Archives for Saturday, February 7, 2004:

Rebels seize Haitian city in challenge to president

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): Heavily armed rebels patrolled the streets of Haiti's fourth-largest city, Gonaives, on Friday after seizing control in the most serious challenge yet to President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, media reports said... read more...

Guadeloupe-born terror suspect targeted Australian military bases

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP): A Guadeloupe-born suspected terrorist deported from Australia to France last year was sent to Sydney by Pakistani militants to attack military sites in Australia, a senior French intelligence officer was quoted as saying Friday... read more...

US denies travel visas to Grammy-nominated Cuban musicians

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): The United States refused to grant visas to world-renowned Cuban musicians who were invited to Sunday's Grammy music awards, Cuban officials said Thursday... read more...

Guyana, US sign an agreement to fast-track the processing of deportees

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): Guyana and the United States on Friday signed an agreement to fast-track the processing of would-be deportees... read more...

Cruise ship passenger killed in ambulance crash in Jamaica

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica (AFP): An elderly US cruise ship passenger was killed and his wife and two others were injured on Thursday when the ambulance in which they were travelling from Ocho Rios to Montego Bay to seek medical attention got out of control and crashed, police said Friday... read more...

Travellers to undergo security checks at BVI sea ports

ROAD TOWN, BVI: Persons travelling by ferry in the British Virgin Islands will soon undergo security checks before boarding vessels... read more...

Dominica launches youth employment programme

ROSEAU, Dominica: Dominica's Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit Wednesday night launched a Youth Employment Service Programme which is expected to put scores of the island's young people to work, beginning March 1... read more...

Agreement guarantees 500,000 cruise passengers annually for Jamaica

KINGSTON, Jamaica: Jamaican Minister of Transport and Works, Robert Pickersgill signed a US$17.75 million five-year Facility Fee Agreement Thursday with the Port Authority of Jamaica and Carnival Cruise Lines, which will guarantee cruise passenger traffic of 500,000 visitors to the island annually... read more...

Grenada PM welcomes new US Ambassador

ST GEORGE'S, Grenada: Cooperation in security matters and ways by which the Royal Grenada Police Force can be further strengthened were among the issues when Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell welcomed Ambassador for the United States of America to Grenada, Her Excellency Mary Elizabeth Kramer... read more...

Guyana: Need for immediate inquiry into death squad killings

LONDON, England: Amnesty International urged the President of Guyana on Friday to open an immediate inquiry into allegations that a "death squad" has tortured, "disappeared" and killed dozens of individuals since 2002... read more...

Newspaper article treasonous says Dominican Minister

ROSEAU, Dominica: Communications and Works Minister Reginald Austrie on Wednesday night labelled The Sun's back page story ''Eyesore for Sightseers'' as ''tantamount to treason.''... read more...

TECHNOLOGY NEWS

Wireless broadband for BVI

SAN DIEGO, USA: Solectek Corporation, a leader in broadband wireless networking industry, announced on Friday that it has been awarded the master contract to provide a total solution from backbone to last-mile solutions for British Virgin Islands Government... read more...