Archives for Sunday, November 23, 2003:

Antigua PM responds to opposition allegations

ST JOHNS, Antigua: In his weekly radio address on Saturday, Prime Minister Lester Bird dealt with the issue of three cheques made payable to the Antigua Labour Party and two of its constituency branches by Mr R Allen Stanford... read more...

Bush declares Puerto Rico floods 'disaster'

WASHINGTON, USA: US president George Bush has declared a disaster in Puerto Rico following floods and landslides that forced hundreds from their homes and caused damage running into millions of dollars... read more...

U.S. denies visas to Cuban sports officials

HAVANA, Cuba: Two Cuban regional sports officials will be unable to take part in the 45th General Assembly of the Central American and Caribbean Sports Organization (ODECABE) in the U.S. Virgin Islands, as they have been refused entry visas by the U.S. government... read more...

British taxman following in footsteps of US counterpart

LONDON, England: In 2002 the American Internal Revenue Service (IRS) carried out its own clampdown on tax evasion through offshore accounts. Now the British Inland Revenue wants to do the same, according to a recent report in the Daily Telegraph... read more...

No double salary for St Kitts public servants

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts: Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Dr. Denzil Douglas has announced that, although public servants will not get a double salary in December, Government will exert every effort to generate the necessary resources to increase their salaries during the course of next year... read more...

New revelations in Guyana mystery murder

GEORGETOWN, Guyana: New details of the circumstances surrounding the killing of a Guyanese man for which a British police officer has been arrested emerged last week, according to reports in the British press... read more...

HEALTH NEWS

UN coordinator lauds Cuba's anti-AIDS programme

HAVANA, Cuba: Cuba has the lowest HIV infection rate in Latin America and the Caribbean, a UN coordinator in Cuba remarked at a conference on HIV/AIDS prevention in Havana last week... read more...

LEGAL NEWS

Russian oil case thrown out by BVI court

MOSCOW, Russia: A court in the British Virgin Islands has dealt a blow to a $380 million lawsuit filed by TNK-BP minority shareholders against the oil major by ruling the case does not fall under the islands' jurisdiction... read more...

TECHNOLOGY NEWS

Cable & Wireless introduces 'hiptop'® in the Cayman Islands

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: Cable & Wireless last week announced the availability of their new hiptop® in the Cayman Islands. The hiptop is a wireless all-in-one device that combines a fully featured mobile phone with a variety of high-speed data communication applications, including an HTML Web browser, an embedded email account, AOL® Instant Messenger(TM), a personal organizer, games and other features -- all viewable on a crisp 65,000 color display with a full QWERTY keyboard for data entry... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Lara and Gayle centuries destroy Zimbabwe

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, (AFP): Centuries from Chris Gayle and Brian Lara set West Indies on the way to their second best score in one-day internationals as they ripped through Zimbabwe on Saturday... read more...