CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez tore into opposition candidate Henrique Capriles again yesterday, calling him a “low-life pig” in an ever-more vitriolic campaign ahead of the October election.
BERLIN (Reuters) – Oscar-winning documentary maker Kevin Macdonald has made what critics are calling the definitive biography of reggae legend Bob Marley, aided by the singer’s family and record label who have given the project their blessing.
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – The Afghan Taliban and the United States have made only “exploratory” contacts for possible reconciliation which do not involve the Kabul government, the Afghan ambassador to Pakistan said yesterday.
(Trinidad Guardian) Soldiers moved into state-owned Petrotrin and set up base two days ahead of an impending strike action.
CARACAS/BRIDGETOWN (Reuters) – A Barbados-based holding company led by executives of Venezuelan food and beermaker Empresas Polar has filed an international arbitration claim against President Hugo Chavez’s government over its nationalization of a fertilizer project, documents show.
BANGKOK/LONDON (Reuters) – The loudest noise that Thongma Danoi had ever heard was followed 20 minutes later by the strangest sight: a dazed and bloodied Iranian carrying two wire-adorned devices through the usually sleepy Bangkok neighbourhood.
(Trinidad Express) The West Indies Players Association (WIPA) has thrown its support behind former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd after he resigned from the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) earlier this week over his involvement with the interim management committee (IMC) in Guyana.
DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC – Chris Gayle was sidelined in the middle of another ferocious innings, when he aggravated a groin injury in the Bangladesh Premier League Twenty20 today.
Workers of the Blairmont Sugar Estate who have taken strike action to protest newly implemented rules including a cut in their wages are determined not to return to work until their issues are addressed.
(BBC) Former Australia all-rounder Andrew Symonds has announced his retirement from professional cricket.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – Officials from the left-leaning ALBA bloc of Latin American countries threw down the gauntlet to the United States yesterday by insisting Cuba participate in April’s Sixth Summit of the Americas in Colombia and asking the host country to invite the communist island.
BERLIN, (Reuters) – Oscar-winning documentary maker Kevin Macdonald has made what critics are calling the definitive biography of reggae legend Bob Marley, aided by the singer’s family and record label who have given the project their blessing.
The police say they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Kumar Plummer, 53 years of Line Path, Skeldon, whose body was found yesterday at Arimu Backdam, Cuyuni.
CARACAS/BRIDGETOWN, (Reuters) – A Barbados-based holding company led by executives of Venezuelan food and beermaker Empresas Polar has filed an international arbitration claim against President Hugo Chavez’s government over its nationalization of a fertilizer project, documents show.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Yuvraj Singh’s malignant lung tumour is almost out of his system following his first cycle of chemotherapy, the Indian cricketer said today.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Former West Indies opener Chris Gayle says he does not intend to apologise to the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) for comments he made in a radio interview last May regarding the team and the state of West Indies cricket.
(de Ware Tijd) SIPALIWINI – “Disi na wan gaang yepi (This is a big help)”, says Johan Djanie, captain of Dritabiki in reaction to the announcement by Minister Falisie Pinas of Transport, Communication and Tourism (TCT) that the state is subsidizing 40% of the fares of flights to the hinterland.
Fans who want to bid Whitney Houston farewell will be able to watch her private funeral on the Internet, according to the Associated Press.
(Jamaica Gleaner) A woman is in police custody after allegedly being held with cocaine at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston.
Opposition APNU and AFC yesterday called on President Donald Ramotar to either substantiate or retract accusations that they manipulated the results of last year’s elections, while warning that his statements
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