Tracking breaking and inspiring stories of Caribbean people, as they happen, when they happen, wherever they happen.

GUYANA BREAKING NEWS

Caribbean Trakker representative plunged to the ground after rapid sounds of what appears to be gun shots rang out for at least three minutes in the vicinity of Cummings Lodge just behind the University of Guyana. Residents in the nearby areas scampered and closed doors pondering what was happening.

Staff Writer

7 hours 29 min ago

USELESS INFORMATION

Mother of all Traffic Jams

Bumper to Bumper for 10 Days

The Chinese have started construction on a major highway leading into Beijing. this has caused a trafic jam that is more than 100 Killometers long.

Drivers have been stuck on this highway now for over 10 Days and no sight of when they will be able to drive away. The trafic is moving an average of 1 KM every day.

China has seen unprecedented growth in vehicles on the road. So far this year thru June car sales has gone up more than 23 percent over same period last year. This will equate to seeling more cars than the US for the first time. 

Satash Singh

Aug 27 2010 - 08:18

The Bed Bug invasion

Most infected cities of the US

The Daily Beast reports that Bedbugs are on the attack across the United States. “To determine which cities have it worst, The Daily Beast reached out to Orkin, the century-old Atlanta-based pest-control company, with over 400 offices worldwide. These rankings are derived based on the actual number of treatments performed over the past 30 months (January, 2008, to July, 2010)

1. Cincinnati, Ohio      2. Columbus, Ohio

3. Chicago                    4. Denver

5. Detroit                       6. Washington

7. New York                  8. Philadelphia

9. Dayton, Ohio            10. Baltimore, Md.

Satash Singh

Aug 26 2010 - 09:31

TRINIDAD BREAKING NEWS

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar is now meeting with Orville London, the Chief Secretary of the Tobago House of Assembly (THA). The meeting is expected to go on for at least one hour.

CTNews Staff

2 days 15 hours ago

CT MAGAZINE

Guyana

Police yet to link ‘Cobra’ to crimes

Two days after wanted man Tyrone Kacey Rowe called ‘Cobra’ surrendered to the police, officials are yet to say whether they have sufficient evidence to lay any charges against him. Rowe, who according to the police was wanted in connection with at least one murder and a series of robberies, surrendered early Thursday morning, while [...]

Price tag moves from $316 to $455 million

Olympic-size pre-fab pool at Pattense… When will it finish? Over two years after the initial construction started and a number of missed deadlines, the long-awaited Olympic-size swimming pool at Pattensen, the price tag of which moved from $316 million to $455 million, and which was scheduled to be completed this month, is nowhere near completion. [...]

Wood shredder victim earned $18,000 a month

- Father questions safety measures at Barama The father of the 19-year-old labourer whose mangled remains were found in a wood shredder on Thursday, is questioning whether lax safety measures at the Barama Timber Company could have caused his son’s demise. Jason Fraser Sr. also said that he would be seeking adequate compensation from the [...]

Alleged gold thief beaten to death at Mazaruni mining camp

Police are questioning several persons at Tamakay, Middle Mazaruni, in connection with the death of a 30-year-old man who was chopped and beaten to death while allegedly stealing gold from a mining camp. Reports from the area indicate that the victim, identified as Mervin Andrews, was killed by irate miners on Thursday after he was [...]

Countrywide fixtures released as Super Sixes cricket tournament gets underway

Merely hours after the launching of the Super Sixes cricket tournament, the organizers have released the fixtures with the first set of matches scheduled to get underway on Sunday September 5. Already several sponsors have agreed to support the tournament including GT&T, Ramotar Investments, R & M Shipping, Regal Stationery and Computer Centre, Imran and [...]

Colloquium in US today on Guyana’s future

A Colloquium will be held in the United States by some prominent Guyanese as well as members of the Diaspora to have a constructive dialogue to decipher a way forward locally. The meeting will benefit from a keynote address by Dr. Ivelaw Griffith and presentations by others such as Dr. Aubrey Bonnett, Dr David Hinds, [...]

GNIC workers down tools for brief period

- call for more pay, better working conditions More than 50 workers of the Guyana National Industrial Corporation Inc. (GNIC), Lombard Street, yesterday downed tools, calling for higher pay and better working conditions. However, only after about two hours off the job, the workers were persuaded to return to their duties. According to President of [...]

Trinidad & Tobago

pYour children are not supposed to die before you. A parent expects to see its offspring grow to maturity. From conception to college, these defenceless little things nurtured into independent adults, to repay the favour, caring for you in the twilight years, seeing you to the grave, then carrying on the name.

Barbados

MAVIS BECKLES – Storms coming fast and furious

The weather people could predict as duh like and talk all over duh faces as tuh what gine happen this  year as far as the hurricanes and storms are concerned, but not one o’ dem cahn tell you which month, week, or day one gine turn up.

Kamla: Hanging is the law

PORT-OF-SPAIN – The death penalty by hanging is the law of the land and the People’s Partnership Government will abide by that law, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said.

EDITORIAL – Another look at business

THE RECENT 69th Annual Delegates Conference of the Barbados Workers’ Union (BWU) came at a critical time for both workers and employers as the recession makes it imperative to bring about the necessary “correction” in the ways of doing business.

Crying need for prosthesis

Following the amputation of her right leg in 2008, Carlisle ‘Kathleen’ Jack has sought to be outfitted with a prosthesis.

6 DEAD – Fiery end to attempted City robbery

SIX PEOPLE perished last night in a blaze that could go down as one of Barbados’ worst human tragedies.

Death flame

It was a scene straight out of the drama series CSI.

With a blazing inferno way too close for comfort, scores of onlookers still gathered by the minute, while firemen fought gallantly for hours to control a blaze in Tudor Street, The City, last night.

Gwyneth’s colours at Nottinghill

Gwyneth’s colours at Nottinghill. Thousands of costumed revellers took to London streets recently for the annual Nottinghill Carnival parade

Jamaica

Hostages escape downtown drama

Two gunmen are now holed up inside a fast-food restaurant at the intersection of West and Beckford streets in Downtown Kingston.

Cabinet to mull over nurses' pay package

GOVERNMENT has promised disgruntled nurses that a proposal will be made to Cabinet when they meet on Monday regarding the payment of outstanding allowances.

Ananda Alert! Kingston boy missing

POLICE have issued an Ananda Alert for 14-year-old Rennardo Johnson of Appleton Avenue in Kingston who has been reported missing since Saturday.

Cops kill man at Trevennion Road

A man was fatally shot by police from the St Andrew Central Division this afternoon.

Teen killed at car wash

The teen has been identified as Romario Wright otherwise called ‘Rapper and Juvie’, of Saunders Avenue, Tower Hill, Kingston.

Tyre plug kills tractor driver

POLICE are investigating the death of Michael Clayton, a 37-year-old tractor operator of Exeter, Clarendon.

Chemical spill in Kingston Harbour

HEALTH officials are warning members of the public not collect dead fish seen floating in the Kingston Harbour.

Fiona fizzles as it moves away from Bermuda

HAMILTON, Bermuda — Fiona, the latest storm to approach Bermuda, weakened to a tropical depression in the Atlantic late yesterday and then degenerated into a remnant low, the Bermuda Weather Service (BWS) said today.

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