Archives for Sunday, October 26, 2003:

Grenada: Twenty years on

ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada: As the people of Grenada celebrated Thanksgiving - their national holiday honoring the U.S. troops who invaded the island in 1983, ousting a Marxist government - seventeen former government officials meanwhile linger in jail, convicted of conspiring to kill the island's Prime Minister, Maurice Bishop... read more...

Violent protests in Jamaica after police shoot and kill two men

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica: Crowds burned cars and buses and blocked roads near Montego Bay's airport Saturday to protest the killing of two men by police... read more...

Arrangements in hand to pay civil servants in Antigua & Barbuda

ST JOHN'S, Antigua: In his sixth weekly radio broadcast yesterday, Mr Lester Bird, The Prime Minister of Antigua & Barbuda, announced that arrangements are now well in hand to make certain that payments of salaries and wages to public servants are made in a timely fashion... read more...

US Coast Guard seizes drug smugglers

WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): A speedboat carrying 64 bales of cocaine intended for the US market was stopped and seized by the US Coast Guard about 90 miles south of Jamaica, the Coast Guard said Friday... read more...

Bahamas Tourism Minister calls for an integrated regional economy

BASSETERRE, St.Kitts: In a keynote address at the St.Kitts Tourism Authority's Annual Awards banquet held Friday, Bahamas Tourism Minister, Obie Wilchcombe, called upon CARICOM to take concrete steps towards creating an actual regional economy... read more...

Cuba praises U.S. vote against travel ban

MIAMI, USA: Cuban officials said on Friday that the U.S. Senate vote on easing the ban on travel to Cuba confirmed that most Americans want to improve relations with Havana but acknowledged the initiative may be blocked short of becoming law... read more...

US and Australia declare Trinidad & Tobago safe, despite recent kidnappings

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago: The United States and Australia have declared Trinidad and Tobago a safe global destination, despite current levels of crime in the country... read more...

Strike closes down First Caribbean Bank in Jamaica

KINGSTON, Jamaica: Operations at First Caribbean International Bank (FCIB), Jamaica's fourth-largest commercial bank, were shut down on Friday as the approximately 300 workers went on strike to demand better salaries and benefits. Several placard-bearing employees demonstrated outside the offices of the bank while hundreds of customers at 12 branches were unable to cash their paychecks on the busiest banking day of the week... read more...

BUSINESS NEWS

Major gas find in Angostura field off Trinidad & Tobago

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago: BHP Billiton Ltd. has made another gas discovery in its Angostura field off Trinidad's east coast. Energy Minister Eric Williams made the announcement in an address to the country's Parliament during debate on the 2003-04 budget... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Lewis finds grip in second round practice for Puerto Rico Grand Prix

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico: Michael Lewis found the right line around the 1.6-mile Isla Grande temporary airport circuit, and turned in the fastest time during Friday's second-round practice for the Puerto Rico Grand Prix in San Juan... read more...