News from the Caribbean for
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Archives for Wednesday, August 23, 2006:
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| ROAD TOWN, BVI: Police in the British Virgin Islands have mounted an investigation into the first murder recorded for the year after 25-year-old Vere Brown Jr. was found dead on Tuesday morning. read more.. |
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BEIJING, China (AFP):  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived in China Tuesday for a visit aimed at forging closer energy and economic ties, as interest also centered on whether the trip would boost his anti-US platform. Chavez's six-day tour comes at a crucial time for his country. read more.. |
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MIAMI, USA (Bloomberg):  A tropical depression that emerged Monday near the Cape Verde Islands may become Tropical Storm Debby as early as Tuesday night, forecasters said. The fourth tropical depression of the Atlantic hurricane season has top sustained winds of about 35 miles per hour. read more.. |
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ROSEAU, Dominica:  Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has said that Dominica has the most ambitious training programme for nurses in the Caribbean. Skerrit made that disclosure on Sunday, when he compared the shortage of nurses that existed a few years ago to action now being taken. read more.. |
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| CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters): Venezuela has doubts about signing a stalled anti-drug accord with the United States after Washington last week opened a special intelligence bureau for Venezuela and Cuba, a Venezuelan minister said on Monday. read more.. |
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CHARLESTOWN, Nevis:  The Nevis Disaster Management Office will soon have new and expanded offices, to deliver maximum services to the people of Nevis in the event of a disaster. A two acre site at Long Point had been cleared and construction work is scheduled to commence in September 2006. read more.. |
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| ROAD TOWN, BVI: Chief Minister of the British Virgin Islands Dr Orlando Smith says a seminar held last week on traffic planning and transportation in Road Town will not be in vain. read more.. |
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| MIAMI, USA (AFP): Miami's school board decided Tuesday to appeal a ruling ordering its libraries to reinstate a children's book about Cuba, which exiles claim paints an overly rosy picture of the communist-run island. read more.. |
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| TORONTO, Canada: Toronto will be able to experience the sights, sounds, colours, culture and unique vacation attributes of the Caribbean with the celebration of Caribbean Week from Thursday, October 12 through Sunday, October 15, 2006. read more.. |
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KINGSTON, Jamaica:  Basil Smith has been selected to fill the position of Director of Tourism of the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), after an extensive local and international search. His appointment has been announced by Dennis Morrison, Chairman of the JTB. read more.. |
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| ROSEAU, Dominica: Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has outlined his vision for the health sector in Dominica. The Prime Minister was at the time addressing a Town Hall Meeting in the village of Paix Bouche on Sunday evening. read more.. |
COMMENTARY
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| Washington’s incendiary response to Venezuela’s candidacy for the Latin American UN Security Council seat is indicative of its standard combative riposte to any serious challenge against the neo-liberal global economic order. read more.. |
LETTERS
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| Some four years ago I met Mr Rickford Burke at a Conflict Resolution Conference in Washington, D.C. organized by the late Dr Cedric Grant, Mr Clarence Ellis, and myself. read more.. |
SPORTS NEWS
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NEW YORK, USA (Bloomberg):  Olympic 100-meter champion Justin Gatlin has agreed to an eight-year ban from track and field events, avoiding a lifetime suspension in exchange for providing information that may assist the US Anti-Doping Agency in its effort to eradicate drugs from the sport. read more.. |
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| SAPPORO, Japan (AFP): China's quest to reach the playoff rounds of the World Basketball Championship suffered a huge setback Tuesday with a 90-87 overtime loss to Puerto Rico, keeping the Asian champions winless. read more.. |
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| MONACO, France: Cuban former World Junior silver medallist Dayron Robles defeated a relatively strong field to win the men's 110-metres Hurdles at the 'Herculis 2006,' an IAAF Super Grand Prix meeting in Riviera on Sunday, August 20. read more.. |
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