January 24, 2013
Eritrea Returns to Calm After Mutiny
Calm has reportedly returned to the east African nation of Eritrea a day after a group of mutinous soldiers attempted to take over the country's information ministry. More than 100 dissident soldiers stormed the ministry in Asmara early Monday,…
January 24, 2013
Syria Activists: Car Bomb Toll at Least 42
Syrian rights activists say the death toll from a suicide car bombing in the central province of Hama late Monday has risen to at least 42 people. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the attack targeted a building used by…
January 24, 2013
Japan Moves to Stimulate Its Stalled Economy
Japan's central bank is embarking on an American-like plan to stimulate the country's stalled economy by pumping more money into it. The Bank of Japan, under pressure from the new government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, agreed Tuesday to double…
January 24, 2013
Car Bombs Kill 16 in Iraq
A wave of car bombings in and around the Iraqi capital has killed at least 16 people. The blasts Tuesday included an attack near an army base in Taji, 25 kilometers north of Baghdad, which killed six people and wounded at least 20 others. Another…
January 22, 2013
Bunji Garlin & Fayon out of Soca Monarch 2013
Bunji Garlin and Fay Ann Lyons-Alvarez have both bowed out of the International Groovy and Power Soca Monarch competitions, respectively. The couple announced this last night, saying they decided to withdraw because they believe that fundamental…
January 22, 2013
Machel to be sentenced today!
Soca superstar Machel Montano will this morning re-appear before a Port-of Spain magistrate who is expected to pass sentence, having found him guilty last month, on five charges. On December 10 last year, Magistrate Maureen Baboolal-Gafoor found…
January 22, 2013
NBA announces Maloofs’ deal to sell Kings to Seattle
The NBA announced Monday that the Maloof family has reached a “purchase and sale agreement” to sell the Sacramento Kings to a Seattle-based investment group led by Valiant Capital’s Chris Hansen. “The NBA received an executed Purchase and Sale…
January 22, 2013
Li Na beats Agnieszka Radwanska in Australian Open quarters
China's Li Na knocked out fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska in straight sets to reach the semi-finals of the Australian Open. Maria Sharapova faces her fellow Russian Ekaterina Makarova in the second women's quarter-final of the day, after David…
January 22, 2013
T&T crush Guyana to take third CT20 title
St Lucia (CMC) – Mighty Trinidad and Tobago reduced the Caribbean Twenty20 final to a no-contest as they crushed out-of-sorts Guyana in a authoritative performance to march to their third consecutive title on Sunday night. The defending champions…
January 22, 2013
Barbados Private Sector calls on government to settle arrears owed
The Barbados Private Sector Association Inc. (BPSA) is expressing concern with respect to the high amounts of government arrears owed to companies in Barbados. According to Mrs. Anne Reid, CEO of the BPSA, “The BPSA is calling on government to give…