News from the Caribbean for
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Archives for Monday, May 29, 2006:
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Trinidad and Tobago's Prime Minister, Patrick Manning, has postponed the country's local government elections for one year, elections which normally would have been held by July of this year. read more.. |
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| ROSEAU, DOMINICA: Digicel officials say they expect to acquire an 85 – 90 percent market share in Dominica within the next few years and “destroy” the competition. read more.. |
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| BASSETERRE, St Kitts: The tourism sector in St Kitts and Nevis continued to record strong growth for the third successive year in 2005, the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has reported. read more.. |
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| ORANJESTAD, Aruba: The Caribbean Hotel Association has announced the selection of Aruba as the site for the 2007 edition of Caribbean Marketplace, the largest trade event showcasing Caribbean travel products and services. read more.. |
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| RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Bloomberg): Petroleo Brasileiro SA, Brazil's state-controlled oil company, has agreed to sell $500 million of fuel oil to the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, the island's state-controlled energy generator. read more.. |
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| ROAD TOWN, BVI: The British Virgin Islands Tourist Board is getting serious about the regional Caribbean travel market and made a major move last week to increase its share of the regional pie. read more.. |
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| BASSETERRE, St Kitts: A forum that will address E-Government Policy Formulation and Implementation is scheduled for May 30-31 at the new NEMA Headquarters in St Kitts. read more.. |
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| LONDON, England (AFP): Reggae legend Desmond Dekker has died suddenly from a heart attack at his home in Surrey, south-east England, just a week before his next concert, his manager said on Friday. read more.. |
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| WASHINGTON, USA: Grenada on Friday became the 18th member of the Organization of American States (OAS) to deposit instruments of ratification of the Inter-American Convention against Terrorism. read more.. |
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| ST JOHN'S, Antigua: Antigua and Barbuda will host the 3rd Caribbean Environmental Forum & Exhibition, in collaboration with the 12th Annual Wider Caribbean Waste Management Conference on June 5-9. read more.. |
COMMENTARY
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 A most remarkable conference on strengthening Canada’s relationship with the Caribbean took place on May 23rd. It was remarkable for several reasons not least because it was initiated not by the Caribbean. read more.. |
LETTERS
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| I am always impressed with the way Anthony L. Hall handles the English language, and selects topics that must be of interest to many of your readers. read more.. |
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| The Caribbean Guyana Institute for Democracy (CGID) is concerned about the continuous and shocking admissions in the Guyanese media attributed to indicted Guyanese alleged drug lord, Shaheed "Roger" Khan. read more.. |
SPORTS NEWS
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| Trinidad (AFP), PORT OF SPAIN: West Indies cruised to a 19-run victory over India here Sunday, wrapping up a 4-1 one-day series victory after a fine all-round batting and bowling display. read more.. |
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| USA (AFP), EUGENE: World and Olympic 100-meter champion Justin Gatlin of the United States will not compete next month in England against the man with whom he co-owns the world 100m record. read more.. |
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| Trinidad (AFP), PORT OF SPAIN: West Indies have named a 14-member squad for the opening Test of four against India, starting at the Antigua Recreation Ground on Friday. read more.. |
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| Trinidad (AFP), PORT OF SPAIN: West Indies captain and batting superstar Brian Lara has indicated a new attitude has gripped his side after they completed a six-wicket victory over India in the fourth one-day international on Friday at Queen's Park Oval. read more.. |
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| Trinidad (AFP), PORT OF SPAIN: Half-centuries from hometown boys Brian Lara and Dwayne Bravo piloted West Indies to a comfortable six-wicket victory in the fourth one-day international against India on Friday at Queen's Park Oval. read more.. |
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| USA, EUGENE: American Justin Gatlin, the World and Olympic champion, won the 2006 Prefontaine Classic Grand Prix men's 100m, run in separate races, over Jamaica’s Asafa Powell here in Eugene, Sunday afternoon. read more.. |
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Austria, GRAZ: Trinidad and Tobago suffered a minor set-back in their preparation for next month's World Cup in Germany after they were beaten by an inexperienced Wales side in their latest warm-up match on Saturday.
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