News from the Caribbean for
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Archives for Tuesday, September 5, 2006:
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (AFP): Major gang leaders in Trinidad have agreed to end gang violence in and around the country's capital city. Members of the various gangs gathered in the crime plagued community of Laventille for an anti-crime rally. read more.. |
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MIAMI, USA (Bloomberg):  A tropical depression in the central Atlantic Ocean headed toward the Caribbean could strengthen into Tropical Storm Florence by Monday night, the National Hurricane Center said. The storm, about 1,165 miles east of the Lesser Antilles, was moving northwest at 12 miles an hour. read more.. |
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BASSETERRE, St Kitts:  Newly-elected Premier of Nevis, Joseph Parry, is expected to outline his Nevis Reformation Party-led Nevis Island Administration’s vision for the future development of Nevis at the St Kitts and Nevis Chamber of Commerce annual pre-independence luncheon meeting. read more.. |
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana:  President Bharrat Jagdeo was sworn-in on Saturday by Acting Chancellor of the Judiciary, Justice Carl Singh, as Guyana's seventh Executive President at a ceremony held on the lawns of State House. Jagdeo gave his commitment to serve all the people of Guyana. read more.. |
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| HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters): Ignacio Insua, a Cuban cameraman working for Reuters Television in Havana, died on Monday of a heart attack after suffering spine injuries in a car accident. He was 57. read more.. |
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| ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AFP): Leaders of nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan may meet on the sidelines of an international summit this month to jump-start their stalled peace process, Pakistan's foreign ministry said Monday. read more.. |
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| HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Cuba's second glimpse of Fidel Castro since he handed power to his brother in late July has fueled speculation that he is rapidly recovering and may return to the helm and appear at the Non-Aligned Movement summit later this month. read more.. |
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| GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): Three fires of unknown origin on Saturday killed six people in a house, destroyed the state-owned television transmitting station and a provincial headquarters, Guyanese authorities said. read more.. |
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| ROAD TOWN, BVI: The Executive Council of the British Virgin Islands has recently approved the establishment of a Department of Culture under the Ministry of Education and Culture. read more.. |
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| BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP): The European Commission is seeking to open talks with financial centres such as The Bahamas about cracking down on savings tax evasion, a spokeswoman said Monday. read more.. |
COMMENTARY
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SPORTS NEWS
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| ST JOHN'S, Antigua: President of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), Kenneth Gordon, on Monday promised participating stakeholder groups at a Regional Cricket Development Workshop in Antigua that the Board will take their proposals seriously. read more.. |
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| LONDON, England: Following his recent transfer to English Championship division club Stoke City late last month Jamaican international Ricardo Fuller is now targeting goals for his new club this new season. read more.. |
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| KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters): The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said it is willing to revise the itinerary for its home series against the West Indies this year. The PCB had initially rejected requests to delay the start of the tour. read more.. |
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