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| Taylor back for West Indies with three quick wickets in rain-plagued warmup |
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| www.jamaica-gleaner.com/... - Jamaican fast bowler Jerome Taylor announced his presence with a three-wicket burst and all-rounder David Bernard produced a strong all-round performance to enhance his Test claims, on the second day of West Indies' tour match against England Lions yesterday. more... () |
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| Suspected swine flu cases double in Belize |
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| www.caribbean360.com/New... - The number of suspected cases of the swine flu, which the World Health Organization (WHO) is now referring to simply as the influenza A (H1N1), has more than doubled in Belize in the past two days. Health authorities there say that there are now nine cases, up from the four announced on Wednesday, in the country that shares a border with Mexico, the epicenter of the virus. more... () |
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| Olympic champion Bolt hospitalized after car crash |
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| www.reuters.com/article/... - World record sprinter Usain Bolt was being treated at a hospital near the Jamaican capital on Wednesday after a motor vehicle accident, a doctor said. "He is being treated now, but it's nothing serious and I cannot say anything more..." more... () |
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| County nets $8,324 from Reggae fest |
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Fagan said there were 1,800-2,000 people in attendance, some of whom came from as far as Pasco and Pinellas counties.
This was the first time beer and wine had been allowed at a county event and there was much anticipation as to how the event would play out. more... () |
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| Digicel Announces Partnership with West Indies Cricketer Jerome Taylor |
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| www.bviplatinum.com/news... - Kingston, Jamaica: As part of its ongoing support of the development of cricket in the West Indies, Digicel, proud sponsor of West Indies cricket, today announced a three-year individual sponsorship deal with West Indies fast bowler, Jerome Taylor. In 2007, Digicel first supported Taylor through the Digicel Scholarship Program, where the talented cricketer spent three months with Leicestershire County Cricket Club gaining valuable match experience in English County Cricket. more... () |
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| Bolt’s 10-million-dollar dream |
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| www.nation.co.ke/sports/... - The Olympic sprints champion had a photo shoot featuring top Italian designer Gucci and German sportswear company Puma’s clothing in a penthouse condo at the residences at the Inter Continental in Boston on Sunday seeking to sign further lucrative contracts in his bid to top $10 million (Sh780 million) in earnings for a year. more... () |
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| Jamaica wins 2009 Lauderhill Maq T20 Night-Cricket Title |
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| www.dreamcricket.com/dre... - Jamaica completely outplayed Trinidad & Tobago (T & T), defeating them by an emphatic 7 wickets when the two teams squared off in the 2009 Lauderhill Maq Twenty/20 International Night-Cricket final, at the Lauderhill Sports Park, on Saturday evening April 25. more... () |
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| Skin bleaching common cultural practice in Jamaica |
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| media.www.signal-online.... - Most people are not entirely happy with their appearance, but this was just one of the many possible reasons Dr. Winnifred Brown-Glaude, professor of African-American Studies, gave for the "phenomenon" of skin bleaching. more... () |
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| Phil Anastasia: U.S., Jamaica both feel that track is home |
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| www.philly.com/inquirer/... - It's not just the way those green, gold and black flags of Jamaica fill the stands above the homestretch at Franklin Field. It's not just the way those teams from St. Jago and Camperdown and Vere Tech fill nearly every page of the high school section of the record book. more... () |
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| Powell, Fraser for May 30 Reebok Grand Prix |
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| www.jamaicaobserver.com/... - NEW YORK CITY, USA (CMC) - Women's Olympic 100 metres champion Shelly-Ann Fraser and former men's 100m world record-holder Asafa Powell have signed up to appear at the 2009 Reebok Grand Prix, organisers announced yesterday. Fraser was the first Jamaican woman to win an Olympic gold medal in the 100m, when she bested compatriots Kerron Stewart and Sherone Simpson at last year's Beijing Olympics. more... () |
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| Inside the CanJet hijacking |
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| www.thespec.com/News/Bre... - The young hijacker, who fancied the name "Genius," was becoming increasingly agitated. Periodically, he would march up to the cockpit and pound on the door, demanding the plane take off. It seemed as though he was already flying, out of this world. more... () |
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| Historic Caribbean Census Bill Introduced In U.S. Congress |
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| www.muzikspace.com - April 25, 2009 -- A historic bill that calls for Caribbean nationals to have their own origins category on the U.S. Census form was on Thursday introduced by Caribbean American Congresswoman, Yvette D. Clarke of New York’s 11th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives. more... () |
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| Grenada Government Bans Popular Jamaican Artist Vybz Kartel |
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| www.spiceislander.com/?p... - The Government of Grenada has denied performance work permits to popular Jamaican Dancehall Artist Adija Palmer aka Vybz Kartel, and his band. The “red-hot” entertainer, whose controversial lyrics have brought him lots of media attention both in and out of Jamaica, was scheduled to perform a “rap-it-up” concert in Grenville St. Andrews on Sat. May 2nd 2009, where his popular Daggering condom was to be officially launched. more... () |
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| `We did what we had to,' says pilot in Montego hijacking |
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| www.thestar.com/News/Can... - The pilot of a CanJet flight that was commandeered by a would-be hijacker in Jamaica says he and his crew are "touched" by the praise heaped on them by Canadians but "we certainly don't feel like heroes." more... () |
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| Air Jamaica celebrates 40th anniversary legacy |
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| sflcn.com/story.php?id=6... - Air Jamaica Limited is now celebrating its 40-year legacy since it departed the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston, April 1, 1969, as the island’s national carrier connecting Jamaica to the world. more... () |
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| China Uses Global Crisis to Assert Its Influence |
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| www.washingtonpost.com/w... - BEIJING -- With Jamaica's currency in free fall, unemployment soaring and banks heavily exposed to government debt, the Caribbean island's diplomats went into crisis mode earlier this year. They traveled to all corners of the world to seek help. Jamaica's traditional allies, the United States and Britain, were preoccupied with their own financial problems, but a new friend jumped at the opportunity to come to the rescue: China. more... () |
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| Marley's "One Love" tops Jamaica's best song list |
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| www.reuters.com/article/... - Reggae legend Bob Marley's "One Love" topped a list of Jamaica's 100 best songs over 50 years that was unveiled on Tuesday by a panel of musicians and cultural officials associated with the University of the West Indies more... () |
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| Jamaican hostage-taker makes Cuba demand |
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| www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/a... - The hijacking is that from a mentally challenged youngster and not anything that would be of concern in terms of an international incident," said Jamaica's Information Minister Daryl Vaz. "Thank God, there are no injuries in terms of the passengers. more... () |
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| Clinton Reaffirms US Support for Haiti on Eve of Visit |
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| www.voanews.com/english/... - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, meeting with Haitian Prime Minister Michele Duvivier Pierre-Louis on Wednesday, promised that the Obama administration will be a "committed partner" of the Caribbean state. Clinton is scheduled to visit Haiti and the Dominican Republic on Thursday before joining President Barack Obama at the Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago. more... () |
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| Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister applauds civil society |
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| news.bn.gs/article.php?s... - Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister, Patrick Manning has praised civil society for what he described as their “indispensable role.” As he officially opened the Civil Society Forum of the Fifth Summit of the Americas on April 14th on the Carnival Victory, which is docked in the Port of Port of Spain, Mr. Manning said the group has a critical role to play in the development of people and the governance of society. more... () |
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| Academics, activists and educators get a head start on Summit of the Americas issues |
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www.miamiherald.com/news... - PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -- Academics, activists and educators get a head start on Summit of the Americas isues.
Poverty. Climate change. Public safety. Never mind the other hot topic -- Cuba. Nearly three dozen hemispheric heads of government will gather in Port of Spain Trinidad this weekend to tackle some of the world's most daunting problems. more... () |
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| Jamaican Children Benefit From Life-Saving Heart Surgeries |
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| sflcn.com/story.php?id=6... - Wayne Blake and Esther Stephenson smile as they watch their infant son sleep in his hospital bed this morning (April 15) at the Bustamante Hospital for Children. Somewhere in the hospital, surgeons are preparing for surgery to mend a hole in the one-year old's heart. But, the parents feel none of the dread that one would expect, at the thought of a child undergoing such major surgery. more... () |
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| Jamaica gay group critical of boycott |
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| www.ebar.com/news/articl... - A Jamaican gay rights group has issued an open letter critical of the effort launched last month that calls on people to boycott liquor imported from the country because of its record of deadly violence and other acts of violence perpetrated against LGBT people. more... () |
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| Bolt and Phelps: Not The Only Athletes Blowing More Than The Competition Away |
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| bleacherreport.com/artic... - Today it was reported that the current “world’s fastest man” and three-time Olympic medalist, Usain Bolt, told German reporters: “When you're a child in Jamaica, you learn how to roll a joint.” A statement today clarified: “Although admitting to trying marijuana as a child, (Bolt) has never used it as a competitor. more... () |
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| Obama eases Cuba travel restrictions |
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| www.cnn.com/2009/POLITIC... - President Obama lifted all restrictions Monday on the ability of individuals to visit relatives in Cuba, as well as to send them remittances. The changes in Cuban policy was unveiled before President Obama's trip to the Summit of the Americas. more... () |
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| Gays launch attack against jamaica with new boycott website |
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| news.prnewswire.com/Disp... - What: Gay advocates are launching a national boycott of Jamaica in New York City at the famed Stonewall Bar - birthplace of the gay rights movement. The bar's owners and boycott supporters will dump Jamaican liquor - Red Stripe beer and Myers' Rum - down the sewer. more... () |
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| New Roots in the Bronx for a Lion of Reggae |
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| www.nytimes.com/2009/04/... - The elevated trains roar over the din of the streets and aging storefronts of Wakefield in the Bronx. Up a circular staircase in Moodie’s Records, past a wall of shrink-wrapped LPs and stacks of 45s, a neighborhood sound that began in the 1970s — Bronx reggae — is struggling to be reborn. more... () |
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| Ninja Man’s son in custody |
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| www.radiojamaica.com/con... - The son of dancehall artiste, Desmond Ballentine, more popularly known as Ninja Man, could be slapped with murder related charges this week after he was held in St. Ann on Saturday. more... () |
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| No stopping Cuba now |
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| www.miamiherald.com/news... - The majority of delegations from the 34 nations coming to Trinidad and Tobago for the Fifth Summit of Americas will be doing so with Cuba very much on their mind. A clear understanding is emerging that a discussion on Cuba-USA relations cannot be deferred at this summit as one of the very significant, if not the most politically sensitive issues for Latin America and the Caribbean. more... () |
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| Americas summit is a big deal in Trinidad and Tobago |
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| www.miamiherald.com/news... - PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -- Crews in this Caribbean capital are cleaning the streets, spiffing up hotels and corralling the homeless into shelters -- out of sight of visiting dignitaries who will arrive this week in advance of the Fifth Summit of the Americas, which starts Friday. more... () |
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| Getting on track to raise money |
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| www.nydailynews.com/ny_l... - The Team Jamaica Bickle hospitality initiative - which has assisted hundreds of high school, collegiate and Olympic track and field athletes from Jamaica - is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year. more... () |
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| U.S., Cuba set to improve ties, seek dialogue |
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| news.xinhuanet.com/engli... - The visit by seven Democratic lawmakers from the U.S. Congress earlier this week indicated that it is possible to bring an end to the split that began when Cuba's revolution triumphed in 1959. Barbara Lee, who came to Havana as head of the group from the Black Caucus (an African-American organization founded in the U.S. Congress in 1969), said, "it is time to seek a new path ... to seek dialogue with Cuba." more... () |
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