UNESCO gives Palestinians full membership
PARIS (Reuters) – The United Nations’ cultural agency decided today to give the Palestinians full membership of the body, a vote that will boost their bid for recognition as a state at the United Nations. UNESCO is the first UN agency the Palestinians have joined as a full member since President Mahmoud Abbas applied for [...]
Rare October snowstorm in NY forces CAL flight to divert to Buffalo
An unusual October snowstorm in New York today has resulted in Caribbean Airlines having to divert one of its flights from JFK International Airport to Buffalo. According to a press release issued this evening by Caribbean Airlines, flight BW 524 bound for JFK today was diverted to Buffalo owing to the inclement weather. “Flight BW [...]
Digicel’s network disrupted
Digicel’s network has been encountering problems since midday yesterday and according to the company’s Public Relations Officer Shonnet Moore technicians are working around the clock to rectify the situation. Moore told Stabroek News this afternoon that the process of restoring the service fully is a gradual one and she could not say how long this [...]
Jagdeo lambastes Nagamootoo for joining AFC
Outgoing President Bharrat Jagdeo today lambasted Moses Nagamootoo, saying he is someone who does not deserve to be respected. “He didn’t get the top job so he jumped ship and we got to treat him as such. We gotta treat him in the way that he deserves,” he told a sizeable gathering outside Freedom House
Plane crashes at Arau
At around 9.30 this morning an Air Services Limited Cessna 206 aircraft, bearing the registration number 8RGGE, crashed on landing at Arau in Region Seven, during bad weather conditions. Reports are that there were four persons on board
Nagamootoo resigns from PPP, considering options
Former minister of information in the PPP/C administration Moses Nagamootoo this afternoon announced that he has resigned from the Central Committee and as a member of the PPP with immediate effect. However, he fell short of endorsing any other party saying that he was considering several options. Nagamootoo, who first joined the PPP in 1964,
CANU seizes 30 kg cocaine in gun battle with drug traffickers
The Customs Anti Narcotics Unit (CANU) seized 30 kilogrammes of cocaine in three buckets on Saturday night in an operation that saw the exchange of gunfire with drug traffickers, who then managed to escape in a boat at the Number 73 beach. CANU Head James Singh confirmed to Stabroek News that there was
Sankies is now presidential candidate of JFAP
CN Sharma has stepped down as the presidential candidate for the Justice For All Party (JFAP) and has now declared his support for A Partnership for National Unity (APNU). Sharma, during a brief telephone interview, also stated that he has signed a declaration in support of the APNU
Hundreds show up for Linden house lots
Hundreds of people from all sections of Region 10 flood the Linmine Constabulary Drill Square at Linden this morning for the distribution of some 1,000 house lots. The huge crowd of mostly women, converged
Soesdyke father remanded over murder of children
John Blanchard, the father accused of murdering two of his children, was remanded to prison this morning by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. It was stated in court that the 31-year-old man of Dr Charles Sand Road, Soesdyke armed himself with two knives on the night of [...]
Briton held at airport with spliff
A British national is in police custody after a spliff of ganja was found in his suitcase at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri this afternoon. Stabroek News was told that the man was an outgoing passenger
CNS Channel 6 back on the air
Channel 6 was back in operation just after lunch today after broadcaster CN Sharma received an official letter from President Bharrat Jagdeo saying that the suspension has been lifted until December 1. Sharma told Stabroek News that he received the letter, which had
DDL Director/Distiller George Robinson dies
Executive Director and Chief Distiller at Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL), George Leslie Robinson, 63, has died. According to a DDL press release, Robinson died on Sunday while en route to New York to seek further medical attention. In 1967 Robinson joined the then Guyana Distillers Limited
Guyanese man found dead under tree
(BVI Platinum News) – Police are conducting investigations after the body of a male Guyanese native was discovered on Thursday morning, under a guinep tree on a vacant property alongside Fine Foods Supermarket on the eastern end of Tortola. Relatives at the scene told BVI Platinum News that Rohan Nandram left home some time after [...]
The ‘dumbing’ down of politics
Well! Is that really what it’s all about? Chutney, soca, hip-hop, calypso, dancing, wining and busing out are what make a political rally? From whence did this culture emerge and can we send it back? The launch of the PPP/C campaign at Albion two Sundays ago saw the dancing and wining on stage of President [...]