News from the Caribbean for
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Archives for Thursday, June 29, 2006:
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| KINGSTOWN, St Vincent: Immediate past chairman of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), Dr Ralph Gonsalves, has commented further on his statement last week that there are forces trying to undermine the sub-regional grouping. read more.. |
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| GEORGETOWN, Guyana: The Prime Minister of Dominica, Roosevelt Skerrit, has openly criticised the treatment dished out to Guyanese at the ports of entry of some Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Two Trinidadian men employed at the Power Generation Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited have been killed and another seriously injured following an explosion on Wednesday morning. read more.. |
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| ST GEORGE’S, Grenada: As travel and tourism continues to be one of the world’s fastest growing industries and employers, the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC produces detailed annual Tourism Satellite Accounting reports. read more.. |
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| BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: CARICOM Secretary-General Edwin Carrington, in his welcome remarks to a gathering at the Sherbourne Conference Centre in Barbados on Wednesday, pointed to “early harvest” in the CARICOM Single Economy process. read more.. |
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| KINGSTON, Jamaica: Proparco has signed a Credit Agreement with Unigestion Holding S.A. to finance the development of Digicel Haiti, a new mobile telecommunication operator. read more.. |
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| ROAD TOWN, BVI: The government of the British Virgin Islands will host a special ceremony this Saturday, July 1, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Virgin Islands becoming a Territory. read more.. |
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| ST JOHN’S, Antigua: Caribbean Star Airlines announced Wednesday that it has postponed plans to offer new service to/from Curacao. The move comes as the carrier re-focuses and expands its efforts toward achieving Category One status. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Tobago's Minority Leader, Ashford Jack, is expected to respond to the island's 2.7 billion dollar fiscal package presented on Monday by Anselm London, Secretary for Finance. read more.. |
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| ST JOHN’S, Antigua: The region’s security preparations for Cricket World Cup 2007 will top the agenda when Antigua and Barbuda hosts the Second Meeting of the Council of Ministers Responsible for National Security and Law Enforcement. read more.. |
LETTERS
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| Whilst many people with have sympathy with the views of Linda Wilson from Miami about the whaling situation and Japan, it is very wrong of her to call for a boycott of the islands that support the motion. read more.. |
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| I really do not quite understand why these people just can't quit, rather than continuously drowning themselves in all this hypocrisy? read more.. |
SPORTS NEWS
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| RATINGEN, Germany: Jamaica's multi-athlete Maurice Smith continued his great form this season with another impressive performance in the Decathlon, this time it was at the "International Mehrkampf-Meeting", held in Ratingen, Germany, last weekend. read more.. |
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