http://www.mail.com/locations/3358-jamaica.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/3358-jamaica.html http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2160440-oly-sprinter-campbell-brown-suspended-amid-probe.html KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Olympic champion Veronica Campbell Brown of Jamaica is serving a suspension while anti-doping officials rule on her recent positive drug test. The Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association announced Tuesday that the 2004 and 2008 Olympic champion at 200 meters is suspended while a panel reviews the case. Campbell Brown's manage... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:35:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2160440-oly-sprinter-campbell-brown-suspended-amid-probe.html 2013-06-18T21:35:38Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2138254-evans-late-goal-lifts-us-jamaica-2-1.html Brad Evans saved the United States from another deflating World Cup qualifier on the road. After Jamaica's Jermaine Beckford tied the score in the 89th minute, Evans scored an unlikely goal in the second minute of second-half stoppage time following an excellent pass from Michael Bradley, giving the U.S. a thrilling 2-1 win over Jamaica at Kingston on Fri... Sat, 08 Jun 2013 07:24:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2138254-evans-late-goal-lifts-us-jamaica-2-1.html 2013-06-08T07:24:29Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2137564-cash-stolen-father-usain-bolt-jamaica.html KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — A day after a rare defeat for sprinter Usain Bolt, his father suffered another kind of loss back home in Jamaica. Thieves broke into the pickup truck of 57-year-old Wellesley Bolt and stole more than $4,000 in cash. The elder Bolt says the theft occurred while he was shopping in Falmouth on Jamaica's north coast. He said in a brie... Fri, 07 Jun 2013 20:29:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2137564-cash-stolen-father-usain-bolt-jamaica.html 2013-06-07T20:29:19Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2124852-us-beats-2nd-string-germany-4-3-exhibition.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States can head into a key stretch with some added confidence. Clint Dempsey scored twice in a five-minute span of the second half and moved into second place on the U.S. career scoring list, helping the Americans edge a second-string Germany team 4-3 in an exhibition game Sunday. Preparing for three World ... Sun, 02 Jun 2013 23:18:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2124852-us-beats-2nd-string-germany-4-3-exhibition.html 2013-06-02T23:18:14Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2100098-internet-cable-cuba-to-jamaica-online.html HAVANA (AP) — A new branch of the Venezuela-to-Cuba undersea fiber-optic cable has reportedly come online, linking the island to nearby Jamaica, increasing Cuba's potential international communications bandwidth and providing a backup for the main line. Doug Madory of Internet analysis firm Renesys told The Associated Press on Tuesday that he detected new... Tue, 21 May 2013 17:43:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2100098-internet-cable-cuba-to-jamaica-online.html 2013-05-21T17:43:26Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2092548-caribbean-talks-conservation-bransons-island.html NECKER ISLAND, British Virgin Islands (AP) — Surrounded by a turquoise sea and a menagerie of exotic animals on a billionaire's private island, political and business leaders gathered Friday to back an initiative aimed at expanding protection for the Caribbean's imperiled coasts and waters. The "Caribbean Challenge" calls for special protected zones along... Sat, 18 May 2013 01:15:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2092548-caribbean-talks-conservation-bransons-island.html 2013-05-18T01:15:14Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2047366-caribbean-gridlocked-courts-stall-lives.html KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Claudette Johnson still has a hard time sleeping at night a decade after her son was fatally shot in a confrontation with Jamaican police and 15 years after her taxi driver husband was murdered by gunmen. Year after year, both cases have collected dust in the island's gridlocked court system, leaving her in limbo. Meanwhile, she's... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:49:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2047366-caribbean-gridlocked-courts-stall-lives.html 2013-04-26T18:49:09Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1989504-caribbean-nations-search-oil-amid-spill-fears.html KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — The turquoise waters that have long brought treasure seekers to the Caribbean now are drawing a new kind of explorer as countries across the region increasingly open their seas to oil exploration. From the Bahamas and Cuba down to Aruba and Suriname, international oil companies are lining up to locate potentially rich offshore dep... Sun, 31 Mar 2013 16:50:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1989504-caribbean-nations-search-oil-amid-spill-fears.html 2013-03-31T16:50:37Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1988268-jamaica-to-approve-bill-targeting-lottery-scams.html KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — The House of Representatives in Jamaica has passed a bill this week calling for tougher prosecution of those involved in multimillion-dollar lottery scams that mostly have targeted elderly Americans. The governor general is expected soon to sign the bill, which the Senate also passed on March 21. The bill targets advanced fee frau... Sat, 30 Mar 2013 14:43:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1988268-jamaica-to-approve-bill-targeting-lottery-scams.html 2013-03-30T14:43:52Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1966606-jamaica-frets-slowdown-returning-islanders.html MANDEVILLE, Jamaica (AP) — In this affluent town in Jamaica's cool, mountainous interior, Jasmine Pottinger has realized the dream that kept her going while dealing with racism, culture shock and other challenges during almost four decades of working in drizzly London, a city where she never felt entirely accepted. The 73-year-old retired nurse and her hu... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 07:20:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1966606-jamaica-frets-slowdown-returning-islanders.html 2013-03-20T07:20:13Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1955346-bill-intended-to-curb-jamaica-lottery-scams.html KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Jamaican officials said Thursday that they are hopeful new legislation will finally result in a stream of convictions and lengthy sentences for fraudsters behind a multimillion-dollar lottery scam that has swindled mostly elderly Americans out of their retirement savings for years. National Security Minister Peter Bunting told rep... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:47:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1955346-bill-intended-to-curb-jamaica-lottery-scams.html 2013-03-14T22:47:03Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1936822-venezuela-petro-allies-nervous-chavezs-death.html HAVANA (AP) — Cubans remember the so-called Special Period of the 1990s, when the Soviet Union's sudden collapse plunged the island into years of economic depression, with cars and buses disappearing from the streets for lack of fuel and rolling blackouts leaving the capital in darkness. Now Cubans fear a return of hard times following the death of Venezu... Wed, 06 Mar 2013 23:39:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1936822-venezuela-petro-allies-nervous-chavezs-death.html 2013-03-06T23:39:47Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1927272-puerto-rico-slowly-warms-to-gay-rights.html SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The advance of gay rights across the United States is spreading into Puerto Rico, making the island a relatively gay-friendly outpost in a Caribbean region where sodomy laws and harassment of gays are still common. The governing Popular Democratic Party is pushing a bill through the legislature that would outlaw discrimination... Sat, 02 Mar 2013 18:39:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1927272-puerto-rico-slowly-warms-to-gay-rights.html 2013-03-02T18:39:16Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1919014-database-britons-find-slave-owning-ancestors.html LONDON (AP) — A new database launched Wednesday lets Britons curious about their family history uncover some potentially uncomfortable information — whether their ancestors owned slaves. Researchers at University College London spent three years compiling a searchable listing of thousands of people who received compensation for loss of their "possessions"... Wed, 27 Feb 2013 20:00:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1919014-database-britons-find-slave-owning-ancestors.html 2013-02-27T20:00:48Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1919604-researchers-marvel-worlds-deepest-sea-vents.html KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Researchers using a remote-controlled submarine around the world's deepest known hydrothermal vents have been collecting samples from the sunless depths of the Caribbean Sea. The expedition of Britain's National Oceanography Center is exploring areas where blazing hot, mineral-rich fluid gushes from volcanic chimneys on the seabed... Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:51:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1919604-researchers-marvel-worlds-deepest-sea-vents.html 2013-02-27T18:51:21Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1917272-coral-comeback-reef-seeding-caribbean.html ORACABESSA BAY, Jamaica (AP) — Mats of algae and seaweed have shrouded the once thick coral in shallow reefs off Jamaica's north coast. Warm ocean waters have bleached out the coral, and in a cascade of ecological decline, the sea urchins and plant-eating reef fish have mostly vanished, replaced by snails and worms that bore through coral skeletons. Now, ... Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:57:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1917272-coral-comeback-reef-seeding-caribbean.html 2013-02-26T20:57:14Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1886652-struggling-caribbean-islands-selling-citizenship.html KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Hadi Mezawi has never set foot on the Caribbean island of Dominica, has never seen its rainforests or black-sand beaches. But he's one of its newest citizens. Without leaving his home in the United Arab Emirates, the Palestinian man recently received a brand new Dominican passport after sending a roughly $100,000 contribution to t... Tue, 12 Feb 2013 18:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1886652-struggling-caribbean-islands-selling-citizenship.html 2013-02-12T18:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1881220-bolt-400-meters-2013-debut.html KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Usain Bolt kicked off his sprint season Saturday by making a rare appearance in a 400-meter race and finishing in 46.74 seconds. Bolt, who has back-to-back Olympic gold medals in the 100, 200, and the 4x100-meter relay, overtook Allodin Fothergill in the homestretch to win his heat. Bolt's biggest rival, Yohan Blake, ran 46.64 in ... Sun, 10 Feb 2013 14:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1881220-bolt-400-meters-2013-debut.html 2013-02-10T14:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1873144-fervent-fans-mark-marleys-birthday-jamaica.html KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Hundreds of tourists joined dreadlocked Rastafarian priests, leading reggae musicians and some of Bob Marley's relatives at the late reggae icon's old house in Jamaica to mark the 68th anniversary of his birth Wednesday. Since his death from cancer in 1981 at age 36, Marley has become more than Jamaica's most famous musical export... Wed, 06 Feb 2013 23:20:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1873144-fervent-fans-mark-marleys-birthday-jamaica.html 2013-02-06T23:20:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1868596-jamaica-breaks-ground-rare-earth-project.html KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Jamaican and Japanese officials on Monday launched a pilot project designed to investigate whether rare-earth elements can be commercially extracted from the island's bauxite waste. Researchers with Japan's Nippon Light Metal Co. Ltd. believe they have found high concentrations of rare-earth elements in the island's red mud, a byp... Mon, 04 Feb 2013 22:41:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1868596-jamaica-breaks-ground-rare-earth-project.html 2013-02-04T22:41:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1844698-guyana-pledges-to-protect-jaguars.html KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — The lushly forested nation of Guyana on Thursday joined a regional pact to protect jaguars, the elusive spotted cat that is the biggest land predator in the Americas but is vulnerable due to expanded agriculture and mining that carves away at their fragmented habitat. Leaders of the government's environment ministry were signing a... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1844698-guyana-pledges-to-protect-jaguars.html 2013-01-25T00:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1823396-official-rare-earth-elements-jamaicas-red-mud.html KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Jamaica may be able to benefit from newly found deposits of rare-earth elements that are key ingredients for smartphones, computers and numerous other high-tech goods, the Caribbean island's top mining official said Tuesday. Science, Technology, Energy & Mining Minister Philip Paulwell said Japanese researchers believe they have f... Tue, 15 Jan 2013 23:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1823396-official-rare-earth-elements-jamaicas-red-mud.html 2013-01-15T23:13:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1783926-3-day-trip-3-week-ordeal-2-jamaicans.html SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — It was supposed to be a three-day fishing trip at most. It turned into a three-week ordeal, drifting under an intense sun for hundreds of miles in the Caribbean in a small boat with a broken motor. The two Jamaican fishermen survived by eating raw fish they caught and drinking water from melted ice they had brought to preserve... Sat, 22 Dec 2012 21:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1783926-3-day-trip-3-week-ordeal-2-jamaicans.html 2012-12-22T21:51:00Z