The Ministry of Agriculture’s National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) has invited bids for the construction of a sluice at A Dam Friendship, East Bank Demerara, estimated at a cost of $88.5M.
(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.
(Jamaica Observer) Former Prime Minister P J Patterson says Jamaica’s trade deficit with non-Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries deserves as much attention as that being given to the imbalance with the regional bloc.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Telecommunications firm Digicel has accused the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) of being “unconstitutional” and setting itself up as “judge, jury and executioner”.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt was released from prison in Britain today after serving seven months of a two-and-a-half year term for involvement in a match-fixing scam that sent shock waves through the world of cricket.
(Trinidad Express) The remains of murdered Michelle Coudray, daughter of San Fernando Mayor Marlene Coudray, will be cremated in Jamaica and her ashes returned to her homeland.
JAKARTA, (Reuters) – A boat carrying about 200 suspected asylum seekers has capsized in Indonesian waters 120 nautical miles north of Australia’s Christmas Island and many are feared drowned, authorities said today.
(Trinidad Express) The brother of the 24-year-old man whose car slammed into a Caura bar and killed five people on Tuesday said last night that his brother was not drunk as he only had one beer that morning.
AMMAN, (Reuters) – The pilot of a Syrian MiG 21 fighter jet who flew his plane to Jordan today asked for political asylum on landing, Jordanian Minister of State for Information Samih al-Maaytah said.