News from the Caribbean for
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Archives for Wednesday, June 7, 2006:
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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (Reuters):  The Organization of American States acknowledged on Tuesday that weak finances were undermining its ability to operate effectively. OAS Secretary-General Jose Miguel Insulza detailed the economic hard times. read more.. |
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WASHINGTON, USA:  US Virgin Islands delegate to Congress, Donna Christensen, was arrested on Tuesday as she joined her Congressional Black Caucus colleagues in a peaceful protest in front of the Sudanese embassy to put pressure on that government to end the genocide in Darfur. read more.. |
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| KINGSTOWN, St Vincent: Four men were on Tuesday remanded to prison after appearing before a Kingstown magistrate charged with the alleged rape of an American woman and two of her daughters at La Soufričre in St Vincent last week. read more.. |
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Reuters) :  Haitian Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis unveiled his cabinet on Tuesday and vowed to deal with the burning issue of political prisoners. Alexis went before the Senate to outline his plan for governing as part of the formal process of installing a new government. read more.. |
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| MADRID, Spain (AFP): Spanish police have launched an international manhunt for a human trafficker who left 47 African migrants on his boat to starve to death as they drifted across the Atlantic towards the Caribbean island of Barbados. read more.. |
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| PARIS, France (Bloomberg): Alstom SA, the world's second-biggest train maker, won an order worth 92.5 million euros ($118.6 million) to supply 19 train sets for the first subway line in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. read more.. |
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| WASHINGTON, USA: The influential Judiciary Committee of the United States House of Representatives met recently to consider the so-called ‘Goodlatte and Leach Internet Gaming Bills’ and the Government of Antigua-Barbuda was given an opportunity to make written submissions to the Committee. read more.. |
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| BASSETERRE, St Kitts: Heads of State and Governments of Haiti, Jamaica and Montserrat will be among the new faces when the 27th Conference of Caribbean Heads of Government convenes in St Kitts next month. read more.. |
COMMENTARY
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 When Sir Ronald Sanders was delivering his lecture on the CSME in Barbados, I doubt he could have been anticipating the extent of the reaction his comments on that occasion engendered. But some very useful responses have been forthcoming. read more.. |
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 We are at a critical juncture in the forward movement of the Caribbean Community, as we join together in the fight for a standard of living which is acceptable to one’s self worth and comfort. read more.. |
SPORTS NEWS
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| ST JOHN'S, Antigua (AFP): Tailenders Fidel Edwards and Corey Collymore nervously batted through the last 3.1 overs of the fifth and final day to help West Indies wriggle free from the clutches of defeat to earn a draw against India in the opening Test. read more.. |
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| ST JOHN'S, Antigua (Reuters): West Indies captain Brian Lara and India's Rahul Dravid were left searching for superlatives following the dramatic drawn first test on Tuesday. read more.. |
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| NEW YORK, USA: Surprise 2004 Athens Olympic silver medallist Danny McFarlane of Jamaica, says despite the fact that he didn't run a perfect race he was happy with his winning performance in the cool conditions at the New York Reebok Grand Prix. read more.. |
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