April 21, 2012
2012 Billboard Music Awards have been revealed
The first performers for 2012 Billboard Music Awards have been revealed. Justin Bieber, who receives five nods, is tapped as a musical guest along with "American Idol" star Carrie Underwood and British boyband The Wanted. Another confirmed act who…
April 21, 2012
American Gypsy Wedding’ The Craziest Boob-ExposingEye-Gouging Catfight Of All Time
Every reality show on the planet should give up NOW — because the girls on TLC’s “My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding” just set the record for the wildest, most ruthless catfight of all time … and it was all caught on tape. The fight went down last…
April 21, 2012
Coast Guard intercepts 30th drug sub in Caribbean waters
The United States Coast Guard has intercepted its 30th drug semi-submersible in Caribbean waters in less than six years, the agency said on Wednesday. The Coast Guard said that two of its cutters, the Decisive and Pea Island, chased down a drug…
April 21, 2012
Barbados to answer charges against Jamaican woman
The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has given Jamaican Shanique Myrie permission to begin proceedings against the Barbados government following an encounter with a Barbadian Immigration Officer last year. It was on March 14 last year that Ms.…
April 21, 2012
Guyana latest CARICOM country to sign ILO Decent Work project
Guyana has become the 10th Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries to sign the International Labour Organization-supported Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP). A statement from the Trinidad-based ILO Office for the Caribbean, said Georgetown, which…
April 21, 2012
The OAS will help the Dominican Government control gun smuggling
The Organization of American States (OAS) will help the Dominican Government’s ability to control gun smuggling, through the program “Promotion of Firearms Marking in Latin America and the Caribbean” announced Friday. “The traffic of firearms is one…
April 21, 2012
Haiti: An advisor to President Martelly accused of murder
The family members of Octanol Dérissaint, a resident of the border area of Fond Parisien (west), have accused an advisor to President Michel Martelly, Calixte Valentin, of having murdered Wednesday night that 32 year old salesman during an…
April 20, 2012
Colombia scandal claims three more Secret Service jobs
The US Secret Service has said three more employees are resigning over the prostitution scandal that overshadowed a summit in Colombia last weekend. Supervisors David Chaney and Greg Stokes are among three agents already leaving the elite agency in…
April 20, 2012
ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING UPDATE
His Excellency the Governor confirmed that his next quarterly report of progress against each of the Interim Administration’s milestones will be published in early May at today’s Advisory Council (AC) meeting in Grand Turk, Wed, 18 Apr 2012. As…
April 20, 2012
UK offers £10bn loan to the IMF
The IMF says it has received firm commitments of more than $430bn. The money is to help economies in trouble and includes just under £10bn ($15bn) from the UK in loans to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). It is part of a global effort to…