Archives for Wednesday, August 11, 2004:

Storm warnings for northwest Caribbean

MIAMI, USA: According to the National Hurricane Center, the governments of Haiti, Jamaica and the Cayman Islands have issued Tropical Storm Warnings as Tropical Storm Charley continues to strengthen.  The government of the Cayman Islands has issued a Hurricane Watch in addition to the Tropical Storm Warning now in force... read more...

US bans business with Cuban shipper

WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): The US Treasury on Tuesday took a step to denying income to Cuba by declaring that a shipping company belonged to the communist government... read more...

Expert warns Caribbean of tidal wave catastrophe

LONDON, England: World leaders were on Monday urged to wake up to the threat from a collapsing mountain which at any moment could unleash a massive tidal wave on the Caribbean and the east coast of North America... read more...

US ends Montserrat hospitality

WASHINGTON, USA (UPI): Nine years after granting compassionate status to hundreds of people threatened by a volcano in Montserrat, the United States is telling them to go home... read more...

Netherlands Antilles airline bailed out of passenger crisis

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands: The Curacao government has given local airline Dutch Caribbean Airlines (DCA) more than US$3 million to bring home passengers stranded in the Netherlands and on Curacao, Radio Netherlands reported... read more...

Trinidad and Tobago opposition calls for investigation into tax scandal

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: The opposition United National Congress (UNC) party is calling on the police Fraud Squad to investigate a tax scandal at Trinidad’s North West Regional Health Authority (NWRHA)... read more...

Trinidad taxi drivers protest against rising crime

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Increasing attacks by bandits against maxi-taxi drivers in Trinidad and Tobago have prompted members of the Maxi-Taxi Association to take action... read more...

IMF completes Dominica review

WASHINGTON, USA: The Executive Board of the IMF last week successfully completed the second review of Dominica’s performance under the Fund’s ongoing Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility. This decision brought with it disbursement of the third tranche (about EC$1.2 million) under the PRGF... read more...

Calls for CARICOM leaders to make a decision on Haiti

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: David Comissiong, President of the Clement Payne Movement in Barbados has made an appeal to CARICOM leaders not to engage in talks with the present Haitian Prime Minister Gerard Latortue who, it is widely believed, was imposed on the people of Haiti by American forces... read more...

Dutch tourist charged with the death of two teens off Virgin Gorda

ROAD TOWN, BVI: British Virgin Islands police on Monday charged a Dutch tourist in connection with the death of two teenagers in a boat collision off Virgin Gorda... read more...

Jamaican residents in the UK support sugar protest

KINGSTON, Jamaica: The European Union (EU) has put forward a proposal that will drastically slash the prices it offers to the Caribbean’s sugar producers, but aggressive and loyal Jamaicans living in the United Kingdom are coordinating their efforts to battle against what concerned Caribbean nationals deem as one of the world’s economic monsters... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Sarwan eyes Lara crown

MANCHESTER, England (AFP): When you are captain of a losing side and under attack from former players the last thing you need to hear is that your deputy fancies your job... read more...