Archives for Sunday, April 25, 2004:

Cuba welcomes US sentences given Cuban hijackers

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Cuba welcomed Saturday the long prison sentences meted out by a US court to six Cubans found guilty of hijacking a Cuban airliner to Florida... read more...

Full-time access to be allowed to Montserrat’s Day Time Entry Zone

BRADES, Montserrat (GIU): The Volcano Executive Group (VEG) has decided that the status of the current Day Time Entry Zone (DTEZ) will be rescinded on May 1, 2004, to allow full time entry to areas inside this zone... read more...

Stake in Dominica Electricity Services sold

HOUSTON, USA: CDC Globeleq, the emerging markets power company, announced Friday that it had reached an agreement to sell the 72 percent interest in Domlec, the integrated utility serving Dominica that it has managed for its shareholder, UK-based CDC Group plc... read more...

Governments should support regional airlines, says UWI Professor

NEW YORK, USA: Professor Rex Nettleford believes national airlines of the Caribbean are infrastructural imperatives and that Caribbean tax payers should be prepared to prop them up as they try to turn a profit... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Rain wrecks second one-day international in Trinidad

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (AFP): Rain forced the abandonment of the second one-day match between West Indies and England after 16 overs on Saturday... read more...