(Barbados Nation) The Barbados Labour Party (BLP) has called on Acting Commissioner of Police Tyrone Griffith and Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Charles Leacock to investigate a number of bank accounts into which funds from troubled insurer CLICO were reportedly channelled.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Heartbreak paid off handsomely for British soul singer Sam Smith, a newcomer who won four Grammy awards on Sunday including record and song of the year for his anthem “Stay With Me.”
SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Team manager Richie Richardson said West Indies were wary of peaking too soon at the World Cup but there looked precious little chance of that on the evidence of their heavy defeat to England in their first warm-up on Monday.
SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Chris Woakes took five for 19 as England claimed a comfortable nine-wicket victory in their first official World Cup warm-up match after dismissing a hapless West Indies for 122 in 29.3 overs today.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica Franchise, chasing 340 for victory against Guyana Jaguars, reached 105 for six in their second innings at the close on the third day of their fifth round match in the WICB Professional Cricket League at Sabina Park here today.
A 2014 Public Bus Commuter Satisfaction survey showed that only 41 percent of the public is satisfied with the service provided, according to the Ministry of Public Works (MPW).
A government led by A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) would review the decriminalisation of marijuana, according to General Secretary Joseph Harmon, who says research needs to be done.
(Jamaica Gleaner) West Indies fast bowling great, Sir Andy Roberts, believes the decision by Joel “Big Bird” Garner to challenge Whycliffe “Dave” Cameron for the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) presidency is the right one.
(Reuters) – David Warner and Glenn Maxwell struck blistering centuries as Australia flexed their batting muscles to expose defending champion India’s bowling limitations in a World Cup warmup match in Adelaide today.
(Trinidad Express) Former National Security minister Gary Griffith has named Communications Minister Vasant Bharath as the minister who tried to influence him not to speak out in the alleged witness tampering matter involving fired attorney general Anand Ramlogan and Police Complaints Authority (PCA) director David West.
Barbados Nation) A temporary restriction has been placed on the importation of all live birds, hatching eggs, and on fresh, frozen and chilled poultry meat and products, including table eggs, originating from the North American states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada and California.
(Reuters) – The cricket World Cup could be won by any one of the “balanced” six or seven teams in the fray, according to India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
BERLIN, (Reuters) – Nicole Kidman says she loves the desert, which was lucky for her as veteran German director Werner Herzog expected her to spend a lot of time there for his entry for this year’s Berlin film festival competition.
On February 02, 2015, the police say that Dexter Sandford, 29 years, of Paradise, WCB, was involved in an argument with another man at Paradise during which he was assaulted with a metal bar.
As expected, the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) today settled a tax evasion matter brought against Kaieteur News proprietor Glenn Lall, his wife Bhena and remigrant couple Narootandeo and Gharbassi Brijnanan over the importation of two luxury Lexus vehicles.
A crisis between the University of Guyana and the two unions representing academic and non-academic staff deepened yesterday with the Vice-Chancellor Jacob Opadeyi withdrawing a wage increase offer and asserting that there would be no negotiations under duress.
(Jamaica Gleaner) President of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), Whycliffe ‘Dave’ Cameron, says he is not too perturbed by developments surrounding the recent decision by the directors of Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) not to support his candidacy for re-election.