Archives for Monday, August 30, 2004:

Commission of Inquiry gets under way in Grenada

ST. GEORGE‘S, Grenada: Dr. Richard Lionel Cheltenham, the sole commissioner in the Commission of Inquiry into allegations of bribery on the part of Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell, made his inaugural statement on Friday, saying the evidence of Eric Resteiner, Timothy Bass and David Marchant is important and the commission is willing to go to them if they cannot come to Grenada... read more...

Hurricane Frances continues on slow westward track

MIAMI, USA: According to the National Hurricane Center in Miami, at 11 pm EDT on Sunday the center of Hurricane Frances was located about 455 miles east of the northern Leeward Islands. Frances is moving toward the west near 8 mph and this general motion is expected to continue for the next 24 hours... read more...

Venezuela withdraws ambassador to Panama following pardon of Cuban plotters

PANAMA CITY, Panama (AFP): Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will not attend the inauguration of the new president of Panama and has withdrawn his ambassador to the Central American country to protest comments by outgoing President Mireya Moscoso, the ambassador said here Friday... read more...

Cuban-Americans back in Miami after pardon

MIAMI, USA (UPI): Three Miami Cuban-Americans have returned home after being pardoned by the Panamanian government for plotting to assassinate Cuban President Fidel Castro... read more...

Bush vows to keep up broadcasts to Cuba

MIAMI, USA (AFP): President George W. Bush vowed Friday to enforce the decades-old US embargo against Cuba and to continue airborne television and radio broadcasts to the communist island... read more...

US citizen fined for buying Cuban dolphins

MIAMI, USA: Graham Dundas Simpson of Reno, Nevada, was given a $70,000 fine, which was handed down by the Civil Penalties Division of the Office of Foreign Assets and Control, (OFAC) a division of the U.S. Customs and Treasury Department for the illegal purchase of six Cuban dolphins... read more...

Labour movement wants even distribution of wealth in Trinidad and Tobago

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: As the Government and people of Trinidad and Tobago gear up to celebrate 42 years as an independent nation, the Secretary General of the National Trade Union Centre, Vincent Crabreara, has called on the Government to distribute the nation’s wealth more meaningfully... read more...

Bahamas Opposition Leader suggests property tax concession for retirees

NASSAU, Bahamas: In an interview with The Bahamas Report (TBR) the Leader of the Bahamas Opposition Party said recently that "relief from real property tax on the first year of ownership of a self-occupied second home in the Bahamas" might be considered as a potential concession in making the the Bahamas more attractive as a retirement destination... read more...

COMMENTARY

The shame of discrimination in Trinidad

It is not easy to prove discrimination. Indeed, sometimes it is virtually impossible to do so. The recent 52-page judgment of the High Court in Khimraj Bissessar is important in many respects. I had hoped to see more written on the social and political significance of it, but perhaps it is not easy to understand legal matters... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Caribbean Olympics roundup

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

West Indies on one-week camp before ICC Champions Trophy

ST JOHN'S, Antigua (AFP): The West Indies squad for the International Cricket Council Champions Trophy was due to leave for Bermuda on Sunday for a one-week camp in preparation for the tournament, the West Indies Cricket Board said... read more...