News from the Caribbean for
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Archives for Tuesday, August 1, 2006:
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HAVANA, Cuba (AFP):  Cuban President Fidel Castro said Monday he underwent surgery and had temporarily handed power to his brother, Raul, for the first time in his 47 years atop the communist government. Castro, who will turn 80 on August 13, made a "proclamation," read on television. read more.. |
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| HAMILTON, Bermuda (Reuters): A drive-by shooting, a gunman spraying bullets into a bar and a teenager gunned down in his car in a gangland-style hit -- it's not the image that most people have of once-sedate Bermuda. read more.. |
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| GRAND TURK, Turks & Caicos Islands: The Turks & Caicos Islands will soon celebrate an historic moment when the country takes another step towards full internal self government. read more.. |
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BASSETERRE, St Kitts:  The governing St Kitts-Nevis Labour Party Administration will table a White Paper in the National Assembly on Tuesday outlining the framework and structure for reforming the electoral system. Prime Minister Dr Denzil Douglas is expected to outline the process. read more.. |
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CHARLESTOWN, Nevis:  A team from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) left Nevis on Friday July 28, 2006, following what an official of the Nevis Island Administration described as fruitful discussions of a number of important projects for the future of Nevis. read more.. |
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| PARAMARIBO, Suriname: The Suriname Ministry of Labour has rejected the controversial lay-off of 83 workers. The workers were fired two weeks ago by Suriname’s largest bakery over a dispute regarding payment of a lump sum. read more.. |
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| PARAMARIBO, Suriname: Over the period 2006-2011 the Suriname government will utilise economic diplomacy as an important instrument in its foreign policy. read more.. |
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ROSEAU, Dominica:  Dominica’s Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit, has acknowledged the contribution of Cuban President, Dr Fidel Castro to humanity. The Dominican leader made the remarks last week at the opening ceremony for the newly refurbished Nursing School and Hostel. read more.. |
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| ST THOMAS, USVI: The United States Virgin Islands is inviting its island neighbors to visit America’s Caribbean for fun, sun and the allure of excellent shopping with cool savings at stores, restaurants and attractions. read more.. |
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WILLEMSTAD, Curacao:  The island of Curaçao just celebrated the grand opening of its new airport terminal, the first phase in a 30-year contract to develop and expand the Curaçao International Airport. The new terminal is a state-of-the-art facility designed to meet international aviation standards. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: The Tobago House of Assembly recently announced an additional service from Piarco International Airport in Trinidad to Crown Point International Airport in Tobago. read more.. |
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| ROSEAU, Dominica: Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit is very supportive of a European Union (EU) programme, geared at enhancing community tourism in Dominica. read more.. |
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ROSEAU, Dominica:  Cuban Ambassador to Dominica, Oswaldo Cobacho Martinez, has praised the benefits to the Caribbean region of cooperation between Cuba and Latin America and the Caribbean countries. The Ambassador’s comments were made at the opening of the refurbished Nursing School. read more.. |
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| BASSETERRE, St Kitts: The St Kitts and Nevis National Assembly will debate on Tuesday, the omnibus Bill which facilitates the conduct of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 to be held in the West Indies. read more.. |
COMMENTARY
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 All the above descriptions or adjectives, as well as the hundreds of others being used or devised, to describe or attempt to explain what is happening in our CARICOM state of T&T, are flooding the media and airwaves nowadays. read more.. |
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| For a country long in the grip of a paralyzing economic malaise, Fidel Castro's May Day boast of 11.8 percent growth in the first three months of 2006 came as welcome news to a long suffering population. read more.. |
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| The opposition political machinery consistently tries to portray Guyana as another Haiti. By doing this they hope to discourage Guyanese from acknowledging the enormous strides the country has made over the past twenty years. read more.. |
LETTERS
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| Your correspondent ("Caribbean Governments must protest Israeli bombings") is right to be shocked by the violence launched on the people of Lebanon. read more.. |
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