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(Barbados Nation) A decision will be made shortly on whether criminal charges will be laid against officials of CLICO International Life (CIL) after the company continued to write new insurance policies despite being debarred by the Supervisor of Insurance back in 2009.
DHAKA, (Reuters) – Fidel Edwards picked up five wickets in a devastating opening spell of seven overs to leave Bangladesh reeling at 86 for five in reply to West Indies’ 355 at tea on day two of the second test today.
(Trinidad Express) The seventh police officer wanted in connection with the shooting deaths of three people from Moruga is now in police custody after he turned himself in to the Homicide Bureau of Investigations office at Coffee Street, San Fernando, late on Friday.
PPP presidential candidate, Donald Ramotar last evening lambasted opposition leaders saying they had no “moral right” to hold public office and sought to link some with criminals.
APNU’s presidential candidate David Granger says that a government led by him will not be “afraid of investigating anything”— including allegations of rigged elections during the 28-year rule of the PNC.
The pension that President Bharrat Jagdeo will earn upon demitting office has become a hot topic on the election campaign trail for the opposition parties and the incumbent PPP/C is not happy at what it says are the lies and misrepresentations on the matter.
Two drivers lost their lives in separate road accidents on Friday night and Saturday midday, while a third accident served to supply cases of beer and bags of flour to residents of Friendship.
An unusual October snowstorm in New York yesterday has resulted in Caribbean Airlines having to divert one of its flights from JFK International Airport to Buffalo.
The telephone number belonging to murdered HIV counsellor Seeraj Persaud is still active 19 months after his death and his family is wondering what is barring the police from finding the killer.
Editor’s note: As part of the newspaper’s contribution in the run-up to the November 28 general election, the presidential candidates of the political groupings represented in Parliament have been invited by Guyana Publications Inc to submit weekly columns which will be carried in the Sunday Stabroek.
The future now looks less dim for 12-year-old *Susie (not her real name) and her one-month-old baby daughter as they are now in a stable home in the care of other relatives.
President Bharrat Jagdeo has conceded to the requests of scrap metal dealers for 132 containers with scrap metals to be released from the wharf station for export but the suspension of the trade remains, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported on Friday.
The Miss India Guyana Pageant and the Bollywood Divas Mega Concert have been postponed owing to issues being experienced by the musicians and other band members of the Sunidhi Chauhan group in getting their UK visas.
Recovering from a vicious attack by her partner of five years, 18-year-old Filisha Nauth says she has learnt from her mistakes and is ready to pick up the pieces of her life; she wants to continue her education and get a job so as to provide basic necessities for herself and her 20-month-old baby.
The Mangrove Reserve Women Agriculture Producers (MRWAP) will hold the first ever Farmers Market Under the Trees today, as part of Agriculture Month, at the mangrove visitor centre at Cove and John East Coast Demerara.
An unusual October snowstorm in New York today has resulted in Caribbean Airlines having to divert one of its flights from JFK International Airport to Buffalo.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil’s popular former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was diagnosed with throat cancer today, casting doubt on his political future in Latin America’s largest economy.
The police say they are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about 2345h.
(Trinidad Guardian) After 40 years in politics, Patrick Manning, the man who served this country as Prime Minister four times, yesterday announced that he will bowing out of politics for good at the end of this parliamentary term. At
(Trinidad Guardian) Former prime minister Patrick Manning admitted yesterday that he made mistakes during his 40 years in politics as he apologised to all the people he hurt or disenfranchised during his tenure, saying he was not perfect. At
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