Archives for Tuesday, December 21, 2004:

Insufficient evidence to prosecute Bird and Michael, says Antigua DPP

ST. JOHN'S, Antigua: Antigua and Barbuda's Director of Public Prosecution, Jean Pestaina is of the view that his office does not have enough evidence which will allow for the prosecution of former Prime Minister Lester Bird and former Junior Finance Minister Asot Michael, in what has become known as the "Case of the Missing Government Files."... read more...

Antigua-Barbuda’s Ambassador outlines country’s environmental emphasis

WASHINGTON, USA: Antigua and Barbuda intends to more vigorously stress the environmental vulnerabilities of small island states as an important part of the hemispheric agenda, Ambassador Deborah-Mae Lovell told the Organization of American States (OAS) Permanent Council... read more...

Mexican Foreign Minister seeks support from Antigua and Barbuda

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua: Luiz Ernesto Derbez, the Foreign Minister of Mexico, flew into Antigua late Sunday night by private aircraft for a meeting with his counterpart from Antigua and Barbuda, Harold Lovell... read more...

Another earth tremor felt in Grand Cayman

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands:  Another earth tremor was felt in Grand Cayman at approximately 1:18 pm on Monday. According to a preliminary report from the U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Information Center in Denver, Colorado, the event was recorded as a light earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter Scale... read more...

Cuba ends one week of war games

HAVANA, Cuba: The people of Cuba got out of bed on Sunday morning to the wailing sound of air raid sirens. Some practiced shooting, donning gas masks and performing evasive maneuvers as the Caribbean country brought to an end a week long defense exercise in preparation for possible invasion by the United States of America... read more...

U.S. blasts Venezuela-Cuba ties

WASHINGTON, USA (UPI): The U.S. State Department said last week it was "troubled" by Venezuela's economic pact with Cuba...  read more...

Grenada’s PM sees people as disposable diapers, says opposition

ST GEORGE'S, Grenada: "It’s like a man being in a longstanding relationship with a woman and the next day he gets married to another woman without letting the other woman know.”  That is the kind of dishonesty and betrayal that was shown to Taiwan by Grenada’s Prime Minister according to the Public Relations Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and parliamentary MP Nazim Burke... read more...

Formal opening of the St. Kitts-Nevis National Assembly

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts: The plans and programmes outlined in the Speech from the Throne have been overwhelmingly embraced and endorsed in the recent general elections, said Governor General Sir Cuthbert Sebastian at the formal opening of the St. Kitts and Nevis National Assembly... read more...

Mass meeting planned in BVI for constitutional review

ROAD TOWN, BVI:  The British Virgin Islands Constitutional Review Commission is organising a mass meeting in Road Town which will be held within the first two weeks of January 2005... read more...

HEALTH NEWS

Barbados Prime Minister reflects on the region’s fight against HIV/AIDS

GEORGETOWN, Guyana:  These were the words of reflection and appeal by Owen Arthur, Prime Minister of Barbados to the audience at the recent launch in Montego Bay, Jamaica of the publication: Common Goal, Shared Responses: A Case Study of the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS...  read more...

LETTERS

The opposition should stop playing politics with Grenadians' future

I beg the opposition politicians to stop playing politics with Grenada and Grenadians' future for personal and political interest...  read more...

We are in nobody’s backyard

Well I am in now way sorry for Mr. Lloyd Noel as he continues his dissemination of weekly diatribe to the world on the state of Grenadian affairs as he see it... read more...