Month: December 2011

December 21, 2011

Voting in Egypt Continues AfterViolence

Voters in nine Egyptian provinces have begun voting in runoff elections in the country's multi-stage parliamentary poll, which comes after days of deadly clashes between protesters and security forces in the capital. The voting Wednesday is…

December 20, 2011

Beyonce’s Parents Finalize Divorce

Beyoncé's parents, Tina and Mathew Knowles, have finalized their divorce. The couple, who…

December 20, 2011

Vybz Kartel remanded again

Embattled dancehall entertainer Vybz Kartel was remanded in the Home Circuit Court today in relation to the Clive “lizard” Williams murder case. Supreme Court judge Leighton Pusey ordered that Kartel and the others with whom he is charged…

December 20, 2011

Sherlock Holmes sequel leads US box office

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows has topped the US and Canada box office in a slow weekend of takings. The adventure sequel, starring Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law, made $40m (£25.8m), down on the $62.3m (£40.2m) opening the first Holmes had in…

December 20, 2011

Michael Jackson house auction raises $1m

The contents of the house where Michael Jackson lived before he died have sold at a Los Angeles auction for almost $1 million (£646,000). Some 500 items were for sale from the mansion the singer rented, including furniture, ornaments and…

December 20, 2011

Kojak actor Dan Frazer dies at 90

Veteran actor Dan Frazer, best known for his role as Captain Frank McNeil on 1970s TV crime series Kojak, has died aged 90. His daughter, Susanna, said the actor died of cardiac arrest at his Manhattan home on Friday. Frazer began his career in the…

December 20, 2011

McDyess set to retire after Spurs waive NBA vet

Antonio McDyess was waived by the San Antonio Spurs on Monday, clearing a path to…

December 20, 2011

Bahamas minister defends government borrowing, debt

Minister of State for Finance Zhivargo Laing has defended The Bahamas…

December 20, 2011

Online crime makes more money than drug cartels

Online crime groups make more money than drug cartels worldwide, and arresting these cybercriminals can be exceedingly difficult. This startling revelation was made by representatives of the Organization of American States (OAS) at a regional…

December 20, 2011

Natural gas talks ongoing between Barbados and Trinidad

Negotiations are presently under way between Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago to import natural gas into this country. This was announced by chairman of the National Petroleum Corporation (NPC), Sir Harcourt Lewis, at the 30th anniversary…