December 2014

Kieron Pollard strikes six ‘sixes’ in one over

December 17, 2014 in Sports

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - West Indies batsman Kieron Pollard confirmed his status as a key player in the forthcoming Twenty20 Big Bash League in Australia after hitting six sixes in an over during an Adelaide Strikers warm-up game at Prince Alfred College in Adelaide...

TT pastor on sex charge gets bail

December 17, 2014 in Regional

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) -- A pastor at the Dow Village Open Bible Church, south of here, will return to court on January 12 next year after being charged with having sexual intercourse with a woman without her consent. Bernard Andrews, 47, was released on...

United States calls for early elections in Haiti

December 17, 2014 in International

WASHINGTON (CMC) – The United States is calling for elections to be held in Haiti as soon as possible after Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe resigned over the weekend due to the ongoing deteriorating political situation in the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country. “Elections are essential for...

Cosby won’t be charged 40 years later

December 17, 2014 in International

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Los Angeles prosecutors yesterday declined to file any charges against Bill Cosby after a woman recently claimed the comedian molested her around 1974. The rejection of a child sexual abuse charge by prosecutors came roughly ten days after the woman, Judy Huth,...