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      -- CAL engineer questioned --Minister Benn happy haversacks did not get on plane AT minutes to midnight on Saturday, two haversacks containing ten packets of what appeared to be cocaine were tossed over the north- eastern parameter of the fence at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri. The substance in the packets, when later weighed and tested, was confirmed to be approximately 10 kilogrammes of cocaine. Acting on a tip-off, teams from the ...

 INSTANBUL, Turkey — Jamaica's Veronica Campbell-Brown (right) crosses the finish line ahead of Ivory Coast's Murielle Ahoure to win the gold medal in the Women's 60m race, during the World Indoor Athletics Championships here yesterday   JAMAICAN sprint queen Veronica Campbell Brown yesterday further enhanced her status as one of the best-ever female sprinters of all time, at the very least the best of her generation, when she successfully defended her 60m ...

The BBC's Jon Donnison: 'The Syrian government has acknowledged these deaths'   Activists believe as many as 47 people have been killed in an attack by pro-government militia in the embattled Syrian city of Homs. Women and children are among those reported to have been tortured and killed on Sunday night in the neighbourhood of Karm el-Zeytoun. The Syrian government acknowledged the deaths, but blamed "armed terrorists". The attack happened hours after UN-Arab League peace ...

100 days in office …       A GINA feature IT has become a trend to assess Heads of State/Government at the 100th day juncture of their administration, and though it is not clear as to which state/country this practice originated or specifically when such a methodology had been introduced, the 100 days’ performance barometer for leaders is mentioned regularly in the readings and assessments of United States of America’s Presidents. Even Guyana’s own ...

The Director of Community Development Brenda Thomas-Odlum is advocating for change in the behavioural pattern of citizens as it relates to Civic Pride and Beautification. Thomas-Odlum is inviting all Antiguans and Barbudans, friends and visitors to make a commitment to keep Antigua and Barbuda clean in honour of our only living national hero and global sports icon Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards. The Director of Community Development commends the Central Board of ...

  Montague... stated that he wanted to know whether “as an immediate measure, the Government will use the JEEP in inner-city communities as a crime reduction activity; and if so, whether this will begin immediately in the West Kingston community”.  THE Opposition has questioned whether the Government will used its emergency employment programme to respond to the social problems in West Kingston. The question followed last Monday's deadly police operation in the ...

 Afghan opposition leader Abdullah Abdullah: "I condemn these killings"   Afghans "have run out of patience" with foreign troops, the country's MPs have warned, after a US soldier killed 16 Afghan civilians. The strongly-worded resolution came as US officials issued an alert, fearing reprisals after the Kandahar rampage. Nine children were among those killed. Afghan President Hamid Karzai said the act was "unforgivable" and Taliban militants have vowed revenge. The soldier is being questioned. Nato ...

Stanford to be Sentenced in June Antigua St John's - US authorities are expected to go after US$330 M in frozen foreign bank accounts after a jury found that R Allen Stanford had stolen this money from investors.  Stanford will be sentenced by US District Judge David Hittner on June 14. Hittner could decide to impose consecutive 20-year sentences that would add up to life in prison. The jury's decision is expected to ...

    Economist Petra Williams Antigua St John's - ‪Economist Petra Williams has defended Finance Minister Harold Lovell’s announcement on Monday of the government’s decision to complete and submit the 2010 accounts for audit ahead of 2007-2009.‬  Williams said the move is acceptable when considered outside of normal accounting standards and viewed more in line with internationally-accepted government finance statistics and methodology. She encouraged that the move be examined from “the most practical perspective”. “In my ...

Mary Redman (FP) WEDNESDAY MARKED SIX WEEKS since the 30 striking teachers at The Alexandra School went back on the job. And the assurance given by Prime Minister Freundel Stuart that other stages to bring a permanent resolution to the situation at the school would follow with “great dispatch” remains just that. His intervention brought three weeks of industrial action to a halt. As has been the case for several weeks now, ...