Archives for Thursday, December 23, 2004:

Husband and wife gunned down in St Vincent

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent: The murder rate in St. Vincent and the Grenadines jumped to 28 over the weekend when a husband and wife team was killed in an area with the ironic name of "Trigger Ridge", Sharpes... read more...

Jet fuel shortage in Tobago hurting tourism

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: A shortage of aviation jet fuel in Tobago is putting a damper on the efforts of Tourism Secretary Neil Wilson to attract over 100,000 visitors to the island this year... read more...

St Kitts enforces work permit requirements

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts: St. Kitts and Nevis is taking strong measures to enforce the country's laws relating to work permits and the employment of non-nationals... read more...

Man sought over occupation of Aristide's mansion

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): Haitian authorities said Tuesday they were searching for Ravix Remissainthe, a former soldier who they believe led some 100 veterans in occupying ousted president Jean Bertrand Aristide's luxurious mansion here... read more...

Two killed in shootout with Haiti police

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): Haitian police killed two former soldiers and arrested two others, after the militant veterans attacked police at the weekend in the southwestern town of Miragoane, spokesman Jessie Coicou said Tuesday...  read more...

Haitian airport fails to meet international security standards

WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): US authorities warned Wednesday that Haiti's Port-au-Prince airport fails to meet international security standards... read more...

OECS Secretariat puts $90 million price tag on earthquake damage in Dominica

ROSEAU, Dominica: A visiting delegation from the OECS Secretariat has put the cost to the Dominican economy as a result of the earthquake of November 21, 2004, and the landslides that preceded it, at EC$90 million... read more...

Alcoa to expand alumina refinery in Jamaica

PITTSBURGH: Alcoa announced Wednesday that its Alcoa World Alumina and Chemicals (AWAC) affiliate and the Government of Jamaica have signed an agreement in principle to expand the Jamalco alumina refinery in Clarendon, Jamaica by more than 1.5 million metric tons per year (mtpy)... read more...

COMMENTARY

Climate Change: Should the Caribbean care now?

Available evidence shows that both the islands of the Caribbean and Caribbean countries with coast lines are very vulnerable to global warming.  Although the scientific community appears to be divided on the extent of the damage to the world’s environment and the length of time that it will take for such damage to be irreparable... read more...

Law and Politics: No morality, no integrity, no shame!

The golden rule laid down in our Christian principles, is that we should treat others as we would like them to treat us. In other words, good must be done and evil avoided.  It is also put at times as the moral law of God or the natural law. But by whatever name we may choose to judge the basic principles of morality, the central theme remains steadfast... read more...