News from the Caribbean for
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Archives for Friday, June 2, 2006:
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| BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP): The European Union is expected to commit some 22 billion euros (28 billion dollars) in aid to the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group of countries from 2008-2013, an EU official said Thursday. read more.. |
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| MIAMI, USA (UPI): There were no tropical systems moving off Africa toward the Americas Thursday, the first day of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Two of Trinidad and Tobago's most expensive anti-crime fighting air security surveillance systems have been taken out of commission. read more.. |
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| GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Two journalists were on Wednesday briefly detained by police while they were covering a police operation in a section of Georgetown, Guyana's capital. read more.. |
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| BASSETERRE, St Kitts: The St Kitts and Nevis Federal Assembly has approved the Federal Government’s acquisition of 852 acres of land for public purpose - the construction of a five-star tourism development. read more.. |
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| WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has cancelled plans to attend the upcoming general assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) and will instead be sending her deputy, her office announced Thursday. read more.. |
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| GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): The dumping of cheap Chinese bauxite on the international market has forced a temporary shutdown and hundreds of layoffs at a Guyana-based bauxite company largely owned by Cambior of Canada, officials said on Wednesday. read more.. |
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| ATHENS, Greece (Bloomberg): IRF European Finance Investments Ltd., a Bermuda-based investment fund, has agreed to buy as much as 30 percent of the Greek lender Proton Investment Bank. read more.. |
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| CHICAGO, USA (Bloomberg): Schering-Plough Corp. is cutting 1,100 jobs, closing one manufacturing plant in Puerto Rico and streamlining operations at other plants there and in New Jersey. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Two men, one from Trinidad and the other from Tobago, who reportedly stole a bank vault containing more than TT$340,000 in cash and bank equipment, appeared before a San Fernando court on Wednesday. read more.. |
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| BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: HIV infection levels have remained stable in Barbados, but the number of AIDS deaths in the country appears to be on the decline, according to the UNAIDS 2006 Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic. read more.. |
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| PARAMARIBO, Suriname: The Coalition for the International Criminal Court on Thursday called on Bahamas, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, St Lucia, St Kitts and Nevis, and Suriname to ratify or accede to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. read more.. |
COMMENTARY
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 In my mission to help transform the consciousness of Caribbean natives - from a colonial to an independent mindset - I have seized upon every opportunity to undermine the esteem too many us still accord the vestiges of colonialism. read more.. |
LETTERS
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| You report that "the CGID 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.. |
SPORTS NEWS
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| Antigua (AFP), ST JOHN'S: India's batsmen confirmed that they could be their side's strength during the upcoming Tests against West Indies, when four of them reached half-centuries as the tour match with Antigua and Barbuda ended in a predictable draw. read more.. |
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| Antigua (Reuters), ST JOHN'S: West Indies face a true test of character in the four tests against India after winning the one day series 4-1, captain Brian Lara said on Thursday. read more.. |
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| South Africa (Reuters), DURBAN: A Texan-born billionaire is financing a world record $5 million Twenty20 international between West Indies and South Africa in Antigua this November, Cricket South Africa (CSA) said on Thursday. read more.. |
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| England (Reuters), LONDON: Jamaica striker Marlon King has been sent home from the squad for a breach of discipline, the team said in a statement on Thursday. read more.. |
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| Czech Republic, OSTRAVA: Jamaican Usain Bolt said he's upbeat about the head-to-heat contest with American Wallace Spearmon, the 2005 World Championships silver medallist from Helsinki, Finland. read more.. |
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| Norway, OSLO: Jamaican co-world record holder Asafa Powell says sharing the record with American rival Justin Gatlin has helped him to concentrate on lifting his performances at every meet. read more.. |
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