Archives for Friday, July 30, 2004:

First Cuba oil well not worth commercial exploitation

MADRID, Spain (AFP): Repsol-YPF, Spain's leading oil company, said Thursday that its first well drilled in Cuba was not worth exploiting commercially... read more...

Bahamas mulling introduction of value added tax

NASSAU, Bahamas: Speaking on Monday at the 18th annual Caribbean Organisation of Tax Administrators' General Assembly and Technical Conference, Bahamian Finance Minister James Smith hinted at the possibility of the introduction of a value added tax (VAT)... read more...

Jamaica committed to countering narcotics trade says Bush

WASHINGTON, USA: US President George W. Bush has said that several high-profile narcotics-related arrests, by Jamaican law enforcement officials, have indicated that the Jamaican government was resolute about facing the challenge of the illicit drug transshipment through its territory... read more...

Trinidad fishermen hijacked at sea

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Four Moruga fishermen were attacked last week by Spanish-speaking pirates and ordered to jump into the sea. The authorities have since rescued three of the men while the other is still reported as missing... read more...

Grenada lawyers advise stakeholders about copyright

ST GEORGE‘S, Grenada: Musicians, photographers and writers, among others, were sensitized about copyright and intellectual property rights during a session organized by the Grenada Bar Association under the theme Copyright Made Simple... read more...

Taiwan-donated hospital to open in Dominican Republic

TAIPEI, Taiwan (CNA): A hospital and a vocational training center established as a result of donations from Taiwan will be inaugurated in the Dominican Republic for the benefit of the people of the Caribbean nation, diplomatic sources said this week... read more...

BWIA may fly directly to Africa

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: One of the region’s most popular, but financially strapped airlines, BWIA, has been advised to ply the routes of Johannesburg, South Africa, and Lagos, Nigeria... read more...

HEALTH NEWS

More nurses to be trained in Guyana

GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Health services in the Caribbean are being affected by nurses moving to work elsewhere said Guyana Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy in a recent interview... read more...

COMMENTARY

Law and Politics: Struggle and confusion to get it – now what?

It is nice to be back home after my short sojourn in the Mother Country – especially to get some warm sunshine after the very lukewarm summer in England thus far... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Flintoff and Jones steady England

BIRMINGHAM, England (AFP): Andrew Flintoff and Geraint Jones's unbroken stand of 51 took England to 313 for five at stumps on the first day of the second Test against West Indies at Edgbaston here Thursday... read more...

Castro's Olympic warriors roar into Athens

PARIS, France (AFP): Fidel Castro's Olympic warriors are set to take Athens by storm as Cuban boxers set out to show the Americans and east Europeans they are still the best... read more...

US downs Puerto Rico in pre-Olympic scrimmage

JACKSONVILLE, USA (AFP): Tim Duncan scored 22 points and LeBron James delighted the crowd with some spectacular slam dunks here Thursday as the United States ripped Puerto Rico in a pre-Olympic basketball scrimmage... read more...