The Guyana Police Force today said that a hair sample in the Sheema Mangar case which was to be taken to Barbados for testing in October 2010 was left behind by a policeman but it was eventually dispatched to Bridgetown in August last year and the results are being awaited.
UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Haiti, whose members have been accused
of rape, assault and sparking a cholera epidemic in the country, is investigating new allegations that peacekeepers sexually
abused minors.
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.
(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Although the Chinese association Kong Ngie Tong Sang is content with last year’s results, it calls for a speedy settlement of the legal residence permit for over 1,000 Chinese.
(Jamaica Observer) The St Ann police have charged a 13-year-old boy in connection with the death of seven-year-old Delano Greenwood, who was killed in Scarlett Hall near Salem in St Ann last Saturday.
(Jamaica Gleaner) In a few days Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller says the Government will create approximately 700 jobs when the much talked about Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP) begins rolling.
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.
The Jamaican Force Constabulary has told the Guyana Government that it will provide a full report by the end of this month on the DNA analysis of samples taken from Lindo Creek where eight miners were murdered in June 2008.
ADELAIDE, (Reuters) – Indian batsman Virender Sehwag
rates the current Australia pace attack as among the best he has
faced in his 10-year test career.
(Barbados Nation) The strike by more than two dozen Alexandra School teachers is heading into its third week in spite of the intervention of Prime Minister Freundel Stuart.
THE HAGUE, (Reuters) – The International
Criminal Court said today it would try Kenya’s presidential
contenders William Ruto and Uhuru Kenyatta and two other men on
charges of crimes against humanity during post-election violence
in 2008.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Russia’s Ekaterina Makarova etched her name into Australian Open folklore last night by stunning Serena Williams 6-2 6-3 in their fourth-round match to end the American’s aura of invincibility at Melbourne Park.
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.
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.
The United Kingdom plans to put 75 million pounds sterling over a four-year period into development projects in the Caribbean, the UK’s Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, William Hague told Caribbean Foreign Ministers on Saturday.
Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Jennifer Webster, says her ministry, in keeping with the mandate President Donald Ramotar has given to all ministers, will be working more closely with civil society and the setting up of the family court is high on the agenda.
The Speaker of the National Assembly cannot, without any justification, wear the hats of List Representative and Speaker at the same time, former Speaker, Ralph Ramkarran has said.
A North East La Penitence man was yesterday pondering his next move after a large Ite palm tree broke and fell on his house, badly damaging his bedroom in the process.
A brilliant, undefeated century from Naeem Yacoob was the backbone of No.70 Young Star’s easy victory over No.69’s Red Rose as the round of 16 list was completed yesterday for the 2011 New Building Society Second Division 40-Over Cricket Competition in Berbice.
The farmer who was shot last week at Crabwood Creek is paralyzed from the waist down – something he hopes is temporary – and the family of the alleged assailant is denying that he had anything to do with the attack.
The Hand-in-Hand insurance company has stated that information regarding its clients is strictly confidential and as such will not be disclosed unless required by law or a legal process.
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.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – A record spell from Delorn Johnson undermined Barbados’ anaemic batting and set Windward Islands up for an emphatic, seven-wicket victory to finish third in the Caribbean Twenty20 tournament yesterday.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A team led by Minister of Public Works Robeson Benn distributed 737 notebook computers in Linden on Thursday, bringing the total to almost 1000 handed out in the community under the One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) programme.
(Reuters) – Mark Wilson clinched his fifth PGA Tour title by two shots at the Humana Challenge in La Quinta, California, yesterday, finishing in style with a 10-foot birdie putt at the last.
COLUMBIA, S.C., (Reuters) – Newt Gingrich didn’t just beat Mitt Romney in Saturday’s South Carolina primary, the former House speaker kicked away one of the main pillars of his rival’s election campaign.
Dear Editor,
The debate between the Guyana Nurses’ Association and the Ministry of Health needs to be better enlightened, if only for the benefit of those persons who are likely, however reluctantly, to be patients of public health facilities.
JAIPUR, India, (Reuters) – Amid raucous cheers from thousands of admirers, television superstar Oprah Winfrey praised the contrast of calm and chaos in India at the region’s largest literature festival fast becoming a global cultural gala.
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.
Dear Editor,
When the synthetic track at Leonora village is finally completed in 2012-2013, it will be a booster for West Coast Demerara (Region 3) since all track meets will be hosted there.
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.
The Ministry of Health has teamed up with the Laparkan Group of Companies to offer free cervical cancer screening this month, which is being observed as Cervical Cancer Awareness Month.
Dear Editor,
Living in the interior is a very wonderful experience; there are lots of places to explore, especially those such as Port Kaituma or Matthew’s Ridge.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – India have five days at the Adelaide Oval to show some fighting spirit, restore a modicum of pride and avoid a whitewash in the fourth and final test against Australia this week.
Preparations are moving apace for the 13th Annual Caribbean Conference on Sustainable Tourism Development that which will be used to showcase Guyana’s nature and eco-tourism potential and attract more visitors.
SANAA, (Reuters) – Outgoing president Ali Abdullah Saleh apologised for “any shortcoming” in his 33-year rule before leaving Yemen for the United States yesterday, paving the way for a transfer of power after a year of unrest.
President of Conservation International Russ Mittermeier has paid tribute to former President Bharrat Jagdeo’s leadership in the arena of climate change and said that he hopes President Donald Ramotar will continue Guyana’s leadership role.
Dear Editor,
The Attorney General, Mr Anil Nandlall, was afforded prominence for his response to my letter in all three dailies (‘It behoves any executive…‘ SN, Jan 18; ‘AG needs to clarify…‘ SN, Jan 15).
MADRID, (Reuters) – Lionel Messi netted two typically brilliant goals and a rare header as Barcelona closed to within two points of La Liga leaders Real Madrid, at least for a few hours, with a 4-1 win at Malaga yesterday.
(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.
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.
(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says Government will work to implement the death penalty as part of a serious crime reduction tool.
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.
Residents of Kamwatta, a village of approximately 300 people, in Region One are the beneficiaries of a minibus valued $3.2M, presented to them by the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs.
Dear Editor,
The bowing to the feet of the Indian President Pratibha Patil by TT’s Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar during her recent Pravasi Samman honour in Jaipur has evoked much controversy in Trinidad (SN, Jan 19, 20).
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – “Built Belgian tough” might become a badge of honour for future tennis generations after courageous Kim Clijsters’ win over Li Na yesterday, while Roger Federer dashed the dreams of home fans by crushing young gun Bernard Tomic.
JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters)- Kumar Sangakkara compiled a well-paced century to help Sri Lanka to a two-wicket win over South Africa off the penultimate ball in the fifth one-day international at the Wanderers yesterday.
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.
This week we asked the man and woman in the street their thoughts on the build up of garbage around the city and what roles they think citizens should play in rectifying this problem.
President Donald Ramotar says he is “highly optimistic” that collaboration between government and the Remote Area Medical (RAM) Guyana Incorporated and its US partner mission would continue, when officials from the group paid a courtesy call on him on Tuesday.
(Reuters) – Chris Bosh sparked the Miami Heat to a third home win in a row on Saturday, draining 30 points in a 113-92 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers.
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.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – The opposition group “Ladies in White” accused the Cuban government on Sunday of “murdering” by neglect a 31-year-old dissident who died last week following a hunger strike in prison.
(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.
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.