Articles published on Wednesday, October 14, 2009
A World Bank team – here to discuss a forest conservation strategy with Amerindian forest communities – has cleared the way for a S$200,000 seed grant to support information sharing activities but has expressed concern about mining activities in the Kamarang area.
Grenada crime scene team in sweep Grenadian police yesterday boarded the deserted Island Princess which is moored at the cruise ship terminal in St.
Two bikes went missing from home The decomposing body discovered in the old pump station reservoir at Henry Street on Monday has been identified as that of 23-year-old Hassan Muhammad Ali Hussein.
A suspect wanted in connection with a recent robbery in Berbice was shot and killed during a confrontation with police on Monday afternoon at Rampur Village, Corriverton.
Government will begin refunding investors and policyholders in the local CLICO company as soon as the court approves the order to liquidate the company’s assets, President Bharrat Jagdeo disclosed on Monday during a press conference.
-denies KN death story By Tiffny Rhodius The Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) yesterday said a prolonged power outage on Monday night was due to a damaged switch and denied that the death of a three-year-old girl there was as a result of this.
A 59-year-old machine operator at a mine in Mahdia died on Monday after an accident on the worksite.
Residents of Richmond Hill, Mackenzie, Linden have been without a potable water supply for more than a week now.
The necessary orders pertaining to the seats in the various local government organs, the areas where the elections are to take place and the constituencies to be demarcated were served yesterday on the Guyana Elections Commission.
While Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee promised residents of Alexander Village protection during their Deepavali celebrations he also warned that “you can’t eat your cake and have it” and they would need to make some sacrifices including turning over fellow villagers who disrupt the peace.
The Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc yesterday withdrew from a planned wages and salaries negotiation with the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers’ Union (GAWU) saying that it will not negotiate under duress.
…but mother willing to speak to police Social activist Mark Benschop said yesterday that the boy, caught up in an alleged child solicitation case involving Office of the President Press and Publicity Officer Kwame McCoy, is fearful of going public but his mother is willing to cooperate with police on behalf of her son.
Report says legal framework in place The crippling impact of irresponsible alcohol consumption is a problem Guyana has tackled for years Health Minister Dr.
The Ethnic Relations Com-mission (ERC) is appealing for greater sensitivity and responsible behaviour by persons to avoid disrupting the peace and sanctity of the Deepavali activity at the Alexander Village Vishnu Mandir on Saturday.
By Marlon Munroe Training sessions for the 25 players selected by the Guyana Cricket Board to prepare for the upcoming West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) President’s Cup competition got underway yesterday at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC).
A drink vendor accused of robbing a housekeeper and her employer at gunpoint of over $1M in items was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Court charged with two counts of robbery.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies cricket appeared headed for a return to normalcy yesterday after the two feuding parties announced an end to hostilities over several contentious contractual issues.
KARACHI, (Reuters) – Younus Khan has resigned as Pakistan captain over match-fixing allegations made against the team by a senior member of parliament.
NEW DELHI, India, CMC – Dwayne Smith twice failed to rescue Sussex as the English County was dumped from the Twenty20 Champions League by Eagles via a super over after the match finished in a tie yesterday.
Dear Editor, I would like to direct these sentiments to the Honourable Minister of Public Works, Mr Robeson Benn.
DELHI, India, CMC – Sri Lanka’s Wayamba scored a proficient 15-run victory over Victoria Bushrangers yesterday but were still eliminated from the Champions League Twenty20 tournament.
Dear Editor, I write this day to lend my support to the idea that pre-paid meters as now being supplied by the Guyana Power and Light is best for Guyanese.
“We are ready to do Guyana proud,” says Bobby Cadogan, coach of the male basketball team which will participate in this weekend’s Inter Guiana-Games in Suriname.
Dear Editor, My old friend Freddie Kissoon in his daily column, “Democracy is coffee!
The TCL Group yesterday finalized an agreement with the West Indies Cricket Board for sponsorship of the West Indies U-19 “World Cup” Team, which would be competing at the upcoming regional one-day competition in Guyana from October 28 – November 05.
TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – Suspicious deaths. Beatings. Random police shootings. Life under the de facto government of Honduras at times feels uncannily like Latin America’s dark past of military rule.
Dear Editor, I am dismayed at the level of disregard for human lives and the moral decay of a society that has come to accept that murders, rape, assault on women, accidents, and suicides are the new way of life in Guyana.
PARIS, (Reuters) – The Astana team of Tour de France winner Alberto Contador and Lance Armstrong is the target of a probe after suspicious medical material was seized during this year’s race, a source close to the police investigation said.
MOSCOW, (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton failed to win specific pledges from Moscow on tougher sanctions against Iran during a visit to Russia yesterday but hailed progress in other areas such as arms control.
The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport/National Sports Commission (NSC) in collaboration with the Regional Democratic Council of Region Three successfully hosted a Day of Interaction last Sunday at the Goed Fortuin Community Centre ground, West Bank Demerara.
Dear Editor, Michael Jackson began his posthumous career with the release of his highly anticipated final song entitled This Is It.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A key U.S. Senate committee endorsed a sweeping healthcare overhaul yesterday, gaining the support of an influential Republican and delivering President Barack Obama a victory on his top domestic priority.
Development WatchBy Tarron Khemraj Introduction In my previous column (Sep 30, 2009), I underscored the important distinction between competitive advantage and comparative advantage.
MOSCOW, (Reuters) – A Russian court yesterday threw out a libel case brought by Josef Stalin’s grandson against a newspaper which said the leader had personally ordered the killings of thousands of Soviet citizens.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Six months after leading Jamaica to the regional four-day title, Jamaica’s selectors have axed Tamar Lambert from their 14-man squad for this month’s President’s Cup.
Dear Editor, Allow me one last opportunity to deal with some of the comments of Francis Carryl, the answers to which were clearly evident in the two letters I wrote on the issue of the use of deadly force by the Guyana Police Force.
The result of the referendum held in Ireland at the beginning of this month has signalled the virtual end to a long campaign in Europe to get the Treaty of Lisbon ratified by all 27 member-states of the European Union.
