British drug mule thought he had swallowed diamonds
A British national who pleaded guilty to a trafficking in narcotics charge yesterday told the court that he was tricked since the pellets he swallowed were to have contained diamonds, not cocaine.
Articles published on Tuesday, January 1, 2008
A British national who pleaded guilty to a trafficking in narcotics charge yesterday told the court that he was tricked since the pellets he swallowed were to have contained diamonds, not cocaine.
It is always easy to look around the world and see the bad news.
Linden’s Top XX will be looking for their sixth title when they clash with Alpha United, Georgetown’s premiere league champions in the 18th Kashif and Shanghai football final this evening at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) ground in Linden.
South Africa’s coach Mickey Arthur says “there is no panic” but the West Indies may read the selectors’ late call-up of Neil McKenzie for the second Test, starting in Cape Town tomorrow, differently.
Along with the maxim attached to even sporting surprises that God works in mysterious ways, his wonders to perform or the more mundane that cricket in a funny game, there were clearly other, more realistic factors involved in the rare and remarkable West Indies’ victory over South Africa here on Saturday.
The die has been cast and the stage set for the grand finale as the 18th Annual Kashif and Shanghai football tournament climaxes tonight.
National racquet-wielder Trenace Lowe has twin goals for the new year.
Though his name may not sound intimidating, Claudius Butts’ mere presence on the rugby field has been known to send a shiver down the spines of many a rugby football coach and their players throughout the region.
Dear Editor, If there were an award for Minister of the Year, I would without hesitation nominate Minister Priya Manickchand.
Dear Editor, I received a very strange and disturbing letter on December 28, 2007 from the Office of the Regional Democratic Council, Region 6, dated, December 11, 2007 and signed by Shelton Daniels, the Principal Personnel Officer, for the Regional Executive Officer [copy provided].
Dear Editor, Congratulations to the West Indies team. This performance was due since the last ICC Champions final against Australia.
Dear Editor, General Secretary and would-be presidential candidate of the PPP, Donald Ramotar, seems to think that in some issues an informed public in a free society could be a pesky problem.
Dear Editor, GPL’s rate increases will serve to further increase inflation, decrease real income and reduce growth.
Dear Editor, My father and I recently took advantage of a special offer from Rainforest Tours in Georgetown to visit the majestic Kaieteur Falls in Region Eight.
Dear Editor, The facts are pretty simple. A piece of land was sold by party A to party B for Rs 22 lakhs.
Dear Editor, In November and December 2007, Spanish-speaking and Catholic Uruguay, Spain, Chile, and Venezuela joined the small but growing honours roll of nations that have passed legislation banning all forms of corporal punishment of children in all settings.
The risk of relying on backstreet abortions has been further lessened as public hospitals across the country – except for the Georgetown Public Hospital, which views medical termination as an added burden on its already heavy workload – have started to offer the service to women locally.
Guyanese are more concerned about the goodies arriving in their barrels from overseas, acquiring a house lot and their own home, than the torture of two Buxtonians men allegedly by members of the security forces, Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee said yesterday.
A 29-year-old man was killed instantly after he was hit by a car on the Lusignan Public Road while on his way home early yesterday morning.
The recent accident at Friendship, East Bank Demerara in which a power transformer rolled off a truck and hit a minibus has claimed another life.
The Guyana Press Association (GPA) says that as media workers join in ushering in a New Year, they must pause to reflect on their state and collectively make an effort enhance the quality of their product and their welfare.
The implementation of the Value Added Tax (VAT) has been a greater burden on the poorer class of people because some business people have increased the prices of their goods two fold, the Clerical and Commercial Workers’ Union (CCWU) said.
President General of the Guyana Labour Union (GLU) Robert Corbin and others have obtained injunctions against the GLU and its General Secretary Carvil Duncan.
Two months after he hit down and killed a 15-year-old cyclist at Mon Repos, the driver of a police ambulance was yesterday charged and remanded to prison.
Magistrate Gordon Gilhuys yesterday freed Carolan Lynch of the charge of murdering her husband, Farouk Razac, the former boss of Swiss House Cambio, saying that he found little evidence to commit her to stand trial in the High Court.
Leader of the Justice for All Party (JFAP), CN Sharma, is calling on all Guyanese to come together and pray for the betterment of the nation for the New Year.
The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) says it is disheartening that it still has to struggle for workers’ rights and fair treatment to be recognised by a government that claims working class credentials and credit for restoring democracy.
Four men are in police custody, while two others managed to escape on Sunday after police and security officials of Omai Gold Mines Limited found them hiding in a building at the mine site in the Essequibo River.
In another few days, the Ministry of Health will launch the Million Mile Challenge that aims to increase physical activity and promote positive lifestyles, as part of the ministry’s strategy to combat chronic diseases.
In another decade or so Guyana is likely to be different, something to ponder is how much so.
Police on Sunday unearthed an unlicensed .38 revolver with matching rounds at a Princes Street, Charlestown house, after they responded to a report of threats being made.
Two men accused of sodomizing a Belvedere Squatting Area, Corentyne man are in police custody after man died at the New Amsterdam Hospital on Sunday.
President Bharrat Jagdeo has promised vast improvements in the welfare and services sectors, especially as regards women and children.
The ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP) in its New Year’s message has pledged to continue to be in the forefront of the national effort to ensure lasting solutions and strong responses to challenges confronting Guyanese.
Police have captured a wanted DeKinderen man at Bartica and two more juvenile escapees from the Onderneeming-based New Opportunity Corps (NOC), at Supenaam.
Ushering in the New Year at a party has been the trend with many over the years, though quite a few things have changed about how this is done.