Archives for Friday, October 1, 2004:

UN peacekeepers protect Haitian presidency in violent clashes

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): Armed demonstrators clashed violently with Haitian police on Thursday leaving three officers dead, police said, as protesters, on the 13th anniversary of a military coup against Jean Bertrand Aristide, demanded the ex-president's return... read more...

US lawmaker urges half a billion dollars to rebuild storm-ravaged Haiti

WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): US Representative Maxine Waters said Haiti would need at least half a billion dollars to rebuild from the devastation of Tropical Storm Jeanne -- about ten times what the White House has offered... read more...

Power shortage drives Cuba to shut 118 factories

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Up against a crippling power shortage, Cuba will close 118 factories during October, and slash work and schooldays by half an hour for several months, officials said... read more...

Venezuela to Grenada’s rescue

ST GEORGE‘S, Grenada: The Venezuelan government has extended its assistance to hurricane ravaged Grenada, which felt the wrath of deadly Ivan early September... read more...

A call to investigate ‘terror’ at prison in Grenada

ST GEORGE‘S, Grenada: An attorney at law in Grenada, Arley Gill, is calling on the authorities to investigate what he called a reign of terror unleashed by soldiers of the Regional Security Services (RSS) and members of the Special Services Unit (SSU) on prisoners at the Richmond Hill prison... read more...

More businesses getting electrical power in Grenada

ST GEORGE‘S, Grenada: More businesses in the Spice Isle of Grenada are getting electrical power as things begin to normalise after the passage of Hurricane Ivan... read more...

Vulnerability of small states dramatically illustrated

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts: St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr Denzil Douglas has appealed to the Commonwealth Secretariat and the World Bank Joint Task Force to update the Report on Small States to take account of the new risks and challenges... read more...

Major capital projects in Dominica reach completion

ROSEAU, Dominica: Two major capital projects valued at nearly $50 million are now virtually complete. That revelation was made at the monthly Public Sector Investment Programme (PSIP) meeting held recently. The meeting was chaired by Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit... read more...

British Virgin Islands untouched by heavy hurricane season

ROAD TOWN, BVI: The British Virgin Islands Government is reporting that the sixty plus islands in the Caribbean that include Anegada, Jost Van Dyke, Tortola and Virgin Gorda, have not experienced any damage from the heavy hurricane season that has adversely impacted some of its Caribbean neighbors... read more...