Archives for Tuesday, September 7, 2004:

Hurricane Ivan nears the Windward Islands

MIAMI, USA: According to the National Hurricane Center in Miami, at 11 pm EDT Monday the center of Hurricane Ivan was located near latitude 11.2 north, longitude 57.2 west or about 210 miles southeast of Barbados. Ivan is moving toward the west near 21 mph. Reconnaissance aircraft provided a fix to the south of the previous forecast track... read more...

Caribbean airline on terror website

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: What appears to be a doctored image of one of the Caribbean’s leading airlines BWIA has been spotted on a terror website showing an exploding plane with its fuselage and wing on fire, while seemingly landing next to figures of hooded women and the landing gear of a crashed plane... read more...

Ethnic mourning in Trinidad and Tobago

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: “Let every creed and race, find an equal place” are key words sung in the National Anthem of Trinidad and Tobago; but yet the progress of the people in this Caribbean nation is still crippled due to ethnic differences, as key members encourage a struggle either for a balance or a need to be in control of the twin-isle republic... read more...

Commonwealth to assist Antigua-Barbuda in strengthening its institutions

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua: A Commonwealth Review Team will arrive in Antigua and Barbuda next week to assist the government in strengthening the nation’s institutions... read more...

Taiwan’s President gets a warm welcome from Belize leaders

BELMOPAN, Belize: A welcoming ceremony was staged at Belize's Philip Goldson International Airport for the President of Taiwan, Chen Shui-bian, who arrived in the Central American country on Thursday for a one-day state visit... read more...

Cuban migrants stranded by Frances are rescued

MIAMI, USA (AFP): Sailors have rescued 24 Cuban migrants stranded off the Bahamas by Hurricane Frances, the US Coast Guard said in a statement Monday... read more...

UK supermarket officials arrive in Dominica

ROSEAU, Dominica: Mr. Tim Lee and Mr. Sandy Norman from UK supermarket chain, Tesco are part of a five member delegation currently in Dominica on a three-day visit to meet with stakeholders in the banana industry... read more...

CARICOM requests report on status of FTAA

NASSAU, Bahamas: It emerged recently that the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has requested a formal update on the status of the official Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) talks, which have been in a hiatus since February... read more...

Bank of Butterfield is Bank of the Year again

LONDON, England: For the third consecutive year, Butterfield Bank has been named Bank of the Year by The Banker magazine. Indeed, the Bank has earned two Bank of the Year awards for 2004, one in Bermuda and one in the Cayman Islands, Tax-News reports... read more...

COMMENTARY

If You Ask Me: What does SVD mean?

This is the question that I asked of my late father. If anyone would know, surely he would. This trivia question has also run through the minds of millions of people over the past decades as they head to or ship items to St. Vincent & the Grenadines... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Sobers honoured by ICC

LONDON, England (AFP): The International Cricket Council (ICC) is to rename its player of the year award The Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy after the legendary West Indies all-rounder... read more...

Dominican Republic’s Sanchez sees winning streak ended

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP): Olympic 400 metres hurdles champion Felix Sanchez saw his three-year winning streak come to an end here on Friday as he pulled up injured in the Golden League meet... read more...