International Business News - JAM http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif A lawsuit filed by Antigua's ousted police commissioner shows it's not always a tropical idyll when a veteran officer from Britain or Canada chooses to spend the twilight of his career working in the Caribbean. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081003/police-work-in-caribbean-not-always-fun-in-the-sun.htm Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:05:50 EDT In a four-month crackdown on illegal gang activity, local, state and federal law enforcement arrested 1,759 people in 28 states, from 33 countries. The top 20 countries represented are: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081001/summer-crackdown-on-gangs-leads-to-1-759-arrests.htm Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:00:46 EDT A teenager has admitted in a New York court that he shot and killed a security guard who confronted egg-throwing youths on Halloween. Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore said 19-year-old Nyanda Charley pleaded guilty Monday to second-degree murder. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080929/teen-i-shot-ny-guard-who-chased-halloween-rascals.htm Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:14:06 EDT Jamaica said it will be able to buy only half the 60,000 tons (54,430 metric tons) of rice it earlier vowed to purchase from Guyana. Commerce Minister Karl Samuda said Wednesday there is not a "heavy demand" for the grain in Jamaica. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080925/less-demand-spurs-jamaica-to-buy-less-guyana-rice.htm Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:13:42 EDT Jamaica says it will be able to buy only half the 60,000 tons of rice it earlier vowed to purchase from Guyana. Commerce Minister Karl Samuda said Wednesday there is not a "heavy demand" for the grain in Jamaica. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080925/jamaica-to-buy-less-rice-from-guyana.htm Thu, 25 Sep 2008 06:00:35 EDT Jamaica says it will cut sugar and molasses production by more than half when a Brazilian renewable energy company takes over the government's five sugar estates. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080919/jamaica-seeks-ethanol-cuts-sugar-molasses-output.htm Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:15:14 EDT Federal agents said Friday that they've arrested 15 alleged members of a bogus documents ring and are searching for six others as part of a renewed crackdown on Chicago's brisk, multimillion-dollar trade in counterfeit identification papers. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080919/15-arrested-in-crackdown-on-chicago-fake-id-ring.htm Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:02:31 EDT Hundreds of people whose beachfront homes were wrecked by Hurricane Ike may be barred from rebuilding under a little-noticed Texas law. And even those whose houses were spared could end up seeing them condemned by the state. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080919/some-ike-victims-may-not-be-allowed-to-rebuild.htm Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:08:32 EDT Hundreds of people whose beachfront homes were wrecked by Hurricane Ike may be barred from rebuilding under a little-noticed Texas law. And even those whose houses were spared could end up seeing them condemned by the state. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/133796-ike-texas.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080918/some-ike-victims-may-not-be-allowed-to-rebuild.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080918/some-ike-victims-may-not-be-allowed-to-rebuild.htm Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:19:26 EDT President Bush has determined that Bolivia is no longer cooperating in the war on drugs, placing it on a counter-narcotics blacklist along with Venezuela, as U.S. ties with the leftist Latin American governments plummet. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080916/us-puts-bolivia-on-drugs-blacklist.htm Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:29:42 EDT Jamaica said Gustav caused more than $1.4 million in damages to the island's agricultural sector when it hit late last month as a tropical storm. The director of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority said the western parish of St. James was the worst hit. Alexander Powell said the storm destroyed more than $600,000 worth of livestock and crops there. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080912/jamaica-gustav-dealt-1-4m-blow-to-ag-sector.htm Fri, 12 Sep 2008 09:18:56 EDT The United States leads the world in economic loss from deaths caused by armed crime, according to a global survey released Friday. The U.S. registered an estimated loss of up to $45.1 billion in terms of economic productivity because of violent crimes, said the report by the U.N. Development Program and the Geneva-based Small Arms Survey. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/128264-colombia-weapons.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080912/armed-killings-cost-nations-billions-of-dollars.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080912/armed-killings-cost-nations-billions-of-dollars.htm Fri, 12 Sep 2008 04:27:11 EDT Everyone is chasing Usain Bolt. The world's fastest man is in high demand, the latest invitations coming from David Letterman and the Real Madrid soccer team. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/127933-jamaica-bolt.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080911/bolt-to-visit-late-show-with-david-letterman.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080911/bolt-to-visit-late-show-with-david-letterman.htm Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:52:35 EDT The Maryland Board of Public Works has authorized an incentive that could persuade British Airways to continue operating at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080911/md-board-authorizes-subsidy-for-british-airways.htm Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:01:27 EDT A look at deaths so far from the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season: Six of 10 named storms so far this Atlantic hurricane season have caused deaths, mostly due to floods and mudslides: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080907/a-look-at-death-toll-from-atlantic-storms.htm Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:02:30 EDT For those who live in its path, hurricane season stirs up anxiety even before devastating winds and rains hit land. And for Suzanne Bonner, that means the days of blissfully lying in bed and listening to the rain no longer exist. Instead, alarms sound at 5 a.m. so she can check the latest forecast. She turns to the Weather Channel instead of watching a tennis match. And the first spot on her speed dial is reserved for a contractor, not her husband. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/124603-psychology-of-hurricanes.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080906/hurricane-ike-churns-west-triggers-fears.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080906/hurricane-ike-churns-west-triggers-fears.htm Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:55:31 EDT A look at deaths so far from the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season: Five of 10 named storms so far this Atlantic hurricane season have caused deaths, mostly due to floods and mudslides: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080905/a-look-at-death-toll-from-atlantic-storms.htm Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:38:21 EDT Jamaica's biggest banana company says it will temporarily halt exports of the staple fruit after Hurricane Gustav flattened entire plantations as it raked the length of the island last week. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080902/gustav-forces-jamaica-banana-co-to-halt-exports.htm Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:14:24 EDT Hurricane Hanna stalled for hours over the southeastern Bahamas on Monday, lashing the islands with fierce winds and rain. Forecasters said it could hit the southeast United States by midweek. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/120698-aptopix-gustav-gulf-coast.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080901/gustav-head-to-us-after-destroying-homes-in-cuba.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080901/gustav-head-to-us-after-destroying-homes-in-cuba.htm Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:42:27 EDT Hurricane Gustav smashed tens of thousands of homes, toppled trees and telephone poles and washed out roads in Cuba, but no deaths were reported Sunday as the massive storm roared away from the island. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/119876-cuba-tropical-weather.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080831/gustav-slams-cuba-as-powerful-category-4-hurricane.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080831/gustav-slams-cuba-as-powerful-category-4-hurricane.htm Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:49:17 EDT