News from the Caribbean for
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Archives for Thursday, April 20, 2006:
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| ROSEAU, Dominica: At least seven Dominican nationals are dead, following three vehicle accidents, one drowning incident and an unknown death of a teen within five days. read more.. |
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| PARAMARIBO, Suriname: Police in Suriname have confirmed that two young men confessed to killing a prostitute early Sunday morning. The 37-year old woman was stabbed to death following an argument with the men. read more.. |
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| BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Barbados' Agriculture Minister says this country won't be giving up on the sugar cane industry as some of its Caribbean neighbours have done. read more.. |
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| PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AFP): A Cuban diplomat was ordered to leave the Czech Republic on Wednesday in a tit-for-tat move following the expulsion of a Czech diplomat from Havana over charges of spying, the foreign ministry said. read more.. |
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| CALGARY, Canada (Bloomberg): Bank of Nova Scotia, Canada's third-largest bank by assets, has agreed to buy Citigroup Inc.'s consumer-banking business in the Dominican Republic as it acquires international assets to boost revenue. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Caribbean and international environmentalists meeting in Trinidad will try to develop a Caribbean Non-governmental Organisation (NGO) strategy and action plan ahead of the much anticipated International Whaling Commission (IWC 58) meeting in St Kitts this June. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: The Caribbean Regional Environmental Programme (CREP) recently hosted a proposal workshop to strengthen capacity building with regional Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs). read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: The Trinidad and Tobago government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a US firm for the establishment of an ethylene plant at Point Lisas, South Trinidad. read more.. |
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| CHICAGO, USA (UPI): An April 3 deadline imposed by The World Trade Organization for the Bush administration to clarify its stance on online gambling, in a case decided against the United States and in favor of Antigua, passed without a public response from the US government. read more.. |
SPORTS NEWS
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| Antigua (AFP), ST JOHN'S: West Indies cricket, dogged by problems on and off the field, is facing another split as another contracts feud returns to haunt the game. read more.. |
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