Archives for Wednesday, February 11, 2004:

US offers diplomacy, not force to establish order in Haiti

WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): US officials on Tuesday backed diplomatic efforts to restore civil order in Haiti and said that the United States had no plans to intervene militarily as it did 10 years ago... read more...

Conflicting reports over Cayman Islands commitment to EU Tax Directive

BRUSSELS, Belgium: At a meeting of European Union finance ministers on Tuesday, the British Chancellor Gordon Brown briefed his EU counterparts on negotiations with Britain's offshore territories, such as the Cayman Islands, which has been the only British territory still holding out against coming in line with new EU savings tax rules... read more...

Canada urges its tourists to stay away from Haiti

OTTAWA, Canada (AFP): Canada urged tourists to stay away from Haiti as the Caribbean country plunged deeper into violence pitting armed rebels against government security forces... read more...

Long term sustainability of Montserrat is key, says Chief Minister

BRADES, Montserrat (GIU): Mr John Osborne, Montserrat's Chief Minister, says the issue of long term sustainability of the island will be a key focus area during the next three days of talks about the Country Policy Plan (CPP) with British officials... read more...

CTO Secretary General to hold talks with Cuban Tourism Minister

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: The secretary general of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), Jean Holder is to hold talks with the Cuban tourism minister, Ibrahim Ferradez-Garcia later this week... read more...

IMF Mission continues its review in Dominica

ROSEAU, Dominica: The Government's economic program is supported by the IMF with a three-year arrangement under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF). The PRGF is the IMF's concessional facility for low-income countries... read more...

Sustainable tourism workshop to focus on cruise and yachting sector

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: The environmental and social impact of the cruise and yachting sector will be among issues for discussion at one of a series of workshops during the sixth annual Caribbean Conference on Sustainable Tourism Development (STC-6) in Havana, Cuba from April 27-30, 2004... read more...

Ritz-Carlton Cayman developer sued by general contractor

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: Fluor Daniel Caribbean Inc, the general contractor for the Ritz-Carlton project in Grand Cayman, recently filed a civil lawsuit against the project's developer, Humphreys (Cayman) Ltd in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York... read more...

Mary Seacole named Greatest Black Briton

LONDON, England: Jamaican-born, Mary Seacole was named the 'Greatest Black Briton' after topping the vote in a campaign that was launched last October to name the 100 Greatest Black Britons... read more...