Archives for Friday, November 19, 2004:

Call for inquiry into mass torture in Grenada prison

ST GEORGE¹S, Grenada: Well over 100 inmates at the Richmond Hill Prison in Grenada say they are prepared to co-operate and testify on oath whenever an Independent Commission of Inquiry, including prison officers, is established to investigate beatings, humiliations and general terror unleashed on some prisoners... read more...

Trinidad police 'mad as hell'

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Members of the Trinidad and Tobago police force, those who are uniformed as well as the plain-clothes Criminal Investigation Department (CID), are "mad as hell" and are calling on Police Commissioner Trevor Paul to take immediate action to secure the same benefits that apply to the officers in the Government’s Special Anti-Crime Unit (SACU)... read more...

Courtroom battle over St Kitts election

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts: Having won only one seat in the just concluded general election of October 25, the People's Action Movement (PAM) in St Kitts and Nevis of lawyer Lindsay Grant, is now taking a post election battle to the courtroom by filing petitions challenging the results in three constituencies in last poll.... read more...

Antigua-Barbuda to receive military aid from China

BEIJING, China: The Government of the People’s Republic of China on Thursday agreed to provide the government of Antigua and Barbuda with military aid worth some US$240,000.  The assistance was formalised during a signing ceremony in Beijing between Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer and General Cao Gangchuan.. read more...

No apologies says Dominican PM

ROSEAU, Dominica: Prime Minister of Dominica, Roosevelt Skerrit, said on Wednesday that he has no regrets about the decision of the Government of Dominica to sever ties with the Republic of China on Taiwan and establish new relations with the People’s Republic of China....  read more...

Grenadian political prisoner gets another first class honours degree

ST GEORGE¹S, Grenada: Ewart Layne, one of the ‘Grenada Seventeen’ political prisoners whose case comes up for hearing before the Eastern Caribbean Appeal Court on November 22, has just been awarded a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree, with First Class Honours, in Applied Accounting...  read more...

EU seeking greater dialogue with Cuban dissidents

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP): Representatives of the 25 EU states met in Brussels on Tuesday to mull the future of diplomatic sanctions adopted a year ago against Cuba while seeking a more effective dialogue with Cuban dissidents, diplomatic sources said...  read more...

US judge orders Cuba pay 87 million in 1961 death of CIA pilot

MIAMI, USA (AFP): A US judge Thursday awarded more than 80 million dollars to a woman who sued Cuban President Fidel Castro for the execution of her father after a CIA plane he flew was downed during the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion...  read more...

Haitian former soldiers demand the restoration of the army

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): Former Haitian soldiers and their sympathizers rose their fists in anger during a protest march Thursday demanding the restoration of the army, dissolved in 1995...  read more...

Canada in Haiti for long run, says PM

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin said Sunday his country was in Haiti for the long haul and looked forward to elections next year...  read more...

LEGAL NEWS

Trinidad chief justice wants rookie lawyers banned from murder and rape cases

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Trinidad and Tobago's Chief Justice, Satnarine Sharma on Wednesday expressed the view that inexperienced lawyers should not be allowed to continue to work on capital cases or other cases of a serious nature due to the complicated tactics employed in these matters...  read more...

LETTERS

Parliamentary debate and coup talk

Now that the parliament of the country has convened we have once again as a people been exposed to the brutal reality of who the people of Grenada have chosen as their opposition. It is a sad fact that the opposition has underperformed in Parliament to the point of looking nonsensical in their debates on issues...  read more...