News from the Caribbean for
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Archives for Tuesday, May 30, 2006:
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| BASSETERRE, St Kitts: The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has reported that economic activity in St Kitts and Nevis continued to improve in 2005. read more.. |
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| PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti: Haiti’s Deputies Chamber endorsed Jacques Edouard Alexis for Prime Minister last week, thus conforming their choice with that of the Senate. read more.. |
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| ROSEAU, Dominica: Digicel has introduced its range of products and services to the Caribbean islands of Dominica and Curacao and has announced an increased investment of US$5 million to meet surging demand. read more.. |
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| BASSETERRE, St Kitts: Nearly 200 scientists from around the world are in St Kitts for the scientific meetings that are being held in preparation for the June conference of the International Whaling Commission. read more.. |
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| CASTRIES, St Lucia: Women of the Caribbean are being called to take a break from the daily stresses of life to refresh their spirits, along with their St Lucian sisters and women from North America. read more.. |
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| BASSETERRE, St Kitts: An Eastern Caribbean High Court Judge on Monday dismissed an election petition from an opposition candidate challenging the October 2004 re-election of the incumbent Labour Party Representative, Dr Earl Asim Martin. read more.. |
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| GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General, Edwin Carrington, has announced the proposed establishment of a CARICOM Institute of Translation and Interpretation in Suriname. read more.. |
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| GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Approximately 50 representatives of the CARICOM-coordinated Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP) will attend the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS on May 31 to June 2. read more.. |
COMMENTARY
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 The happenings in our political comings and going, and their ups and downs, have been bothering me for some time now. The concerns are ever-present, and I share them and listen to others’ concerns in regular discussions. read more.. |
LETTERS
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| The biased letter from Alexander Baldal about the Holloway case demands an answer from an American. First, he accuses the American media of hypocrisy because he feels it ignores the suffering of Iraqis and Palestinians. read more.. |
SPORTS NEWS
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| Trinidad (AFP), PORT-OF-SPAIN: Brian Lara's possible final international appearance on home soil in the two-island republic of Trinidad and Tobago brought the West Indies captain great satisfaction. read more.. |
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| England (AFP), LEICESTER: Ghana did much to put memories of their disappointing African Nations Cup campaign behind them as they continued their preparations for the World Cup with a morale-boosting 4-1 win over Jamaica here on Monday. read more.. |
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