(Trinidad Express) Foreign Affairs Minister Surujrattan Rambachan said yesterday former prime minister Patrick Manning spent TT$127,000 to lease a private jet to attend a Caricom Youth Summit in January 2010 and TT$124,740 to lease an aircraft for a one-day Caricom meeting.
(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said yesterday she was never blackmailed by anyone, including former director of the Strategic Services Agency (SSA) Reshmi Ramnarine, now called Shashi Rehka.
DUESSELDORF, Germany, (Reuters) – Vladimir Klitschko knocked out Jean-Marc Mormeck of France with a stinging left-right combination in the fourth round to retain his world heavyweight titles at the Esprit Arena today.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil ruled out any further dealing with FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke on Saturday after he said the country needed a “kick up the backside” to be ready in time to host the 2014 World Cup.
(Jamaica Observer) Sixty women, believed to be prostitutes, were among 180 persons who were taken into custody by members of a joint police/military team at Port Henderson Road in Portmore, St Catherine this morning.
One person from the Moruca River boat sinking tragedy was found alive today and a search and rescue team has been deployed to Tiger Beach, an area off of the Pomeroon, because of reports of a sighting there.
(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Benzdorp Ontwikkelingsmaatschappij Suriname NV (BOMS), holder of a 139,000 hectare gold concession in the Lawa area has new owners.
(Jamaica Observer) The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) — the body responsible for probing police shootings — was kept busy yesterday in the aftermath of 10 police killings in the parishes of St Catherine, Clarendon and St James between Thursday night and yesterday morning.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The newly appointed chief executive officer of Cricket Holdings America Keith Wyness believes the organisation’s foundations will help turn the dream of bringing world-class cricket to the United States of America (USA) into a reality.
(Reuters) – Sri Lanka beat Australia by nine runs despite Dan Christian’s hat-trick in a dramatic one-day international yesterday to book their place in the final of the Tri-series against the hosts and send India home.
The assets of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) both movable and unmovable and including bank accounts have been transferred to a private limited liability company, a press release from attorney general Anil Nandlall stated yesterday.
The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) yesterday said the decision to form a private company was based on the ruling by acting Chief Justice Ian Chang and also in compliance with the directive of its parent company the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB).
By Lakhram Bhagirat and Alva Solomon
Four men are still missing after a coastal cargo ship MV Crissan-V sank late Wednesday night in the vicinity of Moruca River mouth, and authorities indicated that a 16-hour delay before they were alerted of the incident affected the response.
China and Guyana yesterday signed two agreements that would see the former providing more than US$7.2 million ($1.4 billion) in grant aid to further technical and economic cooperation and provide fire fighting equipment.
The main opposition APNU has accused the PPP/C administration of attempting to manipulate the parliamentary committees after a scheduled meeting of the Committee of Selection of Parliament was cancelled yesterday—a contention that the ruling party has rejected.
Vendors, who were on Sunday last removed by the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) from plying their trade outside the Stabroek Market, are upset as a taxi park has been set up in the area they were told needed to be cleared for pedestrian use.
The Auditor General has flayed the Education and Finance ministries over a $110M textbook procurement deal, which it said employed a strategy to defeat the controls of the Fiscal Management and Accountability (FMA) Act.
A Sophia woman was brutally chopped and beaten by her husband, from whom she is separated, when she visited his home to ask for money for the maintenance of their four children.
A three-month-old boy was yesterday admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital after a huge growth on top of his head suddenly burst, reducing the likelihood of a lifesaving surgery being performed.
BAGSHOT, England, (Reuters) – FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke made a scathing attack on Brazil’s preparations for the 2014 World Cup on yesterday, saying “not a lot is moving” and organisers needed “a kick up the backside”.
Frederick Sukhdeo, who is accused of being the mastermind in the US$2M Sacred Heart Church insurance scam case, has filed a Constitutional Motion in the High Court seeking to prohibit criminal prosecution in the lower court.
BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – A measured half-century from Stafanie Taylor helped West Indies Women to level their three-match One-Day International series against India, with an easy 42-run win here yesterday.
Colin Martin was yesterday sentenced to a four-year prison term for the possession of an unlicensed gun and ammunition found on him during a police search.
Former national player Godfrey Norville is inviting all over-50 players, including past national players, to attend a meeting and practice session tomorrow from 10:00hrs at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC).
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Former director of the High Performance Centre, Toby Radford will serve as assistant coach of the West Indies team, starting from Australia’s tour of the Caribbean later this month.
Eighteen-year-old Ryan Jordan was yesterday fined $25,000 after he pleaded guilty to using abusive language towards his mother, Michelle Clark, when he appeared before Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.
Still basking in what she terms the surreal experience of winning the Miss India Worldwide pageant, 24-year-old Alana Seebaran is still deciding on future pageantry, while anxiously looking forward to see what Bollywood has in store for her.
Although the rice industry has gotten off to a bad start this year with many farmers losing their crops to flooding, President of the Rice Producers’ Association (RPA), Leekha Rambrich said it achieved its target last year.
The national men’s Sevens rugby will hold a trial game today at 10:00 am at the Providence National Stadium prior to announcing the team for the prestigious HSBC Sevens World Series in Hong Kong that will kick off on March 23 to 25
The team is expected to hold its final trial game
The three contractors have begun preparatory works on the four-lane highway from Providence to Diamond on the East Bank of Demerara and residents and other stakeholders have been assured of minimal disruption.
Differently-abled athletes will have an opportunity to showcase their skills when the Rotary Club of Georgetown stages its annual Day of Sports at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue tomorrow from 8am.
The Youth Coalition for Transformation (YCT) is urging Guyanese to be more conscious of their surroundings, saying that town councils should not wholly be blamed for the build up of garbage, as citizens too are at fault.
Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Robert Persaud has announced the impending construction of a $50M support block for miners at Port Kaituma, which will include the first commercial bank in the area.
By Emmerson Campbell
After winning World Boxing Council (WBC) Caribbean Boxing Federation (CABOFE) titles last Saturday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, middleweight Edmond ‘Wonder Boy’ DeClou and flyweight Dexter ‘The Kid’ Marques under the management of Dog Pound Inc.,
Dear Editor,
The freedoms enshrined in our various laws and statutes, somehow do not allow most of us to access information concerning the range of developmental initiatives agreed with donor agencies, and the ensuing contracts for implementation.
Tullow Oil, one of the major shareholders in the drilling of the Jaguar Well in the joint venture offshore concession, is counting on their years of expertise in the exploration endeavour, and is optimistic about the prospects, the Government Information Agency (GINA) has reported.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Cellular service provider Digicel has announced it is cutting its prepaid cross-network rates by roughly 35 per cent to J$8.99, but customers must log in a code to enact the savings.
The much-anticipated junior Carifta trials which had been set for tomorrow at the Police Sports Club ground, Eve Leary has been rescheduled to March 8th (Phagwah Day)by the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) due to the inclement weather.
Dear Editor,
They say in life you only get one golden opportunity to give someone a great first impression about yourself, your education, house, business, etc.
Dear Editor,
After considering my responsibilities to my fellow citizens, I am left with no option but to write to you to identify several cases where engineers are failing or have failed to provide minimum standards of service typical to the engineering profession.
(Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he had received “grisly reports” that Syrian government forces were arbitrarily executing, imprisoning and torturing people in the battle-scarred city of Homs after rebel fighters had fled.
GENEVA, (Reuters) – Long-time Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, stranded in the desert after rebels and a NATO missile strike wrecked his escape convoy last October, apparently wanted to stage a last stand as his enemies closed in, a U.N.
(Barbados Nation) With thousands of CLICO policyholders and investors now faced with the growing likelihood of losses, the spotlight has been turned on the Office of the Supervisor of Insurance.
Dear Editor,
I really don’t believe everything I read in the newspapers or hear in the electronic media, so if I was not present I would have been hard pressed to reconcile President Ramotar’s remark that where the rule of law is concerned there are no sacred cows, with the recent revelation that some $90M which was allocated for meals during the 2011 elections was not spent on that line item.
The West Indies Players Association (WIPA) will continue to carry significant power in terms of negotiating for the regional players, as yesterday they won another round in the battle to keep their bargaining power with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB).
Guyana is on a developing path that embraces bio-energy, Agriculture Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy declared on Monday, saying that emphasis is being placed on developing the resource capacity to advance the country’s bio-energy possibilities.
Queen’s Park Cricket Club opener Runako Morton slammed an aggressive 126 to lead his team into the final of the Premier Division Sunday League 50-over competition following their easy nine-wicket win over T&TEC Sports in the semi-final of the tournament at Inshan Ali Park, Preysal.Morton
Garfield Wiltshire, a former three-time Southern Caribbean squash champion was down to play former Under-19 Caribbean girls’ singles champion Ashley Khalil last night at the Georgetown Club in the Guyana Squash Association annual Bounty Farm Limited Handicap squash tournament.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The St. James Police have identified the four men who were fatally shot during an alleged confrontation with cops on Hart Street in Montego Bay, St James this morning.
Agriculture Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy on Tuesday outlined a five-year development plan for the sector, including the use of bio-fuel and agro technology, during a meeting with representatives from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
(Billboard) The Wanted’s “Glad You Came” blasts into the Billboard Hot 100’s top 10, vaulting 23-5 with top Digital Gainer honours after the “Glee” cast covered the song on the February 21 episode of the Fox series.
NEWARK, N.J., (Reuters) – More than two dozen people from the United States and China were charged yesterday with running a $325 million counterfeit goods ring through a New Jersey port, one of the largest smuggling busts of knock-offs in history, authorities said.
LONDON (Reuters) – Florence Welch won two prizes at the NME music awards in London on Wednesday, eclipsing chart champion and Grammy and BRITs queen Adele.
(Trinidad Express) TV6’s Crime Watch host, Ian Alleyne, promised that a shooting incident involving his security detail and gunmen along the Beetham Highway on Thursday night will not dampen his spirits in seeking out criminal elements throughout the country.
(Trinidad Express) United National Congress chairman Jack Warner said yesterday that he will be defending the party’s chairmanship at the March 24 internal elections.
(Trinidad Express) A 34-year-old Tunapuna man, who survived an incident in which he was shot 11 times about the body last year, was gunned down a short distance from his home on Thursday.
(Trinidad Express) Spain’s Repsol energy company has said its fourth quarter profits fell 29 per cent largely due to reduced production because of the Libya war and the impact of maintenance work at its Trinidad operations.