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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/e5abd99746ab67f4/ en-us Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:40:38 -0500 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:40:38 -0500 30 Cuba has begun to employ a new technology to produce white sugar, a measure that improves its quality, avoids the refining process and reduces the cost of manufacture, a media report said Sunday. http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203262629/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:50:02 -0500 IANS http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203262629/cs/1/ The toll in the shipwreck off the northeastern Dominican Republic has risen to 16, a navy spokesperson said Sunday. http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203261520/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203261520/cs/1/ It’s been two years since hell paid Haiti a visit, but for countless women, terror still stalks the ruins. The scars of the January 2010 earthquake are etched on their bodies, in an ... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203277222/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:04:09 -0500 The Nation http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203277222/ Havana, Feb 6 (Prensa Latina) Farming contracts in Cuba cannot be postponed to assure an increase in production and economic stability and to prevent crimes, said ANAP President Orlando Lugo. The ... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203276068/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:55:55 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203276068/ Santo Domingo, Feb 6 (Prensa Latina) The local Leones del Escogido team reaffirmed its leadership and unbeaten record in the 2012 Caribbean Baseball Series, after defeating Mexico''s ... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203277220/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:55:54 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203277220/ Club Med, once an all-inclusive chain for swinging singles, now appeals to families and couples as well as solo vacationers with dozens of resorts ... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203277219/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:27:20 -0500 The Seattle Times http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203277219/ For the quarter ended Dec. 31 (Q4), Royal Caribbean Cruises met expectations on revenues and beat expectations on earnings per share. Compared to the prior-year quarter, revenue increased and GAAP ... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203277217/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:07:52 -0500 General Sources http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203277217/ RCL ) has reported fourth-quarter 2011 earnings of 17 cents per share, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 14 cents. Earnings showed a modest improvement from 15 cents per share posted the ... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203277218/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:07:48 -0500 General Sources http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203277218/ Miami, FL (PRWEB) February 06, 2012 Royal Caribbean International's new brand campaign is targeting New York-area commuters, both above and below ground, by taking over the 42nd Street S line ... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203277216/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:07:38 -0500 General Sources http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203277216/ Jermaine Lannaman, Gleaner WriterAccurate bowling by fast bowler Andre Russell and persistent bowling by Nikita Miller yesterday guided Jamaica to an 81-run win over the Windward Islands in their ... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203271884/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:36:19 -0500 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203271884/ Brades, Feb 6 (Prensa Latina) The Ministry of Health of Montserrat has announced that childhood obesity currently represents an emerging problem in this Caribbean country, a dependent territory of ... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203271886/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:32:32 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203271886/ Fidel Castro Ruz: Guerrillero del tiempo The leader of the Cuban Revolution launched memories Titled ';Guerrillero del tiempo';.Castro launched in this capital two volumes of his memories ... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203271887/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:29:48 -0500 National Turk http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203271887/ FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Feb. 6, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ALAS International Holdings Inc. (Pink Sheets:VDSC) announces that the PV Enterprises team has been working extensively to complete and sign ... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203271882/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:54:42 -0500 General Sources http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203271882/ RFK Memorial Center for Human Rights and 2002 RFK Award recipient, Loune Viaud of Zamni Lasante, release U.S. Department of Treasury documents revealing that the U.S. and the Inter-American ... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203271883/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:06:52 -0500 progressive newswire http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203271883/ Corporate America Reaches Out to Haiti Through World VisionAid Agency Expresses Thanks to Corporate Donors; Opens Miami Warehouse Asks for Partnership and Perseverance Over Extended Recovery & ... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203270216/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:05:40 -0500 Best Western http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203270216/ Best Western Rewards Members To Donate Points for Haiti Relief EffortMembers of Global Frequency Program Can Make a Difference through World Vision, Best Western Hotelier and Employee Efforts ... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203270654/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:05:39 -0500 Best Western http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203270654/ WAM Abu Dhabi, Feb 06th, 2012 (WAM)--President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has received a thank cable from Cuban President Raul Castro, in reply to his cable on the Cuban ... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203271885/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:02:08 -0500 WAM http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203271885/ Reese Erlich looks at how Cuba's relationship with the US could change under Obama in his new book Dateline Havana: The Real Story of US Policy and the Future of Cuba. Long before Castro, ... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203268343/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:33:35 -0500 NCM http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203268343/ Chris Gayle's second-innings century powered Jamaica to a comfortable 81-run win over Windward Islands in their opening game of the Regional Four-day ... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203266282/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:33:58 -0500 Cricinfo http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203266282/ Traffic Division head Senior Superintendent of Police Radcliffe Lewis is calling for laws to be enacted to support the permanent seizure of vehicles which operate illegally as taxis. Lewis' ... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203264458/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:53:43 -0500 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203264458/ Residents of Greenwich Road in Kingston were plunged into mourning yesterday as news spread about the tragic death of 71-year-old Violet Lynch, who was mowed down on her way to church earlier in the ... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203264456/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:53:42 -0500 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203264456/ St Lucia Prime Minister Dr Kenny Anthony has lauded former Jamaican Prime Minister P.J. Patterson for his staunch support of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). At the same time, Anthony has urged ... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203264457/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:53:42 -0500 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203264457/ SOUTH EAST St Andrew Member of Parliament Julian Robinson and his political opponent in the December 29 general election, Dwight Nelson, gave up their usual Sunday morning rituals to brush shoulders ... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203264459/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:53:41 -0500 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203264459/ Jamaica House yesterday said the job-creation proposal was a subject of the discussions during deliberations within the Cabinet, which met over the weekend for a retreat.The Cabinet retreat, which ... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203264455/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:53:41 -0500 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203264455/ The six primary schools identified for close scrutiny by former Education Minister Andrew Holness, due to their dismal performance in the 2010-2011 Grade Four Literacy Test, have again failed to ... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203264460/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:53:40 -0500 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203264460/ (http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=24095)MIAMI, FLA., January 14 (CNA) .- The Archdiocese of Miami is organizing a pilgrimage to Cuba for the visit of Pope Benedict XVI, Archbishop Thomas ... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203264461/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:57:57 -0500 EWTN http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203264461/ FIDEL Castro, the 85-year-old revolutionary who led Cuba for nearly 50 years, is publishing a two-volume memoir called 'Guerrilla of Time'.In a rare public appearance, the ailing former ... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203263019/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:48:14 -0500 Independent.ie http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203263019/ Andy Dirks drove in the game-winning run for the second consecutive night to lead the Dominican Republic's Escogido Leones to a 2-0 win over Mexico's Ciudad Obregon Yaquis in the Caribbean ... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203261785/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:06:54 -0500 General Sources http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203261785/ CARACAS, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- Presidents and top officials from 11 Latin American countries on Sunday called on organizers of the upcoming Summit of the Americas in April to ensure that Cuba will be ... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203261786/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:23:57 -0500 SINA http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203261786/ Demonstrators burn a British flag outside the UK embassy in Buenos Aires. Tensions have risen between Britain and Argentina over Falklands issue. Photograph: Marcos ... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203260615/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:23:06 -0500 The Guardian http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203260615/ (CBS News) More than two years after the deadly earthquake in Haiti, the long road to recovery continues for those who are injured. CBS News correspondent Whit Johnson has this example of one victim ... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203260269/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:16:17 -0500 CBS News http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203260269/ (CBS News) More than two years after the deadly earthquake in Haiti, the long road to recovery continues for those who are injured. CBS News correspondent Whit Johnson has this example of one victim ... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203260549/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:16:14 -0500 CBS News http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203260549/ SABANA DE LA MAR, Dominican Republic – Sixteen bodies have been recovered and 11 people have been rescued in waters off this coastal town after an overloaded boat carrying migrants from ... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203256625/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:23:58 -0500 Fox News http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203256625/ Former Cuban president Fidel Castro has made a rare public appearance at the launch of his memoirs in Havana. The 85-year-old was promoting ‘A Guerilla of Time’: a book that charts ... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203255522/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:50:01 -0500 Euro News http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203255522/ (http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=24190)MADRID, SPAIN, January 30 (CNA) .- Pope Benedict XVI will place a golden rose before the statue of Our Lady of Charity, the patroness of Cuba, ... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203255559/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:27:36 -0500 EWTN http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203255559/ Caracas, Feb 5 (Prensa Latina) The foreign ministers of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our Americas (ALBA) agreed to meet in Cuba soon to assess decisions regarding the exclusion of the ... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203254401/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:48:47 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203254401/ MIAMI (CBSMiami) - Residents who live near Miami neighborhood of Little Haiti will now be able to get fresh fruits and vegetables grown on local farms. As part of the Miami Dade County Health ... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203254402/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:07:49 -0500 CBS 4 http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203254402/ MIAMI (CBS4) – A memorial service will be held Sunday for a South Florida volunteer who was shot in Haiti. Nicolle Bompart has lived through more grief than most of us can handle. Thursday ... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203253289/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:32:29 -0500 CBS 4 http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203253289/ Havana, Feb 5 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban National Seismological Service reported an earthquake in the central region of the country without reports of casualties or damages. The quake of 2.5 ... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203251873/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:34:45 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203251873/ GRATEFUL for rain on a Caribbean vacation? You bet I was. And you might have been, too, had you just escaped from a mob of bronzed bodies dancing under the stars in whipped-up, blissed-out unison to ... http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203251239/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:13:15 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203251239/