May 19, 2011
Venezuela demands extradition of accused Cuban terrorist
The president of the Venezuelan Supreme Court of Justice, Luisa Estella Morales, said in Havana on Monday that the government of the United States should immediately extradite accused terrorist Luis Posada Carriles to Venezuela. In a press…
May 19, 2011
Forbes list posts 19 sports figures of top 100 celebrities
Tiger Woods has not finished a tournament atop the leaderboard in 18 months. Nonetheless, Forbes says the world's former No. 1 golfer remains the biggest celebrity in the sports world. Woods is No. 6 on Forbes' annual "Celebrity 100" compilation of…
May 19, 2011
Man Utd’s Wayne Rooney threatens Twitter follower
Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney has told a Twitter follower: "I'll put u asleep within 10 seconds" after being provoked on the social networking site. The 25-year-old England star, who has a following of over 570,000, was replying to an…
May 19, 2011
Europa League final: Porto 1-0 Braga
Falcao scored the only goal of a scrappy Europa League final to give Porto victory over their Portuguese neighbours Braga in Dublin. Custodio wasted an early Braga chance when he smashed a shot wide from the edge of the penalty area but they soon…
May 19, 2011
Mills backs Bolt
Glen Mills, coach of world's fastest man Usain Bolt, has backed up statements made by his star athlete who dismissed recent concerns that back problems have continuously hampered his preparations this season. Bolt suffers from scoliosis, an…
May 19, 2011
Beach soccer to find home in CFU
Fifa Development Officer, Daryll Warner, believes that beach soccer may well find a home in the Caribbean region. While addressing a participants at a the closing ceremony of a Beach Soccer Course in the Cayman Islands yesterday Warner stated:…
May 19, 2011
Japan back in recession as earthquake cuts consumption
Japan, the world's third largest economy, contracted sharply in the first three months of…
May 19, 2011
Greece warned over economic reforms by IMF
The man leading the IMF mission to Greece has warned that the country's plans for reducing its budget deficit will fall short without further reform. Greece must cut its budget deficit to 7.6% of GDP this year to meet the terms of its EU and IMF…
May 19, 2011
US Stocks Advance
U.S. stock indexes advanced in Wednesday's trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose seven-tenths of a percent to close at 12,560. The S&P 500 index gained nine-tenths of a percent to end at 1,341 while the NASDAQ gained 1.1 percent to…
May 19, 2011
ECCU accounting professionals increase capacity in financial reporting standards
Over 50 accounting professionals from the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) member countries are engaged in a train the trainers workshop on the international financial reporting standards (IFRS) at the ECCB headquarters in St Kitts and…