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Weather forecasters have put Barbados on standby for a likely tropical storm “at short notice”.
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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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.
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.
NEW CALYPSO KING Popsicle does not intend to let his first win cause him to melt into the background of the calypso arena.
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.
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.
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
CAL Chairman George Nicholas led a team of senior airline officials to Guyana following the accident.
