Daily Archive: Monday, January 23, 2012

Articles published on Monday, January 23, 2012

Police lose 1 kg cocaine

Police today said that last Friday, a total of ten police ranks from the Narcotics Branch and the Tactical Services Unit, headed by an Officer, uplifted 137 packets of cocaine from Police Headquarters to be escorted to Bartica.

Oil don’t spoil

The word out there is that now that CGX has announced that the oil rig The Ocean Saratoga has been dispatched from the Gulf of Mexico to the Guyana/Suriname Basin to start drilling for oil, large numbers of ‘better off’ Guyanese are busy googling the various Japanese used car websites, sizing up those high-performance gas guzzlers that they have been denied for so long.

T&T pinch hitter Kieron Pollard savaged one of the region’s best bowlers, Krishmar Santokie during last night’s CT20 final in Barbados.

Red Fury triumphs at the ‘Mecca’

By Colin Benjamin in Barbados Pre-tournament favourites Trinidad and Tobago known as the “Red Fury” continued their dominance in Regional twenty20 cricket, defeating Jamaica by 63 runs in the final of the 2012 Caribbean Twenty20 tournament at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados last night.

 Khemraj Ramjattan

Opposition to push for qualified Auditor General

In line with their pre-election commitment to greater scrutiny of how public monies are being spent and whether value for money is being obtained, the opposition parties are going to press for the appointment of a qualified person to head up the Office of the Auditor General.

Joe Paterno

Former Penn State coach Paterno dies

STATE COLLEGE, Pa., (Reuters) – Legendary former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, fired in November after 46 years as head coach in the wake of a child sex abuse scandal involving an assistant, died yesterday, his family said in a statement.

Granger announces shadow cabinet

Leader of the Opposition David Granger has announced a Shadow Cabinet, which he said was the core of the Office of the Leader of the Opposition and through which he plans to lead a charge against the Government via scrutiny.

APNU youth concerned about cervical cancer vaccine

The Youth Coalition for Transformation (YCT) – the youth arm of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) – is calling out the Government on a number of burning issues, amongst them the vaccination campaign for HPV, the continued employment of the Police Commissioner and Government’s position on the recent election of the Speaker of the National Assembly.

No rivalry with Blake says Bolt

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Usain Bolt used the occasion of his acceptance speech for winning the Sports Personality-of-the-Year award to brush aside misconceptions about his relationship with World 100 metres champion Yohan Blake.

Petra Kvitova

Blushing Kvitova eases into last eight

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – World number two Petra Kvitova shrugged off the embarrassment of one of the worst missed shot of the tournament to advance to the quarter-finals of the Australian Open last night with a 6-2 7-6 victory over former world number one Ana Ivanovic.

Defiant Mourinho deaf to whistling from Real fans

MADRID,  (Reuters) – Jose Mourinho refused to answer questions about a reported rift in the Real Madrid dressing room and said he was not affected by whistling directed at him by some Real fans during yesterday’s 4-1 home win against Athletic Bilbao.

Andrew Strauss

Away days problematic for test best contenders

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – With Pakistan shedding their notorious unpredictability and Australia coming to terms with a tricky transition, test cricket hierarchy in the next couple of months might look more like a banana republic… ripen for a coup.

Avason Quinlan

T&T magistrate on four misconduct charges

(Trinidad Express) Ques-tions have been raised about how Magistrate Avason Quinlan could continue to sit on the Bench and dispense justice when she is before a disciplinary tribunal on four charges of judicial misconduct in a bail-fixing incident involving two men accused of drug trafficking.

Maldives asks for UN help in constitutional crisis

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – The Maldives asked the United Nations yesterday to mediate in a standoff with the opposition over the arrest of a criminal court judge, which has prompted accusations that President Mohamed Nasheed’s government has subverted democracy.

Arabs agree new Syria plan, urge UN support

CAIRO, Jan 22 (Reuters) – Arab foreign minister agreed yesterday a new political roadmap for Syria that sees President Bashar al-Assad delegating power to a deputy and setting up a unity government as a prelude to early parliamentary and presidential elections.

Roger Khan: The elephant in the room

As President Ramotar settles into his mandate and comes to grips with his agenda for the year and beyond, nothing will test his freedom of action and sincerity in reforming the security sector like the question of a full investigation into the rampage here of convicted drug lord Roger Khan and whether his activities ensnared senior members of the last two administrations or at worse criminalized them.

Merissa Aguillera

Windies aim to topple India in home series

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Merissa Aguilleira said West Indies Women will be looking to start the year the same way they finished last year, when they face India Women in three One-day and five Twenty20 Internationals between February 18 and March 4.

T&T ruling coalition partner to go it alone

(Trinidad Express) Member of Parliament for Pointe-a-Pierre Errol McLeod yesterday resigned as political leader of the Movement for Social Justice (MSJ), paving the way for the party to unleash its electoral machinery to get into government on its own.

Red Fury triumphs at the `Mecca’

Pre-tournament favourites Trinidad and Tobago known as the “Red Fury” continued their dominance in Regional twenty20 cricket, defeating Jamaica by 63 runs in the final of the 2012 Caribbean Twenty20 tournament at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados last night.