News from the Caribbean for
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Archives for Saturday, September 2, 2006:
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| MIAMI, USA (Reuters): The number of hurricanes churning through the Caribbean toward the United States this year is likely to be less than once feared and may even be less than normal, a noted U.S. hurricane research team said on Friday. read more.. |
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| GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Reuters): Guyana's President Bharrat Jagdeo urged Washington to provide more resources to help fight drug trafficking and said he will press through a tough new law to combat money laundering. read more.. |
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| CARACAS, Venezuela (Bloomberg): Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who is running for re-election in December, has said he would call a referendum in 2010 to change the constitution, allowing him to hold office without any term limit. read more.. |
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| CHICAGO, USA (Bloomberg): Betonsports Plc., the internet sports book indicted for illegal gambling, with offices in Costa Rica and Antigua, has been barred from resuming business in the US while prosecutors try to serve legal papers on the company. read more.. |
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| ROSEAU, Dominica: Prime Minister of Dominica, Roosevelt Skerrit, and Minister for Public Works and Public Utilities, Ambrose George, were among the many invited guests for the official opening ceremony for the long-awaited Wotton Waven/Trafalgar/Copthall Water Supply Project. read more.. |
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| ROAD TOWN, BVI: A three-member delegation from the British Virgin Islands led by Speaker of the House Inez Archibald is attending the 52nd Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference in Nigeria from September 1-10. read more.. |
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| ROAD TOWN, BVI: Court bailiffs from five Caribbean countries and territories enhanced their skills at a one-day workshop hosted by the British Virgin Islands High Court Registry this week. read more.. |
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| LUANDA, Angola (Reuters): Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has offered his country's oil expertise to Angola, sub-Saharan Africa's No. 2 crude producer, in a strategy to boost ties with what he calls "Mother Africa" and counter U.S. influence there. read more.. |
COMMENTARY
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 The Governments of the United States, Canada and Britain as well as the governments of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) breathed a collective sigh of relief when there was no violence on polling day in Guyana. read more.. |
SPORTS NEWS
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| BERLIN, Germany (AFP): The world's fastest man, Asafa Powell, heads into the season's sixth and final Golden League meet here Sunday in full knowledge he will be a richer man when he leaves Germany. read more.. |
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