Archives for Sunday, December 5, 2004:

Earthquake and aftershocks rattle Trinidad

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: According to Stacey Edwards, education officer at the Seismic Research Unit (SRU) at the University of the West Indies (UWI) the 5.1 earthquake which shook Trinidad at 11.46 pm Thursday was the strongest of the more than 93 aftershocks that rattled the country following the larger shaking earlier in the afternoon...  read more...

Trinidad & Tobago President admitted to hospital with ‘strange illness’

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Trinidad and Tobago's President, George Maxwell Richards, was admitted to the St. Clair Medical Centre (SCMC) over the weekend with what health officials are calling a ‘strange illness’. However, his family members and SCMC staffers said the situation is not life-threatening...  read more...

Antigua-Barbuda Government debt forgiven by DEVCON

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua: The Government of Antigua and Barbuda on Friday commenced the process of significant reduction of the country’s debt with the signing of agreements allowing a debt reduction from US$29.4 million to US$11.5 million owed by the government to DEVCON.  The long standing debt to DEVCON was for the dredging of the harbour... read more...

Antigua-Barbuda launches Tourism Week 2004-2005

ST. JOHN'S, Antigua: Officials in Antigua and Barbuda’s Ministry of Tourism are expressing satisfaction with the launch on Wednesday, of the country's annual tourism week festivities dubbed "Tourism Blast Off."  According to official figures, some 10,360 visitors from four cruise ships participated in the day's festivities...  read more...

Antigua-Barbuda workers encouraged to professionalize themselves

ST. JOHN'S, Antigua: Antigua and Barbuda's Public Service Affairs Minister, Dr. Jacqui Quinn Leandro is calling on workers in the Public Service to take steps to professionalize themselves as the reforming of the public sector is a stark reality, something that is compulsory and already in progress... read more...

Guyana judges examine effect of international treaties on local laws

GEORGETOWN, Guyana: A judicial conference that examined how international treaties and conventions relate to local laws opened Friday in Guyana... read more...

Guyanese government is committed to fight HIV/AIDS

GEORGETOWN, Guyana: The government of Guyana remains committed in fighting HIV/AIDS, according to Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy...  read more...

Canada injects Cdn$5m into OAS electoral assistance for Haiti

WASHINGTON, USA: The Government of Canada has given a major boost to the Organization of American States’ (OAS) efforts in developing Haiti’s system to prepare for next year’s presidential and other elections.  An agreement, signed Friday afternoon, provides Cdn$5 million to the work of the OAS Special Mission in Haiti... read more...

Bermuda insurance company subpoenaed by New York Attorney General

HAMILTON, Bermuda: Bermuda-based Arch Capital Group Ltd announced Friday that, on December 2, 2004, Arch Insurance Group received a subpoena from the New York State Attorney General requesting certain information concerning its underwriting activities... read more...

Dominica’s ICT sector boosted by the arrival of new call centre

ROSEAU, Dominica: Dominica’s Information and Communications Technology Sector has received a major boost with the arrival of Call 767, a call centre. The company, which is expected to employ over 200 persons in the first instance, is scheduled to begin operations in Dominica in January 2005... read more...