News from the Caribbean for
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Archives for Monday, June 12, 2006:
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| NEW YORK, USA (Bloomberg): Tropical Storm Alberto, the first named storm of the Atlantic Ocean's 2006 hurricane season, won't be windy enough to become a hurricane, forecasters said. It will be wet, dropping as much as 10 inches of rain on Florida. read more.. |
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| PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Reuters): Haitian Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis and a coalition Cabinet meant to help unite the fractious Caribbean nation were sworn into office on Friday. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Operations at Trinidad and Tobago's national airline, BWIA, were almost brought to a halt on Saturday with a large number of employees calling in sick. read more.. |
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| ST JOHN, USVI: In recent months the media and the "coconut telegraph" on the tiny island of St John in the US Virgin Islands have both abounded with stories about a recent onslaught of construction and development. read more.. |
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| PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): Two armed gangs clashed over control of a generator to see the World Cup, leaving six people dead, sources close to the United Nations mission in Haiti said last week. read more.. |
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| CARACAS, Venezuela (Bloomberg): Petroleos de Venezuela SA, South America's largest oil company, has formed a joint venture with Belize Petroleum Energy Ltd. as part of Venezuela's PetroCaribe initiative. read more.. |
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| ST GEORGE’S, Grenada: It was another significant day for Grenada’s stadium project last Tuesday with the commencement of the roofing phase. The process, which will take four months, will see all the stands being covered except the Posse Stand. read more.. |
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ST GEORGE’S, Grenada:  The Grenadian entry in this year’s Chelsea Flower Show in London has received the Silver Gilt Flora award after winning Gold for five consecutive years. This award is the highest in the Silver Gilt category, which is the second highest award at Chelsea. read more.. |
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| ROSEAU, Dominica: The Ministry of Tourism and the Ministry of Agriculture are collaborating to protect sea turtles in Dominica, which are now on the verge of extinction. read more.. |
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| ROSEAU, Dominica: Dominica’s Director of Tourism, Sharon Pascal, has disclosed that the 160 cruise calls during the cruise season 2005/06 represent a decline from the 299 cruise calls during the 2004/05 season. read more.. |
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| WASHINGTON, USA: According to a press release dated June 5, US President George W. Bush has proclaimed the month of June 2006 "Caribbean-American Heritage Month." read more.. |
COMMENTARY
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 In March this year, the British government issued a policy paper setting out its foreign policy priorities. The Caribbean was not mentioned anywhere in the paper entitled, “Active Diplomacy for a Changing World: The UK’s International priorities”. read more.. |
SPORTS NEWS
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DORTMUND, Germany (AFP):  Goalkeeper Shaka Hislop, who was called into the team at the last minute, pulled off a string of fine saves to give 10-man Trinidad and Tobago a courageous 0-0 draw with Sweden on their World Cup finals debut on Saturday. Hislop proved to be the star of the show. read more.. |
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| PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AFP): Trinidad and Tobago celebrated Saturday as the country's team made their debut on the World Cup stage with a nil-nil draw against Sweden. read more.. |
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| DORTMUND, Germany (AFP): Sweden's Arsenal star Freddie Ljungberg believes his team should have beaten Trinidad and Tobago by at least four goals instead of allowing the 10-man Caribbean side to escape with a 0-0 draw. read more.. |
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| GROS ISLET, St Lucia (AFP): Three hundreds and three early West Indies wickets, including the prized scalp of Brian Lara, placed India in an impregnable position in the second Test on Sunday. read more.. |
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BERLIN, Germany (AFP):  'Together we aspire together we achieve' -- seldom could a team's motto have been more appropriate than for the 'Socaboys' of Trinidad and Tobago following their battling 0-0 draw with Sweden in the World Cup. It was just another remarkable sporting exploit. read more.. |
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| ST JOHN'S, Antigua (AFP): West Indies captain Brian Lara paid tribute to the achievement of his native Trinidad and Tobago in earning a surprise draw in their first ever match at the World Cup. read more.. |
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| GATESHEAD, England: Jamaican joint world record holder Asafa Powell made a statement Sunday afternoon during the Norwich Union British Grand Prix, when he equalled the world record with a 1.5m/s wind speed to win the men's 100-metre dash. read more.. |
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| GATESHEAD, England: Following his world record-equalling run at the Norwich Union British Grand Prix on Sunday afternoon, Jamaica’s ace sprinter Asafa Powell said he's once again ready to claim sole possession of the world mark. read more.. |
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| BASSE-TERRE, Guadeloupe: The French national football team, also known as “Les Bleus (The Blues)” is largely made up of native Guadeloupean players. read more.. |
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| NEW YORK, USA (Reuters): Miguel Cotto of Puerto Rico scored a unanimous 12-round decision over American Paulie Malignaggi to retain his WBO junior welterweight title Saturday night at Madison Square Garden. read more.. |
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