Archives for Monday, October 25, 2004:

Smooth polling in St. Kitts and Nevis officials say

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts: As the weathermen at the meteorological office of the Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport predicted a day of partly-cloudy to cloudy skies with periods of scattered showers and thunderstorms, officials at the Electoral Office (EO) in Basseterre are also reporting smooth and event-free polling thus far... read more...

Castro says doing well after knee operation

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Cuban President Fidel Castro, 78, wrote from his hospital bed Friday that he was doing well after an operation on a knee he broke in a fall.  "I am doing well and I will not be out of touch with you," Castro wrote in a letter read on official television and published in newspapers... read more...

Cuba: US immoral for reaction to Castro fall

WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): Cuba's representative in Washington on Friday said a State Department spokesman's comments about Cuban leader Fidel Castro's recent fall proved the immoral nature of the Bush administration... read more...

Fever-pitch campaigning hits St. Kitts

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts: Political campaigning in St. Kitts and Nevis has reached fever-pitch level, with just one day to go before the people of St. Kitts and Nevis go to the polls on Monday to select a new government in general election. A total of thirty candidates are battling for the eleven parliamentary seats... read more...

Financial Task Force expresses appreciation to Sir Ronald Sanders

LONDON, England: The Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) on Sunday expressed its appreciation to its former Chairman, Sir Ronald Sanders, for his services to the organisation.  CFATF is an organisation of 30 Caribbean and Central American States set up to counter drug trafficking, money laundering and financing of terrorism...  read more...

Canadian business mission in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): Businessmen representing a dozen Canadian companies are in Haiti, battered by floods, riots and a change in government, to rebuild the Caribbean nation's infrastructure, a trade group said...  read more...

UN predicts surge of Haitian "boat people" without urgent aid

UNITED NATIONS (AFP): The United Nations on Thursday warned countries near Haiti to prepare for another influx of "boat people" or refugees unless they quickly help the poor and devastated Caribbean nation...  read more...

Antigua-Barbuda to call for release of WTO report on gaming dispute with US

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua: The Ministry of Finance and the Economy has indicated that it has triggered the process that will ultimately lead to the release of the Final Report by the World Trade Organization Panel, which has previously issued a ruling on the dispute between Antigua and Barbuda and the United States... read more...

Antigua-Barbuda Prime Minister to make official visit to China

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua: Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Baldwin Spencer, will next month lead a delegation on an official visit to the People’s Republic of China following an invitation from the Chinese Government.  Prime Minister Spencer said that he is delighted that the Chinese Government has extended the invitation... read more...

TRAVEL NEWS

Amaryllis helping the Caribbean

The Caribbean region has taken a beating from nature and man. In the first case we have had our share of hurricanes, which have devastated the islands of Grenada and Cayman, while doing great damage in others like Jamaica. This is the price we pay for living in this beautiful region where the weather is warm and comfortable...  read more...

SPORTS NEWS

West Indians feature in US cricket
 

West Indians are playing leading roles in the development of cricket in the United States. Just recently a team from the Washington Metropolitan Cricket Board visited Barbados for a series of two matches against local clubs and president of the board Selwyn Holder, expressed some concerns about cricket in the Caribbean and the USA... read more...