Archives for Saturday, March 27, 2004:

French Foreign Minister to visit Haiti next week

PARIS, France (AFP): French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin will visit Haiti on Thursday to hold talks with members of the newly-installed government there, his ministry said... read more...

South Africa says Aristide has not requested asylum

PRETORIA, South Africa (AFP): Former Haitian president Jean Bertrand Aristide has not requested asylum in South Africa, its foreign ministry insisted on Friday... read more...

Anguillan officials speak on regulatory environment

MIAMI, USA: Deputy Director of the Anguilla Financial Services Commission, Carlyle Rogers, and the Government Registrar of Companies, Lanston Connor were due to speak at the 4th Annual Conference of the Royal Society of Fellows in Miami, on Thursday and Friday... read more...

Cyclical upturn not enough to lift credit ratings in Caribbean countries

NEW YORK, USA: While the improved global economy will continue to give a boost to the economies of the Caribbean, the cyclical upturn will likely have only a limited impact on the region's overall creditworthiness, says Moody's Investors Service in a special report... read more...

Canada could ditch winter blues by annexing Turks and Caicos

MONTREAL, Canada (AFP): Ask anyone their image of Canada -- and it's a fair bet that a tropical nirvana shaded by palm trees, with an emerald sea lapping miles of golden sands would be the last thing to come to mind... read more...

Coast Guard halts search for Cuban lost at sea

MIAMI, USA (AFP): The US Coast Guard Friday stopped its search for a Cuban lost at sea as he and seven others tried to reach US shores on makeshift rafts of inflated tire tubes... read more...

Long-delayed murder trial gets under way in St Kitts

BASSETERRE, St Kitts: The trial of 30-year-old Joseph Hazel, who is accused of murdering British businessman Tony Fetherston, finally got under way in St Kitts more than four years since his death... read more...

EU to provide $10m development funds to Anguilla

THE VALLEY, Anguilla: The European Commission is providing 8 million Euros (US$10 million) under the 9th European Development Fund (EDF) to Anguilla for the development of the island's air transport sector. The balance of previous unspent EDF funds of 290,000 Euros (US$350,000) will also be available for this project... read more...

Jamaica launches US$23m ICT project

KINGSTON, Jamaica: The Government of Jamaica and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) launched a US$23 million Information and Communication Technology (ICT) project on Wednesday... read more...

Caribbean environment talks end in Miami

MIAMI, USA: Representatives from 31 countries have ended talks in Miami, Florida aimed at fostering cooperation on ways to protect the Caribbean environment. The Caribbean basin is under severe environmental stress, and experts say countries in the region need to cooperate more on a regional level to protect one of the world's most pristine environments... read more...