News from the Caribbean for
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Archives for Monday, June 26, 2006:
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| PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti: Newly elected President of Haiti, René Preval has expressed delight at Haiti's resumption of formal arrangements with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). read more.. |
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| BASSETERRE, St Kitts: Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Cedirc Liburd reported to the recent International Whaling Commission meeting that the government and people of St Kitts and Nevis were thoroughly displeased with the "illegal activities" of Greenpeace read more.. |
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| BASSETERRE, St Kitts: The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) marked an historic point in its existence on Wednesday, June 21 , when it raised the first ever OECS flag. read more.. |
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| HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Cuban authorities last week jailed a senior Communist Party member for 12 years for corruption in a rare sanction against high level fraud. read more.. |
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| HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): In what scientists billed as a breakthrough, Cuba has developed the first monoclonal antibody from transgenic plants -- dubbed a "plantibody" -- used in making a human vaccine. read more.. |
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| LONDON, England (Bloomberg): The former executive director of Langbar International Ltd., a Bermuda-based investment company which is missing 370 million pounds ($673 million), is being investigated by U.K. accounting regulators. read more.. |
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| PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Reuters): A Canadian missionary held by kidnappers in Haiti for almost a week was freed after a $2,000 ransom was paid, a Haitian police official said on Sunday. read more.. |
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| FORT LAUDERDALE, USA (UPI): Jamaica's new Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller drew an appreciative audience in Florida despite waning popularity a home, the Miami Herald said. read more.. |
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| MIAMI, USA (UPI): Investigators have uncovered maintenance problems at the airline that operated a seaplane which crashed in Miami en route to the Bahamas last December killing 20 people, a report says. read more.. |
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| ST GEORGE’S, Grenada: Dialysis treatment could be available in Grenada in the very near future. The treatment will be provided by a private company, Island Health Services (IHS), which is in the process of organizing its clinic at Belmont St George’s. read more.. |
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| GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Rio Group members are advocating an extended life and mandate of the United Nations (UN) Stabilisation Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). read more.. |
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| PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti: The United States plans to assist the Haitian government, the United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) and the Organisation of American States (OAS) in "the completion of local elections". read more.. |
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| ROSEAU, Dominica: A delegation from Venezuela headed by Minister for Energy and Petroleum and President of PDVSA, Rafael Ramirez, arrives in Dominica on Monday for the signing of an agreement to cooperate in energy-related matters. read more.. |
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| CHARLESTOWN, Nevis: Nevisians will go to the polls on July 10, 2006. The date was announced by Premier Vance Amory as he addressed hundreds of his Concerned Citizens Party supporters at a rally on Thursday June 22, 2006. read more.. |
COMMENTARY
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 Banks are not institutions that normally attract praise for their good work. But, the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is an exception. The CDB was born in stormy circumstances in January 1970 after considerable debate and rancour. read more.. |
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 As leaders from the eastern Caribbean gathered together to unveil the first ever flag, an international controversy is swimming like an angry shark in the economic waters around the Caribbean community. read more.. |
SPORTS NEWS
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| BASSETERRE, St Kitts (AFP): West Indies have been left to rue their questionable decision not to enforce the follow-on, after losing four wickets in their second innings in the third Test against India at Warner Park here on Sunday. read more.. |
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| KINGSTON, Jamaica: Jamaica’s reigning Commonwealth Games 200-metres champion Sherone Simpson struck great form at the National Track and Field Championships in Kingston, Saturday evening when she raced to a world leading 10.82 seconds to win the women's 100m crown. read more.. |
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| BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AFP): Canada romped to an 11-try victory over Barbados on Saturday, beating the Caribbean island nation 71-3 (h-t: 45-0) in a 2007 Rugby World Cup qualifier. read more.. |
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