Archives for Monday, August 23, 2004:

Antigua-Barbuda PM reiterates call for CARICOM to engage Haiti

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua: A further call has been made by the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Baldwin Spencer, for CARICOM to engage Haiti in the interest of the Haitian people... read more...

US broadcasts TV Marti into Cuba from aircraft

MIAMI, USA (AFP): Cubans got their first taste this weekend of an 18-million-dollar US effort to bring democracy to Cuba as a US military airplane broadcast TV Marti to the communist-ruled island, local press reported Sunday... read more...

Cuba slams US hurricane relief offer as 'totally unacceptable'

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Cuba on Sunday slammed the US offer of 50,000 dollars in disaster assistance to help recovery efforts from Hurricane Charley as "totally unacceptable," calling the amount an insult to the hundreds of thousands of Cubans hit by the storm... read more...

Cuba warns of severed ties with Panama if anti-Castro prisoners freed

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): The Cuban government warned Sunday that it would cut off relations with Panama immediately if the Central American nation pardoned four Cubans who plotted to assassinate President Fidel Castro in 2000... read more...

Canadian official charged in Guyana over alleged immigration racket

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): A consular official at Canada's high commission in Guyana and a Guyanese man have been charged in an alleged immigration racket, authorities said Friday... read more...

New stadium for Guyana meets resistance

NEW DELHI, India: According to the Hindustan Times, India's attempts at cricket diplomacy with Guyana have run into a dispute within the Indian government and the matter may be referred to the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh if the foreign and finance ministries don't settle the row soon... read more...

Dominican Republic president appoints fraud suspects

SANTA DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (UPI): The Dominican Republic's new president has awarded top jobs to four officials under investigation for fraud, the BBC reported Saturday... read more...

British Foreign Office error creates technical problem for Cayman elections

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: A clerical error by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has resulted in an omission in a recent amendment to the Cayman Islands Constitution with implications for the forthcoming elections here in November... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

England complete West Indies whitewash

LONDON, England (AFP): England completed a 4-0 whitewash of the West Indies and racked up their seventh Test win in a row with a comprehensive 10-wicket victory on the third day of the final Test at the Oval on Saturday... read more...

Caribbean Olympics roundup

ATHENS, Greece: Top stories from the Athens Olympics involving Caribbean athletes... read more...

Lara mulls over future after England whitewash

LONDON, England (AFP): Brian Lara said he will take stock before deciding on his future as West Indies captain following his side's 10-wicket defeat to England in the fourth and final Test here Saturday... read more...

Commentary: What the West Indies can learn from Sri Lanka

For the first time since becoming a Test playing nation 22 years ago, Sri Lanka has recorded a series win over South Africa with an emphatic victory by 313 runs last week... read more...