Month: June 2011

June 17, 2011

Bravo, Sarwan set up West Indies

Darren Bravo lashed a career-best 86 and Ramnaresh Sarwan supplied a well-crafted 75 as West Indies beat India by seven wickets with eight balls to spare in the fifth and final cricket one-day international at Sabina Park yesterday. Bravo and…

June 17, 2011

Gayle thinks about regional future

West Indies cricket stands to lose the talented opener Chris Gayle after his meeting with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) officials in Jamaica on Tuesday failed to bring both parties together. A well placed source close to the meeting told the…

June 17, 2011

Cuba claims US legislator trying to sabotage access to oil reserves

US Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of…

June 17, 2011

Jamaica to sign solar energy MoU with US company

Jamaica’s Department of Local Government is to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with American company, Green Energy Management, to test a new set of solar energy technologies. The partnership forms part of the Department’s thrust to…

June 17, 2011

REDjet talks to expand operations

Transport ministers from Jamaica, Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago ended talks here on Wednesday promising to provide the necessary documents required by the Caribbean’s first low budget carrier to expand its operations in the region. Jamaica’s…

June 17, 2011

Customs Intercept 18 year old with Cocaine in Chocolate Chip Cookies.

Customs officials intercepted an 18 year old girl on Thursday who had two kilos of cocaine in chocolate chip cookies and two posters. The young female passenger identified as P.S. was traveling from Curacao to St. Maarten on an Insel Air flight.…

June 17, 2011

HIV/AIDS victim gets 25 years for manslaughter

ANTHONY ATWELL defended a murder charge for killing his wife on the grounds that she infected him with the deadly HIV virus, but he himself went on to have sex with at least two other women. In renewing his call yesterday for legislation to have…

June 17, 2011

R.Kelly for Reggae Sumfest

American R&B singer-songwriter and record producer R Kelly will also be performing at this…

June 17, 2011

Kim Kardashian wants a $4600 vase

What do you get a reality TV star and her basketball player fiancé as a wedding gift? Either a $4,625 black vase or a $375 candy jar, if Kim Kardashian’s wedding registry is any indication. The online list, confirmed to E! as legit by Kardashian’s…

June 17, 2011

Oprah ready for OWN

During a cable industry trade show in Chicago today, Oprah Winfrey said says she’s ready to give 100 percent of her attention to nurturing her six-month-old Oprah Winfrey Network. As OWN was under development, Winfrey said she was also trying to…