Articles published on Monday, March 21, 2011
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Attacks on Libya are likely to slow in the coming days, a US general said yesterday, as Western powers consolidate a no-fly zone that some say is unlikely to bring an early end to the country’s civil war.
(BBC) Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar has defended her government’s reluctance to break away from the London-based Privy Council and sign up to the Caribbean Court of Justice.
MUMBAI, (Reuters) – The 2011 cricket World Cup in quotes: “We are very concerned with the process to sell the remaining tickets to the public.
A Trans Guyana Airways security guard was early this morning shot to death by one of two men who torched a safe in the airline’s building at Ogle, East Coast Demerara and escaped with four firearms.
(Jamaica Observer) The regional Association of Caribbean Media Workers (ACM) has lashed Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) parliamentarian Everald Warmington over his current impasse with the local media.
A Guyanese man who burned his girlfriend’s face with a hot iron while their three children watched was sentenced to 13 years in prison last week by a judge in Queens, New York who called the gruesome attack “horrendous and sick.”
TOKYO, (Reuters) – Firefighters postponed spraying Japan’s badly damaged nuclear reactor No.
The container busted in Jamaica last week with $700M in cocaine was switched to the MV Vega Azurit after being originally booked to leave these shores on another ship, according to Commissioner of Forests, James Singh.
A 34-year-old bank clerk is this week breathing a sigh of relief following a successful kidney operation which was performed on him on Friday.
TRIPOLI, (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said today a U.N.
Three men armed with guns invaded a church at Castello Housing Scheme last evening robbing a man of jewellery and shooting the drummer in his leg before escaping.
A man was last night in a serious condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital after being stabbed in the neck at Riverview, Ruimveldt.
Health Minister, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy has called for “better judgment” to be exercised when consumers are shopping for certain items, particularly canned milk and locally packaged milk powder.
A taxi driver was sentenced on Friday to fourteen days’ imprisonment for the unlawful assault of his fiancée over a text message.
Communities along the Mahaica and Mahaicony creeks were last evening facing “the usual watching and waiting situation” that has plagued the area during excessive rainfall as water being discharged from the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC) continued to rise in the area.
The Ministry of Housing and Water on Friday distributed 250 house lots for No.
Professor Yash Ghai, a distinguished Kenyan Asian constitutional lawyer and former chairman of the Kenyan Constitutional Reform Com-mission will visit Guyana along with two other authorities on managing ethnicity in divided societies, Dr Jill Cottrell and Guyanese Dr Bertie Ramcharan, between March 21 and March 27.
For the third consecutive occasion, the prosecution has asked for more time to file additional statements in the harassment matter relating to Babita Sarjou.
A building being constructed next to the Sparendaam burial ground is reportedly for a call centre and is due to be completed next month.
Several areas across the country have been affected as a result of heavy and continuous rainfall and Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud on Thursday visited the Lower Pomeroon, Region Two to assess the impact.
The Justice Institute of Guyana wrapped up an historic workshop on traditional knowledge on Friday which drew indigenous representatives from the Caribbean region to examine how these communities will protect the knowledge and ensure equitable sharing of benefits.
The Guyana People’s Partnership (GPP) – headed by businessman Peter Ramsaroop – is calling for an early warning system to be installed throughout the coastal plains to alert residents about possible dangers stemming from disastrous weather.
Ministers responsible for Energy in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are scheduled to meet in Georgetown on Thursday amidst the current volatility in oil prices on the world market.
CHENNAI, India, CMC – Another inexplicable West Indies batting collapse betrayed a career-best spell from Ravi Rampaul and another fine innings from Devon Smith, condemning them to an 80-run defeat against India in the World Cup yesterday.
CAVE HILL, Barbados, CMC – Career-best bowling from Veerasammy Permaul overshadowed defiant batting from Nkrumah Bonner, as Guyana continued to chase their first victory ever against the Combined Campuses & Colleges in the WICB Regional first-class championship yesterday.
The Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) will be revamping the current structure and training of basketball officials with the implementation of the Guyana Basketball Officials Council (GBOC).
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Current leaders Jamaica claimed first innings points over Trinidad & Tobago, despite Daren Ganga’s second hundred of the season in the WICB Regional first-class championship yesterday.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – The U.S. ambassador to Mexico has resigned after a public dispute with President Felipe Calderon over the handling of the war against Mexico’s powerful drug gangs.
Dear Editor, Enough is enough! I am tired of the constant deceit of the government about the promised broadcast legislation.
NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Pedro Collins spurred Barbados to a dramatic six-wicket victory over Leeward Islands with a memorable hat-trick in the WICB Regional first-class championship yesterday.
TRIPOLI, (Reuters) – Western powers pressed ahead yesterday with a campaign of air attacks in Libya, promising more strikes despite criticism by the Arab League.
Dear Editor, Rajendra Bisessar’s excellent letter titled ‘What is the extent of the President’s immunity under the constitution?’
By Treiston Joseph Brian Ibrahim, Caribbean agent for BSW Regupol is promsing that when completed Guyana’s first synthetic track will have a quality surface capable of fast times.
TOKYO, (Reuters) – Japan hoped power lines restored to its stricken nuclear plant may help solve the world’s worst atomic crisis in 25 years, triggered by an earthquake and tsunami that also left more than 21,000 people dead or missing.
CAIRO, (Reuters) – A big majority of Egyptians approved amendments to the constitution in a referendum, results showed, opening the door to early elections seen as favouring Islamists and figures affiliated with the old ruling party.
Dear Editor, A man and his associate are stooping and taking photographs of an AFC official.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haitians voted in large numbers yesterday to elect a president for their earthquake-scarred country, choosing between a singer and a former first lady in a generally peaceful run-off.
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Danny Briggs and Adil Rashid spun the England Lions to a comprehensive 258-run victory over Windward Islands in the WICB Regional first-class championship yesterday.
COLOGNE, Germany, (Reuters) – Vitaly Klitschko easily retained his WBC heavyweight title on Saturday with a first-round knockout of Cuban challenger Odlanier Solis.
Twice last year, in August and October, Stabroek News editorialized on the likelihood that the engineering calamity at the Supenaam Stelling would see the government playing for time and eventually holding no one blameable or financially liable for it.
This week on What the People Say persons commented on the ICC World Cup Cricket, especially the match between West Indies (WI) and England and the performance of the newcomer to the WI team, Devindra Bishoo of Albion, Berbice.
As an Ethiopian who spent the better part of my youth in Guyana, this article is written in the spirit of international solidarity articulated by the likes of Walter Rodney and other members of the Dar es Salaam school.
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said yesterday that Brazil’s emergence as a powerful democracy was an example other nations could follow, as young people in the Middle East and north Africa rebelled for greater freedom.
DAMASCUS, (Reuters) – Crowds set fire to a headquarters of the ruling Baath Party in the Syrian city of Deraa yesterday, residents said, as the wave of unrest in the Arab world shook even one of its most authoritarian states.
An Eccles man who admitted to driving without wearing his seat belt was fined $7,500 on Friday when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.
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Dear Editor, I am writing this in reference to the passing of our dear family member, Prampattie Ramsundar.
