News from the Caribbean for
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Archives for Wednesday, August 16, 2006:
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Reuters):  A well-known singer and supporter of ousted former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide has been freed from prison where she was held on what she decried on Tuesday as politically motivated charges. Magistrate Fritzner Fils-Aime issued the release order. read more.. |
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ST CROIX, USVI:  DEA Special Agent in Charge Jerome Harris, US Attorney Anthony Jenkins, and US Virgin Islands Police Department Commissioner Elton Lewis have announced the indictment of seven members of an alleged international heroin and cocaine trafficking organization. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: At least one labour union is gearing up for a long fight with the Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago. On Tuesday the Communication Workers Union reported that some 345 of TSTT's staff are set to be retrenched. read more.. |
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| GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Digicel Group, the fastest-growing mobile telecommunications provider in the Pan Caribbean region, has announced that it will receive a license from the Government of Guyana to operate a GSM network. read more.. |
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MIAMI, USA (Reuters):  The man who made the Statue of Liberty appear to vanish may soon claim to do the same for unsightly bags and wrinkles. Master illusionist David Copperfield says he has found the "Fountain of Youth" in the southern Bahamas, amid a cluster of four tiny islands he recently bought. read more.. |
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| BASSETERRE, St Kitts: Premier of Nevis Joseph Parry says his newly-elected Nevis Island Administration is offering its support to the Federal Government of Prime Minister Dr Denzil Douglas. read more.. |
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| GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: The Cayman Islands Immigration Department is now investigating a number of marriages that, according to a government press release, appear to have been entered into with the primary intention of avoiding or benefiting from provisions of the Immigration Law. read more.. |
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| WASHINGTON, USA: The Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights asked a federal court on Tuesday to order the U.S. Treasury Department to reveal records of its role in suspending loans destined for vital public health projects in Haiti. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: The Airports Authority of Trinidad and Tobago has relaxed security measures at the Piarco and Crown Point International Airports. read more.. |
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| BASSETERRE, St Kitts: St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr Denzil Douglas is in Toronto, Canada, to attend the 16th International HIV/AIDS Conference. read more.. |
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| BEIJING, China (AFP): Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will visit China next week, the Chinese foreign ministry announced Tuesday, amid signs the two nations are looking to increase their energy ties. read more.. |
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CANGE, Haiti (AFP):  "It hurts me to see children die before they even had a chance to live," says Estrella Torres, one of 600 Cuban doctors who work in Haiti, where life expectancy is only 52 years. Haiti, with a population of just eight million people, is the poorest country in western hemisphere. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: The Executive of the Trinidad and Tobago local Chapter of Disabled Peoples International, DPI, say the organization is in danger of not having a voice on a current United Nations Convention for persons with disabilities. read more.. |
COMMENTARY
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 HIV and AIDS are quickly becoming an epidemic in the Caribbean and women are the primary targets. In 2005, about 27,000 people contracted AIDS in the Caribbean, making it the leading cause of death among adults between 15 and 44. read more.. |
LETTERS
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| While the original author was very wrong to suggest Zionists ought to have been given a homeland in Australia - it belongs to the Aboriginal people of that continent - I really must object to Nida Cline's 'Christian' letter equating objections to Zionism with being anti-Jewish. read more.. |
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| Great to see you are getting correspondence from as far away as New Zealand (Hugh Young). It speaks well for your Net News and the Caribbean. read more.. |
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| Please allow me to respond to Nida Cline's recent letter. I am happy that you have it all figured out. You seem to me a good Christian who is guaranteed eternal life in Heaven because Jesus died on the cross. read more.. |
SPORTS NEWS
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| BEIJING, China: Caribbean athletes progressed well on the opening day at the 11th World Junior Championships on Tuesday 15 August at the Chaoyang Sport Centre in Beijing, China. read more.. |
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