Archives for Sunday, January 25, 2004:

Parmalat investigators may be looking at firms in Cayman

MILAN, Italy: Italian magistrates have reportedly requested that US banks Citibank and Bank of America be put under formal investigation, as well as firms located in several tax havens, in order to gather information on companies connected with the failed Italian dairy group that were created in the Cayman Islands... read more...

Orthodox patriarch dines with Castro

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Bartholomew I, the visiting Orthodox ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople and spiritual leader of the 300 million strong orthodox community worldwide, has met with President Fidel Castro, a spokesman for the Orthodox patriarch said Saturday... read more...

Cash seized in BVI after false declaration

ROAD TOWN, BVI: Officers from the British Virgin Islands Customs Department seized almost $50,000 in cash from a male passenger on the morning of January 22 at the West End Ferry Dock... read more...

Amory says referendum for Nevis independence still on course

CHARLESTOWN Nevis: Political leader of the ruling Concerned Citizens Movement party and Premier of Nevis, Mr Vance Amory, has dismissed as baseless, claims being peddled that there are plans to stall the move to hold a referendum on Nevis for the island to seek independence from St. Kitts... read more...

Jamaican Minister urges creative approaches to marketing

KINGSTON, Jamaica: Jamaican Industry and Tourism Minister Aloun Ndombet-Assamba has underscored the importance of creative approaches to developing marketing strategies for Jamaican products and services... read more...

National health insurance company to be set up in the Cayman Islands

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: Minister for Health Services, Mr Gilbert McLean has announced that the Cayman Islands government is to form the Cayman Islands National Insurance Company (CINICO) to provide and manage health care for some 10,000 residents who are already covered by the government, as well as those who cannot afford insurance or are excluded by insurance companies... read more...

SPORTS

West Indies ticket row rumbles on

LONDON, England: The saga of the ticket tax imposed on visiting England supporters by the West Indies Cricket Board continues, with claims that fans might be able to buy tickets using an Australian agency, free of any levy... read more...