Archives for Thursday, February 12, 2004:

Haiti unrest claims three more lives as Annan approves dispatch of UN team

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): Haiti's political unrest claimed three more lives Wednesday as the country's second-largest city remained without power amid outbreaks of sporadic looting... read more...

Dissidents' plan would end Cuban crisis

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Cuban dissidents on Tuesday presented a plan they said is needed to keep the Communist society from coming apart at the seams... read more...

Armed robbers strike top tourist attraction in Jamaica

OCHO RIOS, Jamaica: Armed thieves made off with thousands of dollars and shot a security guard during a robbery at Jamaica's best known tourist attraction... read more...

US Treasury Dept reopens inquiry into Halliburton's Cayman subsidiary

HOUSTON, USA: Halliburton, the company formerly run by Dick Cheney, the US vice-president, is facing another investigation, this time over possible business dealings between its Cayman Islands subsidiary and Iran. The oil services company said it had received a letter from the US treasury department, informing it that an inquiry into allegations that Halliburton might have broken trade embargoes had been reopened... read more...

Public meetings planned for BVI Freedom of Information legislation reform

ROAD TOWN, BVI: The British Virgin Islands Law Reform Commission (LRC), having initiated the process to introduce legislation on freedom of information (FOI) in the BVI, has planned several public meetings throughout the Territory as part of its ongoing efforts to receive feedback on the subject... read more...

Digicel launches in Barbados

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Digicel has added yet another operation to its expanding Caribbean network, with the launch of telecommunications service in Barbados on Wednesday... read more...

Jamaican ICT sector pulls in US$500 million since liberalisation

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica: Minister of Commerce, Science and Technology, Phillip Paulwell, has said that more than US$500 million in investments has been pumped into the Jamaican telecommunications industry since the liberalization of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector... read more...

COMMENTARY

Haiti: Commentary by Council on Hemispheric Affairs

WASHINGTON, USA: What had been an increasingly disloyal and violent opposition is now leading an openly anti-democratic insurrection, as anti-Aristide forces turn Haiti into a hellish war zone, using sequestered weapons to sack a number of cities... read more...

TECHNOLOGY NEWS

Globalstar to offer enhanced Caribbean region satellite phone coverage

SAN JOSE, USA:  Globalstar, the world's most widely-used handheld satellite phone service, has begun engineering and development work aimed at providing enhanced service coverage and system capacity for its customers in the Caribbean region... read more...

Bahamas Telecoms to upgrade billing and customer care

LAUREL, USA: Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) has selected Sentori, Inc. and ACE*COMM Corporation to provide an integrated mediation, billing, and customer care solution to manage subscribers and network usage data on BTC's conventional TDMA mobile network as well as on its new next-generation GSM mobile network... read more...

TRAVEL NEWS

See migration of whale sharks to southern waters of Belize

TORONTO, Canada: Every year during the months of April through June, southern Belize offers divers the unique opportunity for spotting -- and diving with -- the large feeder known as the Whale Shark. When in a playful mood, these gentle and curious creatures will hang around for long periods of time... read more...