Provides the latest RSS feeds for Caribbean News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Herald Globe.com http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/cat/e5abd99746ab67f4/ en-us Wed, 22 May 2013 05:37:07 -0400 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:37:07 -0400 30 The 7th International Ophthalmology Congress, to be held here June 29-31, will draw experts from 15 countries, Xinhua reported. Over 600 Cuban experts will attend the meeting to showcase the country's latest developments in ophthalmological research. This was carried out over the past few years in conjunction with "Mission Miracle," a joint Cuba-Venezuela programme launched in 2004 to provide ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214682617/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 22 May 2013 03:20:01 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214682617/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 A teacher and a prison guard were arrested in Puerto Rico in separate cases of child pornography, the US attorney in San Juan, Rosa Emilia Rodriguez, announced Tuesday. She said in a statement that educator Rigel Colon Cruzado was arrested Monday after investigators discovered that he had been having sexually-oriented conversations with a 12-year-old girl. Rodriguez said that the investigation ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214682503/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 22 May 2013 02:50:01 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214682503/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Cuban customs authorities have authorized individuals to import electric appliances and mopeds in a resolution eliminating the prohibition on such imports that had been in force since 2005. Resolution 143 published Monday in the island's Official Gazette sets forth that Cuban citizens traveling abroad may import refrigerators, air conditioners of any type or model, microwave ovens, stoves and ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214681488/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 22 May 2013 01:40:01 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214681488/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Meteorologists on Tuesday warned communities in western Haiti to stay alert to possible thunderstorms and heavy rains caused by a low-pressure ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214682898/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 22 May 2013 03:23:31 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214682898/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 LONDON (Reuters) - Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC.L) met expectations with a 1 percent rise in full-year core earnings, and said it would cut $100 million (65 million pounds) of costs from a business now focused on the Caribbean and ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214682714/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 22 May 2013 03:11:51 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214682714/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Havana, May 22 (Prensa Latina) Italian fencers Valerio Aspromonte and Giorgio Avola are heading a group of Olympic medallists to participate in the World Cups for the foil and sword, said the organizers of the event here Tuesday. Aspromonte and Avola, Olympic Champions in the foil by teams in London in 2012, are heading a high quality group, including other outstanding athletes from the Olympic ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214679889/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Wed, 22 May 2013 00:08:32 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214679889/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves has cited the "leisure and pleasure" way of life as one of the "anti-social" trends developing in the Caribbean in the past ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214678844/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 23:02:51 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214678844/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -; A Swiss oil company says it will start selling regular gasoline mixed with ethanol as part of a pilot program in Puerto ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214674257/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 18:20:46 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214674257/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Luanda, May 21 (Prensa Latina) The perspectives to widen and diversify cooperation between Angola and Cuba in education are promising, especially in the technical-professional teaching level, said an Angolan official here Tuesday. Narciso Damasio dos Santos Benedito, Secretary of State for the Angolan Technical-Professional Formation and Teaching, received Cuban Ministers Council vice president ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214674294/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 18:19:19 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214674294/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Continuous upgrading and a "vocation" for farming are two keys to the success of a cooperative that could serve as a model for boosting agriculture in ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214672466/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 18:14:49 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214672466/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 - As Caribbean communities grapple with the entwined challenges of climate change and food security, modern technologies offer hope that the region’s stagnating agricultural sector can be made more ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214672472/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 18:14:47 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214672472/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Santo Domingo.- A visibly enraged Catholic cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez on Tuesday issued a scathing to response to National District judge Eunice Minaya's ruling for the family planning agency's (Pro Familia) sex education campaign, which he sarcastically hailed. "I first of all congratulate that most illustrious and wisest of judges for the ruling, secondly, I also ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214674306/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 18:12:03 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214674306/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Santo Domingo.- The National Control Drugs Agency (DNCD) on Tuesday said it busted a network of heroin dealers based in Sabana de la Mar (northeast), which sent "mules" to Puerto Rico through several airports and the Ferry. The ring was detected after the arrest of Juan de Dios Lopez while boarding the ferry to Puerto Rico, with 96 heroine capsules, while the handicapped Ney Sanchez ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214674307/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 18:12:02 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214674307/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Santo Domingo.- The consolidated portfolio of energy generators that the power company AES manages offer the most competitive electricity prices in the local market as well as the Central America and Caribbean region. This was revealed by Marco De la Rosa, during breakfast the Energy Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAMDR), explaining that "AES sells a kilowatt hour of ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214674174/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 18:12:02 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214674174/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Managua, May 21 (Prensa Latina) Nicaraguan businessmen are discussing with optimism possibilities of strengthening trade with Cuba, following an agreement between Nicaraguan Chamber of Industries (Cadin), and the Chamber of Trade of that Caribbean country, said a business expert today. According to Doctor Oscar Aleman, who took part in different private ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214671241/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 17:08:00 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214671241/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Havana, May 21 (Prensa Latina) Haiti is a business for non-governmental organizations (NGOs), whose interference is greater than their help, Cuban specialists in Caribbean themes denounced today. Gloria Leon, a professor at the University of Havana, revealed the background of interference of many organizations that feed on Haitian poverty and exacerbate it in their own interests. In the panel ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214671037/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 17:07:59 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214671037/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Royal Caribbean Ltd. (RCL) 's largest investor is challenging Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Richard Fain by supporting a plan that could lead to a board shakeup at the second-largest cruise operator. Investors vote tomorrow on a non-binding shareholder proposal calling for the elimination of staggered directors' terms at Miami-based Royal Caribbean. The company opposes the ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214671432/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:48:29 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214671432/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Since arriving at the U.S. Interests Section in Havana nine months ago, Conrad Tribble has become perhaps its tweeter-in-chief, while reaching out to some of Washington's most vocal ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214671433/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:47:12 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214671433/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Havana, May 21(Prensa Latina) The president of the International Game Fish Association (IGFA), American Rob Kramer, today admitted that Cuba is very important for his organization due to its history and natural conditions. Kramer is attending the 63rd International Billfishing Tournament Ernest Hemingway that is being held until May 25 at the marina facility which carries the name of the famous ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214669695/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:56:01 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214669695/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Havana, May 21 (Prensa Latina) Researchers from the work of writer Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) from the United States, Canada and Japan participate here on an international symposium dedicated to the Nobel Prize for Literature winner, June from 20 to 23. Organized by the Museum House Finca La Vigia, where Hemingway lived nearly two decades, the event will be also attended by specialists from ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214669694/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:56:01 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214669694/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Cuba has authorised individual imports of appliances such as air conditioners, refrigerators and microwave ovens, lifting a ban imposed in 2005 amid a wave of energy shortages and blackouts.Islanders can now bring up to two such appliances per person into the country for noncommercial purposes. The list of approved items includes air conditioners with a capacity of less than one ton, ovens that ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214668065/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:14:45 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214668065/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 HAVANA (AP) — A U.S. diplomat has become a sort of tweeter-in-chief for the U.S. mission in Cuba, reaching out to some of Washington's most vocal critics on the island.The U.S. Interests Section has long cultivated ties to dissident bloggers and tweeters. But the mission's deputy chief Conrad Tribble has been reaching out to the communist Twitteratti as well.That has prompted ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214665746/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:30:08 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214665746/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay state visits to Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica and Mexico from May 31 to June 6, the foreign ministry announced on Tuesday.Hong Lei, foreign ministry spokesperson, told a press briefing on Tuesday that they will be the first state visits to Latin America and the Caribbean by Xi.Hong said Xi's visit to Trinidad and Tobago will be the first visit to an ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214665747/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:21:26 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214665747/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Laura Albanese (York South-Weston) Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport helped unveil the Scotiabank Caribbean Carnival 2013 campaign this morning. The ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214665236/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:06:54 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214665236/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 A police officer gathers evidence following a shooting spree that started on Kemp Road and ended in Nassau Village on the Whit Monday holiday yesterday. TORRELL ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214663880/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:16:15 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214663880/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Police are investigating the murder of a man stabbed on Saturday and the murder of another man found shot to death several hours later. The first victim was killed after an early morning argument escalated into a fight, police said. Police said the man was seen arguing with another man at a restaurant on Baillou Hill Road just before 6 a.m. During the altercation, the victim was stabbed ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214663881/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:16:14 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214663881/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 More than six weeks after three people were killed in a runway accident on Mayaguana, their families are finally able to bury their remains. The families had to wait for police to receive the remains from a lab in the United States that conducted a forensic evaluation. Former Cabinet Minister Sidney Collie, who lost his mother, sister and brother-in-law in the tragedy, said a funeral will take ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214663884/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:16:13 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214663884/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Eleven-year-old Lauryn Rolle of St. Thomas More Catholic Primary School was on Saturday declared the Bahamas Primary School Student of the Year Foundation's '2013 Student of the Year'. Lauryn won the award over 122 other outstanding students from primary schools throughout The Bahamas. The prestigious title came with a $5,000 scholarship donated by Bank of The Bahamas and a ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214663882/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:16:11 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214663882/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 A human rights group has called for two police officers to be tried in relation to the custody death of Aaron Rolle. Attorney Elsworth Johnson, president of the advocacy group Bahamas Human Rights Network (BHRN), said criminal charges before the Supreme Court were the "lawful and reasonable progression" after a coroner's jury found that Rolle was unlawfully killed. Rolle, 20, ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214663883/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:16:09 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214663883/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Both the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) and Free National Movement (FNM) governments bear collective responsibility for the proliferation of shanty towns throughout the country, according to the head of a local human rights group. Elsworth Johnson, president of the Bahamas Human Rights Network (BHRN), said the Department of Environmental Health and the Ministry of Works have failed in their ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214663885/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:16:08 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214663885/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Former Minister of State for Finance James Smith suggested recently there was not much more commercial banks could have done to guarantee the success of the government's Mortgage Relief Plan. Smith, chairman of CFAL, said the government's plan presented last September was an effort at best. "I think that it is noble in itself, but in terms of something happening, well something ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214663886/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:16:06 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214663886/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 On Whit Monday, more than 100 Bahamians gathered at the top of Fort Charlotte for Hope Floats, a balloon release ceremony to remember Bahamians who have died from lupus. For the second year in a row, Lupus 242 partnered with event sponsors The Balloon People for the ceremony, which included poems, tributes by loved ones and the reading of a list of names of Bahamians loss to lupus. Shortly ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214663887/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:16:05 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214663887/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 The surrogate mother of an 18-year-old teenager is pleading for her safe return. Melony Thompson said she last saw her niece Michaela Thompson last Thursday evening at their home on East Street South. Thompson spoke to The Nassau Guardian after police released a missing person's alert along with the teen's photo to the media. However, Thompson revealed that Michaela left a note, ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214663888/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:16:03 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214663888/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Havana, May 21 (Prensa Latina) The combination of comedy and tragedy makes the Dutch film "El Maraton" (The Marathon) a hit with moviegoers in Cuba, a country where people often laugh at their problems. "Maybe that was the key, in the perfect combination of tears and laughter, because the joke on its own doesn't work," the film's actor and screenwriter, Martin van ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214663889/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:11:31 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214663889/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 HAVANA -- A company that monitors global Internet traffic says another branch of the Venezuela-to-Cuba undersea fiber-optic cable has come online, connecting the island to nearby Jamaica.Internet analysis firm Renesys says it detected the new traffic between Cuban state telecom monopoly Etecsa and Cable & Wireless Jamaica beginning May 13.Renesys analyst Doug Madory announced the new ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214663531/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:07:47 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214663531/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Havana, May 21 (Prensa Latina) Latin American Students begin today in this capital the 1st Congress of Accounting and Administration (CONTAD), to promote a professional performance based on social responsibility, ethics, and sustainability. The forum, to be held at the Havana's Conference Center and concludes on Friday, May 24, should be an opportunity to highlight the development of the ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214662043/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:59:41 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214662043/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Havana, May 21 (Prensa Latina) The legacy of Haitian culture for contemporary Cuban authors is one of the leading discussions at today's International Symposium on Cultural Diversity in the Caribbean, sponsored by Havana-based Casa de las Americas. Haiti's influence on the works of writers such as Enrique Serpa and Antonio Benitez will be the main topics of lectures by professors from ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214662378/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:59:39 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214662378/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Santo Domingo.- A National District court on Monday handed down an unprecedented setback against Dominican Republic's Catholic Church, rejected a restraining order against the family planning organization's (ProFamilia) sex education campaign. Civil Court 5th Chamber judge Eunice Minaya ruled that the NGO's sexual education campaign doesn't violate the fundamental rights of ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214661023/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:37:43 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214661023/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 A New Jersey Couple Recently Accused of Money Laundering and Deception in a Travel Scam Has Showcased the Importance of Legitimate Providers in the Industry; Caribbean Cruise Line Scam Watch Highlights This Incident and Provides ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214658713/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:09:58 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214658713/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 REUTERS - Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson capped his final season in charge of the English Premier League champions by clinching the League Managers' Association Manager of the Year award for the fourth time on Monday. The 71-year-old Scot's unparallelled success in British soccer ended on Sunday with a remarkable 5-5 draw against West Bromwich Albion. "In a way I am glad ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214657789/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:02:58 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214657789/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 CIEGO DE VILA, Cuba , May 20 2013 (IPS) - The lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community in Cuba has won advances on issues like the change of name of pre-operative transgender persons, while they continue to fight for the right to same-sex civil ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214656533/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:09:55 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214656533/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Ratings agency Moody's Investor Service said Monday that there is a high probability that Jamaica and Belize will relapse into default."At the moment, we see a high probability that Belize and Jamaica will relapse into default," Moody's said in a statement as it singled out Trinidad and Tobago and Suriname as two of the few Caribbean countries that had stable ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214655882/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:03:55 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214655882/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 (Nick Purdon is a current affairs reporter and Leonardo Palleja is a current affairs producer and videographer with CBC's The National. Purdon and Palleja visited the Dominican Republic in late April 2013 to explore the dark side of Dominican baseball. Like many profesional ball teams, the Toronto Blue Jays have a number of stars from the Dominican Republic: Jose Bautista, Jose Reyes, Edwin ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214655010/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:51:43 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214655010/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 The man accused of keeping three women in captivity in his Ohio home for about a decade will plead not guilty, a member of his defence team said on Wednesday. Craig Weintraub, a former prosecutor representing Ariel Castro, 52, on rape and kidnapping charges, said in an interview he was concerned his client would not be able to receive a fair trial anywhere, given the publicity surrounding the ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214653234/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:04:24 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214653234/scat/e5abd99746ab67f4