News from the Caribbean for
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Archives for Thursday, August 31, 2006:
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| GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Reuters): Guyana's youthful President Bharrat Jagdeo sailed toward a comfortable re-election victory in Monday's general election, official poll results showed on Wednesday. read more.. |
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad:  As budget day nears, the Trinidad and Tobago Government is expected to remove Value Added Tax (VAT) on specific items in the next fiscal year. This is one of several measures that would be undertaken by the current administration. read more.. |
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CARACAS, Venezuela (Bloomberg):  Venezuela presidential challenger Manuel Rosales has pledged to review all oil and economic agreements entered into by President Hugo Chavez, including the country's PetroCaribe oil initiative if he wins the December 3 election. read more.. |
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GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands:  It is now one year and one month since the body of Cayman Islands businessman, Dimitri Pappas, was discovered hanging in a clothes closet in Bermuda on 20 July 2005 and the official inquiry to unearth the facts relating to his death has been repeatedly postponed. read more.. |
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| WASHINGTON, USA: The Caribbean's travel and tourism industry's leading decision makers will headline the fifth anniversary of the Caribbean Media Exchange on Sustainable Tourism (CMEx), set for St Lucia this October 12-16, 2006. read more.. |
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| BRUSSELS, Belgium (Reuters): The European Union is to offer extra aid to poor African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries who can show they are using the money effectively. read more.. |
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KINGSTON, Jamaica:  Caribbean mobile telecommunications provider, Digicel, has announced that its new emergency text messaging service, launched in partnership with the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), is helping to combat crime in Jamaica. read more.. |
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| BRADES, Montserrat: Temporarily relieving the media as the main culprit, some residents of Montserrat are claiming that the Montserrat Animal Protection Society is responsible for the misrepresentation of the situation facing the country. read more.. |
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CHARLESTOWN, Nevis:  A number of matters came in for discussion when David Doyle, France’s Ambassador to the Federation of St Kitts and Nevis paid his first official call on Premier of Nevis, Joseph Parry, on Tuesday, August 29, 2006. Parry outlined some of the matters discussed. read more.. |
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BASSETERRE, St Kitts:  The Council of Legal Education will pay tribute to one of the Caribbean’s legal luminaries when it holds its 38th Annual Meeting in St Kitts next week. Chairman of the Council, Emile Ferdinand said the Council meets here from Thursday September 7 to Saturday September 9. read more.. |
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| ROME, Italy (AFP): The United Nations food and agriculture agency said Wednesday it had produced a booklet preparing small-scale poultry producers in the Caribbean and Latin America for the possible arrival of bird flu. read more.. |
COMMENTARY
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| At time of writing, Tropical Storm Debby is moving in a west-northwest direction and is expected to continue thus until early next week. Debby is now the fourth of the 21 named tropical storms "carded" for 2006. read more.. |
LETTERS
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| I usually regard Lloyd Noel's pieces as good reading, and I agree with much that he says in regards to Christian involvement in politics, but when he uses the Maha Sabha Hindu group's decision as an example for Christians to follow, leaves me with great disappointment. read more.. |
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| I regret not being able to join in the exchanges between Mr Baldal and Ms Cline sooner. I hope it has been informative for Caribbean readers if only to see the dangers of using simplistic religious interpretations. read more.. |
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| In response to the David Coard article "Grenada does not need a new spice product", I am in total agreement with Mr Coard's comments. We can see the impact of recent events on the price of oil. read more.. |
SPORTS NEWS
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| OKLAHOMA, USA: Already a dominant force in the 100-metre this season, world record holder, Asafa Powell of Jamaica is now seeking a new challenge and a half-lap personal best may very well be his new objective for the latter part of the outdoor season. read more.. |
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