October 31, 2012
US ISSUES TRAVEL ADVISORY TO TNT
The United States has issued a warning to its citizens to exercise vigilance when travelling in or visiting Trinidad in the wake of two recent incidents in the Westmoorings and Glencoe areas, including the home invasion of Congress of the People…
October 30, 2012
Signing Signal $500M Three Hotels Deal for Grace Bay
Three agreements have been signed that will see three luxury resort style hotels built at a cost of $500m in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands, by His Excellency Governor Ric Todd and developer Desarrollos Hotelco Group it was announced…
October 30, 2012
English FA to probe claims of racist abuse by referee in Chelsea match
English football has been plagued by racism scandals in the past year, and now its ruling body must deal with what is thought to be the first case of racial abuse by a Premier League referee. League leaders Chelsea made a complaint over…
October 30, 2012
Bolt, Blake Back In Training
Olympic double-sprint champion Usain Bolt and world 100m champion Yohan Blake were both expected back at training yesterday, as the two prepare for the upcoming season, with the IAAF World Championships in Moscow the clear highlight of 2013. Bolt,…
October 30, 2012
Pollard, Narine, Bravo Uncertain For CT20
Cricket officials in Trinidad and Tobago have given mixed signals over the availability of leading players Kieron Pollard, Sunil Narine and Dwayne Bravo for next year's Caribbean T20 tournament. Media reports in Port-of-Spain have suggested a…
October 30, 2012
IMC/SportsMax Acquires Premier League Rights In Caribbean
International Media Content Limited (IMC), parent company of SportsMax Limited, has been awarded the live audio-visual broadcast rights for all 380 Barclays Premier League (BPL) football matches per season for seasons 2013/14-2015/16 in the…
October 30, 2012
Cissy Houston releases the $20 Million Inheritance to Bobbi Kristina
Bobbi Kristina is nearly home free to play with her $20 million inheritance. Grandmother Cissy Houston has backed off her stronghold of Whitney Houston’s money and giving the singer’s only child what she wants. After the singer passed, Cissy and…
October 30, 2012
Terry Callier, US soul jazz singer, dies at 67
Chicago-born singer-songwriter Terry Callier, who collaborated with Massive Attack and Beth Orton, has died at the age of 67. Callier, who began his career at 17 when he signed to Chess records, recorded his final album in 2009. Hidden Conversations…
October 30, 2012
Glen Washington Earns A Second Grammy Nomination
Veteran reggae artiste Glen Washington is celebrating his second Grammy nomination. The artiste was last nominated in 2004 for his studio effort called Wanna Be Loved and now for his latest album Glen Washington Masterpiece. "I wanted to do an album…
October 30, 2012
Buju for court today
IMPRISONED Jamaican entertainer Buju Banton will know today if he will be slapped with an additional five years in prison when he appears in the US District Court in Tampa, Florida. Banton, whose real name is Mark Myrie, was ordered re-sentenced…