PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): Haitian president-elect Rene Preval left the door open Wednesday for former president Jean Bertrand Aristide to return to Haiti from exile in South Africa two years after he was forced from power. Preval said the Caribbean nation's constitution allows its citizens to freely leave and return to their homeland. read more..

BASSETERRE, St Kitts: Taiwan has donated another US$500,000 towards the redevelopment of Warner Park in St Kitts. Taiwan’s Ambassador to St. Kitts and Nevis, Mr John Liu handed over the cheque to the Federation’s Prime Minister and Minister of Sports, Dr Denzil Douglas, following a tour of the Warner Park facilities. read more..

CURACAO, Netherlands Antilles: The board of directors of the troubled government funded telecommunications company, United Telecommunications Services (UTS), has confirmed they have suspended their CEO Julio Constansia and are now considering his permanent dismissal. read more..

ROSEAU, Dominica: Tourism officials in Dominica believe that the cruise industry is continuing to see steady growth, highlighting six cruise liners that docked here for the first time, as a major achievement. Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism, Loreen Bannis-Roberts, said the activity showed that government is taking cruise tourism seriously. read more..

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico: The Caribbean Hotel Association and PRO€INVEST, an agency of the Centre for Development Enterprise of the European Union, announced the launch of a research study to gauge how much the Caribbean tourism accommodation sector spends on locally-provided goods and services, including its tax contribution to governments. read more..

QUEENSTOWN, New Zealand (AFP): An unbeaten half century by Daniel Vettori ensured a three wicket victory for New Zealand in their one-day cricket international against the West Indies here Wednesday after a top order collapse threatened to put the modest target beyond reach. The West Indies could only manage 200-9 after batting first. read more..

MELBOURNE, Australia: Trinidad and Tobago men's 4x100m relay team has been tipped by track officials as favourites for the gold medal at the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, despite the presence of Asafa Powell, the world's fastest man, in Jamaica's line up. Jamaica has collected four relay medals at these Games. read more..

MELBOURNE, Australia: Tudor Bidder, the performance manager of Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) believes Jamaican teenage sensation Usain Bolt will be the main attraction in the men's 200m at next month's 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games in Australia. read more..