Daily Archive: Monday, January 2, 2012

A ministerial team today met with residents of Strathavon and Cane Grove on the East Coast of Demerara over a longstanding paddy dust nuisance and is to present a progress report in two weeks.

(Barbados Nation) Police were last night investigating the fatal shooting of a man in St Michael.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Andrew Holness’ legal entitlement to the same amount of pension as prime ministers who served before him is raising concern.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The incoming People’s National Party (PNP) administration says it will be moving to have the Caribbean Court of Justice, CCJ, established in both the original and appellate jurisdictions in time for the nation’s 50th Independence on August 6.

Not a few of his colleagues have said that there was a time when Henry Greene used to be one of the fittest, trimmest policemen in the Force.

In light of the acrimony surrounding the choice of Speaker of the National Assembly, the elections for the regional council for Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni) could further test ties between APNU and the AFC.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – This month, the government will establish an ‘Interim Sovereign Wealth Fund’ with a starting capital of US$ 20 million.

(Jamaica Observer) There was a bloody start to the new year in St James where two middle-aged men were yesterday shot dead execution-style in that parish’s second double murder in as many days.

(Trinidad Express) Although much of Trinidad and Tobago’s Caribbean Twenty20 preparations were hampered by rain, national coach Kelvin Williams still expects his charges to be ready for their title defence.

(Trinidad Express) Last month Lloyd Baptiste escaped death after his house was firebombed.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Export of drinking water will be a government priority this year, President Desi Bouterse said in his New Year’s address yesterday.

The Civil Aviation Authority has made a call for all marine vessels and low flying aircraft to be on the lookout for a 56-foot marine cargo vessel, the MV Oliver L that reportedly went missing after leaving Trinidad and Tobago recently en-route to Guyana.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – ‘It is certain that military conscription will be reintroduced,’ assures Defense Minister Lamoure Latour.

(Barbados Nation) Two Barbadian writers have emerged winners in the prestigious Commonwealth Short Story Competition for 2011.

Part of the Guyana Defence Force’s fireworks display to usher in 2012 just after midnight on Sunday.

(Barbados Nation) The Globe Cinema, which started operating in 1956, is now a mere memory.

President Donald Ramotar and First Lady Deolatchmee Ramotar (centre) ushering in 2012 at the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) base Camp Ayanganna.

The police say that investigations are being conducted into the circumstances surrounding the death of pensioner Bebe Jahooral Banu, 66 years, of DeWillem, WCD.

(Barbados Nation) United States investigators want to seize an expensive condo in Barbados that is owned by an Indiana investment advisor who is pleading guilty to a Ponzi scheme bilking clients of more than US$7 million.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni  has warned Australia not to get too carried away with their  victory in the first test and backed his team to battle back in  the second in Sydney this week.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – The green shoots of Australian  recovery will be exposed to the full glare of India’s  determination to level the series in the 100th test match to be  played at the Sydney Cricket Ground starting tonight.

(Barbados Nation) Lengthy delays in the trials of accused drug traffickers are a major headache for police.

A 23-year-old goldsmith of Bush Lot, West Coast Berbice lost his life when he was struck down by a speeding car, PKK 252 around 10:30 pm on Saturday.

The Alliance for Change (AFC) is holding fast to its choice of Moses Nagamootoo for Speaker of the National Assembly despite a volley of criticisms from David Granger of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) who said that the former PPP/C member is unsuited for the job.

COLOMBO,   (Reuters) – Sri Lanka recalled fast bowler Nuwan Kulasekera in naming a 15-man squad for the five-match one-day series against South Africa starting at Paarl on Jan.

People’s Progressive Party stalwarts Reepu Daman Persaud and Gail Teixeira have been retained as advisors to President Donald Ramotar.

Rajmatti ‘Sita’ Ramjattan is a woman who has supported her husband’s political endeavours for the entire twenty-two-years of their marriage, and it is something she has not regretted.