June 3, 2013
CARICOM SG welcomes ruling on CCJ in St Lucia
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General Irwin LaRocque has welcomed the ruling by the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court of Appeal that St Lucia does not require to stage a referendum before it joins the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of…
June 3, 2013
Angelina Jolie ‘moved’ by support over surgery
Hollywood star Angelina Jolie says she feels "moved" by the support she has received from fans since announcing she had had a double mastectomy. Speaking at the London premiere of fiance Brad Pitt's film World War Z - her first red carpet event…
June 3, 2013
Lil Wayne and Nicki Minaj Heat Up Hot 97 Summer Jam XX
Wayne came out for "Pop That", closing the five-hour music extravaganza along with fellow featured artist on the track Rick Ross, in support of French Montana. Wayne got the biggest welcome from the crowd, who roared in excitement as the rap…
June 3, 2013
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West to Welcome a Daughter
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are going to be parents of a baby girl. The expectant mother, who is due to give birth in July, said in season eight premiere episode of "Keeping Up with the Kardashians", "I'm so excited we're having a girl." The TV…
June 3, 2013
Cuba’s inclusion on U.S. terrorist list viewed as “shameful”
In what has become an annual ritual, the United States on Thursday kept Cuba on its list of "state sponsors of terrorism" and Havana reacted angrily, calling it a "shameful decision" based in politics, not reality. Cuba said in a statement that the…
June 3, 2013
UK considers talks with Ecuador minister
The UK government is considering a request from Ecuador to hold talks on the future of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, the Foreign Office has said. It confirmed Ecuador's foreign minister Ricardo Patino, who will visit Mr Assange this month, had…
June 3, 2013
CAL issues ‘of great concern’
Jamaica’s Prime Minister, Portia Simpson-Miller, has said the relationship between Caribbean Airlines Ltd (CAL) and the carrier it acquired in 2011, Air Jamaica, is a “great cause of concern for the Jamaican people”.Simpson-Miller made the comment…
June 3, 2013
Rowley – Protocol breaches embarrassed us
The Office of the Leader of the Opposition Dr Keith Rowley today issues a statement, claiming that Government had committed a series of embarrassing protocol breaches during the State visit of the President of China Xi Jinping.President Jinping…
June 3, 2013
Media barred from luncheon with Chinese president
Prime Minister Kamla Persad- Bissessar yesterday apologised to members of the local media after reports that they were debarred by officials from the Chinese delegation. She spoke to the media at the Hilton Trinidad and Conference Centre, St Ann’s…
June 3, 2013
Dehui poultry plant fire: Locked exits ‘blocked escape’
A fire at a poultry processing plant in China has killed at least 119 people, officials say. The fire broke out at a slaughterhouse in Dehui in Jilin province early on Monday. Accounts speak of explosions prior to the fire, which caused panic…