Archives for Saturday, January 24, 2004:

Caricom leaders give Haiti's president an ultimatum

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (AFP): Caricom leaders have given Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide an ultimatum to resolve his country's unrest, Trinidadian Prime Minister Patrick Manning said Friday... read more...

National Council of Churches to send delegation to Cuba

NEW YORK, USA (AFP): A delegation of the US National Council of Churches left for Cuba Thursday on a six-day visit.  The trip includes consultations with Cuban churches, celebration of the consecration of a Greek Orthodox cathedral in Havana, and possibly a meeting with President Fidel Castro on political dissidents, the council said... read more...

Lord Wallace calls for tighter regulation of British territories

LONDON, England: Liberal Democrat Peer, Lord William Wallace of Saltaire, has called on the British Government to tighten its regulation of offshore financial centres under British sovereignty, in light of the recent Enron and Parmalat scandals... read more...

Haiti blocks anti-government protest

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): Haitian authorities have banned a protest by students demanding the resignation of President Jean Bertrand Aristide, while giving the go-ahead to a pro-government march... read more...

Orthodox patriarch praises Cuban dedication to environment

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Bartholomew I, the Orthodox ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople and spiritual leader of the 300 million strong orthodox community worldwide, Thursday paid homage to the Cuban government's environmental protection policies... read more...

Nevis to seek Treaty of Friendship with St Kitts

CHARLESTOWN, Nevis: Nevis will push for its constitutionally provided move to seek independence and at the same time seek to renew its call for a treaty of friendship with St. Kitts at the roundtable meeting to discuss the St. Kitts and Nevis relations... read more...

Dominica government pursues debt restructuring

ROSEAU, Dominica: A team from the Ministry of Finance and Planning left Dominica earlier this week for consultations with Dominica's bilateral and commercial creditors in St. Lucia, Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago. Similar consultations were also held with domestic creditors in Dominica last week. The team is being assisted by an internationally-recognized financial adviser and a leading international law firm from the United States... read more...

South Florida set to receive Queen Mary 2 on maiden voyage

MIAMI, USA (AFP): The Queen Mary 2, the world's largest ocean liner, was due to arrive in Florida on Monday with honors at the end of its maiden voyage that began two-weeks ago at its home port, Southampton, England... read more...

Cuba to host Caribbean conference on sustainable tourism

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Cuba will host the six annual Caribbean Conference on Sustainable Tourism Development.  The Caribbean Tourism Organization announced that the conference would be held in Havana from April 27 - 30, 2004. For the second successive year, it will be staged in collaboration with the Association of Caribbean States... read more...

Guyana certified for fisheries export to EU market

GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Guyana has officially been given the green light to export fishery products to European countries. A certificate, placing Guyana on list one of exporters, was handed over to the Minister of Fisheries, Satyadeow Sawh, by the Head of the delegation of the European Commission, Per Eklund at Le Meridien Pegasus... read more...

TRAVEL NEWS

Antigua resort now all-inclusive

ST. JOHN'S, Antigua: Hawksbill Beach Resort, Antigua, a tranquil, superbly located 111 bedroom property, set amongst 37 acres of tropical garden, has upgraded its facilities as well as improved the quality of its facilities for the winter season... read more...

SPORTS

West Indies win comfortably with spin

PAARL, South Africa (AFP): The touring West Indians warmed up for a five-match one-day international series against South Africa with a comfortable 65-run win over South Africa A at Boland Park Friday... read more...