News from the Caribbean for
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Archives for Tuesday, August 22, 2006:
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| PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Reuters): Gang leaders in Haiti's largest slum said on Monday they were putting disarmament plans on hold due to raids by U.N. peacekeepers on the notoriously violent streets they control. read more.. |
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| ROSEAU, Dominica: Community service labour is an option being presented to rehabilitate lawbreakers in Dominica instead of serving a jail sentence at the State prison. read more.. |
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| BRADES, Montserrat: Normally accused of lacking transparency, the newly elected government of Montserrat is now collaborating with the country’s key media stakeholders and members of the general public. read more.. |
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| CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP): President Hugo Chavez on Sunday struck back at US intelligence, which announced earlier that it had named a special case manager to focus on Venezuela and Cuba. read more.. |
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NASSAU, Bahamas:  Perry Christie, Prime Minister of The Bahamas, has called on universities across the Caribbean to establish a regional co-operative education network, which would see university students travelling to different islands to complete aspects of a single degree programme. read more.. |
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MANDEVILLE, Jamaica:  The Leader of the Opposition in Jamaica Bruce Golding has challenged graduates of the Northern Caribbean University to change the prevailing tide of apathy pervading Jamaican university campuses, by rekindling the fire and intellectual fervour. read more.. |
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| CARACAS, Venezuela (Bloomberg): Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will visit China this week to cement a relationship aimed at loosening his oil industry's ties to the US. read more.. |
COMMENTARY
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 There can be little doubt that Carnival (spice mas) 2K6 generated widespread interest, in addition to its own kinds of peculiar landmarks and differences. And now that it is over, the usual analysis would have to be very carefully dissected. read more.. |
SPORTS NEWS
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| BEIJING, China: After getting the better of their rivals in the 4x100-metre finals at the 11th IAAF World Junior Track and Field Championships in Beijing, the Jamaican boys team praised the coaches for the marvelous work they did with them. read more.. |
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| BEIJING, China (AFP): The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) confirmed here Monday that Justin Gatlin's world 100 metres record of 9.77 seconds will stay on the books -- at least for the moment. read more.. |
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