Month: May 2011

May 6, 2011

West Indies seek winning finish

With a whitewash avoided, West Indies will be looking to wrap up an otherwise disappointing one-day international (ODI) series against Pakistan, with a win in the fifth and final match starting today. The regional side lost the first three games…

May 6, 2011

Latin America and the Caribbean was the region with the strongest growth in foreign investment in 2010

In 2010, Latin America and the Caribbean was the region with the strongest percentage…

May 6, 2011

Price Inflation and Food Shock

Today some of what passes for new information has to do with the fact that the price for practically everything with the possible exception of labour is set to move upward. This is what the economists mean when they talk about inflation; that…

May 6, 2011

Rihanna At The 2011 Met Ball At The Metropolitan Museum Of Art

On Monday night Rihanna attended the Alexander McQueen Savage Beauty Costume Institute Gala held at the The…

May 6, 2011

TARRUS RILEY ADDED TO BEST OF THE BEST LINEUP

With his most recent hit Shaka Zulu Pickney currently riding the New York, South Florida, RETV and HYPE TV charts, singer Tarrus Riley is set to unleash his arsenal of hits at the 2011 staging of the Best of the Best concert in Miami on May 29.…

May 6, 2011

Trinidad minister to meet with REDJet officials

REDJet officials and Trinidad and Tobago’s Minister of Works and Transport Jack Warner will meet…

May 6, 2011

Cuba ex-minister Roca-Iglesias jailed for corruption

A former Cuban government minister, Alejandro Roca-Iglesias, has been jailed for 15 years at the end of a high-profile anti-corruption trial. His co-defendant, Chilean businessman Max Marimbo - a close friend of revolutionary leader Fidel Castro…

May 6, 2011

Obama lays wreath at Ground Zero

US President Barack Obama is visiting Ground Zero, the site of the 9/11 attacks in New York,…

May 6, 2011

US election 2012: Key Republicans sit out debate

The first debate on the road to the Republican 2012 presidential nomination is being held with…

May 6, 2011

Share this page * Email * Print Share this page 74 * Share * Facebook * Twitter Syria protests: Banias fear amid Deraa pullout reports

Syrian activists are preparing to take to the streets on Friday for what they are calling a "day of defiance". Tanks are reported to have withdrawn from the city of Deraa, where a human rights groups says the government has carried out a 10-day…