February 28, 2012
The Artist triumphs at the Oscars
Silent movie The Artist has triumphed at the Oscars, winning five awards including best picture, best director and best actor for Jean Dujardin. Director Michel Hazanavicius - winning on his first ever nomination - thanked the dog, Uggie, who…
February 28, 2012
‘Act of Valor’ takes Oscar weekend with $24.5 mil
The real-life Navy SEALs action flick "Act of Valor" topped the box office with $24.5 million over Oscar weekend. Made with the collaboration of the Navy, the film stars active-duty SEALs in sequences filmed with live ammo. The top 20 movies at…
February 28, 2012
Dudus’ sentencing postponed again
Former Tivoli Gardens strong man Christopher (Dudus) Coke, will have to wait until March 16,to learn whether or not he will spend the next 23 years in Prison here. Coke was scheduled to be sentenced tomorrow but Judge Robert P Patterson approved…
February 28, 2012
Grenada ‘resident status’ promised to investors raises legal question
Prime Minister Tillman Thomas, who dismissed Environment Minister Joseph Gilbert last month on the grounds that the “action was taken in the public interest and in order to preserve the integrity of the government of Grenada and to maintain the…
February 28, 2012
Fire leaves cruise ship adrift off Seychelles
An Italian cruise liner carrying more than 1,000 people was adrift without power in the pirate-infested Indian Ocean on Monday after a fire erupted in its generator room. The blaze, which was extinguished, caused no injuries, officials said. Two…
February 28, 2012
Pakistan v England: Tourists hold nerve to win series
England claimed a dramatic five-run win over Pakistan in the third Twenty20 international to take the series 2-1. On a slow Abu Dhabi pitch, the tourists were indebted to Kevin Pietersen, only the second man to carry his bat through a completed…
February 28, 2012
Magic deny rumors of Dwight Howard-to-Lakers trade
Orlando Magic CEO Alex Martins is denying a rumor that the team has reached a deal with the Lakers to trade Dwight Howard to Los Angeles for a package including Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum, the Orlando Sentinel reports. The rumored deal would also…
February 28, 2012
Hunte to apologise to PM over offensive remarks
President of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Julian Hunte plans to visit Kingston shortly to apologise to Jamaican Prime Minister Protia Simpson Miller for “inappropriate” remarks made last week by the WICB secretariat, a reliable cricket…
February 28, 2012
G20 finance ministers ask eurozone to boost rescue fund
Eurozone countries need to put more money in their rescue fund before G20 nations can step in to help them, the G20 finance ministers have said. They said such a move was "essential" to their decision to provide more resources to the…
February 28, 2012
China reforms needed to sustain growth, says World Bank
China needs to embrace fundamental free-market reforms if its economy is to continue to grow at the "impressive" pace of the past three decades, the World Bank has said. The country had reached a "turning point" and needed to reform a growth…