Archives for Wednesday, October 22, 2003:

OECD meeting fails to resolve issues with Caribbean states

OTTAWA, Canada: A meeting in Ottawa last week that brought together Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) members and offshore financial centres failed to resolve the main issues of contention between the two sides... read more...

War in Iraq blamed for tourism decline in OECS sub-region

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts: The tourism industry in the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) was adversely affected during the first quarter of this year, by the US-led war on Iraq, which resulted in a slowdown in global travel... read more...

Digicel receives telecom licence in the Cayman Islands

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: Digicel Cayman Ltd, last month named by the Cayman Islands Information and Communications Technology Authority as one of nine new telecommunications companies that would be licensed to operate in the Islands, formally received its licence from the Authority this past Friday, 17 October... read more...

Bajan Anglican priest slams sex 'style' of nationals

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Barbadians need to take the HIV/AIDS threat serious and stop acting like "sex is going out of style." This strong condemnation has come from Anglican priest, Reverend Maurice Thorne... read more...

Kidnapped victim's family in Guyana plead for his return

GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Relatives of 20-year-old kidnap victim, Mr. Vivickanan Nandalall, want the abductors to "please bring" him back... read more...

Print ad by electric company stirs controversy in Jamaica

KINGSTON, Jamaica: An ad that is supposed to warn of the dangers of stealing electricity but features a bright-eyed baby girl, wearing diapers and vest, sitting in a large electric chair against a darkened background has come under criticism in Jamaica... read more...

Trinidad couple says spirits made them cremate their baby

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad: A Trinidadian couple this week pleaded guilty to burning the remains of their baby girl in a makeshift fireplace behind a shack... read more...

Bermuda police officer investigated for child porn download

HAMILTON, Bermuda: The Bermuda Police Service is reportedly investigating one of its own for allegedly using a police computer to download pornographic material... read more...

British Virgin Islands man gunned down

ROAD TOWN, British Virgin Islands: The British Virgin Islands has its first murder for this year. Reports out of the island indicate that a 29-year-old man was gunned down in the seaside community of Frenchman's Cay... read more...

Bungled bank robbery attempt in Cayman

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: An attempted armed robbery of the First Caribbean Bank in George Town, Grand Cayman was thwarted on Tuesday afternoon when the would-be raiders arrived five minutes after the bank had closed, according to informed sources.  Up to three masked men, one armed with a handgun, reportedly approached the bank only to find the doors locked. A security guard alerted police as the bandits fled in a stolen car that was later found ablaze in the bank's vicinity.

BUSINESS NEWS

Jamaican-born billionaire sets up shop in Trinidad & Tobago

PORT-Of-SPAIN, Trinidad: Jamaican-born, Canadian billionaire, Mr. Michael Lee-Chin is bringing the National Commercial Bank of Jamaica to the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange by the end of this month... read more...

Hotel occupancy drops in the Bahamas

NASSAU, Bahamas: Hotels in Nassau and Paradise Island in the Bahamas have recorded poor results for September... read more...

LEGAL NEWS

"Grenada 17" pushing for their freedom

ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada: Former army private. Cosmos Richardson and 16 others who became widely known as the 'Grenada 17" for their role in the killings of former Grenada leader, Mr. Maurice Bishop and 10 others, want their freedom back. The 17, who were convicted for killing Mr. Bishop in a 1983 coup that led to a U.S. invasion, are still in jail some two decades after the assassination... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Sir Viv urges Windies team to watch attitude

DISCOVERY BAY, Jamaica: West Indies cricketers are being urged to be on their best behaviour during the upcoming trip to Zimbabwe. The words of advice comes from Chairman of selectors, Sir Viv Richards, who said commitment to performance by some members of the 16-man squad to tour Zimbabwe later this month would be under very close scrutiny... read more...