News from the Caribbean for
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Archives for Wednesday, June 28, 2006:
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| GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, St Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and St Vincent and the Grenadines will sign onto the Single Market on 30 June according to Prime Minister of Dominica, Roosevelt Skerrit. read more.. |
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| BRADES, Montserrat: Scientists at the Montserrat Volcano Observatory (MVO) have reported that there is an ongoing swarm of volcanic earthquakes at shallow depths, “the likes of which have not been seen at the MVO for years.” read more.. |
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| NEW YORK, USA (UPI): A New York woman is suing a Turks and Caicos Islands resort after she and a friend were robbed at gunpoint. read more.. |
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| CARACAS, Venezuela (Bloomberg): Petroleos de Venezuela SA, South America's largest-oil company, has signed a long-term supply contract to sell petroleum products to the Caribbean island of Grenada as part of Venezuela's PetroCaribe initiative. read more.. |
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| BRUSSELS, (Reuters): The European Union announced an increase in development aid for Haiti on Tuesday, in a show of support for visiting President Rene Preval and his newly elected government. read more.. |
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| MIAMI, USA (UPI): Crew members of a ship docked at Miami found two dead stowaways sealed inside a cargo container, the U.S. Coast Guard said. read more.. |
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| BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Twenty-six men will soon go on trial for burning down Glendairy Prison in Barbados last year during an uprising at what was then the country's only adult penal institution. read more.. |
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| ROSEAU, Dominica: Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office, Rayburn Blackmoore and Superintendent of the Dominica Police Force, Nicholas George, have been elaborating on Dominica’s National Crime Prevention and Control Policy. read more.. |
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| WASHINGTON, USA: This past week, in a brief ceremony in Suriname, the Resident Representative of the OAS and the representative of the IICA signed a grant agreement for the amount of $13,500 to further assist the victims of flooding in Suriname. read more.. |
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| GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Haiti’s development will depend largely on the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) institutional support, according to the Prime Minister of Dominica, Roosevelt Skerrit. read more.. |
LETTERS
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| I am outraged that your islands would host the IWC and take blood money from those whaling scoundrels in Japan. read more.. |
SPORTS NEWS
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| BASSETERRE, St Kitts (AFP): If sport is a metaphor for life, then the passion and pain of the struggling West Indies cricket team are an apt reflection of the region which will welcome the 2007 ICC World Cup. read more.. |
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| BASSETERRE, St Kitts (AFP): West Indies captain Brian Lara claimed neither his side nor India seem capable of delivering the knockout punch in their Test series after the third Test ended in a draw. read more.. |
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| KINGSTON, Jamaica (AFP): The sprint showdown between co-world record holders Asafa Powell and Justin Gatlin may not take place next month unless a deal can be reached soon, said Powell's manager on Monday. read more.. |
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| KINGSTON, Jamaica: Jamaican co-world record holder over 100-metres, Asafa Powell, says he's capable of running any sprint event competitively at the moment, as he's in the best shape of his life. read more.. |
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| KINGSTON, Jamaica: With Cuban World champion Zulia Calatayud already a sure pick for the 10th IAAF World Cup in Athens, Jamaica's top middle distance female runner Kenia Sinclair said she's now targeting a qualifying time for the 1500m event. read more.. |
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