News from the Caribbean for
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Archives for Wednesday, April 12, 2006:
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Two of Trinidad's latest kidnap victims, used car dealers Joey Alexander, and Ramesh Mahabir, who were kidnapped earlier this week, have been released by their abductors. read more.. |
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| HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Cuba and Venezuela have launched a new company to get Cuba's out-of-order Soviet-technology oil refinery in Cienfuegos back in operation, the Communist Party newspaper Granma reported Tuesday. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: A long-running maritime law battle between Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago has ended with a victory for Trinidad. read more.. |
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| ORLANDO, USA: Two corporate security consulting firms -- one based in the United States and the other in Trinidad & Tobago -- have formed an alliance to offer a wider range of security services to clients in the Caribbean basin. read more.. |
COMMENTARY
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| Growing up in the Caribbean has health benefits that may last a lifetime. According to a study I recently conducted and published, Caribbean immigrants living in the United States exercise more often than American-born people of colour. read more.. |
LETTERS
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| Diana Hawks suggests that more should have been done by Aruba and its people to locate the missing Natalee Holloway. read more.. |
SPORTS NEWS
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| USA (AFP), CARY: The United States settled for a 1-1 draw with Jamaica here Tuesday in their final tuneup match before the Americans name their final 23-man roster for June's World Cup in Germany. read more.. |
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| Jamaica (AFP), MONTEGO BAY: The Jamaican leg of India's tour to the West Indies later this year could be cancelled if renovations to the island's main cricket venue is not completed in time, officials said. read more.. |
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| USA, FLORIDA: Jamaican sprinter Sheri-Ann Brooks, the Commonwealth Games 100 metres champion from Melbourne, Australia, said she's honoured to be considered in the same class as her sprinting idol, the great Merlene Ottey. read more.. |
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| USA, NEW YORK: American World and Olympic 100-metres champion Justin Gatlin believes his mental and physical toughness has made him a better sprinter than Jamaican superstar and world record holder Asafa Powell read more.. |
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