Sep
02

Latin America – Jamaican drug baron Christoper ‘Dudus’ Coke pleads guilty

Jamaican drug baron Christoper ‘Dudus’ Coke pleads guilty
A notorious Jamaican drug baron, who was captured last summer after street battles that left scores of people dead, faces 23 years in prison after admitting racketeering charges in the US.

Salvador, Moore share Aboitiz lead
CEBU CITY, Philippines – Elmer Salvador and Jonathan Moore of the United States had two double bogeys and 17 bogeys between them after three days, but still found themselves on top of a packed leaderboard Friday in the Aboitiz Invitational golf championship presented by ICTSI 2011 at the Cebu Country Club.   Salvador, still looking for his first victory this year, fired his third straight one …

Salvador, Moore share lead
An exciting final day of the Aboitiz Invitational looms with a handful of players within striking distance of the two leaders at the Cebu Country Club.

Finding a gem in the Jamaican rocks
Really, that trip Jason Mims took to Jamaica in January wasn’t about fun in the sun. It was venturing past the beach and into Kingston — capital of the island nation — to find soccer players. Although he was working…

El Salvador remembers with fireballs
Fireballs have been hurled in an annual practice to remember a 1922 volcanic eruption in El Salvadore.

Saving Haiti’s art and culture
Haiti’s art is in peril after the earthquake ravaged churches and other homes of Haiti’s cultural heritage — saving that art could help with the country’s recovery.

Athletics-Jamaica’s Campbell-Brown storms to 200m gold
Jamaica’s Veronica Campbell-Brown stormed to the women’s 200 metres gold at the world athletics championships in Daegu on Friday in a season-best time of 22.22.

UN Troops Accused in Haitian Teen Sex Assault
Haitians in this remote seaside town are demanding an investigation into allegations that United Nations peacekeeping troops pinned down an 18-year-old Haitian man and subjected him to a humiliating sexual assault.

Aboitiz Invitational: Salvador, Moore set up thrilling final round
Elmer Salvador kept the Philippine flag flying high as he maintained overall leadership with Amercian Jonathan Moore to setup a thrilling finale in the $65,000 ICTSI-Aboitiz Invitational of the Asian Development Tour at the Cebu Country Club in Cebu City.

Jamaican drug lord ‘Dudus’ Coke pleads guilty. Why did his arrest take so long?
While Coke’s plea wraps up a long pursuit by US and Jamaican authorities, an examination of the efforts to prosecute him implicate several parties – including Jamaican officials and a US law firm.

Jamaican netball star in school clinic
TOWERING Jamaican shooting-ace Romelda Aiken has kept a low-profile on holiday in Ballarat this week – but she could hardly resist a special clinic yesterday.