Archives for Tuesday, January 20, 2004:

Double-murder suspect arrested on flight to Turks & Caicos

MIAMI, USA: Miami-Dade police boarded a Caribbean-bound airplane at Miami International Airport on Saturday and arrested a suspected double murderer moments before the flight's takeoff... read more...

Political will to end the cycle of violence in Haiti

LONDON, England: It is imperative that the Haitian authorities show clearly to the Haitian and the international community that they will no longer tolerate human rights abuses, said Amnesty International in a letter addressed to the president, Jean Bertrand Aristide, as well as police and justice authorities... read more...

Chile seeks support from Antigua-Barbuda for OAS nominee

ST. JOHN'S: Antigua: Antigua and Barbuda's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Lester B. Bird, received the Ambassador of Chile and Special Envoy of the Chilean President, Emilio Prado at the office of the Prime Minister on Monday. The Chilean envoy is visiting Antigua to seek Antigua and Barbuda's support for the Chilean nominee for the post of Secretary General to the OAS... read more...

OECS Heads to meet in St. Lucia

CASTRIES, St. Lucia: OECS Heads of Government will meet in St. Lucia on Thursday January 22nd and Friday 23rd. They will be attending the 38th meeting of the OECS Authority, which was postponed from November last year... read more...

Britain to provide funding for joint project in Belize

BELMOPAN, Belize: During a visit to Belize last week, Mr Bill Rammell, British Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs announced UK funding of US$100,000 towards a joint project between the University of Belize and the University of San Carlos in Guatemala... read more...

Indian Government agrees to finance stadium in Guyana

GEORGETOWN, Guyana: The Indian Government has agreed to contribute US$6 million towards the financing of a multi-purpose stadium in Guyana... read more...

Dutch regulator likely to investigate Parmalat's subsidiaries in the Netherlands Antilles

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands: The Dutch securities regulator has called for a comprehensive review and overhaul by the audit profession of its procedures for detecting fraud in the wake of a spate of European corporate scandals... read more...

BUSINESS NEWS

Alumina Partners of Jamaica achieves record production

MANDEVILLE, Jamaica: Alumina Partners of Jamaica (ALPART) has reported a record production for 2003, with the company producing a total of 1,529,100 metric tonnes of alumina... read more...

Jamaica to provide more investor protection

KINGSTON, Jamaica: The Jamaican House of Representatives last week approved a Bill to make provision for the Protection of Geographical Indications, to help to further demonstrate that the Government of Jamaica is serious about implementing measures that will seek to protect national and international companies that invest or wish to invest in Jamaica... read more...

LEGAL NEWS

Bermuda court rejects ex-Brilliance tycoon's claims

SHANGHAI, China (AFP): A Bermuda court has thrown out a suit filed by exiled Chinese businessman Yang Rong that sought to prevent the transfer of assets from state-owned China Brilliance Automotive Group, a report said Monday... read more...

Conviction of Montserrat homeowner quashed on appeal

BRADES, Montserrat: Appeal Court Justices of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court have upheld an appeal and quashed the conviction and sentence of American Brian Cavanaugh... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Sarwan and Gayle centuries defy South Africa victory charge

CENTURION, South Africa (AFP): Ramnaresh Sarwan and Chris Gayle hit their second centuries of the series here on Monday to give the West Indies a chance of saving the fourth and final Test against South Africa at Centurion Park... read more...