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TheStar.com - 2nd man held in boxer's death : "Jamaican police have made a second arrest in the slaying of former Canadian and world heavyweight boxing champion Trevor Berbick, confirming that one of the suspects is a family member. "

Jamaica Gleaner News - BARBADOS: Owen Arthur to seek re-election - Tuesday October 31, 2006 : "Prime Minister Owen Arthur has ended some speculation about his political future, saying he is prepared to seek re-election to Parliament. 'After three terms as a Prime Minister, it is a highly attractive temptation "

Caribbean Net News: Attacks prompt increased patrols, aerial surveillance in Guyana : "GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA): A series of aerial surveillance have been conducted and will continue, as well as an increase in the number of police patrols, following attacks on residents of West Bank Demerara in Guyana on Tuesday. "

Leading the Charge : "GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Guyanese health officials have criticized an American television evangelist for a series of advertisements they say suggest people can be cured of HIV / AIDS by attending the preacher‘s services in this South American nation"

Telegraph Expat Briton shot dead in Caribbean : "The wife of a Briton who was shot dead outside his home in the British Virgin Islands was 'extremely distressed’ and 'finding it difficult to cope’ local police said yesterday. Vincent Connolly, 50, originally from Dorset, was found by his landlady at 7am on Sunday on the driveway of his home on Virgin Gorda, the third largest of the islands. "

Jamaica Gleaner News - Police implement counterterrorism measures for CWC - Thursday October 26, 2006 : "Jamaica is not currently marked as a direct target for terrorist attacks during Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007, but that status could change and the country will be on its highest ever alert, according to local security planners for the tournament. "

T&T leads Caribbean in foreign investment - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM : "While the Latin American and Caribbean region as a whole experienced an increase in foreign direct investment inflows in 2005, the Caribbean actually saw a decline."

British police offer forty thousand pounds for Caribbean criminal - CBC.bb : " Scotland Yard has intensified its hunt for a sexual predator with Caribbean connections and is offering a forty thousand pound reward for his capture and prosecution."

CTO terms new US passport law discriminatory - Prensa Latina : "Freeport, Bahamas, Oct 23 (Prensa Latina) The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO)charged today that a new United States passport requirement for its citizens is discriminatory as it will hit some of the region´s destinations earlier and harder than others."

Caribbean nations take up legislation addressing Cricket World Cup security, visas: South Florida Sun-Sentinel GEORGETOWN, Guyana--Guyana's parliament will soon take up legislation addressing logistics for next year's cricket World Cup, one day after organizers warned host countries they could have their matches taken away if they fail to approve the special measures.

Passport lobby gets US airlines' support - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM : "BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - On the eve of tomorrow's 29th annual Caribbean Tourism Conference (CTC) in The Bahamas, two major United States airlines have sent a strong signal of support for the region's efforts to persuade "

The Nation Newspaper Our Caribbean – Politics of the cost-of-living burden : "WHEN THE Barbados Labour Party returned to power in 1994 its primary slogan was to make jobs creation 'job number one' for the Owen Arthur-led administration. Now, a dozen years later, the recent NATION/CADRES opinion poll has confirmed as 'problem number one' the widespread concerns, across the country, over galloping cost-of-living."

Britain's worst serial sex attacker hunted in Trinidad - World - Times Online : "Detectives have flown to Trinidad in their hunt for Britain’s worst serial sex attacker, who preys on the elderly and is thought to have a fixation on religion."

Caribbean Tourism Facing Major Losses : "The Caribbean region stands to lose about $2.6 billion in tourism exports and 188,000 tourism related jobs because of a law that will require US travelers to present passports at their country’s border crossings, according to a leading tourism authority."

Antigua Sun : "Carib Aviation said it was following the current talks between LIAT and Caribbean Star closely, in the hope that this may provide the key to its own recovery. The airline announced on Monday that it had laid off 32 of its 63 employees in an effort to consolidate its failing operations."

BWIA warns fares will change - CBC.bb : "Customers of Trinidad's soon-to-be-dissolved national airline, BWIA, have been told to expect new routes and rates when its replacement, Caribbean Airlines, takes to the skies on January 1 next year."

Trinidad Has New Bets on Petrochemicals : "PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad — More than a century after digging its first oil well, Trinidad and Tobago has built one of the Caribbean's fastest-growing economies around petroleum-based exports."

Caribbean leaders nix Haiti for bloc : "PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- A high-level Caribbean delegation promised to support Haiti as it returns to democratic rule but said Wednesday the impoverished nation was not ready to join a regional trade bloc."

Bwee makes separation offer to staff - CBC.bb : "Employees of BWIA in Barbados could be in for a lucrative separation package."

The transforming power of the Caribbean - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM : "Images of the Caribbean invariably represent a study of sharp contrasts. On the one hand, the region can conjure images of opulent wealth, attractive luxury hotels with seductively manicured landscapes set against magnificent sun-splashed beaches of powdery fine sands."

West Indians Put At Minute Percentage Of US Population Hardbeatnews.com, NY - Oct 15, 2006Oct. 16, 2006: At about 7:46 am eastern standard time tomorrow, when the US population reaches the historic milestone of 300 million, West Indians will only ...

AntiguaSun Caricom Assistant Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin La Rocque told a multi-agency US delegation led by Everett Eissenstat, the United States Trade Representative for the Americas, that the region viewed with concern the US’ response to date to the WTO rulings and recommendations in the Internet gaming case and the issue should not be regarded as a “bilateral issue” but as a regional one.

The Barbados Advocate THE Democratic Labour Party (DLP) believes that the time is right for the Government to give tax concessions to every Barbadian so that they can own land and housing in this country.

Dengue fever spreads in Latin America, Caribbean : HindustanTimes.com : "Dengue fever is spreading rapidly through Latin America and the Caribbean. More than 1,400 cases of dengue fever are being treated in Panama even as 40 deaths have been reported from the Dominican Republic and 10 in Colombia."

Cuba, Antigua Barbuda against Drugs - Prensa Latina : "Havana, Oct 16 (Prensa Latina) Cuba and Antigua and Barbuda explored ways in this capital on Monday to fight drug trafficking, which will be controlled by an accord that both nations will ink on October 20."

Jamaica Observer Jamaica is renowed for two things worldwide, reggae and 'the weed'. These two things have contributed greatly towards the tourism sector, one of the top earners of foreign exchange for the island.......

Dominican Today SANTO DOMINGO -. The Spanish Civil Guard in the Mediterranean port city Barcelona reported the confiscation of 550 kilos of cocaine coming from the Dominican Republic.

The Barbados Advocate THE new Caribbean Airlines promises to offer professional, personable, genuine and easy service to its customers. The airline was officially launched yesterday, signalling a new era in Caribbean aviation and is expected to offer the Caribbean .......

Caribbean Net News PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: A parcel containing a gun, marijuana, cigarettes and a knife have been seized by the prison authorities in Trinidad. Trinidad's murder rate climbs to 301 Caribbean Net News, Cayman Islands - agoAmong the recent murder victims was 27-year-old Keston Peters, who was said to have been killed outside the Penal police station in south Trinidad on Friday. ...

Jamaica Gleaner Th e World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) has predicted massive job losses in the Caribbean as it joined the Caribbean in opposing new rules passed last week by the United States Congress to make it mandatory for Americans travelling by air to have passports by 2007.

Canada.com SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - More vacationers are choosing to spend their Caribbean holidays in the Dominican Republic and other Caribbean destinations rather than Puerto Rico, an industry group in the U.S. territory says.

StabroekOn Friday, October 6, an unarmed Guyanese man was shot dead by a member of the Venezuelan National Guard on our side of the border.......

seattlepi.com SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- A young crowd plays dominoes and throws back rum under the palm trees of a colonial square. As the clock ticks past 2 a.m., a police jeep arrives.

el universal.com Venezuelan soldiers deployed on the Venezuelan-Guyanan border presumably shot dead a Guyanan miner who tried to smuggle cheap fuel on river across both countries, the Guayana's Foreign Ministry reported on October 9.

The Barbados Advocate BARBADIANS have been assured that there will be some ease to the high prices which they are presently complaining about. At the same time, however, Prime Minister Owen Arthur has made it clear that it will be too expensive for Government to continue subsidising the cost of land to Barbadians.

Jamaica Observer Watergate had profound consequences in the United States. There was a long list of convictions and other casualties. For example, the aftermath of Watergate ushered in changes

Caribbean Tropical Depression Expected Hardbeatnews.com, NY - Oct. 13, 2006: A tropical depression is expected in the next day or so in the Caribbean forecasters at the National Hurricane Center said last night. ...

Antigua Sun ST JOHN’S, Antigua, (CMC) – The Antigua and Barbuda government says it needs approximately US$40 million to settle outstanding backpay to civil servants.

The Jamaica Observer Trinidad & Tobago's business community earlier this week complained of what they termed "yet another chronic shortage of US dollars", on the local market.

The Barbados Advocate DETRIMENTAL to the rest of the Caribbean but not to Barbados , that's hotelier Adrian Loveridge's take on the recent US passport requirement stating that all US citizens travelling by air to the Caribbean, Mexico, Canada, and Bermuda must carry a valid US passport to be allowed re-entry into the US....

International Herald Tribune PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad British police will travel to Trinidad and Barbados next week to seek help in catching a serial rapist linked to nearly 100 attacks who has eluded capture for more than a decade and may be from the Caribbean, an official .....

Radiojamaica.com The female employee of First Caribbean International Bank, who was reportedly sent on leave in the midst of the Trafigura affair, is back on the job.

Jamaica Gleaner Vivette Grant, deputy execu-tive director of the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI), says the regional fishing industry is suffering from a decreasing fish population and increasing competition, resulting in greater hardships for small-scale fishermen.

reuters.com/ NEW YORK (Reuters) - A low-pressure system in the northeastern Caribbean Sea could develop into a tropical depression over the next day or so, the National Hurricane Center said in an outlook issued Thursday."

Chron.com SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Resort tycoon Howard "Butch" Kerzner was killed along with three others Wednesday when a helicopter they were traveling in crashed into a building on the Dominican Republic's north coast, an aviation official said.

Sixty percent of Barbados online - CBC.bb : "Sixty percent of Barbados online Wednesday, 11 October 2006 Barbados information telecommunications sector is developing at a rapid rate compared to many other countries."

Jamaica Gleaner News - Bird flu a threat to Caribbean - US - Thursday October 12, 2006 : "United States officials are reporting that the deadly strain of the bird flu disease could spread to Latin America and Caribbean territories as the virus has been affecting more countries. "

Florida Today Hurricane forecasters are tracking a system today near the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean.

The Barbados Advocate A wage freeze will be put in place on public sector wages in Antigua and Barbuda, until 2008. That revelation was made by Antiguan Minister of Finance and Economy, Dr. L. Errol Cort, who stated that the nation's Cabinet had agreed to implement the freeze, to ensure that it can meet its commitments to deliver any wage increases on time.

International Herald Tribune PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti The United States has partially lifted a 15-year-old arms embargo against Haiti, the U.S. Embassy said Tuesday, allowing the troubled Caribbean nation to buy weapons for police battling violent — and often better armed — street gangs.

RadioJamaica Reports are now surfacing that a manager of First Global Bank is the latest casualty in the Trafigura saga which has jolted the Government and has spilled over into the financial sector.

The Nation Newspaper AN OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT of how decisions by United States lawmakers can negatively impact on the economies of the Caribbean would establish that last month was one that brought very bad news for this region.

The Gov't Botswana GABORONE - Botswana and the Caribbean Island state of The Dominican Republic have formally established diplomatic relations through a joint declaration signed last Friday. Foreign affairs and international cooperation minister Mompati Merafhe signed for Botswana while The Dominican Republic was represented by its foreign relations minister, Carlos Crontoso.

Houston Chronicle KINGSTON, Jamaica — A Jamaican Cabinet minister has resigned as a scandal deepens over a Dutch-based commodities trader's donation to the governing party, with an opposition leader calling for the entire government to step down.

Jamaica Gleaner Ne wsVenezuelan soldiers on the border with Guyana allegedly shot and killed a Guyanese miner trying to smuggle cheap fuel back across a river separating the two countries, Guyana's Foreign Ministry said yesterday.

The Barbados Advocate In three years, Barbados could be hosting the Miss Universe show, utilising the physical infrastructure currently being put in place for the hosting of Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007.

CBC.bb In an effort to make it more difficult for deported Guyanese to re-enter Barbados, the Immigration Department is sharing the names of offenders with the authorities in Guyana.

Trinidad Express : "Those who were expecting an election Budget, full of tax cuts and other benefits aimed at winning votes, must have been sorely disappointed. "

Caribbean Net News GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Thirty years after a terrorists’ bomb killed 73 passengers on a Cubana airline flight, Guyanese officials have unveiled plans to erect a monument here to honour the victims.

Caribbean 360.com GEORGETOWN, Guyana, October 9, 2006 - Several communities on the West Coast of Demerara in Guyana were saved from a watery death as a result of quick action by the sea defences department.

Nation Newspaper CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES are considering banning Americans without passports in reaction to recent amendments to the controversial Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) by the United States Congress.

The Trinidad Guardian - "A body believed to be that of kidnap victim Riaz Khan was discovered in a Caroni rice field yesterday morning. "

America's 'war' on Caribbean tourism - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM : "As the United States Congress prepares to go into recess for next month's mid-term elections leaving the Caribbean literally bawling over a discriminatory legislative measure that could ruin the economies of this region's tourist-dependent destinations,"

Military exercises commence Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation, Barbados - 3 hours ago... Personnel from national defence and police forces across the Eastern Caribbean have been arriving since Friday and were yesterday peparing for next week's ...

The Nation Newspaper Mourners call for justice : "RELATIVES OF THE Cubana Airline crash yesterday vowed on its 30th anniversary not to rest until those responsible for the terrorist act were put on trial. "

Teachers, cops sign wage agreements with gov't - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM : "AFTER several months of protracted negotiations, the island's teachers and rank and file police officers yesterday compromised and signed off on their respective wage "

Jamaica Gleaner A BARBADIAN bodybuilder is set to be sentenced tomorrow after being convicted on Tuesday on drug possession charges.

US in on Barbados Terrorist Attack Prensa Latina, Cuba - 8 hours agoHavana, Oct 6 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan journalist Alicia Herrera, witness of the confession of those who blew up a Cuban airplane in Barbados in 1976 ... Cuba Honors Terrorism Victims Prensa Latina

The Nation Newspaper LIAT (1974) LIMITED and Caribbean Star airlines may be off the ground, looking to fly to new heights. As early as next week, negotiating teams from both sides will be entering into formal talks to discuss a possible merger of the airlines. ......

Caribbean360.com ROSEAU, Dominica, October 6, 2006 - In an effort to attract more of a unique, "green" visitor to its shores, Dominica is rebranding its product and dropping the word "Caribbean" from its marketing campaign previously known as the "Nature Island of the Caribbean".

Caribbean bodybuilders in heavy trouble after CAC Championships radiojamaica.com - JamaicaBarbados national junior bodybuilding champion Andre Miller, who on Tuesday pleaded guilty of attempting to smuggle ganja out of Jamaica, is to be sentenced ...

First Caribbean tries to find leak in PNP scandal radiojamaica.com - JamaicaIntense investigations are being carried out First Caribbean International Bank to determine how records of financial transactions between the People's ...

ST LUCIA: Caribbean islands to benefit from World Bank deal Jamaica Gleaner - Kingston,JamaicaThree Caribbean islands -St. Lucia, Dominica and St. Vincent and the Grenadines - are to receive support from the World Bank under ...

Barbadian cop freed of marijuana charge Jamaica Gleaner - Kingston,JamaicaDavid Alleyne, assistant coach for the Barbados body building team and a 25-year veteran in the police force in that country, was on Tuesday freed of charges ...

Small Caribbean countries need a bigger voice in international ... radiojamaica.com - JamaicaDominica's Foreign Affairs Minister, Charles Savarin, has said small Caribbean countries must have more than a symbolic presence in international organisations ...

New WHTI amendment could spell disaster for Caribbean Barbados Advocate - BarbadosThat s what Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace, Secretary General of the Barbados-based Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO), has compared the United States (US ...

US calls off Barbados ban The Nation Newspaper - Bridgetown,St. Michael,BarbadosAfter almost four years of giving Barbados the cold shoulder because it declined to buckle under to Washington's pressure to exempt Americans from the ...

Fuel prices fall in Barbados Caribbean Net News - Georgetown,Cayman IslandsBRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Barbadians are now paying less to fill their gas tanks, following a government decision to drop prices in keeping with the fall in price ...

JAMAICA: Top Cop Urges Caution Following Murder Of Special ... Hardbeatnews.com - Jackson Heughts,NY,USAHardbeatnews, KINGSTON, Jamaica, Weds. Oct. 4 ... Catherine. Reid is the ninth Jamaica police officer to be killed so far this year. Reports ...

Terrorism a threat to Jamaica - Phillips Jamaica Gleaner - Kingston,JamaicaTerrorism is a growing threat to Jamaica, especially as the Caribbean prepares to host the third largest sporting event on the global calendar, the Cricket ...

Jamaica needs rescuing Jamaica Gleaner - Kingston,Jamaica... Jamaica needs to be rescued and provided with leaders who have the will, vision and management skills to give our people hope, resources and a better tomorrow. ...

US drops tourism bombshell Jamaica Observer - Kingston,JamaicaGORDON 'Butch' Stewart, the Caribbean's leading hotelier last night suggested that support by Jamaica and other regional countries for Venezuelan President ...

Cuba: CIA Sabotaged Cuban Plane Prensa Latina - Havana,Cuba... planned by international terrorists Luis Posada Carriles and Orlando Bosch, claimed 73 lives, shortly after taking off from the Barbados international airport. ... Also see CIA Bombing of Cubana

Norway writes off debt with Jamaica Jamaica Gleaner - Kingston,JamaicaJamaica will have its debt with Norway, incurred from shipping purchases in the 1970s, written off, the Norway Government announced yesterday. ...

Explosion worry Barbados Advocate - Barbados... soluble chemical that can potentially detonate with a speed and power superior to dynamite have been discovered not only at the Barbados National Standards ...

BARBADOS: Government wants male teachers Jamaica Gleaner - Kingston,JamaicaConcerned about the small number of men entering the teaching profession, the Barbados government is making it a national objective to encourage more qualified ...

Cable and Wireless cracks down on illegal downloads Caribbean360.com - Belleville,BarbadosBRIDGETOWN, Barbados, October 2, 2006 - Under pressure from foreign companies, Cable and Wireless served notice on its Barbados customers last week that it ...

PM praises Chinese contribution to T&T Trinidad & Tobago Express - Port-of-Spain,Trinidad and TobagoPRIME MINISTER Patrick Manning yesterday embraced the Chinese community for its role in the development of Trinidad and Tobago and promised to press ahead with ...

Guyana - the Indian connection endures(SPECIAL) DailyIndia.com - Niskayuna,NY,USABy Shubha Singh. A month ago the people of Guyana voted in a largely peaceful election to re-elect President Bharrat Jagdeo for a second five-year term. ...

Transformation in sugar industry Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation - BarbadosIt's all part of a comprehensive plan driven by the Barbados Agricultural Management Company to introduce more technology, increase efficiency and move it ...

Turtles of the Caribbean: the curse of illegal trade WWF International - Gland,Switzerland... adopted bans on exploitation, such as in Barbados, the report showed evidence that their turtles continue to be exploited elsewhere in the Caribbean where both ...

New hope for LIAT? The Nation Newspaper - Bridgetown,St. Michael,BarbadosTHE IMPORTANCE of the regional airline LIAT to Caribbean business and holiday travel has never been in doubt. Indeed, this carrier ...

Jamaica's investment climate said to be first-world Jamaica Observer - Kingston,JamaicaA local banker believes that Jamaica now enjoys a first-world investment climate which, he says, is created by the present macro- economic stability.

BHTA call to help stop beach erosion The Nation Newspaper - Bridgetown,St. Michael,BarbadosBOTH CORPORATE BARBADOS and Government have been told to join forces and help deal with the serious beach erosion affecting the island's popular beaches. ...

Barbados not untouchable Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation - Barbados... UWI St. Augustine Joan Latchman says there's a misconception in barbados that the island is too far east to be affected. Ms. Latchman ...