Archives for Sunday, February 8, 2004:

14 dead as Haitian police move into rebel city

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): Haitian rebels said they had killed 14 police in fighting Saturday for control of the northern city of Gonaives, which was seized by opponents of President Jean Bertrand Aristide... read more...

'Cocaine smuggling' British couple's Caribbean hell

SHEFFIELD, England: A British couple arrested in Guadeloupe for smuggling drugs still have no idea when they will stand trial - a year after being thrown in jail... read more...

Dominican PM leaves for Europe

ROSEAU, Dominica: The Prime Minister of Dominica, Mr Roosevelt Skerrit, leaves Dominica over the weekend on an important mission to Europe. The Dominican leader will be joined in London, England by the other Prime Ministers of the Windward Islands... read more...

US congressmen on trade mission to Cuba

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Two US congressmen from the western state of Idaho signed a 10-million-dollar farm contract with the Cuban state company Alimport here Saturday and made a pitch for the lifting of Washington's four-decade embargo on the communist island state... read more...

Dominican Republic baby dies after surgery to remove second head

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AFP): Two-month-old Rebeca Martinez died in a Dominican Republic hospital on Saturday, hours after an operation to remove a second head attached to her own... read more...

'Eat Jamaican' campaign bolstered by hotel chain

KINGSTON, Jamaica: The Jamaica Agricultural Society's (JAS) 'Eat Jamaican Campaign' has received further strengthening with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with SuperClubs, which will see the local hotel chain buying fresh fruits and vegetables from the Society's commercial enterprise limited... read more...

Caribbean Hotel Foundation establishes tourism studies scholarship

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico: With its new and dynamic leadership, the Caribbean Hotel Foundation (CHF) starts off 2004 with a bang, offering an innovative scholarship program designed for Caribbean journalists interested in increasing their understanding and knowledge of tourism in the region... read more...

Dominica welcomes Carnival 2004

ROSEAU, Dominica: Led by last year's King and Queen, Dominica's 2004 carnival celebrations got underway here on Saturday with a street parade witnessed by hundreds of rain-drenched spectators that included visitors from the Queen Mary 2 which berthed here as part of its inaugural Caribbean cruise... read more...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

Popular reggae singer Roman Stewart dies

NEW YORK, USA: Oh so sadly and untimely we mourn the passing of popular Jamaican reggae singer and long-time New York resident Roman Stewart, popularly know as "Mr. Special." Roman Stewart was born on the tropical isle of Jamaica on May 11, 1957 and sadly departed life on Sunday, January 25th 2004, at the youthful age of forty-six, after attending a concert of his friend of many years, Grammy-nominee, reggae singer Freddie McGregor at Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts... read more...