Archives for Saturday, December 13, 2003:

Protests rock Haiti, Aristide faces worst unrest in years

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): Thousands of Haitians took their politics to the streets Friday in rallies for and against President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and at least four people were dead after two days of escalating unrest... read more...

Dominica teenager dies in a hail of bullets

ROSEAU, Dominica: The circumstances that led to the shooting death of a teenager in Dominica on Thursday afternoon is receiving the attention of the homicide detectives of the local police force... read more...

Disaster area declared in Grenada

ST GEORGE'S, Grenada: Prime Minister Keith Mitchell, Head of the Grenada National Emergency Advisory Council, declared River Road a disaster area Friday, after officials from the National Emergency Relief Organisation (NERO) and the Royal Grenada Police Force (RGPF), as well as the Prime Minister and other Government Ministers, visited the site and toured the affected areas... read more...

Caricom CSME specialists to visit Montserrat

BRADES, Montserrat: Steve McAndrew and Ivor Carryl, two Caricom Single Market and Economy (CSME) specialists will visit Montserrat December 16-17 for talks with government and private sector officials... read more...

US Coast Guard repatriates 361 Haitians rescued near Bahamas

WASHINGTON, DC: The U.S. Coast Guard says it has repatriated 361 Haitians who were rescued Saturday off the coast of Great Inagua, Bahamas, according to VOA News... read more...

Early Christmas for roadside vendors in Dominica

ROSEAU, Dominica: Dominican roadside vendors received an early Christmas on Thursday when a high court judge sided with them over a prominent restaurant Cartwheel, in a four-year battle on the city's busiest street, the Dame Eugenia Charles Boulevard... read more...

Alternative energy sources discussed in Grenada

ST GEORGE'S Grenada: Prime Minister Keith Mitchell met Friday with the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Grenada Electricity Co. Ltd (GRENLEC) Mr. Bob Blanchard and Manager Mr. Vernon Lawrence to discuss alternative energy sources and the overall liberalisation of electricity services... read more...

Group plans $1.3bn Trinidad LNG expansion

LONDON, England: A consortium of energy companies has begun a $1.3bn expansion of a liquefied natural gas facility in Trinidad and Tobago, which will make the Caribbean republic one of the world's biggest LNG exporters... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Smith cracks century as South Africa dominate

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP): South African captain Graeme Smith made an imposing century as his team took control on the first day of the first Test against the West Indies Friday... read more...