Articles published on Wednesday, January 18, 2012
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – A Las Vegas judge today dismissed the cocaine possession case against pop star Bruno Mars after he successfully completed court-ordered drug education classes and community service, even exceeding the amount of hours he was told to serve.
The ruling party’s unwillingness to compromise on the nominee for the speakership left no room for any negotiations, AFC Chairman Khemraj Ramjattan said today.
At about 0930h today, police say that the suspect in the murder of Afrozie Ali was arrested by members of the Tuschen Community Policing Group and handed over to the police.
Police said that at about 2130h last night, businesswoman Chandrawattie Ali, 50 years, of Parika, EBE, returned home, parked her vehicle on the bridge and proceeded to open the gate to her premises.
(Jamaica Observer) NEW YORK, USA — Former Tivoli Gardens enforcer Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke is to be sentenced on February 28 in a Manhattan court.
(Barbados Nation) The Barbados economy has stabilised, but major economic growth still remains elusive.
(Trinidad Express) Two more men were gunned down in separate incidents in Diego Martin and Santa Cruz between Monday night and early yesterday.
(Trinidad Express) A Point Fortin man described as a Baptist archbishop yesterday appeared in the Tunapuna Magistrates’ Court on eight charges of demanding money by menace and obtaining money under false pretences.
A Blankenburg, West Coast Demerara businesswoman was found knifed to death in her home yesterday and police are seeking her husband for questioning.
The PPP/C says that it is reviewing its election strategy and why it lost votes and accused A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Change (AFC) of defenestrating tradition from Parliament.
Leader of the Opposition, David Granger says that he is not afraid about the prospects of Government calling a new election and expressed confidence in contesting it since he does not believe that the vote-costing attitude of the Government has changed for the better in six weeks.
The private sector’s performance during last year was “mixed,” the Private Sector Commission (PSC) reported on Monday.
Complaining about the abuse their children face at schools outside their community, a group of parents from Ituni, up the Berbice River, in Region 10 on Monday staged a protest for the return of a secondary-level school to their area.
The Venezuela-funded homeless shelter, at Onverwagt, Berbice, is soon to be completed.
The ferry MV Torani ran aground between Hog Island and Wakenaam, Essequibo River yesterday morning after an engine failure.
Police say that at about 1455h on Sunday, goldsmith and businessman Abdul Khan, 36 years of Cornelia Ida, WCD, was attacked and robbed by two men on a motor cycle, one of whom was armed with a firearm, at Hydronie market, EBE.
A man accused of stealing $1.6M from his employer and making a false entry in a receipt book also belonging to his employer was yesterday remanded to prison after appearing before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.
A Sparendaam woman was last night admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) with a single gunshot wound to her left arm.
The Head of Delegation of the European Union to Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and the Dutch Overseas Countries and Territories, Ambassador Robert Kopecky yesterday presented his Letters of Credence to CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque.
By Colin Benjamin in Barbados An unbroken 91-run third-wicket partnership from left-handed duo Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Narsingh Deonarine propelled the “Amazon Conquerors” to an eight-wicket win over tournament whipping boys Canada, in the latest Group B encounter of the 2012 Caribbean Twenty20 tournament at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados last evening.
GT&T’s third 10/10 Softball Cricket Tournament is expected to be significantly larger than the previous two years, with the addition of an international component and a plan to double the number of teams that participated previously.
Residents of Norton Street, Lodge have lauded the Ministry of Public Works, for filling the potholes that have been on the road for a number of years; however, they want speed humps to be placed at various intervals of the street to control speed.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – A tidy all-round performance from Shane Shillingford helped Windward Islands virtually sew up a semi-final place in the Caribbean Twenty20 tournament with a 22-run victory over Leeward Islands yesterday.
The police said that during the morning of Monday, police ranks conducted a search on a building at Puruni Landing, Mazaruni, during which twenty-three .32 rounds and 862 grammes of cannabis sativa
GIGLIO, Italy, Reuters) – Italian coastguards pleaded angrily with the captain of a stricken super-liner to return to his ship, according to recordings released yesterday as divers found five more bodies in the half-submerged wreck of the Costa Concordia.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – A rusty and agitated Serena Williams grimaced her way through an attack of swooping bugs to resume her domination at Melbourne Park with a scratchy 6-3 6-2 win over Austria’s Tamira Paszek on Tuesday.
Guyana’s local sprint queen Alisha Fortune has plans set for a push at the Olympics qualifying times for the 2012 London Olympics.
BRISBANE, Australia, CMC – Sydney Thunder failed to ease concerns about their batting after Chris Gayle again failed and they crashed to a 91-run defeat at the hands of the Brisbane Heat in the Big Bash League Twenty20 yesterday.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand, CMC – Top West Indies Women’s player Stafanie Taylor had mixed results last weekend, as the national One-day and Twenty20 competitions came to a close last weekend.
BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa, (Reuters) – A half-century from Faf du Plessis led South Africa to a series-clinching victory in the third one-dayer against Sri Lanka yesterday.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Champion Kim Clijsters flirted with dishing out the fifth Australian Open ‘double bagel’ of her career on Wednesday as she steamrolled her way past France’s Stephanie Foretz Gacon 6-0 6-1 and into the third round.
Police say that at about 0715h. on Monday, police ranks conducted a search on a mining camp at Arangoy Backdam, Cuyuni River, during which an unlicensed .38 revolver and six matching rounds
LISBON, (Reuters) – Angola’s government has denied a report by Human Rights Watch suggesting that US$32 billion are missing from state funds thought to be linked to the state oil company Sonangol, state news agency Angop reported yesterday.
RAE BAREILLY, India, (Reuters) – India’s Priyanka Gandhi joined the election campaign in the country’s most politically important state yesterday, injecting sparkle into a tightly fought race and overshadowing her brother Rahul, heir-apparent of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty.
Dear Editor It was intriguing to observe how the post-election drama recently shifted from the prickly SOPs, which turned out to be a storm in a teacup, to the hotly debated tripartite approach to the National Budget without missing a beat.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Dwayne Smith said he felt his career, particularly in the Twenty20 format, was moving in the right direction following his outstanding form for Barbados in recent matches.
A man accused of calling a family on their telephone and conducting vulgar conversations was yesterday admitted to bail in the sum of $25,000 after appearing before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.
(Reuters) – Pakistan’s Saeed Ajmal flummoxed England’s batsmen with his off-spin for a career best haul of seven for 55 to dismiss the visitors for 192 on the first day of the opening test in Dubai yesterday.
A woman who was charged with assaulting another at Lamaha Park and then allegedly assaulted a prisoner at the East La Penitence Police Station was yesterday admitted to bail in the sum of $20,000 after appearing before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The White House was locked down on Tuesday night as authorities investigated what appeared to be a smoke bomb that was tossed over the fence of the White House compound, a Secret Service spokesman said.
Dear Editor, In a very recent publication there was a report on the incumbent Education Minister’s approach to improving the standard of teaching, specifically ‘Maths’ and ‘Science,’ and adverting to the importation of teachers to ‘help’ in these specialist areas.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – A truck loaded with rubble from Haiti’s earthquake two years ago killed at least 26 people and injured 57 others after its driver lost control of the vehicle in a hilly area of the impoverished Caribbean nation’s capital, authorities said yesterday.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Brazilian Bruno Senna will race for Williams this season, following in the footsteps of his late uncle and triple world champion Ayrton who died in one of the Formula One team’s cars at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix.
Dear Editor, I wish to reply to a letter authored by Intikab Sankar, bearing the caption ‘AG needs to clarify exactly what the CJ ordered in the Angela Haniff v GCB matter,’ which was published in the Kaieteur News of January 15.
Human Services Minister Jennifer Webster says plans are in train to extend the Women of Worth (WOW) programme to regions one and seven as it has transformed the lives of over 2,300 single parent women since its 2010 launch.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Derek Fisher’s game-winning three-pointer put a pretty ribbon on a workmanlike 73-70 victory for the Los Angeles Lakers over the defending NBA champion Dallas Mavericks Monday.
Minister within the Local Government Ministry Norman Whittaker is surprised at protest action taken by Port Kaituma residents over the state of the community primary school, saying that the situation was expected to be addressed soon.
MADRID, (Reuters) – A Spanish judge who won fame with his attempt to extradite former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet in the 1990s denied breaching the rights of defendants yesterday in a trial many supporters say is a politically motivated vendetta against him.
Dear Editor, So farewell then proud Guyanese Godfrey Chin. My friend was indomitable in chronicling the past.
In his first speech to the staff of the Caribbean Community Secretariat, Secretary General La Rocque emphasized that the heads of government statement suggesting a “pause” in the integration process, naming the single currency and monetary union as candidates for the pause, did not mean a halt to the integration process itself.
ISTANBUL, (Reuters) – A Syrian tribal leader apologised yesterday for backing President Bashar al-Assad on state television, saying a gun was being pointed at his head while he made the broadcast last year.
David Granger (right) being congratulated by PNCR Leader Robert
A 29-year-old man from Norton Street who had 3 ½ grams of cannabis in his possession was yesterday fined $3,000 and ordered to serve six months community service after appearing before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.
Notwithstanding all the opposition talk of seeking to create a new political culture in Guyana, its recent antics are as old as the hills, but the PPP/C is not without fault and should not use the opposition’s faux pas to prevent us from moving forward in a timely and efficacious manner.
(Reuters) – Michel Platini will be a good president for FIFA, incumbent Sepp Blatter said yesterday.
Dear Editor, In my letter dated October 8, 2011 in SN captioned, ‘Old age people should not be employed as security guards‘ I referred to Mr Adolphus James who was murdered.
Sir what are your expectations?
(Trinidad Express) Food Production Minister Vasant Bharath yesterday defended his position to select a Porsche Cayenne SUV as his Ministry’s official vehicle.
