Venezuela Star news Venezuela Star news Rss feed

  • DTrinidadamp Tobago doesnt want to figure in CPL name

    Cricket officials in Trinidad and Tobago are raising objection to a decision by organisers of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) to name the Port-of-Spain based franchise after the twin island republic. Organisers have announced that the Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel is among six franchises participating in the inaugural CPL, which starts July 30 in Barbados. However, the governing body for ...

  • Goan musician ties up with Trinadad and Tobago rapper

    A Goan musician has teamed up with a Trinidad and Tobago rapper to craft an album with an eye to putting it out on international music channel VH1. The new music video 'Cozy Together' by Varun Carvalho, a self-confessed dentist-by-day and singer-by-night, features rapper and musician Nkenge Ross aka Nick, who has earlier played in Caribbean Bands like Ecstatic and Matrix. Speaking to reporters ...

  • Bolivia Venezuela collaborate in search for oil

    Petroandina, a 60/40 joint venture of Bolivian state oil company YPFB and Venezuelan counterpart PDVSA, will invest an additional $35 million this year in a search for oil and gas in La Paz province. That investment will bring to $151 million the total amount devoted to the Lliquimuni project since the beginning of 2011, YPFB said. Lliquimuni, located in northern La Paz province, may hold as ...

  • SaltSmart Consortium Endorses Plan To Halve Dietary Salt Consumption In The Americas By 2020

    To promote the prevention of cardiovascular disease, a multisector consortium convened by the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) this week endorsed a plan to reduce dietary salt consumption in the Americas by half by the year 2020. Currently, average salt consumption in most of the region's countries is twice the recommended level of 5 grams per person per ...

  • Futures Movers Oil prices slide on energy demand Fed worries

    LONDON (MarketWatch) -- U.S. crude-oil futures slid on Thursday, as the market grappled with weak manufacturing-activity figures from China, an increase in U.S. oil supply and signals from the Federal Reserve that a reduction in monetary stimulus is in ...

Movie Review

Lost in Translation

Lost in Translation

Sofia Coppolas Lost in Translation is a beautiful, lyrical cinematic ode to lost souls finding each in an unlikely place. In this case, it is a burnt-out movie star and a lonely young newlywed who strike up a relationship in downtown Tokyo, where they both feel isolated and alone, spiritually and culturally. The location setting in Tokyowith its technologically overdetermined neon gaudines ... ...

On Facebook

  • Abu Dhabi records 7.7 growth on high oil prices

    Abu Dhabi grew 7.7 per cent year on year in 2012, on higher oil ...

  • Colombia Bogota to Host XXII Latin American Congress of Ports

    The XXII Latin American Congress of Ports Colombia 2013, organized by the American Association of Port Authorities, will be held in the city of Bogot, June 25th to 28th, ...

  • Venezuelan leading university attacked buses torches

    PanARMENIAN.Net - A group of masked assailants has attacked a leading university in the Venezuelan capital, torching two buses and seriously damaging its rectory building, The Associated Press reported. Amalio Belmonte, the secretary-general of the Central University of Venezuela, said about 20 people invaded the campus and shot firearms into the air Wednesday, June 19 afternoon. Belmonte said ...

  • Venezuela to Boost Domestic Natural Gas Production

    Caracas, Jun 20 (Prensa Latina) The Venezuelan oil industry works to boost the production of natural gas, in order to extend the local consumption and exports of that resource. According to the state-run company Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), plans include increasing production at the oil field Perla in about 300 million cubic meters per day, by the end of 2014. The aforementioned field, ...

  • Venezuela - Venezuelan court stops judge from using social media

    On June 15, 2013, Marilda Ros, head judge at a Caracas court, issued a precautionary measure prohibiting Mara Lourdes Afiuni (a judge who was jailed pending a criminal suit) from speaking to the national and international media and expressing herself on social media. This prohibition was issued within the framework of the decision of granting her parole on account of health difficulties. Jos ...

More Venezuela Star news