UN refocuses Haiti mission
UNITED NATIONS (UPI): The UN Security Council has
unanimously extended until October 15 the UN
peacekeeping force
in Haiti, ordering it to "continue
the increased tempo of operations" in support of a
national police campaign against
armed gangs to
restore security in crime-ridden areas of the capital,
Port-au-Prince.
Pentagon planning for Cuban exodus
MIAMI, USA (UPI): The Pentagon reportedly plans on
spending $18 million to prepare the US Navy base at
Guantanamo
Bay to harbour Cubans migrants. The
expenditure would be made in anticipation of a mass
exodus from Cuba when ailing
leader Fidel Castro
finally dies.
Venezuela to chop 3 zeros off currency bills
CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters): President Hugo
Chavez said he will chop three zeros off new bolivar
currency bills
to bolster Venezuelans' perception of a
strong currency in a bid to curb inflation, which is
now highest in Latin
America.
CDB predicts improved economic performances in the Caribbean in 2007
BASSETERRE, St Kitts: The economy of borrowing
member countries of the Barbados-based Caribbean
Development Bank
(CDB) showed strong economic
growth among its borrowing member countries last
year and improved performances is expected
in 2007.
'What If Foundation' works with youth in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti: The What If? Foundation is a
unique Non-Governmental Organization (NGO)
currently working
in Haiti. It is led by Mrs Margaret
Trost and the Reverend Gerard Jean-Juste, the
pastor of Sainte Claire's parish
of Ti plas kazo.
Cuban jetliner bombing suspect faces US immigration trial
EL PASO, Texas (AFP): An anti-Castro militant
accused of bombing a Cuban jetliner in Venezuela
three decades
ago will face trial in the United States
May 11 on charges of lying in his citizenship
application, a US judge ruled
Thursday.
Cuba search engine trawls Castro speeches, not Web
HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters): Cuba built an Internet
search engine that allows users to trawl through
speeches by Cuban
leader Fidel Castro and other
government sites, but does not browse Web pages
outside the island.
Air Jamaica adds Sunday Curacao service
KINGSTON, Jamaica: Beginning March 11, 2007 Air
Jamaica will introduce Sunday flights between
Montego Bay and
Curaçao. This is in direct response
to increased demand especially from the local
business community.
Venezuela to lower VAT to fight inflation
CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters): President Hugo
Chavez vowed on Thursday to slash Venezuela's
value added tax to
combat the highest inflation in
Latin America despite price controls that have
caused meat and sugar shortages in
supermarkets.
US$25m to further justice sector modernisation in Guyana
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA): The Justice Sector
Reform programme in Guyana will receive US$25
million, funded by
the Inter-American Development
Bank and which will be the preliminary phase for the
implementation of the Justice
Sector Reform Strategy.
Digicel to play role in Guyana government’s ICT thrust
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA): At a formal reception
in celebration of Digicel’s entrance into the local
Guyanese
cellular market, President Bharrat Jagdeo
told the telecommunications stakeholders of his
government’s hope to work
with Digicel over the next
several years.
Commentary: Europe and the Caribbean: What is the people's view?
Wouldn't it be great if ordinary people in the
Caribbean and Europe had a say in the future
partnership between
the two regions that is now
currently being negotiated by government officials?
Commentary: Manipulating death in Haiti
A freelance photojournalist Jean Rémy Badiau was
killed on January 19 2007 in the Port-au-Prince
district of
Martissant. AHP interviewed family and
friends that claimed his murder was connected to the
vigilante group Lame Ti
Manchet (Little Machete
Army).
Letter: Cuba : Peace in The Caribbean
As a Floridian whose ancestors pioneered trade and
ocean shipping between Tampa and Havana from the
1850s, I
am currently engaged in sending dairy and
beef cattle from Florida to Havana again.
Canadian cricket executive predicts West Indies victory
TORONTO, Canada: From the snow of Canada,
Howard Petrook predicts sunny days ahead for the
West Indies team at
the ICC Cricket World Cup,
which gets under away in St Lucia and across the
Caribbean next month.
List of squads for cricket World Cup in West Indies
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AFP): List of the 16 national
squads named for the cricket World Cup which gets
under way
in the West Indies on March 13.
Mandate of UN force in Haiti renewed for eight months
UNITED NATIONS, (AFP): The UN Security Council on
Thursday unanimously agreed to extend for eight
months the
mandate of UN peacekeepers in Haiti and
directed them to crack down harder on criminal
armed gangs preying on slum-dwellers.
US lawmakers propose easier trade rules for Cuba
WASHINGTON, USA (Reuters): Four members of the
US House proposed easier rules for selling food to
Cuba on Thursday,
such as letting Cuba pay US
banks directly instead of routing the money through
foreign banks.
Europe bans Suriname fishery products
PARAMARIBO, Suriname: The European Commission
(EC) is imposing a ban on some fishery products from
Suriname.
Citing health and hygiene concerns,
smoked fish and cultivated shrimps are banned from
the European market.
BVI government taking steps to combat crime
ROAD TOWN, BVI: The Governor of the British Virgin
Islands David Pearey and Chief Minister Dr Orlando
Smith have
issued a joint statement aimed at
combating crime in the territory.
Castro son sees father's complete recovery
HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters): The son of ailing Cuban
leader Fidel Castro said on Thursday he expected his
father to
recover completely from surgery that
forced him to relinquish power in July.
Anti-discrimination legislation being worked on in Barbados
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (GIS): The Barbados
government is working to prepare anti-discriminatory
legislation that
will embrace the rights of workers and
employers. This was disclosed Wednesday by Minister
of State in the Prime Minister's
Office, Rev. Joseph
Atherley.
Cuba offers Belize more medical scholarships
HAVANA, Cuba (ACN): A group of 20 Belizeans will
join others taking medical courses at the Havana-
based Latin
American School of Medicine. They will
start their course on March 1 and the young men and
women will join another
161 Belizeans studying on
the island.
Reparations must be part of national agenda, says Jamaican MP
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS): Member of Parliament for
Northern Trelawny, Dr Patrick Harris, has said that
the issue
of reparation must be part of Jamaica's
national agenda and focus. According to Harris,
reparation involved a combination
of moral,
economic, and social issues.
St Lucia Jazz launch
CASTRIES, St Lucia: On Tuesday, the St Lucia
Tourist Board launched the world famous St Lucia
Jazz which, now
into its 16th year, has undergone
some major changes in the way it is to be managed
and produced by the Board.
Commentary: The fatally-flawed demand for reparations for African slavery
“In this the year of the 200th anniversary of the
Abolition of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, we in
CARICOM
must pursue coherently in a focused, not
episodic, way the legitimate demand for a full
apology and reparations...
Commentary: Interest based bargaining: An alternative to traditional collective bargaining
More corporations are utilizing interest based
bargaining, the outcome of this type of mediation
can bring better
results. In the right situation, it's an
alternative to traditional collective bargaining with a
process of joint
problem solving.
Letter: Hats off to Grenada police band
I would like to commend the band leader of the
Grenada Royal Police Band and his comrades in
action. Its high
time affirmative action is taken
against our government. It has always been our
calypsonians that had the nerve to
confront
wickedness.
Letter: Is Australia safe?
Under the headline ‘Australian World Cup fans put on
alert’ published in the Sydney Morning Herald, writer
Jon
Pierik warned about the likely dangers to cricket
fans visiting the ICC World Cup Cricket event in the
West Indies.
Letter: Thank you for the wonderful news
Thank you Lloyd Noel... for this little bit of trivia and
yet wonderful news tacked on at the end of your
commentary
on Law and Politics in Caribbean Net
News dated February 13, 2007.
Letter: Important health warning
I just want to transmit to the people of CARICOM
what I just saw on the American ABC news at
8.19am on Thursday,
February 15, 2007. There is a
very bad batch of Peter Pan brand name peanut
butter in circulation.
West Indies name under-probe Samuels in World Cup squad
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AFP): The West Indies have
named Marlon Samuels in the 15-man squad for the
World Cup they
will host next month despite an
ongoing probe of his links with an alleged bookmaker.
And selectors also sprung one
surprise with the
inclusion of Kieron Pollard.
Cricket fans urged to purchase tickets through official channels
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS): Cricket fans are being
encouraged to purchase their tickets for the ICC
Cricket World
Cup (CWC) 2007 through the official
channels, or risk being denied entry to match venues.
UN Security Council to vote on Haiti mission as deadline looms
UNITED NATIONS, (AFP): The Security Council was
set to vote Thursday on an eight-month extension of
a UN force
mission in Haiti that calls for a more
aggressive crackdown on criminal armed gangs
preying on slums.
British MP urges more EU dialogue with Cuba
HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters): Deputy speaker of Britain's
House of Commons and Labour MP Sylvia Heal has
called for
improved European relations with Cuba that
were upset by human rights concerns in 2003. A
crackdown on dissent ordered
by Castro led the EU
to shun talks with Cuban officials.
Sea level rise could hit some Caribbean countries hard, says study
WASHINGTON, USA (Reuters): Even a small rise in
the world's sea levels, predicted as a result of global
warming,
could make environmental refugees of
people in some Caribbean countries, a World Bank
economist said on Tuesday.
Trinidad PM admits breakdown in PetroCaribe talks
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Trinidad and Tobago Prime
Minister, Patrick Manning has admitted that cross-
border talks
have broken down, after the signing of
the PetroCaribe agreement last July involving
Venezuela and other countries
in the region.
Anna Nicole Smith's baby daughter must stay in Bahamas
FORT LAUDERDALE, USA (AFP): Former Playboy
centerfold Anna Nicole Smith had still not been laid to
rest Wednesday
almost a week after her death as a
legal battle raged over who fathered her baby
daughter. In the Bahamas, authorities
ruled the baby
girl could not be taken out of the country.
Gay-rights group in Guyana wants plug pulled on TOK performance at Digicel concert
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: A gay-rights group in
Guyana, the Society Against Sexual Orientation
Discrimination (SASOD),
has called on regional cellular
phone provider Digicel, seeking to have the lyrics of
Jamaican reggae group TOK toned
down for a
celebration concert this week.
Digicel brand unveiled in Guyana
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Caribbean wireless
telecommunications operator Digicel is unveiling its
brand in Guyana,
a market it entered in October
2006, through the acquisition of Cel*Star, a company
that had struggled to compete
with Guyana
Telephone and Telegraph Company.
India, Cuba team up in drugs, oil and wind energy
HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters): India and Cuba are forging
closer economic ties through cancer vaccine
research and oil
exploration in the Gulf of Mexico,
officials said this week.
US food sales to Cuba remain strong
HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters): Communist Cuba remained
one of the more important markets for American
farmers in 2006
despite a decades-old trade
embargo, a US-based organization that tracks the
sales said on Wednesday.
Chavez invites US to stop buying Venezuela oil
CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters): Venezuelan
President Hugo Chavez on Wednesday said the
United States is free to
stop buying oil from its No. 4
supplier of imported crude amid persistent political
tensions between Caracas and Washington.
Jailed Cuban militant gets new counsel
MIAMI, USA (UPI): A Cuban exile militant has hired a
leading Miami lawyer who represented fellow Cubans
convicted
of weapons charges, The Miami Herald
reported Tuesday.
St Lucia bets on Carnival to boost tourism
NEW YORK, USA: Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados,
Antigua & Barbuda and other territories host some of
the
best Carnival celebrations in the region. They will
soon have some fierce competition as St Lucian
tourism officials
are redoubling efforts to make St
Lucia Carnival their premier event.
Chavez may seize supermarkets as food prices surge
CARACAS, Venezuela (Bloomberg): Venezuelan
President Hugo Chavez has threatened to nationalise
supermarkets that
sell meat above the government-
set price as his administration struggles to stem a
surge in the cost of basic foodstuffs.
Digicel plans to sell $1.4 billion of bonds
DUBLIN, Ireland (Bloomberg): Digicel Group Ltd, a
holding company of Irish billionaire Denis O'Brien,
plans to
sell $1.4 billion of bonds to help fund the
purchase of the 22 percent of a Jamaica-based
mobile-phone operator he
doesn't already own.
Guyana on track for implementation of machine-readable passports
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA): Guyana will soon be
joining other Caribbean countries to provide a more
secure passport
system, which the region is
introducing to protect against multiple issuance of
the travel document.
Region way ahead in organising for CWC 2007
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS): Senior Counsel for the ICC
Cricket World Cup West Indies 2007 Inc, Derek
Jones, has
said that the region is way ahead of
where previous hosts were in terms of planning and
organisation for the third
largest sporting spectacle
in the world.
Under-probe Samuels can play World Cup, rules ICC
NEW DELHI, India (AFP): West Indian cricketer
Marlon Samuels will be allowed to play in next
month's World Cup
despite an ongoing probe of his
links with an alleged bookmaker, the sport's
governing body said on Wednesday. The
ICC's anti-
corruption unit is investigating the case.
Gayle wins West Indian Cricketer of the Year award
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Jamaican Chris Gayle
copped the 2006 West Indies International Cricketer
of the Year award
at West Indies Players' Association
(WIPA) annual award ceremony, in Barbados. Gayle is
the current world number 2
ranked all-rounder in One
Day International cricket.
Burton's recent performances 'top drawer' says Wednesday's manager
LONDON, England: Reggae Boyz striker Deon Burton
has received high praise for his recent performance,
which is
helping Sheffield Wednesday to step up their
quest for points in the English Coca-Cola Football
League Championship.
Yorke named Trinidad and Tobago's player of the year
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad: Former Manchester United
striker Dwight Yorke has been named Trinidad and
Tobago's 2006
Player of the Year for the second
successive year. Yorke played a major role in the
Soca Warriors' success in qualifying
for the World
Cup for the first time.
Cricket World Cup to boost Caribbean economies, says Antigua PM
NORTH SOUND, Antigua (Bloomberg): Caribbean
nations will reap lasting economic benefits from
staging the Cricket
World Cup, according to Baldwin
Spencer, Prime Minister of Antigua & Barbuda.
Antigua is one of the nine Caribbean
states that will
be hosting the event in March and April.
Guyana president discusses newspaper ads dispute
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent: There could be a break-
through in the dispute between the Starbroek News
of Guyana and
the government, over the Guyanese
government's decision to reduce advertisements to
the newspaper as Guyana's president
meets with
Caribbean media representatives.
Castro recovering 'very well', says Alarcon
HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters): A senior Cuban official said
on Tuesday that Fidel Castro is recovering "very well"
but
gave no indication when, or if, Cuba's ailing
leader might return to public life.
UN in Haiti takes on gangs, public opinion
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): Three months ago, a
UN military mission with government backing took aim
at Haiti's
armed gangs, thanks to residents who
blamed the blue helmets for taking a passive stance
toward crime.
CARICOM officials discuss Pakistan's Commonwealth membership
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent: Pakistan could find itself
out of the Commonwealth if its President is still in his
position
and is still head of the Army when the
Commonwealth Heads of governments meet in
Uganda in November, according to
Dominica's prime
minister.
BVI woman's murder conviction quashed on appeal
ROAD TOWN, BVI: A British Virgin Islands woman,
Selena Varlack, who was sentenced with two men to
life imprisonment
for murder last year, was set free
by the Court of Appeal on Tuesday.
Suriname oil company signs production-sharing contracts with Irish oil producer
PARAMARIBO, Suriname: Suriname’s state-owned oil
company Staatsolie and its subsidiary Paradise Oil on
Monday
signed production-sharing contracts with
Irish oil producer Tullow Oil.
RSF disputes Cuban minister's assertions on Internet availability
PARIS, France: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) took
issue Tuesday with comments by Cuban
communications minister
Ramiro Valdes on Monday
describing the Internet as a "tool for global
extermination" and as a "wild colt" that needed
to be
tamed.
Investment fund liquidation to be considered by Bermuda court
MOSCOW, Russia (Bloomberg): The Bermuda Supreme
Court will consider the liquidation of IPOC
International Growth
Fund Ltd, which holds assets in
Russian telecommunications companies, including
OAO MegaFon.
Multi-million IDB loan for Suriname's oldest company
PARAMARIBO, Suriname: The Inter-American
Development Bank and the Inter-American
Investment Corporation announced
Tuesday the
approval of a multi-million dollars loan to Suriname's
oldest company C. Kersten & Co. N.V. (Kersten).
Suriname gold mine workers could be back at work this week
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters): Iamgold
Corp. said on Monday that workers at its Suriname
gold mine, where
production has been halted for
more than two weeks, are expected to start
returning to work later this week.
India seeks to strengthen economic ties with Cuba
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): India wants to strengthen
economic ties with Cuba that already include the oil
and biotechnology
sectors, the visiting Indian foreign
minister said, local media reported Tuesday.
Pirate TV fantasy world hooks Cubans who tune in to tune out
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): It may be educational, but
Cuban state television is unbearable, if you ask
Ivette, a homemaker
hooked on soap operas she
watches on an illegal cable signal. "I love to see
those fancy women, all done up in hairdos
and
makeup, and those studs," she said.
Venezuela to pay CMS $106 million in utility takeover
CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters): Venezuela said on
Tuesday it will pay US-based CMS Energy Corp. $106
million in
its takeover of local electricity company
Seneca as part of a nationalisation drive by leftist
President Hugo Chavez.
Government receives commitment for sustained bauxite operations in Guyana
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA): Following extensive
negotiations by Government and existing
stakeholders in the Linden
bauxite operations, an
agreement has been reached facilitating the transfer
of OMAI’s assets from IAMGOLD of Canada
to BOSAI,
a Chinese bauxite firm.
Financial Services Commission to be established in Barbados
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (GIS): Later this year, the
Barbados government will be setting up a Financial
Services
Commission “to enhance the supervision and
regulation of financial institutions in Barbados”.
All West Indians must pull together for CWC 2007, says CEO
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS): Chief Executive Officer
(CEO) and Managing Director of the ICC Cricket
World Cup West
Indies 2007, Chris Dehring, has said
that all West Indians would have to pull together to
make sure that no major
incidents of violence
occurred during the staging of the event.
West Indies can make Cricket World Cup history, says Richards
ST JOHN'S, Antigua (Bloomberg): Sir Vivian Richards,
voted one of the five best cricketers of the 20th
century,
said the West Indies can reverse its slide
and become the first team to win the World Cup on
home soil. Richards,
helped the Caribbean team win
the first two World Cups in the 1970s.
Bermuda name World Cup squad
HAMILTON, Bermuda (AFP): There were few surprises
when Bermuda announced on Monday its 15-member
squad to take
part in the World Cup which is being
staged in the Caribbean for the first time.
Copa de Naciones Digicel goal fest as Nicaragua defeat Belize 4-2
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador: A stirring performance
from Nicaragua, including a hat-trick from Emilio
Palacios,
saw Carlos de Toro’s team beat Belize 4-2
in the highest scoring game of the Copa de Naciones
Digicel to date.
CARICOM has made immense strides, says incoming chairman
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent: At the opening of the
Eighteenth Intersessional Meeting of the Conference
of the Heads
of Government, St Vincent and the
Grenadines Prime Minister, Dr Ralph Gonsalves, said
the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
has
made "immense strides".
St Lucia bans UK poultry
CASTRIES, St Lucia: On February 3, the International
Organization for Animal Health (OIA) was notified of
an
outbreak of avian influenza ( H5N1), commonly
known as the bird flu, in the United Kingdom on
January 27.
Russians eying oil interests in Guyana
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA): Guyana is being eyed
by Russian entrepreneurs for oil exploration and, with
a favourable
conclusion to the arbitration process
between Guyana and Suriname over the maritime
boundary, President Bharrat Jagdeo
is expecting
renewed activity.
OAS emphasises urgency of change in consumption patterns
WASHINGTON, USA: The Assistant Secretary General
of the Organization of American States (OAS) on
Monday renewed
the call for changes in production
and consumption patterns, in order to provide a
better quality of life and preserve
the natural assets
on which all life forms depend.
More residents face evacuation in Montserrat
BRADES, Montserrat: Recently imposed mandatory
evacuation boundaries may be extended. The size of
Montserrat’s
Soufriére Hills Volcano now stands at
1,065 meters above sea level, containing some 250
million cubic meters of volcanic
material, the largest
it has ever been.
Latin American officials discuss future of UN force in Haiti
LIMA, Peru (AFP): Peru called for a one-year
extension of the UN stabilisation force in Haiti
(MINUSTAH) as representatives
from nine Latin
American countries on Monday discussed the future
of the security operation.
Commentary: Law and Politics: The Anthem - the Millions - the Grenada Seventeen
The old folks used to say "if you have patience you
go see ants belly;" while our late Prime Minister
Herbert
Blaize put it another way, when he said
that... "What goes around comes around."
Commentary: Waves of the Future: Climatology and the Caribbean
This text concerns our climatological situation in the
Caribbean. Since 2000, I have said that we in the
Caribbean
have wasted out time on "esoteric nebula"
in such disregard as to have an ill-regard for those
things which are critical
to our survival.
ICC probes Samuels-bookie links in India
NEW DELHI, India (AFP): The International Cricket
Council on Monday launched an investigation into
claims that
West Indian cricketer Marlon Samuels had
links with an illegal bookmaker. ICC spokesman Brian
Murgatroyd said the
governing body's anti-corruption
unit was speaking to police
Jones and Robles among the highlights at German meet
KARLSRUHE, Germany: US Virgin Islands' LaVerne
Jones sped to a commanding victory in the women's
400-metres as
several other Caribbean athletes laid
down impressive performances at the IAAF Permit BW
Bank Meeting in Karlsruhe,
Germany on Sunday
afternoon.
Ruling party in Turks and Caicos wins elections
ATLANTA, USA (Reuters): The ruling party in the tiny
Caribbean Turks and Caicos Islands has won another
term
in office at general elections, the government
announced on Saturday. The Progressive National
Party under Michael
Misick won 13 seats in Friday's
elections.
Recovering Castro takes back seat running Cuba
HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters): Six months after surgery
forced him to relinquish power, Cuban leader Fidel
Castro is
consulted on major issues but does
not "interfere" in day-to-day governing, his brother
and Cuba's acting president
said.
School in Suriname re-opens after successful removal of toxic gas
PARAMARIBO, Suriname: A school compound in
Suriname, housing four different schools, is being re-
opened Monday
after the successful removal of toxic
gases it had in storage for some 20 years, authorities
here have confirmed.
Chavez to visit St Vincent this week
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent: Addressing members of his
Unity Labour Party, at a political rally last week, St
Vincent
and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph
Gonsalves urged his supporters to come out and give
the president of Venezuela,
Hugo Chavez, "a warm
Vincentian welcome."
Latin American officials to discuss UN force in Haiti
LIMA, Peru (AFP): Latin American officials will meet in
Lima Monday to discuss their countries' participation
in
the United Nations stabilisation force in Haiti.
Venezuela announces anti-inflation measures
CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters): Venezuela unveiled
on Sunday measures aimed at curbing inflation, which
surged
to 17 percent last year amid an oil-driven
economic boom and heavy government spending.
Threatened strike may hamper CWC preparations in Grenada
ST GEORGE'S, Grenada: A major strike is being
threatened by workers at the Consolidated
Contractors Company in
Grenada, which could
hamper the country's preparations for next month's
Cricket World Cup 2007.
JAMPRO launches Brand Jamaica
KINGSTON, Jamaica: As part of its thrust to
transform Jamaica’s image, the Jamaica Promotions
Corporation (JAMPRO)
has launched a
communications campaign tagged “Today’s Jamaica
Means Business”.
Trinidad to supply Jamaica with LNG
KINGSTON, Jamaica: At a press conference last week
Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Patrick
Manning, gave
his commitment to fulfill his country's
obligations under the liquefied natural gas (LNG)
project, which was reached
with the Jamaican
government some two years ago.
Commonwealth Press Union concerned over government pressure in Guyana
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: The Commonwealth Press
Union has expressed increasing concern at the
pressure being applied
by the Government of Guyana
on the independent newspaper, the Stabroek News
Commonwealth SG meets Barbados PM
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Commonwealth Secretary-
General Don McKinnon met Barbados Prime Minister
Owen Arthur in
Bridgetown on Saturday during an
official tour of the Caribbean. McKinnon headed for
St Vincent and the Grenadines
on Sunday for a three-
day visit.
Commentary: Countdown and agony in Mother Earth’s pain
As we continue to look skyward and wonder at the
many faces of nature, we are presented with the
ultimate challenge
of building a safe environment and
protecting our natural resources, which we hope lead
to an acceptable quality of
life.
Commentary: Straight Talk
It’s all about dating, love, sex, friendship, and
marriage - so let's talk. Email your relationship
questions
to my attention: Question from: “Single
Mother of Five”, Dear Betty – I am a single mother,
early thirties with five
kids.
Cricket World Cup chiefs put gloss on delays
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (AFP): World Cup organisers
on Saturday shrugged off increasing worries over
stadium
delays and rocketing hotel prices despite
cricket's global showpiece getting underway in four
weeks' time.
Uninspired Guatemala through to Copa Digicel Semi-Finals with 1-0 victory over Belize
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador: A 1-0 victory in a
somewhat ill-tempered clash with Belize saw
Guatemala through to
the semi-finals of the Copa de
Naciones Digicel 2007 and assured their qualification
for the CONCACAF Gold Cup.
Jamaica's Bolt says he's no joker
KINGSTON, Jamaica: Jamaica's World Junior 200-
metre record holder Usain Bolt has rejected talk of
him still acting
like a kid and not taking the track and
field business seriously.
