Month: November 2011

November 9, 2011

NIB Court News for November 2011

RTC News understands that the following matters were called in the Providenciales Magistrate’s Court on November 7th & 8th, 2011. On November 7th 2011, Attorney Aswood Forbes appeared in the Providenciales Magistrate’s Court to answer to…

November 9, 2011

Usain Bolt honoured with ‘Honorary Degree of Doctor of Law

Olympian Usain Bolt was conferred on Friday with an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws by…

November 9, 2011

Rapper Heavy D dies at age 44

Rapper Heavy D collapsed in his Beverly Hills home Tuesday morning and died a short…

November 9, 2011

Adele has minor throat surgery at hospital in America

Adele has had throat surgery to stop an ongoing condition that caused her to cancel tour dates for the rest of the year. A spokesman for Massachusetts General Hospital in the US says she had vocal cord microsurgery to stop bleeding from a benign…

November 9, 2011

Aretha Franklin honoured with tribute at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin has been honoured with a star-studded tribute at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. The Plain Dealer reported that Lauryn Hill, Dennis Edwards of the Temptations and Chaka Khan were among those who…

November 9, 2011

Nikki Z’s birthday party set for Jamaica

Media personality Nikki Z is ready to showcase her 'sexiness' once again for her birthday party 'Beach Sexy: Divaz Revenge.' December 3 will see the third staging of the event after a two year absence. Despite being Nikki Z's birthday party, she…

November 9, 2011

Haiti cholera victims demand UN damages

Lawyers representing 5,000 cholera victims in Haiti are seeking hundreds of millions of…

November 9, 2011

Chinese looking to work closer

BARBADOS IS ONE OF THE FIRST countries in the Caribbean to have established diplomatic relations with China, and the Chinese government is prepared to work with Barbados to promote high-level exchanges between the two countries. This was…

November 9, 2011

Venezuela’s envoy slams critics of govt

In a Guardian exclusive, Venezuela’s Consul General in New York, Carol Delgado, hailed the newly-created Community of Latin America and Caribbean States (CELAC) as a counter to the United States meddling in the region and its lopsided influence…

November 9, 2011

Mariela Castro Twitter debut sparks Cuba dissident spat

The daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro has made her debut on Twitter, only to be confronted by a dissident demanding free speech. Mariela Castro is the head of Cuba's sexual education institute and a supporter of gay rights on the island.…