News from the Caribbean for
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Archives for Tuesday, August 15, 2006:
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HAVANA, Cuba (AFP):  Cuban television showed video on Monday of Fidel Castro, following two weeks of speculation over the ailing communist strongman who said he still faces a long and possibly risky recovery from surgery. State television showed Castro celebrating his 80th birthday Sunday. read more.. |
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad:  Trinidad and Tobago's Minister of Finance, Conrad Enill, has dismissed reports of an August 21 budget presentation to the nation. Enill told the media that preparations for the country's 2006/2007 fiscal package were still underway. read more.. |
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ST JOHN, USVI:  The US Virgin Islands Police Department and other local and federal law enforcement partners have completed a three day initiative to locate and seize marijuana plants on the island of St Croix. A total of 6,294 plants were seized. The plants were taken from 38 different fields. read more.. |
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados:  Barbados Prime Minister, Owen Arthur, has taken a new bride -- Julie Price, his former executive assistant and mother of his five-year-old daughter. The 56-year-old leader took the vows on Saturday during a simple ceremony at his official residence at Ilaro Court. read more.. |
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| CARACAS, Venezuela (Bloomberg): Venezuelan police stepped up the hunt for union leader Carlos Ortega, who escaped Sunday from a military prison where he was being held for his role in a 2002-2003 nationwide strike to oust President Hugo Chavez. read more.. |
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HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters):  Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro said his recovery could take time and cautioned Cubans to be ready for bad news, while acting president Raul Castro stepped into his brother's public role by greeting Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez as he arrived for a visit. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: The Trinidad and Tobago Army is to get a new Chief of Defence Staff before the end of this week. A new Chief of Defence Staff is to be appointed to replace Brigadier General Ancil Antoine. read more.. |
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GRAND TURK, Turks & Caicos Islands:  Mahala Wynns made history in the Turks & Caicos when she was sworn in as the territory’s first Deputy Governor on August 9, 2006. Wynns’ appointment to the post of Deputy Governor comes with the introduction of the Turks & Caicos Islands Constitution Order read more.. |
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| TORONTO, Canada (AFP): New efforts show AIDS and HIV treatments can succeed in war zones, where people fear bombs and bullets more than a distant death from disease, non-governmental groups said Saturday. read more.. |
COMMENTARY
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 It is very interesting, and at the same time posing as or promoting a serious political tight rope in the region, the chaos and confusion that is taking place in T&T in these times. And by these times I am referring to the major drive read more.. |
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| Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez’s political and ideological opposition to the United States has led to an escalating antagonism between the two countries, challenging the super-power’s deep-rooted preeminence in the region. read more.. |
LETTERS
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| I'm sorry people abused Anthony L. Hall for his views on circumcision and HIV, but if you study the non-religious history of this bizarre practice, you find it has been touted as being good for every fearsome disease. read more.. |
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| Mr Baldal’s “Terror Begets Terror” is yet another exercise in unreasonable hatred of the Jews, in spite of his protests to the contrary. read more.. |
SPORTS NEWS
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| BEIJING, China: Jamaicans Remaldo Rose and Sonita Sutherland will kick-start their quest for a medal at the 11th IAAF World Junior Championships at the Chaoyang Sport Centre in Beijing, China, on Tuesday. read more.. |
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| BEIJING, China: Unlike their female colleagues, the Caribbean boys teams' medal chances at the World Junior Championships will be an uphill task when the meeting kicks-off this Tuesday, 15 August, in Beijing, China. read more.. |
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