Archives for Monday, November 10, 2003:

Antigua airport reopens after air traffic controllers' strike

ST JOHN'S, Antigua: Mr Robin Yearwood, Antigua's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Aviation, has thanked air traffic controllers for returning to the job following a one day closure of the airport... read more...

US travelers to Cuba get judicial notices

WASHINGTON, USA: The Bush administration for the first time is beginning judicial proceedings against dozens of people accused of visiting Cuba illegally, even as the US Congress moves to end enforcement of the four-decade-old travel ban to the island... read more...

New revelations about Dame Shirley Porter's deals in the British Virgin Islands

EDINBURGH, Scotland: Hard on the heels of reports last week that investigators have uncovered millions of dollars hidden by Dame Shirley Porter and her family in a family trust in the British Virgin Islands, comes a further report that Scottish land sales to a BVI company will be investigated by Westminster Council as it pursues the Tesco supermarket heiress for a £37 million (US$63 million) surcharge owed to the local authority... read more...

Antigua Prime Minister regrets airport closure, waives departure tax

ST JOHN'S, Antigua: Industrial action by air traffic controllers at Antigua's International Airport over the last day and a half has done great damage to the country's image abroad. So said Prime Minister Lester Bird, as he delivered his weekly radio address... read more...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

First Annual Tranquility Jazz Festival In Anguilla announces lineup

THE VALLEY, Anguilla: The First Annual Tranquility Jazz Festival will take place in Anguilla from Friday November 14 to Sunday, November 16 and will showcase a superb lineup of world-renowned jazz artists... read more...

TRAVEL NEWS

Bahamas hotel wins quality award

LONDON, England: The Leading Hotels of the World, Ltd. yesterday announced the winners of the Second Annual Commitment to Quality Awards during its 2003 International Convention, held in London, November 7-9, 2003. The winner of the 2003 Commitment to Quality Award for the Caribbean region was the One & Only Ocean Club Paradise Island, Bahamas... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

DR player disqualified from volleyball World Cup after failed dope test

SAPPORO, Japan, (AFP): A player from the Dominican Republic was kicked out of the World Cup women's volleyball tournament after testing positive for a banned medicine, it was announced Sunday... read more...