News from the Caribbean for
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Archives for Thursday, July 13, 2006:
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| CHARLESTOWN, Nevis: After winning three of the five seats in the Nevis Island Assembly in the July 10 elections, the Nevis Reformation Party became the official party to run the affairs of the Nevis Island Administration for the next five years. read more.. |
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| PARAMARIBO, Suriname: A government official in Suriname has categorically denied that the suspected Guyanese drugs lord Shaheed ‘Roger’ Khan was beaten by police after his arrest in Paramaribo three weeks ago. read more.. |
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| HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Cuban President Fidel Castro, who turns 80 next month, is an "extraordinarily healthy" man who continues to work very hard every day, parliamentary speaker Ricardo Alarcon said. read more.. |
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| PARAMARIBO, Suriname: Captured Guyanese businessman, Shaheed Roger Khan has suffered his second legal blow in Suriname while awaiting trial in a Brooklyn jail on drug trafficking charges. read more.. |
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| ROSEAU, Dominica: Persons working in the professional services sector in Commonwealth Caribbean countries will get an opportunity to enhance their ability to increase trade in professional services when the “Strategic Programme for the Promotion of Professional Services” Project is implemented in Dominica. read more.. |
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| BASSETERRE, St. Kitts: Chairman of the ruling St Kitts-Nevis Labour Party, Dr Timothy Harris has congratulated the Nevis Reformation Party on its victory at the polls in the Nevis Island Administration local elections on Monday. read more.. |
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| BASSETERRE, St Kitts: St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr Denzil Douglas said on Tuesday his Federal Government in Basseterre looks forward to continued good working relationship with the new Nevis Reformation Party. read more.. |
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| KINGSTOWN, St Vincent: Carnival in St Vincent and the Grenadines concluded Tuesday night after a record 12 costume bands appeared before judges and paraded the streets of the capital Kingstown, wrapping up Mardi Gras. read more.. |
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| BASSETERRE, St Kitts: The manufacturing sector in St Kitts and Nevis although successfully holding its own in 2005, continues to be confronted by fierce competition from Asia and South America. read more.. |
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| PROVIDENCIALES, Turks & Caicos: Digicel, the fastest- growing mobile telecommunications operator in the Caribbean, has announced that it will launch new mobile services, such as per-second billing, international roaming and free activation for customers in Turks & Caicos. read more.. |
SPORTS NEWS
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| ST JOHN'S, Antigua (AFP): West Indies' Convenor of Selectors Joey Carew revealed on Wednesday he will not stand for re-election for the forthcoming two-year term. read more.. |
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| WIGAN, England (AFP): English Premiership new-boys Watford completed the signing of Jamaica midfielder Damien Francis from Wigan on Wednesday. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN,, Trinidad (AFP): Former Dutch international Wim Rijsbergen was confirmed as the new coach of Trinidad et Tobago on Wednesday. read more.. |
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| LONDON, England: Jamaican international and Bolton Wonderers' left-back, Ricardo Gardner, has been ruled out of competition until October in order to fully recover from a knee ligament operation. read more.. |
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| LAUSANNE, Switzerland: Jamaican Sherone Simpson, the current world leader at both the 100m and 200m this season, has said training with fellow countryman Asafa Powell, one of two men holding the 100-metre world record of 9.77 seconds, has had a great impact in her career. read more.. |
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