News from the Caribbean for
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Archives for Thursday, September 14, 2006:
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HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters):  Cuban television showed photographs of convalescing Fidel Castro receiving a friend in a dressing gown on Wednesday and officials said he was back on the telephone giving orders. State television broadcast photographs of a gaunt-looking Castro sitting at a table. read more.. |
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NASSAU, Bahamas (Reuters):  A coroner's inquest will be held in the Bahamas in October into the death of Daniel Smith, the 20-year-old son of reality TV star Anna Nicole Smith, Bahamian authorities said on Wednesday. Autopsy and toxicology reports will be withheld until the October 23 inquest. read more.. |
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| MIAMI, USA (Bloomberg): Hurricane Gordon strengthened over the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday and was just shy of becoming the season's first major hurricane, though unlikely to threaten land, as Tropical Depression 8 was expected to become Tropical Storm Helene. read more.. |
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad:  The United States Government, via its Agency for International Development of Foreign Disaster Assistance, has given the University of the West Indies St Augustine Seismic Research Unit in Trinidad a US$249,680 grant, which will be used to upgrade the Unit's seismic monitoring. read more.. |
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| ROSEAU, Dominica: Dominica’s Prime Minister has revealed that there will be an addition to the government, with former deputy leader of the opposition party taking on the role as Minister for Economic Development and Planning. read more.. |
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| NEW YORK, USA (Reuters): Cayman Islands legislators plan to bolster the territory's insurance laws, a spokesman said last week, with an eye to growing a commercial reinsurance market. read more.. |
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| GRAND TURK, Turks & Caicos Islands: Pursuant to the new Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution introduced on August 9, 2006, the territory's Governor, Richard Tauwhare, has assigned to Ministers of Government responsibility for the conduct of business in the House of Assembly. read more.. |
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BASSETERRE, St Kitts:  St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Dr Denzil Douglas, has told Commonwealth Finance Ministers that one of the most significant issues which confront the countries of the Commonwealth Caribbean is the fiscal challenge. read more.. |
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| GEORGETOWN, Guyana: The folklore of the Jumbie, Moongazer, Kanaima, Bacoo, Ole' Higue and others that are embedded in Guyana's culture will come alive when an over 100-strong delegation showcases the country's cultures and traditions, during Carifesta IX. read more.. |
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BASSETERRE, St Kitts:  The St Kitts and Nevis National Assembly has approved a resolution to acquire the 15-acre 108-room Angelus Resort and Spa at Frigate Bay, St Kitts. Government’s decision comes amidst a long-running legal battle for the resort, which sits on prime beachfront property. read more.. |
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ST JOHN'S, Antigua:  Plans are progressing at a steady pace as work on the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Stadium enters the final stages in time for World Cup Cricket in March 2007. The Chinese construction team has commenced disassembling the scaffoldings from around the buildings. read more.. |
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| MIAMI, USA (UPI): The first naturalised US citizen in recent times to lose his citizenship after a criminal conviction has been ordered deported to his native Haiti. But Lionel Jean-Baptiste may still get to stay in the US if Haiti refuses to take him back. read more.. |
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HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters):  Cuba accused the United States of double standards on Wednesday after a judge recommended releasing a Cuban exile accused of the 1976 bombing of an airliner in the same week it mourned the September 11 attacks. A US magistrate said Luis Posada Carriles must be freed. read more.. |
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HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters):  New Chinese traffic lights, anti-mosquito fumigation campaigns and half-finished paint jobs on crumbling houses reflect what many Cubans see as papering over the cracks of a dilapidated city to prepare for the Non-Aligned Summit. read more.. |
COMMENTARY
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| It is reported that the Bahamas Government intends to table in Parliament its proposed National Health Insurance plan (NHI) before yearend. Let us “examine the deal” as if it were a private investment proposal in the securities market. read more.. |
LETTERS
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| While on vacation there in 2004, the Trinidad & Tobago government received about US$9 million. It equated to approximately TT$54 million. Television channel 5 reported how the money was to be spent. My calculation accounted for TT$9 million. read more.. |
SPORTS NEWS
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malayasia (AFP):  West Indies captain Brian Lara is finding it difficult to comprehend how his team lost to Australia and is struggling to lift them for their DLF Cup clash with India on Thursday. The West Indies threw away their last nine wickets for just 29 runs against the Aussies on Tuesday. read more.. |
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ZURICH, Switzerland (AFP):  FIFA vice-president Jack Warner and his son face a day of destiny on Friday as global football's governing body investigates corruption and embezzlement accusations against the pair. They are both accused of making money through the illegal sale of World Cup tickets. read more.. |
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| KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: West Indies captain Brian Lara is hoping the Caribbean side can bounce back from the collapse they suffered at the hands of Australia in the opening match of the DLF Tri-Nation One Day International Series in Kuala Lumpur. read more.. |
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| ST THOMAS, USVI: The US Virgin Islands is preparing to play host to three countries competing in the Digicel Caribbean Cup Football tournament scheduled to take place through-out the Caribbean over the next six months. read more.. |
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