Posted on August 12, 2008 by wiv4
BBC CARIBBEAN: Members of Jamaica’s track & field team are confident as it gears up for events
The possibility exist that the small nation with a population of 2.7 million people is on the cusp of reaping their most medals in a single Olympics.
The Caribbean Islands previous best was seven at the 2000 Sydney Games.
CARIBBEAN [...]
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Posted on June 11, 2008 by wiv4
WIV4’s Willah Gray speaks to the organizer of the Best of the Best Basketball Tournament, Russell Cox, and later shares footage from the lates win for the Turks and Caicos Islands co-ed team, who were victorious at the Grand Bahama Invitational 2008-2009 games.
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Posted on June 10, 2008 by wiv4
Caribbean Net News: Police Stage Shootout Guyana’s “Most Wanted Fugitive” Spotted
At the end of a heated shootout, the police were able to kill one of the criminals, who is yet to be identified.
A Joint Services press release said the other gang members, who include wanted men [Rondel] Rawlins, Richard Ramcharran otherwise known as “Uncle Willie”, [...]
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Posted on June 10, 2008 by wiv4
At the opening ceremony for the Pre-Overseas Territories Consultative Council Hon. Premier Michael Misick speaks to reporters about the efforts of Overseas Territories to be listed on the UK’s “White List,” a list of countries, that offer financial services. WIV4’s Joydel Trail Reports.
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Posted on June 6, 2008 by wiv4
BBC Caribbean: Tropical Storm Arthur Starts the 2008 Atlantic Hurricane Season with A Smash
Forming a day before the official start of the season, the weak tropical storm quickly made landfall over the Belize-Mexico border, packing winds of around 40mph (64kph).
Note: This BBC Caribbean article also provides predictions for the 2008 Atlantic Hurricane Season and the [...]
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Posted on May 22, 2008 by wiv4
WIV4’s Joydel Trail speaks with TCI’s own Culture King David Bowen about how the Turks and Caicos will be represented at this year’s Carifesta or Caribbean Festival of Arts to be held in Guyana from 22 August to 28 August.
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Posted on May 22, 2008 by wiv4
Caribben Net News: Us Will Allow Americans to Send Cellphones to Cuba
President George W. Bush announced an easing of restrictions on Wednesday to allow Americans to send mobile telephones to their families in Cuba, which he portrayed as a challenge to the Communist authorities to advance reforms…
…”If Raul is serious about his so-called reforms, he [...]
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Posted on May 21, 2008 by wiv4
WIV4’s Joydel Trail reports on the Spirit of Bermuda a replica slave ship that set sail from Bermuda to Grand Turk, TCI on an educational voyage.
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Posted on May 20, 2008 by wiv4
WIV4’s Joydel Trail tells us about a report that claims global warming could reduce hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Posted on May 19, 2008 by wiv4
CNN: Venezuela Accuses US Military Plane of “Airspace Incursion”
Venezuelan Defense Minister Gen. Gustavo Rangel Briceno said the U.S. Navy plane was detected in Venezuelan airspace Saturday near the Caribbean island of La Orchila and the plane was contacted by radio.
CNN: Cuba Accuses US Diplomat in Havana of Carrying “Private Funds from American Groups Opposed to [...]
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