Archives for Thursday, October 7, 2004:

Grenada opposition denies coup plot, claims over 50,000 homeless

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (AFP): More than 50,000 people are homeless on the Caribbean island of Grenada in the wake of Hurricane Ivan and in dire need of assistance, opposition leader Tillman Thomas said here Tuesday... read more...

Powell surveys hurricane damage in Grenada, pledges more aid

POINT SALINES, Grenada (AFP): US Secretary of State Colin Powell flew over the Caribbean island state of Grenada on Wednesday to survey the damage caused by Hurricane Ivan and vowed to bring more help to this devastated spice island... read more...

First batch of Guyanese to be evacuated from Grenada

GEORGETOWN, Guyana: The first batch of Guyanese living in Grenada will be evacuated by the Government of Guyana on Friday. It is estimated that there are more than 400 Guyanese in Grenada... read more...

A call to convene parliament in Grenada

ST. GEORGE‘S, Grenada: The Grenada parliament must be convened in order to know how much aid this hurricane ravaged island is receiving from the regional and international community says the main opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC)... read more...

Grenada business sector seeks financing in Trinidad & Tobago

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Representatives from the Grenada Chamber of Industry and Commerce (GCIC) are meeting with their counterpart in Trinidad with a view to getting financial assistance to rebuild its hurricane ravaged economy... read more...

Antigua-Barbuda celebrates 23 years of independence

ST. JOHN'S, Antigua: The people of Antigua and Barbuda have begun decorating the city of St. John's as part of a month-long celebration to mark the country's 23rd anniversary of political independence from Britain on November 1, 1981... read more...

The media is not running government, says Antigua and Barbuda PM

ST. JOHN'S, Antigua: Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer, who is also the political leader of the United Progressive Party (UPP) has made it clear that the media is not running his government... read more...

Finance minister calls for people of Antigua and Barbuda to be thrifty

ST. JOHN'S, Antigua: Antigua and Barbuda's Finance Minister, Dr. Errol Cort, has called on the people of the twin-island unitary state to become more thrifty in their financial dealings as nationals prepare for belt-tightening measures... read more...

Dissidents' kin stage rare public protest in Cuba

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Mothers and relatives of dissidents camped out in Havana's Revolution Square for a second day Wednesday in a rare, bold public protest seeking the release of one of 75 dissidents rounded up in a major crackdown by Cuba's communist government in March 2003... read more...

US tightens ban on Cuban cigars

WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): US President George W. Bush's administration has tightened a ban on Americans importing Cuban cigars... read more...

Cuba says US embargo has affected air travel and aircraft maintenance

MONTREAL, Canada (AFP): Cuba lambasted the United States' economic embargo on the Communist-run island on Tuesday in a submission to the International Civil Aviation Organization here, saying it had severely dented air travel and made it almost impossible to buy new aircraft parts... read more...

UN, Haitian police round up 75 in dawn sweep

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): UN peacekeepers and Haitian police rounded up 75 people for questioning Wednesday in a dawn sweep of the capital's Bel-air district, bastion of former president Jean Bertrand Aristide's partisans, aimed at quelling violence, the UN said... read more...

Hurricane damage in Jamaica put at US$362m

KINGSTON, Jamaica: Preliminary estimate of the damage to Jamaica by Hurricane Ivan has been put at $22.4 billion or US$362 million... read more...

Jamaica's farmers and fishermen get help

KINGSTON, Jamaica: As the people of Jamaica continue on the road to recovery, following the devastation caused by Hurricane Ivan, 200 of the country’s fishermen and farmers are set to receive gas stoves with accompanying cylinders from Shell Company Jamaica... read more...

Golden Princess to make 18 calls to Dominica in 2004/2005

ROSEAU, Dominica: The Golden Princess of Princess Cruise Lines will make 18 calls to Dominica for the 2004/2005 cruise ship season. That announcement was made at a short ceremony aboard the Golden Princess recently... read more...

Cheney catches Cayman website by surprise

CLEVELAND, Ohio (AFP): When US Vice President Dick Cheney brushed off a statement by Democratic opponent John Edwards in Tuesday night's debate with a brisk suggestion to consult "Factcheck.com," he might have consulted the website himself... read more...

Tiger Woods weds Swedish sweetheart at Barbados resort

SANDY LANE BEACH, Barbados (AFP): Tiger Woods has tied the knot with Swedish model Elin Nordegren in a lavish sunset ceremony at a posh Caribbean resort, reports said on Tuesday... read more...

COMMENTARY

Law and Politics: The Contradictions Are Multiplying

As we count away the weeks – now four gone, since the nightmare of September Seventh – it is slowly but surely beginning to dawn on people generally, that while the day and night of the Terrible Ivan brought unimaginable destruction to our homes and properties, the much, much, bigger and longer lasting disaster is developing but yet to come... read more...