Archives for Friday, February 27, 2004:

Haiti's third city falls to rebels as US and Canada pile pressure on Aristide

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): Haitian rebels on Thursday seized the country's third largest city and the United States and Canada signalled an end to support for President Jean Bertrand Aristide but the embattled leader insisted he still would not stand down... read more...

Caribbean nations ask UN for multinational force in Haiti

UNITED NATIONS (AFP): With fears mounting of an all-out bloodbath in Haiti, Caribbean nations on Thursday asked the UN Security Council to immediately authorise an international force to be sent to the country... read more...

Ritz-Carlton Cayman developer gives contractor ultimatum

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: The developer of The Ritz-Carlton Grand Cayman gave Fluor Daniel (Caribbean) Ltd, the general contractor for the $350 million project, a Notice of Default last week, according to a Ritz spokes- person... read more...

Britain's Prince Andrew touches down in Guyana

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): Britain's Prince Andrew touched down in Guyana on Wednesday for a one-day visit to the south American country, saying he wanted to boost trade links and get a first-hand account of social problems facing the former British colony... read more...

Cuba is ready to become an associate of Mercosur trade bloc

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP): Visiting Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque announced Wednesday that his government will soon formalize a request to negotiate and sign an agreement that would make his country an associate member of South America's Mercosur trade bloc... read more...

Cayman Islands Financial Secretary hits back at British newspaper

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: The Financial Secretary of the Cayman Islands, Mr George McCarthy, has hit back angrily at an article that recently appeared in The Times of London under the headline "Pirates of the Caribbean refuse to play ball on tax havens."... read more...

Guyana going to UN Law of the Sea Tribunal on maritime dispute with Suriname

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): Guyana on Wednesday said it would take a maritime boundary dispute with Surinam over a potentially oil-rich offshore area to the United Nations Tribunal on the Law of the Sea... read more...

IDB grants $100 million loan to Dominican Republic

WASHINGTON, USA: The Inter-American Development Bank on Wednesday approved a $100 million loan for the Dominican Republic, in the latest support by an international lender for the country's banking sector, Reuters reports... read more...

Jamaica to debate revised CSME Treaty

KINGSTON, Jamaica: Debate is to begin next week in the Jamaican Parliament on an 'Act to Repeal the Caribbean Community and Common Market Act', to make new provisions to implement the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas as the constituent legal instrument of the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME)... read more...

Forbes estimates Cuban President Fidel Castro worth $150m

NEW YORK, USA (AFP): Fidel Castro is worth 150 million dollars, according to Forbes magazine, which included the Cuban president in its annual compilation of the planet's richest people... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Jones departure to West Indies delayed

LONDON, England (AFP): England fast bowler Simon Jones's hopes of touring the West Indies were put on hold Thursday with team chiefs saying the Glamorgan quick needed a further scan on a shin problem... read more...

Kenyan cricket stars to play for West Indies against England

NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP): Kenyan cricket captain Steve Tikolo and opener Kennedy Obuya have been invited to play for the West Indies Cricket Board Chancellors XI against England in Jamaica next week... read more...