Archives for Thursday, April 22, 2004:

Six Cubans given tough US jail sentences for skyjacking

MIAMI, USA (AFP): A US federal court Wednesday sentenced six Cubans to prison sentences ranging from 20 to 24 years for hijacking a Cuban airliner last year in a bid to flee their homeland for the United States... read more...

Former Haitian paramilitary chief to surrender

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): Former Haitian paramilitary commander Louis Jodel Chamblain, convicted in absentia for massacres conducted during the 1991-1994 dictatorship, said Wednesday he would surrender Thursday to police... read more...

Haiti's election authority to begin work May 1

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): Haitian Prime Minister Gerard Latortue said Wednesday the country's electoral authority would begin work on May 1, and that the former ruling Lavalas party had until the end of April to nominate its own representative to the body... read more...

Women face workplace discrimination in Dominican Republic

NEW YORK, USA (AFP): Women who become pregnant are routinely dismissed from jobs in the Dominican Republic, Human Rights Watch charged Thursday, noting with regret that a new free trade deal to which Santo Domingo is a party in its view casts a blind eye on such discrimination... read more...

Dominica’s debt restructuring plan a model for other cash-strapped countries

ROSEAU, Dominica: Other countries in the world that are cash-strapped and heavily indebted could learn valuable lessons from the Government of Dominica’s debt restructuring programme... read more...

St. Kitts PM holds talks with ROC official

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts: The Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China, Francisco Hwang and St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr. Denzil Douglas held talks over the weekend on matters of mutual interest... read more...

Antigua to strengthen ties with the United Kingdom

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua: The Government of Antigua and Barbuda will be aiming at strengthening the existing relationship with the United Kingdom.  Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer made the announcement during a courtesy call made to his offices by the British High Commissioner based in Barbados Mr. Jan White and Resident British Representative Mrs. Jean Sharpe... read more...

Captain Quarters Hotel in Saba has been sold

THE BOTTOM, Saba: Commissioner of General Affairs and Leader of Government Mr. Will Johnson said on Wednesday afternoon that he has received word that Captain Quarters Hotel in Saba has been sold... read more...

Venezuela may supply Guyana with oil

GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Venezuela may supply neighboring Guyana with up to 10,000 barrels a day of oil and petroleum products, with a final agreement coming as early as a month, Bloomberg News reports... read more...