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  (INTERNET PICTURE) IF THE Fair Trading Commission (FTC) gets its way, the Barbados Light & Power Company Limited (BL&P) will face penalties to ensure the efficiency of its plant. And that could translate into reductions in householders’ monthly light bills. The indication is that it could also protect Barbadians from significant spikes in their bills when fuel increases occur. All this comes out of a consultation paper commissioned by the FTC to ...

Shawn Nicholls was gunned down by a masked man. THE COMMUNITY of Jordans Tenantry, St George, is trying to come to grips with the murder of a young man from the area. Shawn Nicholls, 22, was liming opposite the JT Sports Bar on Saturday when he was gunned down by a masked man. He subsequently died at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Yesterday, the DAILY NATION spoke to his uncle Oliver Headley, who ...

      PRESIDENT Donald Ramotar has said that with the coming on stream of hydro-electricity, the manufacturing and processing industries in the country will be given a boost. He made this statement as he addressed thousands of Guyanese at the opening of Essequibo Nite, Agricultural and Trade Fair, at the Anna Regina Community Centre Ground. The President who was accompanied by First Lady, Mrs. Deolatchmee Ramotar and Minister within the Agriculture President Donald Ramotar ...

      PRESIDENT Donald Ramotar has sent a message of congratulation to  Mr. Hugo Chavez Frias on his re-election as President of Venezuela. The Guyanese Head of State said he is looking forward to even closer relations with President Chavez following his re-election as leader of the oil-rich South American nation. President Chavez has hailed a “perfect victory”, after defeating Henrique Capriles on Sunday to secure a fourth term in office. Mr. ...

      DEPUTY Commissioner of Police (Law Enforcement) Seelall Persaud said, yesterday, that the two policemen, Jamal Lewis and Warren Blue, for whom wanted bulletins were issued after the murder of Agricola resident Shaquille Grant, 17, are still at large. The teen was killed when ranks of lawmen discharged a volley of bullets at several young men they had confronted in the village on September 11. The Crime Chief said the International Criminal ...

      THE Guyana Police Force (GPF), in a release yesterday, announced an overall four percent decrease in serious crimes up to September, as compared to the same period last year. The total number of reports of serious crimes made by September 30 this year was 2785 compared to 2889 at the end of September last year. Some of the offences monitored are murder, robbery under arms, robbery with violence, larceny from ...

      Come Thursday, the spanking new Footsteps Mega Store at the junction of Camp and Regent Streets, will open its doors to the public. The impressive six storeyed multi-million-dollar building, dubbed the ‘United Center’, will now house the Charlotte and Camp Streets ‘Footsteps Store’, Home and Beyond, and also the ‘Essential Shopping Center’, all owned by the United Investments entity. The work force has been increased by some 15% to adjust ...

      THE Guyana Police Force yesterday issued wanted bulletins for  Ricardo Ignatius Rodrigues called ‘Fatman’ and Clive Lloyd King called ‘Bora’, both of whom are said to be suspects in the recent arms bust where  a number of high-powered weapons, ammunition and explosives, including grenades were discovered in a yard in the Guyana-Brazil border town of Lethem. Stopping short of directly linking Rodrigues and King to the Lethem arms bust, police ...

West Indies' cricketer Marlon Samuels greats Sri Lankan team members after his team won the ICC Twenty20 Cricket World Cup on Sunday.   COLOMBO—West Indian cricketers Marlon Samuels and spinner Sunil Narine have both recorded rises of 20 places in the latest Reliance ICC T20 player rankings released yesterday. Samuels, who hammered 78 and took one for 15 in the 36-runs victory over the host Sri Lanka, leapt 20 places to 18th ...

Dr Raymond Mark Kirton, senior lecturer at the University of the West Indies Institute of International Relations, says the relationship between T&T and Venezuela is not likely to change if re-elected Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez completes his next six-year term. He spoke in a telephone interview yesterday after Chavez, who has been in power for the past 14 years, won Sunday's presidential election with 54 per cent of the votes.   He ...