Bandits beat and rob store owners, staffTerror reigned at Magic Mall La Grange West Demerara yesterday afternoon, when two armed men, posing as customers, swept through the shopping facility beating those who opposed them and gathering booty; they left one woman unconscious and others injured.
– proposes mixed PR and first past the post voting
The government yesterday tabled a bill to facilitate the holding local government polls later this year, under a hybrid proportional representation (PR) and first past the post electoral system that emphasises accountability to the voters.
Caricom lead Head for Agriculture President Bharrat Jagdeo last evening chided the policymakers for their “patent neglect” of the agricultural sector in the region and called for it to be given similar benefits and attention as other sectors.
– she called me a ‘spoilsport’, mother recalls
Seven-year-old Deanna Ramjit of Bush Lot, West Berbice, one of three persons who perished in the boat mishap in the Abary Creek on Wednesday was excited about the trip and had begged her mother to take her.
A Guyanese woman and her boyfriend, whose nationality is yet to be determined, may have to stand trial in the Antigua High Court for allegedly running a scam that saw thousands of dollars taken from the accounts of credit and debit card holders.
– House unanimously approves bill
A bill that equips the Bank of Guyana (BoG) with the power to grant or refuse licences to money transfer agencies was yesterday passed unanimously by the National Assembly.
Two men were on Monday charged with the murders of the two Guyanese construction workers whose bodies were found floating in a river hours after they were kidnapped in Trinidad.
Food for the Poor (FFTP) recently donated a number of computer systems to the Ministry of Education for Information Technology training for students at schools in Regions Three, Four, Five and Six.
Well known Guyanese-British literary critic, linguist, poet and anthropologist, Dr Ivan van Sertima, died recently, according to a release from the Guyana Cultural Association New York Inc/Guyana Folk Festival which expressed condolences to his family.
President Bharrat Jagdeo has committed to allotting more money to Community Development Councils (CDCs) after they review their programmes to include providing more economic opportunities and greater community input.
Sixteen year old Neil Reece has been rewarded for his outstanding performances at this year’s Beacon Cycling Festival which was held in Trinidad and Tobago from April 22-May 3.
– renegotiation necessary, Luncheon says
The UK’s proposals for implementing the security sector reform plan disregarded an agreement for local ownership of the process, according to Dr Roger Luncheon, who yesterday said the government is not prepared to cede an inch of its sovereignty.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – The Los Angeles Lakers put on a fiery fourth-quarter display to grind out a 103-94 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday, the win earning the top seeds a 3-2 lead in their Western Conference finals series.
Bolaram Deo pulled off a spectacular win in the BK International sponsored Independence Cup Medal Play golf tournament staged on Tuesday (Independence Day) at the Lusignan Golf Course.
The Alliance For Change (AFC) yesterday tabled a motion in the National Assembly urging the government to make all diplomatic and legal efforts possible to protect the rights of Guyanese nationals in Barbados and other Caricom states, ensuring there is no discrimination on the basis of nationality.
All bandwidth needs will be taken care of
Possible Brazil link under discussion
As the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) continues to work towards its deadline of the second quarter of 2010 for the operationalizing of a new multi-million dollar fibre optic cable to service the country’s telecommunications sector, the company’s Chief
Executive Officer Major General (ret’d) Joe Singh has told Stabroek Business that the completion of the project will place the country’s Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector on the threshold of a significant breakthrough.
The first half of the horse racing season will climax on Sunday when the Rising Sun Turf Club in collaboration with the Brotherhood of St Andrew in the Anglican Diocese pull off their annual one day horse race meet at the Rising Sun track West Coast Berbice from 1pm.
Child had left to make purchase, mother saysThe mother of the eight-year-old boy who drowned at a Mahdia hotel on Tuesday said he had left her care to make a purchase, but instead went into the pool unknown to her.
Guyana Youth Business Trust to provide loans, mentors for ‘graduates’
Twenty prospective young Guyanese entrepreneurs will, on June 1, commence a nine-week Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)-funded training programme aimed at equipping them with skills necessary to start and sustain viable business enterprises.
Relatives of 28-year-old Bartica resident Terrence Hughes, who was admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital last Friday following an accident there, are concerned that his condition has deteriorated.
PARIS, (Reuters) – Roger Federer was lucky to keep alive his dream of winning a maiden Roland Garros crown and Venus Williams used a good night’s sleep to spare herself from a French Open nightmare in the second round yesterday.
Relatives of Simone Coleridge, who was murdered early Wednesday morning while on duty at Uncle Eddie’s Home, said yesterday that proprietor of RK Security Service Roshan Khan had failed to answer their questions.
Georgetown Cricket Club will square off with Old Fort in the opening match of the prestigious 2009 Farfan and Mendes men’s first division hockey league this afternoon at GCC ground, Bourda.
– granted $500,000 bail
The driver of the vehicle involved in the accident at Corentyne on Sunday in which a woman died and 14 others were injured appeared at the Springlands Magistrate’s Court yesterday on a charge of causing death by dangerous driving and was granted bail.
WORMSLEY, England, CMC – Promising Windward Islands batsman Andre Fletcher said yesterday he was anxiously looking forward to the ICC World Twenty20 Championship starting next week.
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake shook Honduras yesterday, killing at least five people, knocking down flimsy homes and causing damage in neighbouring Guatemala.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s administration strongly denied a British report yesterday that images of apparent rape and sexual abuse of Iraqi prisoners are among photographs that it is trying to prevent being made public.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – A dispute with Pakistan over 2011 one-day World Cup games needs to be resolved as soon as possible, International Cricket Council (ICC) president David Morgan said yesterday.
Dear Editor,
The LIAT Pilots under their umbrella organization The Leeward Islands Airline Pilots Association (LIALPA) appear to be on a collision course with their employer – LIAT.
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – The World Court declined yesterday to issue an order to prevent exiled former Chadian president Hissene Habre from leaving Senegal, denying a request from Belgium aimed at bringing him to trial.
The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) and Western Union came on board in support of the ‘Foreign Invasion’ Boxing card in Linden which will see Guyana’s world rated bantamweight fighter, Leon ‘Hurry-up’ Moore coming up against Mark Murray at the Mackenzie Sports Club tomorrow.
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The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) says it is encouraged by the response that it is receiving from the mining community as a whole to efforts to improve the quality of environmental management in the mining sector.
`Permanent make-up’ course on offer
The launch today of the new Divine School of Infinite Beauty at Craig on the East Bank of Demerara will provide aspirants to careers in Guyana’s fast-growing beauty sector with an opportunity to acquire skills in some of the most advanced fashion and beauty application techniques available.
Dear Editor,
I’m an ardent reader of your newspaper, more so the sport section since you are known for being fair and accurate in your reports and also, unlike many other news entities, you pay much interest where sport is concerned to Linden.
Mexican Ambassador Fernando Sandoval yesterday presented his credentials to Caricom Secretary General Edwin Carrington, which made him his country’s representative to Caricom.
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez threatened yesterday to personally take action against an anti-government TV station if the nation’s authorities do not punish the channel, which expects to be closed.
Dear Editor,
I thank Dr Henry B. Jeffrey for his letter, ‘The public debt began its rise in the colonial era and became unsustainable in the Burnham era,’ (SN May 27), which he said was occasioned by the ongoing exchanges in the letter columns on debt relief.
Bahamas protects
CLICO policyholders
The Bahamian government has announced it will establish a statutory insurance guarantee fund following the financial problems of the CLICO insurance group.
In a sustained call to legislators for swift implementation of reformed sexual offences laws, the Coalition to Stamp out Sexual Violence against Children picketed the Office of the President yesterday for the second time this month.
Students of the Calcutta Primary School of Mahaicony, pose with representatives of the National Milling Company (NAMILCO) at the company’s flour mill at Agricola, East Bank Demerara.
President of the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) Bissoondial Singh yesterday said that the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) has to shoulder the blame for its disqualification from the recent DCB organized W and H Rambarran/ German Restaurant-sponsored U-19 cricket competition.
GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 305’s trading results showed consideration of $822,195 from 4,567 shares traded in 6 transactions as compared to session 304 which showed consideration of $7,455,930 from 645,821 shares traded in 10 transactions.
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Allen Stanford’s estranged wife asked a federal court to allow her to intervene in the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s $8.5 billion civil fraud action against her husband, arguing she has a right to half his property and needs to get on with her life.
Dear Editor,
The many critics of the Barbados government’s position regarding undocumented Caricom nationals include a couple of Caricom heads of government who have publicly remonstrated against the Thompson administration’s stance.
Following the completion of their Woodpecker Products sponsored junior national championships the Guyana Squash Association (GSA) has selected a 19-man squad from which the final 14-man team will be selected.
(Trinidad Guardian) – Travellers making reservations at Caribbean Airlines’ southern ticketing office were forced to lie on the floor on Wednesday, as bandits robbed them of cash, jewellery and cellphones.
Dear Editor,
If there is a minister of government who has delivered and done excellently since his/her appointment, it has to be the Human Services and Social Security Minister Priya Manickchand.
Two suspects, wanted in connection with the murder of former Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL) Security Head Clifford Peters, were arrested by police on Wednesday night.
– Robert Skidelsky, a member of the British House of Lords, is Professor emeritus of political economy at Warwick University, author of a prize- winning biography of the economist John Maynard Keynes, and a board member of the Moscow School of Political Studies.
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s garrulous President Hugo Chavez yesterday began a marathon four-day edition of his trademark television show to mark 10 years since the influential and widely watched programme first hit the airwaves.