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February 5, 2008
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Government backbencher urges help for
householders and their utility bills
Montserrat Utilities Limited explained
Increase in sight testing clinics on
Montserrat
Social Security Honours long serving
members
Government
backbencher urges help
for householders and
their utility bills
Backbencher
David Brandt is calling
on the government to
provide some relief to
consumers who were faced
with a high electricity
bill last month.
The surge in cost of
electricity in January
is blamed on the
surcharge, which jumped
significantly due to the
price of diesel.
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Montserrat Utilities
Limited explained
Residents
on Montserrat have been
receiving a more
detailed explanation
about the merger of
Montserrat Electricity
Services (MONLEC) and
the Montserrat Water
Authority (MWA).
Both service companies
have been brought
together as one entity
called the Montserrat
Utilities Limited (MUL).
Head of MUL Mr. Peter
White has been using a
radio and television
campaign to explain to
residents why the move
was necessary, the
functions of the new
company and its future
plans.
Talks about the merger
of the MONLEC and MWA
have been taking place
on Montserrat for some
time now.
Increase in sight
testing clinics on
Montserrat
Health
officials are moving to
increase the number of
eye screening procedures
at district clinics.
This comes as a number
of nurses are engaged in
an ongoing eye care
training course.
The 10 week training is
organized by the
Montserrat Diabetes
Association in
collaboration with the
Ministry of Health and
aims to train a group of
nurses with the
necessary skills to
provide basic eye care
services on the island.
Past President of the
Montserrat Diabetes
Association Valerie
Lewis Lynch says the
long term objective is
to have an eye care
programme similar in
standard to what existed
in Plymouth.
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Social Security Honours
long serving members
Two Long
serving members of the
board of directors of
the Montserrat Social
Security Scheme, have
been honoured for their
contribution to the
development of the
organization.
Messers DRV Frank
Edwards and Kenneth
Cassell have given up
their positions as Board
members after been
involved with the scheme
for many years.
Mr. Edwards served the
Social Security Board
for twenty five years
most of that time as
Chairman, while Mr.
Cassell served as
Employers representative
firstly and the as
Deputy Chair.
London mayor's aide
quits over Caribbean
immigrants remark
June 24, 2008
Caribbean Net News
LONDON,
England (AFP): A senior
adviser to London mayor
Boris Johnson has quit
after apparently
suggesting that if
Caribbean immigrants did
not like London they
should go home.
more...
Castro in war of words
as dissident blogger
savours free speech
June 23, 2008
Caribbean Net News
HAVANA,
Cuba (AFP): Time
magazine named her one
of the world's 100 most
influential people and
Yoani Sanchez won
Spain's top online
journalism award, all
while living in
communist Cuba where the
state controls the
media.
more...
Eight miners shot and
killed in Guyana
June 23, 2008
Caribbean Net News
GEORGETOWN, Guyana:
Following on the heels
of the January 26
massacre at Lusignan
where 11 persons,
including children and
women, were killed and
the February 17 killings
in Bartica where another
12 persons were killed
by gunmen, yet another
tragedy has struck
Guyana.
more...
Opposition leader asks
OAS for replacement to
monitor Grenada's
election
June 12, 2008
Caribbean Net News
ST
GEORGE'S Grenada: The
opposition National
Democratic Congress (NDC)
leader Tillman Thomas
has called on the
Organisation of American
States to replace the
man who was supposed to
head the OAS mission to
monitor Grenada's
general election on July
8.
more...
Dominica will not
support overturn of
commercial whaling ban
June 12, 2008
Caribbean Net News
ROSEAU,
Dominica: The government
of Dominica, known as
The Nature Island, has
confirmed that it will
not support an overturn
of the worldwide
commercial whaling ban
at the upcoming IWC
(International Whaling
Commission) annual
meeting which will be
held in Santiago, Chile
from June 23-28, 2008.
more...
Commonwealth say IMF, UN
'inadequate' on crises
June 11, 2008
Caribbean Net News
LONDON,
England (Reuters):
Commonwealth leaders
said international
institutions such as the
United Nations and the
World Bank were
inadequate in their
response to a trio of
global financial crises,
calling on Tuesday for
immediate reform.
more...
Defying US, EU mulls
ending Cuban sanctions
June 11, 2008
Caribbean Net News
BRUSSELS
(Reuters) - European
Union states are
studying ending
sanctions on Cuba in
defiance of US calls but
have yet to agree on how
this would be done,
diplomats said on
Tuesday.
more...
Guyana to boost
infrastructure for
CARIFESTA X
April
22, 2008
Caribbean Net News
GEORGETOWN,
Guyana: As it prepares
to host, for the second
time in thirty-six
years, the premier
Festival of Arts in the
Caribbean, the
Government of Guyana is
working ‘full speed
ahead,’ to ensure that
the necessary
infrastructure is in
place for the Caribbean
Festival of Arts,
CARIFESTA X slated for
22-31 August, 2008.
more...
Brazil and Suriname to
sign defence pact
April
22, 2008
Caribbean Net News
PARAMARIBO,
Suriname: Brazil’s
minister of defence,
Nelson Jobim, is due to
arrive in Paramaribo
this week to sign a
defence cooperation pact
with his Surinamese
counterpart. Jobim will
also seek Suriname’s
support for the
establishment of the
South American Defence
Council (CDS),
Surinamese defense
minister Ivan Fernald
told local journalists.
more...
Using food to make fuel
is 'criminal,' Venezuela
says
April
22, 2008
Caribbean Net News
ROME,
Italy (Bloomberg): Using
crops to produce fuel is
"criminal'' as the world
suffers a food shortage,
Venezuela's oil minister
said in Rome where
energy ministers from
around the globe are
meeting to discuss
investment plans.
more...
Haiti seeks new prime
minister after food
riots
April
14, 2008
Caribbean Net News
PORT-AU-PRINCE,
Haiti (Reuters): Haiti's
political leaders began
the search for a new
prime minister on Sunday
after a week of riots
sparked by skyrocketing
food prices led to the
ouster of the
impoverished Caribbean
nation's government.
more...
Fifth person dies in
Haitian food price
protests
April
8, 2008
Caribbean Net News
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti
(Reuters): A man was
killed by gunfire as
demonstrators took to
the streets in the
southern Haitian city of
Les Cayes on Monday,
raising the death toll
to five in protests
against rising food
prices, officials and
radio reports said.
more...
Pope denounces 'negative
effects' of tourism on
Caribbean islands
April
8, 2008
Caribbean Net News
VATICAN
CITY, Rome (AFP): The
pope Monday bemoaned
what he said were the
effects of exploitative
tourism and the scourge
of the arms and drugs
trade in the West Indies
islands.
more...
DPP discontinues another
sexual assault charge
against St Vincent PM
April
7, 2008
Caribbean Net News
KINGSTOWN,
St Vincent: The St
Vincent and the
Grenadines Director of
Public Prosecutions
(DPP), Colin Williams,
on Friday took over and
discontinued another
sexual assault charge
against Prime Minister
Dr Ralph Gonsalves,
filed on March 13 by
lawyers acting on behalf
of a Canadian national
with Vincentian
citizenship, who resides
in Canada.
more...
Bomb parts carried by
Jamaican could have
exploded, says FBI
April
4, 2008
Caribbean Net News
ORLANDO,
USA(Reuters): The liquid
packed in an Air Jamaica
passenger's suitcase
could have caused a
disastrous explosion if
it had ignited in
mid-air, an FBI agent
said on Thursday at a
hearing for a man
charged with trying to
take bomb parts on a
plane.
more...
Cuba's agricultural
decline sparks major
reform
April 4, 2008
Caribbean Net News
HAVANA,
Cuba (Reuters):
Communist Cuba's soaring
food imports and a
decline in its cash
crops of sugar, tobacco,
coffee and citrus have
led new President Raul
Castro to launch what is
developing into a
sweeping reform of
agriculture.
more...
BVI premier to chair
cabinet meeting for the
first time
April 1, 2008
Caribbean Net News
ROAD
TOWN, BVI (GIS): The
Territory will witness
an important development
on Wednesday, when
Premier Ralph O’Neal
becomes the first
locally elected leader
to chair a meeting of
Cabinet.
more...
Trinidad Opposition threatens lawsuit and no confidence vote in Speaker
April
1, 2008
Caribbean Net News
PORT-OF-SPAIN,
Trinidad: Trinidad and
Tobago's Opposition
United National
Congress-Alliance says
it is considering filing
a lawsuit against House
Speaker Barry Sinanan.
The announcement was
made on Friday following
a verbal uproar in
Parliament.
more...
US donates vehicles to
Dominica's police force
March 31, 2008
Caribbean Net News
ROSEAU,
Dominica: Minister for
National Security,
Immigration and Labour,
Rayburn Blackmoore has
highlighted the strength
and depth of the
relationship between the
Commonwealth of Dominica
and the United States of
America.
more...
Regional media group
slams Cuba, Venezuela,
United States
March 31, 2008
Caribbean Net News
CARACAS,
Venezuela (AFP): The
Inter American Press
Association (IAPA), in
its biannual meeting
Sunday, criticized
Venezuela's growing
restrictions on freedom
of the press, Cuba's
clampdown on internet
access and US court
pressure on reporters'
sources.
more...
US says it can do more
in drug-plagued Guyana
March 28, 2008
Caribbean Net News
GEORGETOWN,
Guyana (Reuters): The
United States could do
more to help fight drug
trafficking in Guyana, a
top US official said on
Wednesday, weeks after a
State Department report
criticized the CARICOM
nation for its drug
record.
more...
Puerto Rican governor
charged in campaign scam
March 28, 2008
Caribbean Net News
SAN
JUAN, Puerto Rico
(Reuters): Puerto Rican
Governor Anibal Acevedo
Vila and 12 political
associates in the
Caribbean island and on
the US mainland were
charged with election
funding fraud in an
indictment unsealed on
Thursday.
more...
Senior Cayman Islands
police officers placed
on leave
March 28, 2008
Caribbean Net News
GEORGE
TOWN, Cayman Islands:
The Governor of the
Cayman Islands, Stuart
Jack, announced on
Thursday that he has put
three senior police
officers on required
leave to facilitate
enquiries into
allegations against
officers of the Royal
Cayman Islands Police
Service (RCIPS).
more...
Trinidad and Tobago president warns against country falling into failed state
March 19, 2008
Caribbean Net News
PORT-OF-SPAIN,
Trinidad: President of
Trinidad and Tobago,
Professor George Maxwell
Richards has warned
against the country
descending into a failed
state. The President
sounded the warning as
he addressed nationals
on Monday during a
public presidential
inauguration ceremony in
Port of Spain, where he
was sworn in for a
second term as the
country's fourth head of
state.
more...
Support slumps for
leftist Venezuela
government, says poll
March 19, 2008
Caribbean Net News
CARACAS,
Venezuela (Reuters):
Support for Venezuela's
leftist government has
fallen to its lowest
level since 2003, a new
poll showed on Tuesday,
reflecting damage from a
stinging referendum vote
defeat for President
Hugo Chavez.
more...
US finds possible
Venezuela-FARC ties
'disturbing'
March 13, 2008
Caribbean Net News
WASHINGTON,
USA (Reuters): The
United States said on
Wednesday new data about
possible links between
Venezuela and Colombia's
FARC guerrilla group is
disturbing but
Washington is far from a
decision to put Caracas
on a terrorism
blacklist.
more...
Dominican Republic
president widens lead
two months to election
March 13, 2008
Caribbean Net News
SANTO
DOMINGO, Dominican
Republic (Bloomberg):
Dominican Republic
President Leonel
Fernandez has widened
the lead over his
closest political
opponent two months
before scheduled
presidential elections,
according to a new poll
commissioned by
newspaper Diario Libre.
more...
Caribbean leaders to
meet with President Bush
in Washington
March 13, 2008
Caribbean Net News
WASHINGTON,
USA: US President George
W. Bush will welcome
Prime Minister Hubert
Ingraham of The Bahamas,
Prime Minister David
Thompson of Barbados,
and Prime Minister Dean
Barrow of Belize to the
White House on Thursday,
March 20, 2008.
more...
Cuba's new president to
meet Vatican envoy
February
26, 2008
Caribbean Net News
HAVANA,
Cuba (AFP): Cuba's new
president Raul Castro
has the first diplomatic
encounter of his
official leadership on
Tuesday when he meets
the second top figure in
the Vatican, Secretary
of State Tarciscio
Bertone. Bertone on
Monday said he expected
"clarity" and
"sincerity" in his talks
with the new leader. The
meeting follows calls by
the Vatican for reform
on the communist-ruled
island.
more...
OAS secretary general
hails St Lucia's
'stable' democracy
February
26, 2008
Caribbean Net News
WASHINGTON,
USA: "Saint Lucia feels
like a much older
society than its
twenty-nine years. Its
democracy is stable, its
institutions are strong
and its people are
prospering,”
Organization of American
States (OAS) Secretary
General José Miguel
Insulza declared, as he
marked the Caribbean
nation’s 29th
anniversary of
independence as special
guest of Prime Minister
Stephenson King.
more...
Suriname to defend ACP
banana trade at WTO
February 26, 2008
Caribbean Net News
PARAMARIBO,
Suriname: Suriname’s
ambassador to the
European Union (EU),
Gerard Hiwat, on Tuesday
is expected to defend
the ACP’s position on
the banana trade with
Europe, during a meeting
with WTO’s Director
General Pascal Lamy,
Trade Minister Clifford
Marica said in an
invited comment Monday.
more...
EPA agreement will
benefit both sides, says
new EC ambassador
February 12, 2008
Caribbean Net News
ROSEAU,
Dominica: The Economic
Partnership Agreement
(EPA) between the
European Union and
CARIFORUM offers an
opportunity for both
sides to strengthen
trade. This disclosure
was made by new
Ambassador and Head of
Delegation of the
European Commission to
Barbados and the Eastern
Caribbean, Valeriano
Diaz after he had
presented his Letter of
Credence to the
President of
Dominica, Dr Nicholas
Liverpool, on Monday.
more...
Grenada MP calls on OECS
to discuss maritime
boundaries with
Venezuela
February 12, 2008
Caribbean Net News
ST GEORGE’S Grenada:
Grenadian Member of
Parliament Nazim Burke,
the opposition National
Democratic Congress
shadow Minister, says
it's in the interest of
OECS countries to work
together as a group to
discuss the delimitation
of maritime boundaries
with Venezuela.
more...
Castro, McCain spar over
Cuban torture in Vietnam
February 12, 2008
Caribbean Net News
HAVANA,
Cuba (Reuters): Ailing
Cuban leader Fidel
Castro took on
front-running US
Republican presidential
candidate John McCain on
Monday, accusing him of
lying about Cubans
torturing American
prisoners of war in
Vietnam.
At a campaign stop in
Miami last month, the
Arizona senator told
anti-Castro exiles that
American POWs held with
him in Hanoi were
tortured by "a couple of
Cubans."
more...
St Lucia tourism
consultant receives top
award
February 5, 2008
Caribbean Net News
CASTRIES,
St Lucia: James Hepple,
Marketing Consultant to
the St Lucia Tourist
Board, was honoured last
week in New York in
front of 1,000 travel
industry sales and
marketing executives
when he received his
award for making the
‘Hot List’ of the
Hospitality Sales &
Marketing Association
International’s (HSMAI)
“Top 25 Most
Extraordinary Minds in
Sales & Marketing” for
2007.
more...
Documentary to depict
Suriname's role in WWII
February 5, 2008
Caribbean Net News
PARAMARIBO, Suriname: In
an attempt to shed some
light on Suriname’s role
during World War II, a
documentary is currently
being made, which will
be released in the
second half of 2008.
more....
Rape case against St
Vincent prime minister
discontinued
February 5, 2008
Caribbean Net News
KINGSTOWN,
St Vincent: The case of
sexual assault and rape
of a 36-year-old police
officer brought against
St Vincent and the
Grenadines Prime
Minister Dr Ralph
Gonsalves has been
discontinued before it
reached the stage of a
hearing.
more...
Trinidad president to
get second five-year
term in office
February 4, 2008
Caribbean Net News
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad
(AFP): Trinidad
and Tobago's current
head of state, President
George Maxwell Richards,
77, is to get a second
five-year term in
office. Richards has
gotten the nod from 15
Parliamentarians from
the House of
Representatives in a
move of confidence.
more...
Air Jamaica costing the
country too much, says
PM
February 4, 2008
Caribbean Net News
KINGSTON,
Jamaica (JIS): Jamaican Prime
Minister, Bruce Golding, while
noting the value of Air Jamaica to
the national economy, said it is
costing the country too much to
maintain the airline and the
Government is looking to remove it
from the national budget.
more...
Dutch reporter says he
cracked case of US teen
missing in Aruba
February 4, 2008
Caribbean Net News
THE
HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP): A Dutch
television programme broadcast on
Sunday says it cracked the mystery
of what happend to a US teen who
disappeared from the Caribbean
island of Aruba in 2005.
Investigative reporter Peter de
Vries dedicated a two hour programme
to reconstructing what happened to
18-year-old Natalee Holloway.
more...
