BAGDAD – Het Iraakse leger is een offensief begonnen om Islamitische Staat te verdrijven uit Ramadi, 100 kilometer ten westen van de hoofdstad Bagdad. Troepen trekken de stad van drie kanten binnen, daarbij gesteund door de luchtmacht, heeft het leger vrijdag gemeld. De afgelopen maanden werden al aanvoerroutes geblokkeerd, waardoor goederen in de stad schaars zijn geworden. Ramadi is sinds mei in handen van IS. De stad heeft 450.000 inwoners. In het noorden van Irak heeft IS ook een tegenslag moeten incasseren. Koerdische peshmerga-strijders zeggen dat ze de stad Sinjar op IS hebben heroverd.(DE TELEGRAAF/telegraaf.nl)…[+]
Nieuws volgens datum: 13 Nov, 2015
Aung San Suu Kyi’s NLD wins historic majority
MYANMAR – Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s party won a historic majority in Myanmar’s parliament, marking the nation’s rejection of decades of military rule. While the results haven’t been officially certified, the win by the National League for Democracy means it will choose the country’s next President. The announcement, made by the election commission yesterday, comes on the fifth anniversary of Suu Kyi’s release from house arrest, where the 70-year-old had been for the better part of 20 years.(CNN.COM/photo:cnn.com)…[+]
Harbour Bridge tragedy…$1M bail for husband on causing death charge
Twenty-six year-old, Dhanram Ramdeo Ramlall was yesterday granted bail in the sum of $1M by City Magistrate Judy Latchman, for allegedly causing the death of his wife Gangadai Persaud, by dangerous driving. Ramlall, of 4210 Tuchen Housing Scheme, West Coast Demerara, denied the allegation which stated that on November 8, at the Demerara Harbour Bridge, he drove motor vehicle GEE 4540, in a manner dangerous to the public, thereby causing the death of Persaud. He will return to court on November 30, for statements in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.(Kaieteurnews.com/photo:Kaieteurnews.com)…[+]
Charges against Dr. Westford breach amnesty – Neil Boston
Senior Counsel, Neil Boston, has maintained that the institution of criminal charges against Former Minister of Public Service, Dr Jennifer Westford, and her Personal Assistant, Margaret Cummings, breaches an amnesty promise made by Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, during a press conference earlier this year. Boston made this claim yesterday, when he addressed the court on why court proceedings against the former Minister and her Personal Assistant, should not go forward. Boston contended that there is evidence for the Magistrate to “stay indefinitely these proceeding”. The Attorney made an hour-long submission before City Magistrate Fabayo Azore in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. In his opening remarks, Boston assured the court that his application has nothing to do with prejudice or fairness. He affirmed that it has to do with “executive abuse”. The lawyer recalled that over the years, the court has frowned over the attempt by any executive to wrongfully misuse the process of the court.(Kaieteurnews.com/photo:Kaieteurnews.com)…[+]
