Friday 3rd September, 2010
Fidel Castro to deliver first public speech since 2006
Cuban leader Fidel Castro will deliver Friday his first public speech since 2006, during a meeting with students of the Havana University.
Police accused of perjury
"That is perjury," Neville Arthurs said when he appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magis-trate's Court yesterday, charged with robbery with aggravation. He told the court that he did not commit s...
Teen killed in two-vehicle collision
A 16-year-old boy is dead following a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Development Road and Bell Road, near the Three Miles area, of St Andrew, yesterday.
Duppy beats man to death?
Jamaica StarFamily and friends of a man who suddenly collapsed and died at a church in central Kingston yesterday, believe ghosts may be responsible for his death."Wah day yah me and him inna di house and di dupp...
Homeless woman used for sex â Community shocked as she names male lovers
Jamaica StarThe Area Three police are planning to take steps to stop a trend where a number of men in a Clarendon community are soliciting sexual services from a homeless woman.THE WEEKEND STAR was recently infor...
Homosexual beaten for 'fondling' little boy
Jamaica StarThe WEEKEND STAR has received unconfirmed reports that a well known homosexual, who plies his trade in downtown Kingston, as a nail technician, was recently beaten by a mob after he was apparently cau...
Policeman drowns in the Rio Cobre
Jamaica StarSadness was etched on the faces of police personnel who looked at the spot where a policeman drowned yesterday in the Rio Cobre near Gordon Pen, St Catherine.
Beware of fake cheques
Jamaica StarThe labour and social security ministry yesterday issued a warning to business owners to be on the look-out for fraudulent Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) cheques which ar...
Staff gets counselling after murder
Jamaica StarThe killing which took place on Wednesday night, plunge the staff into mourning. The worker killed was Michael Murray, a 48-year-old security guard. He was killed with Kirk 'Tougher' Dunn, 32, of Old...
57-y-o man caught with cocaine
Jamaica StarA 57-year-old man was caught attempting to board a British Airways flight at the Norman Manley International Airport with cocaine will be sentenced today.On August 27, Hugh Rose, a British citizen for...
Parish council - vendors must move from the streets
Jamaica StarRasbert Turner, Star Writer With complaints continue to file in from business persons, motorists and other users of the roads, the St Catherine Parish Council said vendors must move from the streets....
Woman stabbed to death
Jamaica StarThe Duhaney Park police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of 44-year-old Eleanor Bailey of Lowell Avenue in Duhaney Park, Kingston 20. She was reportedly attacked and stabbed o...
Man fined for hitting babymother
Jamaica StarA man who told the court that he hit the mother of his child because she provoked him will have to pay a fine of $5,000 or serve two months in prison.
Troubled by her past
Jamaica StarMy mother's past is terrible and is much more than what I am saying now, but I have to let you and the entire Jamaica know because I feel as though I cannot deal with this matter on my own, knowing so...
Woman pleads guilty for abusing sister
Jamaica StarCharged with assault occasioning bodily harm is Seresa Mundell. Seresa pleaded guilty with explanation, telling the court that her sister caused constant trouble. Seresa said she saw it fit to discip...
'Make transition smoother for children'
Jamaica StarMoving a child from one institution to another may sometimes prove to be a challenging undertaking for both parents and children. Children may experience anxiety and fear when they are removed from a...
Inspector puts on back-to-school treat
Jamaica StarChildren in and around communities located downtown Kingston, had a grand time Wednesday at a back-to-school treat organised by Inspector Percival Buddan, the officer in charge of the City Centre Poli...
FILM-CUBA: "I Fought for This, But Not Just to Be a Housewife"
IPSHAVANA, Sep 3, 2010 (IPS) - Mavi Susel, the first transsexual in Cuba to undergo sex reassignment surgery, back in 1988, has found herself trapped in the traditionally assigned gender role of a housew...
Fidel Castro back in uniform
The HinduHAVANA: Cuban leader Fidel Castro appeared in his full military uniform for the first time since stepping down as President four years ago. The 84-year-old revolutionary leader wore the olive-green c...
Castro back in military uniform after 4 yrs
Times of IndiaHAVANA: Fidel Castro dusted off his full military uniform for the first time since stepping down as president four years ago, a symbolic act in a communist country where little signals often carry eno...
Fidel Castro dusts off military uniform
Record NetHAVANA (AP) — Fidel Castro dusted off his military fatigues for the first time since stepping down as president four years ago, a symbolic act in a Communist country where little signals often c...
[09/03] Small signal, big meaning? Castro in military duds
Find LawHAVANA (AP) - Fidel Castro dusted off his full military uniform for the first time since stepping down as president four years ago, a symbolic act in a communist country where little signals often car...
Haiti: UN mission launches projects to provide jobs and cut violence
UN News CentreThe United Nations peacekeeping force in Haiti has unveiled three drainage and canal rehabilitation projects that it hopes will boost employment and reduce violence in troubled neighbourhoods of a maj...
Castro's Havana speech warns of nuclear danger
CBC NewsFormer Cuban dictator Fidel Castro made a bold public appearance Friday, warning thousands of students at the historic University of Havana of what he believes is the world's looming nuclear threat. ...
Fidel Castro leads 1st mass rally in 4 years
Vancouver SunFormer Cuban leader Fidel Castro attends a meeting with Cuban scientists in Havana August 23, 2010. Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro on Friday led his first mass rally since an illness forced h...
Bermuda In Warnings As GOES-13 Catches Fiona Approaching
RedOrbitPosted on: Thursday, 2 September 2010, 18:00 CDT Bermuda has warnings up as Tropical Storm Fiona approaches, and GOES-13 satellite imagery from today shows that Fiona, although packing a punch, is ...
Caribbean Tourism Industry Stakeholders to Participate in OAS Corporate Social Responsibility Workshop
OASTourism industry stakeholders from Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Guyana, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago will participate in a two-...
Fidel Castro appears in military duds
KRQEHAVANA (AP) - Fidel Castro dusted off his full military uniform for the first time since stepping down as president four years ago, a symbolic act in a communist country where little signals often car...
Fidel Castro addresses a crowd for first time in four years
Earth TimesHavana - Historic Cuban leader Fidel Castro addressed tens of thousands of students Friday on the steps of the University of Havana, his first appearance before a crowd in more than four years.Wearing...
Caribbean braced for more storms
BBC Caribbean"As this La Nina continues to build, we should see above-normal numbers of (September) and (October) storms," Matt Rogers, president and meteorologist with Commodity Weather Group in Bethesda, Maryla...
Why don't black Americans swim?
BBC CaribbeanA month ago, six African-American teenagers drowned in a single incident in Louisiana, prompting soul-searching about why so many young black Americans can't swim.
Value of Cruise Itinerary Change Coverage Proven Timely as 10 Ships with 30,000 Passengers Skip Caribbean Ports Due to ...
General SourcesCaribbean cruise itineraries on 10 ships with 30,000+ passengers were quickly rerouted as September opened with Hurricane Earl disrupting Atlantic waterways between Caribbean ports. Travel Insured can...
Fidel Castro Stresses Nuclear Threat in Speech
CBS NewsFormer Cuban president Fidel Castro, left, with a bodyguard at right, salutes while listening to his national anthem before delivering a speech to students outside Havana's university Sept. 3, 2010. C...
McClatchy Newspapers: U.S., Cuba will not swap 'Cuban Five' prisoners for Gross, State Dept. says
Yahoo! NewsThe U.S. State Department Thursday flatly denied reports that the Obama administration is considering swapping the "Cuban Five" spies in U.S. prisons for a U.S. government subcontractor jailed in Hava...
Third sweep facing Jamaica's Sunshine Girls
Jamaica GleanerRobert Bailey, Gleaner WriterJamaica's Sunshine Girls netball team will be aiming to avoid losing seven consecutive Test matches when they battle arch-rivals England in the second game of their Nation...
Jamaica rooting for Dustin
Jamaica GleanerMinister of Youth, Sports and Culture Olivia Grange has said that Jamaica will be rooting for Dustin Brown in his game against the British number one, Andy Murray, at the US Open Tennis Championship i...
McClatchy Newspapers: Haiti's presidential candidates are spending big
Yahoo! NewsEven before being deemed qualified to run, presidential hopefuls in impoverished Haiti faced a hefty bill: a $12,500 nonrefundable filing fee. Now they are finding that the amount will only get ste...
BBC Caribbean News in Brief
BBC CaribbeanThe President of Guyana, Bharrat Jagdeo, has said that many Caribbean Community (Caricom) nations are in no position to receive funds from the $10 billion in climate aid pledged by developed nations.
Ivory Coast coach quits after victory over Puerto Rico
World BulletinThe head coach of Ivory Coast quitted on Thursday after the team won over Puerto Rico in a world championship game. Head coach Randoald Dessarzin fo Ivory Coast said he was quitting although it was a ...
Clean JCF in 5 yrs
Jamaica GleanerPolice Commissioner Owen Ellington has declared that the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) can be cleansed within five years if serious efforts are made to rid it of undisciplined members.Addressing th...
Cop drowns after falling into Rio Cobre
Jamaica GleanerPolice personnel are trying to come to grips with the drowning of a colleague who fell into the river and disappeared while chasing gunmen yesterday. Corporal Vincent Bent, of the Mobile Reserve, alon...
A flower blooms in St Andrew - Marigold Harding sworn in as custos
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