Archives for Saturday, March 13, 2004:

Haiti's new prime minister sworn in

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): Haiti's new Prime Minister Gerard Latortue was sworn in Friday by interim President Boniface Alexandre at the National Palace in the violence-torn capital... read more...

Patterson to escort Aristide back to Jamaica

BANGUI, Central African Republic (AFP): Jamaica's Prime Minister P. J. Patterson is expected in the Central African Republic on Sunday to escort deposed Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide to Jamaica, officials in Bangui said... read more...

Bermudian business 'not consulted' over tax changes

HAMILTON, Bermuda: It has emerged this week that the Bermudian business sector is unhappy with the government after it apparently failed to consult firms over proposed new changes to the Revenue Act... read more...

Russian aluminium firm bids for Jamaica's Alpart

MOSCOW, Russia: Russia's top aluminium producer Russian Aluminium (RusAl) said on Friday it had launched a bid to buy a 65 percent stake in top Jamaican producer of feed for aluminium smelting, Alpart, from Kaiser Aluminum Corp, Reuters reports... read more...

GID concerned about rampant drug smuggling from Guyana

GEORGETOWN, Guyana: The Guyana Institute for Democracy (GID) is concerned about the significant number and frequency of Guyanese being arrested in North America for smuggling cocaine, marijuana and other narcotic substances from Guyana, according to a statement released Friday... read more...

Barbados PM to address forum on CSME in New York

NEW YORK, USA: Prime Minister of Barbados, Owen Arthur, will deliver the Feature Address at a Special Symposium on the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME) on Friday, April 2, 2004, at the Medgar Evers College in New York. The Symposium will address the implementation of the CSME and its Implications for US-Caribbean economic relations... read more...

CARICOM approves further derogations for Montserrat

BRADES, Montserrat (GIU): CARICOM's Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) has approved further derogations for Montserrat for the next five years with an option to renew for a further five years, according to the island's Chief Minister... read more...

Arrivals to Anguilla continue to show healthy increases

THE VALLEY, Anguilla: Arrivals to Anguilla continued to show healthy increases in February 2004 with an annual increase of 16 percent up from 14 percent in January. A total of 11,797 visitors came to the shores of Anguilla, the highest number for February since 1998... read more...

Montserrat's Chief Minister presents 2004 budget

BRADES, Montserrat (GIU): Montserrat's Political leader John Osborne is proposing an overall budget of EC$126,701,200 for 2004... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Rain foils Butcher and Hussain fightback

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AFP): Steady showers that started during tea foiled a century partnership between Mark Butcher and Nasser Hussain that helped England recover from a rocky start on the second day of the opening Test against West Indies at Sabina Park on Friday... read more...