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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 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:20:36 -0400 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:20:36 -0400 30 St.The following is the scoreboard of the match between India and the West Indies in the rain marred third One-day international of the four-match series at the Beausejor Stadium here Friday. http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/514945/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:50:09 -0400 Jamaican Times.com http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/514945/cs/1/ St.A responsible knock of 46 from 34 balls by skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni helped India to defeat West Indies by six wickets under Dockworth-Lewis method in the rain-affected third One-day international here Friday. http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/514942/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:50:06 -0400 Jamaican Times.com http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/514942/cs/1/ London, Jul 3 : Staff at the luxury Caribbean resort have banned troubled singer Amy Winehouse from swimming in their pool, as she does so after marathon boozing sessions. http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/514765/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:10:13 -0400 Jamaican Times.com http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/514765/cs/1/ India won the toss and elected to field against the West Indies in the third one-day international cricket fixture here Friday. http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/514869/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:30:14 -0400 Jamaican Times.com http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/514869/cs/1/ While roving around Spanish Town, The Gleaner team ran into some young men in Rivoli.They were at the Kingdom Builders Church of the Open Bible helping to put up a tent for a health fair. They are reg... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25859422/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:55:12 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25859422/ Photo by Robert Lalah Pastor Norman Lewin plays with children from the church's basic school. Lewin says the school is part of the church's outreach programme to the community. http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25859418/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:55:12 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25859418/ Barbara Gayle, Staff ReporterThe three employees who were fired in April by Contractor General Greg Christie for allegedly withholding critical information have taken him to the Supreme Court seeking ... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25859421/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:55:11 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25859421/ Janet Silvera, Senior Gleaner WriterWESTERN BUREAU:The Gleaner has learnt that Indigo Partners and Oaktree Capital, who are reportedly the owners of Spirit Airlines, have bought the country's national... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25859417/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:55:13 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25859417/ The United Kingdom has increased the fees to enter the region for Jamaicans effective July 6.The British High Commission, in a release, reminded Jamaicans that payments were to be made at the Worldbri... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25859420/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:55:11 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25859420/ CMC:Jamaica on Friday called on its Caribbean Community (CARICOM) neighbours to devise a proper mechanism that would lead to increased intra-regional trade."Trade and the smooth flow of trade can't be... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25859419/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:55:11 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25859419/ Ryon Jones, Online News WriterWhen the going gets tough, the tough get going, especially in these challenging economic times. This was the collective mindset of 18 persons who turned up at the Ministr... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25859423/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:55:10 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25859423/ WITH THE University of Technology (UTech) announcing plans to establish a faculty of law, and an increase in the number of locals reading for law degrees overseas, at least one member of parliament (M... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25859236/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:55:10 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25859236/ CARSON, Calif. — Ali Gerba scored in the 75th minute to give Canada a 1-0 victory over Jamaica in the opening game of the Gold Cup on Friday night. Gerba volleyed Mike Klukowski's left-wing... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25857748/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:42:53 -0400 Sign on San Diego http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25857748/ By Paul Mitchell GROS ISLET, St Lucia (AFP) -- India dodged the showers to eke-out a workmanlike six-wicket victory over West Indies in the rain-hit third One-day International on Friday at the Beause... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25857741/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:25:38 -0400 Caribbean Net News http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25857741/ KINGSTON, Jamaica (OPM) -- Jamaica's Prime Minister Bruce Golding told journalists on Friday that "interesting ideas have been discussed" at an informal caucus of Caribbean heads about the r... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25857956/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:25:34 -0400 Caribbean Net News http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25857956/ KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) -- Jamaica's Ambassador to the United States, Anthony Johnson, is currently in discussions with Algerian officials about supplying Jamaica with Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). &qu... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25857957/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:25:33 -0400 Caribbean Net News http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25857957/ GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Former Prime Minister of Jamaica, Percival James Patterson, on Thursday, charged Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to stand up and be counted for the Commu... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25857733/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:25:32 -0400 Caribbean Net News http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25857733/ KINGSTON, Jamaica (OPM) -- Prime Minister Bruce Golding has emphasized that within a single market, trade has to be rule based and cannot be dependent on an exporter getting hold of a Minister to call... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25857734/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:25:31 -0400 Caribbean Net News http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25857734/ KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) -- Minister of National Security, Senator Dwight Nelson, has said that all independent states within this hemisphere have been severely affected by an infusion of organised cri... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25857746/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:25:28 -0400 Caribbean Net News http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25857746/ CARSON, Calif. -- Ali Gerba scored in the 75th minute as Canada opened the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup with a 1-0 win over Jamaica on Friday. It was Gerba's fifth career Gold Cup goal, tying Carlo Corazzi... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25857509/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:54:54 -0400 TSN http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25857509/ SANTO DOMINGO - An Air France plane from the Dominican Republic to Paris had to turn back shortly after takeoff due to a problem with the air conditioning, the company said Friday."A problem was ... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25853088/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:04:59 -0400 Vancouver Sun http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25853088/ Rasbert Turner, Star Writer The mother of a 13-year-old is in custody while the police are searching for entertainer, Zebra, who has been accused of sexually assaulting the child.Garfield 'Zebra' V... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25851411/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:57:47 -0400 Jamaica Star http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25851411/ Charged with unlawful wounding is Kareen Daley. Daley appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday and pleaded guilty with explanation to the charge. She told the court that ... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25851415/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:57:45 -0400 Jamaica Star http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25851415/ Charged with shop breaking and larceny are Kemar Daniels and Omar Lindo. Daniels is also charged with receiving stolen property. The court was told that the men gained entry to the store by cutting a... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25851418/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:57:44 -0400 Jamaica Star http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25851418/ A release sent from the MOJ said approximately five men have been occupying the entrance to the courthouse after work hours and weekends, and have started the dangerous practice of cooking on the stai... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25851417/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:57:44 -0400 Jamaica Star http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25851417/ DWAYNE McLEOD, Staff Reporter The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has ruled that dancehall artiste Bounty Killer is to be charged in connection with a gun-related incident in 2007.The deejay, r... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25851414/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:57:45 -0400 Jamaica Star http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25851414/ SANTO DOMINGO.- Aimed at continuing to spur the country’s tourism development, the Tourism Ministry with a US$3 million contribution from Japan’s International Cooperation Agency (JICA), and other... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25851180/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:53:14 -0400 Dominican Today http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25851180/ Lawyers representing deejay Ninja Man, real name Desmond Ballentine, and his son Janile are expected to make another bail application on their behalf in the Corporate Area Gun Court today. http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25851416/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:57:45 -0400 Jamaica Star http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25851416/ A man whose sticky fingers got him in trouble with the law will get the chance to put those fingers to work after he was sentenced to 50 hours of community service for simple larceny. http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25851412/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:57:46 -0400 Jamaica Star http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25851412/ Police are bracing for reprisal attacks following the murder of four men at the Live Wire Sports Bar and Grill (formerly La Roose) on Port Henderson Road, St Catherine, on Wednesday. http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25851410/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:57:47 -0400 Jamaica Star http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25851410/ A 45-year-old man who was admitted in hospital after he sustained injuries in a vehicular collision on the Harmony Hall main road, Trelawny, on Sunday, June 28, succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday. F... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25851413/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:57:46 -0400 Jamaica Star http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25851413/ Tashieka Mair, Star Writer WESTERN BUREAU A Canadian man who tried to smuggle drugs out of the island to help him clear mortgage and tax obligations, was sentenced to six months in prison at hard la... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25849119/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:02:36 -0400 Jamaica Star http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25849119/ Information reaching THE WEEKEND STAR is that a group of 19-year-old men got into a dispute earlier this week allegedly over a female choir member. The Area Five police confirmed the incident but sai... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25849120/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:02:35 -0400 Jamaica Star http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25849120/ HAVANA, Jul 3 (IPS) - Cuba and the United States are poised to resume talks on migration issues any time now, although the five Cuban agents imprisoned in the U.S. remain "a formidable obstacle" to no... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25849121/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:02:05 -0400 IPS http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25849121/ Top prospect ditches Cuba A top Cuban pitching prospect with a 100 mph fastball has defected from the national team while playing in a tournament in Rotterdam, Netherlands. ESPN The Magazine repor... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25849118/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:48:29 -0400 Salt Lake Tribune http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25849118/ faced the greatest risk of a U.S. attack since the 1962 Cuban missile crisis and was forced to boost its defenses, the official Cuban daily Granma reported Friday. http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25849116/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:57:17 -0400 Morning Star http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25849116/ PORT ANTONIO (JIS) - Residents of Kensington, Portland, participated in a day of cultural activities in the community, sponsored by the Manchioneal Circuit of Methodist Churches, on Saturday(June 27).... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25849519/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:56:45 -0400 Caribseek http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25849519/ MANDEVILLE (JIS) - Minister of Health, Hon. Rudyard Spencer, wants young Jamaicans to make their contribution to nation building, by becoming involved in various career options. "Times have changed... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25849520/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:56:43 -0400 Caribseek http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25849520/ KINGSTON (JIS - Minister of Energy and Mining, James Robertson, has said that his Ministry is pursuing the resumption of the Cuban Energy Saving Light Bulb Programme. "Any programme that involves e... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25849521/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:56:42 -0400 Caribseek http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25849521/ KINGSTON (JIS) - Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, addressing the Jamaica Teachers Association's(JTA) 16th Annual Golden Torch Award Ceremony for Service in Education at the Hilton Kingston ... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25849522/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:56:40 -0400 Caribseek http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25849522/ Jamaica's former world 100 metres record holder, Asafa Powell, will be seeking to become only the second man in history to post more than 50 sub-10-second results when he runs at the Bislett Games in ... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25847104/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:37:36 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25847104/ The recent one-day retreat involving Senator Don Wehby, minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, the Jamaica Racing Commission, Caymanas Track Limited and the Bett... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25847108/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:37:35 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25847108/ SANTO DOMINGO.- Dominican Republic participates in Caricom’s 30th Conference of Heads of State and Government which concludes July 5 in Georgetown, Guyana, where the regional bloc’s relations will... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25846694/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:25:33 -0400 Dominican Today http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25846694/ Leroy Brown, Gleaner Writer The Burger King Amateur Boxing Series, promoted by the Jamaica Boxing Board, will continue this evening at a new venue. It will be Boxing on the Beach at the Barbican Beach... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25847106/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:37:35 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25847106/ KINGSTON, Ont. — Kingston police investigators continued Friday to piece together the puzzle that might explain the deaths of three sisters from Montreal and their aunt, who somehow ended up in a ca... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25846971/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:13:50 -0400 Canada.com http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25846971/ Four bodies pulled from a submerged car at the Kingston Mills Locks Tuesday are those of three sisters aged 13, 17 and 19, and a related 50-year-old woman from Quebec, according to Kingston police.A P... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25846602/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:12:21 -0400 National Post http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25846602/ Orville Clarke, Gleaner Writer Both the Pick-9 and Super-6 start anew at Caymanas Park tomorrow, the Pick-9 having been caught by only one punter. He received a cool $1.9 million.The Pick-9 will embra... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25847107/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:37:35 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25847107/ Veteran sports administrator Mike Fennell has been returned as president of the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) for another four-year term.Fennell was one of nine officers and directors elected at t... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25847105/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:37:35 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25847105/ Start delayed due to rain Umpires: C R Duncan, N J Llong, B C Broad, G E Greaves West Indies: Gayle (C), Morton, Sarwan, Chanderpaul, DJ Bravo, DM Bravo, Ramdin (W), Taylor, Bernard, Benn, Rampaul I... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25846938/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:10:53 -0400 BBC Sport http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25846938/ KINGSTON - Water supply problems that have plagued large sections of the Corporate Area for decades might soon be a relic of the past, with the roll-out of a US$195-million (J$17-billion) megawater su... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25844637/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:54:38 -0400 Caribseek http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25844637/ A top Cuban pitching prospect with a 100 mph fastball has defected from the national team while playing in a tournament in Rotterdam, Netherlands. http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25841802/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:41:41 -0400 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25841802/ Ukrainian victims of the fallout from the 1986 Chernobyl disaster in Cuba for treatment. More than 18,000 have been treated since 1990. Photograph: Claudia Daut/Reuters http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25841691/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:31:23 -0400 The Guardian http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25841691/ Commissioner of Customs Danville Walker has rebutted claims that an auction of abandoned vehicles by his department at the Queen's Warehouse was tainted by irregularities and partiality. http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25836599/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:53:12 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25836599/ Riley held several positions during his tenure at The Gleaner Company. These included mechanical supervisor (1955), chief production supervisor (1964) and print and plant manager (1972/73). He retired... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25836598/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:53:11 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25836598/ The rigorous enforcement of the Noise Abatement Act by the police and the prosecution of several offenders have left several stakeholders in the Negril entertainment fraternity hopping mad. http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25836601/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:53:10 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25836601/ "Not my Armadale" were the thoughts of Cassandra, a former ward of the facility, when she heard the news of the protests and subsequent fiery deaths of seven teenagers at the centre in May. http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25836596/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:53:10 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25836596/ Following strong lobby by members of the deaf community, the Government had given a commitment that the hearing impaired would be given the opportunity to obtain a driver's licence.However, before the... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25836597/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:53:11 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25836597/ Acting Deputy Commissioner of Police Owen Ellington told journalists at the Police High Command's quarterly press conference yesterday that the crime trend by region was changing in significant ways.H... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25836603/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:53:09 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25836603/ All attention is now on the director of public prosecutions (DPP) into whose hands have been placed the much-anticipated file on the probe into the questionable search of a private aircraft. http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25836600/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:53:10 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25836600/ "We a Rasta. Him no deal with violence and them likkle ways. So we no respons(ible) fi war and things like that. We nuh know what guh down with other people because if my bwoy was a violent yute and t... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25836602/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:53:09 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25836602/ The drug Cervix has been made available through pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline, which officially launched the product Tuesday at the Hilton Kingston Hotel in New Kingston.The drug has been on th... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25836444/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:53:08 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25836444/ President of Northern Caribbean University Dr Herbert Thompson (left) presents a scholarship award to the captain of Team Left Clik, Shawn McLean. - Contributed http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25836604/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:53:08 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25836604/ Former U.S. President Bill Clinton is slated to make his first trip to Haiti next week as U.N. special envoy to the storm-ravaged country.Clinton begins a three-day mission Monday to help the impoveri... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25836593/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:52:30 -0400 eTaiwan News http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25836593/ Jamaican police say a drive-by shooting has left four people dead at a nightclub outside the capital.A police statement says gunmen in two cars shot the victims Wednesday night as they were standing o... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25836594/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:52:05 -0400 eTaiwan News http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25836594/ By Pascal FletcherBASSETERRE, St Kitts (Reuters) -- The Caribbean's small island states ride out hurricanes year after year, but they are fighting to stay afloat in a global economic storm that is bat... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25836612/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:46:49 -0400 Caribbean Net News http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25836612/ WASHINGTON, USA (AFP) -- The United States will provide 420,000 courses of antiviral medication Tamiflu to fight swine flu in Latin America and the Caribbean, the Department of Health and Human Servic... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25836610/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:46:48 -0400 Caribbean Net News http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25836610/ anselma@caribbeannetnews.com CASTRIES, St Lucia -- Danielle Beaubrun captured the islands second medal at the 26th Central American and Caribbean Championships when she placed second for the silver me... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25836316/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:46:38 -0400 Caribbean Net News http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25836316/ KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) -- The government is moving speedily to put in place legislation to facilitate Jamaica's entry into the tourism timeshare market. http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25836357/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:46:36 -0400 Caribbean Net News http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25836357/ Members of the steel pan ensemble Caribbean Sound are seen performing with the Rockford Symphony Orchestra in Rockford, Ill. In 2005. Caribbean Sound will perform with the East Texas Symphony Orchestr... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25836606/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:16:29 -0400 Tyler Morning Telegraph http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25836606/ A commission of inquiry into allegations of corruption in the Turks and Caicos Islands has recommended a criminal investigation into the former premier, Michael Misick, and four of his former minis... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25834325/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:55:23 -0400 Radio Jamaica http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25834325/ GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Leaders of the Caribbean Community opened a four-day summit here Thursday to the strains of steel drums and a call for unity as a host of weighty issues threaten to tear apart t... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25830972/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:03:17 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25830972/ OTTAWA -- Canada has forgiven 2.3 million Canadian dollars ($2 million) in debt owed by Haiti as part of the federal government's plan to relieve impoverished and heavily indebted countries.Finance M... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25830979/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:03:03 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25830979/ The Canadian Press OTTAWA -- One of the world's poorest countries is getting a break on its debt payments. Canada has forgiven Haiti's $2.3-million debt. It's part of the federal government's plan ... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25826532/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:15:05 -0400 CTV http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25826532/ Another talking point is the proposed union between Trinidad and Tobago and some member-nations of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States. http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25826860/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:08:21 -0400 BBC Caribbean http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25826860/ SANTO DOMINGO.- Canada ambassador Patricia Fortier hosted a gathering Wednesday night to mark the 141st anniversary of the founding of her country and the 400 years since the Founding of the City of Q... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25826859/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:15:37 -0400 Dominican Today http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25826859/ It's been a year of contrasting fortunes for the two teams in the ODI format, and they have much to make up for in tomorrow's contest in St Lucia. India have had a http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25827112/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:14:44 -0400 Cricinfo http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25827112/ Rescue workers look over the bodies of four people pulled from a submerged car in the locks northeast of Kingston, Ont., June 30. Police are saying little about the mysterious drowning deaths of three... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25826378/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:01:10 -0400 Canada.com http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25826378/ The Area One police say they are awaiting the results of DNA tests to determine if two bodies found are those of missing Montego Bay, St James, couple, Thomas and Marjoke Chambers. http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25821843/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:22:55 -0400 Jamaica Star http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25821843/ Months after the accident, Clayton is still in hospital. The fifth-form student of the Holy Trinity High School has had a hard time recovering from the accident because he suffers from leukemia and se... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25821841/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:22:55 -0400 Jamaica Star http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25821841/ A Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) training mission went terribly wrong yesterday resulting in three soldiers being seriously injured after a military helicopter crashed at Up Park Camp. http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25821836/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:22:54 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25821836/ The town was Jamaica's second capital, but it's nowhere near the splendour of the days the Spanish called it home.Villa de la Vega (Town of the Plains), as Spanish Town was known in the 1500s, has had... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25821837/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:22:54 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25821837/ THE KILLERS of missing Montego Bay couple, Thomas and Marjoke Chambers, had attempted a 'seaside burial' before fishermen stumbled across their badly decomposed bodies at the Flamingo Beach in Wiltshi... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25821835/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:22:53 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25821835/ The Ministry of Health is urging parents not to send their children out to summer school and other events if they have flu-like symptoms. Director of Emergency Disaster Management and Special Service... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25821844/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:22:53 -0400 Jamaica Star http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25821844/ Rasbert Turner, STAR Writer A mother is now before the court after she and her son were accused of forcing a 15-year-old girl to have an abortion after she became pregnant for him.The allegations wer... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25821842/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:22:56 -0400 Jamaica Star http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25821842/ KINGSTON - Funeral services are scheduled tonight for Gary Lynn Humphreys, who was Tennessee's youngest police chief when he was promoted to that post in Kingston. http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25816538/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:11:03 -0400 Knox News http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25816538/ WASHINGTON - (Business Wire) HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today that the United States will provide 420,000 treatment courses of Tamiflu (Oseltamavir) to the Pan-American Health Organizat... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25817243/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:35:24 -0400 Earth Times http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25817243/ Keisha Hill, Staff Reporter Harbour View United lived up to expectations yesterday drubbing Santos 4-0 in Sherwin Williams Women's League action at the Harbour View Mini Stadium.The Stars of the East ... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25813876/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:35:28 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25813876/ Adrian Frater, News EditorWestern Bureau: The No 7 jersey of former national striker, the late Caple 'Corntail' Donaldson, will be retired on Sunday, July 12, at a big novelty triple-header football e... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25813873/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:35:28 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25813873/ Gros Islet, St Lucia: Newly designated West Indies opening batsman Runako Morton says that he is enjoying his cricket much more these days and as such is playing with a free mind and without the weigh... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25813875/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:35:28 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25813875/ BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC):Jamaica have leapfrogged Trinidad & Tobago again for the top spot in the Caribbean Football Union rankings (CFU) released yesterday but Grenada snatched the spotlight by gra... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25813874/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:35:28 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25813874/ Audley Boyd, Assistant Editor - SportLOS ANGELES, California: MIDFIELDER Jermaine Johnson and defender Damion Stewart are facing heavy fines after missing their flight from Kingston to Miami on Monday... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25813877/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:35:29 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25813877/ Orville Clarke, Gleaner WriterShowing his appreciation for the drop in class, GUIDING LIGHT ran through early in the straight to win the 3-y-o and up high claiming feature for the J.W. 'Judge' Hardie ... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25813878/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:35:28 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25813878/ Royal Caribbean Cruises said it will sell $300 million of senior notes due in 2015 and use the proceeds for general corporate purposes, including repaying debt.The notes were priced at 97.4 percent of... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25813068/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:29:19 -0400 Miami Herald http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25813068/ SANTO DOMINGO.- The Dominican Alliance Against Corruption (Adocco) yesterday filed a complaint against the executive vice president of the State-owned Electrical Companies (CDEEE), Radhamés Segura. ... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25813084/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:22:10 -0400 Dominican Today http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25813084/ The cement and gravel-stained bucket in his hand is an obvious sign that he is in the middle of some other endeavour. The Gleaner has caught him during some manual labour on a driveway in the Greendal... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25807562/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:36:44 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25807562/ Former Scotiabank boss William 'Bill' Clarke was "pushed out" of his post by the bank because it could not ignore allegations and complaints about his professional conduct as head of the financial ins... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25807161/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:36:44 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25807161/ Tripoli - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, the head of the African Union, has called on Caribbean nations to join the grouping. "These countries are considered to be African, but they are in the Cari... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25807560/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:10:34 -0400 IOL http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25807560/ PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Three international organizations canceled US$1.2 billion of Haiti's debt Tuesday, freeing up millions of dollars each year for the deeply impoverished Caribbean nation that i... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25804784/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:17:01 -0400 The China Post http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25804784/ SYDNEY, Australia (AFP)-- West Indies captain Chris Gayle has signed up for Western Australia's Retravision Warriors for this year's domestic Twenty20 competition, officials said on Wednesday, hailing... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25802083/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:52:29 -0400 Caribbean Net News http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25802083/ KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) -- Minister of Finance, Audley Shaw, has assured Parliament that Jamaica will not earn the reputation of a tax haven, when the proposed International Financial Centre (IFC) is ... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25802082/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:52:27 -0400 Caribbean Net News http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/8fdef8065235cb7f/id/25802082/