Saturday 4th July, 2009
Serena & Lily's Haitian drum tables
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Air Jamaica sold - First murmurs about who has bought the national carrier have surfaced
Jamaica GleanerJanet Silvera, Senior Gleaner WriterWESTERN BUREAU:The Gleaner has learnt that Indigo Partners and Oaktree Capital, who are reportedly the owners of Spirit Airlines, have bought the country's...
Drunken Winehouse banned from swimming by Caribbean resort staff
Dominican Republic News.NetLondon, : Staff at the luxury Caribbean resort have banned troubled singer Amy Winehouse from swimming in their pool, as she does so after marathon boozing sessions.
Jamaica wants better trade mechanism
Jamaica GleanerCmc:jamaica on Friday called on its Caribbean Community neighbours to devise a proper mechanism that would lead to increased intra-regional trade."Trade and the smooth flow of trade can't...
GM thrives in Latin America
Los Angeles TimesReporting from Bogota, Colombia, and Los Angeles -- For all its miscues at home, General Motors Corp. has built a powerhouse operation in Latin America, where its fuel-efficient vehicles could play...
Mariners may have signed promising young Dominican outfielder
Dominican TodaySanto Domingo.– Seattle Mariners have once again reached into the international ranks to sign a promising young Dominican prospect, a story that has been confirmed by some local papers. According...
Venezuela to buy large share of Dominican oil refinery
Dominican TodaySanto Domingo.– Venezuela will pay $130 million for a 49 percent stake in Refineria Dominicana de Petroleo S. A., Diario Libre newspaper reported. According to the report, Dominican President...
Canada edges Jamaica in opener
Sign on San DiegoCarson, Calif. Ali Gerba scored in the 75th minute to give Canada a 1-0 victory over Jamaica in the opening game of the Gold Cup on Friday night. Gerba volleyed Mike Klukowski's...
Who will stand up for CARICOM, asks former Jamaican PM
Caribbean Net NewsFormer Prime Minister of Jamaica, Percival James Patterson, on Thursday, charged Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community to stand up and be counted for the...
Trade must be rule-based within a single market, says Jamaican PM
Caribbean Net NewsPrime Minister Bruce Golding has emphasized that within a single market, trade has to be rule based and cannot be dependent on an exporter getting hold of a Minister to...
Organised crime is threatening sovereignty of region, says Jamaican senator
Caribbean Net NewsMinister of National Security, Senator Dwight Nelson, has said that all independent states within this hemisphere have been severely affected by an infusion of organised...
Ali Gerba scores as Canada beats Jamaica in Gold Cup opener
TSNAli Gerba scored in the 75th minute as Canada opened the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup with a 1-0 win over Jamaica on Friday. It was Gerba's fifth career Gold Cup goal, tying Carlo...
Senator Gillibrand favors easing restrictions on Dominican remittances
Dominican TodaySanto Domingo.- U.S. senator Kirsten Gillibrand, who occupied Hillary Clinton’s bench today said she is in favor of easing the restrictions her country imposed on remittances to different parts of...
All fuel prices remain unchanged
Dominican TodaySanto Domingo.- The Industry and Commerce Ministry posted the fuel prices in effect from to 10, with no changes for the coming week. Premium Gasoline remains at RD$153.30 per gallon, and...
BoSox in talks with coveted Cuban SS
Sports IllustratedRed Sox are in serious discussions with Cuban shortstop whiz Jose Iglesias, according to a league source. If finalized, the contract is expected to be for about $8 million, perhaps a little bit more...
Air France plane turned back to Dominican Republic
Vancouver SunAn Air France plane from the Dominican Republic to Paris had to turn back shortly after takeoff due to a problem with the air conditioning, the company said Friday."A problem was...
Japan boosts Dominican Republic’s tourism with US$3M
Dominican TodaySanto DOMINGO.- Aimed at continuing to spur the country’s tourism development, the Tourism Ministry with a US$3 million contribution from Japan’s International Cooperation Agency, and...
Mystery surrounds missing star Cuban pitcher
MSNBCA Cuban pitcher considered by many baseball scouts to be the No. 1 left-handed prospect in the world left his hotel and vanished before the first ball was thrown at a tournament in the...
Frosty Relations No Bar to Communication
IPSCuba and the United States are poised to resume talks on migration issues any time now, although the five Cuban agents imprisoned in the U.S. remain "a formidable obstacle" to...
Dominican Telecom awards laptops, free Web in La Romana
Dominican TodayLa Romana, Dominican Republic.- Twenty students from several high schools of the province with grades averaging 90 were awarded laptops by the Dominican Telecom Institute (Indotel), in a ceremony...
Camelia Valdes is the 1st Dominican-born Prosecutor in the U.S.
Dominican TodayNew York.- The Dominican-born lawyer Camelia M. Valdes, 37, a graduate of New Jersey’s prestigious Rutgers University Law School, yesterday became the first Latina designated District Attorney of a...
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