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Nervy T&T quiet CCC to pick up first win

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Trinidad and Tobago brushed aside a ragged Combined Campuses and Colleges by seven wickets to register their first win and get their Caribbean Twenty20 campaign up and running here Tuesday night.

Cement prices up today in T&T

(Trinidad Express) Cement prices are going up from today. Claxton Bay producer Trinidad Cement Ltd (TCL) yesterday announced a 9.5 per cent increase in the price of its Premium Plus Cement.

Water woes across T&T

(Trinidad Express) SEVERAL areas across the country will be left without a steady supply of pipe-borne water as a result of the shutdown of two major desalination plants later this month.

Barbados snatch second win after Jamaica rout

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Barbados stumbled and stuttered before eventually marching to their second victory of the Caribbean Twenty20, with a five-wicket defeat of embattled Jamaica here Tuesday.

India accuses Pakistan of killing soldiers in Kashmir

JAMMU, India, (Reuters) – India accused old enemy Pakistan of sending troops across the heavily militarised line dividing the disputed region of Kashmir today, and said two of its soldiers were killed and one wounded in a gunfight.

Owners of Chinese store charged with beating girl

Two Chinese nationals accused of beating an 11-year-old girl whom they said entered their Croal Street store to steal were today admitted to bail in the sum of $80,000 each when they appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

One million Syrians in need of food aid – UN

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – About one million Syrians are going short of food, most of them in conflict zones, due to government restrictions on aid distribution, the United Nations said today.

Gayle ends drought with record half century

MELBOURNE, Australia,  CMC- Chris Gayle emerged from a run drought to hit a record half century but the Sydney Thunder squandered his heroics and succumbed to a 13 run loss against the Melbourne Stars in the Australian Big Bash League Tuesday.

Briton hacked to death in Jamaica

(Jamaica Observer) NEGRIL, Westmoreland — A UK national who reportedly stabbed his spouse’s son was set upon and hacked to death by an angry mob yesterday in a section of Negril known as Hermitage.

Two men gunned down in T&T

(Trinidad Express) Two murders occurred about an hour apart on Sunday night in the east Port of Spain and Laventille areas, leaving two families in anguish and bringing the year’s murder toll to three, according to an Express tally.

Barbados crushes Leeward Islands in CT20

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Barbados made light work of Leeward Islands, romping to an emphatic nine-wicket win to send an early warning in the 2013 edition of the Caribbean Twenty20 here today.

Obama picks Hagel for defense, Brennan for CIA

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Barack Obama today nominated former Republican Senator Chuck Hagel as his next defense secretary and counterterrorism adviser John Brennan to head the CIA, potentially setting up at least one Senate confirmation battle and establishing a tough tone to start his second term.

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