Archives for Tuesday, October 28, 2003:

Protesters attack police in Haiti leaving child dead

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti: Anti-government protesters loyal to slain gang leader Amiot Metayer attacked a western Haiti police station Saturday night. As the siege carried over into Sunday, a girl riding a bicycle nearby was hit by a stray bullet and killed, said government spokesman Mario Dupuy. No arrests were reported... read more...

Grenada PM says world order has changed

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: In a commencement address at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus in Barbados on Saturday, the Prime Minister of Grenada Dr. Keith Mitchell said that the world order as we have come to regard it, is not changing - it has already changed... read more...

Ruder Finn captures Jamaica Tourist Board account

NEW YORK, USA: Ruder Finn, a leading communications, counseling and services agency, has bested four other agencies to win the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) account. According to Richard Funess, president of Ruder Finn/Americas, the two-year contract, which began on October 1, has an estimated annual budget of more than $1 million... read more...

Papal nuncio in Cuba appointed to Commission for Latin America

HAVANA, Cuba: The Pope has appointed the apostolic nuncio in Cuba, Archbishop Luis Robles, as vice-president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America... read more...

Antigua & Barbuda celebrates 22 years of independence

ST. JOHN'S, Antigua: Antigua & Barbuda Prime Minister Lester Bird was among the government officials who read scriptures at the National Thanksgiving Service to mark the country's 22nd anniversary of political independence... read more...

Jamaican government increases security measures to stem flow of illegal drugs

KINGSTON, Jamaica: The Jamaican government has stepped up its efforts to counter the threat posed to the country by the international drug trade, by increasing security measures at the ports of entry... read more...

Australian police track links of Guadeloupe terror suspect

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP): Australian police were Monday trying to piece together the movements of a Guadeloupe man with ties to Islamic militants who was deported amid fears he could have links to a terrorist cell... read more...

Montego Bay quiet again after riots

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica: Montego Bay, Jamaica's main tourist destination, was calm again after crowds burned cars and buses and blocked roads near the airport Saturday to protest the killing of two men by police. There were no reports of tourists being hurt in the riots although two tour buses waiting to take people on sightseeing trips were set ablaze.

BUSINESS NEWS

US$170m price tag for Ansbacher

LONDON, England - The Ansbacher Group has been put up for sale by its South African parent, FirstRand, at about £100 million (US$170 million), according to recent press reports. Not included in the sale are Ansbacher's fund management businesses... read more...

Royal Caribbean posts weaker profit and bleak outlook

OSLO, Norway: Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. , the world's second-largest cruise group, on Monday said weaker third-quarter profit had been hurt by a canceled sailing and issued a bleak fourth-quarter outlook... read more...

TECHNOLOGY NEWS

Using ICT to market Jamaica

KINGSTON, Jamaica: Speaking at a panel discussion on the theme, ‘The Impact of Technology on Marketing’, Minister of Commerce, Science and Technology, Phillip Paulwell has said that Jamaica has done exceptionally well at marketing itself, not just in the obvious sectors such as tourism, but also in other critical areas, through the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT)... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Windies coach not happy with team's fitness

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Coach of the West Indies team Gus Logie yesterday expressed concern that some members of his side were not up to the required fitness level as they flew out of the Caribbean for a Test and One-Day tour of Zimbabwe... read more...