Archives for Saturday, February 14, 2004:

Haiti tense as aid agencies warn of crisis

GONAIVES, Haiti (AFP): Rebels clung to control of Haiti's fourth-largest city Friday as the Red Cross and United Nations warned that chaos imperiled hospitals and cut food deliveries... read more...

Caricom against bid to oust Aristide, says Trinidad prime minister

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (AFP): Prime Minister Patrick Manning of Trinidad and Tobago Friday made clear that the Caribbean Economic Community (Caricom) opposes efforts to topple elected Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide... read more...

BVI Legislative Council passes 2004 budget

ROAD TOWN, BVI: The 2004 British Virgin Islands budget was successfully passed following a lengthy debate in the Legislative Council on Thursday. Minister of Finance Ronnie W. Skelton had presented Government's budget for this year under the theme, "Empowering Our People"... read more...

CPP talks end in Montserrat on optimistic note

BRADES, Montserrat (GIU): Mr John Osborne, Montserrat's Chief Minister, says discussions with British officials here this week on the Country Policy Plan (CPP) have been productive... read more...

Antigua-Barbuda dissatisfied with OECD proposals

LONDON, England: In a letter to the OECD Secretary General, Sir Ronald Sanders, the Chief Foreign Affairs Representative of Antigua and Barbuda, has expressed his government's dissatisfaction with the draft terms of reference released by the OECD in relation to the "Level Playing Field Issues" established following the Ottawa Meeting of the Global Forum last year... read more...

Ritz-Carlton Cayman owner issues libel writ

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: Ritz-Carlton Grand Cayman development company Condoco Grand Cayman Resort Ltd and owner Michael Ryan and are suing KYC News for libel after the company published a report about the project on their website last week... read more...

Guyana wants competitive telecommunications sector

GEORGETOWN, Guyana: The Prime Minister of Guyana and Minister with responsibility for Communications, Samuel Hinds said that Government's programme is to work for an open, competitive telecommunications sector in Guyana... read more...

Single-engine plane crashes off Grand Turk

GRAND TURK, Turks & Caicos Islands: American tourist James Stewart had a close shave with death when his single-engine crop-duster plane crashed into the sea off the Grand Turk International Airport around 2:30 p.m. Friday... read more...

Kingston and Port-of-Spain agree to form closer ties

KINGSTON, Jamaica: The cities of Kingston and Port-of-Spain in Trinidad have agreed to unite to share expertise to advance the local government process... read more...

HEALTH NEWS

Top officials, scientists to address Caribbean HIV/AIDS conference

WASHINGTON, USA: A president, a prime minister, an ambassador, and one of the foremost scientists in the field of HIV/AIDS research are among the impressive list of speakers who will address the first international AIDS conference to be held in the Dominican Republic next month... read more...

TRAVEL NEWS

Nevis' Montpelier Plantation Inn offers 2004 packages

CHARLESTOWN, Nevis: Montpelier Plantation Inn in Nevis, one of the Caribbean's most luxurious boutique hotels, has introduced its 2004 packages. Designed with the discerning traveler in mind, these packages include everything from gourmet dining and massages to island tours and beach picnics... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Struggling Campbell eases pressure with unbeaten century

ST THOMAS, USVI: Former West Indies vice captain Sherwin Campbell made a timely return to form with an undefeated century to pace Barbados to a comfortable 356 for seven against The Leeward Islands in St. Thomas on Thursday... read more...