Month: December 2011

December 25, 2011

Busy Christmas for Chris Martin

Chris Martin is a busy man this festive season. The diminutive singer with the big song - Cheater's Prayer - is riding a wave of popularity and demand that has seen him performing in Africa, The Bahamas and Guyana right through until the new……

December 25, 2011

Jack: I will not sit silently on Fifa actions

Former vice-president of world football governing body FIFA, Jack Warner, is warning that if the organisation has its way then the Caribbean will never qualify for another World Cup. Warner was speaking with reporters yesterday following a tour…

December 25, 2011

Cruz, Bradshaw lead Giants past Jets 29-14

Rex Ryan was brash and confident all week, insisting his Jets were the kings of New York. Well, the Giants shut him up in a big way - taking the city bragging rights and setting up an even more important showdown with the Dallas Cowboys…

December 25, 2011

Way forward for Caribbean football?

A nine-member normalisation committee appointed by FIFA, football’s world governing body, will attempt to straighten out the Caribbean Football Union (CFU). Its appointment followed two days of meetings in Zurich hosted by FIFA president Sepp…

December 25, 2011

Injured Maria Sharapova expects to be fit for Australian Open

Maria Sharapova is confident of being fit for January's Australian Open despite pulling out of the Brisbane International with an ankle injury. The Brisbane International is a warm-up event for the Australian Open, which begins on 16 January. The…

December 25, 2011

Haiti migrants found dead off Cuba’s coast

At least 38 migrants from Haiti have been found dead after their boat sank just off the…

December 25, 2011

2011 Christmas Message By Premier Dr. The Hon. D. Orlando Smith

There is an old saying, love can move any mountain; it can weather the storm; and it can bring us back to where we belong. This is the true spirit of the Virgin Islander. The legacy of our forefathers. The cornerstone of a Caribbean people and the…

December 25, 2011

A slippery tale – PNP says supporters did not oil roadway

MOTORISTS travelling in the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) motorcade in Portland on Wednesday were forced to drive at considerably low speeds after party officials announced that oil was deliberately spilled on sections of the roadway leading out of…

December 25, 2011

LIME Presents Christmas Eve of a Lifetime

The LIME Christmas of a Lifetime continues this Christmas Eve with extended store hours from 9am to 9pm. New and Existing customers have plenty of ways to win a Lifetime of LIME. The leading telecom is also a proud sponsor of "The Big Block…

December 25, 2011

Payroll tax deal passes Congress in rare win for Obama

The US Congress has approved a short-term renewal of a payroll tax cut, a day after House…