Provides the latest RSS feeds for Jamaica News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Jamaica News.Net http://www.jamaicanews.net/ en-us Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:28:31 -0400 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:28:31 -0400 30 LeVaughn Flynn, Staff ReporterAFTER A solid 72-50 whipping at the hands of Urban Knights on Thursday in the KFC National Basketball League, St George's Slayers are vowing a better performance when the... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15998739&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:17:55 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15998739&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Geneva.– The Swiss government will authorize the return to Haiti of unclaimed funds linked to former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier, the official Swissinfo news website reportedon Wednesday. In a s... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15994425&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:23:51 -0400 Dominican Today http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15994425&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f BASSETERRE, St Kitts (AFP): Shane Watson kept his nerve, and the seventh-wicket pair of Denesh Ramdin and Darren Sammy failed to carry West Indies over the threshold, as Australia completed a thrillin... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15994335&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:32:24 -0400 Caribbean Net News http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15994335&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Santo Domingo.– Three Dominicans and a Dutch citizen were arrested with nearly 6,000 ecstasy tablets, cocaine and 500,000 pesos ($14,705) of cash in their possession in Santiago province, located ... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15994507&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:23:48 -0400 Dominican Today http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15994507&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f JAMAICA TAE KWON DO'S juniors shone in continuous sparring on Friday's big opening day of the International Sports Karate Association's US Martial Arts Open in Orlando, Florida, winning 13 of 22 medal... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15995949&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:05:30 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15995949&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Beijing.– The Cuban women's volleyball squad won its match 3-1 over Germany in the final weekend of preliminary rounds of the International Volleyball Federation's 2008 Grand Prix in Bangkok, Tha... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15994397&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:23:49 -0400 Dominican Today http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15994397&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f BASSETERRE, St Kitts (AFP): Skipper Ricky Ponting will make an early exit from Australia's tour of the Caribbean on Friday after being ruled out of the last two One-day Internationals against West Ind... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15994369&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:32:27 -0400 Caribbean Net News http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15994369&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Ainsley Walters, Freelance WriterJAMAICA'S COMBINED martial arts team on Thursday night pulled off a nerve-wracking and controversial overtime victory against world International Taekwon-do Federation... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15995947&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:05:29 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15995947&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Tony Becca: FROM THE BOUNDARYWEST INDIES Cricket Board (WICB) president Julian Hunte, the man who has a habit of writing letters to the manager and captain of the West Indies team before a series and ... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15995951&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:05:29 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15995951&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC):DESPITE A fighting, unbeaten century by Trinidad and Tobago left-hander Evin Lewis, Jamaica were still firmly in control of the first round TCL Group West Indies Under-19 Ch... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15994506&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:05:28 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15994506&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Elton Tucker, Assistant Sport EditorMAJOR MAYER, an even money favourite, and I AM PAID FOR, at the generous odds of 7/2, ensured a feature race double for jockey Richard Mitchell on yesterday's ten-r... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15995950&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:05:28 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15995950&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f EUGENE, Oregon (AP):TYSON GAY tumbled to the ground at the start of his 200-metre quarter-final heat at the United States Olympic athletics trials yesterday and had to be carted off the track.Running ... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15995948&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:05:27 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15995948&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Avia Collinder, Sunday Gleaner Writer FACED WITH rising electricity bills, consumers have reduced their energy consumption by 11 per cent for the last two years, negatively impacting the revenue of po... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15992880&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:46:02 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15992880&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f THE GUNS-for-drugs trade between Jamaica and Haiti has taken an exotic twist as female nationals from the French-speaking country are now providing entertainment at some of the popular nightspots on t... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15992879&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:46:01 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15992879&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f JAMAICA IS sitting on a time bomb, which could explode unless the future of youths is secured.That is a message Opposition Senator Basil Waite took to the Upper House when he made his contribution to ... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15992877&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:46:00 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15992877&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f THE TRAGIC assassination of Jamaica Urban Transit Company's (JUTC) chairman, Douglas Chambers, is yet another name to add to the more than 700 homicide victims so far this year. This brutal murder mus... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15992875&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:45:59 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15992875&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f I CANNOT recall one occasion since the emergence of the United States (US) as the dom inant superpower in a globalised economy that the Jamaican Government has convened a forum to discuss Jamaica/US r... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15992874&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:45:58 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15992874&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f . The FBI rounded up more than a dozen spies in 1998, but they have all been replaced, bringing Florida’s spy population to around 210, Lt. Col. Chris Simmons said. His revelation is the first i... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15987868&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:01:34 -0400 Newser http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15987868&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Tym Glaser, Associate Editor - SportHERE WE go again on the West Indies rollercoaster, wheeeee!After a period of relative calm, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and the players are drawing battle ... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15988942&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:27:16 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15988942&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Anthony Foster, Freelance WriterTHE JUST-completed National Senior Track and Field Championships, or Olympic Trials, were the best in recent memory.They were the best not only because the world's two ... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15988943&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:27:16 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15988943&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Ainsley Walters, Freelance ReporterSTRONG DELIVERY's finishing kick should be too powerful for rivals in today's one-mile J.W. Judge Hardie Memorial for $470,000 claimers, one of two trophy races on t... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15985677&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:15:59 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15985677&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f BRIDGETOWN (CMC):Jamaica, courtesy of a brilliant half-century from West Indies Under-19 batsman Horace Miller, were in a solid position against Trinidad and Tobago on the opening day of the first rou... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15985675&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:15:58 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15985675&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Kwesi Mugisa, Staff ReporterTop seed Brandon Burke will face number two ranked Macoy Malcolm as both players secured convincing wins in the Boys Under-18 semi-finals of the Pan Caribbean Jamaica Junio... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15985676&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:15:57 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15985676&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f At the recent metal workers' union congress in Havana little seemed to have changed since Fidel Castro, former Cuban president, became ill almost two years ago, temporarily handing power to his brothe... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15984857&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:25:53 -0400 Financial Times http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15984857&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f July 5, 2008 When Americans think of '50s Cuba, they tend to picture Che Guevara with beard and cap, Fidel Castro ranting in tattered fatigues -- and maybe the romantic early days of the members of... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15983240&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:36:07 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15983240&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f The European Union has dropped diplomatic sanctions against Cuba, defying the US and ending the 'cocktail wars' with the communist island.The move is a victory for Spain, which overrode reservations f... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15981437&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:20:54 -0400 Financial Times http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15981437&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Jamaica will start selling ethanol-blended fuel by the end of the year to reduce its dependence on oil.Energy Minister Clive Mullings says petrol mixed with 10% ethanol will be sold in petrol stations... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15979479&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:16:08 -0400 Breaking News.ie http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15979479&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f The United States missionary group, that had cancelled plans to travel to Jamaica this month after another group was robbed at the Salvation Army School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, has change... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15980207&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:40:14 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15980207&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Motorists will have to pay more to use Highway 2000, as of today. The new toll rates, which were approved by Parliament last month, will see motorists forking out between 16.6 and 66.6 per cent more.P... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15980206&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:40:13 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15980206&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Arthur Hall, Senior Staff ReporterAiling Member of Parliament Derrick Smith says he has no plans to quit representational politics before the end of the current term.Smith is receiving support from th... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15980202&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:40:12 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15980202&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Reggae Sumfest, the premier reggae festival, has been given the go-ahead to stage the one-week event beyond the midnight cut-off time on weekdays and 2 a.m on weekends.Robert Russell, chairman of Summ... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15980204&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:40:11 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15980204&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f LEFT: Senator Barack Obama Billy Perking photo RIGHT: United States religion reporter, Cathleen Falsani, reads excerpts from her book, 'The God Factor', on May 27, 2006, at the Calabash Literary Fes... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15980203&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:40:11 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15980203&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez said Friday that the Cuban government is willing to negotiate with the United States on equal footing without compromising its principles. Perez made the remarks du... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15978661&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:18:24 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15978661&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f MANILA, Philippines -- The United Nations has recently awarded peacekeeping medals to Filipino troops and police officers serving in Haiti in recognition of the "dedication and spirit of sacrifice the... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15978662&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:08:07 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15978662&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Forty-year-old Desrene Irving of 71 Maxfield Avenue in Kingston died on Friday morning in a traffic accident in Half Way Tree, St. Andrew. Miss Irving and two other women, all newspaper vendors, ... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15977314&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:11:49 -0400 Radio Jamaica http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15977314&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Alleged drug dealer Norris "Deedo" Nembhard lost his appeal against extradition to the United States on Friday morning. Mr. Nembhard, who has been designated a drug king pin by the Unit... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15977462&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:11:47 -0400 Radio Jamaica http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15977462&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) is dismissing as untrue, reports that the party is seeking to replace ailing Member of Parliament for North West St. Andrew, Derrick Smith. The party was responding... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15977461&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:11:46 -0400 Radio Jamaica http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15977461&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f The Fraud Squad is investi-gating several reports from Western Union customers who claim that their remittances have gone missing.The customers all say that when they went to the Western Union branche... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15976494&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:45:55 -0400 Jamaica Star http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15976494&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f There is good news for exporters of scrap metal on Friday afternoon. The Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Karl Samuda has announced that the scrap metal export trade is to be reopen... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15975414&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:20:39 -0400 Radio Jamaica http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15975414&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f AS PART of our mission to be the People Paper, THE WEEKEND STAR has been highlighting problem areas across the island. Our reporter, Carolyn Johnson, along with photographer Norman Grindley, will focu... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15976497&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:45:53 -0400 Jamaica Star http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15976497&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Government Senator Tom Tavares-Finson is complaining about the inexperience of lawyers in the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). In his contribution to the State of the Nation d... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15974890&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:20:32 -0400 Radio Jamaica http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15974890&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Finance Minister Audley Shaw is sending a strong message to criminal elements within society. In condemning the brutal murder of the former JUTC chairman, Douglas Chambers, Mr. Shaw also said his... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15974591&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:20:37 -0400 Radio Jamaica http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15974591&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f The promoters of the annual Reggae Sumfest stage show in Montego Bay are beaming with joy on Friday afternoon after the authorities agreed to relax the tough stance taken against events which breach... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15975413&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:20:43 -0400 Radio Jamaica http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15975413&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f The case regarding a Rastafarian man accused of pushing a woman over a 100ft embankment was yesterday put off until August 11 when the matter was called up in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's ... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15976496&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:45:51 -0400 Jamaica Star http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15976496&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f As the four day CARICOM heads of government summit wraps up in Antigua, criticisms are that it is nothing more than a talk-shop. In response, Prime Minister Bruce Golding said much more could be... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15974716&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:20:27 -0400 Radio Jamaica http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15974716&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Well known May Pen business man, Fitzroy Thomas and one of his employees were on Friday morning shot and injured by gunmen in Denbigh Clarendon. It is reported that about 9:30, Mr. Thomas, who is... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15974999&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:20:35 -0400 Radio Jamaica http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15974999&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Three women remain hospitalised on Friday afternoon following a motor vehicle accident in Half Way Tree St. Andrew Friday morning. Forty-year-old Desrene Irving, a newspaper vendor, of 71 Maxfield... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15975073&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:20:38 -0400 Radio Jamaica http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15975073&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f The Dominican government has turned down a request from a Christian group asking that it deny permission for Jamaican dancehall star "Movado" to perform at a concert on Saturday. Movado... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15974715&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:20:42 -0400 Radio Jamaica http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15974715&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Leader of Opposition Business, A. J. Nicholson is complaining that there are too many Joint Select Parliamentary committees. In the Senate Friday, Mr. Nicholson argued that there now exist 10 Com... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15975416&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:20:33 -0400 Radio Jamaica http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15975416&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f The incumbent New National Party (NNP) of Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell appears headed for an unprecedented fourth consecutive term in government. That is according to a new poll from the New... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15974938&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:20:25 -0400 Radio Jamaica http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15974938&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Head of the Clarendon police division Superintendent Dayton Henry said some policemen in the division who are suspected to be involved in corruption are now under investigation. He says under his... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15974873&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:20:34 -0400 Radio Jamaica http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15974873&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Dwayne Mcleod, Staff Reporter Shalman Scott, recently appointed chairman of the Montego Bay Metro Service and former Mayor of Montego Bay who was shot five times by gunmen yesterday is reportedly in ... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15976495&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:45:54 -0400 Jamaica Star http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15976495&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has welcomed Antigua and Barbuda's recent strong economic growth and relatively low inflation. In a statement, the Washington-based international financi... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15975418&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:20:24 -0400 Radio Jamaica http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15975418&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f West Indies captain Chris Gayle could be on course for a showdown with the region's cricket board after taking aim at both selectors and officials. Gayle voiced his displeasure over the sele... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15975419&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:20:22 -0400 Radio Jamaica http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15975419&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Australia's captain Ricky Ponting will fly home from the Caribbean on Friday after he was ruled out of Australia's final two one-day internationals against the West Indies because of a wrist... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15975417&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:20:21 -0400 Radio Jamaica http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15975417&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f The world's two fastest men Jamaica's Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell will go head-to-head at a pre-Olympic meet in Stockholm, Sweden on July 22. Checks with the camp of both sprinters conf... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15975009&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:20:20 -0400 Radio Jamaica http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15975009&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Another member of the police force has been arrested for allegedly running afoul of the law. The constable who is stationed at the Montego Bay Police Station in St. James was detained on Tuesday ... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15974031&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:49:35 -0400 Radio Jamaica http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15974031&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f The Kingston and St Andrew Corporation (KSAC) has pulled the plug on another promoter seeking to hold an event in a residential area. This time, the KSAC has shut down the "HYPERTHERMIA&quo... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15973871&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:49:34 -0400 Radio Jamaica http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15973871&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f After getting a three day reprieve motorists will on Saturday start paying more to travel on Highway 2000. The increase in the toll rates, which was scheduled to take place on Tuesday, was delaye... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15974032&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:49:33 -0400 Radio Jamaica http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15974032&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Commissioner of Customs Danville Walker said the Department will be implementing a paperless filing system at warehouses across the island. Addressing members of the Customs Brokers Association of... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15974030&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:49:32 -0400 Radio Jamaica http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15974030&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f BASSETERRE, St Kitts: Asked whether the comment by WICB president Dr. Julian Hunte’s statement that the team needs to start winning against top ranked teams to avoid relegation into a possible s... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15967762&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:56:08 -0400 Caribbean Net News http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15967762&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f A motive has not been established for the fatal shooting of a man in Stand Pipe, Liguanea, St. Andrew Thursday night. The unidentified man was killed shortly after being hit down by a car. Det... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15966961&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:27:55 -0400 Radio Jamaica http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15966961&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f The three teenagers charged in connection with last month's fatal shooting of a man in Effortville, Clarendon were remanded when they appeared in the May Pen Resident Magistrate's Court on T... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15966967&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:27:53 -0400 Radio Jamaica http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15966967&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f The Clarendon Police will have to return to the drawing board to devise additional strategies to deal with the growing problem of extortion in May Pen's commercial district. The police have a... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15966965&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:27:52 -0400 Radio Jamaica http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15966965&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Normality could return to the island's bauxite/alumina industry Friday in the wake of an impending settlement to the wage dispute at Alumina Partners of Jamaica (ALPART). Following two days... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15966963&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:27:48 -0400 Radio Jamaica http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15966963&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Used car dealers are now complaining that they are losing money due to continuing problems at the Customs Department. It is reported that ongoing changes including the hiring of new customs offi... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15966610&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:27:46 -0400 Radio Jamaica http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15966610&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Corporate Jamaica yesterday loudened its cry against crime and violence, calling for drastic measures in the wake of a recent upsurge in high-profile violent incidents.The Jamaica Employers' Feder-ati... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15963871&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:58:01 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15963871&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Ronald Jackson, director general of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), wants the Government to implement a policy whereby public bodies and private entities contribu... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15963868&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:57:59 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15963868&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Tendai Franklyn-Brown, Staff ReporterThe Early Childhood Commission (ECC) has donated teaching material and other equipment to 60 basic schools throughout Jamaica in response to the devastation wrough... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15963866&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:57:58 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15963866&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f BOGOTA, Colombia (AP):Rescued high-profile hostage Ingrid Betancourt em-braced her children for the first time in six years Thursday, saying the thought of them helped her stay alive until a daring re... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15963864&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:57:57 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15963864&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Robert Bailey, Freelance WriterAUSTRALIA'S INSTITUTE of Sports (AIS) whipped Jamaica's Under-21 netballers 52-39 in the final game of their three-match series at the National Indoor Sports Complex on ... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15961973&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:31:22 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15961973&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Members of Operation Kingfish and the Hunts Bay Police have detained one suspect and recovered 34 tonnes of steel stolen by gunmen on Friday. The suspect was detained in a police operation in Bul... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15960858&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:05:46 -0400 Radio Jamaica http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15960858&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Chairman of the Island Special Constabulary Force (ISCF) Christopher Bowen has taken issue with a newspaper article which claimed that members of the ISCF are not policing the Spanish Town Bus Park... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15961409&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:05:42 -0400 Radio Jamaica http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15961409&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f A federal jury has found a Bahamian fishing boat captain guilty of second-degree murder in the drowning of three illegal immigrants he was trying to smuggle into the United States. Rickey Thomps... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15960624&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:05:43 -0400 Radio Jamaica http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15960624&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Cable & Wireless Jamaica has chosen a Swedish technology giant as its long-term strategic business partner to upgrade and expand its network. Ericsson's Systems Integration, the Stockholm... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15960687&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:05:41 -0400 Radio Jamaica http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15960687&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC)Bahamian Tonique Williams-Darling has announced that she is pregnant and will not defend her Olympic 400-metre title in Beijing this summer.Williams-Darling broke her silence Tues... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15961972&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:31:23 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15961972&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f The police are following strong leads to track suspects involved in Thursday morning's attack on former Mayor of Montego Bay and Political Commentator Shalman Scott. Mr. Scott was shot close ... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15960824&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:05:40 -0400 Radio Jamaica http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15960824&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f It now appears that the region is nowhere near ready for the full implementation of the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME). This was highlighted at a press conference following the mornin... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15961408&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:05:39 -0400 Radio Jamaica http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15961408&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f When the West Indies' fourth and penultimate one day international against Australia takes place at Warner Park in St. Kitts on Friday will be playing for something all too familiar....pride. ... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15961411&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:05:34 -0400 Radio Jamaica http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15961411&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Former West Indies captain and manager Clive Lloyd, was officially appointed Chairman of the ICC's Cricket Committee on Thursday. Lloyd, the former ICC match referee, replaces Sunil Gavaskar... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15960682&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:05:32 -0400 Radio Jamaica http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15960682&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Elton Tucker, Assistant Sport EditorCHAMPION JOCKEY Omar Walker continued his relentless march towards a second title in a row with another three wins at Caymanas Park yesterday.Walker, who began the ... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15959497&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:31:26 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15959497&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Leighton Levy, Freelance WriterDespite season best performances at the National Olympic Trials at the National Stadium last weekend, 2006 Commonwealth Games 200-metre champion Sherone Simpson is not a... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15959498&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:31:26 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15959498&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f BY RAYMOND GRAHAM, Freelance WriterIt is now history. The three-day National Championships came to an end at the National Stadium on Sunday with some breathtaking performances and a record number of s... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15955747&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:20:39 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15955747&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f JUBA, Sudan - They left as children and teenagers, crossing the border between dry southern Sudan and Ethiopia before being transported half a world away to the green strangeness of Cuba's Isla de la ... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15952663&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:59:36 -0400 The Jordan Times http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15952663&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f kevin@caribbeannetnews.com GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Guyana is not viewing US forensic help as the only means of solving the murders of the eight miners at Lindo Creek in the Berbice River, whose charred re... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15952536&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:48:37 -0400 Caribbean Net News http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15952536&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f With John McCain in Mexico Thursday and Barack Obama polling off the charts in Canada, the Caribbean is also weighing in on the U.S. presidential election, as a slew of Obama-inspired calypso songs ar... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15952535&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:01:51 -0400 Politico http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15952535&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Life sentence Lawrence was serving life after being convicted for murder in 1976. He lost his appeal in 1977 and escaped from the St Catherine District Prison in 1979. Both men were held in an opera... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15956814&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:20:39 -0400 Jamaica Star http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15956814&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f GENEVA (AP)The drug-testing programme at the Beijing Olympics will be the most rigorous anti-doping effort in sports history, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said yesterday.The IOC plans to ... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15955748&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:20:40 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15955748&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f A mother and son, accused of fleecing over US$600,000 ($42.6 million) from American citizens in a lottery scam, appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Mag-istrate's court on Wednesday. Yowo Senhi Mo... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15956813&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:20:37 -0400 Jamaica Star http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15956813&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Thanks to America's "imperialist" determination to see a project (Peligre Hydroelectric Dam) completed and combined with Duvalier's infrastructure initiatives, you have a success story that ... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15952851&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:48:36 -0400 Caribbean Net News http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15952851&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Richard Bryan, Freelance WriterFootballers in Clarendon have been asked to get involved in curbing the indiscipline that plagues the sport and the country.The call was made by FIFA and Clarendon-based... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15955746&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:20:40 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15955746&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Leighton Levy, Freelance WriterFOR ALMOST a decade, track coach Stephen Francis has been building a strong training programme for his MVP/UTech athletes, creating some of the world's best athletes in ... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15955744&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:20:37 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15955744&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f HAVANA (AP) — A spokesman for the U.S. mission here on Thursday denied Cuba's charge that American diplomats were instigating opposition protests linked to American independence day. http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15952853&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:18:25 -0400 USA Today http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15952853&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f An autopsy is to be conducted Thursday on the body of the late Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) Chairman Douglas Chambers. RJR News was informed Wednesday night that the Ministry of Transport... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15951528&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:08:00 -0400 Radio Jamaica http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15951528&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f There have been mixed reactions from Parliamentarians to news that their travel benefits with Air Jamaica will be slashed as part of cost cutting measures at the airline. Reports emerged Wednesda... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15951152&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:07:56 -0400 Radio Jamaica http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15951152&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Parliament on Wednesday passed a bill to change regulations governing the broadcasting industry. The amendments, among other things, provide for additional sanctions for cable operators who breac... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15951091&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:07:52 -0400 Radio Jamaica http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15951091&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f A probe is being carried out into the discovery of three explosive devices in Newlands, St. Catherine. The plastic explosives were reportedly found during a special operation in the community Wed... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15951527&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:07:50 -0400 Radio Jamaica http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15951527&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Havana - Cuba has detained four more dissidents, according to human rights officials on Thursday. The Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National REconciliation reported that four men were seized e... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15951099&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:51:43 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15951099&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f The First International Marketing Teleconference to be hosted from Jamaica will begin on July 15, 2008. It will address the 7 biggest challenges that can stymie business growth and show entrepreneurs ... http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15940098&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:27:56 -0400 PR Web http://feeds.jamaicanews.net/?rid=15940098&cat=8fdef8065235cb7f