additional territories. read more.. |
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| KINGSTON, Jamaica: Former Prime Minister of Jamaica, P.J. Patterson, has expressed his confidence in the ability of his successor, Portia Simpson-Miller, to steer the country to “new levels of economic growth and upward social mobility”. read more.. |
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| ST THOMAS, USVI: The United States Government’s recently announced Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative does not impact travel requirements between the US and its territories, including the US Virgin Islands. read more.. |
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| PARAMARIBO, Suriname: The Suriname government will put forward new initiatives to increase industrial production, following the signing of a US$4 million loan agreement with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). read more.. |
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| ST JOHN'S, Antigua: The government of China has expressed an interest in assisting Antigua and Barbuda in meeting its electricity generation capacity. read more.. |
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| KINGSTON, Jamaica: Jamaica's National Security Minister, Dr Peter Phillips, has said the two-week Tradewinds military exercise, which concluded last Friday, represented the template, which will guide the region’s security preparations for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 and beyond. read more.. |
COMMENTARY
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 In these long-suffering Isles, that make up the State of Grenada as part of the Organisation of the Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), we have had so many unsavoury happenings and bad publicity over the years. read more.. |
LETTERS
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| I have watched this entire case without forming an opinion, until now. I think it is absolutely terrible the way the Holloway family was treated. read more.. |
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| As comment on your story that the Netherlands Antilles is worried about an attack by Venezuela: when last year I saw the beginning of the build up between the USA and Venzuela, I also noted the extension done on the Hato airport in Curacao. read more.. |
SPORTS NEWS
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| USA, AUSTIN: Netherlands Antilles' Churandy Martina produced an impressive 10.04 seconds to capture the men's 100 metres dash at the 79th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays at the University of Texas' Mike Myers Stadium, on Saturday. read more.. |
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| Antigua, ST JOHN'S: With less than one month until the start of one of the Caribbean’s largest sailing regatta, the entries for the Rolex Antigua Sailing Week are streaming into race headquarters. read more.. |
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