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11/14/2005 || GRENADIAN SOCCER STAR SHARLIE JOSEPH GETS HIS DAY ... 0 By Jason Halpin / MLSnet.com Staff FRISCO, Texas -- Sitting on the bench after the New England Revolution's training session outside Pizza Hut Park on Thursday afternoon, midfielder Shalrie Joseph chuckled at the thought of being considered a candidate for league Most Valuable Player. Teammate T...Read More >>>   11/14/2005 || ICC HAPPY WITH WORLD CUP PROGRESS 0 The International Cricket Council is happy that West Indies are on course with planning for the 2007 World Cup. After the second of three days of meetings in Jamaica with members of the organising committee, ICC president Ehsan Mani said he was reassured. "You seem to have your fingers on th...Read More >>>   11/14/2005 || GRENADA BACK ON THE TOURIST MAP 0 A year after Ivan and some months after the lesser Emily, Grenada is struggling to get back on its feet. The sea still sparkles a beautiful turquoise. The beaches -- 45 of them white-sand and nine volcanic black -- are still beautiful. Some of the most exclusive (small and sturdily built) resorts ha...Read More >>>   11/14/2005 || LATEST WTO RULING COULD DESTROY WINDWARD ISLANDS B... 0 Brussels: The Windward Islands special envoy on bananas, Edwin Laurent, says the recent World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling against the European Commission['s] proposed banana import tariff could lead to the possible collapse of the industry in the islands. The Windward Islands grouping compri...Read More >>>   11/14/2005 || CARIBBEAN DIASPORA MUST UNITE, SAYS TOURISM EXPERT 0 NEW YORK, USA: Echoing a recent call by Bahamian Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace, the Secretary General of the Caribbean Tourism Organisation, to include the Caribbean Diaspora in tourism promotion, fellow tourism expert Allen Chastanet also wants to see the region's expatriate community involved in the...Read More >>>   11/14/2005 || CHANDERPAUL URGES PATIENCE FOR WI BATSMEN AHEAD OF... 0 MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) - Captain Shivnarine Chanderpaul has called on his West Indies team to curb their batting flamboyance ahead of the second cricket Test against Australia, starting in Hobart on Thursday. Chanderpaul batted for four-and-a-half hours for 59 in yesterday's drawn three-day t...Read More >>>   11/11/2005 || RETRO FETE IN BROOKLYN TOMORROW NIGHT AT THE PALAC... 0 "New Yorkers are in for a dose of serious classics, authentic retro music, and sophisticated fashions on Saturday, November 12, 2005 at The Palace Night Club in Brooklyn," say Gerry Hopkins and Karl Archibald, the organizers of The Back In Time Fete. According to Hopkins, "This one is for the matu...Read More >>>   11/11/2005 || BLAZING SMITH CARRIES ON TRADITION--GRENADIAN HAIL... 0 DIMINUTIVE West Indian opener Devon Smith rewound the clock 30 years when he briefly but spectacularly took the attack to Australia's bowlers during the first Test in Brisbane. Using a remarkable array of full-blooded shots, ambitious swings and lucky mishits, the aggressive left-hander's first i...Read More >>>   11/11/2005 || GRENADA RUNS DEEP WITH SHIPWRECKS, HISTORY, SCENER... 0 By Neil Cote GRENADA, West Indies - When a small island chain’s chief natural resource is nutmeg, you need to bring a lot of stuff in. And when the goods typically arrive in diminutive, aging rustbucket freighters, well it figures that the regional seabed would be littered with shipwrecks. A...Read More >>>   11/11/2005 || CARIBBEAN: KEEP THE PRESS - AND INTERNET - FREE, J... 0 PORT OF SPAIN, Nov. 8, 2005 (IPS/GIN) -- Caribbean journalists are warning that the region's governments could use the worldwide push for broader Internet governance to try to censor the news media and free speech. The Association of Caribbean Media Workers (ACM) says it will closely monitor the...Read More >>>   11/11/2005 || NO QUICK FIX FOR WINDIES, SAYS RICHARDSON 0 ST JOHN'S, Antigua (CMC) - A former captain says it might take the West Indies a decade before their flagging fortunes can be turned around. Richie Richardson, who led the team between 1992 and 1996 before the decline of the once world champions began, said the problems are so deep-rooted that no...Read More >>>   11/10/2005 || RECORDINGS OF CARIBBEAN FOLK MUSIC BEING DONATED T... 0 CHARLOTTE AMALIE, US Virgin Islands (AP) - A collection of Caribbean folk music recorded some four decades ago by American archivist Alan Lomax is coming back to the region. Lomax's New York-based archival centre is donating digital copies of some 60 hours of recordings made by the late musicolog...Read More >>>   11/10/2005 || ARUBA CONCERN OVER BOYCOTT CALL 0 The Aruban government has rejected a call from a US governor for Americans to boycott the Dutch Caribbean island as 'preposterous and irresponsible'. Alabama governor Bob Riley on Tuesday called for a boycott on behalf of the family of missing American teenager Natalee Holloway. The 18-year-o...Read More >>>   11/10/2005 || NO MUSIC AND DANCING IN THE CAYMAN ISLANDS AFTER M... 0 GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: This year, Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve fall on Saturdays, which means that the sale of alcohol and live music at public events in the Cayman Islands will, according to local law, have to cease by midnight. The issue of permitted hours as they relate to public f...Read More >>>   11/10/2005 || OECS TO SEEK DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION TO BIRD ROCK ISSU... 0 MEADS BAY, Anguilla: Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Heads, meeting in Anguilla for the 42nd Meeting of the Authority, have resolved to seek diplomatic solutions to the issue of Bird Rock with the government of Venezuela. The Heads who wrapped up their two day meeting here voiced ...Read More >>>   11/9/2005 || ST. LUCIA NIPS GRENADA TO TAKE OECS SWIM CHAMPIONS... 0 In what has been dubbed the most exciting Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Swimming Invitational Championship ever, the St Lucia National Team beat the Grenada National Team by the slim margin of 34 points - 1694 to 1668 - to capture the 2005 SAGICOR OECS title. Hosted by the St Lu...Read More >>>   11/9/2005 || GRENADA GETTING IN GEAR 0 FORGET about Hurricane Ivan. Forget about Hurricane Emily too. Grenada is determined to host its share of Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007. The challenges facing the Spice Isle must be more than any of the other eight host venues against the background the devastation Ivan caused September last ...Read More >>>   11/9/2005 || CARICOM TEAMS UP AGAINST VENEZUELA ON BIRD ISLAND ... 0 Caribbean Economic Community (Caricom) countries are supporting Antigua and Dominica in their territorial dispute with Venezuela over Bird Island or Isla de Aves (Lat: 15.70º N Long: 63.64º W). Antigua leader, Baldwin Spencer says Caricom is concerned about Venezuela's efforts to bolster its pro...Read More >>>   11/9/2005 || OECS HEADS URGED TO REFORM TAX SYSTEM 0 MEADS BAY, Anguilla: During the first working session of the 42nd Meeting of Heads of Government of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), heads looked at the OECS economies in external trade negotiations in an effort to formulate ways to deal with the challenges of WTO regulations on ...Read More >>>   11/9/2005 || WINDIES DEJECTED AFTER TEST LOSS 0 West Indies captain Shivnarine Chanderpaul did not try to hide his team's shortcomings after a 379-run defeat by Australia in Brisbane. They have lost 16 of their last 23 Tests and won only twice. "It's probably the worst we've had so far. It was a good batting wicket and our batting line-up n...Read More >>>   11/9/2005 || ANGUILLA TO ATTRACT VISITORS FOR JAZZ 0 THE VALLEY, Anguilla (November 7, 2005) – A small Eastern Caribbean country will be the center of cultural attention this week when Anguilla, known for its breathtaking beauty, opens its doors to visitors from all over the world for the annual Anguilla Tranquility Jazz Festival, produced for the B...Read More >>>   11/8/2005 || THE STADIUM, POLICE FORCE AND DEBT 0 by Lloyd Noel, a former Attorney General of Grenada and political commentator Development needs in Grenada, like in the rest of the Caribbean Region, are not a set of simple, fixed, unchanging targets. They are fashioned by our ambitions as much as by our shortcomings; by what we want, as well ...Read More >>>   11/8/2005 || VINCENTIANS GO TO THE POLLS DEC. 7 0 The Parliament of St. Vincent and the Grenadines was dissolved on Monday to pave the way for general elections on December 7. Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves announced the voting date at a public meeting of his Unity Labour Party. Under Vincentian law, general elections could have been delayed un...Read More >>>   11/8/2005 || FORTY-SECOND OECS AUTHORITY MEETING OPENS IN ANGUI... 0 THE VALLEY, Anguilla: The working sessions of the 42nd Meeting of the Heads of Government of the 9-member Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) opened Monday on the tiny British dependency of Anguilla following the official opening ceremony on Sunday, at which the organisation's Chairman, ...Read More >>>   11/8/2005 || HOLDING SAYS WINDIES LIKELY TO BE WHITEWASHED 0 BRISBANE, Australia (CMC) - West Indies fast bowling legend Michael Holding does not hold out much hope that the regional team will fare any better against World champions Australia in the remainder of the three-Test series. Behind two poor batting displays, West Indies crashed to a 379-run defea...Read More >>>   11/7/2005 || CARICOM SEEKS 'OVERHAUL' OF WINDIES CRICKET MANAGE... 0 BRIDGETOWN - The Caribbean Community has conveyed its anxiety for a "thorough overhaul" in the governance of West Indies cricket - as soon as possible. This message to both the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and the West Indies Players Association (WIPA) surfaced during a meeting on Friday in C...Read More >>>   11/7/2005 || PARADISE, INTERRUPTED 0 LAURA ROBIN CANWEST NEWS SERVICE GRENADA When Russ Fielden, who had worked all over the Caribbean with a yacht company, decided to settle down and run his own resort, he chose Grenada for several reasons. “It’s one of the least developed but most accessible islands. The people are delightful....Read More >>>   11/7/2005 || GRENADA'S ROBERTS HELPS WIGAN CONTINUE THEIR WINNI... 0 Grenada international forward Jason Roberts recorded his team-high fourth goal as Wigan Athletic continued their improbable run in the English Premiership. The Latics gave a polished display to clinch their sixth successive Premier League win and leave Portsmouth still looking for a first home victo...Read More >>>   11/7/2005 || INDIA HELPS GRENADA 0 Acting High Commissioner of India Mr. C. Rajasekhar began a two-day visit to Grenada on Friday (November 4), during which several discussions were conducted with officials of the Government of Grenada and the Agency for Reconstruction and Development Inc. (ARD). In the spirit of South South coop...Read More >>>     11/7/2005 || POLICE DETAIN ISRAELI FOUND LIVING IN A REMOTE ARE... 0 PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) - Trinidadian authorities detained an Israeli national found living in a remote mountainous area east of the capital, police said. Authorities found Dahtang Mik Agarunov, 26, living in a wooden shack in Arouca, about 10 miles east of Port-of-Spain. Agarunov was detain...Read More >>>