Archives for Thursday, August 5, 2004:

Row erupts in Guyana over politician's visit to Taiwan

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): A visit to Taiwan by Guyana's opposition leader Robert Corbin has sparked a political row in this South American country, which has diplomatic relations with Beijing and not Taipei... read more...

Crime and security discussed in Antigua-Barbuda

ST. JOHN'S, Antigua: Members of the Petrol Dealers Association of Antigua and Barbuda met with the police high command on Wednesday morning in a bid to strategize and chart the way forward in combating the high crime wave, now plaguing Antigua... read more...

Port problems continue in Trinidad and Tobago

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: On Tuesday night the passenger sea vessel between Trinidad and Tobago, the MV Beau Port, left scores of passengers stranded at the port in the Tobago capital of Scarborough... read more...

Jamaican independence and emancipation celebrated with art exhibition

WASHINGTON, USA: Jamaica’s forty-second independence anniversary is being spotlighted in Washington, D.C., with a 77-piece art exhibition that opened on Monday evening at the Organization of American States, featuring works by four women the Jamaican Ambassador, Dr. Gordon Shirley, hailed as distinguished artists... read more...

Contract to be signed for second pier in St Kitts

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts:  Formal contractual arrangements for the financing and construction of a second finger pier at Port Zante are to be signed in Basseterre on Thursday... read more...

OECS residents to pay less for telephone calls

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts: The initiative of the St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party Administration, spearheaded by then Minister of Communications, Cedric Liburd, to break the monopoly of the communications giant Cable & Wireless and reduce telephone rates in the Eastern Caribbean, continues to bear fruit... read more...

Telecoms and broadcasters should partner in regional communication

PLACENCIA, Belize: Telecommunications companies should be important partners with broadcasters as the Caribbean community moves towards a single market and economy and regional identity according to John Vondras, managing director of Belize Telecommunications Limited... read more...

Guyanese-born US soldier gets US citizenship while recovering from loss of leg

WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): Staff Sergeant Hilbert Caesar, a Guyanese-born US soldier who lost his leg in a bomb attack in Iraq, received his US citizenship Tuesday along with 29 others at a ceremony near Washington... read more...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

Poor quality or not, millions of Cubans see 'Fahrenheit 9/11'

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): In the past two weeks, millions of Cubans have seen pirated prints of US director Michael Moore's hit documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11," showing on state-run television and in some 120 cinemas... read more...

HEALTH NEWS

Trinidad and Tobago first Caribbean country to ratify tobacco convention

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Foreign Affairs Minister Knowlson Gift and Health Minister John Rahael both signed an agreement on tobacco control – giving Trinidad and Tobago the lead on ratifying the convention as the only Caribbean country among 90 others that have signed the treaty... read more...

LEGAL NEWS

Former student sues UWI

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Hafsa Baksh, a former student of the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad, is suing the institution for her present ailing health situation... read more...