Archives for Sunday, November 2, 2003:

Shooting death of animal rights activist in St Lucia remains a mystery

LONDON, England: The family of Jane Tipson, who was murdered in her car in St Lucia in September, say they are disappointed there has been no progress in the case... read more...

Castro takes a jab at Schwarzenegger

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Cuban President Fidel Castro called into question the mental might of future California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in a five-hour address to an academic conference on "The New World Hegemony" late Friday... read more...

British Foreign Office issues travel advisory for Jamaica

LONDON, England: The British Foreign Office in London issued a travel advisory last week, alerting visitors to "widespread demonstrations" in Montego Bay and warning of possible disruption to travel plans... read more...

British immigration worker jailed for smuggling cocaine from St Lucia

GUILDFORD, England: An British immigration worker has been jailed for 10 years after pleading guilty to his part in attempting to smuggle US$250,000 worth of cocaine into the UK from St Lucia... read more...

LEGAL NEWS

CCJ: final act of regional independence

PARIMARIBO, Suriname: The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) is a unique model of a multinational court enjoying both an original jurisdiction as an international tribunal and an appellate jurisdiction in respect of issues arising in the jurisdictions of member States and heard on appeal in national appellate courts. This is according to Ms Glenda Morean, Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago... read more...

TRAVEL NEWS

Island hopping in the Caribbean

KINGSTON, Jamaica: Several regional airlines are currently offering programmes that allow travellers to island hop at reduced or inclusive fares... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

West Indies in strong position in opening match

HARARE, Zimbabwe: The West Indies were in a strong position yesterday after the second day of their three-day warm-up match against Zimbabwe A.... read more...

World Cup 2007 gets bigger and bigger

LONDON, England (AFP): The 2007 World Cup in the West Indies looks set to be expanded to take in 16 teams, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced after a meeting in Barbados... read more...

Windies tour diary for November

The following are the major tour fixtures for the West Indies during November... read more...