News from the Caribbean for
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Archives for Thursday, August 24, 2006:
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| WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): The United States, keeping up the pressure on Cuba in the absence of ailing leader Fidel Castro, said Wednesday it would lift a 44-year trade embargo if the communist government embraced democracy. read more.. |
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| ROAD TOWN, BVI: Chief Minister of the British Virgin Islands Dr Orlando Smith has urged the public to assist the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force in solving Tuesday's violent crime that resulted in the death of 25 year-old Vere Brown Jr. read more.. |
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BASSETERRE, St Kitts:  Representatives of the London-based Commonwealth and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in Georgetown, Guyana, were due to address the official launching of the St Kitts and Nevis Electoral Reform Exercise on Wednesday. read more.. |
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| MIAMI, USA (Reuters): Debby, the fourth tropical storm of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season, strengthened slowly on Wednesday over open waters but posed no threat to land, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. read more.. |
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| HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters): The highest-level US delegation to visit Cuba since Fidel Castro handed over power left the island on Wednesday with a historic deal on trade between the communist country and a Navajo agribusiness. read more.. |
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| WARSAW, Poland (Reuters): Polish ex-President Aleksander Kwasniewski, who helped negotiate a peaceful end to Ukraine's "Orange Revolution", has offered to mediate talks between the Cuban government and Cuban opposition leaders. read more.. |
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| HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters): Cuban leader Fidel Castro is relaxing for the first time in his life as he recovers from intestinal surgery free of his excessive workload, his older brother, Ramon Castro, said on Tuesday. read more.. |
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| HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters): With the help of a Russian-built biplane, Cuba has stepped up measures to check the spread of dengue, a mosquito-transmitted virus that causes a fever that can be deadly. read more.. |
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| KINGSTON, Jamaica: Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Technology, Energy and Commerce, Senator Kern Spencer has said that Jamaicans needed to explore all the available opportunities within the micro and small business sector. read more.. |
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| KINGSTON, Jamaica: Minister of Tourism, Entertainment and Culture, Aloun Ndombet Assamba, has stressed the importance of viewing the Jamaican cultural heritage as an investment, which has economic benefit for the country. read more.. |
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| GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: The Cayman Islands Department of the Environment (DoE) has reassured the public that shark sightings in shallow water are not unusual for this time of year and pose no significant threat. read more.. |
COMMENTARY
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 The Caribbean has not been spared the ravages of HIV/AIDS which has had a devastating impact on women in the region. The World Health Organization's 2005 update found the Caribbean with the second highest HIV prevalence in the world. read more.. |
LETTERS
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| I am surprised that I have not seen an article on the passing of Joseph Hill, lead singer and song writer for the Reggae band Culture from Jamaica. read more.. |
SPORTS NEWS
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| FLORIDA, USA: Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell, who is now the sole owner of the men's 100-metre world record, following the ban of his main challenger Justin Gatlin, applauded the World and Olympic champion for his willingness to cooperate with authorities. read more.. |
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| WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): Disgraced sprint king Justin Gatlin is to contest the eight-year ban he received for doping and hopes to be back in action "as soon as possible", his lawyers said on Wednesday. read more.. |
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