News from the Caribbean for
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Archives for Tuesday, July 18, 2006:
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| MOENGO, Suriname: In the presence of hundreds of surviving relatives, Suriname’s president on Saturday July 15 formally apologized for the slaying of at least 39 unarmed civilians by an army unit. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Trinidad's Muslimeen leader, 64-year-old Imam Yasin Abu Bakr, after spending almost eight months in jail on charges of sedition, has been granted bail in the sum of TT$400,000. read more.. |
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| PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti: While meeting in Paris with President Rene Garcia Préval, the French leader Jacques Chirac revealed plans to begin a co-development program in Haiti. read more.. |
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| GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): Ten men are being sought in connection with the April killing of Guyanese agriculture minister Satyadeow Sawh, police said Friday. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: The Tobago House of Assembly has allocated TT$20 million toward disaster preparedness for the year 2006. The fund has been set aside especially for the hurricane season. read more.. |
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| ST GEORGE’S, Grenada: Grenada's opposition National Democratic Congress has agreed to compile a full report on Sunday’s agriculture conference within six months, and to meet on a similar basis within three months. read more.. |
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| ST GEORGE’S, Grenada: The legal profession in Grenada is mourning the loss of one of its more senior members. Michael Sylvester died in the United States on Monday night, where he was receiving treatment. read more.. |
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| CARACAS, Venezuela (Bloomberg): Petroleos de Venezuela SA, South America's largest oil company, has signed a long-term contract to sell petroleum products to the Caribbean island-nation of Antigua and Barbuda as part of Venezuela's PetroCaribe initiative. read more.. |
COMMENTARY
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 The football World Cup has now come and gone, and the hopes and dreams and ambitions of all the participants have all been laid to rest in that historic city of Berlin in Germany. The hot favourite Brazil did not look like winners. read more.. |
SPORTS NEWS
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| ROME, Italy: Several Caribbean athletes, including the Jamaican world leading sprint pair of Sherone Simpson and Asafa Powell stamped their class on yet another European meeting in the Olympic Stadium in Rome, Italy, on Friday June 14. read more.. |
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| STOCKHOLM, Sweden: Jamaica's world-renowned sprinter Asafa Powell, the co-world record holder over 100-metres, at 9.77 seconds will face America's new young sensation Xavier Carter in the dash at the DN Galan – IAAF Super Grand Prix in Stockholm. read more.. |
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| LONDON, England: Reggae Boy Ian Goodison is now free to join English Coca-Cola Football League One side Tranmere Rovers after his request for a work permit was granted. read more.. |
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