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December 25, 2011

Haiti migrants found dead off Cuba’s coast

At least 38 migrants from Haiti have been found dead after their boat sank just off the…

December 25, 2011

2011 Christmas Message By Premier Dr. The Hon. D. Orlando Smith

There is an old saying, love can move any mountain; it can weather the storm; and it can bring us back to where we belong. This is the true spirit of the Virgin Islander. The legacy of our forefathers. The cornerstone of a Caribbean people and the…

December 25, 2011

A slippery tale – PNP says supporters did not oil roadway

MOTORISTS travelling in the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) motorcade in Portland on Wednesday were forced to drive at considerably low speeds after party officials announced that oil was deliberately spilled on sections of the roadway leading out of…

December 25, 2011

LIME Presents Christmas Eve of a Lifetime

The LIME Christmas of a Lifetime continues this Christmas Eve with extended store hours from 9am to 9pm. New and Existing customers have plenty of ways to win a Lifetime of LIME. The leading telecom is also a proud sponsor of "The Big Block…

December 25, 2011

Payroll tax deal passes Congress in rare win for Obama

The US Congress has approved a short-term renewal of a payroll tax cut, a day after House…

December 25, 2011

Brazil fines Chevron $5.4m for oil spill

Brazil has fined US oil giant Chevron $5.4m (£3.5m) for breach of its environmental licence when it tackled an oil spill in November. Brazil's Ibama environmental agency said Chevron lacked the necessary equipment and was slow to respond. Ibama…

December 25, 2011

Portugal in US$3.5b utility stake sale to China

Portugal is selling the state’s 21.35 per cent stake in national utility Energias de Portugal to China Three Gorges Corporation for euro 2.7 billion (US$3.5 billion), officials said Thursday. Three Gorges Corporation beat rival bids from German…

December 25, 2011

Tortuga Rum Companies unite

The shareholders of Tortuga CRC Jamaica Ltd, Tortuga Rum Company Ltd of the Cayman Islands, Tortuga Imports Inc, of Miami, Florida, and Tortuga Barbados/Baker’s Choice have consolidated their regional interests into a new international food group…

December 25, 2011

Pope Benedict XVI attacks Christmas consumerism at Mass

Pope Benedict XVI has attacked the commercialisation of Christmas as he held the…

December 25, 2011

Moscow protest: Thousands rally against Vladimir Putin

Tens of thousands of people have rallied in central Moscow in a show of anger at alleged electoral fraud. They passed a resolution "not to give a single vote to (PM) Vladimir Putin" at next year's presidential elections. Protest leader Alexei…