News from the Caribbean for
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Archives for Thursday, August 3, 2006:
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MIAMI, USA (Reuters):  The Bahamas on Wednesday issued a hurricane watch for the Turks and Caicos islands and for the southeastern Bahamas as Tropical Storm Chris neared hurricane strength in the Caribbean. The third tropical storm of the Atlantic season strengthened as it skirted the northern Leeward Islands. read more.. |
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| HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters): Cuba's Fidel Castro is "very alert" and resting after stomach surgery, a senior aide said on Wednesday, but the man who has governed for 47 years has not appeared in public since standing down temporarily this week. read more.. |
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| UNITED NATIONS, USA (Reuters): U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan delayed a visit to Haiti on Wednesday after the commercial aircraft he was to use experienced technical difficulties, the United Nations said. read more.. |
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WASHINGTON, USA:  The Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Ambassador Albert Ramdin, traveled to Guyana Wednesday to continue preparations for electoral observation activities in advance of the country’s upcoming general and regional elections. read more.. |
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BASSETERRE, St Kitts:  The government expressed confidence that the White Paper presented to the St Kitts and Nevis National Assembly on Tuesday, outlining the process for electoral reform and the preferred steps will result in a properly reformed electoral system. read more.. |
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| WASHINGTON, USA: The Caribbean region's top tourism body has given the thumbs up to the innovative Caribbean Media Exchange on Sustainable Tourism (CMEx). read more.. |
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| ROSEAU, Dominica: The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund has praised the efforts of the Government of Dominica in achieving macroeconomic stabilisation. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: The Council of the University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus in Trinidad has agreed to renew the contract of Dr Bhoendradatt Tewarie as Pro-Vice Chancellor and Principal of the St Augustine Campus. read more.. |
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KINGSTOWN, St Vincent:  Ambassador Jack Yu-Tai Cheng, says Taiwan will buttress its assistance to this country with human resource development programmes as St Vincent and the Grenadines and Taiwan celebrate 25 years of diplomatic relations on August 15. read more.. |
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POINTE À PITRE, Guadeloupe:  The recent visit to Guadeloupe of the Minister of Tourism and Environment of Antigua and Barbuda, Harold Lovell, co-incided with that of the French Minister of Agriculture. This double event obliged the Guadeloupean press to make a choice. 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 opening three-day tour match at Riverside Ground in Chester-le-Street on Sunday. read more.. |
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| NEW DELHI, India: The Indian Cricket Board has confirmed that New Zealand and Sri Lanka are on standby to replace the West Indies if the WICB fails to confirm the regional team's participation in the tri-series in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur next month. read more.. |
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| FLORIDA, USA: Jamaica's joint world record holder Asafa Powell and countrywoman Veronica Campbell are the new leaders over the 100-metre dash, according to the latest IAAF 100m Event Rankings. read more.. |
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