MOREHEAD, Ky., (Reuters) – A county clerk in Kentucky sought an emergency injunction yesterday to temporarily block a federal court order requiring her to issue same-sex marriage licenses as she prepares to go to court today to face contempt charges.
Two prison officers assigned to the Carrera Island Prison are under investigation after prisoners Steve McGilvery and Leroy “Redo” Mohammed escaped custody on Monday.
At about 0650h. today, the police say that Dean Macey was involved in an argument with a group of men at Leopold Street, Georgetown, during which he was stabbed about his body.
(Trinidad Guardian) Two prison officers assigned to the Carrera Island Prison are under investigation after prisoners Steve McGilvery and Leroy “Redo” Mohammed escaped custody on Monday.
An investigation has been launched into the death of a patient at the National Psychiatric Hospital at New Amsterdam, according to Minister of Public Health Dr George Norton, who yesterday once again decried the scandalous condition of the facility and announced a plan to rectify the situation.
Timothy Sampson, one of the men suspected of robbing a Corentyne family after sawing a hole into their house, appeared before a city court yesterday charged with armed robbery and shooting at police officers.
Given the steep decline in oil prices over the past months, Canadian oil explorer CGX Energy Inc has shelved plans for drilling on its Corentyne block for now and says its ability to continue as a going concern is dependent on additional financing being found.
After turning himself in, Shamir Barker, the driver accused in the hit and run accident that caused the death of Latoya Thompson last month, was yesterday charged and remanded to jail by a city magistrate.
The PPP last week complained to a US congressional delegation about what it said were arbitrary dismissals by the new government and also asserted the need for electoral reforms.
The body of a sixty-seven-year old electrician was discovered in a desolate area of the abandoned train line between Silvertown and Half Mile, Wismar, around 15.30 hrs yesterday.
Finance Minister Winston Jordan in a statement on Monday said that there had been a move to impose a further 55% increase in the tolls for the Berbice Bridge but that this would not be countenanced by the government.