News from the Caribbean for
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Archives for Thursday, June 1, 2006:
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| KINGSTOWN, St Vincent: At least one Caribbean country has said it will support Japan’s bid to resume commercial whaling at the International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting as the region comes into focus as St Kitts hosts the 58th meeting of the IWC. read more.. |
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| MIAMI, USA (AFP): Caribbean and US coastlines are under greater threat in this year's tropical storm season with five out of nine projected hurricanes expected to rank as intense storms, US climatologists said Wednesday. read more.. |
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| KINGSTOWN, St Vincent: The Governor of the ECCB, Sir K Dwight Venner, has expressed the view that the OECS in particular and CARICOM in general are “in what can only be defined as a fundamentally transformative stage." read more.. |
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| NEW YORK, USA: The Caribbean Guyana Institute for Democracy has taken Trinidad and Tobago's opposition leader, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, to task over what the Institute says are apparently unfounded, racist comments. read more.. |
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| ST GEORGE’S, Grenada: A special sitting of Grenada’s parliament will be held on Friday to take the Petrol Tax Amendment Act through all its stages. read more.. |
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| BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: The Barbados government says it's spending at least BDS$500 a day storing the bodies of the 11 men found in a vessel floating off the coast of the island in April. read more.. |
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| NEW YORK, USA: The Caribbean sometimes seems to have as many international jazz and music festivals as it has islands, but some believe that regional talent is often marginalized. read more.. |
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| ST JOHN, USVI: US Virgin Islands Delegate to Congress, Donna Christensen, announced Wednesday that the Virgin Islands will receive $2.7 million in Homeland Security funding under three of its major programs. read more.. |
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| BASSETERRE, St Kitts: Caribbean countries on Wednesday called for a revision of the eligibility criteria by the Global AIDS Fund, which places undue emphasis on Gross Domestic Product (GDP) without recognising vulnerability issues. read more.. |
SPORTS NEWS
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| Antigua (AFP), ST JOHN'S: Sylvester Joseph plundered an undefeated hundred for his native Antigua and Barbuda to expose some of the limitations of India's bowling in a two-day tour match on Tuesday at the Police Recreation Ground. read more.. |
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| Antigua (AFP), ST JOHN'S: West Indies are hoping to build on the momentum they have gained from their triumph in the preceding One-day International series, when they face India in the first Test of their four-match rubber, starting on Friday. read more.. |
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| Norway (AFP), OSLO: The Golden League gets under way at the Bislett Games here on Friday with holders of 21 current global outdoor titles set to compete at the fast, newly-laid track. read more.. |
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| Germany (AFP), BERLIN: Thirty-two teams have qualified for the 2006 World Cup finals which take place in Germany from June 9-July 9. AFP has prepared factfiles on all the finalists. Following is a factfile on Trinidad and Tobago. read more.. |
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| Czech Republic, OSTRAVA: Jamaican sensation Usain Bolt, Bahamian 2000 Olympic 'Golden Girl' Debbie Ferguson and Cuba's Yipsi Moreno scored victories at the IAAF Super Grand Prix Golden Spike meeting in Ostrava, Czech Republic. read more.. |
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