Articles from Caribbean Update (March 1, 1999)

Title	Author	Type	Words
1,350-ACRE RESORT COMMUNITY.			114
22,000 JOBS LOST.			266
AIRLINE ATTRACTS INVESTOR INTEREST II.			170
AIRLINE TICKET SCAM.			228
AIRPORT PRIVATIZATION DUE.			82
ALMOND RESORTS REPORTS HIGHER PROFITS.			202
AMERICAN AIRLINES SUBSIDY TO END.			279
AMERICAN EAGLE FLIGHTS.			171
AMOCO ANNOUNCES LAYOFFS.			186
BANANA ROW CONTINUES.			222
BIMBO-BANCAFE DEAL.			84
BLACK MARKET BEEF.			276
BREWSTER HASTINGS TO CLOSE AGUADILLA PLANT.			214
CANADIAN SNOWBIRDS.			442
CARIBBEAN BANKS, INSURANCE CO. NAMED IN SCANDAL.			145
CARIBE HILTON CLOSING FOR RENOVATION.			166
CARICOM WANTS SEA DECLARED SPECIAL AREA.			129
CENTRAL AMERICAN ENERGY TO BE CHEAPER.			366
CIVIL AVIATION UPDATE.			334
CLINTON VISIT.			87
COASTAL INAUGURATES NEW POWER PLANT.			175
CORRUPTION REVEALED.			105
CUBANS DENIED VISAS FOR CHA EVENT.			96
CZECH FIRM WINS ELECTRIC PLANT CONTRACT.			80
DATA SERVER ORDER.			151
DEATH LINKED TO VISA RACKET.			94
DEBT RESTRUCTURED BY CDB.			87
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT ORDER.			103
DOCTORS LAID OFF IN ECONOMIC CRUNCH.			127
DOUBLE TAXATION ACCORD WITH MADRID.			132
ECONOMY GREW BY 4.9% IN 1998.			171
ELECTIONS EXPECTED IN MARCH.			213
EMERGENCY RECOVERY PROGRAM.			83
EMERGENCY RECOVERY, DISASTER MANAGEMENT.			94
EMERGENCY RURAL ROAD REPAIRS.			96
ENVIRONMENTAL TROUBLE BREWS.			116
ERICSSON TO BUILD WIRELESS NETWORK.			104
EUROPEAN ASSISTANCE FOR HOSPITAL.			414
EXTORTION RACKET HITS FILM INDUSTRY.			101
FARMERS WANT TARIFF PROTECTION.			201
FIRE HYDRANTS DRY.			132
FORCED CONTRACEPTION? Young women in free trade zones and maquila factories in Honduras are being injected against their will with Depo Provera, a contraceptive that blocks pregnancy for three months, claims the New York City- based National Labor Committee, reports Multinational Monitor (November 1998). The women are often misled about what they are being injected with, many believing they are receiving tetanus shots, claims the Committee's Charles Kernaghan.			169
FOREIGN TRADE ZONE APPROVAL.			253
GEOTHERMAL PLANT INAUGURATION.			162
GERMAN VISITORS ON THE DECLINE.			121
GOLD MINERS' USE OF MERCURY CAUSES CONCERNS.			83
GOLDEN TRIANGLE PLAN TO BE UNVEILED.			103
GOVT. DROPS FIGHT AGAINST NEWSPAPER.			83
HELENAIR TAKES ON THE COMPETITION.			141
IDB APPROVES US$25 MILLION.			116
INDIA, TRINIDAD DEEPEN TIES.			91
INSURANCE INDUSTRY PLAN ABANDONED.			160
JAPANESE GRANT FOR FISHERIES COMPLEX.			83
LABOR PARTY REELECTED.			144
LOAN TO BOOST SKILLS STANDARDS.			84
LUXURY HOTELS FOR CENTRAL AMERICA.			126
MIAMI-GRAND TURK AIR SERVICE.			1328
MINING PRIVATIZATION.			111
NEW CABINET SWORN IN.			149
NNP WINS LANDSLIDE VICTORY.			149
NUTRITION, HEALTH PROJECT.			87
OIL DRILLING TEST.			86
PANAMA TO BUY WEAPONS FROM U.S.			103
PLAZA LAS AMERICAS EXPANSION.			90
PRIVATIZATION OF PAPER MANUFACTURER.			116
PURCHASE OF 43,000 LAPTOP COMPUTERS.			121
RECENT CANADIAN WHEAT PURCHASES.			149
RECORD AIR ARRIVALS.			96
REGION LOSING OUT ON APPAREL INVESTMENT.			245
RESORT HALTS FINGERPRINTING JOBSEEKERS.			99
ROAD CONSTRUCTION.			89
SHAKEUP FACING RUM INDUSTRY.			505
SOL MELIA'S HOTEL COMPLEX.			91
SOLDIERS TO PATROL TOURIST AREAS.			190
STOCKFEEDS TRADE WAR BREWING.			81
TACA CARGO FLIGHTS.			114
TELECOM JV PROJ.			107
The Central Bank is intervening.			103
THOUSANDS FACE STARVATION.			101
TRAVEL CONDITIONS UPDATE.			515
U.S. SEES SURGE IN CUBANS SMUGGLED TO FLORIDA.			93
U.S.-CUBA BASEBALL HITS SNAG.			117
UPS AREA HUB.			114
US$111 MILLION FOR HURRICANE RECOVERY.			103