NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn sexually assaulted a housekeeper in a “violent and sadistic attack” in his hotel suite in Manhattan in May, a civil lawsuit filed today alleges.
Noel Elliot, who was injured in the Caribbean Airlines crash-landing at the CJIA, is now without his right leg, which was amputated by doctors at a New York City hospital yesterday morning.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Riots spread to new areas of London today in a third night of violence as hooded youths torched cars and buildings, hurled missiles at police and looted shops, in the worst unrest in the British capital for decades.
A Guyana Defence Force (GDF) officer who was pursuing a military course in the US was on Thursday slapped with sodomy and child molestation charges and has since appeared before a judge and been placed on a bond of US$50,000.
(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – With four big investments in Suriname planned for the coming three to four years, the country must start preparing now to fully benefit from these financial injections.
(Barbados Nation) REDjet’s customers who have booked flights from Guyana to Barbados have been complaining over the past few weeks about “unannounced” changes in schedules, which are leaving them stranded.
(Barbados Nation) The gay community was plunged into mourning Sunday when a contestant in the Miss Galaxy World 2011 contest died in the midst of the show.
(Barbados Nation) Police have launched a massive manhunt for two men who opened fire on patrolling officers in the upscale Navy Gardens, Christ Church neighbourhood late Saturday night.
(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Thanks to a 2-2 draw against Jamaica last evening, Suriname’s U-23 team has moved to the next round of qualification for next year’s Olympic Games.
Movable panels on the front and rear edges of the wings of the Caribbean Airlines (CAL) jet that overshot the runway at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) on July 30 were apparently not extended as required before touchdown and crash investigators believe excessive speed and other suspected lapses in landing procedures caused the accident, the Wall Street Journal reported last night.
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Nine armed robbers made off with about $1 million, six cellular phones, one camera and a quantity of jewellery after terrorizing a shop owner and his family at their Lot 24 Lancaster Avenue, Good Fortuin, West Bank Demerara home.
In his first year in charge of the national side, new Guyana women’s cricket coach Latchman Yadram has pledged to go all out to win this year’s West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Women’s limited overs tournament which commences today in Barbados.
Bandits yesterday morning launched a bloody attack on a family that had just returned from the Timehri airport, injuring two men before escaping with two bags from a motor car that was about to turn into the family’s Middle Road, La Penitence home.
Georgetown, Guyana – Jamaica coach Robert Samuels has praised his players for their team-work, unity and belief in each other following the capture of the three-day title in the West Indies Cricket Board’s Under-19 Tournament.
NOTTINGHAM, England, CMC – A typically belligerent, unbeaten 47 from Kieron Pollard propelled Somerset to a six-wicket victory over Nottinghamshire in the quarter-finals of the English Twenty20 Championship yesterday.
Chevy Charles Jhingoree, the third person who died in Saturday’s accident at Bottom Arawak, Arimu was returning to work after being summoned by his boss – the owner of the ill-fated truck, relatives said.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Regional players body, WIPA, have appointed directors Dave Kissoon and Michael Hall to lead its negotiations with the West Indies Cricket Board to revise the existing Collective Bargaining Agreement.
The management of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) yesterday said that the institution has a fully supply of medication utilized by patients of the Obstetrics and Gynecological Unit.
The pothole-filled roads in the communities of Grove and Naamryck are causing hardships and residents are calling on the authorities to undertake urgent repairs.
FOXBOROUGH, Massachusetts, CMC – Shalrie Joseph continued to give proof of his confidence in taking penalty kicks, but Alejandro Moreno upstaged him with a pair of goals that handed Chivas USA a 3-2 victory the New England Revolution on Saturday in Major League Soccer.
Lindeners are being encouraged to take advantage of the business opportunities in supplying agricultural produce with government looking at food availability in the face of rising prices here.
MUMBAI, (Reuters) – India seamer Zaheer Khan needs surgery for ankle and hamstring problems and has been ruled out for the remainder of the England series, the Indian cricket board (BCCI) said yesterday.
Seminars on paediatric asthma and suicide were recently conducted by doctors of the non-profit organisation New York Guyana Mission (NYGM) at the Georgetown Public Hospital.
MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Rahul Dravid has said his return to India’s one-day squad is a temporary one and he is retiring from the shorter forms of the game after the upcoming series against England, but his surprise recall is being viewed by some as a step in the wrong direction.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Manchester United fought back from two goals down and struck deep into stoppage time to beat Manchester City 3-2 in a dramatic Community Shield at Wembley yesterday.
Twenty-three young people from Plaisance, East Coast Demerara last Thursday graduated from a skills/vocational training course hosted under the Community Action Component (CAC) of the Citizens Security Programme (CSP).
Dear Editor,
In mid-July one of President Jagdeo’s staff sent an email to the Federation of Indian Americans (FIA), asking that Jagdeo be invited to the FIA parade which will be held on 21st August in Manhattan.
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah demanded an end to the bloodshed in Syria yesterday and recalled his country’s ambassador from Damascus, in a rare case of one of the Arab world’s most powerful leaders intervening against another.
Over 150 residents of Buxton over the weekend benefitted from dental care, eye screening, testing for blood pressure and glucose content and voluntary counseling and treatment services when the Ministry of Health and the Buxtonians 4 Life Group held an outreach at the community’s health centre.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Groups of youths attacked shops and damaged a police car in north London yesterday as police sent in reinforcements to prevent more rioting on the scale that laid waste to another area of the British capital 24 hours earlier.
LONDON, England, CMC – World champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce was handed a solid defeat ahead of her title defence in Daegu later this month, when American Carmelita Jeter won the 100 metres at the Aviva London Grand Prix on Saturday.
KHARTOUM, (Reuters) – Sudanese security forces have confiscated the entire edition of an independent newspaper in the capital Khartoum, its editor said yesterday, the latest sign of a media crackdown.
A man is hospitalized at the Georgetown Public Hospital after he was shot in the shoulder by a security guard attached to Noble House Seafoods on Saturday.
MONINO, Russia, (Reuters) – Russia believe they can win their opening match on their rugby World Cup debut with coach Nikolai Nerush saying their inclusion is a big boost for a set-up which receives “peanuts”.
The first Rapid Impact Project (RIP) under the Community Action Component of the Citizens Security Programme (CSP) was commissioned at the Pattensen Multi-purpose Centre in B Field Sophia last Friday.
When the contestants for the presidency mount the platform in the city, Black Bush Polder or Waramadong they are likely to utter many of the platitudes that proliferate at times like this.
MIAMI, (Reuters) – Miami police arrested Outkast rapper and “Hey Ya” singer Big Boi yesterday for possessing ecstasy and other drugs that the performer’s lawyer later characterized as “contraband.”
In this week’s edition of what the people say we asked youths of Linden (with parental consent) how they have been spending their holidays and their plans for the remaining few weeks.