Provides the latest RSS feeds for Caribbean News. 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/cat/e5abd99746ab67f4/ en-us Thu, 20 Jun 2013 07:35:00 -0400 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 07:35:00 -0400 30 Injury concerns have forced double Olympic silver medallist Yohan Blake to pull out of the Jamaica National Senior Championship scheduled to begin on Thursday. Manager Cubie Seegobin says the Jamaican sprinter has not fully recovered from a hamstring injury he suffered in April to run the 200m rounds this week. "Yohan Blake has withdrawn from the National Championships," Seegobin confirmed ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215321149/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:40:02 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215321149/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 The Puerto Rican government expects to net around $100 million from a tax amnesty that expires June 30, Treasury Secretary Melba Acosta said Wednesday. There are many tax debtors who have the chance to get up to date with the tax office, she said in a statement on WKAQ radio. "These debtors have the opportunity to get up to date without paying interest," Acosta said, though adding that after ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215318314/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:30:02 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215318314/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 MIAMI -- Following a judge's order, Haiti's prime minister has filed a more detailed complaint in his defamation case against a Haitian-American journalist.Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe and South Florida businessman Patrice Baker originally sued Leo Joseph in September over his reporting in the New York-based Haiti-Observateur. They allege that Joseph knew his reporting about the ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215320479/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:09:22 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215320479/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 The Jamaican government is seeking to forge stronger ties with its diaspora, estimated by the World Bank to have some 5.4 billion USdollars in savings, to spur its economic growth and development.Emulating some successful models such as Israel, China and India,Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller earlier this week pledged to put in place the necessary framework."We are resolutely ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215320248/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:05:37 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215320248/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Canada will dispatch dozens of military personnel to support the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), Defense Minister Peter MacKay announced Wednesday.MacKay said a platoon of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) will depart on Friday to operate within a Brazilian battalion in Haiti until December.The 34 CAF members come from the Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group in Valcartier, ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215319418/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:56:49 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215319418/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 HAVANA, Cuba - In this city’s leafy Central Park, young gay men mix freely with lesbians, transsexuals, and others whose sexuality would once have made them targets of harsh repression. On a recent afternoon in the park, an older gay Cuban, who gave his name as Jorge, marveled at how far Cuba has come since the days when gays were stigmatized and shipped to "re-education camps." ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215312605/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:33:13 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215312605/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 The Cuban authorities said Wednesday that the talks with Washington on resuming direct postal service between the United States and the island country were "satisfactory."An official statement released here said the talks between Cuban and US postal officials held in Washington on Tuesday and Wednesday were "fruitful," but it held the service would probably be less than smooth ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215311829/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:26:05 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215311829/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan authorities say the undersea wreckage of a small plane that disappeared five years ago with 14 people aboard has been found. Attorney General Luisa Ortega Diaz is announcing via Twitter the discovery of the aircraft with the ID code YV2081. The plane went missing Jan. 4, 2008. Aboard were five Venezuelans including the pilot and copilot, eight Italians and one ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215310857/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:01:15 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215310857/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Defence Minister Peter MacKay says 34 soldiers are going to Haiti as part of a UN peacekeeping operation. The troops are scheduled to arrive this week to begin a six-month tour under Brazilian ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215309742/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:24:59 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215309742/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 HAVANA -- The United States and Cuba have agreed to resume bilateral talks on migration issues next month, a State Department official said Wednesday, the latest evidence of a thaw in chilly relations between the Cold War ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215309743/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:03:06 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215309743/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - The World Bank has given $20 million to Haiti for cleaning up its public resources and making them more transparent. The grant will help Haiti improve public financial management, procurement practices and performance of the national electrical company. It will also create a tracking system to monitor budgets and a single treasury account to manage funds. The grant is ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215309475/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:56:05 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215309475/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Legislators in Puerto Rico have approved a bill ordering education officials to create a protocol to address bullying at both public and private schools. The bill approved Wednesday comes amid several high-profile bullying incidents, including one of a videotaped fight of two young girls who were arrested in March after one of them posted the video on Facebook. The bill ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215309744/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:56:04 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215309744/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 OTTAWA -- Elie Raffoul found out the hard way why driving in Cuba isn't such a good idea.The Ottawa man was in an accident last March 23, involving a motorcyclist who suffered relatively minor injuries, and was forced by Cuban authorities to remain in the country for almost two weeks. He was planning to return to Ottawa on March 24.Raffoul, who was on his fifth vacation in Cuba when the ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215308584/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:01:33 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215308584/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 The United States and Cuba have agreed to resume bilateral talks on migration issues next month, a State Department official said Wednesday, the latest evidence of a thaw in chilly relations between the Cold War enemies. Havana and Washington just wrapped up a round of separate negotiations aimed at restarting direct mail service, which has been suspended since 1963. Both sets of talks have been ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215308585/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:52:48 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215308585/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 The dual-island Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago is known for its superb cuisine and spectacular street food, but on July 4 and 7, the nation of foodies will pay homage to the king of tropical fruit. Sweet, juicy and versatile, delicious mangoes of every size and type will be the focus of Trinidad and Tobago's fourth annual Mango Festival which will be held on July 7. Featuring a ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215308586/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:51:33 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215308586/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Two Vietnam-era vessels docked at the Naval Station Great Lakes north of Chicago, landing craft that can hold 200 people each, are for sale, the U.S. Navy said. An auction of the two LCM-8s, capable of plowing through surf onto a beach, opening a ramp and unleashing an amphibious assault, began Tuesday and ends Thursday afternoon on the govliquidation.com website, the Chicago Tribune reported ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215308476/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:44:38 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215308476/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 - The United States and Cuba have agreed to resume regular migration talks in a possible sign of thawing relations after more than three years of tensions over Cuba's jailing of a U.S. government contract worker. The announcement of the talks Wednesday came as Cuban and U.S. officials met in Washington for discussions exploring the restoration of direct mail service between the two ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215308587/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:43:02 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215308587/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 They haven't cared for like 200 years and counting... Symbolically, when the earthquake of 2010 took out the National Palace wild cheers went up on the part of the underclasses in the still smoldering ashes of that terrible natural disaster. A very telling symbol or statement of the lack of State and Nation balancing.The "saving face" might be part of the problem, but in essence ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215305833/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:54:11 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215305833/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Santo Domingo.- Agriculture Minister Luis Ramon Rodriguez Wednesday announced an agreement with egg producers to cut production and adapt to local demand, for which the Haitian market will no longer be a priority. Rodriguez said one million laying hens no longer at peak output will be slaughtered, to balance supply to the demand much faster. Among the other measures announced by the official at ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215305834/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:54:11 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215305834/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Bill Frakes/SI KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) -- Olympic Jamaican sprinter Yohan Blake has withdrawn from the island's national championships this week because of a hamstring injury. Agent Cubie Seegobin says Blake has not recovered from the injury. He says Blake is "steadily improving" but he's "not at the level for a national championship." Blake won ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215305835/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:46:40 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215305835/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 A man accused of kidnapping three women and holding them in his home and raping them over a decade was given a late summer trial date ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215303292/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:49:16 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215303292/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Havana, jun 19 (Prensa Latina) Cuba considered talks with United States officials on postal issue satisfactory and fruitful. Prensa Latina reproduces the official Cuban note on the talks, as follows. On June 18 and 19, 2013, representatives from Cuba and the United States resumed talks on direct postal services between both countries. The Cuban delegation was presided over by Jos Ramn Cabaas ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215303293/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:46:01 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215303293/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 RCL ) is a $7.5 billion cruise ship operator based in the US. It's one of the largest in the world, and offers cruises to over 400 locations across seven continents. Earlier this year, the company experienced a stomach virus outbreak aboard one of its ships. For its troubles, Royal Caribbean has received plenty of bad press. Some say the negative publicity and impending lawsuits ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215303294/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:27:24 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215303294/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 PORT-AU-PRINCE, June 19 AFP - Violent crime in Haiti has claimed the lives of more than a thousand people over the past year, including foreigners and United Nations peacekeepers, a human rights group ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215303295/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:22:55 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215303295/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A nearly 500-year-old church in Puerto Rico has been listed as one of the 11 most endangered historic places in the U.S. It is the first time the National Trust for Historic Preservation includes a Puerto Rico site on its annual list released Wednesday. The San Jose Church in historic Old San Juan was built in 1532 and is one of the few remaining examples of 16th century ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215303296/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:18:43 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215303296/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 A judge said Wednesday an August trial date may be set for Ariel Castro on more than 300 charges in the decade-long kidnappings of three Cleveland women. Judge Michael Russo said the 90-day speedy trial requirement could be waived if more time is needed to prepare for trial, WKYC-TV, Cleveland, reported. Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy J. McGinty told the judge he plans to present additional ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215303297/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:12:13 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215303297/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Ariel Castro, who is accused of holding three women captive in his Cleveland home for nearly a decade, may receive charges in addition to 300-plus he pleaded not guilty to earlier this ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215301901/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:42:43 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215301901/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Havana, Jun 19 (Prensa Latina) ''Obama...Give me five'', the stimulating slogan of the campaign for the liberation of the five Cuban anti-terrorists sentenced in United States, leads the posters'' exhibition of the event Diseño Forma 2013 (Design Form 2013) held in this capital city. The Cuban artistic director and graphic designer Jorge Martell told to Prensa ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215301816/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:37:59 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215301816/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Santo Domingo. - Dominican Republic is running around "like a chicken with its head cut off" in the heels of Haiti's ban on local poultry products that took effect for more than one week, as various sectors suggest ways to deal with the expected glut. Agriculture minister Luis Ramon Rodriguez, who met today with north region chicken and egg farmers, said the government could buy ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215301902/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:29:48 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215301902/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Canada is sending 34 troops to Haiti to serve as a peacekeepers with a Brazilian battalion, Defence Minister Peter MacKay announced Wednesday. MacKay announced the deployment in Ottawa alongside Calgary MP Diane Ablonczy and Gen. Tom Lawson, Canada's Chief of the Defence Staff. They will deploy from June 21 until December 2013, MacKay said. "Members of the Canadian Armed Forces ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215301903/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:29:27 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215301903/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 PURCHASE, N.Y. & MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- MasterCard announced today the appointment of Gilberto Caldart as president of its Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) business, effective August 1. Caldart, who currently heads the company's GeoSouth Division (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay) for MasterCard LAC, will report to Ann Cairns, president of ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215301905/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:19:26 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215301905/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 KINGSTON, Jamaica - Olympic Jamaican sprinter Yohan Blake has withdrawn from the island's national championships this week because of a hamstring injury.Agent Cubie Seegobin says Blake has not recovered from the injury. He says Blake is "steadily improving" but he's "not at the level for a national championship."Blake won the 100 meters at the 2011 World ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215301906/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:10:41 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215301906/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Ariel Castro, center, sits before a judge with his defense attorney's, Craig Weintraub, left, and Jaye Schlachet during a pretrial hearing, June 19, 2013, in Cleveland, ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215301839/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:08:58 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215301839/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Santiago de Cuba, Jun 19 (Prensa Latina) Several environmental education actions are implemented today in this eastern city, striving to reduce its pollution levels and restore vitality to the marine ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215299171/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:25:22 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215299171/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Santo Domingo. - The Presidency on Wednesday clarified that president Danilo Medina's pledge of drastic measures to deal with Port-au-Prince's ban on Dominican eggs and chickens aren't against Haiti, but to help poultry production instead. "At no time did the President say that drastic measures would be against anyone," said Presidency spokesman Robert Rodriguez, adding ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215299854/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:16:42 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215299854/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 IISD Reporting Services (IISD RS) will be providing daily web updates during the meeting and a summary and analysis which will be on line on this site on Sunday, 7 July ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215299855/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:06:18 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215299855/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Labour Minister Shane Gibson responded harshly to recent criticism from the Bahamas Communication and Public Officers union (BCPOU) over the government's failure to reacquire a majority stake in The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC). The union said as a result, its members have faced unfair treatment from the company all while the government stands idly by. ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215299856/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:49:19 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215299856/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 If you were watching the Super Bowl on CBS on Sunday, chances are you saw the primetime debut of a $4.5 million advertisement by the Ministry of Tourism. But since then, the 61-second commercial, intended to encourage visitors to come to The Bahamas, has received both good and bad reviews from Bahamian citizens. Viral comments flooded both Facebook and Twitter as some locals reveled in the ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215299320/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:49:11 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215299320/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Prime Minister Perry Christie said yesterday he will officially open the Resorts World Bimini Casino on June 28, a development that he said will bring 400 jobs and more spin-off opportunities for entrepreneurs on that island. Christie said the $24 million casino is just one of several developments underway that will create hundreds of jobs. "What is happening in Bimini augurs so well for ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215297886/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:18:02 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215297886/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Minister of National Security Dr. Bernard Nottage announced yesterday that he has directed the commodore of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) to deploy up to 150 officers to assist the police force in fighting crime. "Mr. Speaker, we are not going to take it any more," said Nottage, while contributing to debate on the 2013/2014 budget. Nottage said the Defence Force officers can ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215297887/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:18:01 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215297887/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Cuban Ambassador to The Bahamas Ernesto Soberon Guzman said yesterday he has seen the video purported to show Cuban detainees at the Carmichael Road Detention Centre being beaten by Bahamian officers, but would not make a judgment about its authenticity. Guzman said Cuban detainees continue to express concern about the living conditions at the facility. But he said they have not reported ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215297888/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:17:59 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215297888/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 The coroner who presided over the investigation into the custody death of Aaron Rolle has suggested that the officers who had contact with him face internal disciplinary proceedings. Rolle, 20, died at the Southern Police Station on February 9, two days after his arrest on suspicion of armed robbery and escape. Constables 2126 Akiel Smith and 2468 Carl Smith said they had to forcefully restrain ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215297889/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:17:58 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215297889/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 A policeman claimed that he was in fear for his life when a suspect pointed a gun at him during a chase. Sergeant 1988 Frank Burrows was testifying in the retrial of Stephen Stubbs, Clinton Evans and Andrew Davis, who are on trial for the murder of Constable Jimmy Ambrose and the attempted murder of Constable Marcian Scott at the now closed Club Rock Disco on West Bay Street. Evans alone is ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215297890/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:17:57 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215297890/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Amid rising jewelry and copper theft trends, National Security Minister Dr. Bernard Nottage yesterday called for the closure of all cash for gold businesses and a temporary ban of copper exports. Nottage petitioned members of the opposition to support him on both fronts as he revealed crime statistics which suggest that there is a relationship between stolen goods and cash for gold businesses. ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215297891/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:17:56 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215297891/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 The government plans to bring legislation to Parliament that would increase the complement of Supreme Court justices to 20 and allow for 10 criminal courts to operate simultaneously, Prime Minister Perry Christie told the House of Assembly yesterday. Christie said this would be an important tool in the government's crime fighting arsenal. He lamented the country's crime problem as he ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215297892/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:17:54 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215297892/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Havana, June 19 (PL) Cuban fans celebrate today the victory of Villa Clara in the national baseball championship,becoming the first team that will represent this island in the Caribbean series,after 43 years of absence. Of course, the biggest joy is appreciated in the central Cuban province that gives its name to the champion, known as the orange team. The team mentor, Ramon More, attributed here ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215297893/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:14:22 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215297893/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Xi Jinping said his country would like to work more closely with Cuba on international and regional issues. Xi told Cuba's visiting first vice president, Miguel Diaz-Canel, that China would like to forge a good partnership with Latin American and Caribbean nations, the official Chinese news agency Xinhua reported. The Chinese leader called for stronger cooperation between China and Latin ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215297878/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:40:00 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215297878/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 8 de junio de 2013, 11:39 Havana, Jun 18 (Prensa Latina) The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army (FARC-EP) presented their considerations in this capital today of convening a Constituent Assembly in that country, after resuming peace talks with the ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215296260/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:03:34 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215296260/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Interval International, a prominent worldwide provider of vacation services and an operating business of Interval Leisure Group ( ), announced the addition of Azul Beach Hotel by Karisma on Mexico's Mayan Riviera. This property joins Azul Sensatori and Azul Fives Hotel & Private Residences, also part of the Azul brand of Gourmet ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215296261/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:45:27 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215296261/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 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 Development Bank deliberately obstructed $146 million in approved IDB financing. WASHINGTON - August 4 - The Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights and Zamni Lasante released internal U.S. ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215296262/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:26:53 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215296262/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Havana, Jun 19 (Prensa Latina) The President of Sao Tome and Principe, Manuel Pinto da Costa, ends today an official visit to Cuba, to strengthen bilateral relations. The African statesman complied with an agenda that included official talks with his Cuban peer Raul Castro. The two leaders talked about the bonds of friendship and cooperation between their respective countries, spoke out for ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215294398/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:54:06 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215294398/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Santo Domingo.- The National District Prosecutor filed to appeal a ruling acquitting former Agrarian Institute (IAD) director Jaime Rodriguez Guzman, a brother and his wife of charges od defrauding the State out of thousands of hectares at Bahia de las Aguilas (southwest). Yeni Berenice Reynoso asked the Supreme Court to revoke the June 4 ruling by 1st First Instance Court presiding judge ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215294103/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:44:48 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215294103/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 A Canadian soldier carries supplies as troops arrive at a temporary medical centre in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday January 16, 2010. A handful of Canadian troops are about to take part in peacekeeping operation in Haiti under the command of Brazilian forces, in a long-delayed mission that has been kept inexplicably low on the political radar. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215293008/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:39:49 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215293008/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 June 19 - Cuban boxers will make their professional debut in a special World Series of Boxing (WSB) exhibition match in Mexico City in August, it has been revealed. The Cubans will take on the Mexico Guerreros in a match over ten weight categories on August 30 and 31 following a visit to to the Mexican capital by C K Wu, President of the International Boxing Association (AIBA). Professional ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215291882/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:36:50 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215291882/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Caribbean flavors jazz up this simple supper salad. We glaze the shrimp with a zesty rum-spiked marmalade, then toss them on a hot grill with tomatoes and corn before combining everything with a few more veggies. We serve the whole thing with grilled bread seasoned with garlic and orange for a bit of crunch and to aid in scooping up all the delicious ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215291883/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:24:20 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215291883/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 BOGOTA,COLOMBIA, June 19 (BERNAMA-NNN-IDB) -- Latin America and the Caribbean's renewable energy endowment is large enough to cover its projected 2050 electricity needs 22 times over, according to a new report commissioned by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The report, Rethinking our Energy Future, argues that lower prices and new technologies are making renewables a viable ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215290932/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:18:27 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215290932/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal has introduced a bill to recognize an Army infantry regiment that was made up almost entirely of soldiers from Puerto Rico who fought in World War I, World War II and the Korean ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215290241/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:05:49 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215290241/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Jerry Brewer To break the cycle of narcotics trafficking and the accompanying violence by organized criminals and gangs, as they increasingly (and once again) make end runs via the Caribbean Basin with drug routes to the U.S., Africa and Europe, affected nations must commit and task multilateral enforcement efforts. Yet we will hear arm chair pundits once again call for drug legalization, as ... http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215289047/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:09:38 -0400 http://www.caribbeanherald.com/index.php/sid/215289047/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4