Month: December 2011

December 1, 2011

Madonna settles noisy neighbour dispute

Singer Madonna has settled a dispute with her neighbour, who took legal action against the star over the noise she made in her New York apartment. In 2009 Karen George filed legal papers complaining that Madonna was repeatedly using the flat as a…

December 1, 2011

Lenny Kravitz accepts French honour

Rock star Lenny Kravitz has been presented with one France's highest cultural awards. Culture minister Frederic Mitterrand made the musician an Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters at a ceremony in Paris. He told Kravitz, whose hits include Let…

December 1, 2011

Bob Marley’s granddaughter charged for ganja

A case involving the granddaughter of reggae legend Bob Marley was brought before the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday. She is 26-year-old Donisha Prendergast who has been charged with possession of ganja. On the day,…

December 1, 2011

High drama among Kartel’s fans

CHANTS of ‘World Boss’ permeated the air outside the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court in Half-Way-Tree yesterday, in anticipation of dancehall deejay Vybz Kartel. Kartel, whose real name is Adidja Palmer, is facing two murder charges,…

December 1, 2011

HIV infections rate fall by 20 percent – Ban Ki-Moon

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, in his message for World AIDS Day, which is celebrated the…

December 1, 2011

Ruling party leading in Guyana vote count

The ruling People's Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) has taken the lead for control of the 65 member National Assembly after more than 35 per cent of the ballots cast in Monday's regional and general elections had been counted. Preliminary figures…

December 1, 2011

Jamaica PM: I will not cover up corruption

PRIME Minister Andrew Holness said he will not seek to cover up any form of corruption in his Government, but will instead take firm and decisive action. Holness, who was addressing supporters in Alligator Pond yesterday during the party’s…

December 1, 2011

US cleric: American jailed in Cuba in good spirits

A US government subcontractor jailed for nearly two years for bringing restricted communications equipment to Cuba has lost a lot of weight but seems in good humour, a prominent US religious leader said after visiting the prisoner yesterday. The…

December 1, 2011

Aruba suspect Gary Giordano freed

A US businessman held since August over the presumed death of an American woman in Aruba has been released. Gary Giordano, who is now free to leave the Dutch Caribbean island, says 35-year-old Robyn Gardner was swept out to sea while snorkelling.…

December 1, 2011

US to reward further Burma reform

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has pledged to improve ties with Burma if current reforms…