Archives for Monday, October 27, 2003:

Guadeloupe man detained in France suspected of "terrorist" plot

PARIS, France (AFP): A Guadeloupe-born man with ties to Islamic militants has been deported from Australia under suspicion of plotting an attack and is being detained outside Paris by French anti-terrorist authorities, Australian and French officials said... read more...

Jamaica: A tale of two cities

KINGSTON, Jamaica: A country where murder is the fifth leading cause of death; whose capital, Kingston, has the third highest murder rate in the world; and where one out of every 106 males older than 15 is a criminal deportee from the United States, also plays host to more than two million visitors a year from around the world, spending $332.6 million... read more...

Regional maximum security prisons idea revived

CASTRIES, St. Lucia: A call made by Antigua and Barbuda's Prime Minister, Mr Lester Bird, just over three years ago for the construction of at least two regional maximum security prisons appears to be finally catching the interest of the Caribbean's prison chiefs... read more...

Saba Commissioner Johnson lashes out

THE BOTTOM, Saba: Leader of Government on Saba, Commissioner Will Johnson lashed out during a live television broadcast over the weekend, saying that he will not sit back and allow persons within government or outside of government to put him into a position where he cannot continue to assist people with a government job... read more...

Miami gears up for FTAA HQ battle

MIAMI, USA: Miami is competing with Atlanta and at least three foreign cities to land the headquarters of the proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas - a treaty meant to bind every nation in the Western Hemisphere except Cuba into the world's largest trading zone... read more...

New Orleans group help 2-year-old Belize girl

TERRYTOWN, USA: For the past seven months, a group of volunteers from the New Orleans area has worked tirelessly to try to get medical help for a 2-year-old Belize girl suffering from a birth defect that deformed her arm... read more...

British grandmother recruited Caribbean drug 'mules'

LUTON, England: Maureen Frazer, a 43-year-old grandmother, ran a $10 million cocaine empire using "mules" to smuggle drugs from the Caribbean... read more...

HEALTH NEWS

New Clinton Foundation AIDS program prompted by St Kitts PM

LONDON, England: Former U.S. President Bill Clinton says that the recently announced program, designed to help developing countries clear two major obstacles to AIDS treatment: the high cost of antiretroviral drugs, and the low quality of the countries' health-care systems, was prompted by a request from the Prime Minister of St Kitts. ... read more...

LEGAL NEWS

St Kitts Assembly to consider alternative sentencing and admissibility of photographic evidence

BASSETERRE, St Kitts: Draft legislation empowering the Courts to pass non custodial sentencing such as discharges, suspended sentences, probation orders and community service orders will be debated in the St. Kitts and Nevis National Assembly on Wednesday... read more...

TRAVEL NEWS

Celebrity's Caribbean service from Jacksonville starts today

JACKSONVILLE, USA: Celebrity Cruise Line's ship, the Zenith, will leave Jacksonville, Florida today heading for the Caribbean. The itinerary includes Charlotte Amalie, USVI; Basseterre, St. Kitts; St. George's, Grenada; Bridgetown, Barbados; and Philipsburg, St. Maarten... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Wally Castro wins Puerto Rico Grand Prix

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico: Local driver, Wally Castro, a well-known and successful road racing veteran in Latin America and the Caribbean, won the Motorock Puerto Rico Grand Prix on Sunday driving the No. 3 Puerto Rico Lotteries Jaguar XKR prepared and campaigned by Rocketsports Racing... read more...