Archives for Friday, October 31, 2003:

Man charged with 5 murders in the Bahamas

FREEPORT, Bahamas - Police in the Bahamas on Wednesday charged 35-year-old Cordell Farrington with the murders of four schoolboys as well as the murder of Jamaal Robins, a friend whose remains were discovered Sunday along with those of the four boys. A fifth boy is still missing... read more...

Threats shut down radio stations in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti: Two Haitian radio stations suspended their broadcasts on Wednesday after they became the targets of attacks and threats attributed to supporters of the administration of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide... read more...

Supermarket blaze in Ambergris Caye, Belize

SAN PEDRO, Belize: A major fire had Ambergris Caye traffic bottlenecked for hours last week as San Pedro firefighters fought a blaze at a local supermarket. Extensive damage occurred to the stock inside the store, but the exact value has not yet been determined... read more...

USVI gets fourth highest per capita homeland security grants

WASHINGTON, USA: Agencies in the U.S. Virgin Islands have so far received some US$8 million for emergency preparedness from the Department of Homeland Security so far this year. This represents US$73.69 per capita, the fourth highest after American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands and the District of Columbia, and does not include an additional US$1.9 million grant for port security... read more...

Indian tall ship pays five-day visit to Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico: India's only tall ship, the INS Tarangini, has arrived in Puerto Rico for a five-day training visit. The 177 ft Tarangini docked at San Juan Harbor's main port but will move to the US Coast Guard base in San Juan until November 1. Tarangini set sail from Kochi in January and will visit 36 ports and 17 countries during a 15-month voyage... read more...

Dominican Republic cocaine ring busted

NEW YORK, USA: Eighteen people alleged to have been responsible for smuggling thousands of kilograms of cocaine into the United States from the Dominican Republic have been arrested, New York law-enforcement authorities announced Wednesday.... read more...

Trinidad calls for vote on locating FTAA HQ

MIAMI, USA: Trinidad and Tobago has called for a vote by all 34 FTAA nations on the location for the organisation's headquarters, a ploy that would help Trinidad enlist support offered by 13 fellow Caribbean Community nations to host the FTAA secretariat in the island's capital, Port-of-Spain... read more...

BUSINESS NEWS

Two big tourism years ahead for Barbados

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Mr Noel Lynch, the Barbados Minister of Tourism, has predicted that the next two years will be big ones for the Barbados tourism industry in terms of visitor arrivals... read more...

HEALTH NEWS

Nevis surgeon dismisses reports of increased wound infection rate

CHARLESTOWN, Nevis: Medical Chief of Staff and General Surgeon, at Nevis' Alexandra Hospital, Dr Cardell 'Bal' Rawlins, has dismissed as alarming, reports carried by a local weekly newspaper in the Federation to the effect that surgical procedures had been placed on hold due to an increase in the rate of wound infections at the hospital... read more...

TRAVEL NEWS

New charter service from Britain to St Kitts

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts: Britain's leading charter airline will begin flying into St. Kitts' Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport from Saturday November 1st.  St. Kitts Tourism Authority Director for the United Kingdom and Europe, Ms. Esther Smith said Excel Airways, a charter airline with a good punctuality record, will replace Monarch Airlines, which has been flying out of London's Gatwick Airport to St. Kitts since May this year... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Windies board defends hike in ticket prices

LONDON, England: The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has defended its decision to impose a US$225 "cricket surcharge" on tickets made available to England supporters who are travelling to the Caribbean in April next year to watch the series between England and West Indies... read more...