Archives for Monday, January 19, 2004:

Thousands attend state funeral of former Dominican PM

ROSEAU, Dominica: Over 3,000 nationals and six Caricom leaders descended on the small southern town of Grand Bay on Saturday to bid farewell to the late Dominican prime minister Pierre Charles at a state funeral and burial in his birthplace... read more...

Argentine leader says he'll go to Cuba

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (UPI): Argentina's president said Sunday he intends to visit Cuba despite disapproval expressed by the United States... read more...

Conrad Black: facing his own Waterloo?

MONTREAL, Canada (AFP): Conrad Black, an audacious and some say ruthless businessman, turned his back on his native Canada to become a British lord and make London the home for what was once the world's third largest newspaper empire, including a daily newspaper in the Cayman Islands... read more...

Parmalat odyssey shakes regulators' world

PARIS, France (AFP): The collapse of Parmalat is turning into one of the most bizarre as well as one of the biggest fraudulent bankruptcies in Europe for decades.  The repercussions are putting bankers, auditors and regulators under the spotlight in many parts of the world, including the Caribbean, as investigators unravel clues to how many billion dollars may be missing, for how long and why... read more...

Haiti hit by new anti-government demonstrations

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): New anti-government protests in the Haitian capital on Sunday left at least three people wounded, hospital sources and witnesses said... read more...

Travelers to Cuba face homeland security scrutiny

HARTFORD, USA: While officers of the US Department of Homeland Security work overtime to thwart terrorists intent on using planes as weapons of mass destruction, some of their colleagues have been intensely monitoring Americans suspected of attempting to vacation in Cuba... read more...

Bahamas/US Tax Agreement 'not enforceable' says Finance Ministry

NASSAU, Bahamas: A Bahamas Ministry of Finance official has defended the Tax and Information Exchange Agreement with the United States in the face of recent criticism that the agreement will allow the Bahamas to be dictated to by its larger neighbour... read more...

Researcher seeks law enforcement contacts in the Caribbean

NEW YORK, USA: Dr. Maki Haberbeld, the Chair of the Law, Police Science & Criminal Justice Administration Department of John Jay College of Criminal Justice, is writing the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement for Sage Publications. She is looking for members of law enforcement services who will contribute to this publication... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

West Indies forced to follow on

CENTURION, South Africa (AFP): Fast bowler Makhaya Ntini, with substantial assistance from newly-married Andre Nel, claimed his third five-wicket haul of the series as South Africa took a major step towards victory on the third day of the fourth and final Test against the West Indies at Centurion Park here on Sunday... read more...