Archives for Wednesday, October 13, 2004:
Caribbean Heads postpone CCJ
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Caribbean heads of government have agreed to postpone
the inauguration of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on the advice of the
President of the CCJ, Michael de la Bastide, and the Chairman of the
Inauguration Task Force, Sir David Simmons...
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More hurricane relief assistance from Cable & Wireless
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: Cable and Wireless says its support to
hurricane-ravaged Caribbean islands has not been limited to shipments of
relief supplies and but has also facilitated efforts to collect monetary
donations...
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Cuba from within: Up close with Fidel Castro
 HAVANA,
Cuba: The bearded Cuban leader who has defied the United States for well over
four decades does not want "hand outs" from the world's only super power but
instead wants the long standing economic embargo lifted. The commander in
chief of the Cuban revolution outlined that Cuba only wants the right to trade...
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More Caribbean solidarity with Cuba
HAVANA, Cuba: The Director of the Cuban
Institute for Friendship with the People (ICAP) has indicated that there is an
increase in solidarity between Caribbean islands and Cuba...
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King Obstinate thrills Kittitians but
angers UPP supporters in Antigua
 BASSETERRE,
St. Kitts: Antigua and Barbuda's well known calypsonian Paul Richards,
popularly known as "King Obstinate", performed before a large crowd at the
official launch of the St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party Election Campaign over the
weekend but has angered supporters of the United Progressive Party in his
homeland of Antigua...
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Downtown Port-au-Prince shuttered, after
street violence leaves three dead
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): Fears of
violence shut down the commercial area of Haiti's capital for the second
straight day Tuesday, one day after three people were killed in politically
charged street violence...
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Aristide backers bent on destabilizing
Haiti government, says US
WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): The United States
on Tuesday accused supporters of ousted president Jean Bertrand Aristide of
mounting a "systematic campaign" to destabilize Haiti's interim government and
urged the exiled former leader to speak out against violence...
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Foe of Haitian dictatorship dies
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): Gerard
Pierre-Charles, the leader of a top political party who lived in exile during
the Duvalier family dictatorship, has died in Havana following lung problems,
his party said Monday. He was 68...
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Montserrat prison superintendent returns
from Grenada
BRADES, Montserrat (GIU): Lieutenant Peter
W.A. White, Montserrat's Prison Superintendent, is back home after a one week
attachment at Grenada's main Richmond Hill Prison...
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Surinam Airways rejected by French aviation
authority
PARAMARIBO, Suriname (AFP): French
officials have rejected landing rights in the French Guiana for the Surinam
Airways for the period between November and March, government officials said
here...
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COMMENTARY
Violence in Haiti: Powell and Latortue
blame Aristide, when the blame lies with them
On October 4, Haitians staged yet another
in the country’s growing number of street demonstrations, calling for the
return of democratically-elected president Jean-Bertrand Aristide, who was
ousted by a State Department-scripted coup last February 29...
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SPORTS NEWS
Farley retains status as leading table
tennis player in Barbados
 BRIDGETOWN,
Barbados: Former Caribbean table tennis king Trevor Farley retained his status
as the leading player in Barbados with a sterling performance in the finals of
the annual national championships. Playing at the Table Tennis Centre on
Nursery Avenue, in the city Saturday night, Farley won three titles out of the
four he contested...
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