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January 31, 2011

Bolt to run 100m in Rome

Golden Gala organisers announced yesterday that world record-holder Usain Bolt will run the 100 metres at the meet in Rome on May 26. It will mark Bolt's first Diamond League meet of the season, with the Jamaican also committed to run the 200 in…

January 31, 2011

Jamaica’s Gibson Relays now March 12

A date swap between the Gibson Relays and the GC Foster Classic will see the prestigious Gibson Relays being shifted to the March 12 time slot, two weeks later than it was originally scheduled. Ventley Brown, Athletics Director at the Angels, St…

January 30, 2011

CARICOM chairman rejects Jamaica’s position on CCJ

Grenada Prime Minister Tillman Thomas has rejected a suggestion by the government of…

January 30, 2011

Confidential memoranda to be produced at ‘Dudus’ enquiry in Jamaica

The Commission of Enquiry looking into the handling of the extradition request of former Jamaican strongman Christopher "Dudus" Coke was adjourned from Thursday to Monday to give the Attorney General's Department time to produce four "highly…

January 30, 2011

Bahamas signs double taxation agreement with Japan

Although the Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) signed with Japan on Thursday is the twenty-third for The Bahamas, it is the first of its kind as it includes double taxation relief. The signing ceremony took place at the Ministry of…

January 30, 2011

St Lucia seeking assistance from Israel and US to combat crime

The St Lucia government is seeking assistance from Israel and the United States to combat a rising crime situation in the country. Foreign Minister Rufus Bousquet said the local authorities were having a difficult time dealing with the spate of…

January 30, 2011

Bagga Brown is Dead

Basil ‘Bagga’ Brown, former insurance salesman, veteran radio and television personality and co-founder of the now defunct Rockers Award, is a patient at the Medical Associates  is dead.   Reports are that Bagga, who hosts the popular vox pop…

January 30, 2011

Egypt protests: Tension rises as jets buzz Cairo square

Tension is mounting in the Egyptian capital Cairo after the military staged an apparent…

January 30, 2011

German train crash near Magdeburg leaves 10 dead

At least 10 people are reported to have died in a train crash in eastern Germany. A local passenger train and a goods train collided head-on in the state of Saxony-Anhalt late on Saturday, near the city of Magdeburg. The passenger train, the…

January 30, 2011

Tunisian Islamist leader Rachid Ghannouchi returns home

The leader of Tunisia's main Islamist movement has returned home after 22 years in exile…