News from the Caribbean for
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Archives for Wednesday, July 12, 2006:
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| HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) : Cuba on Tuesday reacted with indignation to a plan approved by US President George W. Bush to promote democratic change on the communist-ruled island. read more.. |
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| PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): More than 20 people were killed in Haiti in recent days amid escalating violence involving armed gangs in Martissant, the southern suburb of the capital, UN officials said. read more.. |
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| CHARLESTOWN, Nevis: The Nevis Reformation Party (NRP) led by Joseph Walcott Parry was elected to run the affairs of Nevis for the next five years, ending their 15-year stint on the Nevis Island Assembly's opposition benches. read more.. |
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| ROSEAU, Dominica: The release of Disney’s latest blockbuster Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, which features images of Dominica’s most beautiful spots, has thrust the eastern Caribbean Island of Dominica into full international glare. read more.. |
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| ST JOHN, USVI: After hours of dicing, sauteing, and pan searing on June 28, the U.S. Virgin Islands Culinary Team whipped up creative dishes and drinks earning gold, silver, and bronze medals for the territory restaurant industry at the annual "Taste of the Caribbean." read more.. |
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| COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AFP): Gay activists in Denmark staged a demonstration on Tuesday ahead of a concert by Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton, who regularly causes controversy with gay-bashing lyrics. read more.. |
LETTERS
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| Why is it that activities coordinators over on our beautiful sister island of St Lucia are so hell bent on ousting Dominica’s World Creole Music Festival, now into its 10th year of existence; the Caribbean’s most unique festival of all times? read more.. |
SPORTS NEWS
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| WARSAW, Poland, (AFP): Leo Beenhakker, the Dutchman who led tiny Trinidad and Tobago into the World Cup finals, was Tuesday named the new coach of Poland, who made an embarrassingly early exit from the competition. read more.. |
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