Archives for Thursday, December 25, 2003:

Creditors file winding up proceedings against Parmalat subsidiaries in Cayman court

NEW YORK, USA: A number of US insurance companies as noteholders of Food Holdings Limited and Dairy Holding Limited, Cayman Islands entities established by Parmalat S.p.A., filed winding up petitions in the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands on Wednesday... read more...

Former New Zealand soldier facing prison in Jamaica for drugs

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica (AFP): A former New Zealand soldier was sentenced to 12 months of hard labor on Tuesday after pleading guilty to trying to smuggle cocaine out of Jamaica... read more...

Credit unions in Dominica to protest law changes

ROSEAU, Dominica: Credit Unions in Dominica said they would close their doors on Monday to protest against government's plan to amend the Dominica Cooperatives Law that would transfer their supervision to the Ministry of Finance supervision... read more...

BVI Customs intercepts boat with illegal immigrants

ROAD TOWN, BVI: The British Virgin Islands Customs Dept has intercepted a boat which was apparently taking two illegal immigrants to St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands... read more...

$60 million to rehabilitate St. William Grant Park in Jamaica

KINGSTON, Jamaica: As the thrust to clean up and beautify the city of Kingston continues, rehabilitation work is to be carried out on the St. William Grant Park in downtown Kingston at an estimated cost of $60 million... read more...

HEALTH NEWS

Despite mad cow case in US, beef in the Caribbean remains safe

WASHINGTON, USA: The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said Friday that despite the detection of a possible case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease, in the United States, the safety status of meat in the Caribbean remains unchanged and presents no cause for alarm... read more...

TRAVEL NEWS

French airline Corsair wins right to fly to Cuba

PARIS, France (AFP): French airline Corsair has been granted permission to make regular passenger, freight and postal flights to five destinations in Cuba, an official government notice published Wednesday said... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Injury-hit West Indies face uphill battle

DURBAN, South Africa (AFP): The West Indies, already hard hit by injuries, had a scare Wednesday when captain Brian Lara was taken to hospital for precautionary X-rays after being hit on the left arm during practice for the second Test against South Africa starting at Kingsmead Friday... read more...