Archives for Friday, May 7, 2004:
US beefs up efforts to 'hasten' dawn of
democratic Cuba
WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): US military planes
will broadcast pro-democracy messages into communist Cuba as part of a nearly
60-million-dollar plan US President George W. Bush endorsed Thursday to
"hasten" Cuban leader Fidel Castro's ouster...
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Financial Investigation Agency launched in
BVI
ROAD TOWN, BVI: An inauguration ceremony
was held in the British Virgin Islands on Thursday to launch the Financial
Investigation Agency (FIA), which will be responsible for the investigation of
white collar crimes affecting the Territory...
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Haiti’s interim prime minister asks for OAS
election support
WASHINGTON, USA: Gérard Latortue, the
Prime Minister of Haiti’s transitional government, told the Organization of
American States (OAS) Permanent Council Thursday that a major task of his
government is preparing to hold “free, fair, open and democratic elections.” ...
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US apologizes for identifying Barbados as
crime haven with inept police
WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): The United States
on Thursday apologized to Barbados after a State Department document
identified the popular Caribbean tourist destination as haven for violent
crime with an inept and ineffective police force...
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Cuba blames Mexico for worsening diplomatic
ties
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Cuban Foreign Minister
Felipe Perez Roque said Wednesday that relations between Cuba and Mexico are
at their worst in more than a century, blaming the Mexican government of
President Vicente Fox for adopting "ill-advised and unjustifiable" measures...
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Haiti on the brink of famine warns German
NGO
STUTTGART, Germany (AFP): Haiti is on the
brink of a famine with farmers reduced to eating reserves of seed they should
be planting, a German aid agency warned Thursday...
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BVI Chief Minister initiates talks in
Puerto Rico
ROAD TOWN, BVI: The business community in
the British Virgin Islands will soon benefit from several wide ranging
discussions and contacts which Chief Minister Dr. Orlando Smith initiated in
Puerto Rico as part of a recent visit to the island...
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Resort company withdraws marine park
management proposal
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent: At a press
conference held in St. Vincent & the Grenadines on Wednesday, Robert Barrett
of Palm Island Resorts Ltd. announced that his company is withdrawing its
controversial proposal to manage the Caribbean nation’s only National Marine
Park, the world-famous Tobago Cays...
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A new phase in Caribbean tourism?
NEW YORK, USA: Will it be smooth sailing
for the Caribbean cruise lines and the hotel sector now they all seem to have
kissed and made up? The new sweetness and light follows a recent landmark
agreement between the Caribbean Hotel Association (CHA), the Caribbean Tourism
Organization (CTO), and the Florida Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA), who
have joined forces to cooperate, they say, in the best interests of Caribbean
tourism...
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Analysis: Mejía vs. Fernández in Dominican
Republic election
WASHINGTON, USA: According to the Council
On Hemispheric Affairs, President Hipolito Mejía, by luck or design, has
avoided the kind of major corruption scandal that has plagued previous
Dominican administrations, but his administration hasn’t been squeaky clean
either...
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BUSINESS NEWS
Spider Telecom acquires Caribbean VoIP
company
MONTREAL, Canada: Spider Telecom Inc. has
acquired the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines firm Caribbean Business Machines
Centre (CBMC), which offers business and residential telephony services, the
Globe and Mail reports ...
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SPORTS NEWS
Marion Jones tests her form at Jamaican
meet
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AFP): American sprint
queen Marion Jones and Tim Montgomery arrived in Jamaica Wednesday in
preparation for Friday's Jamaican International Invitational track meet...
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