Archives for Wednesday, June 30, 2004:

Cuban-Americans protest Bush restrictions on visits to Cuba

MIAMI, USA (AFP): Dozens of tourists without seats on flights from Miami to Cuba protested Tuesday, on the eve of tougher US measures restricting travel to Cuba... read more...

US moves deadline for US citizens to leave Cuba

WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): US citizens in Cuba have an extra month to return to the United States to avoid penalties under tough new measures to tighten the existing US embargo on Cuba, the State Department said Tuesday, one day before new rules take effect... read more...

Stabilization levy removed in Dominica as part of EC$302m budget

ROSEAU, Dominica: Dominican Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Roosevelt Skerrit presented his first Budget and the fifth Budget of the Coalition Government to Parliament on Tuesday. The theme of the EC$302,020,927 Budget is ‘consolidating our gains’... read more...

PAHO urges Caribbean countries to sign tobacco treaty prior to deadline

WASHINGTON, USA: With just one day left before the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control closes for signature, the director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Mirta Roses, on Tuesday urged PAHO's Caribbean Member States to take advantage of the small window of opportunity remaining to sign the treaty... read more...

US Treasury Secretary confident FTAA deadline can be met

WASHINGTON, USA: United States Treasury Secretary John Snow is optimistic that the January 1 deadline for the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) negotiations will be met, despite some recent setbacks in the talks... read more...

Bahamas debates national lottery

NASSAU, Bahamas: Chairman of the Gaming Board, Kenyatta Gibson, announced to parliament last week that the Gaming Board is currently reviewing the feasibility of The Bahamas introducing a national lottery... read more...

CARICOM Heads to consider CSME and sugar industry at upcoming meeting

GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have a packed agenda before them for their upcoming 25th meeting, which runs from July 4 through July 7 in Grande Anse, Grenada... read more...

Letter: Douens have possessed kidnappers

It seems that douens have possessed the minds of kidnappers in this country [Trinidad and Tobago].  Douens (duennes/dwens) are evil folklore creatures that live in the forest and kidnap children... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Jamaica announces cash incentives for national medallists in 2004 Olympics

KINGSTON, Jamaica: A cash incentive has been provided by the Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE) Fund for Jamaican gold, silver and bronze medallists in the 2004 Summer Olympics to be held in Athens, Greece from August 13 – 29... read more...

Cricket... American style

WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): Hold onto your bats, purists. Here comes cricket American style - complete with designated hitters, non-batting bowlers, five deliveries an over and matches about as long as an American football game... read more...

Caribbean Martial Arts Games Committee planned

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: The USA-Martial Art Games Committee is working to try to organize meetings in Caribbean countries with other martial art federations to promote the IMGC and eventually create a Caribbean Martial Arts Games Committee... read more...