The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) today said it received 35,055 applications for new registration and 3,791 applications for change/correction during the recently concluded 3rd Cycle of Continuous Registration which commenced on March 17, 2012 and ended on June 18, 2012.
(Jamaica Gleaner) A battle of low prices is now being waged in the telecommunications sector with market leaders Digicel today set to unveil a plan which will cost 10 cents per minute less than the lowest rates offered by LIME.
(Barbados Nation) The man who has held more positions in West Indies cricket than any other is optimistic that the regional team will return to the top of the world game.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – A Los Angeles man who wrote a book about his alleged gay encounters with John Travolta filed a libel lawsuit on Thursday against the actor and his attorney.
(Barbados Nation) Not in my church!
Rector of the St Lucy’s Parish Church, Reverend Curtis Goodridge, is putting a ban on funerals with “mourning colours optional” requests.
(Trinidad Express) Government is to provide a free vaccine which prevents the infection “closely linked” with cervical, oral and anal cancers in men and women to young girls.
KARACHI, (Reuters) – A contrite Salman Butt apologised to the Pakistan nation today and blamed himself for not alerting authorities earlier on his return home from England after serving seven months in jail for spot-fixing.
(Reuters) – The Miami Heat demolished the Oklahoma City Thunder 121-106 yesterday to win the National Basketball Association championship 4-1, sweeping the last four games of the series.
SAN FRANCISCO, (Reuters) – Two service outages within the course of several hours rocked microblogging platform Twitter today, as users worldwide reported significant down-time and slow service across both Twitter’s website and mobile applications.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The police say a second autopsy conducted on the body of Trinidadian school teacher Michelle Coudray-Greaves has revealed that her death was caused by injuries to the right side of the head.
(Reuters) – The World Boxing Organization (WBO) ruled yesterday that Manny Pacquiao should have won his controversial defeat to Timothy Bradley and has recommended a re-match between the fighters.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson, who has been under investigation for his role in two car crashes earlier this month, said today he was resigning to “prevent distractions” at the department he led for less than a year.
HOUSTON, (Reuters) – Laura Pendergest-Holt, the chief investment officer for Allen Stanford’s defunct financial firm, pleaded guilty to one count of obstruction today as part of a plea agreement with prosecutors.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States today named three alleged leaders of the Nigerian militant group Boko Haram as “foreign terrorists”, the first time it has blacklisted members of the Islamist group blamed for attacks across Africa’s most populous nation.