Mass market fetes down, all-inclusives up’ as Carnival draws near in TNT

Some things don't change. The fete season leading up to Carnival 2013 is as frenzied as ever, with parties every weekend. But some fete promoters in Trinidad and Tobago are complaining that things are different now, with the economy taking a toll on…

American national found dead at Bahamas hotel

No name has been given, and no autopsy results released into the death of an American man in the Bahamas.Police say an the man may have fallen from the ninth-floor balcony of his beachfront hotel and died. Police superintendent Stephen Dean says…

4 year old slaughtered one day after a 15 year old was brutally killed

A nation in mourning. A family and relatives devastated. More questions than answers in the killing of a five year old boy who was getting ready to go school this week.Rushaun Burford, a student of the Salvation Army Allman Town Basic School was…

Mother released after arrested for stabbing to death her babies father

Five hours after Jamaican Natalie Treasure, 34, was released from the Gasparillo Police Station pending an inquest into the stabbing death of her twin girls’ father Michael Apphonso Williams, 23, she was reunited with daughters, Mikayla and…

Anthony B arrested

Jamaica’s well-known  reggae artiste,“Anthony B”,  has been arrested in the United States. Anthony B who was on  tour, was arrested earlier this week in the state of Georgia, for possession of marijuana. Based on Internet reports, he has been…

Bobcats’ Michael Kidd-Gilchrist hospitalized after blow to head

Bobcats rookie forward Michael Kidd-Gilchrist was hospitalized after taking a blow to the head during a 109-95 loss to the Rockets in Houston on Saturday night. Kidd-Gilchrist, the No. 2 pick in the 2012 NBA Draft, appeared to take a knee to the…

Tim Duncan out with left knee injury

San Antonio Spurs All-Star Tim Duncan sprained his left knee and right ankle after getting tangled with an opponent and had to be helped off the court in the first half of Saturday night's game against the Wizards.   The severity of the injury was…

South Africa, Cape Verde knocked out in African Nations Cup quarters

The dreams of hosts South Africa and the tiny Cape Verde Islands came to a shattering halt yesterday when they were knocked out of the African Nations Cup by Mali and Ghana respectively in the quarter-finals. Mali, seeking their first Nations Cup…

Rooney puts United 10 points clear, Chelsea lose

Wayne Rooney's hot scoring streak continued yesterday as he fired Manchester United 10 points clear in the Premier League title race with the only goal in a 1-0 victory at Fulham. Overshadowed by Robin van Persie this season, Rooney showed his…

Steyn blasts Pakistan out for their lowest Test total

South Africa held a 411-run lead over Pakistan at the close of the second day of the first Test at the Wanderers yesterday with seven second innings wickets still in hand after dismissing the visitors for their lowest Test score of 49. Fast bowler…