Drunk driver cop fined for dangerous driving
The policeman, who was fined on Tuesday for drunken driving, was also fined $35,000 for dangerous driving after he pleaded guilty to the charge.
The policeman, who was fined on Tuesday for drunken driving, was also fined $35,000 for dangerous driving after he pleaded guilty to the charge.
BONN, Germany (Reuters) – The United States and China clashed yesterday about how to revive climate talks in 2010, complicating the first UN session since the acrimonious Copenhagen summit fell short of agreeing a treaty.
Justice Winston Patterson granted bail in the sum of $150,000 to a 19-year-old who is charged with being in possession of a .38 revolver with matching rounds.
A Preliminary Inquiry into the death of psychiatric patient Ramnauth Persaud commenced before Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo at the New Amsterdam Magistrates’ Court.
TEHRAN (Reuters) – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, taunting the United States for trying to halt Iran’s nuclear programme, showcased an improved centrifuge yesterday which officials said would enrich uranium faster than existing models.
(Trinidad Express) The election bell has been rung, but without a date.
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has withdrawn from a nuclear security summit in Washington next week, fearing Muslim delegates will demand Israel give up its assumed atomic arsenal.
Richard Barrow appeared in the New Amsterdam Court on a charge of robbery with violence, which he denied before Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo.
Magistrate Ann McLennan fined a construction worker $50,000 after he pleaded guilty to the charge of being an unlicensed driver, when he appeared in the Christianburg Magistrates’ Court to answer to the charge.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The World Bank and other development banks yesterday stepped up efforts to root out the corrupt use of aid funds, saying companies and individuals blacklisted at one institution would be unwelcome at all.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Cuba’s President Raul Castro and his brother, ex-leader Fidel Castro, have sought to sabotage US moves to improve ties because they fear it will threaten their power, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said yesterday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Liberal US Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens announced yesterday he would resign, and President Barack Obama promised to name a successor quickly, setting the stage for an expected partisan election-year Senate confirmation battle.
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian authorities cautioned yesterday that negotiations with the United States to solve a long-standing dispute over US cotton aid were only at a preliminary stage and that a deal was not certain.
Magistrate Ann McLennan dismissed a trafficking in narcotics case against a Linden man who is currently serving time for another matter.
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Rescuers pulled more bodies from a collapsed hillside slum near Rio de Janeiro yesterday, abandoning hope of finding survivors from a disaster caused by the heaviest rains in four decades.
-rehab works near complete The Mackenzie/Wismar Bridge is now reopened to the free flow of traffic after undergoing extensive rehabilitation works that began late last year.
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain yesterday approved the extradition of a Dutch-Argentine pilot to Argentina to face charges of throwing political prisoners out of aircraft into the sea under the military dictatorship 30 years ago.
A gunman pumped four bullets into a Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara man last evening, blowing his brains out as he sat alone at his business place.
-breaches uncovered in Region 4 procurement Over $670 million was drawn from the Contingencies Funds during 2008 without meeting the requisite eligibility criteria, according to most recent Auditor General’s report.
-residents angry at ‘sloppy’ police response Two masked gunmen invaded a Clonbrook, East Coast Demerara home yesterday, and terrorised the occupants before escaping with cash and other valuables.
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