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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Jamaican Times.com http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/10/id/8fdef8065235cb7f/ en-us Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:33:13 -0500 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:33:13 -0500 30 Cricket officials in Dunedin have apologised for using the slogan 'It's all white here' to promote a Test match between New Zealand and the visiting West Indies side in the city next month. http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/432801/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:00:29 -0500 Jamaican Times.com http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/432801/cs/1/ London, Nov 21 : British royal Prince Williams is heading to the Caribbean region for a secret training mission with the Special Boat Service (SBS). http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/432873/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:01:13 -0500 Jamaican Times.com http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/432873/cs/1/ PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti | The 5-year-old teetered on broomstick legs - he weighed less than 20 pounds, even after days of drinking enriched milk. Nearby, a 4-year-old girl hung from a strap attached to ... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19735567/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:13:32 -0500 The Ledger http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19735567/ Management consultant Dr Leahcim Semaj is urging persons who might lose their jobs in the next few months not to immediately cash their redundancy payments. http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19735904/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:02:31 -0500 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19735904/ PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- The 5-year-old teetered on broomstick legs - he weighed less than 20 pounds, even after days of drinking enriched milk. Nearby, a 4-year-old girl hung from a strap attach... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19735302/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:07:36 -0500 The News Journal http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19735302/ By Sir Ronald Sanders Ominous clouds are gathering around financial services in the Caribbean both offshore and onshore. The clouds are approaching from two directions – the new US government th... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19731774/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:59:49 -0500 Caribbean Net News http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19731774/ PORT-AU-PRINCE -- A noisy rumble sparked panic at a school outside the Haitian capital Wednesday, killing one student and wounding dozens as jitters remained nearly two weeks after a deadly school col... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19732360/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:00:58 -0500 The China Post http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19732360/ HAVANA, Cuba (ACN): The President of the St Lucia-Cuba Friendship Association Rawle Harvey presented a donation of materials sent from that country to Cuba, to help in the recovery from the damage cau... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19732365/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:59:45 -0500 Caribbean Net News http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19732365/ LOS ANGELES, USA (AFP): Honduras defeated Mexico 1-0 with the help of an own goal on a waterlogged field to advance in 2010 South Africa World Cup qualifying at the expense of Jamaica. Jamaica defeate... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19731619/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:59:42 -0500 Caribbean Net News http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19731619/ oscar@caribbeannetnews.com GEORGETOWN, Guyana: One hundred and fifteen passengers travelling between Guyana and New York via Port of Spain on Wednesday were seriously inconvenienced when Caribbean Air... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19731732/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:59:37 -0500 Caribbean Net News http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19731732/ PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The 5-year-old teetered on broomstick legs — he weighed less than 20 pounds, even after days of drinking enriched milk. Nearby, a 4-year-old girl hung from a strap a... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19727767/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:09:50 -0500 Fox News http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19727767/ A gang member and his friends were arrested today after they walked into English High School in Jamaica Plain with a loaded gun looking for a student they had a beef with while an anti-gang seminar wa... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19722675/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:27:57 -0500 Boston Herald http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19722675/ HAVANA, Nov 20 (IPS) - In Cuba, international aid is promoting the advancement of cultural projects, adopting an approach that enriches the traditional perspective on development with a dimension clos... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19716360/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:45:24 -0500 IPS http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19716360/ AFP, LOS ANGELES Friday, Nov 21, 2008, Page 20 Honduras defeated Mexico 1-0 with the help of an own goal on a waterlogged field on Wednesday to advance in 2010 World Cup qualifying at the expense ... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19716850/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:12:47 -0500 Taipei Times http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19716850/ LA HABANA -- Las autoridades cubanas decomisaron en agosto 577 kilos de marihuana que después fueron quemados, reportó el jueves el diario oficial Granma.El rotativo señal&oacute... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19716846/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:48:11 -0500 Miami Herald http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19716846/ PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Emergency officials say a 19-year-old Haitian schoolgirl died of a heart attack after students panicked that their school was collapsing. Civil protection official Jean Ed... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19716884/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:38:17 -0500 Find Law http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19716884/ MOSCOW, November 20 (RIA Novosti) - Russian metals giant Norilsk Nickel is considering the possibility of becoming an operator in a metals plant construction project in Cuba, the company's CEO sai... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19716078/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:35:45 -0500 Russian Information Agency http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19716078/ CHARLESTOWN, Nevis: The Federation of St Kitts and Nevis is presently hosting the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force’s (CFATF) Heads of Plenary and Ministerial Meetings, which are taking plac... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19709545/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:07:45 -0500 Caribbean Net News http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19709545/ GEORGETOWN, Guyana: President of Guyana Bharrat Jagdeo on Monday evening told representatives of participating countries at the Caribbean Development Bank/Inter American Development Bank (CDB/IDB), Ci... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19710714/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:07:44 -0500 Caribbean Net News http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19710714/ KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS): Jamaica stands to benefit from more technical expertise in the areas of education and agriculture from Brazil, according to Jamaica's prime minister. The Brazilian Embassy als... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19711419/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:07:42 -0500 Caribbean Net News http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19711419/ By Horace Helps KINGSTON, Jamaica (Reuters): The coach of triple Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt is prepared to wait a while longer before declaring the Jamaican the world's greatest ever sprinter. ... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19711420/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:07:41 -0500 Caribbean Net News http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19711420/ n Jan. 1, 2009, the Cuban Revolution marks its 50th anniversary. Three weeks later, Barack Obama will step into the Oval Office as the 11th U.S. president to face a Castro-led government in Havana.Sev... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19709728/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:16:20 -0500 Miami Herald http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19709728/ SANTO DOMINGO.- The Boudicca Cruise’s arrival in Santo Domingo Port on Saturday marks the start of Dominican Republic’s 2008-09 cruise ship season, expected to draw through two terminals in the ca... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19709999/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:09:27 -0500 Dominican Today http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19709999/ oscar@caribbeannetnews.com KINGSTON, Jamaica: Jamaica seems set to retain the death penalty, but the hangman could have his workload shared, as some parliamentarians have proposed the use of lethal in... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19710717/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:07:37 -0500 Caribbean Net News http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19710717/ oscar@caribbeannetnews.com KINGSTON, Jamaica: Directors of the Jamaica Tourist Board have joined a growing list of public sector executives appointed by the 13-month-old Jamaica Labour Party governmen... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19711418/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:07:42 -0500 Caribbean Net News http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19711418/ reported that at Tuesday's meeting of the Bauxite Alumina Industry Security Committee it was revealed that JA$660.9 million (US$8.6m) worth of diesel was stolen from the bauxite industry between 2005-... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19710721/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:07:34 -0500 Caribbean Net News http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19710721/ SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico: Coast Guard rescue crews suspended their search at 7 p.m. Wednesday for a missing yola (boat) with more than 90 Dominican Republic migrants aboard, that reportedly went missing ... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19710718/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:07:32 -0500 Caribbean Net News http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19710718/ Anthony Foster, Gleaner WriterKemoy Campbell and Natoya Goule, both national junior representatives, won Sunday's Burger King 10K in Portmore.However, Rupert Green and Arieta Martin did enough to take... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19706736/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:17:06 -0500 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19706736/ Orville Clarke, Gleaner WriterRETURNING CHAMPION jockey Omar Walker stole the show at Caymanas Park yesterday, thanks to a fabulous four-timer on the nine-race programme.His winners were 7-5 favourite... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19706737/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:17:05 -0500 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19706737/ President of the Jamaica Manufacturers Association (JMA), Omar Azan, says while the impact they would have is clear, no analysis has been done on the situation so far."The more congestion you have is ... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19706106/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:09:10 -0500 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19706106/ Orville Clarke, Gleaner WriterCARIB CEMENT walked away with the most awards at the 70th annual KSAFA/Western Sports Business House Football Association (BHFA) ceremony at the Scotiabank Sports Club, O... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19706738/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:17:04 -0500 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19706738/ Glenroy Sinclair, Assignment CoodinatorMEXICO'S TOP rally driver, Ricardo Trivinio, headlines a list of international drivers confirmed to compete in Jamaica's premier motorsport event, Rally Jamaica ... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19706105/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:17:05 -0500 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19706105/ The trial of the man accused of the murder of three children at Killancholly, St Mary, in 2005 entered its third day yesterday with a policeman testifying that on February 8, 2005, the accused showed ... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19706107/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:09:09 -0500 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19706107/ Jamaica defeated Canada 3-0 in World Cup qualifying on Wednesday but it wasn't enough to advance to the CONCACAF finals.Jamaica missed out because Honduras downed Mexico 1-0 to top Group 2 on 12 point... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19706111/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:08:56 -0500 eTaiwan News http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19706111/ SANDY SPRINGS, GA, November 20, 2008 /24-7PressRelease/ -- FireLine hosts Jim Daws and Jeff Hayes welcomed Chief Dave Rohr to FireLIne Saturday November 15, 2008 to discuss the rescue work done by Roh... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19701542/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:52:37 -0500 24 / 7 Press Release http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19701542/ Leeward Islands beat the Windwards by 70 runs to join Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados and Jamaica in the semifinals of the WICB Cup one-day tournament on Wednesday.Trinidad and Leewards topped the nine-... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19698711/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:23:10 -0500 eTaiwan News http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19698711/ Heavy rains caused a river in eastern Cuba to overflow its banks, flooding highways and more than 2,000 homes, and leading authorities to evacuate nearly 20,000 people, state media said.Severe floodin... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19698712/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:22:54 -0500 NDTV http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19698712/ Residents of Chancellor Hall, the University of the West Indies, at a vigil held in October, in honour of three students who were killed in a car accident in St Mary a week earlier. - Contributed http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19698214/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:19:37 -0500 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19698214/ HAVANA -- China’s President Hu Jintao on Wednesday was to wrap up a landmark visit to Cuba where he brought millions of dollars in aid and promises of closer trade ties. http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19698668/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:14:35 -0500 The China Post http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19698668/ By JAMES FULLERASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad -- A pair of goals by Kenwyne Jones and Dwight Yorke in a two-minute span in the second half helped Trinidad to a 3-0 win over Cuba on... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19697981/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:07:21 -0500 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19697981/ at Providence . Set 180 to win, Guyana were bowled out for 143 in 45 overs, with the Jamaican spin duo of Lorenzo Ingram and Bevon Brown taking three wickets apiece. Ingram, a left-arm spinner, was th... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19689939/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:06:16 -0500 Cricinfo http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19689939/ The financial crisis has forced a stall on the multimillion dollar construction project of the Punta Palmera Condominium at the Cap Cana Resort in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19683328/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:13:11 -0500 MSNBC http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19683328/ PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- (AP) -- At least two people died in a helicopter crash between the Haitian coastal cities of St. Marc and Gonaives, police said Tuesday.Authorities found two Florida driver's... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19684659/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:13:07 -0500 The Miami Herald http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19684659/ Rasbert Turner, Star Writer Spanish Town An ex-cop is $3,000 poorer after he was tricked by a fake policeman. The incident occurred on Monday in Spanish Town, St Catherine. Reports are that the ex-... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19684889/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:10:34 -0500 Jamaica Star http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19684889/ Two Bahamians held without proper documentation or permission, were ordered to leave the country when they appeared in the Corporate Area Resi-dent Magistrate's Court on Tuesday. The men, Ian Porter ... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19684888/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:10:33 -0500 Jamaica Star http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19684888/ WESTERN BUREAU A Bajan, who was caught trying to smuggle ganja out of Jamaica, was sentenced to nine months in prison in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday.Roosevelt Turton, 53, pl... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19684887/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:10:38 -0500 Jamaica Star http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19684887/ HAVANA: China’s President Hu Jintao met Cuban leader Fidel Castro — who is also the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba — in Havana on Tuesday. M... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19684609/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:09:07 -0500 The Hindu http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19684609/ SANTO DOMINGO.- Two U.S. State Department officials investigate the situation of undocumented Haitians in the country and the Dominican Government’s migratory policy. David Robinson, temporary unde... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19684891/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:05:46 -0500 Dominican Today http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19684891/ SANTO DOMINGO. – What can be described in the local jargon as “el loco is loose” is wreaking havoc in Dominican Republic’ ruling party, where despite its General Secretary’s calls to addr... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19684890/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:05:45 -0500 Dominican Today http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19684890/ For the Ponce de Leons, the deadly hijacking of a Cubana Airlines plane is more than unresolved history - it's a family secret that has been buried for a half-century.Until now.After decades of silenc... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19677170/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:50:20 -0500 The Guardian http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19677170/ SANTO DOMINGO.- Airfares to Miami, New York and Spain have become 10 and 20 percent cheaper in the last few days due to the start of the high tourist season and lower fuel prices. For Miami there are... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19679035/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:47:30 -0500 Dominican Today http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19679035/ said it will discontinue its common stock dividend. "We recognize our dividend is important to many of our shareholders," Chairman and CEO Richard D. Fain said. "However, the best way ... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19679036/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:44:20 -0500 Business Journal http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19679036/ (1 hr 6 mins ago) President Hu Jintao has promised Cuba at least US$78 million (HK$608.4 million) in donations, credit and hurricane relief to one of the few communist allies China has left. Hu al... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19679037/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:32:17 -0500 The Standard http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19679037/ For the Ponce de Leons, the deadly hijacking of a Cubana Airlines plane is more than unresolved history -- it's a family secret that has been buried for a half century.Until now.After decades of silen... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19673604/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:39:25 -0500 Miami Herald http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19673604/ Mexico lead with 10 points, one more than Honduras, while Jamaica are next on seven. Canada, the other team in what had rightly been dubbed the 'Group of Death' - given the quality of its opponents an... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19669469/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:48:41 -0500 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19669469/ Students of Catherine Hall Primary School make their way home after the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management ordered schools closed due to flooding in some areas of St James. - pho... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19669471/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:48:39 -0500 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19669471/ Audley Boyd, Assistant Sport EditorIT'S NOW or never. The day of reckoning is nigh for the Reggae Boyz, who must either beat Canada or get eliminated from CONCACAF World Cup qualifying for the 2010 Fi... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19669887/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:56:44 -0500 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19669887/ The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management yesterday also reported several incidents of flooding, impassable roads and landslides in the parishes of St James and Trelawny, leaving se... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19669475/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:48:38 -0500 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19669475/ Robert Bailey, Gleaner WriterFOLLOWING THEIR tri-nation series victory over South Africa and Trinidad and Tobago last week at the National Indoor Sports Complex, the Jamaica Sunshine Girls will do bat... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19669641/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:56:45 -0500 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19669641/ Adrian Frater, News EditorWESTERN BUREAU:SPALDINGS HIGH moved to within a point of making their first ISSA/Pepsi/Digicel daCosta Cup semi-final yesterday when they spanked Lacovia High 2-0 to take sol... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19669885/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:56:45 -0500 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19669885/ WESTERN BUREAU: Tourism stakeholders in Jamaica are asking the Government for a stimulus package in light of the global financial crisis, which threatens the viability of the country's major income-g... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19669474/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:48:37 -0500 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19669474/ The searching of students in public schools will become a permanent feature as the Ministry of Education moves to enforce safety. This was disclosed by Minister of Education Andrew Holness during a t... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19669473/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:48:36 -0500 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19669473/ VIKINGS AND Venus, joint men's leaders in the Jamaica Volleyball Association Club's League, secured important victories on the weekend at G.C. Foster College.Vikings, the reigning Division One champio... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19669886/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:56:46 -0500 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19669886/ That was the consensus among those present at yesterday's official launch of a two-day conference, scheduled for the National Stadium in St Andrew, at which world-renowned preacher, Bishop T.D. Jakes,... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19669470/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:48:40 -0500 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19669470/ Barbara Gayle, Staff Reporter A bizarre case came to an end when an African man who was lost in the prison system for eight years was last Friday taken from the Half-Way Tree lock-up to a Missionarie... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19669472/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:48:35 -0500 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19669472/ Orville Clarke, Gleaner WriterNINE NATIVE bred two-year-olds are slated to contest the Abbie Grannum Memorial Cup maiden special over 1400 metres, offering a total purse of $550,000.The race is run an... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19669037/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:56:44 -0500 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19669037/ Hu Jintao 's arrival in Havana, many Cubans caught the welcoming ceremony on Chinese-made Panda TVs. Some rode home after a long day at work on the thousands of new Chinese Yutong buses that have grad... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19669477/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:29:27 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19669477/ (HAVANA) — China's president signed trade deals with communist ally Cuba and agreed to help it modernize its ports and hospitals on Tuesday, part of a Latin America trip on which Chinese business... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19669479/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:15:51 -0500 Time http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19669479/ China's president has signed a range of trade deals with Cuba and pledged millions of dollars in aid to the Caribbean nation as it struggles to recover from the impact of three hurricanes. Hu Jintao'... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19669465/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:47:06 -0500 Al Jazeera http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/19669465/