News from the Caribbean for
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Archives for Tuesday, April 25, 2006:
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Trinidad and Tobago's former Prime Minister, and sitting Opposition leader, Basdeo Panday has been found guilty by a Trinidad court for failing to declare monies held in a London bank account. read more.. |
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| GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): Guyana is seeking help from Canada and the United States to track down the killers of the country's agriculture minister, his brother and sister at the weekend, a spokesman said Monday. read more.. |
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| PARAMARIBO, Suriname: On Friday, police in French Guiana discovered 14 dead bodies including 12 children, in an isolated village bordering Suriname. Strong evidence indicates the victims died from carbon monoxide inhalation. read more.. |
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| PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): Haitian president-elect Rene Preval was to embark Monday on a 24 hour visit to Venezuela where he is due to meet President Hugo Chavez, Preval's office told AFP. read more.. |
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| PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti: Giant posters of candidates and controversial commercials disseminated throughout the media by the Provisional Electoral Council (PEC) are the components of the current, dull electoral atmosphere in Haiti. read more.. |
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| ROAD TOWN, BVI: The British Virgin Islands Tourist Board is optimistic that the 2006 BVI Music Festival will bring substantial economic benefits to the Territory. read more.. |
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| ROAD TOWN, BVI: Representatives from a number of Caribbean territories are attending an international law enforcement conference that started in Anguilla on Monday. read more.. |
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| FORT LAUDERDALE, USA: A group of Caribbean post graduate students have launched an online website, that will give Caribbean schoolchildren access to more than 4,000 English, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies practice questions. read more.. |
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ST AUGUSTINE, Trinidad:  The Seismic Research Unit will, this week, host world-renowned volcanologist, Professor Steve Sparks, as an eminent speaker for the University of the West Indies’ Distinguished Open Lecture Series. Professor Sparks has conducted field work in at least sixteen countries. read more.. |
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| BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: For the third time in as many years, the editors of Global Finance magazine have named FirstCaribbean “Best Bank in Barbados”. read more.. |
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| HAMILTON, Bermuda: Conservation organisations throughout the Caribbean on Saturday launched the fifth annual month-long celebration of the region’s unique bird life. read more.. |
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| HAMILTON, Bermuda: The Eastern Caribbean island of Anguilla will continue its commitment to "low volume, high value" tourism, says Dr. Aidan Harrigan, Anguilla's Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Development, Investment, Commerce and Tourism. read more.. |
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| ST GEORGE’S, Grenada: Issues such as squatting, juvenile crime, vagrancy, traffic problems, sand mining, and noise pollution were some of the issues discussed when Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell met recently with key government bodies. read more.. |
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| ORLANDO, USA: Officials from the Antigua and Barbuda Ministry of Tourism and a representative from the Ministry of Finance recently met with the Orlando-based Yesawich, Pepperdine, Brown & Russell to review and discuss the tourism strategy in the North American market. read more.. |
COMMENTARY
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 It is now less than one year to the start of the biggest sporting event (CWC 2007) ever to be held in the Caribbean, under the umbrella management or regional control of CARICOM, (at least the grounds in the region). read more.. |
LETTERS
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| Your correspondent from Trinidad, Stephen Cummings, was quick to report on Wednesday April 12, "A long-running maritime law battle between Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago has ended with a victory for Trinidad". read more.. |
SPORTS NEWS
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| Antigua (AFP), ST JOHN'S: Zimbabwe are adamant they can shrug off their political problems in time to face a crisis-hit West Indies team when the two sides clash in a seven match, one-day international series. read more.. |
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| England, LONDON: Trinidad and Tobago goalkeeper Shaka Hislop says he is looking forward to playing in his first World Cup finals this summer after coming back from a minor set back in his career last year. read more.. |
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USA, NEW YORK:  Jamaican sprinters Veronica Campbell, Sheri-Ann Brooks and Omar Brown are among the list of international stars down to compete at the 2006 Reebok Grand Prix scheduled for June 3. Campbell was the most decorated female athlete at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. read more.. |
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USA, MICHIGAN:  Nutrilite, one of the leading global nutritional brands, has signed Jamaican 100m world record holder Asafa Powell as a global spokesperson, a source told Caribbean Net News on Monday. Powell was introduced to the product by his older brother Donovan. read more.. |
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