Archives for Thursday, January 29, 2004:

One killed as Haiti police break up anti-Aristide demo

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): One protester died Wednesday after police fired shots in the air and tear gas to break up the latest demonstration against President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in the Haitian capital... read more...

Cayman leader calls local lawyers "stupid"

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: As Caymanian Bar Association (CBA) members voted to bring judicial review proceedings seeking to overturn the Cayman Islands Cabinet's conferring of 2,850 Caymanian Status (belongership) grants last year, the Leader of Government Business, Mr McKeeva Bush, was quoted as saying that the threat of an action was "nothing but political posturing."... read more...

Two-day general strike kicks off in Dominican Republic

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AFP): Police were on alert in the Dominican Republic as workers launched a two-day general strike Wednesday to protest the peso's sharp devaluation, soaring inflation and persistent power outages... read more...

Doubts raised over Dominica oil refinery

ROSEAU, Dominica: Lawyers for opponents of an oil refinery in Dominica told reporters here on Tuesday that the would-be investors Global Resources Corporation (GRC) may be incapable of delivering the goods... read more...

US$3 billion in investment coming to Turks & Caicos

PROVIDENCIALES, Turks & Caicos Islands: Over the next few years an estimated US$3 billion in investment is planned for the Turks and Caicos Islands, which has earned a reputation of being one of the most attractive destinations for doing business in the Caribbean... read more...

US bars diplomats from leaving Santo Domingo amid strike unrest

WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): The United States on Wednesday banned US diplomats in the Dominican Republic and their families from leaving the capital of Santo Domingo amid reports of violence during a two-day national strike... read more...

Bahamas must examine tax reform issue, says Senator Smith

NASSAU, Bahamas: Bahamian Minister of Finance, Senator James Smith, revisited the thorny issue of tax reform this week, stating that the introduction of Value Added Tax or a sales tax will be necessary if the country is to fully participate in regional trading blocs such as the Caribbean Single Market and the FTAA initiative... read more...

Bermuda business welcomes new Finance Minister

HAMILTON, Bermuda: The appointment of Paula Cox to the post of Bermuda's Finance Minister has been broadly welcomed by the territory's business community... read more...

No more work permits for real estate agents in Turks & Caicos

PROVIDENCIALES, Turks & Caicos Islands The Turks and Caicos Islands government will stop issuing work permits for real estate agents and property managers to expatriates... read more...

Taiwan gives Dominica US$60,000 worth of computers

ROSEAU, Dominica: Taiwan on Wednesday presented US$60,000 worth of computer systems to Dominica as part of ongoing educational assistance to the island... read more...

BUSINESS NEWS

Hollinger Int'l tries to block sale of Cayman newspaper shareholder

NEW YORK, USA: The US subsidiary of Conrad Black's media empire announced Monday that it has adopted a "poison pill" shareholder rights plan and filed a new lawsuit in a bid to block the sale of Black's newspaper holdings, including a 40% interest in Cayman Free Press, which publishes a daily newspaper in the Cayman Islands... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

West Indies collapse to another defeat

PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa (AFP): The West Indies produced their best bowling and fielding performance of a dismal tour but still lost the second one-day international against South Africa at St George's Park Wednesday... read more...