caribbeans news Botero exhibition in Santo Domingo 67 works by Colombian artist Fernando Botero will be on display at the Palace of Fine Arts (Palacio de Bellas Artes) starting Thursday, 4 February. The traveling exhibition has already been seen in Ecuador, Peru, Argentina, Panama, Mexico, Brazil and Spain. It will be in Santo Domingo until April. The exhibition focuses predominantly on the violence in Colombia. Botero says he donated these works to the National Museum of Colombia so that the citizens and peoples of the world could be witness to the cruelty of a people affected by guerrillas and drug trafficking. Botero resides in Italy. For more on ongoing and upcoming events, see http://www.dr1.com/calendar   dr1.com   2010-02-14 Wanted Frenchman captured A Frenchman who was captured by the National Drug Control Department (DNCD) in possession of an assault rifle and several items only used by drug traffickers is a fugitive from French justice where he was requested for extradition to be tried for several crimes. But it has still not been decided whether or not he will be handed over since he was naturalized as a Dominican some time ago. The fugitive, Akca Soner, is known as "The Frenchman", and the DNCD said that he was the head of a gang that recruited "mules" to send cocaine to Europe, some of whom are in jails in Puerto Plata and Najayo. Several people were mentioned in connection with this individual. DNCD spokesman Roberto Lebron confirmed that the extradition request was filed by the Paris Appeals Tribunal in March 2009 on this individual to face charges of cocaine trafficking. When Soner was picked up he was found with an M-16-A2 assault rifle, a weapon no civilian is permitted to own. He could not produce any documents on the weapon or explain the RD$360,000 in cash that was found in his possession. Also found was a package of 21 cell phones, 43 shells for the assault rifle, two false-bottomed suitcases, a scale used by drug traffickers for weighing cocaine, a shrink-wrap machine and a Toyota Tacoma pickup truck.   dr1.com   2010-02-14 National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica (NDTC) hosts celebration for Nettleford The National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica (NDTC) will commemorate the life of its founder and late artistic director, Professor Rex Nettleford, with an evening of movement, music and tribute at the Little Theatre on Tom Redcam Avenue in Kingston on...   jamaica-gleaner.com   2010-02-14 Damning report on jailed juveniles AN ALARMING number of juvenile offenders being held in adult lock-ups for indefinite periods has prompted a full-scale investigation by the Office of the Children's Advocate (OCA) into the infringement of their basic...   jamaica-gleaner.com   2010-02-14 Shattered souls Staffina landed in the Freeport lock-up, Montego Bay, a little over a week ago.   jamaica-gleaner.com   2010-02-14 11 killed as Dom Rep bus tumbles into sea SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP):A bus has plunged into the ocean in the Dominican Republic, killing at least 11 people.Civil Defence Director Luis Luna Paulino says the bus tumbled off the Las Americas highway that links Santo Domingo with the...   jamaica-gleaner.com   2010-02-14 52 valentines - The Hutchinsons' story GLADSTONE AND Emma Hutchinson's life story has not been exactly a case of boy...   jamaica-gleaner.com   2010-02-14 Move to tackle cybercrimes - Hackers got Golding Prime Minister Bruce Golding has good enough reasons to support the Cybercrimes Bill after a recent incident left him holding thousands of US dollars in credit-card debt.   jamaica-gleaner.com   2010-02-14 Obligated to act - Witter blames fathers, State for children's woes Public Defender Earl Witter says his office, by law, must investigate any matter relating to the incarceration of children.Blaming the plight of jailed youngsters on the failure of parents and Government,...   jamaica-gleaner.com   2010-02-14 Confined to 'Hell': Jailed children suffer in MoBay EVERY FACE tells a story.   jamaica-gleaner.com   2010-02-14 Defence quizzes Chin Defence lawyers yesterday challenged star witness Rodney Chin's claims about who made the potentially damaging recordings of conversations among Chin, former Junior Minister Kern Spencer and the mother of Spencer's child,...   jamaica-gleaner.com   2010-02-12 Court rules in telecoms dispute Telecommunications provider LIME won a legal battle in the Supreme Court yesterday when the court ordered its competitor Digicel to restore all of LIME's international call circuits to full capacity. The court's ruling is in relation to an ongoing...   jamaica-gleaner.com   2010-02-12 Horizon gates open to Witter The Ministry of National Security yesterday told Prime Minister Bruce Golding that it had received legal advice to prevent persons from entering the Horizon Remand Centre as it was considered a crime scene. Gleaner sources say prison officials were advised...   jamaica-gleaner.com   2010-02-12 Jackpot! It appears that a Manchester resident will be smiling all the way to the bank when he or she comes forward to claim the record $240-million Lotto jackpot. Of course, the winner could also be someone who was just casually passing through the parish....   jamaica-gleaner.com   2010-02-12 Tax squeezes remittances from Cayman Already dwindling remittance inflows from the Cayman Islands might take another hit from a recently implemented tax package there. The Cayman Islands' decision to tax remittance flows from the island will make it more expensive...   jamaica-gleaner.com   2010-02-12 Caribbean Airlines to be Jamaica's exclusive national carrier The Government has agreed to ensure that Caribbean Airlines is designated the exclusive national carrier of Jamaica under the air services agreements between itself and other states. This was stated in the non-binding letter of intent signed on January 22 by the Government...   jamaica-gleaner.com   2010-02-12 Police bus scam - Cop and two others held in Hanover motor-vehicle racket WESTERN BUREAU: The Ramble Police Station in Hanover has been placed under the microscope of the Anti-Corruption Branch, which is probing reports that the station was the nerve centre of a major motor-vehicle racket in the parish...   jamaica-gleaner.com   2010-02-12 Light-bulb defence switches to Plan B DESPITE SUFFERING a body blow in court yesterday, attorneys representing Kern Spencer and Coleen Wright are fighting to prevent voice recordings allegedly captured on cellular phones by Rodney Chin from being admitted...   jamaica-gleaner.com   2010-02-11 18 months for guilty jurors THE TWO female jurors who pleaded guilty in December last year to soliciting a bribe of $100,000 from a woman, to free her son of a murder charge, have been sentenced to 18 months imprisonment each at hard labour. Resident Magistrate Dale Palmer sentenced the women...   jamaica-gleaner.com   2010-02-11 FINSAC apologises for Orane mix-up THE FINANCIAL Sector Adjustment Company (FINSAC) has apologised to Douglas Orane, chairman and CEO of Grace-Kennedy, after his name was included among a list of debtors who had amounts written off. The list was made public last week...   jamaica-gleaner.com   2010-02-11 Reverend attacked by thugs A beloved pastor is now in hospital battling for his life after he was stabbed several times by criminals who surprised him at his Red Hills home in St Andrew on Tuesday night. A source at the University Hospital of the West Indies revealed that the Reverend Donald Roberts...   jamaica-gleaner.com   2010-02-11 Four more members of the police force arrested ONE WEEK after a police sergeant was arrested on reasonable suspicion of supplying guns and ammunition to an illegal weapons shop, four more members of the police force have found themselves on the wrong side of the law...   jamaica-gleaner.com   2010-02-11 A very dry spell - Daily chores become burdensome as Jamaicans make long trek for rare commodity WITH WATER drying up, St Andrew residents are finding it increasingly difficult to do basic things, such as bathing, washing clothes and flushing toilets. The dam by the Mammee River consists mainly of silt and a few narrow tracks...   jamaica-gleaner.com   2010-02-11 Gov't selling off Air Jamaica properties GOVERNMENT YESTERDAY gave its clearest indication yet that it is streamlining preparations for the sale of the national airline, Air Jamaica, as well as taking care of the liabilities for which the state will be responsible...   jamaica-gleaner.com   2010-02-11 Locked out! Public Defender's office barred from Horizon - Golding demands answers PRIME MINISTER Bruce Golding last night demanded that prison officials explain to him by mid-morning today why investigators from the Office of the Public Defender's office were barred from entering the Horizon Remand Centre yesterday...   jamaica-gleaner.com   2010-02-11 Condolence books to open for Rex today Members of the public will be able to pay their respects to the late Professor Rex Nettleford in condolence books that will be opened from today until next Monday, the day before his funeral. A release from the Office of the Prime Minister...   jamaica-gleaner.com   2010-02-10 ... Early end to commission sitting The Financial Sector Adjustment Company (FINSAC) commission of enquiry had an abbreviated sitting yesterday, after one of the witnesses requested additional time because he was not prepared. The commission had last week subpoened Robert Martin, chairman...   jamaica-gleaner.com   2010-02-10

caribbeans news FINSAC ruling Friday Supreme Court judge Ingrid Mangatal is to make a ruling Friday on an application brought by three claimants to halt the commission of enquiry into the collapse of the financial sector in the 1990s. The claimants are former...   jamaica-gleaner.com   2010-02-10 Cellphone ruling today RESIDENT MAGISTRATE Judith Pusey is to rule today on whether she will admit into evidence the main cellular phone in the Cuban light-bulb affair. The phone, which prosecution witness Rodney Chin said he used to record conversations between himself and the accused...   jamaica-gleaner.com   2010-02-10 Parliamentarians under the whip - House speaker raps members Speaker of the House Delroy Chuck signalled yesterday that he is fed up with the misconduct of some members on both sides of the parliamentary chamber. Chuck dispatched copies of a memorandum to all 60 members of the House of Representatives...   jamaica-gleaner.com   2010-02-10 Taxman drives with 'smart disc' The Tax Administration Services Department (TASD) is warning drivers about a relatively new weapon it has added to its arsenal against tax evasion.Starting June last year, special registration discs were introduced that plainly read 'VOID' if...   jamaica-gleaner.com   2010-02-10 In turf wars, kids as young as three groomed as 'shottas' Children are often taught that the sky is the limit. But for those living in the Greenwich/Lyndhurst area and other Kingston inner-city communities, ground-level limitations abound - restricting access to education, security and ambition...   jamaica-gleaner.com   2010-02-10 Police armoury combed for clues - Probe into massive gun, ammofind kicks into high gear Investigators began combing through the police armoury and stores on Monday as the probe into last Thursday's massive gun and ammunition find in eastern St Andrew kicks into high gear. Already, communications director for the Jamaica Constabulary Force...   jamaica-gleaner.com   2010-02-10 Nurses walk out of reclassification meeting The island's nurses are dissatisfied with the Government's decision to give health-care workers four weeks to review documents outlining compensation levels under a reclassification exercise. The documents were released by...   jamaica-gleaner.com   2010-02-10 Samuda defends Factories Corp move Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister Karl Samuda is rebutting criticism of the Government's plan to relocate the Factories Corporation of Jamaica (FCJ) to New Kingston.Even as he described the criticism ...   jamaica-gleaner.com   2010-02-10 Jamaican banks safe Leading Jamaican banks are assuring account holders and other users of banking services that their savings and investments will be safe and that they will be able to get cash and access other financial services in the event of a major catastrophe...   jamaica-gleaner.com   2010-02-10 With families in the dark, fear grows over inmates' condition Suspicion and disbelief continue to greet official reports on Monday's riot at the Horizon Remand Centre.Following a visit to the Spanish Town Road-based facility yesterday afternoon, Minister of National Security Dwight Nelson reported...   jamaica-gleaner.com   2010-02-10 Casino bill ready - Gaming legislation for Parliament next week After weeks of deliberations, the parliamentary committee reviewing legislation for the proposed Casino Gaming Act yesterday approved the bill that will be submitted to Parliament next Tuesday, February 16, for debate. The bill, which has been at least two years...   jamaica-gleaner.com   2010-02-10 Islandwide weapons audit ordered by Nelson WESTERN BUREAU: As part of a wider initiative to determine how many legal guns are in the hands of Jamaicans - police, licensed firearm holders and gun dealers - National Security Minister Senator Dwight Nelson has ordered an islandwide audit."...   jamaica-gleaner.com   2010-02-09 Judge wary of lengthy Kern trial As the trial of Kern Spencer limped into another week, presiding magistrate Judith Pusey yesterday declared she had no desire to have the matter labour before her."I don't want to grow old trying this case," Pusey...   jamaica-gleaner.com   2010-02-09 Nettleford cremated, official funeral confirmed Professor Rex Nettleford's body has been cremated in the United States and the ashes are to be transported to Jamaica for an official funeral next Tuesday. Vice-Chancellor of the University of the West Indies, (UWI), Professor E. Nigel Harris...   jamaica-gleaner.com   2010-02-09 PM fulfils cancer patient's last wish Facing his own mortality, 19-year-old cancer patient Gary Buchanan got a lift yesterday when his desire to meet his nation's leader was fulfilled. Yesterday, in a meeting organised by The STAR, Prime Minister Bruce Golding paid the young man a visit...   jamaica-gleaner.com   2010-02-09 Reliving a Valentine's tragedy - Old Harbour residents recall deadly 1999 accident Sunday, February 14 - Valentine's Day - will mark the 11th year since eight young people drowned at sea and boat captain, Fred Hunter, says families still blame him for the clubbites' deaths. In 1999, 13 Gold Star youth club (now changed to Narine Avenue youth club) members....   jamaica-gleaner.com   2010-02-09 Riot at Horizon Approximately 100 policemen rushed to the Horizon Remand Centre on Spanish Town Road in St Andrew yesterday, after a prison riot broke out during the mid-afternoon hours. National Security Minister Senator Dwight...   jamaica-gleaner.com   2010-02-09 Olint hopes dim - Investors meet, anger stirred, still no word on money Members of alternative investment scheme Olint were left fuming and with little hope yesterday as they emerged from a meeting aimed at updating them on efforts to recover their money. "I just can't be confident. It (Olint's collapse) has thrown our lives in shambles," declared Horace Brown...   jamaica-gleaner.com   2010-02-09 Reece defends church schools as champions of education Archbishop of Kingston, the Most Reverend Donald Reece, yesterday delivered a staunch defence of the role the Jamaican Church plays in education, though conceding that stakeholders could do more to improve service delivery. "When you think of the schools...   jamaica-gleaner.com   2010-02-08 Victims of domestic abuse urged to take action AN EXPLOSIVE temper, a history of violence and a controlling personality are three of the clearest warning signals for domestic disputes.Several clinical psychologists interviewed by The Gleaner warned that people should...   jamaica-gleaner.com   2010-02-08 Good cops must dump bad apples! - Gov't sends wrong message too - Phillips A FORMER national security minister is urging the police to use last week's betrayal by one in their ranks to renew their resolve to help weed out corruption in the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). But even as Dr Peter Phillips commended the national security ministry...   jamaica-gleaner.com   2010-02-08 From relief to rebuilding - FFP's Haiti aid mission gets into second gear Food For The Poor Inc (FFP), an international charity which also has bases in Jamaica, has purchased, packaged and shipped more than 3,100 tons of emergency relief to earthquake victims in Haiti, the organisation has revealed...   jamaica-gleaner.com   2010-02-08 El-Faisal pledges positive preaching Controversial Muslim cleric Sheikh Abdullah el-Faisal says he will continue his preaching in Jamaica, but promised that his messages will not be divisive."I hope my presence will be for good and positive things and not bad...   jamaica-gleaner.com   2010-02-08