Month: January 2011

January 30, 2011

Bagga Brown is Dead

Basil ‘Bagga’ Brown, former insurance salesman, veteran radio and television personality and co-founder of the now defunct Rockers Award, is a patient at the Medical Associates  is dead.   Reports are that Bagga, who hosts the popular vox pop…

January 30, 2011

Egypt protests: Tension rises as jets buzz Cairo square

Tension is mounting in the Egyptian capital Cairo after the military staged an apparent…

January 30, 2011

German train crash near Magdeburg leaves 10 dead

At least 10 people are reported to have died in a train crash in eastern Germany. A local passenger train and a goods train collided head-on in the state of Saxony-Anhalt late on Saturday, near the city of Magdeburg. The passenger train, the…

January 30, 2011

Tunisian Islamist leader Rachid Ghannouchi returns home

The leader of Tunisia's main Islamist movement has returned home after 22 years in exile…

January 30, 2011

‘Last’ Bloody Sunday march takes place in Derry

Thousands of people have marched in what is intended to be the last Bloody Sunday march in Londonderry. The…

January 30, 2011

Vietnamese journalist dies after fire attack

A Vietnamese journalist who was set on fire as he slept has died of his injuries. Le Hoang Hung died 10 days after an intruder broke into his home, doused him with chemicals and set him on fire. Colleagues think the motive may be revenge for his…

January 28, 2011

Sandals CEO gives top marks to LIME

ADAM Stewart, CEO of the award-winning Sandals Resorts International, earlier this week gave top marks to…

January 28, 2011

Banana company to enter liquidation

After several years of financial difficulty and wrangling over its management, the St Lucia Banana Corporation (SLBC) has adopted a resolution for the voluntary liquidation of its assets valued in excess of EC$10 million (US$3.7 million) SLBC…

January 28, 2011

Egypt protests escalate in Cairo, Suez and other cities

Anti-government protests are intensifying across Egypt, as police clash with demonstrators in several…

January 28, 2011

Kabul supermarket hit by deadly suicide attack

At least eight people have been killed in a suicide attack at a supermarket popular with foreigners in the Afghan capital Kabul, officials say. The bomber opened fire in the store before detonating his explosives, said police and witnesses.…