Archives for Friday, December 5, 2003:

Late-season tropical storm threatens Caribbean

MIAMI, USA: The governments of Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Turks and Caicos and the Bahamas raised storm warnings on Thursday as a tropical weather system formed in the Caribbean Sea... read more...

War on terror draining money from Caribbean states

ABUJA, (AFP): The world's small nations are struggling to find money for development as funds are being diverted to the fight against terror, the foreign minister of Mauritius said on Thursday... read more...

Guadeloupe man not preparing attack in Australia says lawyer

PARIS, France (AFP): A lawyer for Guadeloupe-born Willie Brigitte Wednesday rejected allegations that the suspected Islamic extremist had been preparing to stage an attack in Australia... read more...

OAS to rethink mission in Haiti

WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): The Organization of American States announced Wednesday that it would rethink its mission to Haiti, after human rights advocates occupied its Port-au-Prince offices... read more...

Campaign for Mary Seacole monument launched in London

LONDON, England: A campaign to build a permanent monument in London in honour of Jamaican nursing pioneer Mary Seacole has been launched. Mary Seacole is revered in Britain for her work in nursing British soldiers during the Crimean War from 1855 to 1856... read more...

BUSINESS NEWS

Trinidad eyes bigger slice of U.S. LNG market

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Trinidad and Tobago, already the largest supplier of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to the United States, wants to increase its market share even further as its top client becomes increasingly dependent on foreign energy sources... read more...

Canadian clothing company plans new factory in Dominican Republic

MONTREAL, Canada: T-shirt maker Gildan Activewear plans to build a large knitting plant in the Dominican Republic to expand its low-cost manufacturing base, the company said Thursday... read more...

TECHNOLOGY NEWS

Digital divide between rich and poor looks smaller than expected

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP): The digital divide between rich and poor countries may not be as bad as thought, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) said in a report released Thursday, just days before some 65 heads of government convene in Geneva for a global summit to address the problem... read more...

Codetel and Lucent launch 3G mobile network in Dominican Republic

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic: Codetel, a unit of Verizon Company, announced the commercial launch of its Flash Movil 3G network, a CDMA2000 1X voice and high-speed data network using equipment, software and services from Lucent Technologies... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Bird selects Clavis Joseph to chair 2007 Cricket World Cup committee

ST. JOHN'S, Antigua: Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda and Chairman of CARICOM's Prime Ministerial Sub-Committee on West Indies Cricket, Mr Lester Bird, has selected Mr. Clavis Joseph as the Chairman of CARICOM's Technical Committee on preparations for the 2007 Cricket World Cup... read more...

Doctrove up to Youth World Cup challenge

ROSEAU, Dominica: Dominica's Test cricket umpire Billy Doctrove disclosed here on Thursday that he is honoured to have been given the nod of approval by the International Cricket Council (ICC) to officiate in the 2004 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Bangladesh... read more...