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On standby for tropical storm

Weather forecasters have put Barbados on standby for a likely tropical storm “at short notice”.

Bandleaders have say

IT CANNOT GO ON, say bandleaders as they lament paltry prize money, dwindling sponsorship and the wide gap between their earnings and those of the calypsonians and soca artistes in Crop Over 2011.

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House Democrats might not back debt deal: Pelosi

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats in the House of Representatives might decide not to support a last-minute deal to raise the debt ceiling when they meet on Monday, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday.

World warns of disaster if no debt deal done

LONDON/TOKYO, Jul (Reuters) – Governments and policy makers around the world warned of the risk of financial disaster if Washington fails to raise the U.S. debt ceiling.

Sweet lyrics

NEW CALYPSO KING Popsicle does not intend to let his first win cause him to melt into the background of the calypso arena.

Shooting at Caribana

The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) of the Toronto Police Service said police “interacted” with three men before a shooting that left one person dead and two others injured Saturday night along the Caribbean Carnival parade route.

Markets to rally if debt deal reached, downgrade eyed

NEW YORK (Reuters) – If debate in Washington over raising the U.S. debt ceiling finally ends with a deal on Sunday, the last-minute reprieve could spark a relief rally when global markets open.

‘Greatest cricketer on Earth or Mars’

THE “greatest cricketer on Earth or Mars” (as Sparrow extolled him in his 1965 calypso) passed another landmark last Thursday. It was chronological, his 75th birthday, and it came as a timely reminder of the almost universal acceptance of the genius that made Sir Garry Sobers the finest all-rounder the game has ever known. read more

CRASH UPDATE: US to assist in probing Caribbean Airlines crash

CAL Chairman George Nicholas led a team of senior airline officials to Guyana following the accident.

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