Fourteen-year-old girl charged with attempted murder
Police say that a 14 year-old girl of Handsome Tree, Mahaica, ECD, was today charged with attempted murder stemming from a case where a family was poisoned. She appeared before the Magistrate at the Mahaica Court where she was remanded to the Juvenile Centre until February 21, 2012.
Cops hold three after woman robbed at LBI
Police say that at about 1130h today, Accounts Clerk Sarsawattie Singh, 49 years of Foulis, Enmore, ECD, was walking along the LBI Access Road, ECD, when she was confronted by two men. The two men threw Singh to the ground and took away her jewellery valued at $210,000.00, and her hand-bag with $5,000.00 and escaped, [...]
Whitney Houston’s funeral for Saturday
(Barbados Nation) Pop star Whitney Houston’s funeral service will be held Saturday in the church where she first showcased her singing talents as a child, according to the Chicago Tribune. The owner of the Whigham Funeral Home in Newark said that Houston’s funeral would be held at noon on Saturday, at the New Hope Baptist [...]
Dhoni earns India thrilling tie with Sri Lanka
(Reuters) – India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni fell just short of pulling off another thrilling run chase as his team fought out a dramatic tie with Sri Lanka in the fifth triangular series match at Adelaide on Tuesday. Needing four to win off the last delivery, Dhoni (58 not out) lofted paceman Lasith Malinga over [...]
Obama, other politicians decline to return Allen Stanford money
(Reuters) – National fundraising committees for the Democratic and Republican parties, President Barack Obama, and other major politicians have declined to return campaign donations totaling $1.8 million from Houston financier R. Allen Stanford, now on trial for allegedly masterminding a $7 billion Ponzi scheme. The court-appointed receiver charged with returning money to Stanford investors obtained [...]
They’re letting the Top Cop go
If you want to understand this Kafkaesque society of ours you have to learn to recognize and read the political tea leaves. These are usually served up by Roger Luncheon at his post-Cabinet media briefings. The tea leaves are those coded, opaque messages that are buried beneath beds of Luncheonese, thick tangles of verbosity that [...]
REDjet inaugurates US$4.99 flight, looking to expand routes from Guyana
REDjet is examining adding new routes out of Guyana, company CEO Ian Burns says, but he is warning that protectionism in the region can hurt travellers and restrict them to high fares. Burns was in Guyana yesterday to speak with stakeholders in the travel and tourism sectors and he met with acting Minister of Tourism [...]
Castello man shot at wash bay
Police say that at about 1930h last night, Wayne St. Hill, 31 years of Castello H/S, Georgetown, was shot and injured to his chest and right thigh by a man armed with a handgun. At the time, St Hill was having a motor vehicle washed at a wash bay at Mandela Avenue, Georgetown. Police say [...]
Guatemala says it’s weighing drug legalization – AP
Guatemala yesterday said that the US’ inability to cut drug consumption leaves it with no option but to consider legalising the use and transport of drugs, the Associated Press reported. It said that President Otto Perez Molina statement yesterday was a remarkable turnaround for an ex-general elected on a platform of crushing organised crime with [...]
Jamaica to become logistics hub
(Jamaica Observer) Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Anthony Hylton, said plans are in place to establish Jamaica as a major logistic centre within the Caribbean region. He said that clear and well-defined strategy is now being put together by the ministry, and in a short while, will be articulated to the Jamaican public. “There [...]
Big blow for Buju – US scoffs at lawyers’ appeal
(Jamaica Observer) Lawyers for imprisoned reggae star Buju Banton were dealt a major blow yesterday when the United States government said there was sufficient evidence to support his June, 2011 conviction on cocaine conspiracy and trafficking charges. According to the Associated Press, Federal prosecutors filed their response last Friday in Atlanta’s federal appeals court, where [...]
Photographer Ken Moore passes away
Photographer Ken Moore A.A. passed away this morning at the Georgetown Hospital where he was being treated for several ailments. He was 72. Moore who in his earlier years worked with the Mirror newspaper was Stabroek News Chief Photographer for many years before retiring because of ill health. Moore leaves to mourn his wife and [...]
IDB quadruples financing to Suriname
(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) will quadruple its investments in Suriname between 2011 and 2015 compared to the 2006-2010 period, Central Bank governor Gilmore Hoefdraad announced at the intercessional meeting of IDB country representatives and Caribbean financial authorities. ‘Suriname considers the IDB a strong and stable partner who assists in [...]
Suriname central banker: Economic integration is mere rhetoric
(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – ‘Regional economic integration has been top priority of Caribbean leaders for more than half a century, but it’s been nothing more than rhetoric, no action. Despite the shared history and experiences after our independence, little progress has been made in the field of regional integration. We should finally walk the [...]
U.N. Security Council visits Haiti to assess security
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – A U.N. Security Council delegation arrived in Haiti yesterday for a four-day visit to Haiti to assess security needs before a decision over reducing the 10,500-member peacekeeping force. There has been mounting public unease over the U.N. role in Haiti after recent allegations of rape involving Pakistani soldiers, on top of anger [...]