News from the Caribbean for
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Archives for Thursday, May 25, 2006:
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| GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Police in Guyana have alerted the public to a new risk of bandits, using great skill and communication, trailing customers who have conducted transactions at commercial banks in the country's capital, Georgetown. read more.. |
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| BASSETERRE, St Kitts: Moving forward on a commitment to electoral reform, St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister, Dr Denzil Douglas, goes to the Federal National Assembly on Thursday to seek parliamentary approval for the establishment of a National Advisory Election Reform Committee. read more.. |
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| ROSEAU, Dominica: Dominica’s Attorney General, Ian Douglas, leads a delegation to Guadeloupe on Thursday on a mission to put in place the mechanisms that would give effect to the implementation of visa-free entry for Dominicans into the French Departments of the Americas. read more.. |
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| GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Human Rights and HIV/AIDS advocates from across the Caribbean will meet in Kingston, Jamaica on 25 to 26 May 2006 at a workshop to develop strategies for rights-based responses to HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Caribbean. read more.. |
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| GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Guyana will be giving GY$10 million (US$50,000) to assist its eastern neighbour Suriname. Suriname has been experiencing widespread flooding in the hinterland regions that resulted in the evacuation of residents from more than 100 villages. read more.. |
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| BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: The commitment of FirstCaribbean International Bank to the Caribbean region, particularly in providing support for hazard mitigation and prevention, continues to be solidified through its ongoing partnership with the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA). read more.. |
LETTERS
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| Does cultural identity lead to violence? This was the question of Nobel Laureate’s Amartya Sen’s recent deliberations carried on the on-line community called developmentgateway. read more.. |
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| I would like to thank you for the inclusion, in your Monday, May 22 article 'New arrest in the Holloway case', of the following sentence: read more.. |
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| As a Grenadian living in Manchester, UK, I frequently take an interest in Grenadian affairs via the internet and speaking to other UK based Grenadians. read more.. |
SPORTS NEWS
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| India (AFP), MUMBAI: Indian selectors on Wednesday named off-spinner Ramesh Powar along with batsman Suresh Raina and paceman Vikram Rajvir Singh in the squad for next month's Test series in the West Indies. read more.. |
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| Czech Republic, OSTRAVA: St Kitts and Nevis' 2001 World Championships 100-metres champion Kim Collins is set to make his first appearance this season, following a late start in his preparation, when he goes up against Jamaican World Junior record holder Usain Bolt at next Tuesday's Ostrava Golden Spike in the Czech Republic. read more.. |
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