News from the Caribbean for
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Archives for Monday, June 5, 2006:
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| BRADES, Montserrat (Reuters): A new coalition government took office in Montserrat on Friday, two days after the volcano-scarred British Caribbean territory held a general election that failed to produce a clear winner. read more.. |
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| KINGSTOWN, St Vincent: Police in St Vincent say four men will appear before a Kingstown magistrate on Tuesday to answer charges related to the alleged rape of three female American visitors to the island last week. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: What was once Trinidad and Tobago's highest national award, the 'Trinity Cross', is no more. Prime Minister Patrick Manning made the announcement in Parliament on Friday that the Trinity Cross will be replaced. read more.. |
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ROSEAU, Dominica:  Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit wants nationals to conserve energy and regulate their consumption levels, following a new price increase on fuel, gas and kerosene in Dominica. The new retail prices represent a 5.7% or 65 cents increase on gasoline. read more.. |
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| HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Raul Castro, the official political heir to Cuba's communist regime led by his brother Fidel, turned 75 Saturday with a flurry of glowing coverage in state-run media. read more.. |
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| MIAMI, USA (AFP): As Cuban President Fidel Castro nears his 80th birthday, US authorities planning for the fallout in Florida from his eventual death fear a dangerous mass migration of Cubans, The Miami Herald reported Friday. read more.. |
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| JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP): Visiting Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque said Friday his country was sending 135 medical specialists to treat survivors of the earthquake on Indonesia's Java island. read more.. |
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| PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): The new representative of UN chief Kofi Annan in Haiti, Guatemalan diplomat Edmond Mulet, arrived Friday in Port-au-Prince to head the UN peacekeeping mission in the troubled country. read more.. |
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| UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters): Cuba complained on Friday that the United States denied a visa to the head of its delegation to a UN AIDS conference, but a US spokesman said he applied too late. read more.. |
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| MIAMI, USA (Reuters): When Jose Miguel Insulza was elected secretary-general of the Organization of American States in May 2005 there was hope the Chilean statesman might revive a body long seen as ineffectual and dominated by Washington. read more.. |
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| HAVANA, Cuba (UPI): Five Cubans serving lengthy prison terms for espionage-related acts in the United States are being hailed as heroes in their native land. read more.. |
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| BRASILIA, Brazil (UPI): Brazil has sent an additional 280 troops to Haiti, where the South American nation leads the UN peacekeeping mission, Brazilian officials said Friday. read more.. |
COMMENTARY
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 Dr Richard Bernal, the Head of the Caribbean Regional negotiation Machinery (CRNM), has produced a most important paper on the survival of Caribbean businesses in a competitive global environment. read more.. |
LETTERS
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| With respect to Mrs Linda Petrusi, I would like to give my opinion on the cause of the disastrous floods in my country Suriname during the first weekend of May. read more.. |
SPORTS NEWS
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ST JOHN'S, Antigua (AFP):  Opening batsman Wasim Jaffer ran amok on loose West Indies bowling to hit his second Test hundred and help India claw their way back into the opening Test on Sunday at the Antigua Recreation Ground. Jaffer was undefeated on a Test-best 113 when stumps were drawn. read more.. |
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OSLO, Norway:  Jamaican ace, Asafa Powell, the joint 100m world record holder, started his hunt for a million dollars with two sub-10 seconds and Jamaican-born Sanya Richards captured the women's 400m at the ExxonMobil Bislett Games, an IAAF Golden League meeting in Oslo, Norway, on Friday. read more.. |
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| NEW YORK, USA: Jamaican Olympic 200m champion Veronica Campbell and countryman Usain Bolt were both defeated at the 2006 Reebok Grand Prix at New York City's Icahn Stadium Saturday evening. read more.. |
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MANCHESTER, England (AFP):  Peter Crouch scored a hat-trick as England concluded their preparations for the World Cup by knocking six goals past a hopelessly outclassed Jamaica here on Saturday. The combination of Crouch and Michael Owen in attack was highly effective. read more.. |
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PRAGUE, Czech Republic (Reuters):  Striker Jan Koller notched a pair of goals and Pavel Nedved added another as the Czech Republic beat Trinidad and Tobago 3-0 on Saturday in their final tune-up ahead of the World Cup finals. Trinidad and Tobago are making their first appearance in the World Cup finals. read more.. |
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OSLO, Norway:  Joint 100m world record holders Asafa Powell of Jamaica and Justin Gatlin of USA want to use their rivalry to take 100-metre sprinting to the highest level. "Expect some good performance from us (Powell and Gatlin) this summer," Powell told Caribbean Net News. read more.. |
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