Archives for Sunday, November 7, 2004:

Dutch navy seizes 65 million-dollar cocaine haul in Caribbean

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP): A Dutch naval vessel Friday seized a 65 million dollar, 1,300-kilo (2,860 pounds) cocaine haul and arrested the Colombian crew of a vessel in the western Caribbean, a spokesman said... read more...

OAS, UN begin preparations for elections in Haiti

WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): The Organization of American States and the United Nations this week signed an agreement to cooperate on organizing and monitoring elections in Haiti next year, the OAS announced Friday... read more...

Some Haitian deportations to be delayed

MIAMI, USA (UPI): The US federal government may delay deportation of some undocumented Haitians, but there will be no permanent relaxation of deportation policy...  read more...

Fire closes USVI school

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, USVI: A fire suspected to have been started by arson, severely damaged several classrooms at a Junior High School in St Thomas on Wednesday morning, forcing students to be sent home indefinitely.  Fire officials told Caribbean Net News that the suspicious blaze twisted metal hurricane shutters along with chairs.. read more...

Antigua-Barbuda Minister sends strong warning on corruption

ST. JOHN'S, Antigua: Antigua and Barbuda's Deputy Prime Minister Wilmouth Daniel, who is also the Minister with responsibility for Public Works and Communications, is sending a strong word of caution to the people of the twin-island unitary state that anyone found to be engaged in corrupt practices will bear the full brunt of the law... read more...

Antigua teachers in protest action

ST JOHN’S, Antigua: Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministers of Education meeting in Guyana recently, expressed concern over the sharp rise in school violence across the region.  Educators in Antigua/Barbuda, Guyana, St. Thomas and Trinidad and Tobago to name a few, have been battling with school violence for some time now... read more...

BVI hosts Overseas Territories Workshop

ROAD TOWN, BVI: The British Virgin Islands will host a Caribbean Overseas Territories (OTs) Workshop on Alternatives to Custodial Sentences from November 9 to 10... read more...

Florida copyrights phrase "Gateway to the Americas"

MIAMI, USA (AFP): Florida has trademarked the phrase "The Gateway to the Americas" as part of its campaign to have Miami become the headquarters of a planned Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA.)... read more...

Guyana prepares for a tourism future

GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Guyana, as every Guyanese knows, has the potential to become a premiere tourist destination. Pristine rain-forests, the highest single-drop waterfall in the world, beautiful rivers, rich and exotic flora, fauna and wildlife provide a diverse eco-tourism experience for that niche market of tourists...  read more...

Miami-Dade donates to regional hurricane recovery effort

MIAMI, USA: Jamaica has benefited from a donation of construction material and relief supplies from the Miami-Dade City Commission to assist in the post hurricane recovery and reconstruction efforts...  read more...

Normalcy to return to Jamaica’s energy sector by April

KINGSTON, Jamaica: Jamaica’s Commerce, Science and Technology Minister, Phillip Paulwell, is again urging Jamaicans to conserve energy, noting that preliminary estimates indicate that it would take some six months for normalcy to return to the energy sector following an explosion and fire damage at the state-owned Petrojam Refinery late last month...  read more...

LETTERS

Ivana Put things straight, Leroy

It is a sad fact that on September 7, 2004 Grenada and its dependencies were in effect unprepared in that way that they should have been for the onslaught of Hurricane Ivan. It is also a sad fact that many in Grenada have been taking and continue to take this opportunity to 'play politics' at a time when that is not what is needed in Grenada...  read more...