Archives for Wednesday, November 26, 2003:

Malvo's father gives evidence of life in Jamaica

CHESAPEAKE, USA: Leslie Malvo testified Monday in the trial of his son, accused sniper Lee Boyd Malvo, describing his childhood in Jamaica... read more...

Antigua opposition leader calls for motion of no confidence

ST JOHN'S, Antigua: Mr Baldwin Spencer, the Leader of the Opposition in Antigua & Barbuda has called for the legislature to debate a motion of no confidence in the government and Prime Minister Lester Bird... read more...

Grenada PM welcomes OAS observers

ST GEORGE'S, Grenada: Prime Minister Keith Mitchell welcomed the Head of the Organisation of American States (OAS) Electoral Observation Mission, Ambassador Corinne McKnight, to Grenada on Tuesday... read more...

US federal agents uncover massive drug shipments from Guyana and Jamaica

NEW YORK, USA (AFP): US prosecutors filed charges Tuesday against 25 people in a drug smuggling conspiracy involving nearly half a tonne of cocaine and hundreds of pounds of marijuana arriving at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport on international flights, overwhelmingly from Guyana and Jamaica... read more...

Antigua & Barbuda to get US$2.25m loan from China

SHANGHAI, China: China will loan Antigua and Barbuda's government US$2.25 million, which the Antiguan prime minister hopes can be applied toward building a new cricket stadium, officials said on Sunday... read more...

Increased Customs surveillance in the BVI

ROAD TOWN, BVI: The Comptroller of Customs in the British Virgin Islands, Mr. Wade Smith, has announced that the Department plans to step up surveillance activities from this week at ports of entry into the BVI, as well as on the borders of the territory's waters... read more...

Beached whales die in St. Martin

MARIGOT, St. Martin: Despite attempts to save them, 36 beached short-finned pilot whales died Tuesday, a day after they arrived on the shores of St. Martin. Locals had tried to push two whales back into the water, but they soon returned to shore and died... read more...

Economic reform takes centre stage

BASSETERRE, St Kitts: "The Caribbean Region is at the cross roads of its economic history, and must make fundamental choices to ensure the economic viability of the citizens, the improvement of their social prospects and the maintenance of their political freedom." So said Sir K Dwight Venner, Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, in his address at the opening ceremony of the 35th Annual Monetary Studies conference at the ECCB Headquarters, on November 24, 2003... read more...

TECHNOLOGY NEWS

GSM network for Anguilla

MOUNTAIN VIEW, USA: interWAVE Communications, a Silicon Valley pioneer in compact wireless communications systems, has announced that it has received $700,000 in initial orders from Weblinks for the deployment of a GSM network on the Caribbean island of Anguilla... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Zimbabwe unchanged for Windies One Dayer

HARARE, Zimbabwe, (AFP): Zimbabwe keep the same side for Wednesday's One Day international against the West Indies in Harare... read more...

Hooper signs on again at Lancashire

LONDON, England (AFP): Former West Indies skipper Carl Hooper has decided to return and play county cricket with Lancashire next season after agreeing a new one-year deal... read more...