Archives for Tuesday, September 28, 2004:

Over 2,000 feared dead in Haitian city after floods

GONAIVES, Haiti (AFP): More than 2,000 people in the northern Haitian city of Gonaives are feared to have perished in floods, the city's mayor said Monday as bodies kept appearing 10 days after Tropical Storm Jeanne struck... read more...

14 corpses found in Haitian capital

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Sept 27 (AFP) - The bodies of 14 unidentified people were discovered in a Port-au-Prince neighborhood at the weekend, the district's mayor Prisca Jean Vilfort said Monday... read more...

Urgent action needed in Haiti: OAS president

WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): North and Latin American nations must take urgent action to solve health problems in Haiti, the poorest nation in the Americas where 1,300 people have died in devastating floods, OAS Secretary General Miguel Angel Rodriguez said Monday... read more...

Jailed Cuban dissident starts hunger strike 'to the end'

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Jailed Cuban dissident Enrique Ferrer Garcia, serving a 28-year term, has started a hunger strike "to the end," claiming he has been treated sadistically in prison, an associate said Monday... read more...

Russian diplomatic chief visits Soviet-era ally Cuba

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday started an official visit in Cuba aimed at reinforcing ties between Cold War allies whose relations have been strained since the collapse of the Soviet Union... read more...

CARILEC assisting hurricane ravaged Grenada

ST GEORGE’S Grenada: The regional and international electrical utility community have responded through CARILEC to assist Grenada in its reconstruction and teams are working alongside GRENLEC’s linesmen to shorten the recovery process... read more...

Grenada's business organisation expresses concern

ST GEORGE‘S, Grenada: Almost four weeks after the passage of Hurricane Ivan the Terrible over this island Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell has yet to meet personally with the business sector umbrella body... read more...

Eighty percent of all churches destroyed in Grenada

ST GEORGE'S, Grenada: Christians here are forced to worship in the open air or in alternative buildings as Hurricane Ivan did not spare the many places of worship on the island... read more...

Tourism booming in Trinidad and Tobago

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: According to the latest release of travel data, the number of tourists visiting Trinidad & Tobago during the period of January to May 2004, has increased by 17,139, or 10.2 percent, from the same period in 2003... read more...

Dominica delegation returns from China

ROSEAU, Dominica: A delegation of six persons from Dominica, headed by the Minister for Agriculture and the Environment, Ambrose George, visited the People’s Republic of China from September 9 to 18, 2004... read more...

COMMENTARY

Law and Politics: The process is slow but is ongoing

When natural disasters like Ivan, pay such a destructive visit on small countries like our Spice Isles of Grenada three weeks or so ago – it is not easy to estimate the economic losses, the damage to property, the emotional trauma, nor the possible repercussions that will result as a consequence thereof... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Commentary: Tenacity and teamwork can overcome adversity

Strongly aware of its significance to struggling West Indians recently traumatized by the effects of Hurricane Ivan, West Indies secured the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy. The feat was accomplished amidst the type of drama reminiscent of a World Cup semi final victory over Pakistan almost three decades ago... read more...