Month: October 2011

October 12, 2011

Carnival committee apologises

Following intense criticism from disappointed patrons who attended Miami Carnival on various social media and from Alison Hinds herself, who blasted the organizing committee for “disorganization” on Twitter and Facebook, the committee apologized…

October 12, 2011

Alison: No personal apology

BARBADIAN soca queen Alison Hinds is yet to receive an apology from the Miami Carnival organizers, who have blamed time constraints for her not being allowed to perform last Sunday. Following intense criticism from disappointed patrons on various…

October 12, 2011

Golding hints Holness will become PM ‘in a matter of days’

BRUCE Golding yesterday signalled that he would be stepping down as head of the Government…

October 12, 2011

TNT Dookeran: No easy way out by raising taxes

GOVERNMENT did not take the "easy way out" of raising taxes and cutting social spending with the 2011/ 2012 national budget, according to Finance Minister Winston Dookeran. He said it was quite a challenge to keep increased revenue without adding…

October 12, 2011

BlackBerry outage hits Jamaica

Sporadic outages of BlackBerry messaging and email service spread to Jamaica, the U.S and Canada on Wednesday, as problems stretched into the third day for Europe, Asia, Latin America and Africa. In Jamaica, telecommunications company Digicel…

October 12, 2011

Prominent Jamaican politician indicted by US Grand Jury, Extradition request soon?

The Caricom News Network understands that a prominent Jamaican politician has been indicted by the United States authorities, possibly in connection with  the ongoing criminal matter involving reputed drug lord Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke, who is…

October 12, 2011

$200,000 bail for Sport manager on rape charge

A project manager at the Sport Company of T&T (Sportt) was yesterday placed on $200,000 bail when he appeared in court accused of rape. Travis Watson, 32, a certified engineer of Malabar, Arima, was not called upon to plead when he appeared…

October 12, 2011

AMERICANS IN SEARCH OF RYDER CUP REVENGE

TCI-BASED North American golfers will be practicing extra hard over the next couple of…

October 12, 2011

NFL fines Giants S Kenny Phillips $20,000 for hit

The NFL has fined New York Giants safety Kenny Phillips(notes) $20,000 for a hit on Seattle Seahawks tight end Zach Miller. Phillips was flagged for a hit on a defenseless Miller in the first quarter of the Seahawks’ 36-25 win over the Giants on…

October 12, 2011

FIFA begins CFU bribery cases

T&T Football Federation general secretary, Richard Groden faces a possible ban from FIFA on Friday as the latest wave of its election bribery cases began yesterday. The case began with 15 Caribbean Football Union officials explaining their part…