Archives for Friday, April 2, 2004:

Cuba denies US charge it is bio-terror threat

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Cuba's top diplomat has denied a new US charge that Havana is a "terrorist and (biological weapons) threat to the United States," countering that the United States is looking for a pretext to invade... read more...

Cuba opens jails for first time in over 10 years

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): For the first time in more than a decade, with a UN vote on its human rights record looming, Cuba has partly opened two jails to the media amid a rising tide of international charges its prison conditions are worse than grim... read more...

St. Kitts-Nevis and St. Eustatius to forge closer ties

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts: The Governments of St. Kitts and Nevis and St. Eustatius agreed Thursday to looks at ways of strengthening the already close ties that exist between the Dutch island and the twin-island Federation... read more...

Budget of $328.15 billion for Jamaica

KINGSTON, Jamaica: The Jamaican Government has presented a net budget of $328.15 billion for Financial Year 2004/05, to cover its Recurrent (housekeeping) and Capital (development) expenses... read more...

Heated discussions in Dominica over switch in diplomatic relations

ROSEAU, Dominica: Discussions in Dominica on the switch in relations from Taiwan to China has led Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit to accuse some journalists of treason... read more...

New firearms controls to be introduced in Jamaica

KINGSTON, Jamaica: As the Jamaican Government continues to implement measures to curb crime and violence, a new firearm-licensing regime is to be introduced, which will involve the use of technology to improve the management of the licensing process as well as the national firearms inventory... read more...

Cosby family visits pays one-day visit to St. Kitts

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts: The wife and children of American actor, writer and comedian, Bill Cosby, are on a one-day visit to St. Kitts... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Windies floored by five-star Freddie

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, April 1 (AFP) - Andrew Flintoff captured his first five-wicket haul in Tests to bowl England into a superior position on the opening day of the third Test against the West Indies on Thursday... read more...

Honduras rallies for 2-2 draw with Jamaica

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AFP): Second-half substitutes Milton Nunez and Emile Martinez scored to lift Honduras into a 2-2 draw with Jamaica in their international football friendly here Wednesday... read more...

CONCACAF 2006 World Cup results

Results from first round matches in the 2006 World Cup North and Central American and Caribbean qualifying round on Wednesday:.. read more...