June 17, 2011
NATO Pounds Tripoli, Rebels Reject Election Offer
NATO fighter jets bombed targets near Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's Tripoli compound Thursday after his son said Mr. Gadhafi was willing to hold elections and step aside if he lost. That offer was rejected by rebels and the United States. Seif…
June 17, 2011
US Allows Return of Embassy Personnel To Ivory Coast
The U.S. State Department is easing its travel warning for Ivory Coast and allowing nonessential U.S. diplomats along with most of their family to return to the West African nation. The State Department said Thursday that security conditions have…
June 17, 2011
US Open: Rory McIlroy delivers Congressional lesson
Rory McIlroy fired a stunning six-under 65 to lead the US Open by three shots after the first…
June 17, 2011
Daniela Hantuchova beats Venus Williams at Eastbourne
Daniela Hantuchova dug deep to secure a first win over Venus Williams in 11 attempts and reach the semi-finals of the Aegon International at Eastbourne. Slovakian Hantuchova, runner-up at last week's Aegon Classic in Birmingham, got off to a…
June 17, 2011
Bravo, Sarwan set up West Indies
Darren Bravo lashed a career-best 86 and Ramnaresh Sarwan supplied a well-crafted 75 as West Indies beat India by seven wickets with eight balls to spare in the fifth and final cricket one-day international at Sabina Park yesterday. Bravo and…
June 17, 2011
Gayle thinks about regional future
West Indies cricket stands to lose the talented opener Chris Gayle after his meeting with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) officials in Jamaica on Tuesday failed to bring both parties together. A well placed source close to the meeting told the…
June 17, 2011
Cuba claims US legislator trying to sabotage access to oil reserves
US Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of…
June 17, 2011
Jamaica to sign solar energy MoU with US company
Jamaica’s Department of Local Government is to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with American company, Green Energy Management, to test a new set of solar energy technologies. The partnership forms part of the Department’s thrust to…
June 17, 2011
REDjet talks to expand operations
Transport ministers from Jamaica, Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago ended talks here on Wednesday promising to provide the necessary documents required by the Caribbean’s first low budget carrier to expand its operations in the region. Jamaica’s…
June 17, 2011
Customs Intercept 18 year old with Cocaine in Chocolate Chip Cookies.
Customs officials intercepted an 18 year old girl on Thursday who had two kilos of cocaine in chocolate chip cookies and two posters. The young female passenger identified as P.S. was traveling from Curacao to St. Maarten on an Insel Air flight.…