Stabroek News

TT$3m villa in Tobago bought with gov’t funds `squandermania’

Stabroek editor — Tue, 29 May 2012 11:44:42 +0000

(Trinidad Express) It is still scandalous squandermania. This was stated yesterday by Government Minister Dr Roodal Moonilal in the face of an e-mail from Calder Hart, former executive chairman of...

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T&T Top Cop: Murders on the rise

Stabroek editor — Tue, 29 May 2012 11:41:08 +0000

(Trinidad Express) Police Commissioner Dwayne Gibbs said yesterday that in the last two months of 2012 there has been a resurgence of homicides. Up to May 28 last year there were 161 murders. Up to...

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Second big quake hits northern Italy, 10 dead

Stabroek editor — Tue, 29 May 2012 11:38:49 +0000

MILAN, (Reuters) – An earthquake struck northern Italy today, killing at least 10 people, damaging buildings and spreading panic among thousands of residents still living in tents after a...

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Jack Warner cleared over alleged bribery at Hyatt

Stabroek editor — Tue, 29 May 2012 11:37:19 +0000

(Trinidad Express) Works Minister Jack Warner has no case to answer with respect to allegations of bribery purported to have taken place at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, in Port of Spain on or about May...

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Philippines’ top judge ousted in victory for Aquino

Stabroek editor — Tue, 29 May 2012 11:35:41 +0000

MANILA, (Reuters) – The Philippine Senate voted today to remove the country’s top judge for failing to disclose his wealth, a landmark victory for President Benigno Aquino as he pushes a...

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GuySuCo blames labour, weather for 30,000-tonnes below target first crop

Stabroek staff — Tue, 29 May 2012 09:26:25 +0000

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) yesterday reported first crop production falling significantly short of its target and it blamed labour problems and above average rainfall for the poor results...

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Decision to leave may have triggered hammer attack on Freeman St woman

Frances Abraham — Tue, 29 May 2012 09:25:17 +0000

Sharon Howell, the mother of 10 who was stabbed and hammered mercilessly by her partner on Sunday, had been constantly threatened and relatives believe that plans she was making to return home to...

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Family loses home in mystery fire

Lakhram Bhagirat — Tue, 29 May 2012 09:24:51 +0000

Yasin Hasim and family, expecting to welcome the newest member next month, are now without a home after fire gutted their house at Felicity, on the East Coast Demerara around noon yesterday. Up to...

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Several injured in road accident at Coverden

Marcelle Thomas — Tue, 29 May 2012 09:23:05 +0000

Story and photo by Marcelle Thomas A horrific smash-up yesterday afternoon involving two Route 42 minibuses, at Coverden, East Bank Demerara (EBD) has left three residents of Kuru-Kururu in critical...

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Police to conduct internal investigation into Vergenoegen shooting

Stabroek staff — Tue, 29 May 2012 09:22:19 +0000

The police will be conducting an internal investigation into last Saturday’s fatal shooting of Nidal Watkins even as his relatives say they will be meeting among themselves to discuss a way forward....

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Relatives bemoan poor hospital care of cop attacked at Monkey Mountain

Stabroek staff — Tue, 29 May 2012 09:21:59 +0000

Kevin George, the police constable who was shot last Thursday with arrows, chopped in the head and beaten while transporting a suspect to the Monkey Mountain outpost in Region Eight is said to be...

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West Berbicians outraged over rape of 8-yr-old girl

Stabroek staff — Tue, 29 May 2012 09:20:46 +0000

Persons in West Berbice are outraged that although a medical examination proved that an eight-year-old girl was repeated raped, reportedly by a male relative, the suspect has been released. They told...

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Sustainable use of forests ideal, US expert says

Johann Earle — Tue, 29 May 2012 09:18:07 +0000

US Regional Environmental Officer Indran J Amirthanayagam believes that the ordinary person still does not sufficiently understand what REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest...

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Murdered D’Urban St guard shared abusive past with suspect

Stabroek staff — Tue, 29 May 2012 09:16:27 +0000

Donna Thomas, whose bloody corpse was found at her D’Urban Street home on Saturday, is believed to have been killed by an abusive partner over the money she collected hours before. Thomas, 49, a...

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Samuels shines but England easily retain Wisden

Stabroek staff — Tue, 29 May 2012 09:15:08 +0000

NOTTINGHAM, England, CMC – A sterling, unbeaten half-century from Marlon Samuels failed to brighten the gloom of another defeat as West Indies predictably plunged to a nine-wicket loss to England in...

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Troubled boxing champion Johnny Tapia dies at age 45

Stabroek staff — Tue, 29 May 2012 09:14:14 +0000

SANTA FE, N.M., (Reuters) – Five-time world boxing champion Johnny Tapia was found dead in his Albuquerque, New Mexico, home at the age of 45, officials said yesterday. Tapia, who was as...

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Ruling in McCoy gun-butting case set for June 4

Stabroek staff — Tue, 29 May 2012 09:13:42 +0000

The trial of Office of the President (OP) Press and Publicity Officer Kwame McCoy, who was charged with assault over the gun-butting of Clifton Stewart, saw the final submissions of the prosecution...

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Back Circle shows good form as street football kicks off

Stabroek staff — Tue, 29 May 2012 09:13:30 +0000

Back Circle, Broad Street, Alexander Village and Albouystown each recorded victories in their respective games on Sunday night when the Guinness Greatest of the Streets Exhibition Competition kicked...

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Auditor General still probing $90M police expenditure

Stabroek staff — Tue, 29 May 2012 09:12:51 +0000

Acting Auditor General Deodat Sharma is still probing how an allocation of $90 million was spent by the Guyana Police Force during last year’s elections and he is unwilling to give a timetable for...

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Hardy threatens to give Eastman the ‘chin checker’

Stabroek staff — Tue, 29 May 2012 09:12:37 +0000

By Emmerson Campbell “Eastman is not a guy everybody can take out, he has experience and is very crafty, but I have something special that not everybody has, the chin checker.” This was the...

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Region Eight REO says infrastructural projects were agreed on last year

Stabroek staff — Tue, 29 May 2012 09:11:25 +0000

Region Eight (Potaro/Siparuni) councillors say they are being “left in the dark” about an invitation for bids for several infrastructural projects which was advertised in the PPP’s newspaper, the...

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Kata and Kumite competitions attract 129 participants

Stabroek staff — Tue, 29 May 2012 09:11:07 +0000

Competition was intense among scores of students who participated in the National Junior Karate Championship on Sunday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. Participants competed in two forms: the...

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Toshao apologises for disorderly conduct, no assault was involved

Stabroek staff — Tue, 29 May 2012 09:10:36 +0000

While expressing remorse over his recent conduct, Toshao of the Santa Rosa Village Council at Moruca, Richard Cornelius, is working with the 12-member body to develop the community, having placed a...

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Moore was artist and visionary in a single person

Stabroek staff — Tue, 29 May 2012 09:10:33 +0000

Dear Editor, My first meeting with Philip Moore was actually in the 1940s through his carvings which were on show at the League of Coloured Peoples’ Fair held annually in the Promenade Gardens. I was...

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