Archive for December 3rd, 2020
Five people now suffering COVID-19 symptoms
(CNS): Another three people have tested positive for COVID-19. All of these new patients are travellers currently in isolation and are asymptomatic, according to Chief Medical Officer Dr John Lee. However, another person who previously tested positive for the virus now has symptoms. Officials have given no details on the status of the five people […]
Cops begin Christmas crackdown on crime
(CNS): Police will begin their annual holiday safety operations tomorrow, Friday, with increased visible patrols and community support, as well as intensified road enforcement operations. The goal is to ensure a safe holiday season for members of the public as they do their shopping, travel the roads and enjoy festivities. Acting Superintendent of Uniform Operations […]
Court urged not to record Bush’s conviction
(CNS): A magistrate was urged not to record a conviction against House Speaker McKeeva Bush for what was said to be an “appalling” assault at a beach bar on 21 February on the female manager. Bush was described as “extremely intoxicated” and unable to recall most of the events. But the court saw CCTV footage […]
Crown: Manslaughter case ‘not complicated’
(CNS): Members of the jury were told Thursday that they must decide what happened during a one hour and ten minute window between Dinesh Asanka Fernando Wannukawatta-Waduge arriving on his bike at Bananas nightclub on 30 November last year and him lying dead at the bar door. Crown counsel Darlene Oko said the case of […]
Speaker Bush pleads guilty to assault
(CNS): House Speaker McKeeva Bush has pleaded guilty to two counts of assault and the charge of disorderly conduct and has admitted being intoxicated on the night that he is accused of beating up a female manager at a Seven Mile Beach bar during what was said to be a drunken evening in February. However, […]
