Archives for Tuesday, January 27, 2004:

OECS issues statement on Nevis secession bid

CASTRIES, St. Lucia: OECS Heads of Government have called on the Nevis Island Administration to review their intention to hold a referendum on the secession of Nevis from St. Kitts... read more...

UN gets new legal tool in fight against human trafficking

VIENNA, Austria (AFP): On Wednesday the United Nations will get teeth to fight the international trade in human beings when in a new protocol on trafficking in its convention on organised crime, takes effect... read more...

Orthodox church leader leaves Cuba, ends first Latin American visit

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Patriarch Bartholomew, leader of the Orthodox Church, ended his first visit to Latin America Monday, with goodbyes from Cuban President Fidel Castro... read more...

National Lottery for Turks and Caicos Islands

PROVIDENCIALES, Turks & Caicos Islands: The Turks and Caicos Islands will this year introduce a national lottery which will inject approximately $45 million annually into the economy, Chief Minister Michael Misick announced... read more...

US-Bahamas gas line safe for environment says Federal agency

WASHINGTON, USA: The proposed $144 million Calypso natural gas pipeline that would be operated by Suez's Tractebel unit would not hurt the environment, staff at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said... read more...

OECS to sign Memorandum with Puerto Rico

CASTRIES, St. Lucia: OECS Heads of Government travel to Puerto Rico this Friday, January 30th, to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the Puerto Rican government... read more...

New Parliamentary website for Guyana

GEORGETOWN, Guyana: The launch of a website for the National Assembly has been described as an innovation of vast importance by the Speaker of the National Assembly, Ralph Ramkarran, SC... read more...

BUSINESS NEWS

Spain's Repsol bids on Trinidad and Tobago blocks

MADRID, Spain: Spanish oil major Repsol said on Monday it had bid on two natural gas blocks in the seas off Trinidad and Tobago in an attempt to meet future production targets in the Caribbean nation... read more...

LEGAL NEWS

Well-known Caribbean jurist dies

PROVIDENCIALES, Turks & Caicos Islands: Prominent Jamaican judge, Mr. Justice Ira Rowe, who sits on several Courts of Appeal in the region, died in the Turks and Caicos Islands on Sunday. He was 75... read more...

Veteran lawyer speaks out on divorce laws

BRADES, Montserrat (GIU): Kenneth Allen QC, President of the Montserrat Bar Association, says the idea of judicial separation has always been intricately bound up with religious practices in some people and some churches to use their own slogan ' did not believe in divorce.' The veteran barrister and solicitor says he doesn't recall a petition of judicial separation ever being filed in Montserrat... read more...

TRAVEL NEWS

Florida welcomes Queen Mary 2 after maiden voyage

MIAMI, USA: The Queen Mary 2, the world's largest ocean liner, arrived in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Monday after a lap-of-luxury trans-Atlantic crossing from Britain... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Jamaica to host Uruguay in friendly

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AFP): Jamaica will launch their preparations for the 2006 World Cup qualifying campaign with a friendly against Uruguay on February 18, the Jamaica Football Federation said... read more...