Archives for Monday, July 26, 2004:

Cuban money laundering probed

MIAMI, USA (UPI): US lawmaker, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., is leading an investigation into where the Cuban government got $3.9 billion it ran through a Swiss bank over the course of seven years.  There is so much money involved, she thinks it could be drug-related... read more...

Dominican Republic to join proposed US-Central American trade pact

WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): The Dominican Republic will join a proposed free-trade pact with the United States and five countries of Central America known as CAFTA, US officials said Friday... read more...

Cuban ambassador in Mexico, ending three-month spat

MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP): Cuba's ambassador returned Sunday to his post in Mexico City, defusing a three-month diplomatic row between the traditionally allied Latin American neighbors... read more...

Norway to host Haiti political parties ahead of vote

OSLO, Norway (AFP): Representatives from Haiti's political parties will gather in Norway in August to lay the ground for elections scheduled for next year in the poverty-stricken country, ministerial sources said here... read more...

Jamaican anti-crime programme bearing fruit

KINGSTON, Jamaica: The Jamaica Constabulary Force’s (JCF) Anti-Crime Social Intervention Programme has borne significant fruit since its introduction more than a year ago, resulting in improved relations between members of the force and citizens in communities classified as ‘high risk’... read more...

Foreign nationals in Jamaica to pay for work permits

KINGSTON, Jamaica: Foreign nationals in Jamaica will soon be required to pay for work permits and work permit exemptions as the Ministry of Labour and Social Security moves to introduce a new fee structure, which takes effect on August 1, 2004... read more...

Soil in Nevis suitable for the production of stevia

CHARLESTOWN Nevis: A visiting delegation from Natural Sweet Corporation based in Canada has said that the land in Nevis is suitable to grow stevia, a natural sweetener that can be used to replace sugar cane... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Vaughan hundreds set up thrilling finish

LONDON, England (AFP): England captain Michael Vaughan became only the third man in history to make hundreds in both innings of a Lord's Test, on the fourth day of the first Test against the West Indies... read more...

Cheating comes naturally says world champ Collins

LONDON, England (AFP): World 100m champion Kim Collins said Sunday that although cheating comes naturally to most people he expects the Olympic sprint event in Athens to be clean this summer... read more...