Month: June 2011

June 10, 2011

Ja Rule To Begin Prison Term Today; Rapper Speaks On Sentence

Rap star Ja Rule spent his last full night of freedom in the recording studio yesterday evening (June 7th). Ja, who's working on his upcoming album Pain is Love 2, is scheduled to surrender to police today (June 8th) to begin a prison stretch for…

June 10, 2011

Trinidad DPP to determine criminal charges against former CL Financial executives

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Roger Gaspard has been asked by Trinidad and…

June 10, 2011

LIAT to meet as airline rescinds job cuts for now

Talks were set to resume Friday in Antigua between the region’s trade unions and LIAT after the regional airline rescinded dozens of redundancy letters stemming from the closure of city ticket offices region-wide, the unions' chief spokesman…

June 10, 2011

US to protect Caribbean immigrants from bogus lawyers

United States immigration officials today announced they were teaming up with federal and state prosecutors, the government’s commerce watchdog, lawyers and campaigners in a new effort to combat an “epidemic” of bogus immigration lawyers. The…

June 10, 2011

Dudus business partner cries foul

Justin Ogilvie, the business partner of former West Kingston strongman, Christopher 'Dudus' Coke is challenging the sum reportedly seized from his office during the incursion last year May. The police have reported that $2.9 million was seized…

June 10, 2011

Convictions crisis in The Bahamas

While The Bahamas continued to suffer from a high rate of crime in 2010, only a small number of criminals were convicted for serious offences, newly released prison statistics show. Only 32 percent of the 2,374 people admitted to prison last year…

June 10, 2011

Usain Bolt wins 200m in 19.86

Jamaican world-record holder Usain Bolt won the 200m at the…

June 10, 2011

FIFA extends Austin’s ban

FIFA has made CONCACAF acting president Lisle Austin’s ban worldwide, the governing body said yesterday. The 74-year-old Austin, who was deputising for suspended Jack Warner, was provisionally banned from the federation on Saturday for allegedly…

June 10, 2011

Rest for Rampaul, Bravo

West Indies have resisted the urge to include Chris Gayle for the third One-day International against India tomorrow at the Vivian Richards Cricket Ground. The West Indies Cricket Board announced a13-member squad for the match, and Gayle was…

June 10, 2011

Iverson eyeing NBA comeback

Allen Iverson wants to keep his passport at home. Ten years after he ruled the NBA as the cornrow-wearing, ink-stained MVP who led the Philadelphia 76ers to the finals, Iverson has his eyes on a comeback. He is determined to end a career possibly…