Archives for Sunday, February 1, 2004:

Policeman killed as unrest continues in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): A Haitian policeman was the latest victim of violent political unrest that has swept this impoverished Caribbean state, Haitian radio reported... read more...

Four Cubans deported from Dominica for illegal entry

ROSEAU, Dominica: Four Cubans who arrived here this week posing as Spaniards were deported to Havana on Friday, a police official disclosed... read more...

Results of Anguilla survey released

THE VALLEY, Anguilla: The Statistics Department of the Government of Anguilla has released the results of a survey conducted last December among Anguilla's residents 18 and over... read more...

Science and technology is central to economic development: Grenada PM

KINGSTON, Jamaica: Grenadian Prime Minister, Dr. Keith Mitchell has said that global changes had demonstrated that science and technology and innovation had become central to improving the economic performance of the region as well as the social well being of its people... read more...

Parmalat administrator in dispute with Cayman firms

MILAN, Italy: According to recent media reports, Parmalat's special administrator Enrico Bondi is gearing up for a titanic contest with Ernst & Young (E&Y) in Cayman, who reportedly have refused to hand over accounting records. It has also emerged that Bondi has dropped long-time Parmalat legal adviser Maples and Calder and replaced them with two-partner Cayman firm Turner & Roulstone... read more...

Caribbean leads in environmentally-conscious tourism

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico: The Caribbean is the region that holds the highest number of Green Globe certified hotels worldwide, with more than 50 properties fulfilling Green Globe's demanding requirements for environmentally-conscious management and practices... read more...

New loan approved for Dominica

ROSEAU, Dominica: Less than three weeks after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a US$11.4 million credit for Dominica, the Government of Dominica has learnt that on January 29th 2004, the World Bank approved a US$3 million structural adjustment loan for Dominica... read more...

Dominican Republic credit ratings downgraded

NEW YORK, USA: Fitch Ratings, the international rating agency, has downgraded the ratings on the Dominican Republic's foreign currency obligations to 'CCC+' from 'B'. The ratings remain on Rating Watch Negative... read more...

LEGAL NEWS

Ex-US diplomat to Guyana gets sentence reduced

CHICAGO, USA:  A former American diplomat convicted of selling hundreds of U.S. visas while stationed in Guyana was re-sentenced Friday to 6-1/2 years in prison... read more...