Archives for Friday, April 16, 2004:

Cuban government releases ailing dissident

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Cuban authorities have released Julio Valdes Guevara, a dissident sentenced to 20 years in prison last year and who is now gravely ill, rights groups said Thursday... read more...

Havana slams UN censure on rights as Washington and dissidents celebrate

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Havana Thursday dismissed a mildly worded UN resolution on human rights in Cuba as a setback for the United States, as Washington and dissidents hailed it as a defeat for the island's communist government... read more...

US accuses Cuban diplomat of assault at UN rights meeting

WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): The United States has threatened to press criminal charges against a Cuban diplomat who it accuses of violently assaulting an elderly Cuban-American opponent of Cuban President Fidel Castro at a UN human rights meeting in Switzerland on Thursday... read more...

French defense minister promises to help Haiti rebuild

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): Visiting French Defense Minister Michele Alliot-Marie Thursday pledged to help Haiti regain its footing following months of crisis and violence... read more...

Hope fades of catching killer in St Lucia

TRURO, England: According to a report by the Cornish Guardian, the sister of a British environmental campaigner brutally murdered in St Lucia six months ago has given up all hope that the killer will be found. Jane Tipson, 53, was shot dead in her car last September. Three men from the island were arrested immediately after the murder but later released... read more...

Grenada Foreign Affairs Minister calls for lifting of sanctions against Cuba

ST. GEORGE‘S, Grenada: Grenada Foreign Affairs Minister Elvin Nimrod of the ruling New National Party government has called on the United States to lift the over 40 year old economic embargo against Cuba... read more...

Bermudian tax report has created uncertainty says opposition

HAMILTON, Bermuda: Bermuda’s opposition leader Grant Gibbons has accused the ruling Progressive Labour Party of sanctioning “tax and spend” policies following the publication of a long awaited report on taxation... read more...

Cayman court agrees to review status grants

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: The Caymanian Bar Association (CBA) has been granted leave by the Cayman court to pursue its application for judicial review of the lawfulness of wholesale grants of Caymanian Status (belongership) by the Cabinet in 2003... read more...

Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman moves to distance itself from troubled developer

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: As controversy increases around The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman project, often referred to locally simply as “The Ritz”, it appears that the corporate management company that is supposed to take over the hotel when it opens has begun taking steps to distinguish itself from developer Michael Ryan... read more...

TRAVEL NEWS

USVI announces new "Summer Super Saver" promotion

US VIRGIN ISLANDS: USVI Commissioner of Tourism Pamela C. Richards has announced the new destination-wide "Summer Super Saver" promotion, which offers a free additional night of accommodations and other value-added discounts for visitors to St. Croix, St. John and St. Thomas during the summer months... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Injured Lara out of opening one-dayers

ST. JOHNS, Antigua (AFP): Consistent batting from the top order led by captain Michael Vaughan helped England escape with a draw in the fourth and final Test against West Indies on Wednesday... read more...