Archives for Thursday, February 19, 2004:

Haitian rebels makes gains amid warnings of crisis

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): Armed opponents of Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide were poised Wednesday to make further territorial gains as a French aid group warned about a potential humanitarian disaster... read more...

Dominican Republic arrests two Haitian policemen

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AFP): Dominican Republic army troops arrested two Haitian policemen who crossed the border after armed rebels attacked their police station in Hinche, a Dominican official said Tuesday... read more...

Jamaican authorities mull fate of Haitian migrants

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica (AFP): Jamaican authorities Tuesday mulled the fate of 10 Haitian refugees who fled fighting in their country and who were picked up in a canoe off the eastern coast of the island at the weekend... read more...

Tribunal orders changes to port worker system in Dominica

ROSEAU, Dominica: A Dominican tribunal ruling, leaked to the media on Tuesday, ordered the Dominica Port Authority (DPA) to take immediate steps to abolish the present system of recruiting, deploying and paying port labour... read more...

Cuba's top destinations strengthen position

TORONTO, Canada: The year 2003 was a successful one for the two most important developing tourist destinations in Cuba, Holguin and Jardines del Rey, which consolidated their positions as the third and fourth most popular tourist destinations within Cuba, by achieving their best results in history, following Havana and Varadero... read more...

Trinidad-Barbados dispute over 1990 Maritime Treaty

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Barbados has decided to involve the United Nations in a "compulsory and binding arbitration process" to authoritatively resolve their maritime boundary dispute that has arisen from the 1990 Maritime Delimitation Treaty that Trinidad and Tobago signed with Venezuela... read more...

Jamaican Government ministries sign agreement with Microsoft

KINGSTON, Jamaica: The Jamaican Ministries of Commerce, Science and Technology and, Education, Youth and Culture have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Microsoft Corporation, which will serve as a platform to offer resources for skills training in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Jamaica... read more...

Killings in Puerto Rico running at record pace

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico:  With 120 killings in less than seven weeks, slayings in Puerto Rico are running at a pace that could make 2004 the commonwealth's deadliest in a decade, the Orlando Sentinel reports... read more...

Media talks confirmed for St. Lucia in June

WASHINGTON, USA:  Counterpart International has confirmed St. Lucia as the venue for the sixth Caribbean Media Exchange on Sustainable Tourism (CMEx) from June 24-28, 2004... read more...

TRAVEL NEWS

Explosion of colour, creativity and culture during Trinidad Carnival 2004

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Due to its pulsating music, thousands of participants, astounding costumes and creative blend of multiple cultures, Trinidad's Carnival has become world famous. The evolution of Trinidad's Carnival from a French masquerade ball to a rollicking street festival started before Trinidad was even colonized... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Caribbean athletes perform well in US

FAYETTEVILLE, USA: Trinidadian Daryl Brown showed good form in winning the 60 metres event at the Tyson Foods Invitational indoor meet in Fayetteville, USA last weekend. His winning time was 6.59 seconds. The 19-year-old Brown was one of several Caribbean athletes who performed creditably in the meet... read more...

Gough given West Indies Tour chance

LONDON, England (AFP): Darren Gough has been handed a chance to join England's West Indies tour after being invited to attend a training session with other specialist one-day players, it was announced Wednesday... read more...