Provides the latest RSS feeds for Caribbean News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Trinidad Times.com http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/cat/e5abd99746ab67f4/ en-us Thu, 23 May 2013 18:15:26 -0400 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:15:26 -0400 30 Beyonce, who celebrated her fifth wedding anniversary last month in Cuba with her husband Jay-Z, has shared pictures of the controversial trip on Tumblr. The trip drew fire from conservative Cuban-American lawmakers. The photos feature the pair looking stylish and effortlessly fresh as they make their way through Old Havana, the New York Post reported. The 31-year-old singer, who has since ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214710164/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Thu, 23 May 2013 05:20:02 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214710164/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 The Indian Caribbean Museum, described as "a national treasure, a window to the past, and an opportunity to see history come alive", has been cited by a National Geographic publication that showcases 500 of the world's most powerful and spiritual places and guides travellers who wish to visit them. "This is a fitting recognition in just seven years of our existence, especially as we celebrate ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214710161/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Thu, 23 May 2013 05:10:02 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214710161/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Singer Ricky Martin called Wednesday in a letter sent to the Puerto Rican House of Representatives for the legislative body to approve a bill which would prohibit discrimination due to sexual orientation on the island. The letter, which was released by Martin's representatives in San Juan, was made public at a time when the bill has run into opposition by a group of lawmakers in the lower house, ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214708116/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:50:01 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214708116/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 MIAMI -; When Cuban hunger striker Guillermo Farinas arrived in Miami, he said he was prepared to face rejection from radical members of the Cuban-American ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214723111/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:20:30 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214723111/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Havana, May 23 (Prensa Latina) Half a century from its foundation, the Cuban Institute for Research on Sugar Cane By-Products (ICIDCA) is focusing on agricultural diversification programs with the development of new products. Sources from the sector highlighted among the current guidelines the improvement of the processes to obtain alcohol, torula melasse, sorbitol, animal food, and bioproducts ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214723112/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:19:05 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214723112/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Miami.-The Dominican Republic is among Latin America's fastest growing trade partners of China and South Korea, according to an analysis by online publication Latinvex based on figures from the International Monetary Fund and the Korean government. Dominican Republic exports to China last year grew 40.8 percent to $411 million. That was the fifth-highest increase in Latin America. Total ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214723113/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:11:15 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214723113/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 College Park, Md.- The Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and other tropical storm-prone areas had better get ready for another busy hurricane season, maybe unusually wild, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) forecast Thursday, AP reports. NOAA said there'll be 13 to 20 named Atlantic storms, 7 to 11 that strengthen into hurricanes and 3 to 6 that become major hurricanes. It ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214723114/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:11:15 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214723114/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Santo Domingo.- The United Nations Program for Development (UNDP) on Thursday rejected the planned mine at Loma Miranda (central) by the Canadian company Xstrata Nickel Falcondo. "The deficiency in the environmental impact study concludes that the project doesn't meet the country's environmental and social requirements," said UNDP local representative Velerie Julliand. The ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214723115/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:11:15 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214723115/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Americans were warned on Thursday to brace for an extremely active hurricane season - less than a year after the devastation of Sandy, which hit the east coast in October 2012 - with 13 to 20 named storms, including seven to ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214723075/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:53:20 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214723075/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Officials yesterday defended the timing of storm alerts amid cries from many residents that they were unprepared for the heavy downpour that flooded significant portions of New Providence. The thunderstorm passed over the island Tuesday evening and yesterday. Trevor Basden, senior deputy director at the Department of Meteorology, said proper alerts were issued on time. "We were tracking ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214721570/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:07:05 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214721570/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Perry Walkine awoke Tuesday night to the sound of his kitchen cabinet falling and discovered that his entire apartment was flooded in five inches of water. Walkine, a retiree, lives in the government apartments on Sutton Street, off Lyon Road, in the Kemp Road area. "This is the first time that I have experienced such things with the water," he said. "Last night, one of my ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214721571/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:07:02 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214721571/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 The trial of a man accused of the murder of an 11-year-old boy did not proceed yesterday because of absent jurors. Kofhe Goodman, 40, is on trial for the September 2011 murder of Marco Archer. Goodman has denied the allegation at his trial before Justice Bernard Turner. The judge adjourned the trial to Friday because Goodman's lawyer, Geoffrey Farquharson, will be in the Court of Appeal ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214721572/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:06:59 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214721572/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 A judge yesterday postponed the sentencing of a man convicted of hacking his girlfriend to death. Prince Hepburn, 50, appeared before Justice Indra Charles for the sentencing phase of the murder trial for the death of Nellie Mae Brown-Cox. Charles adjourned the matter to May 30 because she had not received the psychiatric report she needed to determine sentencing. Hepburn, who was married, ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214721573/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:06:57 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214721573/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas - The LPGA Tour is going to use as much of the flooded Ocean Club course as it can for its inaugural trip to the Bahamas.The Bahamas LPGA Classic is to start Friday with a 12-hole round, using the holes that are not under water from the worst flooding in about 20 years. Officials hope the rest of the course will drain in time for an 18-hole Sunday. Otherwise, it would be ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214721574/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:06:40 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214721574/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -; Officials in the Turks and Caicos Islands have recovered $19.5 million and more than 2,500 acres (1,000 hectares) of real estate as they continue to seize assets improperly obtained by corrupt ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214721575/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:04:56 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214721575/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Officials in the Turks and Caicos Islands have recovered $19.5 million and more than 2,500 acres (1,000 hectares) of prized real estate as they seize assets improperly obtained by corrupt politicians. Thursday's announcement comes six months after the territory began to govern itself for the first time in three years following direct rule imposed by Britain due to a ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214721341/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:33:29 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214721341/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands - Election officials in the Cayman Islands say the opposition party has won nine of 18 seats, one short of a majority needed to control the British territory's legislature. The results released Thursday mean that attorney Alden McLaughlin's People's Progressive Movement will be the dominant force in a coalition government. Negotiations to choose the ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214721576/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:33:29 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214721576/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 From Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Taiwan to Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Panama, Colombia and Puerto Rico, the hike will be $980 per 20-foot container and $1,400 per 40-foot and 40-foot high-cube ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214718386/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:24:14 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214718386/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 LAST month McKeeva Bush, the ousted premier of the Cayman Islands, appeared in court to contest a string of charges, some stemming from alleged use of his government credit card in American casinos. His next date with the judge is in June. But in a general election on May 22nd voters delivered their own verdict: with most votes counted, it seemed they had re-elected Mr Bush to the West Bay seat ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214718387/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:20:46 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214718387/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 The comandante emerges from his bunker AFTER the 1959 revolution Fidel Castro declared that golf was a "bourgeois" hobby, unsuitable for communists. Most of the island's courses were built on, and no new ones have been developed since. But the government has just given the go-ahead to a new golf resort, in what it claims is "the start of a whole new policy to increase the ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214718388/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:20:41 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214718388/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 As the annual rainy season gathers over Haiti, bringing the risk of a renewed cholera epidemic that first struck in October 2011, growing numbers of health care professionals and relief workers are openly critical of the United Nations -- which many believe brought the deadly disease to Haiti in the first place. "The situation is worse than it was two years ago, " says Duncan ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214718389/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:03:06 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214718389/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 HAVANA - The trial of a Canadian businessman caught up in a corruption probe in Cuba is apparently under way nearly two years after he was detained. Sarkis Yacoubian was president of import company Tri-Star Caribbean, which was shuttered in July 2011. He was seen entering a courthouse in Havana on Thursday morning after arriving in a black sedan with tinted windows. Canadian Ambassador Matthew ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214718191/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:00:38 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214718191/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Lawmakers in the lower chamber yesterday began debate on the Homeowners Protection Bill, which is designed to assist struggling homeowners facing "extraordinary" circumstances to keep their homes. Moving the Bill in the House of Assembly was State Minister for Finance Michael Halkitis. "This Bill represents a modernisation of the lending framework in The Bahamas and creates a ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214718514/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:52:14 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214718514/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Addis Ababa, May 23 (Prensa Latina) The foreign ministers of the African Union (AU) adopted "by consensus or acclamation," a motion of support and gratitude to Cuba, for its contribution to the emancipation of Africa, a regional executive told Prensa Latina. The executive secretary of the South African Development Community (SADC), the Mozambican Tomaz Salomao, said the text was also ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214716802/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:14:42 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214716802/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 3 de mayo de 2013, 10:23 Paris, May 23 (Prensa Latina) The significance of the San Antonio de los Baños International Film School (EICTV) in Cuba, where young filmmakers from many countries have trained, was highlighted in France during an exhibition of films from the school. Founded 27 years ago, the institution is one of the most important of its kind in the world, and its associated ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214716801/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:14:42 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214716801/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Fitch Ratings has removed from Rating Watch Negative and affirmed National Commercial Bank Jamaica Limited's (NCBJ) long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) at 'B-'. At the same time, Fitch has assigned a Negative Outlook to NCBJ's long-term IDRs. A full list of rating actions is at the end of this press release. ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214716991/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:57:03 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214716991/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Havana, May 23 (Prensa Latina) The historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, sent congratulations today to the workers of the national community program of comprehensive rehabilitation of patients, started a decade ago. Since 2003, these services were expanded throughout the island, with 400 wards where about 69 million patients have so far benefited, with high levels of ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214715157/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:02:02 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214715157/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Addis Ababa, May 23 (Prensa Latina) The economic blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba is unjust and illegal, stated today in this capital Saharawi Foreign Minister, Mohamed Ould Salek, who said that position is common among African ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214715270/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:01:57 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214715270/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 ALBA -1 submarine cable, which connects the island with Venezuela, according to Doug Madory of internet analysis firm Renesys. Madory told The Associated Press that he detected new traffic between state-owned telecoms monopoly Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Cuba (ETECSA) and Cable & Wireless Jamaica beginning 13 May 2013. 'They’re gaining some physical diversity there, so if ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214713634/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:51:48 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214713634/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Santo Domingo.- The National Investigations Department (DNI) arrested members of a people trafficking network with possible links to international terrorist cells, who used Dominican Republic as a bridge from Cuba, France, Spain, Sri Lanka and Haiti. DNI chief operating officer Fidel Paulino identified the Sri Lankan- Canadian Karunanithy Nallathamby as the group's leader, arrested in ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214713917/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:41:39 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214713917/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Find out about the 31st Southern Cross Brigade to Cuba (an annual trip organised through the Australia Cuba Friendship Societies), 29 Dec 2013 - 20 Jan 2014. Lotteries House, 2 Delhi Street, West Perth Are you interested in: Agricultural sustainability? Food security? Global social justice? Universal health care? Education? Organic Gardening? Socialism in practice? The brigade offers the ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214708345/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:53:18 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214708345/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 UP CLOSE: In this May 2 photo, a tourist takes photographs of a leatherback turtle as it heads to the ocean after burying her eggs in the sand at daybreak on a narrow strip of beach in Grande Riviere, Trinidad. Officials with the US-based Sea Turtle Conservancy say Trinidad is now likely the world's leading tourist destination for people to see ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214706233/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:47:20 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214706233/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Answering the call to help others, two young Mt. Pleasant-area residents are in the midst of a week-long trip to Haiti as part of a mission trip under the auspices of the Church of God ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214705279/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:05:24 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214705279/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 The LPGA Tour Wednesday announced this week's event in the Bahamas would be reduced from 72 to 54 holes due to torrential rains that struck the course. Almost a foot of rain fell on the Ocean Club Golf Club in an 8-hour period Tuesday, leaving much of the course under water. The ninth and 18th fairways were flooded from tee to green. The tournament had been scheduled to begin Thursday, but ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214704959/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 22 May 2013 21:46:59 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214704959/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A legislator in Puerto Rico has submitted a bill that would increase fines and jail time for parents whose children skip classes or drop out of school. Angel Munoz Suarez says fines up to $5,000 and a 12-month jail sentence are needed to reduce dropout and absenteeism rates in the U.S. territory. He also says welfare benefits should be cut as punishment. Munoz says in a ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214702012/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:37:19 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214702012/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -; Puerto Rico's tiny island of Culebra has been forever dependent on the U.S. territory for food, jobs and health care, but the territory's governor is cutting some of those ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214700580/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:56:15 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214700580/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -; A legislator in Puerto Rico has submitted a bill that would increase fines and jail time for parents whose children skip classes or drop out of ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214700623/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:56:12 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214700623/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 The LPGA's first official tournament in the Bahamas boasts an elite field, but Mother Nature has already thrown a wet blanket over this week's event.The $US1.3 million tournament was scheduled to run from Thursday through Sunday, but has been shortened to 54 holes and is now to start on Friday after nearly a foot of rain fell on the Ocean Club Golf Course on Tuesday night.In the wake of ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214700624/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:55:42 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214700624/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Havana, May 22 (Prensa Latina) Cuba is going forward in perfecting its own enterprise and productive efficiency as part of the actions to reach more economic effectiveness. So it was told by Ruben Toledo, a member of the commission for the implementation and development of the guidelines approved in the 6th Communist Party Congress. Toledo said that the new regulations approved by the Cuban ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214699279/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:46:11 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214699279/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 , Kobo Town frontman Drew Gonsalves declares his love for the past even as his feet are firmly planted in the present. The music of the Toronto-based band can drift between classic Caribbean pop styles and even verge on hip-hop, but the singer's perspective remains sharply focused, wry and witty. The song "Postcard Poverty," for example, ribs tourists for whom tropical slums become ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214699280/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:44:50 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214699280/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 UN’s World Food Programme Paraguay, Guatemala, and Haiti are the countries with the biggest problem of food deprivation and malnutrition in Latin America, according to a report by UN. In the study by the World Food Programme, 25.5% of the Paraguayan population is undernourished, while the figure rises to 30.4% in Guatemala and 44.5% in Haiti. Nearly two million people worldwide are ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214699281/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:35:01 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214699281/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Havana, May 22 (Prensa Latina) Caribbean Cultural institutions need to promote and get more cooperation between them, said here Lourdes Croes, Director of the National Library of Aruba, the unique institution of its kind in the ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214697873/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:35:55 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214697873/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Havana, May 22 (Prensa Latina) Searching For Sugar Man, the Oscar-nominated documentary about the mysterious singer Sixto Rodriguez stands out among the proposals of a sample of British cinema in Cuba. Despite being a sales failure in his native United States, ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214697872/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:35:55 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214697872/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 BOSTON – A Dorchester man who works at a Jamaica Plain School has been held on $10,000 cash bail after being charged with trafficking ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214697530/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:24:06 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214697530/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 The Book Fair in La Havana, Cuba (February 14 - 22) has just ended, now Filven in Venezuela (March 08 - 17) is due to begin. In Cuba, just like in Venezuela, books can be bought at low cost, since book publications are sponsored by the state. All segments of society can afford to buy and read ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214697874/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:54:55 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214697874/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Belgrade, May 22 (Prensa Latina) As part of the celebrations for the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the diplomatic relations between Cuba and Serbia, both nations announced the donation by Serbia of a couple of crocodiles and four flamingos. In a press conference, Cuban Ambassador to Belgrade, Mercedes Martinez and the director of the Serbian zoo, Vuk Bojovi, gave information on the ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214696439/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:24:53 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214696439/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Medellin, Colombia, May 22 (Prensa Latina) Cuban representatives achieved very good results today, which include three golden medals, four silver and two bronze in athletics at the First Sports Games for journalists AIPS America, taking place in the Colombian city. Cubans achieved the first place in the 100 meters under 35 years, through Duber Luis Piñeiro, while Dayan Garcia got bronze. ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214696348/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:24:53 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214696348/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Havana, May 22 (Prensa Latina) In the middle of the preparations of the 63rd International Fishing Tournament Ernest Hemingway, the attendees include in their programs the celebrations for the yacht club that also bears the name of the American writer today. The Hemingway International Yacht Club organizes a meeting for tomorrow to remember its creation, which sponsor the tournament with the ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214696364/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:24:52 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214696364/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Santo Domingo, May 22 (Prensa Latina) The H1N1 influenza virus reappeared in Dominican Republic in the recent two months and there is no statement of epidemiological alert for that reason, reported the media. The sources show that a pregnant woman died due to the disease, which appeared in Mexico in 2009 with a negative impact for regional countries. Nevertheless, said the source, the identity of ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214694802/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:11:28 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214694802/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 John Welty , who has been Fresno State's president since 1991, in August. He has been vice chancellor at UCSF since 2010, and was vice provost before that from 2008 to 2010. From 2006 to 2008, Castro was associate vice chancellor for student academic affairs. Before coming to UCSF, Castro worked all over the University of California system at campuses in Berkeley, Davis, Merced and Santa ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214694803/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:42:43 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214694803/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Havana, May 22 (Prensa Latina) Cuba has developed a hemovigilance program with results similar to those of industrialized nations, said a Cuban physician participating in the 7th Cuban Congress of Hematology (Hematology 2013). The initiative, implemented for nine years in the western province of Matanzas as a national pilot program to be adopted throughout the country, was carried out without ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214693206/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:58:20 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214693206/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 FRANCK FIFE/Getty Images LONDON (AP) -- Richard Carrion of Puerto Rico entered the IOC presidential race Wednesday, promising to use his business experience to guide the Olympics through the world's troubled financial times and proposing to deploy IOC staff permanently in host cities to help organize the games. The 60-year-old Carrion, a banking executive who chairs the IOC ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214693207/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:41:38 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214693207/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 The latest string of murders has renewed debate over crime with State Minister of National Security Keith Bell declaring that the situation would have been worse had the Free National Movement (FNM) been re-elected last May. But FNM Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis said the recent spate of violence should force the government to admit that it is "paralyzed" when it comes to fighting crime. ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214691551/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:49:01 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214691551/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Police have arrested five men for questioning over the Whit Monday double murder and shooting spree, and were looking for three more suspects. Assistant Commissioner of Police Anthony Ferguson yesterday urged anyone with information on the suspects' whereabouts to turn them in, and warned that people found harboring wanted men would be arrested. Ferguson said it was too early to say if any ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214691552/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:49:00 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214691552/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Meteorologists are warning Bahamians to be vigilant today as a moist and unstable air mass combined with an upper level trough continues to move through the central Bahamas, creating severe weather activity on New Providence. The unstable weather will trigger widespread scattered showers, severe thunderstorms, strong gusts, dangerous lightning, water spouts and possible tornadic activity, ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214691553/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:48:58 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214691553/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 MACAU - A management team involved in the opening of the largest casino in the world has signed on to lead Baha Mar's much-anticipated gaming product. Global Gaming Asset Management (GGAM), known for its work in Las Vegas, Macau and Singapore, will manage the Baha Mar Casino & Hotel when it opens in December 2014. The international firm played a leading role in Venetian Macau, which ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214691554/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:48:57 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214691554/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 As the National Insurance Board (NIB) commences its search for a new director, Minister of Labour and National Insurance Shane Gibson said yesterday morale at NIB is at an "all time high" following the firing of former director Algernon Cargill. Cargill, who held the post more than four years, was fired last week for alleged gross misconduct. Gibson said NIB is looking for someone ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214691555/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:48:56 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214691555/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 With a little over a week left until the Christie administration presents the 2013/2014 budget to Parliament, Minister of State for Finance Michael Halkitis said yesterday the upcoming fiscal year will give the government more leeway to implement some of its election campaign pledges. However, former Minister of State for Finance James Smith, who is now a government financial consultant, said ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214691559/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:48:54 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214691559/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 A national emergency plan that is non-partisan is needed to address the high crime rate in The Bahamas, Free National Movement (FNM) Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis said yesterday. Minnis said he will request an urgent meeting with Prime Minister Perry Christie to discuss the establishment of a crime committee made up of political leaders, members of civil society, the business community and the ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214691558/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:48:53 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214691558/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 The government held preliminary discussions with officials from the United States last week in a bid to finally gain control of the Bahamian airspace, Minister of Transport and Aviation Glenys Hanna-Martin said yesterday. Hanna-Martin said she along with other government officials had talks with U.S. officials in Washington, D.C. She said negotiations regarding the control of Bahamian airspace ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214691557/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:48:52 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214691557/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 A former policewoman is scheduled to return to the Court of Appeal on Thursday in hopes of being granted bail pending trial. Toni Sweeting's bail hearing was adjourned yesterday because her lawyer, Jomo Campbell, had not filed an affidavit in support of the application. Sweeting, 27, was on duty when police officers allegedly found her with cocaine strapped to her body at Lynden Pindling ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214691556/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:48:50 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214691556/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Senior Justice Jon Isaacs has set a deadline of Friday for seized funds to be released to convicted drug trafficker Melvin Maycock Sr. Police seized Maycock's accounts when he was indicted as the Caribbean head of a multinational drug smuggling gang in 2004. However, the court has authorized the release of some of that money to allow Maycock to pay legal expenses. If this does not happen, ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214691560/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:48:49 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214691560/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 A former eyesore on Bay Street has been transformed into a green space that will feature cultural performances. The makeshift tent that temporarily housed the Straw Market is gone, and work on Pompey Square that leads out to the Prince George Wharf should be completed within days, according to Gevon Moss, the project manager for the Downtown Nassau Partnership (DNP). "We see the need for ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214691561/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:48:46 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214691561/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 SEYMOUR'S, Long Island - The Ministry of Tourism and its partners have come together to further heighten awareness of the invasive and venomous lionfish in Bahamian waters. One such avenue was the Lionfish Hunt II, a competition and cook-off between local fishermen and chefs, that was held on May 17 to 18 at Seymour's Dock. The lionfish was sighted in Bahamian waters following the ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214691563/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:48:42 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214691563/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 ABACO - A representative from the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture, along with a multi-agency team came together on May 9 with a small group of stakeholders to discuss ideas for a sporting facility in Abaco. Eugene Poitier, deputy permanent secretary at the ministry, said the government is seeking to increase the country's ability to develop new talent and manage elite talent by ... http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214691562/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:48:40 -0400 http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/sid/214691562/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4