December 31, 2013
Andy Murray & David Beckham overlooked in New Year’s Honours
Wimbledon champion Andy Murray and former England captain David Beckham have been overlooked in the New Year's Honours list. The duo, who both have OBEs, had been tipped to be knighted. Murray, 26, became the first Briton in 77 years to win the…
December 31, 2013
IPC said new prosthetic leg was ‘completely fine’ to Heather Mills
Heather Mills says the International Paralympic Committee approved the new prosthetic leg which caused a row with disability skiing's governing body. Mills, 45, abandoned her dream of competing at the 2014 Sochi Winter Paralympics on Monday after…
December 31, 2013
T&T Baller Dies In Hungary
Trinidad and Tobago footballer Akeem Adams, who suffered a stroke in Hungary earlier this year, has died, his uncle, Ivan Dick, has confirmed. His club Ferencvaros also said Adams, 22, died yesterday after suffering a brain hemorrhage on Saturday.…
December 31, 2013
Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho accuses Luis Suarez of diving
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho says Liverpool striker Luis Suarez should have been booked for diving in a 2-1 win for the Blues over the Reds. Suarez was chasing Cesar Azpilicueta when he went to ground in the Chelsea penalty area after appearing to…
December 31, 2013
2013 Caribbean year in review
Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart won the political battle but loss the economic war in 2013. His Trinidad and Tobago counterpart, Kamla Persad Biissessar set a record by losing four political battles in a year, while Grenada’s Prime Minister…
December 31, 2013
Supplies for St Lucia victims destroyed in mysterious blaze
Police are investigating the cause of a fire at the Red Cross building on the outskirts of the capital that destroyed items scheduled to be distributed to victims of the floods that devastated several parts of the island over the Christmas……
December 31, 2013
Good Chance Of Average 2014 Hurricane Season
A month after the official close of the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season, the United Kingdom-based Tropical Storm Risk (TSR) is predicting there is a 40 per cent chance the next hurricane season will be above average. There is also a 33 per cent…
December 31, 2013
Haiti AIDS research clinic wins top global health prize
A world-renowned clinic in Haiti that has become a leader in global health leading the fight against HIV/AIDS has won a top global health prize. The Haitian Group for the Study of Kaposi’s Sarcoma and Opportunistic Infections (GHESKIO) has been…
December 31, 2013
Dominica half-way to being voted “Best Caribbean Island”
Dominica now sits at the 5th position in the race to being voted as the best Caribbean Island in the USA Today’s Readers Choice contest. The island is among twenty Caribbean destinations chosen by experts and the winner will be named Best…
December 25, 2013
Hugh Jackman quits Harry Houdini Broadway musical
X-Men star Hugh Jackman has pulled out of a new Broadway musical about Harry Houdini in which he was to have played the famed illusionist. The actor cited scheduling demands as the reason for his departure, saying he "wasn't able to commit to the…