Archives for Thursday, November 6, 2003:

Amnesty International criticizes treatment of detainees in the Bahamas

LONDON, England: Amnesty International in London released two highly critical reports Wednesday dealing with conditions in the Bahamas in relation to prison inmates and immigration detainees... read more...

No serious effects in Jamaica from UK travel advisory

KINGSTON, Jamaica: Jamaican Information Minister Burchell Whiteman says there has been no significant media attention given in Britain to the recent Foreign Office travel advisory and no noticeable drop in tourism bookings to the island... read more...

Hidden millions uncovered in the British Virgin Islands

LONDON, England: Investigators searching for a fortune hidden by Dame Shirley Porter and her family have uncovered millions of dollars in a family trust in the British Virgin Islands, after a hunt spanning three continents and lasting two years... read more...

Alleged Guadeloupe terrorist prompts security review in Australia

SYDNEY Australia (AFP): Australia's Attorney General Philip Ruddock has launched a review of anti-terror powers after the deportation last month of Guadeloupe-born terror suspect Willie Virgile Brigitte, widely suspected of plotting an attack in Australia... read more...

Guantanamo detainee complains about conditions

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP): An Australian imprisoned as a suspected terrorist by the US military in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has complained he is wasting away in solitary confinement, his lawyer said Wednesday... read more...

OECS summit in St Lucia next week

CASTRIES, St Lucia: Heads of Government of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) are due to meet in St. Lucia, November 10th and 11th at the 38th Meeting of the OECS Authority, the highest decision-making body for the nine member grouping... read more...

St. Maarten and Anguilla discuss joint promotion and closer cooperation in tourism

GREAT BAY, St. Maarten: Top-level government officials from Anguilla and St. Maarten recently met to discuss joint promotion of Anguilla and St. Maarten as tourist destinations and the need for closer cooperation and networking at regional and international tourism institutions... read more...

U.S. speeds up the pace of FTAA

WASHINGTON, USA: The United States is speeding the pace of the Free Trade Association of the Americas, FTAA and anticipates that the mini-summit of this coming weekend in Washington will help define the final accord, expected to become effective January 2005... read more...

Antigua PM upbeat over opinion poll

ST. JOHN'S, Antigua: Mr Lester Bird, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, says he is "upbeat" over the results of the Ron Lester opinion poll which suggests that the ruling Antigua Labour Party of which he is the political leader, will win at least 12 seats in the next general elections... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Windies wilt as Zimbabwe seize control

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AFP): Skipper Heath Streak smashed a maiden Test century as underdogs Zimbabwe seized control of the first Test against the West Indies on Wednesday... read more...

ICC backs West Indies organisation

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AFP): International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Malcolm Speed says he has every confidence in the West Indies' ability to host the 2007 World Cup and hit out at reports that Australia has been lined-up as an alternative should the tournament be unable to be staged in the Caribbean... read more...

Defending women's volleyball champions Cuba bounce back

SENDAI, Japan, (AFP): Four-time defending champions Cuba bounced back from three set-points down in each of the last two sets to beat European champions Poland in the World Cup women's volleyball tournament on Wednesday... read more...