'This sets a dangerous precedent'
THE CARIBBEAN Community (CARICOM) yesterday deplored 'the removal of President Aristide' from office, as setting 'a dangerous precedent for democratically-elected governments anywhere and everywhere...' The statement, issued by Jamaica's Prime Minister.
Jamaica ready to provide troops
JAMAICA WAS Ready and willing to provide troops to support the constitutional process in Haiti, a government spokesman said, but he added that no deployment had been decided on yet.
Aristide flees - Said headed for exile in Africa
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, (Reuters): HAITIAN PRESIDENT Jean-Bertrand Aristide fled his chaotic Caribbean country yesterday in the face of a bloody armed revolt, and United States (U.S.) President George W. Bush ordered in American Marines to restore order.
Haitian refugees to get skills training
WESTERN BUREAU: HAITIAN REFUGEES are to get vocational training to prepare them for their return home.
Government to pay $billion to contractors
THE MINISTRY of Transport and Works promised last Thursday to pay, over the next few days, almost a billion dollars it owes to contractors on Government projects islandwide.
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