Articles published on Sunday, April 3, 2011
(Trinidad Express) The ethnic imbalance within the upper echelons of the Police Service, that favours Afro-Trinidadians, was pushed centre stage by Police Service Commission chairman Nizam Mohammed two Fridays ago at a Joint Select Committee (JSC) meeting at the Parliament, when he stated his intention to fix the disparity.
(Trinidad Guardian) Police Commissioner of Police (CoP) Dwayne Gibbs has come under the gun. And,
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara rejected UN charges that his forces massacred hundreds of civilians in the west of Ivory Coast as fighting raged in Abidjan to dislodge incumbent Laurent Gbagbo.
(Barbados Nation) In one of the biggest drug busts in Barbados, police have arrested and charged five men with having over $13 million worth of cocaine.
A burglar was shot dead by police in the early hours of yesterday after he was alleged to have rushed at an officer with an object in his hands.
Gunmen yesterday stormed the Excel Minerals Inc office at Mahdia and after tying up two employees escaped with millions of dollars in cash, gold and diamonds along with the security camera.
Some city residents have complained that with the opening of the Haags Bosch facility their garbage is no longer being collected on time.
For almost three decades the Pigeon Island squatting area has attracted poverty-stricken Guyanese with its promise of rent-free dwelling.
A woman, who said she married a man who knew he was HIV positive but kept it a secret, wants to wage a one-woman war on persons who knowingly infect others with the virus.
As the operations at the newly opened ferry stelling at Good Hope, Essequibo Coast get under way, truckers who utilize the services of the Transport and Harbours Depart-ment ((T&HD) have expressed frustration over the weight restriction of 16 tonnes instituted at the port.
Domestic violence survivors in Berbice are finding temporary refuge at the White Zone which was set up last year on the Corentyne, but coordinators in the region are pointing to a need for more full-time staff to advance the work.
Around one year after Liloutie ‘Pinky’ Seeram, 32, was brutally hacked to death at her Glasgow Housing Scheme, East Bank Berbice home the attacker is still on the run and relatives continue to plead for justice.
Norway’s forest saving partnership with Guyana will “most certainly” continue after 2015 but exactly how will be worked out at the appropriate time, the Scandinavian’s state Minister of the Environment and International Development Erik Solheim has said.
Well-known city businessman David Persaud passed away last night at the age of 75.
MUMBAI (Reuters) – India completed an epic journey beginning in Dhaka 43 days ago and culminating in a six-wicket victory over Sri Lanka yesterday after they had appeared to be down and out in the World Cup final.
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Muttiah Muralitharan raised his left arm, acknowledged the applause and vanished behind the dressing room door at Wankhede Stadium, quietly ending a fascinating international career yesterday.
All roads will lead to the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground tonight for what is expected to be one of the most intriguing nights of the Mayor’s Cup Football tournament.
SAN SALVADOR — In a reaction to Latin American criticism of the UN-sanctioned military action in Libya, President Barack Obama said recently he was not disappointed with the reaction and stressed that there was “strong international support” for enforcement of the no-fly zone.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Former Formula One champion Kimi Raikkonen has teamed up with Kyle Busch Motorsports to make his NASCAR debut in the truck series in May, both sides announced yesterday.
The year 2012 will be an important one for the Carib-bean.
In the middle of the current World Cup discourses, it is interesting to notice in the evaluation of batsmen, that often the deliberation as to quality often centres around the statistics – who scored the most runs; who hit the fastest century; who had the most boundaries, etc.
After witnessing the showdown between ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson and James ‘Bonecrusher’ Smith for the World Boxing Council (WBC) and World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight titles in 1987, a then 11-year-old Troy Wilson found his calling.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Kavesh Kantasingh wrecked the Windward Islands batting yesterday to propel Combined Campuses and Colleges one step closer to the final of the Regional First Class Championship.
The poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins – glancing and incandescent – is some of the most extraordinary to be found in English.
Recently a number of readers have asked me to offer an opinion on the prospects for the Guyana economy over the short-to-medium term.
The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) rugby team suffered its second consecutive defeat as the second round of the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) Men’s 15’s rugby tournament continued yesterday at the National Park playfield.
Shieldstown, a quiet village on the West Bank of Berbice was established after officials from the GuySuCo Estate at Blairmont made arrangements for residents of Rampoor Settlement to relocate there.
Team training for the National Rifle shooting squad will begin today as Guyana heightens its preparation for the West Indies Fullbore championships next month in Antigua/Barbuda.
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) – At least 10 people have been killed and 83 wounded in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, officials said yesterday, on a second day of violent protests over the burning of a Koran by a radical fundamentalist Christian in the United States.
Frogs are amphibians; they have moist, scaleless skin and are exothermic animals.
Omesh XI dismissed Trappers by nine wickets when the Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association’s Stag Beer and El Dorado Rum nationwide male and female softball tournament continued last Sunday.
KABUL (Reuters) – An angry mob that killed seven foreign UN staff in north Afghanistan ripped out the door of a bunker where several had taken shelter, and slit the throat of one man who survived a bullet, the top UN envoy in the country said yesterday.
ST AUGUSTINE, Trinidad, Apr 2, CMC – Test left-hander Brendan Nash hit his maiden first class double century while veteran Wavell Hinds chipped in with his 23rd hundred, as Jamaica gorged themselves on Trinidad and Tobago’s bowling to dominate the second day of their semi-final here yesterday.
Since early childhood when I lived in the Lake District of England in an old farmhouse, I have been afraid of bats.
Continued Last week, we discussed the emergency control of haemorrhaging due to cuts and assorted wounds on the extremities (legs, tails), etc.
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Soldiers of Ivory Coast’s rival leaders battled for the presidential palace, military bases and state TV in the main city Abidjan yesterday, in a conflict becoming so brutal that it killed 800 people in one town alone.
Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) limped to 214-8 at the close of the first day’s play of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Carib Beer/Friends of Heroes first division competition against the Demerara Cricket Club at Queenstown yesterday.
Dear Editor, The passing by the National Assembly on Thursday, March 10, 2011 of the Title to Land (Prescription and Limitation) (Amendment) Bill 2011 is an opportune time for me to ventilate some very relevant concerns I avoid at this time the controversial aspect of the Act which will have the effect of protecting from acquisition by prescription all land owned by the State, or its wholly-owned agencies.
EAST OF BREGA/BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – A NATO-led air strike killed 13 Libyan rebels, a rebel spokesman said yesterday, but their leaders called for continued raids on Muammar Gaddafi’s forces despite the “regrettable incident.”
(Continued) Rule IV-Conflict of Interest 1. An attorney-at-law shall not devise or represent more than one interest in a matter nor shall he act or continue to act in a matter when there is or is likely to be a conflicting interest; which includes but is not limited to the financial interest of attorney-at-law or his associate, and the duties and the loyalties of the attorney-at-law to any other client or prospective client, including the obligation to communicate information.
Dear Editor, Your business editorial of April 1 chastised the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) for not doing enough to ensure compliance by the business community with the fire regulations of Guyana.
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Al Qaeda operatives are in Brazil planning attacks, raising money and recruiting followers, a leading news magazine reported yesterday, renewing concerns about the nation serving as a hide-out for Islamic militants.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US President Barack Obama is likely to announce plans next week to run for re-election and file campaign papers with the Federal Election Commission as early as tomorrow, a
The theatre of satire in the Caribbean has a very strong history and tradition dating back to the period of slavery.
Workers from the Ministry of Works yesterday appeared in front of the Canadian High Commission with instructions to break down two pillars for a new security hut that had recently been constructed in front of the compound.
Only now that the country is on the brink of an election has President Jagdeo seen fit to dispense with the services of his Minister of Local Government, Mr Kellawan Lall.
Dear Editor, I refer to the open letter penned by Toshao Theophilus Fernandes of the Chinese Landing Village Council and published in the form of an advertisement on page 18 of the April 1, 2011 issue of the Stabroek News and wish to respond to the inaccuracies contained in some sections of his letter for fear that they could convey wrong impressions to an unsuspecting public.
