Archives for Wednesday, February 4, 2004:

Teenager killed as Caricom envoy arrives in Haiti to mediate conflict

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): A teenager was shot dead by police during a protest Tuesday as a Caribbean Community (Caricom) envoy arrived in Haiti seeking an end to the political violence that has torn the impoverished Caribbean state for weeks, press reports said... read more...

Grenada PM meets with Tony Blair in London

LONDON, England: Grenada Prime Minister Keith Mitchell met with British Prime Minister Tony Blair at Number 10 Downing Street on Monday afternoon. Prime Minister Blair extended a warm welcome to Prime Minister Mitchell and wished him well in his third term in office... read more...

Jamaican drug gangs take to the air

KINGSTON, Jamaica: Drug gangs seeking safer ways to smuggle Colombian cocaine through Jamaica are increasingly taking to the skies, using light planes to deliver tons of drugs at remote airstrips or to make air drops to waiting boats... read more...

Bahamas tax question remains high on government agenda

NASSAU, Bahamas: Ensuring tax reform remains firmly near the top of the Bahamas' political agenda, as Minister of State for Finance, Senator James Smith, once again laid out the case for the adoption of some form of sales-based tax to replace the jurisdiction's traditional reliance on tariffs and other 'distortionary' levies... read more...

Guyana gearing for the information age

GEORGETOWN, Guyana: The Guyanese Government has been and will continue to work at closing the digital divide and liberalizing tele- communication in Guyana. This is the commitment given by President Bharrat Jagdeo at the commissioning of the University of Guyana's Information Technology Centre at the Turkeyen Campus... read more...

Queen Mary 2 visits St Kitts

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts: Steel band and string band music and dancing masquerades greeted hundreds of passengers as they streamed off the tenders of the Queen Mary 2, which visited St. Kitts on its maiden Caribbean tour... read more...

CTO rolls out aggressive marketing campaign

TORONTO, Canada: The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) has rolled out an aggressive marketing campaign for 2004 with the objective of promoting and marketing the region on multiple fronts, in a strong show of support for its member countries... read more...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

Kidnapping calypso stirs Trinidad controversy

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: A Trinidadian calypso song that proposes kidnapping corrupt politicians and drug-dealing businessmen and using the ransom money to fill the state coffers has struck a raw nerve in a country where abductions are a real crime problem... read more...

HEALTH NEWS

WHO to investigate Dominican herbalist's AIDS cure claim

ROSEAU, Dominica: Could the cure for AIDS be found in Dominica's forest? One local herbalist thinks so, and the World Health Organisation (WHO) wants to investigate... read more...

TECHNOLOGY NEWS

Antigua gets an improved GSM billing platform

ST JOHN'S, Antigua: Cerillion Technologies has signed an agreement with APUA PCS (Antigua Public Utilities Authority) for the provision of a new billing system. The system will support GSM and GPRS services. It includes CRM, Rating, Billing, Credit Management, Payment Management and Web Self Care functions... read more...

TRAVEL NEWS

Companion Flies Free to Aruba, Jamaica and Nassau with US Airways Vacations

BOSTON, USA: US Airways Vacations is offering a Companion Flies Free special from Boston to three Caribbean destinations: Aruba, Jamaica and Nassau for bookings made through Feb. 14, 2004 valid for travel Feb. 14 through March 31, 2004... read more...