Police have laid a charge of rape on Cosnel Mc Burnie alias Bamboo of New Hampshire, St. George’s
Police Investigators from the Criminal Investigation Department in St. George’s were called out last week Sunday evening to probe a report of rape in the North East area of St. George’s that was made to them by angry residents there.
Poultry Farmer Alister Stanisclaus and his employee, Andy John remain confined at the Richmond Hill Prison awaiting trial for a number of offenses including possession of a firearm and ammunition, robbery, and harbouring a criminal.
Grenada’s main cultural activity, Carnival continues to have a large following of visitors.
Addressing a prize-giving ceremony at the Grenada National Stadium last week Monday to reward the top winners of Spicemas 2011, Tourism and Culture Minister, Peter David disclosed that over ten thousand persons visited Grenada to enjoy the carnival.
An offer to pay-off Grenada’s estimated 76 million E.C dollar loan debts to Taiwan was apparently made by Mainland China during its courtship with the former Keith Mitchell-led New National Party (NNP) government.
Marian resident Roger Thompson has lost the battle with one of the six criminal cases sent to the High Court for trial by Chief Magistrate Tamara Gill earlier this year.
Thompson, a born-again Christian, was found guilty last week Wednesday by a nine-member jury for housebreaking, and robbery with violence.
The jury that comprised six women and three men returned a unanimous guilty decision on both counts at High Court Number One presided over by Madam Justice, Clare Henry.
“I am feeling quite happy, it’s a good feeling to be conferred with such a prestigious award. I am really overwhelmed”.
Those were the words issued by Superintendent of Police, Anthony Joseph after an Investiture Ceremony held last Thursday by Governor-General, Sir Carlyle Glean to confer on him the Police Medal for excellent service in Crime Fighting.
EDITORIAL
If former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Elvin Nimrod is to be believed then there was never an offer from Mainland China to pay-off the island’s loan debts to Taiwan as part of the arrangement to break ties and recognise Beijing as part of the One-China policy pursued by the Keith Mitchell government in the aftermath of Hurricane Ivan in September 2004.
....As Happy Hill Men Went on Chopping Spree
Three young men from Happy Hill, St. George’s have been jointly charged with three counts of dangerous harm, and robbery with violence following a chopping incident in the nearby village of Moliniere last week Tuesday.
Former Attorney-General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Elvin Nimrod has admitted that his wife was paid $5000.00 after she was hired by the former New National Party (NNP) government to look after Grenada’s interest in the Taiwanese defaulting loan case in a New York court in 2007.
In what some legal official on the island brand as a conflict of interest, Nimrod admitted that his American-born wife, Donzell Tucker-Nimrod did not charge any hefty legal fees for the legal work done on behalf of the Keith Mitchell-led NNP administration.






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