Archives for Wednesday, June 2, 2004:

UN takes command of Haiti's security

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): Blue-helmeted UN peacekeepers will once again begin patrolling impoverished Haiti this month as the world body formally takes over a security and stabilization mission from multinational troops under US command here Tuesday... read more...

Red Cross triples appeal for Caribbean flood victims

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP): The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Tuesday tripled an appeal for funds for the victims of the deadly floods that have lashed Haiti and the Dominican Republic... read more...

FBI arrests former Grenada bank president

KAMPALA, Uganda: The FBI successfully arrested and deported two fugitives who face charges of defrauding millions from unsuspecting investors. Both men, Gilbert A. Ziegler aka Van A. Brink, the former president of the First International Bank of Grenada, and Douglas Ferguson were taken into custody Friday in a residential compound in Kampala, Uganda... read more...

Shackled Dominican stowaway dies after jumping ship

PALM BEACH, USA (UPI): A Dominican stowaway drowned after jumping ship within sight of the Florida coastline despite being shackled.  The unidentified man who drowned Monday was one of two stowaways who were discovered aboard the 267-foot Hybur Trader cargo ship and put in leg irons... read more...

Chinese technical team arrives in Dominica

ROSEAU, Dominica: A high level technical team from the People’s Republic of China has arrived in Dominica. The nine member technical team is there to undertake preparatory work on the redesign and pre-construction of the Windsor Park Sporting Cultural and Recreational Complex... read more...

Skerrit lashes out at opposition MPs

ROSEAU, Dominica: Prime Minister of Dominica, Roosevelt Skerrit, has taken opposition parliamentarians in that country to task for what he charges are their constant attempt to undermine regional and international confidence in national economic recovery efforts... read more...

Grenada Broadcasting Network Head of News resigns

ST GEORGE‘S, Grenada: The Head of News at the Grenada Broadcasting Network (GBN) Odette Campbell has resigned amidst threats issued to media personnel in Grenada... read more...

Bahamas to close tax loopholes whilst keeping rates on hold

NASSAU, Bahamas: Bahamian Prime Minister Perry Christie announced last week that the government will not be raising taxes for the foreseeable future, although several currently legitimate loopholes are to be closed in order to protect revenue... read more...

The world's oldest woman dies in Puerto Rico at 114

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AFP): Ramona Trinidad Iglesias Jordan, who was the world's oldest woman, has died in her sleep at age 114, reports here said Tuesday... read more...

EDITORIAL

Out of touch with reality

The recent events in Grenada, notably the personal threats reportedly made against Leroy Noel, a local journalist and a frequent contributor to Caribbean Net News, by no less a person than the Prime Minister of Grenada himself, and Noel’s subsequent detention by police “for questioning,” further illustrate the totality to which some regional governments are out of touch with reality when it comes to the media... read more...

COMMENTARY

Trouble in democracy

ST GEORGE‘S, Grenada: The democratic process in Grenada was challenged on Friday during the sitting of parliament when the government failed to explain why there was no sitting in the month of April and when and how it intends to deal with the DIPCON issue, where it has to pay over $17 million in compensation... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Gallant Bangladesh earn deserved draw against Windies

GROS ISLET, St. Lucia (AFP): Khaled Mashud completed his maiden Test hundred and led a rearguard action to earn Bangladesh a draw on the last day of their opening cricket Test against West Indies on Tuesday... read more...