News from the Caribbean for
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Archives for Wednesday, August 9, 2006:
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| WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): The Atlantic hurricane season has been less active than anticipated so far this year but US government forecasters warned on Tuesday that three or four major hurricanes could strike in coming months. read more.. |
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| NEW YORK, USA (Bloomberg): Belize's increased spending on infrastructure and on recovery efforts after hurricane damage may lead the Central American country to default on its debt, according to Standard & Poor's. read more.. |
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| HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Cuban dissidents Tuesday played down chances of imminent change, as authorities insisted the communist leadership is alive and well after the ailing President Fidel Castro temporarily ceded power. read more.. |
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| WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): The United States said Tuesday it had stepped up planning for a Cuba without President Fidel Castro, steering a careful political course as intrigue deepened over the communist icon's fate. read more.. |
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| HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Gustavo Arcos Bergnes, a comrade of Fidel Castro in the early days of the revolution but later imprisoned for criticizing the regime, died of a heart attack here Tuesday, opposition activists told AFP. He was 79. read more.. |
COMMENTARY
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 In this "global village" we are occupying for sometime now we seem to be always doing things, taking decisions, treating others (whether individuals or countries), and generally going about our business as though no one else matters. read more.. |
LETTERS
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| The letter from Alexander Baldal, dated 8/5/06, once again displays his very biased attitude towards the US and Israel. Either he totally lacks understanding of the situation or he deliberately sides with the terrorists. read more.. |
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| Well, well, well, wonders never cease here in the Caribbean. Prime Minister Kenny Anthony can take time out of his "busy" schedule to criticize Americans for allegedly making fun of President Fidel Castro's recent operation. read more.. |
SPORTS NEWS
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| BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: West Indies cricket skipper and world batting maestro Brian Lara has called on the West Indies Players Association (WIPA) and the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) to come to some form of agreement. read more.. |
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| FRIBOURG, Switzerland: Former Jamaican national champion Steve Mullings returned to winning ways following a doping suspension when he won a short sprint double in Fribourg, Switzerland, on Saturday. read more.. |
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