Archives for Wednesday, June 23, 2004:

No confidence motion in Grenada Senate President

ST GEORGE‘S, Grenada: The Upper House of Parliament in Grenada is likely to have more fireworks during its next sitting as a no confidence motion will be tabled against the president of the Senate.  Several Senators have expressed dissatisfaction with the ruling of the president not to include on the order paper a motion... read more...

Caricom wants Latortue formally to ask for Haiti's re-entry

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): Caribbean Community Secretary General Edwin Carrington on Tuesday said Haiti's interim Prime Minister, Gerard Latortue, needed to reconsider his country's withdrawal from the regional organisation... read more...

Exiled Haitian leader Aristide works on tell-all book

PRETORIA, South Africa (AFP): Nearly a month after he began life in exile in South Africa, former Haitian leader Jean Bertrand Aristide is putting the final touches on a tell-all book about his hasty exit from his country which he insists was orchestrated by France and the United States... read more...

Cuba denies trafficking and slams embargo

HAVANA, June 22 (UPI):  Cuba's communist leader denied U.S. allegations the island nation traffics human beings and promotes sex tourism, sources reported Tuesday... read more...

St Kitts and Trinidad Prime Ministers discuss regional issues

BASSETERRE, St Kitts: The need for a settled position on Haiti before the upcoming Conference of CARICOM Heads of Government in Grenada was among several issues discussed Monday between the Prime Ministers of St. Kitts and Nevis and Trinidad and Tobago... read more...

Namibian leader headed to Cuba to tighten strong ties

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Namibian President Sam Nujoma is due Wednesday in Cuba on a three-day trip to meet with his long-time ally Fidel Castro, the Cuban government's official newspapers said... read more...

Clinton told Castro he hoped for US-Cuban reconciliation

WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): Former president Bill Clinton recalls telling Cuban leader Fidel Castro he hoped their rival countries would someday be "reconciled," words he conveyed to Washington's longtime foe during their historic and controversial handshake in 2000... read more...

Two boatloads of Cubans arrive in Florida

BIG PINE KEY, USA (UPI): Forty-seven Cubans in two boats reached shore in south Florida and the Florida Keys Monday, The Miami Herald reported Tuesday... read more...

Three Suriname soldiers sentenced for ecstasy lab

PARAMARIBO, Suriname (AFP): Three Suriname soldiers and a Dutchman on Tuesday received prison sentences of up to 10 years for running a drug laboratory that produced ecstasy... read more...

Big thanks for school in St Vincent

NEW YORK, USA: When Petit Bordel Secondary School in St Vincent opened its doors in 1976, it was with excitement and expectations. For the community of Chateaubelair and the surrounding areas, this was an opportunity for great scholastic achievement... read more...

COMMENTARY

Law and Politics: Confusion and disturbance everywhere

It seems that as the topic of that visit by our Prime Minister, to the private home of fraudster, Eric Resteiner, escalates and assumes international proportions, the local scenario is becoming rather confusing and very disturbing... read more....

SPORTS NEWS

Sarwan happy to be sleeping beauty

LONDON, England (AFP): West Indies batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan put his 79 against Kent on Monday down to the benefits of extra sleep gained during a drawn-out bus journey from the team hotel in London to Beckenham... read more...