Archives for Thursday, December 30, 2004:

Taiwan recalls envoy to Grenada

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP): Taiwan’s ambassador to Grenada has been summoned home to Taipei in protest at the Caribbean island state's alleged plan to shift its diplomatic recognition to Beijing... read more...

Trinidad & Tobago to send aid to Asian disaster victims

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad:  Trinidad and Tobago's Prime Minister, Patrick Manning has announced that the country will give "financial assistance" to the survivors of last week's tsunami disaster which killed over 80,000 people in several Asian countries... read more...

6 killed in Jamaican ravine plunge

OCHO RIOS, Jamaica (UPI):  Jamaican police Tuesday tried to determine why a car plunged into a ravine killing six people, including a 7-month-pregnant woman... read more...

Antigua's Consumer Affairs issues medical alert

ST. JOHN'S, Antigua: Antigua and Barbuda's Division of Price and Consumer Affairs (DPCA) has issued an alert to consumers of Aleve and other over the counter brands of Naproxen.  In speaking with Caribbean Net News, a spokes-person for the division reported that several well-known pain-relieving drugs are presently under scrutiny... read more...

Antigua's Cricket World Cup stadium drawings ready

ST. JOHN'S, Antigua: Antigua and Barbuda Cricket World Cup organisers are reporting the completion of preliminary drawings for the ultra-modern Sir Vivian Richards stadium, where matches in the 2007 World Cup will be played.  World Cup Antigua (WCA) revealed that all drawings have been submitted... read more...

Caribbean nationals in the US encouraged to seek citizenship

NEW YORK, USA: Irwine Clare, Head of the New York-based Caribbean Immigrant Services (CIS), has urged Caribbean nationals in the United States to seek to become citizens of the country... read more...

Trinidad & Tobago should focus on earthquakes says expert

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: There is the possibility that Trinidad & Tobago could experience a tsunami similar in magnitude those those which caused the death of over 80,000 in South East Asia on Sunday... read more...

Farrakhan to be guest speaker at St Kitts gala

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS: Nation of Islam Leader, Louis Farrakhan is the special guest at the Fourth Annual Prime Minister's New Year's Gala at the Royal St. Kitts Marriott Beach Resort on Sunday 2nd January 2005.  Minister Farrakhan was born Louis Eugene Walcott to a Kittitian mother on May 11, 1933, in Roxbury, Massachusetts... read more...

Spanish Foreign Minister to meet Cuban opposition

MADRID, Spain (AFP): Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos will Thursday meet members of Cuba's political opposition to discuss human rights under Fidel Castro's regime, diplomatic sources in the Spanish capital said... read more...

St Kitts-Nevis records EC$8.5 million current account surplus

BASSETERRE, St Kitts: The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) is reporting that the fiscal operations of the ST Kitts and Nevis Federal Government, including the Nevis Island Administration (NIA), improved during the first six months of this year compared with the performance in the corresponding period of 2003...  read more...

US Virgin Islands tsunami risk is significant

CHRISTIANSTED, USVI: Sitting atop a volatile seismic floor of the Caribbean Sea, the United States Virgin Islands can be hit by tsunamis like the one that devastated the coastal regions of southeast Asia last weekend... read more...

Tsunami warning system for the Caribbean

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: There is no formal tsunami early warning system for the Caribbean but there are efforts underway to set up one... read more...

TRAVEL NEWS

Guyana's air traffic controllers strike

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP):  Guyana's air traffic controllers on Wednesday went on strike, forcing cancellation of several international flights, authorities said... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Troubled Windies leave for Australia

ST JOHN'S, Antigua (AFP): New West Indies coach Bennett King has called on the Caribbean side to be more consistent and bury the cash controversy which has dogged the team's build-up to their tour of Australia... read more...