December 21, 2011
Former Trinidad Police Service Commission boss appeals his dismissal
The former chairman of the Police Service Commission who was fired in early April following controversial statements about the ethnic composition of the force has challenged the matter in court. Nizam Mohammed has filed a constitutional motion…
December 21, 2011
Edwards aiming to be fastest bowler on earth
Batsmen around the world may start to shiver in their boots after Fidel Edwards threatened to touch the 160 kilometre-an-hour mark in the next year. The 29-year-old West Indies fastbowler, who is playing for Sydney Thunder in the Big Bash, said…
December 21, 2011
Boxing star remanded
SOBBING LOUDLY that he did not want to go to prison, Barbados’ boxing star, Anderson Fitzgerald Emmanuel, was remanded to Her Majesty’s Prisons Dodds yesterday when he appeared in court charged with committing robbery. The 26-year-old heavyweight…
December 21, 2011
Jamaica 50 celebrations blast off on New Year’s Day
Plans for the country's 50th anniversary celebrations next year are well advanced, with the activities set to begin on January 1, with fireworks on the waterfront, downtown Kingston, and at various locations across the island. The celebrations,…
December 21, 2011
Argentine minister Ivan Heyn dies at Mercosur summit
A senior Argentine official has been found dead at the Mercosur summit in the Uruguayan capital, Montevideo. Undersecretary for foreign trade Ivan Heyn was found hanged in his hotel room, police said. He is thought to have taken his own life. Mr…
December 21, 2011
Former Miss Venezuela dies of breast cancer at 28
Former Miss Venezuela Eva Ekvall, whose struggle with breast cancer was closely followed by Venezuelans, has died at age 28. Her family said Ekvall died Saturday at a hospital in Houston.Ekvall's father, Eric Ekvall, is an American of…
December 21, 2011
Obama, Boehner square off in payroll tax fight
The congressional impasse over extending the payroll tax cut became a showdown…
December 21, 2011
ECB offers banks three-year loans for the first time
The European Central Bank is offering three-year loans to banks for the first time in an attempt to shore up investor confidence in the eurozone. The central bank hopes to sell up to 450bn euros ($590bn; £375bn) of loans. When the plan was…
December 21, 2011
Prosecutors raid the HQ of Olympus in earnings probe
Japanese prosecutors have raided the headquarters of camera and medical equipment maker Olympus as part of an ongoing investigation. Olympus is being probed over its accounting practices and the admission that it hid losses. The issue came to…
December 21, 2011
Cuban banks begin offering loans to private businesses
Banks in Cuba have begun offering loans to individual citizens, in the latest free-market reform in the communist-run island. The loans are aimed at the growing number of small businesses and the self-employed, as well as farmers and people…