Berbicians want corporal punishment to stay
Berbice: The countrywide consultations on automatic promotion and corporal punishment got off to a spirited start in Berbice, with hundreds of teachers and parents gathering to share their views on…
Month: May 2012
Guilty verdict
Dominica : A nine-member jury has found David St. Jean guilty of murdering Clement “Johnson” James – a 53 year old man of Good Hope. In an unsworn statement given…
Increase price of Cement and Transportation worries Government.
Georgetown : Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr. Roger Luncheon said the PPP/C administration is disappointedover the increase in cement prices on the market and the hike in transportation fares…
New US ambassador arrives on the island
Bridgetown. New United States Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean Larry Palmer, presented his credentials to Acting Governor General Elliott Belgrave earlier this week. A career dpilomat, he previously…
IDB approves funds to restart Four Seasons project
Bridgetown. The Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) has approved a loan of US$52 million to restart the stalled Four Seasons hotel and resort project. Barbados approached the IADB last year for…
New president of BCCI elected
Bridgetown. Lalu Vaswani is the new president of the Barbados Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI), he replaced Andy Armstrong who held the post for the past two years. Vaswani…
Police says Chronicle “Child Abducted” article is misleading
Georgetown : The Guyana Police Force this afternoon respond to an article published in the Guyana Chronicle today on Page 15 captioned “Child abducted and taken out of jurisdiction by…
QAII sets the records straight against KN articles
Georgetown : Queens Atlantic Investment Inc. (QAII) has today initiated libel action against Kaieteur News for a series of misleading articles in recent weeks over the operations of the…
Sugar Workers becoming agitated over no pay packages- Union
Georgetown : Thousands of field and factory workers who are members of the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) are becoming agitated upon hearing that the Guyana Sugar…
Compton needs 67 in two knocks to emulate Hick
Nick Compton needs another 67 runs in what seems likely to be a maximum of two innings to become the first batsman since Graeme Hick 24 years ago to reach 1,000 first-class runs in English cricket before the end of May.
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