Archives for Wednesday, April 28, 2004:

Ten new Cuban dissidents sentenced

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Blind lawyer Juan Carlos Gonzalez Leiva told AFP he received a four-year prison term Tuesday, when nine fellow dissidents were also sentenced... read more...

US Coast Guard repatriates 651 Haitians intercepted at sea

MIAMI, USA (AFP): The US Coast Guard announced Tuesday that it had repatriated 651 Haitian nationals trying to reach the United States in different boats by sea... read more...

US-Caricom security meeting shelved in rift over Haiti's participation

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): A security meeting between the United States and the Caribbean Community was called off after Caribbean leaders refused to sit with representatives of Haiti's interim government, Caricom Secretary General Edwin Carrington said Tuesday... read more...

Late payments not responsible for decline in Dominican students studying in Cuba

ROSEAU, Dominica: The Government of Dominica is refuting claims that the late payment of stipends to Dominican students in Cuba is responsible for the decline in the number of Dominican students studying at Cuban universities. These claims were made recently on a radio phone-in programme... read more...

CARICOM strengthens diplomatic ties with Chile

GEORGETOWN, Guyana: CARICOM and Chile moved one step closer in their relationship of co-operation, when Secretary General of CARICOM Mr. Edwin Carrington accepted credentials from Chilean Representative to CARICOM Alfonso Silva... read more...

A cleaner, healthier environment for the region

GEORGETOWN, Guyana: The CARICOM region should look to breathing much cleaner air and accessing cheaper electricity over the next few years with the execution of the Caribbean Renewable Energy Development Programme (CREDP)... read more...

Walker takes his seat in the Antigua and Barbuda Cabinet

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua: Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda on Tuesday officially welcomed into his Cabinet the newly elected representative for Barbuda, Trevor Walker... read more...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

A literary note for reggae music

TORONTO, Canada: Reggae music is striking a different note with the publication of a new novel by acclaimed Jamaican-born and Toronto-based author Horane Smith. His fifth novel Reggae Silver has been released... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Windies and England hoping for weather break

ST. GEORGE‘S, Grenada (AFP): Rain, the bugbear of this seven-match One-day International series between West Indies and England, will again be a major factor in the fourth match to be contested on Wednesday at the National Stadium here... read more...