News from the Caribbean for
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Archives for Friday, June 16, 2006:
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| FRIGATE BAY, St Kitts (AFP): Environmentalists warned Thursday that Japan could send conservation efforts back 60 years, as Tokyo and its pro-whaling partners seemed set to seize control of the world body barring commercial whale hunts. read more.. |
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| BASSETERRE, St Kitts: The 58th annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) opens here on Friday with an international conservation group saying that the Caribbean has been given “skewed” information on whaling. read more.. |
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| CHARLESTOWN, Nevis: Premier of Nevis and leader of the Concerned Citizens Movement (CCM)-led Nevis Island Administration, Vance Amory, has made it clear that the quest for independence for Nevis was still on course for his government. read more.. |
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| TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (Reuters): Honduras is becoming a key staging point for human trafficking rings bringing undocumented Cuban immigrants to the United States, authorities said on Thursday. read more.. |
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| HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters): Cuban Defense Minister Raul Castro denied the military would take over after his brother President Fidel Castro died or left office, insisting in a speech published on Thursday that the Cuban Communist Party would lead the nation. read more.. |
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| ST GEORGE’S, Grenada: With the closure of the Grenada Sugar Factory in 2004, sugar cane farmers in Grenada have been faced with the loss of their livelihoods because of the lack of mills to grind the product. read more.. |
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| ROAD TOWN, BVI: The government of the British Virgin Islands is continuing in its efforts to curtail criminal activity in the Territory, through the hosting of a training course on how to combat various forms of drug smuggling and drug production. read more.. |
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| MIAMI, USA (UPI): Miami school officials have decided to ban a controversial book about Cuba from public school libraries, The Miami Herald reported Thursday. read more.. |
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| ROSEAU, Dominica: The construction and tourism sectors in Dominica performed better in the first quarter of 2006 (Jan-March) compared to the corresponding period in 2005. read more.. |
SPORTS NEWS
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| NUREMBERG, Germany (AFP): England stuttered into the second round of the World Cup here Thursday after late goals from Peter Crouch and Steven Gerrard handed them a flattering 2-0 victory over Trinidad and Tobago. read more.. |
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| GROS ISLET, St Lucia (AFP): Brian Lara has appealed to the West Indies selection panel for more firepower ahead of the last two Tests against India. read more.. |
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| GROS ISLET, St Lucia (AFP): Brian Lara was celebrating a return to form Thursday after his century in the second innings of the second Test against India saved the West Indies from defeat. read more.. |
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| KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters): West Indies will play three tests and five one-day internationals in Pakistan in November and December, a Pakistan Cricket Board official said Thursday. read more.. |
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