DEA Chief to step down after agents attend sex parties in Colombia

US Drug Enforcement Administration director Michele Leonhart is to step down following allegations that agents attended sex parties funded by cartels. Her retirement was announced by Attorney General Eric Holder. The move follows a justice department report last month alleging that drug agents attended parties with prostitutes, some funded by local drug cartels, in a […]

West Indies stage fight back effort against England

A patient 94 not out from Marlon Samuels helped West Indies recover against England to end the first day of the second test on 188 for five in Grenada on Tuesday. While the tourists will be frustrated at not having made more inroads in the final session before bad light stopped play, West Indies again […]

WICB and CARICOM reach agreement on way forward for WI cricket

(Trinidad Express)  The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and the Caricom committee on cricket governance say they have ended a “productive” meeting where an agreement has been reached on “the way forward” for West Indies cricket. However both parties have declined to comment on the specifics of the agreement following their meeting which ran for […]

Health Minister threatens to slap and strip female activist for “fun of it” after confrontation

Minister of Health and Candidate for the People’s Progressive Party Civic, Dr. Bheri Ramsarran told reporters at Whim, Berbice on Monday that he should have “slapped” and have his supporters “strip” women’s rights activist Sherlina Nageer after she interrupted a road side press interview he was giving and questioned him about maternal deaths in the […]

US based Guyanese woman busted with cocaine at CJIA

A Guyanese woman who lives in the United States and is the holder of a U.S passport was arrested at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport on Monday afternoon after she was busted with cocaine in the false bottom of her suitcases. The woman was pulled aside for additional searches just as she was about to […]

Management overhaul needed at Georgetown Hospital -APNU+AFC

The APNU+AFC coalition has disclosed that it is considering a management overhaul at the country’s chief health care facility , the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation – GPHC – as it seeks to address the many issues plaguing the local health sector. At a Monday morning press conference, three health care professionals from the coalition spoke of the need […]