Archives for Thursday, September 9, 2004:

Hurricane Ivan kills 10 in the Caribbean

CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP): Hurricane Ivan has killed 10 in Tobago, Grenada and St. Vincent, only three of many Caribbean islands threatened by the storm churning off Venezuela's coast Wednesday, according to local media. Ivan was 95 miles northeast of the Caribbean island of Curacao and 640 miles from Jamaica... read more...

Latest CDERA report on Grenada

ST MICHAEL, Barbados: The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA) issued a report at 10 pm Wednesday, a day after Hurricane Ivan a Category 3 system with sustained winds of 115mph impacted Grenada leaving a trail of damage... read more...

Caribbean neighbours send troops to Grenada

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua: Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Baldwin Spencer, on Wednesday afternoon dispatched two groups of defence force and police officers to Grenada to aid in the emergency response phase of the recovery process following the passage of Hurricane Ivan which caused widespread damage to the island... read more...

OECS moves to assess impact of Hurricane Ivan

CASTRIES, St. Lucia: The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Secretariat has announced that it will move immediately to help assess the impact of the hurricane on Grenada in particular, where initial reports indicate a number of fatalities and extensive damage and destruction to homes, businesses, and infrastructure... read more...

Caribbean Tourism Organization members report on hurricane impact

ST. MICHAEL, Barbados: The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) has released a summary of CTO member states impacted by Hurricanes Frances and Ivan... read more...

US Senate panel votes to ease travel to Cuba for food growers

WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): A Senate subcommittee on Wednesday approved easier travel to Cuba for US citizens selling US agricultural products... read more...

Washington, Paris, Ottawa must fix the "mess" they made of Haiti, says US lawmaker

WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): A US lawmaker called Wednesday on the governments of the United States, France and Canada to help disarm insurgents who are threatening the rule of law and civil order in Haiti... read more...

Sri Lanka to join the Haiti UN mission

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (UPI): Sri Lankan officials said Wednesday they will send troops to Haiti to assist the UN peacekeeping mission there... read more...

Netherlands Antilles election-winner Godett arrested

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands: Netherlands Antilles politician Anthony Godett was arrested on Tuesday in the Netherlands Antilles on suspicion he is a member of a criminal organisation... read more...

Jamaican government to invite tenders for additional generating capacity

KINGSTON, Jamaica: Jamaican Commerce, Science and Technology Minister, Phillip Paulwell has said that the government had decided to invite tenders for the provision of an additional 40 to 50 megawatts of generating capacity... read more...