Articles published on Saturday, April 7, 2012
(Reuters) – Kirk Edwards and Kraigg Braithwaite both made half-centuries as West Indies reached 179 for three in the first test against Australia on Saturday when play was abandoned for the day because of rain.
Last year 489 children were moved from abusive situations, according to Finance Minister Ashni Singh.
Police say that at about 0200h today, ranks of a mobile police patrol at Lethem were alerted by the sound of a gunshot in the vicinity of a night spot.
St Lucia Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony has sought to dispel widespread rumours that he is receiving treatment for cancer, the Caribbean Media Corporation has reported.
The AFC says it has indisputable evidence of the “wanton disregard of proper factory practices, and rampant maladministration at each of the sugar factories in the sugar sector.”
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – NBC News has fired a producer following a probe into its broadcasting of a misleading edit of an audio clip of a 911 emergency response call during coverage of the Trayvon Martin shooting, two sources at the network said.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – The Brazilian government could force fixed-line telephone companies to lower rates and invest in expanding their network in order to ensure affordable service for the lower classes, according to a report published today.
Amid ongoing concerns about environmental safeguards for offshore oil drilling, the Ministry of Natural Resources says measures are in place including compensation for the affected party.
ABC San Francisco affiliate KGO-TV is reporting that the children of one of the victims of the Oikos University shootings, Guyanese Judith Seymour, are struggling to fulfill their mother’s last wishes.
(Jamaica Observer) Jamaica’s National Senior Men’s team, the Reggae Boyz, will play next in Jamaica against the National team of Guyana, the Golden Jaguars, on Friday, May 18 at 8:00 pm at the Catherine Hall Stadium in Montego Bay.
(Jamaica Observer) Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller says her administration will be pursuing more stringent measures in dealing with the sexual abuse of children, including harsher penalties for parents and guardians.
(Barbados Nation) Greater access to condoms and more openness about sex is needed in Barbados and the region, says a top ranking United Nations official.
ISLAMABAD, (Reuters) – An avalanche slammed into a Pakistani military camp near the mountainous border with rival India early today, burying more than 100 soldiers, the army said, adding that casualties were expected.
(Trinidad Express) Cheryl Miller is now back at her Belmont home.
(Trinidad Express) Rev Anthony Clarke of the Shouter Baptist faith said yesterday a drift from spiritual values has led to a breakdown in society and the blurring of lines between genders.
Three months later, the Tax Review Committee that President Donald Ramotar established is still to meet and start its work of revamping the country’s tax system and reports are rife that one of the persons on it might have expressed reservations in light of the many criticisms of it.
APNU MP Carl Greenidge has served notice of parliamentary motions aimed at securing the independence and autonomy of the Courts, the Office of the Auditor General and the service commissions by ensuring that they are funded by a direct charge on the Consolidated Fund rather than by an allocation from the government.
Matthew’s Ridge and Arakaka residents are opposed to the recently-installed Interim Management Committee (IMC) at the Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) in Region One, saying that it was set up without consultation with the two communities.
Residents of Coomacka Mines, Region 10 are demanding preference over Lindeners for the extraction and sale of scrap metal from the area but senior officials from the custodial body are accusing them of overstepping their boundaries and vandalizing state property.
A row over a laptop from a non-existent company has pitted Mayor Hamilton Green and the IT department against Deputy Mayor Patricia Chase-Green and councillor Junior Garret and the treasurer is reportedly to take responsibility for the matter.
APNU MP Carl Greenidge is to move a motion in parliament calling for Hansard (the official record of parliamentary proceedings) for the years 1985 to 1992 to be made available.
Cabinet on Wednesday offered its no objections to a contract of $157 million for the supply and delivery of reagents and diagnostic supplies for HIV/AIDS and related areas, Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon said at his post cabinet meeting.
A Venezuelan man accused of threatening behaviour was remanded to prison on Tuesday by Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.
A man told the court yesterday that he would be honest and so he would plead guilty to behaving disorderly but he was not guilty of having any illegal substance in his possession.
US Ambassador Brent Hardt met with two Guyanese women entrepreneurs who recently participated in the Caribbean Women Entrepreneurship Forum in Washington DC.
Births at some private hospitals are not being registered, according to Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon and government is looking to deal condignly with this unconstitutional practice.
Dear Editor, I would like to commend the Government of Guyana for their bold initiative to become actively involved in the affairs of cricket by forming the Interim Management Committee.
President Donald Ramotar will lead a delegation to Cartagena, Colombia for the Summit of the Americas next week, Head of
Dear Editor, I am embarrassed for the Republic Bank in Camp Street.
Dear Editor, As an average Guyanese I wish to echo the sentiments that the Minister of Finance made when he delivered the 2012 Budget in the National Assembly and said that “the prevailing dispensation will test and hopefully prove our resolve as a people, and within this House our respective will to serve as responsible representatives of a deserving people, to work together in service to the cause of national development.”
