Archives for Thursday, June 10, 2004:

Four Cuban dissidents freed after two years without trial

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Cuban authorities freed four pro-democracy activists who had spent two years in prison without trial, a dissident group said Wednesday... read more...

British woman cleared by Dominican Republic court

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic: According to Britain’s Press Association, a British social care manager being held in prison in the Dominican Republic on a drug trafficking charge was Wednesday cleared of any wrongdoing by a court and is expected to return to Britain in the next few days... read more...

Journalists group writes to Grenada prime minister

NEW YORK, USA: The US-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has written a strongly-worded letter to Grenada Prime Minister, Dr Keith Mitchell, calling on him to "desist from any efforts to curtail the work of the press."... read more...

Florida delegation to seek FTAA support in Barbados

MIAMI, USA: According to Miami Today, a delegation from Florida plans to travel this month to Barbados to build Caribbean support for Miami's bid for the headquarters of the proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas... read more...

Grenada business sector may call for inquiry

ST GEORGE‘S, Grenada: The business community in Grenada, represented by the Chamber of Industry and Commerce, will reportedly call for a commission of enquiry or some other form of investigation as the best solution for the crisis resulting from allegations faced by Prime Minister Keith Mitchell concerning a sum of money he is said to have received from a German fraudster... read more...

Haiti's flood relief hampered

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (UPI): Humanitarian relief efforts to help Haiti's flood victims have been hampered by poor access to the site of the disaster, aid workers said Wednesday... read more...

Venue assessment team visits St Kitts as part of World Cup bidding

BASSETERRE, St Kitts: The second phase of the bidding process for the 2007 World Cup in the West Indies continued with the arrival Wednesday in St Kitts of the Venue Assessment Team (VAT) of the ICC and the World Cup organising committee... read more...

Bright prospects for Jamaican cruise sector

KINGSTON, Jamaica: Jamaica’s cruise shipping industry continues to be a vibrant and growing sector of the economy, earning between US$80 million-US$100 million per year, with an anticipated 10 per cent growth over the next ten years... read more...

TRAVEL NEWS

Caribbean Star Airlines offers travel packages for ‘Vincy Mas’

ST. GEORGE, Antigua: Caribbean Star Airlines is offering special Star Vacations packages to St Vincent for Carnival 2004. Packages for 2,4 and 6 nights are available from Antigua, Trinidad and Grenada from as low as US$436.00 per person and will include: airfare and taxes, transfers, hotel, land tours and Carnival Shows... read more...