In T&T: Three murdered in cars
(Trinidad Express) POLICE are investigating two murders in Diego Martin last night and one in Laventille yesterday afternoon.
Articles published on Wednesday, September 25, 2013
(Trinidad Express) POLICE are investigating two murders in Diego Martin last night and one in Laventille yesterday afternoon.
(Jamaica Observer) JAMAICAN singer Tessanne Chin blew away the four celebrity coaches on America’s top vocal competition show, The Voice, with a powerful rendition of US singer Pink’s hit song Try.
NEW YORK, Reuters) – The presidents of Colombia, Peru and Chile, and Mexico’s minister of economy agreed on Wednesday to liberalize 92 percent of their countries’ goods and services as part of the nascent regional economic integration bloc, The Pacific Alliance.
About 1305h, police say that ranks from the Narcotics Branch stopped and searched a male outgoing passenger at the Ogle International Airport and found 388 grams of cannabis concealed in fernleaf milk tins.
Guyana Power & Light Inc. today said that electricity generation in Bartica has been restored to full capacity as a result of the installation to two generators, enabling the company to satisfy energy demand continuously.
(Trinidad Guardian) Former New York police commissioner William “Bill” Joseph Bratton is expected to arrive in T&T in November to conduct a “diagnostic test” of the Police Service to determine the root cause of its problems and find a way forward for a more efficient organisation and ultimately a safer country. Emphasis
(Jamaica Observer) Negotiations are underway for an over US$40 million runway extension at the Sangster International Airport aimed at attracting heavier aircraft from fast growing tourist regions.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Digicel Jamaica said Tuesday that it plans to invest another J$4 billion to improve its network and customer care delivery.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Ranch Entertainment announced the release of Shaggy’s 12th album yesterday.
Crime Chief Seelall Persaud said today that the suspect held in connection with Monday’s murder of policeman Michael Cumberbatch has confessed to the crime and was identified on a parade held earlier this morning.
Citing conflict of interest concerns and an about-turn on the Amaila project, political analyst Henry Jeffrey says that the AFC has become as morally questioned as any of the historic political parties.
Amid concerns that the contract with Chinese company CHEC for the Timehri airport expansion will leave the government responsible for any defects, the Works Ministry today said that this was not the case.
Investigators have arrested a suspect in Monday night’s fatal shooting of Police Constable 19406 Michael Cumberbatch, whose family believes that he was not the original target of the attack.
The arrival of the National Geographic Explorer cruise ship, which docked in Guyana on Monday, is being seen as a major boon for the country’s tourism sector, which could soon attract other high end cruise liners.
Courts Guyana/Unicomer yesterday turned the sod for the building of a US$5 million distribution centre at Eccles Industrial Site, East Bank Demerara.
An early morning fire yesterday gutted a two-storey house at Mahaicony Public Road and according to Chief Fire Officer Marlon Gentle arson is suspected.
The trial of Tyrone Rowe called ‘Cobra’ came to a dramatic end yesterday when Justice Navindra Singh sentenced him to 78 years imprisonment, causing him to sing after an initial shocked silence.
Half-centuries from skipper Christopher Barnwell and Rajendra Chandrika, reinforced by the former’s four-wicket haul, steered Demerara to a two-wicket win over Berbice their second victory in as many matches, in this year’s Pepsi Senior inter-county 50 overs-a-side tournament.
The agreement between Marriott developer Atlantic Hotels Inc (AHI) and the still unnamed investor for the completion of the US$58 million hotel is a privatisation deal and therefore not subject to the Procurement Act, according to AHI Director Winston Brassington.
Action in the Stag Beer sponsored Troy Cook Memorial Knockout Football tournament will commence today at the Camptown Football Club ground in Campbellville with a double header.
Two weeks after parents padlocked the gates of the partially burnt-out Parfait Harmonie Primary School and threatened to stage another protest, the Local Government Ministry has said that the repairs will start as soon as the ministry advertises for tenders.
The official signing on for clubs and associations that will be competing in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Premier League was held yesterday at the entity’s Section K Campbellville headquarters.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt will earn an estimated $10 million a year in a sponsorship deal with German sportswear company Puma that will take him to the end of his career.
Queens Atlantic Investment Inc, owned by New GPC proprietor Dr Ranjisinghi ‘Bobby’ Ramroop, was the only company to submit a bid yesterday for the provision of warehouse services for the Office of President.
The St Ignatius student who stabbed his schoolmate earlier this month has returned to school and several parents, whose children attend the Region 9 School, are uneasy about the safety of their children.
Maurice Solomon rolled back the years to win the Courts 20th Anniversary Golf tournament last weekend at the Lusignan Golf Club.
The Petra Organization/Courts Pee Wee Football organized two day beginners coaching clinic came to a successful ending on Sunday at the Ministry of Education ground on Carifesta Avenue.
A 24-year-old Kwakwani man, who was last Wednesday evening doused with acid, in an attack he alleges was set up by his ex-girlfriend, is decrying the lackadaisical response of the police.
A man and a woman were yesterday remanded after facing narcotics trafficking charges at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.
UNITED NATIONS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and Iran have set the stage for what could become their most serious contacts in a generation, but direct talks on the Iranian nuclear programme are likely to be slow, difficult and fragile.
Licensed firearm-holders are given a set of safety rules to follow once they have been issued a licence but the circumstances in which they are allowed to discharge their weapon remain unclear.
A Dominican national was yesterday fined for illegal entry when she appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer the charge.
The pirates who attacked two fishing vessels at Iron Punt in the Pomeroon River remain at large, according to Crime Chief Seelall Persaud who also said that there have been no more attacks.
(Reuters) – Marin Cilic cited a knee injury at Wimbledon this year to hide the fact he had failed a dope test, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) has revealed after handing the Croatian a nine-month suspension.
Several areas along the East Coast Demerara and West Coast Berbice are experiencing water service disruptions owing to low voltage affecting the various well stations.
As the number of vehicles in the country continues to increase the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has moved to beef-up related services at all Regional Integrated Tax Offices across the country.
NAIROBI (Reuters) – As Kenya began three days of mourning today for at least 67 people killed in the siege of a Nairobi mall, it was unclear how many more hostages may have died with the Somali Islamist attackers buried in the rubble.
Veteran broadcaster Ron Robinson is recovering in the Intensive Care Unit of the Georgetown Hospital following his Monday evening motorcycle accident.
Block 22 Flames, led by a game-high 21 points from Aubrey Johnson defeated Wismar Pistons 50-45 when the Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA)/ Trophy Stall Regulation championships continued at the Mackenzie Sports Club hard court on Sunday.
The Guyana Government extends condolences to the government and people of Kenya on the loss of innocent lives as a result of the siege at the Westgate Shopping Centre in Nairobi, Kenya which started on Saturday afternoon.
The body of an unidentified man of East Indian descent was found slumped against a wall at the National Public Health Institute on Thomas and New Market streets early yesterday morning.
Continental Agencies Limit-ed yesterday begin the distribution of a new product called ‘MaDish’, produced by Aji-no-moto Brazil and marketed by Aji-no-moto Nigeria.
NEBRASKA, United States, CMC-Trinidad and Tobago player Sinead Jack was adjudged the best blocker in the Norceca Continental Championship which ended here in Nebraska over the weekend.
UNITED NATIONS (Reu-ters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff used her position as the opening speaker at the UN General Assembly to accuse the United States of violating human rights and international law through espionage that included spying on her email.
Dear Editor, Mr GHK Lall’s letter has prompted me to respond to my ex-colleague Allan A Johnson Fenty’s latest column where he asked “How come Lall and others feel righteous enough to condemn?”
Three vehicles were involved in an accident around 2.10 pm yesterday after one of the drivers lost control of his vehicle, eyewitnesses said.
(Reuters) – Injury-plagued Australia paceman Ryan Harris is aiming to stay fit for the entire duration of the return Ashes series against England after recovering from his latest hamstring problem.
MOHALI, India, CMC- An impressive four wicket haul by mystery spinner Sunil Narine failed to stifle an unrelenting Sunrisers Hyderabad who recaptured the momentum to seal a four wicket win over Trinidad and Tobago in the Champions League T20 here yesterday.
Dear Editor, Please allow me to respond to Mr F Skinner’s letter of September 12, 2013.
Dear Editor, Glory be! Alleluia! Some pixie men came this morning, leaned a pixie ladder against a new post that had been planted opposite my house, mounted it, did various gymnastics and then departed.
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC-At least five of the region’s leading all-rounders have confirmed their participation in the 2013 Caribbean Single Wicket Tournament carded for Trinidad around the middle of next month, organizers have announced.
Dear Editor, It is a known fact that only the Essequibo Cricket Board (ECB) supported the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) at the last elections in the wake of a divided and unknown Demerara Cricket Board and the abstention from the process by the Berbice Cricket Board.
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru has eclipsed Colombia as home to the biggest fields of coca, a South American plant used to make cocaine, after its neighbour cut the total area of its crop by a quarter last year, a UN study said yesterday.
Dear Editor, It was good of your newspaper to publish in yesterday’s edition, 23rd September the letter in relation to Halaal meats to accommodate Muslims in Guyana, but please note it was written as you would have seen on the letterhead of Bait-Ur-Rahma (House of Mercy), which institution is situated in the compound of Queenstown Jumu’h Masjid.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The “war on drugs” has not been won, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos told the United Nations yesterday, exhorting the world body to add teeth to a special session on drugs in 2016.
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela has arrested five more National Guard soldiers, including a lieutenant colonel, in connection with the smuggling of 1.3 tonnes of cocaine on an Air France flight from Caracas to Paris, prosecutors in the South American country said yesterday.
It is the attack by al-Shabab militants on the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, which has been dominating the foreign news reports since Saturday.
In less than two years, with nothing but a smattering of power, the Alliance for Change (AFC), which promised so much hope to so many, has become as morally questionable as any of our historic political parties.
(Barbados Nation) The Ministry of Health has admitted that more than 500 people have come down with dengue fever so far this year as confirmed cases of the mosquito-borne illness have more than doubled.