News from the Caribbean for
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Archives for Thursday, August 10, 2006:
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| GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): Gunmen shot five newspaper printing press workers in the back of the head late Tuesday in a suburb south of here, in what police suspected was a gang-related crime. read more.. |
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| HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Cuba on Wednesday justified the dearth of news on ailing President Fidel Castro's health, arguing that the country faces a clear and imminent threat from the United States. read more.. |
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| NEW YORK, USA (Bloomberg): Belize's international bonds have tumbled 25 percent this year on concerns the government will default on $960 million of foreign currency debt. read more.. |
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| WASHINGTON, USA (Reuters): Stronger hurricanes forecast for the next few decades could flood major cities including Miami and New Orleans, environmental scientists said on Wednesday. read more.. |
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| CHARLESTOWN, Nevis: An Integrity Bill and another regarding the establishment and functions of parish councils on Nevis are the first two pieces of legislation planned to go before the Nevis Island Assembly by year end or early in 2007. read more.. |
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| SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AFP): Costa Rica's President Oscar Arias became the first Latin American leader Wednesday to demand free elections for Cuba when ailing President Fidel Castro dies. read more.. |
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| MIAMI, USA (Reuters): With the cocktail-drinking classes thirsty for mojitos and daiquiris, a new front has opened up in a Cuban rum war that has its roots in the ailing Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution. read more.. |
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| CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP): Venezuela has launched international bidding for licenses to explore and operate four potentially gas-rich offshore blocks in the Caribbean identified by the state energy group, Energy Minister Rafael Ramirez said. read more.. |
LETTERS
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| Good. Now can Premier Parry tell the people if he's one of the directors of the Bank of Nevis, and if so, what steps he has taken to relinquish that post? read more.. |
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| Please allow me some space to answer letter writer Nida G. Cline. Let me tell you first that I am against all and any form of violence. I practice the teachings of Jesus and Gautama and other Enlightened Masters. read more.. |
SPORTS NEWS
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| GOTHENBURG, Sweden (Reuters): Defending European 200 metres champion, Guadeloupe-born Muriel Hurtis, struggling to recapture her best form after becoming a mother, said she would be happy just to make Friday's final. read more.. |
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| KINGSTON, Jamaica (AFP): Reigning Olympic 200m champion Veronica Campbell of Jamaica will miss the remainder of the 2006 athletics season because of a quad injury, Campbell's manager Claude Bryan told AFP Wednesday. read more.. |
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| TOKYO, Japan (AFP): Japan won their first game under new coach Ivica Osim on Wednesday, with Brazilian-born Alessandro Santos scoring twice early to sink Trinidad and Tobago 2-0 in a friendly here. read more.. |
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| GOTHENBURG, Sweden: After just failing to make it into the deciding race in the women's 100-metres at the European Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden on Wednesday, Jamaican-born Slovenian sprinter Merlene Ottey says she gave her all. read more.. |
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| FLORIDA, USA: Former Jamaican sprint double national champion Dwight Thomas says he will continue to compete in Europe for the remainder of the season, despite several debates about the honesty of his coach, Trevor Graham. read more.. |
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| KINGSTON, Jamaica: Jamaica national senior and Olympic football coach, Windell Downswell has resigned from his post, reports from the island stated on Wednesday. read more.. |
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