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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Caribbean Herald.com http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/10/id/e5abd99746ab67f4/ en-us Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:52:38 -0500 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:52:38 -0500 30 A United Nations-backed census has been launched in the Dominican Republic to improve to the lives of hundreds of refugees and asylum-seekers. http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203314865/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:16:46 -0500 U.N. - Humanitarian Aid, Refugees http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203314865/cs/1/ KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) -- Roughly 2,000 firearms were melted down in a blazing furnace Tuesday as part of an effort designed to combat gun trafficking and corruption in Jamaica while reducing ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203317081/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:22:20 -0500 Richmond Times-Dispatch http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203317081/ PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A small band of protesters in Haiti has called on President Michel Martelly to prove he's eligible for office.The about 100 people in Tuesday's ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203316275/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:20:10 -0500 WHP CBS 21 http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203316275/ Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Leader Perry Christie said in an interview broadcast yesterday that he is satisfied that former ministers Shane Gibson and Leslie Miller are suitable to run in the ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203317056/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:16:52 -0500 Nassau Guardian http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203317056/ It's been a year since a jury convicted Andre Birbal of having sex with two male students from the Eight Mile Rock High School, but his appeal is still pending. Birbal, who is appealing his ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203317057/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:16:49 -0500 Nassau Guardian http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203317057/ The government granted citizenship to nearly 2,600 people in the four-and-a-half years it has been in power, Deputy Prime Minister Brent Symonette revealed yesterday. According to information ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203317058/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:16:44 -0500 Nassau Guardian http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203317058/ Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) candidate for Central and South Eleuthera Damian Gomez alleged yesterday that some of his supporters on the island were denied the opportunity to register to vote. ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203317059/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:16:41 -0500 Nassau Guardian http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203317059/ There were 636 reported cases of child abuse in The Bahamas last year, according to Minister of State for Social Development Loretta Butler-Turner. Butler-Turner made that revelation in the House ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203317060/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:16:38 -0500 Nassau Guardian http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203317060/ The Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) and the Democratic National Alliance (DNA) yesterday expressed concerns over the security of overseas voting and said they fear the process could be open to ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203317061/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:16:36 -0500 Nassau Guardian http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203317061/ DNA Leader Branville McCartney (inset) said that the newly constructed stadium seemed to be 'less of a gift and more of a financial albatross.' TNG file ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203317062/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:16:33 -0500 Nassau Guardian http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203317062/ Police have identified the victim of a hit and run accident that occurred on East Bay Street on Sunday morning, leaving a middle-aged man dead. According to police, the victim, who was a resident ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203317063/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:16:31 -0500 Nassau Guardian http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203317063/ Officials of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) claimed yesterday that management at Sandals Royal Bahamian Resort are pressuring union members to drop the bargaining agent, but hotel officials strongly ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203317065/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:16:29 -0500 Nassau Guardian http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203317065/ Police reported yesterday that they shut down a school because it was allegedly operating without a proper license. A woman was taken in to custody for questioning by police in connection with the ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203317064/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:16:28 -0500 Nassau Guardian http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203317064/ The Court of Appeal yesterday refused bail applications for two men who sought release on medical grounds. Lawyers for Anthony Armbrister, who is fighting penile cancer, and Andrew Davis, who had a ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203317066/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:16:27 -0500 Nassau Guardian http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203317066/ The trial of three men accused of last year's robbery of the Rolex Boutique at the John Bull flagship store on Bay Street begins this afternoon before Justice Indra Charles. Prosecutors allege ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203317067/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:16:24 -0500 Nassau Guardian http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203317067/ One of the catchiest Bahamian songs on the airwaves this year thus far has also been a song celebrating the value of community service. Kirkland 'KB' Bodie has once again brought many ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203317068/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:16:21 -0500 Nassau Guardian http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203317068/ Santo Domingo, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) A network of drug traffickers who sent drugs to Puerto Rico, was dismantled in the east of the Dominican Republic. The National Drug Control Office (DNCD) ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203317077/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:05:09 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203317077/ February 7, 2012 The cholera outbreak in Haiti is currently the worst ongoing episode in the world. Over the past 15 months, it has sickened more than half a million people and killed roughly ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203316690/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:03:29 -0500 NPR http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203316690/ The sister of former Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Patrick Manning says her hospitalized brother is recovering well from a stroke suffered earlier this ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203317078/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:58:18 -0500 Miami Herald http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203317078/ HAVANA, Feb 7, 2012 (IPS) - More than a decade ago, solar electricity changed the lives of several mountain communities in Cuba. Now this and other renewable power sources are emerging as the best ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203316296/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:51:48 -0500 IPS http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203316296/ HAVANA — When it started, American teenagers were doing "The Twist." The United States had yet to put a man into orbit around the Earth. And a first-class U.S. postage stamp cost 4 ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203317052/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:30:33 -0500 The Seattle Times http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203317052/ Washington's 50-year-old economic embargo of Cuba, which the island's leaders refer to as a "blockade," has its supporters and detractors. Here's what some people have said ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203317054/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:26:01 -0500 The Seattle Times http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203317054/ Crown Princess cruise is cut short due to illness Ship will return to port two days early for two-day sanitation program Passengers will receive refunds and future cruise ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203317050/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:02:47 -0500 General Sources http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203317050/ British Airways Holidays has a week's break at the Dover Beach Hotel in Barbados (room only), a short drive from Bridgetown. The deal includes flights from Gatwick on 3 Sept for 674pp. ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203317079/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:07:47 -0500 The Independent http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203317079/ After a $26 million refurbishment, the Radisson Aruba Resort, Casino & Spa is holding a Renovation Celebration Sale. The 355 rooms now come with iHome clock radios, 42-inch plasma TVs and luxury ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203308906/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:19:34 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203308906/ Geneva, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) Cuba ratified on Tuesday the importance of nuclear disarmament to the international community. Speaking at the Conference on Disarmament, the Cuban delegate Yusnier ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203308902/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:09:12 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203308902/ STAR Writer The principal of a high school in rural St Andrew claims that it wasn't demons that attacked a group of students there last week but instead they 'got in spirit'. In an ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203308901/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:56:53 -0500 Jamaica Star http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203308901/ Star Writer A man who is accused of escaping from a store with an expensive bleaching cream last month was apprehended by cops on St Georges Street, Savanna-la-Mar last Wednesday. THE STAR ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203308900/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:56:52 -0500 Jamaica Star http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203308900/ An on-the-spot post-mortem has revealed that asphyxia may have caused the death of a woman whose body was dug up from a house in Portmore, St Catherine, yesterday. The body of Stacey-Ann ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203308899/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:56:50 -0500 Jamaica Star http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203308899/ Police say a primary school principal in Trinidad has been charged with cruelty for allegedly pushing the heads of two boys into a toilet and ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203308898/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:56:50 -0500 Jamaica Star http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203308898/ Three months' imprisonment suspended for two years was the sentence handed down in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday to a man who has been diagnosed with a ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203308897/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:56:49 -0500 Jamaica Star http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203308897/ A man who is accused of beating an alleged kidnapper in his head with a hammer was granted $500,000 bail in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203308896/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:56:48 -0500 Jamaica Star http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203308896/ The defendant, Carl Henry, who is charged with fraudulent conversion was remanded until the said date in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday. The crown also advised the ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203308895/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:56:48 -0500 Jamaica Star http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203308895/ The Caribbean often provides families with their first taste of the tropics, within the safe confines of resorts that offer all the requisite comforts (kids' clubs, watersports, a variety of ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203307988/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:07:27 -0500 The Independent http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203307988/ Havana, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) Dominican officials and business people on Tuesday will visit the Havana-based Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, as part of the initiative to strengthen ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203301672/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:59:24 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203301672/ $(document).ready(function() { $("#hi-temp").html(tempF + "°F"); $("#lo-temp").html(tempC + "°C"); $("#ww-icon").html(""); ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203301664/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:47:52 -0500 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203301664/ PERMANENT SECRETARY in the Ministry of Transport and Works Audrey Sewell says the major hurdles in the process of carrying out a forensic audit of the US$400-million Jamaica Development ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203300227/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:47:50 -0500 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203300227/ Orane Bailey (right), policy director, Border Security and Control Unit, Ministry of National Security, speaks with Chissey Mueller (left), project manager, Counter Trafficking, International ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203301666/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:47:49 -0500 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203301666/ Former Commissioner of Customs Danville Walker, who is charged with failure to comply within the prescribed time with a request from the Office of the Contractor General (OCG), is to appear in the ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203301665/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:47:48 -0500 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203301665/ The Crown closed its case yesterday at the trial of Leighton 'Livity' Coke, brother of former Tivoli Gardens strongman Christopher 'Dudus' Coke. Livity, who has been in custody ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203301668/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:47:47 -0500 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203301668/ Franklin Hawkins, a former company secretary at The Gleaner, passed away yesterday morning at age 87. He had been hospitalised since January 25."The immediate family knew he was suffering and ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203301669/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:47:46 -0500 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203301669/ WINDSOR, Ont. -- A mother and son who fled violence in Haiti are hopeful their children's clothing store on Ottawa Street will be part of their long-term future in Windsor.Business is slow and ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203301671/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:13:03 -0500 Windsor Star http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203301671/ International News: HAVANA, Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro painted a bleak picture of the future, saying the world was in its worst situation ever as Cuban television aired on Monday part ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203296666/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:44:59 -0500 KeralaNext http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203296666/ CARACAS, February 7 (Itar-Tass) - Twenty-nine people were arrested in a large-scale anti-drug operation in the Dominican Republic on Monday, and 17 of them are referred to as "Russians," ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203296665/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:42:27 -0500 Itar Tass http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203296665/ CARACAS, Venezuela--An eight-nation bloc of Latin American and Caribbean countries agreed on Sunday to deposit 1 percent of their international reserves into a jointly administered development bank ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203296667/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:28:17 -0500 The China Post http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203296667/ Havana, Feb 6 (Prensa Latina) Ministers of Higher Education of 18 countries expect to attend the 8th Congress University 2012, which will meet next week in Havana, said sources from the Organizing ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203292337/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:54:23 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203292337/ Santo Domingo, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) Community and Religious organizations asked the Navy to be more vigilant to stop the departure of illegal vessels, in order to prevent cases like the shipwreck ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203292335/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:54:22 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203292335/ SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) - Dominican officials were investigating the capsizing of an overloaded immigrant smuggling boat that killed 18 people and rescue teams were searching on Monday for 20 or ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203292332/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:25:05 -0500 The Star http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203292332/ Dominican Republic Wins Caribbean Series SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- Sometimes you win by losing as the Escogido Leones were soundly defeated Monday by Venezuela's Aragua Tigres, ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203292328/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:11:37 -0500 General Sources http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203292328/ Cori Bowen For most UK students, the Caribbean may be a spring break location. But for members of the Caribbean Student Association, it's a way of life. "There are two objectives," ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203292330/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:11:31 -0500 General Sources http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203292330/ HAVANA, Feb.6 (Xinhua) -- The Tour of Cuba, the most important national cycling race was suspended for the second consecutive year, due to "strong economic constraints", the official Cuban ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203292339/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:13:43 -0500 SINA http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203292339/ February 6, 2012 The Organization of American States (OAS) will execute its program "Promoting Firearms Marking in Latin America and the Caribbean" in Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203287640/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:38:30 -0500 OAS http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203287640/ Mexico City - The Mexican Navy rescued six Cuban migrants who were adrift in the Caribbean off Isla Mujeres, near the resort city of Cancun, the Navy Ministry said ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203287117/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:34:35 -0500 M & C http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203287117/ A Puerto Rican fisherman spent nearly three weeks adrift in the Caribbean, surviving on raw fish and trapped rainwater, before reaching the Colombian island of San ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203287638/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:02:20 -0500 Gadsden Times http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203287638/ In its 2007 manifesto, the Free National Movement (FNM) made nine promises in a bid to "reduce crime and better protect Bahamian families". Even though it kept most of those promises and ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203282379/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:53:13 -0500 Nassau Guardian http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203282379/ More cases were filed in the Supreme Court last year than the number filed in 2010 and 2009 combined, according to the 2011 Attorney General report. "During the year 2011, 354 cases were filed ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203282382/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:53:11 -0500 Nassau Guardian http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203282382/ Between 20 and 30 homes have been foreclosed by the Bahamas Mortgage Corporation (BMC) and two people have been evicted in the past 12 months, according to BMC Chairman Senator Dr. Duane Sands. ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203282381/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:53:09 -0500 Nassau Guardian http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203282381/ Voters that registered before the constituency boundaries were changed last November may have noticed changes made to their voters cards. The polling division numbers were crossed out and new ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203282380/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:53:06 -0500 Nassau Guardian http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203282380/ What some may describe as the reckless behavior of some jitney drivers continues to be a major concern for many Bahamians. The issue recently resurfaced after a little girl was fatally struck by a ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203282383/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:53:04 -0500 Nassau Guardian http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203282383/ Havana, Feb 6 (Prensa Latina) The future joining of three countries of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) to the Bolivarian Alliance of the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) as full members proves the ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203282392/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:44:16 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203282392/ Havana, Feb 6 (Prensa Latina) Fifty years after been official, the US government´s economic, commercial and financial blockade against the Caribbean island of Cuba generates the almost ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203281055/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:44:13 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203281055/ The U.S. government has restricted travel to Cuba for a half-century. However, the Obama administration has gone back to a Clinton-era policy that eased some limitations, and some 400,000 Americans ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203281807/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:42:40 -0500 NPR http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203281807/ SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Ten Puerto Rican agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration have filed suit against their employer, claiming they receive less pay and more dangerous assignments than ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203282388/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:38:39 -0500 Miami Herald http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203282388/ Santo Domingo. - Trade between Dominican Republic and Cuba jumped to US$61.36 million or 45% more compared with the previous year, though the government's target is US$700 million, so that both ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203282391/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:23:36 -0500 Dominican Today http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203282391/ The organization is offering ';the chance to touch down and score some happiness with all-expense paid trips to the tropical island known for its cheerful vibe.'; ';We want to ... http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203281810/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:12:01 -0500 WBZ http://story.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e5abd99746ab67f4/id/203281810/