Archives for Thursday, May 20, 2004:

Another former Grenadian diplomat indicted

ST GEORGE‘S, Grenada: Two former Grenadian diplomats have now been indicted in the United States in relation to financial scandals. German national Eric Resteiner has become the second former diplomat of scandal-plagued Grenada in six months to be criminally indicted in the US... read more...

Jamaican police kill one man and abuse others

LONDON, England: Amnesty International has issued an urgent alert to its members after police shot dead Robin 'Country' Anderson on 5 May 2004 in an alleged extrajudicial execution and detained Curtis Greenwood and Jeffrey James, both from Morgan Lane, Spanish Town... read more...

OECS Heads to meet in St Vincent

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent: St Vincent and the Grenadines will host the 39th Meeting of OECS Heads of Government, May 20-21. Heads of the nine OECS Member States face a packed agenda of wide ranging issues... read more...

Protest at parliament building in Grenada

ST GEORGE‘S, Grenada: The parliamentary opposition in Grenada held a candle light vigil outside parliament building on Tuesday as part of a series of protest actions to protest against government's refusal to hold parliamentary meetings... read more...

Dominican banana farmers benefit from Chinese funds

ROSEAU, Dominica: Prime Minister and Minister for Finance and Planning, Roosevelt Skerrit has announced that 930 banana farmers stand to benefit from the EC$300,000 made available by the Government of Dominica to the Dominica Banana Producers Ltd Tuesday... read more...

China seeks deeper 'fraternal links' with Cuba

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): A Chinese Communist Party delegation expressed solidarity with Cuban leader Fidel Castro as he confronts a mounting US embargo, the official press reported Wednesday... read more...

US deplores sentencing of three Cuban dissidents

WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): The United States on Wednesday condemned Cuba's sentencing of three dissidents to three years in prison, more than one year after they were arrested for studying human rights in a Havana home... read more...

Hungarian convicted for cocaine trafficking in Guyana

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): A Hungarian was sentenced to three years in prison for trafficking four kilograms (8.8 pounds) of cocaine, which he had concealed in vehicle oil-filters... read more...

Former Haitian rebels form political party, seek office

GONAIVES, Haiti (AFP): Former rebels of Haiti's National Resistance Front (FRN) which played a major role in ousting president Jean Bertrand Aristide seek to conquer the ballot box with the formation of their new political party... read more...

Three injured in Haiti protest

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): At least three people, including two police officers, were injured Tuesday when clashes broke out during a protest by some 500 supporters of exiled president Jean Bertrand Aristide, police said... read more...

Hurricane Awareness Week: Part 3 – Flooding

MIAMI, USA: This week is Hurricane Awareness Week and, in conjunction with GIS Caribbean and the National Hurricane Center in Miami, we will be passing on valuable information about hurricanes and tropical storms. Today’s topic: Flooding... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

West Indies win third and final one-day international

ST GEORGE'S, Grenada (AFP): Devon Smith flicked a delivery from Mushfiqur Rahman through square leg for a single to formalise a West Indies seven-wicket victory over Bangladesh in their weather-affected third and final one-day international to complete a 3-0 series sweep... read more...