Month: March 2011

March 3, 2011

Protesters defy police at rally in Trinidad

Public servants in Port of Spain, Trinidad, defied the police and risked arrest on Tuesday when they formed a human barricade at the public entrance of the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago and later converged near the Parliament's entrance at…

March 3, 2011

22 new charges for U.S. WikiLeaks suspect

The U.S. Army Wednesday notified Pfc. Bradley Manning, a prime suspect in the WikiLeaks case, that he now faces 22 more charges in connection with allegedly downloading secret information from computers in Iraq. The most serious new charge…

March 3, 2011

AG: Machel has my vote for Soca Monarch

ATTORNEY General Anand Ramlogan says he would not be surprised if Machel Montano…

March 3, 2011

Dr. Conrad Murray Trail Gets Delayed by Judge

Dr. Conrad Murray, charged in the death of Michael Jackson will have to wait a while…

March 3, 2011

PM says Trinidadians will hang opposition for not supporting ‘hanging bill’

Minutes after Trinidad and Tobago House Speaker Wade Mark announced the government's death penalty bill had "failed", Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said the population would "hang the PNM" for not supporting the legislation. The bill…

March 3, 2011

Drug submarine sighted in Caribbean waters

There's more lamenting in the Caribbean over a decision by the British government to scale down its naval presence in the region, A BBC Caribbean Report stated on Tuesday that the Antigua and Barbuda National Security Minister, Dr Errol Cort,…

March 3, 2011

St Lucia also considering resumption of hanging

The leader of the opposition in St Lucia has responded to an invitation from the prime minister to work with the government to remove obstacles to hanging. BBC Caribbean reported that Prime Minister Stephenson King issued the invitation as the…

March 3, 2011

Rihanna, Ciara Fight And Make Up On Twitter

First, she flogged members of the media in her video for her current single "S&M," then she went all scorched-earth on censors in the U.K., who changed the title of that song to "Come On" without her knowledge and earned a fierce rebuke for their…

March 3, 2011

Bill Cosby To Host Awards Gala Honoring Rap Moguls Russell Simmons, Diddy

Rap moguls Sean "Diddy" Combs and Russell Simmons will be honored by The Jackie Robinson Foundation next week during the non-profits awards dinner, which will be hosted by Bill Cosby. On March 7th, Diddy, along with Ingrid Saunders Jones, Rev.…

March 3, 2011

Rapper Wiz Khalifa Up For Woodie of the Year Award

Rapper Wiz Khalifa has been tapped to headline the annual 2011 mtvU Woodie Awards set to talk place live on MTV, MTV2 and mtvU, from Austin, Texas. Wiz will be joined by Sleigh Bells, Two Door Cinema Club and Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All…