January 15, 2012
Barbados beat Jamaica by 62 runs
Dwayne Smith blasted a memorable, boundary-studded 86 to set up a comfortable win for Barbados by 62 runs against Jamaica that lifted them to the top of the standings in Group B of the Caribbean Twenty20 cricket tournament at the Vivian Richards…
January 15, 2012
Volleyball Teams To Compete Abroad
The Bermuda Junior National Volleyball Teams are headed off to the northern regions of the U.S. to heat things up on the court. The Girls team will be travelling to Hartford, Connecticut where they will participate in the 2012 WinterFest Volleyball…
January 15, 2012
LIME blasts Holness, urges emergency overhaul of telecoms regulation
TELECOMS giant LIME yesterday accused former Prime Minister Andrew Holness of betraying Jamaican consumers when he reversed a requirement that Digicel maintain both networks as a condition of its proposed merger with Claro. At the same time, LIME…
January 15, 2012
Trinidad PM concludes state visit to India with business talks in Mumbai
In her final bid to lure potential Indian investors and entrepreneurs to the shores of Trinidad and Tobago, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar on Friday reiterated her call for more Trinidad and Tobago-India economic and trade relations during…
January 15, 2012
New Guatemala President Otto Perez Molina takes office
The new president of Guatemala, Otto Perez Molina, has been sworn into office after his election victory in November. Mr Perez Molina - a former army general - has promised tough action to combat soaring levels of violent crime and drug…
January 15, 2012
Chavez ‘would accept’ Venezuela election defeat
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has told opposition leaders that he will relinquish power if he loses elections due in October. In his annual address to Congress, Mr Chavez said the opposition should also accept the result if he wins. The…
January 15, 2012
French PM downplays rating decision
French PM Francois Fillon has defended his government's economic policies following the decision by ratings agency Standard and Poor's to downgrade the credit rating of France. He said the government would push ahead with reforms and debt…
January 15, 2012
China angry at US sanctions on oil firm Zhuhai Zhenrong
China has criticised sanctions imposed by the US on a Chinese firm for selling refined petroleum products to Iran. China's foreign ministry said imposing unilateral sanctions on Zhuhai Zhenrong based on US law was "unreasonable". The US said on…
January 15, 2012
Record imports widen US trade deficit
The US trade deficit widened in November for the first time in five months. Official figures from the Commerce Department showed that the overall deficit grew 10.4% to $47.8bn. Imports rose 1.3% to a record $225.6bn (£147.3bn), boosted by demand for…
January 15, 2012
Fight for Claro customers
Telecommunication firms Digicel and LIME both moved on Friday to lure Claro customers in limbo as word spread about Digicel's plan to shut down the Claro network which it acquired last year. Digicel stated in a press release that it had advised…