Archives for Thursday, June 24, 2004:

Finnish ambassador robbed at gunpoint in Guyana

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): Finland's newly appointed ambassador to Guyana, Ora Meres-Wuori, was robbed at gunpoint here over the weekend, a Guyanese foreign ministry official said Wednesday, as police searched for a second suspect in the case... read more...

Namibia's Nujoma pays official visit to Cuba

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Namibian President Sam Nujoma began an official three-day visit to Cuba Wednesday set to include talks with President Fidel Castro, officials said... read more...

Cuba sends an ailing dissident from jail to house arrest

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Cuba's communist government on Wednesday released dissident Roberto de Miranda Hernandez, who was serving a 20-year prison term, and sent him to house arrest, dissident sources said... read more...

Suriname's energy company signs $23.7m deal with Trinidad bank

PARAMARIBO, Suriname (AFP): Suriname's State Energy Company signed a 23.7 million dollar deal Tuesday with the Trinidad-based Royal Bank of Trinidad and Tobago to finance part of its local electricity projects estimated to cost 100 million dollars... read more...

CARICOM Chairman visits headquarters

GEORGETOWN, Guyana: The Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Baldwin Spencer, is due to pay an official visit to the CARICOM Secretariat on 23-25 June 2004... read more...

US online casino policy harms Caribbean economy

PODGORICA, Serbia: The US government has recently been clamping down on the online casino industry and has effectively banned all operations within its borders. But, according to Online Casino Reports, it's going after offshore Internet gambling operations specifically in the Caribbean... read more...

South Korean investment delegation visits Grenada

ST GEORGE‘S, Grenada: Prime Minister Keith Mitchell on Wednesday welcomed an eleven-member investment delegation from South Korea to Grenada... read more...

HEALTH NEWS

AIDS threatens GDP of Jamaica and Trinidad

GEORGETOWN, Guyana: A recent study by the University of the West Indies (UWI) Health Economic Unit and the Caribbean Epidemiology Centre (CAREC) estimates that by next year Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago could lose between 4 and 6.4% of their Gross Domestic Product as a result of the impact of HIV/AIDS... read more...

TRAVEL NEWS

Five of top ten honeymoon destinations are in the Caribbean

NEW YORK, USA: Five of the top ten honeymoon destinations in the world are in the Caribbean and the region boasts of having nearly 40 percent of the World’s 50 Best Honeymoon Destinations, according to Modern Bride magazine, which describes itself as “the last word on weddings.”... read more...

Talks for BWIA scheduled service between St Kitts and Canada

BASSETERRE, St Kitts: Talks aimed at getting BWIA to begin scheduled flights from Toronto, Canada and Port of Spain, Trinidad, into St. Kitts were held in Trinidad on Monday. St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr Denzil Douglas led a delegation of officials in meetings with Trinidad’s Prime Minister Patrick Manning... read more...

Delta to begin nonstop service to Belize, adding service to Turks & Caicos

ATLANTA, USA: Delta Air Lines will begin nonstop service between Atlanta and Belize on December 11. Delta will offer customers one round-trip, nonstop flight on Saturday only between its Atlanta hub and Belize using single-class, 150-seat Boeing 737 aircraft... read more....

SPORTS NEWS

Collins targets clean sweep in Athens

LONDON, England: According to a report by BBC Sport, world 100m champion Kim Collins reckons he could be part of a Caribbean clean sweep of sprint medals in Athens... read more...