Articles published on Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Guyanese singer Roger ‘Young Bill Rogers’ Hinds has received a cheque for US$9,300 for his participation in the 2013 Trinidad and Tobago International Chutney Soca Monarch competition held in that country on January 26.
ABUJA, (Reuters) – Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in three northeastern states today, ordering in more troops to try to stem an increasingly violent Islamist insurgency.
The Guyana Defence Force today said that Lieutenant Madainey Humphrey has been dismissed from the GDF following the conclusion of court martial proceedings against him in relation to an alleged robbery attempt.
The Government of Guyana (GOG) today signed an agreement for petroleum exploration and production with Repsol Explorations S.A.
(Trinidad Express) CAL chairman Rabindra Moonan yesterday defended his board’s decisions in the midst of financial challenges.
(Trinidad Express) Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley said yesterday Air Jamaica was bleeding Trinidad and Tobago “like a chop neck”.
(Trinidad Express) Former controversial Caribbean Airlines (CAL) chairman George Nicholas says he’s not to blame for the company’s present financial state.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Hollywood star Angelina Jolie has had a double mastectomy to reduce her chances of getting breast cancer and says she hopes her story will inspire other women fighting the life-threatening disease.
Six men were slapped with a murder charge in connection with last week’s vigilante murder in Berbice, when they appeared at the Whim Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
Mayor of Georgetown, Hamilton Green, and councillors of the Mayor and City Council (MCC) yesterday walked out of the council’s statutory meeting after they refused to sit with Acting Town Clerk, Carol Sooba, reportedly the first time this has ever happened in the mayoralty.
To assist Guyana in attaining its objective for mercury-free mining, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) yesterday donated US$60,000 or $12 million to facilitate training and awareness to the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment (MNRE).
Totaram Mohotoo and his wife Bhagmattie were badly beaten before they died an indication that the killer/s spent some amount of time with them before ransacking their Turkeyen, East Coast Demerara home and setting a homemade bomb.
The mother of the man believed to be responsible for the murder of Maryann Sunita Nauth was yesterday taken into custody even as he continues to evade capture by police.
While top government officials have stated that Chinese company Bai Shan Lin has ceased mining laterite without permission and has since applied to extract the red soil for its 200-acre concession, residents of Moblissa said yesterday that the company continues to mine early in the mornings before checks are made.
The police in a statement last evening denied that drugs pass “freely” across the Guyana-Suriname border as reported by this newspaper, pointing out that there have been interceptions and law enforcement cooperation between the two countries is very high at the moment.
When it was announced that Berbician bodybuilder, Dwayne Mars had posed and flexed his way to this year’s overall National Novices title on Sunday night the expression on his face was priceless and memorable.
Kieron Pollard’s blitzkrieg of an innings where he struck eight Sixes and one four yesterday transformed a daunting run chase into a cakewalk An unreal Kieron Pollard blitz transformed a daunting run chase into a cakewalk for Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede, as he tore the match from Sunrisers Hyderabad’s grip in a seven-ball stretch that yielded 36.
Sweethearts Vijay `Kevin’ Arjune, 23, and Parbattie `Priya’ Mangoo, 19, who died in a suspected murder/suicide days before they were to be married, will likely have separate funerals.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC-Captain Kirk Edwards says Barbados was able to achieve championship success in regional four-day cricket this year because of team unity and hard work.
A 65-year-old woman had what she described as a “painful and bloody experience” when what should have been a simple procedure of removing an intrauterine device (IUD) at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) went horribly wrong after the doctor was forced to abandon the procedure because the hospital did not have the instrument needed to remove the device.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India have no plans to pull out of next month’s Champions Trophy over a rumbling controversy surrounding a former Indian player’s election to an International Cricket Council (ICC) panel, the Indian cricket board said yesterday.
Claims by Local Government Minister Ganga Persaud that Region Eight Chairman Mark Crawford and other regional councillors were included in the preparation of the region’s budget were refuted by Crawford who said that neither he nor any of the other councillors had any “part to play in the regional budget submission.”
A blind 55-year-old man was yesterday refused bail after he was charged with attempting to incite political activist Mark Benschop to procure murder.
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida, (Reuters) – Playing with controlled aggression, Tiger Woods gave notice at the Players Championship that he stands poised to reassert his dominance once again on the world of golf.
YAOUNDE, (Reuters) – Cameroon would be wasting money by hiring a foreigner to take charge of the national soccer team, the country’s former World Cup hero Roger Milla said yesterday after officials travelled to Europe for talks with prospective coaches.
Two men were remanded to prison yesterday after they appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to answer to the charge of robbery under arms.
LONDON, (Reuters) – New Zealand pace bowler Tim Southee has been cleared to play in the first test against England at Lord’s starting on Thursday after scans showed no damage to his front bowling foot.
Two men were placed on $50,000 bail each when they appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine- Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday to answer to the charge of possession of cannabis.
A century from Shaheed Gittens led Muslim Youth Organization (MYO) to a convincing 91-run victory over the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) in the Georgetown Cricket Association/New Building Society second-division limited overs competition on Saturday.
CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – Less than a year after climbing to the top of the test rankings, South African cricket is suddenly faced with an uncertain future with respected coach Gary Kirsten set to depart and two top players at a crossroads in their careers.
Dear Editor, About two weeks ago I had published a letter to the editor which dealt with the urgent need for Guyana to upgrade its anti-money laundering and financing of terrorism laws in keeping with CFAT recommendations made four years ago.
After indulging in a Mother’s Day celebration at her Foulis, West Coast Berbice home a 51-year-old woman was struck down by a car, PMM 8310 at Moor Park/Number 37 Village around 8.15 pm on Sunday.
The ninth annual Berbice expo was launched on Wednesday at the Albion Estate Senior Staff Club under the theme ‘Raising our standards, enhancing our competitiveness.’
Dear Editor, I have become deeply concerned about the lack of a sense of civic responsibility displayed by certain corporate citizens in their dealings with consumers.
Faced with fierce competition from several of the world’s top shooters from Great Britain and Australia Guyana’s riflemen are focusing on the upcoming West Indies long and short range team matches against their regional counterparts scheduled for tomorrow and Thursday at the Paragon ranges here in Barbados.
Dear Editor, I read with interest and some amusement the exchanges over the South African award to deceased president LFS Burnham.
Guyana’s racquet wielders were yesterday eliminated from the singles competition of the Liebherr World table tennis championships in Paris, France.
Locally-funded publishing house Caribbean Press is facing a serious human resource crisis as its current editor Professor David Dabydeen plans to take a back seat to focus on his own writing and his quest to find suitable candidates to take up the mantle has hit a brick wall.
There were no surprises when the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) yesterday selected its 26-man squad ahead of Saturday’s NACRA senior men’s 15s Caribbean championships home game against Barbados.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s top food producer, Empresas Polar, yesterday challenged the country’s socialist government to boost output of basic staples and ease nagging product shortages, rejecting accusations it is hoarding products to destabilize the economy.
Dear Editor, In previous letters to your newspaper, I have expressed my deep concern about the rising crime rate in Guyana, and the need for our security forces to demonstrate a greater ability to arrest the situation.
(SportsDirect) – Harrison Barnes collected a career-high 26 points to go along with 10 rebounds and Stephen Curry overcame an ankle injury to score 22 as host Golden State came through late and evened the Western Conference semi-finals at 2-2 with a 97-87 points win.
Dear Editor, To say that I am justifiably elated as a senior citizen, when what I have privately discussed among my peers has been taken up by politicians, is an understatement.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Associated Press said yesterday the U.S. government secretly seized telephone records of AP offices and reporters for a two-month period in 2012, describing the acts as a “massive and unprecedented intrusion” into news-gathering operations.
Dramatic rescue!
Attorney General Anil Nandlall stated yesterday that President Donald Ramotar was not a mere rubber stamp of parliamentary processes and acted “within constitutionally prescribed parameters” when he withheld assent to two opposition bills recently.
The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) has appointed former England/West Indies cricketer Monte Alan Lynch as its Territorial Developmental Officer effective from April 18 this year.
Three police officers are currently attending a Criminal Gang/Organised Crime Investiga-tions Course in Trinidad and Tobago.
PHILADELPHIA, (Reuters) – A Philadelphia doctor was found guilty yesterday of murdering three babies during abortions at a clinic serving low-income women in a case that cast a national spotlight on the controversial practice of late-term abortions.
Dear Editor, The Guyana Police Force is responding to an article published in the Kaieteur News of Sunday, May 12, 2013, under the caption, ‘Brazil mob may have executed Guyanese couple over stolen cache.’
Dear Editor, For quite some time I have been wondering about how many government and private agencies force people to waste time.
GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – A Guatemalan court ordered the government yesterday to apologize for atrocities committed against indigenous people in the country’s civil war after former dictator Efrain Rios Montt was convicted of genocide and crimes against humanity.
Two separate accidents yesterday morning saw four vehicles colliding and one turning turtle several times on the northern corridor of the Rupert Craig Highway, in the vicinity of Conversation Tree after a damaged transformer leaked oil onto the road.
A mother’s smile
When the calendar flips to May, the nation’s best cyclists as well as foreign riders gear up to compete in one of Guyana’s premier cycling events, the annual three-stage road race which will pedal off on Saturday.
The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) received two compactor trucks
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Barack Obama yesterday called the targeting of conservative groups by U.S.
There was no visible police presence and no vendors, but couples and families found nooks and crannies to park their cars along the Rupert Craig Highway, the venue of the now banned seawall ‘lime’ on Sunday.
Dear Editor, I would like to commend the person who wrote on the topic of corporal punishment in this day and age on May 1.
By Juanita Hooper United States-based distance athlete Euleen Josiah-Tanner is preparing to defend her title at the upcoming Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports/Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) Independence half marathon set for May 26.
(Reuters) – Indian generic drugmaker Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd pleaded guilty yesterday to felony charges related to drug safety and will pay $500 million in civil and criminal fines under the settlement agreement with the U.S.
Tutorial High School continued its winning ways in the Scotiabank/Pepsi Schools’ Football Academy after they edged New Campbellville Secondary 4-3 at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue on Sunday.
Hell of a hole
The 33-year-old man who sustained a stab wound to his chect after he allegedly
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(Trinidad Express) Who’s minding the store? On Sunday, the Sunday Express reported on the million-dollar write-off at national carrier Caribbean Airlines (CAL) in the midst of the company’s financial turbulence.
Dear Editor, All Guyanese citizens are products of Guyana’s school system.
It is not at all surprising that the nation has not immersed itself in oceans of shock and awe following last week’s two reported vigilante killings.
By Aryeh Neier PARIS – “If the law supposes that,” says Mr.
