proceedings against ministersAFC MP Khemraj Ramjattan has received permission from Speaker of the National Assembly Ralph Ramkarran to move a motion to have ministers Irfaan Ali and Dr Ashni Singh disciplined over a controversial $4B supplementary allocation to the Housing Ministry earlier this year.
-cuts, bruises fuel family’s suspicion
As investigations continue into the death of Tirbawaniepersaud Totaram of Grant 1805 of Crabwood Creek, Corentyne several persons have been questioned and sent away.
CARICOM’s Ministerial Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) is supporting a proposal for Haiti to have non-reciprocal access to regional markets for some goods for a three-year period.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers hammered out a historic overhaul of financial regulations yesterday, handing President Barack Obama a major domestic policy victory on the eve of a global summit of world leaders.
DAMASCUS, (Reuters) – President Bashar al-Assad will make a rare visit to Latin America aimed at extending Syria’s diplomatic reach after emerging from Western isolation, and attracting investment for his country’s ageing infrastructure.
MIAMI, (Reuters) – The first tropical depression of the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season neared storm strength in the western Caribbean yesterday as it took aim at Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, the U.S.
TORONTO, (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will skip the Group of 20 leaders summit in Toronto this weekend to deal with the aftermath of severe flooding in northeastern Brazil that has killed 51 people.
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, (Reuters) – Potential Egyptian presidential candidate Mohamed ElBaradei led thousands of people yesterday in an anti-torture protest that analysts said was significant for joining disparate groups in a common cause.
JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Africa’s strong growth will continue at a rapid pace and investors and business can not afford to ignore the continent’s potential which goes far beyond commodities, according to a McKinsey Global Institute study.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Alleged drug kingpin Christopher “Dudus” Coke was extradited to the United States yesterday to face narcotics trafficking charges, after waiving his right to a trial in Jamaica.
-family believes he was murdered
The body of a 47-year-old man of Grant 1805 Crabwood Creek was discovered yesterday morning across a drain with a gaping wound to his head and a steel rod stuck in his groin and protruding through his back.
Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo yesterday remanded to prison two drivers who appeared before her charged with causing the deaths of two men in last Saturday’s two-car crash at Canje, Berbice.
The two sniffer dogs used at the Cheddi Jagan Inter-national Airport, Timehri may have outlived their usefulness as they failed a routine test carried out by police yesterday Stabroek News has been reliably informed.
It is appalling, relatives say, that despite having access to his reputed wife police have been unable to properly identify the dredge owner shot dead in an ambush at Mousie Landing just after midnight on Monday.