News from the Caribbean for
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Archives for Monday, July 10, 2006:
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| BASSETERRE, St Kitts, (AFP): Spectators visiting the Caribbean next year for the Cricket World Cup will be able to move between host islands without stopping for passport processing, officials said last week. read more.. |
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| PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, (AFP): At least 16 people were killed and three injured in a night of fighting between armed groups in the south of Haiti's capital, a United Nations official said Friday. read more.. |
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| TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP): Taiwan will pledge 50 million US dollars in aid to its diplomatic ally Dominican Republic to help build a science park in the Caribbean state, the foreign ministry said Friday. read more.. |
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| MIAMI, USA (AFP): An illegal Cuban migrant woman died in a failed bid to reach Florida shores Saturday after US Coast Guards intercepted a small boat overloaded with 31 bruised and exhausted people, the US Coast Guards said. read more.. |
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| CASTRIES, St Lucia : Following the success of the Air Jamaica-sponsored "The Walk: Sanctuary for the Soul" women’s seminar last month, the organizers have confirmed they will return to St Lucia next year for another “faith tourism” meeting from June 21 to 24, 2007. read more.. |
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KINGSTON, Jamaica: Air Jamaica has announced that its redesigned website airjamaica.com is now live. The site has a great new look and is user-friendly, easy to navigate and filled with useful travel information for passengers.
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| CASTRIES, St Lucia: According to the International Culinary Tourism Association (ICTA), food and beverages have an equal, if not more powerful, allure as museums, sports and shopping. read more.. |
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| CAIMITO, Cuba (Reuters): They do not come to Cuba for the beaches and tropical mystique that draw more than 2 million other visitors each year. Instead they come to spend their vacations working in the countryside under a blazing sun. read more.. |
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| BASSETERRE, St Kitts: Tournament Director for next year's ICC Cricket World Cup in the Caribbean, Chris Dehring has applauded the security and immigration initiatives agreed by the Prime Ministers of CARICOM, which will enable free movement of fans. read more.. |
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| BASSETERRE, St Kitts: Bananas, sugar and agriculture were among several issues discussed during the just concluded 27th Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in St Kitts. read more.. |
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| BASSETERRE, St Kitts: Caribbean Heads of Government have received a report on the macro-economic implications of non-communicable diseases, which showed that the number of deaths resulting from diabetes, hypertension and heart disease were ten times higher than the number resulting from HIV/AIDS. read more.. |
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| ST JOHN’S, Antigua: Antigua and Barbuda is continuing to see good growth in the tourism industry as indicated by visitor arrival figures to date for the year 2006. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Suriname has signed the Reciprocal Cooperation Agreement among the Trade and Investment Promotion Organisations of Association of Caribbean States (ACS) Member States and Associate Members. read more.. |
COMMENTARY
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 The countries of the Western Hemisphere have a responsibility to ensure that agreed modalities are put in place that would allow broad acceptance in Guyana of the results of impending General Elections. read more.. |
LETTERS
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| Once again the Prime Minister of Barbados is grandstanding. Barbados is a nation facing many, many problems. The lone Government-run hospital in the island is in near chaos. read more.. |
SPORTS NEWS
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| PARIS, France (AFP): Jamaica's Asafa Powell on Friday taunted sprint rival Justin Gatlin by claiming the American was trying to avoid racing against him. read more.. |
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| LONDON, England (AFP): Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has knocked back an offer to coach the Jamaican national team, his agent Athole Still said Sunday. read more.. |
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| PARIS, France: Asafa Powell, the co-world record holder over 100-metre, stayed in contention to win a million dollar jackpot when he won the men's short sprint dash in the second leg of this year's IAAF Golden League campaign in Paris. read more.. |
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| FORT LAUDERDALE, USA: It has been reported that Jamaica's 200-metre Olympic champion Veronica Campbell, could make a return to the track at Tuesday's (July 11) Athletissima Super Grand Prix in Lausanne, Switzerland, following a muscle injury. read more.. |
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| MUMBAI, India (Reuters): India's test series victory in West Indies was one of the high points of Anil Kumble's 16-year international career, the leg spinner said on Friday. read more.. |
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