Archives for Friday, December 12, 2003:

Thousands of youths gather in major anti-Aristide protest in Haitian capital

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): Eight people were injured Thursday as thousands of youths gathered in the Haitian capital demanding President Jean Bertrand Aristide's resignation, in the biggest protest of its kind seen since Aristide's rise to power in the early 1990s... read more...

Bright future ahead for tourism in St. Kitts & Nevis

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts: The efforts of the current administration to attract more direct flights from North America and Europe into St. Kitts' Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport continue to bear fruit... read more...

Jamaica not entering borrowing relationship with IMF

KINGSTON, Jamaica: Jamaican Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. Omar Davies has said that the Government would not be entering into a borrowing relationship with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that currently has a team in the island... read more...

Dominica to pursue debt restructuring

ROSEAU, Dominica: The Government of Dominica is announcing its intention to seek the cooperation of its creditors in the restructuring of the country's public debt as a next critical stage of its ongoing programme of economic stabilisation and adjustment... read more...

UWI professor calls for increased public education on CCJ and CSME

KINGSTON, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Professor and Head of the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES), Neville Duncan, has called for increased public education about the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) and the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME), noting that the low level of knowledge amongst Jamaicans about the regional institutions was "worrying"... read more...

South African President to attend bicentennial celebrations in strife-torn Haiti

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP): South African President Thabo Mbeki will attend bicentennial independence celebrations in the strife-torn Caribbean nation of Haiti, Minister in the Presidency Essop Pahad said here Thursday... read more...

BUSINESS NEWS

No money from Cayman Islands fund - Parmalat shares crash

MILAN, Italy (AFP): Shares in distressed Italian food giant Parmalat crashed on Thursday even though the company promised it would honour vital overdue payments to bondholders on Monday, a week after it was engulfed in crisis. The company had expected to recover a total of US$600 million on December 4 as a result of liquidating its investment in Epicurum, an obscure Cayman Islands mutual fund, but the money was not paid... read more...

Innovative Communication to acquire Belize Telecommunications

WEST PALM BEACH, USA: Innovative Communication Corporation, LLC has agreed to acquire Belize Telecommunications Ltd. (BTL), the national telephone company of Belize, it was announced today by Jeffrey J. Prosser, Innovative's president, CEO and owner... read more...

HEALTH NEWS

PAHO prepared to help Caribbean reduce high cervical cancer rate

WASHINGTON, USA: A PAHO-supported report presented to the Caribbean Caucus of Ministers said that well-organized programs, can save lives of many women in the Caribbean, a region that suffers one of the world's highest rates of cervical cancer... read more...

TRAVEL NEWS

Air Jamaica outperforms the competition

KINGSTON, Jamaica: Air Jamaica has achieved record on-time performance, outclassing leading competitors such as American Airlines, United Airlines and Continental among others... read more...

Celebrate the holidays in St. Croix

ST. CROIX, USVI: Who would have thought there were any good deals still available in the Caribbean for the just-around-the-corner holidays? Travelers who book now can take advantage of the Five for Seven Nights package at Chenay Bay Beach Resort and trade in their winter coats for bathing suits and snow boots for flip-flops. Valid now until March 31, 2004, guests who book a minimum seven-night vacation will pay for only five... read more...