Archives for Tuesday, December 23, 2003:

Cayman government to investigate Parmalat entities

GEORGE, TOWN, Cayman Islands: The Cayman Islands Attorney General, Mr Samuel Bulgin, has announced that the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) has launched an investigation into Bonlat Financing Corporation, a Cayman-registered subsidiary of the crisis-stricken Italian food group Parmalat, and a mutual fund, Epicurum, which Bonlat appears to have run... read more...

Queen Mary 2, world's biggest passenger ship, leaves French shipyard

SAINT-NAZAIRE, France, (AFP): The Queen Mary 2, the world's biggest passenger liner, was given a low-key send-off on Monday as it left its French shipyard, just five weeks after 15 people died in an accident during the final days of its fit-out... read more...

Pregnant Canadian woman sent to prison in Jamaica for drugs

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica (AFP): A pregnant 22 year-old Canadian woman is facing at least a year in a Jamaican jail after pleading guilty on Monday to trying to smuggle a kilogram (2.2 pounds) of cocaine out of the country... read more...

Dominican Unionist Letang named Sun's person of the year

ROSEAU, Dominica: The General Secretary of the Dominica Public Service Union (DPSU), Thomas Letang, was Monday named as The Sun newspaper's Person of the Year for 2003... read more...

Continuing efforts to exonerate Marcus Garvey

WASHINGTON, USA: The Embassy of Jamaica and the broader Jamaican community in Washington, redoubled its efforts during 2003 to commemorate the life and work of National Hero Marcus Mosiah Garvey and to also intensify their joint advocacy for the complete exoneration of Garvey, which would expunge his US federal conviction on mail fraud... read more...

Popular German TV program to broadcast history, culture and beauty of USVI

US VIRGIN ISLANDS: A television film crew from Germany has wrapped up a successful filming project in the U.S. Virgin Islands... read more...

BUSINESS NEWS

Banking assets in St. Kitts & Nevis pass EC$2 billion mark

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts: Total commercial banking assets in St. Kitts and Nevis passed the EC$2 billion mark during the first eight months of this year... read more...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

Soap opera star trains film hopefuls in Dominica

ROSEAU, Dominica: Actress Tonya Lee Williams, who plays Dr Olivia Winters on The Young and the Restless daytime soap opera, is in Dominica on a two-week working vacation coordinated by government agencies... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Rain washes out Windies tour match in South Africa

EAST LONDON, South Africa (AFP): A four-day tour cricket match between the West Indies and Border was abandoned in South Africa on Monday, due to persistent rain... read more...