News from the Caribbean for
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Archives for Tuesday, July 25, 2006:
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| PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): Residents of the Haitian capital have returned to System D after a week which saw a new wave of kidnappings and eight people killed in clashes with UN peacekeepers. read more.. |
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LOS ANGELES, USA (AFP):  A tearful Miss Puerto Rico, Zuleyka Rivera, was crowned Miss Universe 2006 on Sunday, the fifth time the crown has gone to a woman from the US island territory in the Caribbean. "The truth is, I still do not believe it," the 18-year-old student and model said after she was crowned. read more.. |
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SAO PAULO, Brazil (Bloomberg):  Cuban President Fidel Castro, on his first trip abroad since December, warned of uncertain consequences from the global boom in commodities prices. Castro also took advantage of the meeting to embrace Venezuela as an important source of the region's oil. read more.. |
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BASSETERRE, St Kitts:  CLICO announced Monday it is to locate its new Financial Centre in St Kitts, market Phase 1 and begin Phase 2 of the Douglas Estate Housing Development; and start construction of a multi-million dollar condominium project at Frigate Bay, one of St Kitts’ leading tourism area. read more.. |
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| PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): International donors and lenders met Monday in Haiti, whose government aimed to raise some five billion dollars for one of the poorest countries in the Americas. read more.. |
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| ROAD TOWN , BVI: Ten more persons have been added to the BVI's immigration stop list. The ten had been convicted of offences including overstaying, unlawful possession of a Virgin Islands passport, burglary, possession of unlicensed firearm, drug possession and malicious wounding. read more.. |
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| ROAD TOWN, BVI: The British Virgin Islands will present its implementation plan for strategic planning in the public service at a two-day regional meeting in Anguilla this week. read more.. |
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CHARLESTOWN, Nevis:  Following a brief swearing ceremony of the two junior ministers of the Nevis Island Administration on Monday, Premier Joseph Parry welcomed them to their first Cabinet meeting moments after they took their oath of office. read more.. |
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ST GEORGE'S, Grenada:  For the third year, the elegant and upscale 64-room Spice Island Beach Resort in Grenada has won the coveted AAA Four Diamond Award®. Spice’s AAA Four Diamond Award® rating will appear in the AAA 2007 Caribbean TourBook™ guide. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: The First Meeting of the Follow-Up Commission for the Caribbean Sea Initiative, will be held on Thursday, July 27, 2006, at the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) Secretariat in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. read more.. |
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| MIAMI, USA (Reuters): A federal court judge ordered Miami's public school system on Monday to lift a ban on a children's book about Cuba that critics say fails to paint a bleak picture of life on the communist-ruled island. read more.. |
COMMENTARY
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 As I look and listened at the massacre and rhetorical shameful excuses coming from Israel and Lebanon, as the former killed hundreds and devastated everything in the latter, I could not resist making comparisons with our lifestyle in the region. read more.. |
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 The Caribbean Guyana Institute for Democracy (CGID) wishes to announce that President Jagdeo has refused to grant the Institute permission to observe the upcoming elections in Guyana for unexplained reasons. read more.. |
LETTERS
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| I do support Caribbean governments decision to ease immigration restriction for the World Cup in 2007. However, will the relaxed immigration laws for World Cup 2007 lead to an influx of Guyanese to many Caribbean countries? read more.. |
SPORTS NEWS
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| CHESTER-LE-STREET, England: The touring West Indies 'A'-team defeated English county side Durham by an easy eight-wickets in their three-day opening tour match at Riverside Ground in Chester-le-Street on Sunday. read more.. |
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| THESSALONIKI, Greece: Despite several challenges from European athletes seeking qualifying standards for Euro Championships, Caribbean athletes virtually were unstoppable on the track at the 2006 IAAF Olympic Meeting in Thessaloniki, Greece. read more.. |
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| SYDNEY, Australia (AFP): Dwight Yorke said Monday he was unsure of his playing future beyond his second and final season with Australian A-League football champions Sydney FC. read more.. |
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