Month: May 2011

May 10, 2011

Whitney Houston in rehab for drugs, alcohol

Whitney Houston is back in rehab. A representative for the superstar singer confirmed…

May 10, 2011

Jamaica welcomes ‘faith based’ tourists

Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett has announced that…

May 10, 2011

REDjet to be cleared for takeoff from Trinidad by mid-May

Minister of Works and Transport Jack Warner has assured the low-fare airline REDjet that it will be cleared for take-off from Piarco International Airport in Trinidad by the middle of this month, around May 13. Warner, together with officials of…

May 10, 2011

LIAT Reviewing Jet Options.

Chairman of LIAT (1974) Ltd, Dr. Jean Holder, members of the Board of Directors and executive management were hosted by representatives from Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer in Barbados at a breakfast event culminating in a one hour…

May 10, 2011

Woman killed by seven pitbulls

PITBULLS owned by a police officer attacked and killed a woman on her way to work yesterday. Security guard Denise Rackal, 46, was savaged by seven dogs, which ripped open her throat. Rackal died on the street outside the policeman's house at…

May 10, 2011

Thor hammers box office

Superhero movie Thor has repeated its UK success in the US and Canada, making an estimated…

May 10, 2011

Abdul joins Cole on US X Factor

Paula Abdul is to join the panel of the US X Factor, alongside Simon Cowell, Cheryl Cole and Antonio LA Reid. The singer, 48, took part in the show's first judging session on Sunday. "This show would never have been the same without Paula," said…

May 10, 2011

West Side Story playwright Arthur Laurents dies

Arthur Laurents, writer of such classic stage musicals as West Side Story and Gypsy, has died in New York aged 93. The director and screenwriter died at his Manhattan home from complications of pneumonia, his agent said. Born in Brooklyn, the…

May 10, 2011

China’s trade surplus beats forecasts, as yuan in focus

China's trade surplus was nearly four times bigger than expected in April, with exports far…

May 10, 2011

Republic of Ireland to get ‘EU loan rate reduction’

Ireland is to get an interest rate cut on the emergency loans it has acquired from EU bodies, the BBC has learned. Currently, Ireland pays an average rate of 5.8% on loans agreed with the IMF, fellow Eurozone countries and a special fund set up by…