Daily Archives: Jan 6, 2017

Chris Jordan outshone West Indies star Kieron Pollard as Adelaide Strikers won for only the second time in five outings with a five-wicket victory over Hobart Hurricanes in the Big Bash League here Friday.

Uncapped Damani Sewell and aggressive opener Steven Taylor have been named in a Jamaica Scorpions 14-man squad for this month’s Super50 in Antigua and Barbados.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Jan 6, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago government Friday bowed to opposition demands that the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) legislation be sent to a joint select committee (JSC) of Parliament ending months of wrangling on the matter.

A further $3.5 million EC is still required to finish the restoration of the St John’s Anglican Cathedral.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Jan 6, CMC – Police are searching for one of the two accused men charged with murdering two American missionaries who escaped while being treated at hospital on Wednesday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Jan 6, CMC – The Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados (CBB), Dr. DeLisle Worrell says the island has failed to achieve a balance between foreign exchange inflows and outflows, which is the foundation for growth in a stable economy.

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 6, CMC – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says that safe water is now available for hundreds of thousands of Haitians affected by Hurricane Matthew that ripped through the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country last October killing hundreds of people and destroying infrastructure.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Jan 6, CMC – Prime Minister Fruendel Stuart says he expects a record number of people to visit Barbados this year after the island welcomed a record 610,000 in 2016.

Mariah Carey has opened up about her New Year’s Eve performance in Time Square, which has left her "mortified" after experiencing live technical difficulties.

Janet Jackson has been showered with well wishes after successfully giving birth to her first child.