Archives for Wednesday, September 29, 2004:

UN appeals for 27.6 million dollar aid for devastated Grenada

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP): The United Nations on Tuesday appealed for 27.6 million dollars in emergency aid for the small Caribbean island of Grenada, where 90 percent of homes were destroyed by Hurricane Ivan two weeks ago... read more...

The backlash of Ivan has begun in Grenada

ST GEORGE‘S, Grenada: Three weeks after the passage of deadly Hurricane Ivan, Grenadians are beginning to feel its backlash as many workers receive letters from their employers to remain at home until further notice, while some are told they will have take pay cut... read more...

Grenada relief co-ordinator fired

ST GEORGE'S, Grenada: The district co-ordinator for the parish of St. David's in Grenada received marching orders from the executive of the National Emergency Relief Organisation (NERO) shortly after she answered questions posed to her by a reporter from the Barbados Nation newspaper... read more...

Russian foreign minister: Cuban talks 'useful, fruitful'

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday said he held productive talks with Cuban officials during the second day of his official visit, saying talks with his Cuban counterpart Felipe Perez Roque had "omitted nothing."... read more...

Rescuers from around the world struggle to help Haitian flood survivors

GONAIVES, Haiti (AFP): Health care workers and rescuers from around the world struggled to meet the needs of survivors of the devastating floods unleashed by Tropical Storm Jeanne, feared to have killed over 2,000 people in this northern Haitian city... read more...

ACM President commends Caribbean media workers

BOLANDS, Antigua: Media workers who have been keeping the region informed on the progress and events taking place within the Caribbean as a result of hurricanes have come in for high praise from the President of the Association of Caribbean Media Workers (ACM), Wesley Gibbings... read more...

BVI establishes ‘London Circle’

ROAD TOWN, BVI: British Virgin Islands Chief Minister Dr Orlando Smith has established the “BVI London Circle” as an initiative to continue advancing the economic development of the Territory... read more...

Montserrat businesses to benefit from regional trade programme

BRADES, Montserrat (GIU): Business enterprises in Montserrat stand to benefit from a major regional trade programme aimed at redressing the trade imbalances between Trinidad and Tobago and other CARICOM states... read more...

Ten Dominican students leave for Cuba

ROSEAU, Dominica: Ten Dominican students left the island for Cuba on Sunday to pursue studies at various Cuban universities... read more...