(Reuters) – Lou Reed, whose band the Velvet Underground became one of the most influential in rock by fusing art and music in collaboration with artist Andy Warhol in 1960s New York, died today at the age of 71, Rolling Stone reported.
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Inc says its next announcement of its future plans for the Roraima Block offshore Guyana will likely come after March next year when it discusses its 2014 capital budget.
President Donald Ramotar (centre), former President Bharrat Jagdeo (right) and Culture Minister Dr Frank Anthony (second from left) join Bollywood recording artistes Jeffrey Iqbal (third from right) and Gunjan Singh (third from left) at the annual Diwali Utsav hosted by the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha for the first time at the Guyana International Conference Centre (GICC) yesterday.
(Trinidad Express) Less than two months after being appointed Minister of National Security, Gary Griffith is moving to bring new laws to “cut off the artery for money laundering and slush funds”.
The Child Care and Protection Agency has launched an investigation into the death of two-year-old Kimanie Watson, who is believed to have been the victim of sexual molestation, Director Ann Greene said yesterday.
The opposition parties say they’ve taken note of the “excessive force” being used to apprehend alleged bandits resulting in deaths, but according to Police Commissioner Leroy Brumell, the police’s actions are justified as they do not “use more force than is necessary”.
Three employees of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri, have been dismissed over the last two weeks for soliciting money from passengers and persons are being urged to report any misconduct by staff.
Bai Shan Lin is constructing a new car park for the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) on the Lamaha Street embankment east of Camp Street even as the Mayor and City Council remains unaware of the planned development.
National fullbore captain Mahendra Persaud yesterday said the most precise and mentally strong shooter will be crowned winner at the end of the Guyana National Rifle Association (GNRA) championship which commences on November 10 at the Timehri Rifle Ranges.
The National Assemblies of Guyana and Suriname are looking to craft a relationship that will enable them to better understand the systems in each country and ensure that legislation is not detrimental to either state.
The two teams representing the New York Softball Cricket League at the upcoming third annual Guyana Softball Cup tournament will not only be coming to win but to entertain as well.
Introduction
For the remaining columns in this series on money laundering in Guyana, I shall concentrate on portraying a strategic road map for the way ahead, in light of the current impasse in Guyana’s relations with the Caribbean Financial Action Force (CFATF).
Georgetown Public Hospi-tal (GPH) says security guards have to take necessary precautions before allowing persons into the compound since a nurse was previously doused with acid by a rejected male.
Yesterday, the national rider beat the heat and a star-studded field of wheelsmen at the National Park speeding off with the top honours in the feature 35-lap event of the second annual Payless Variety Store 11-race programme.
The U.S. government, which loves to lecture other countries on how to run their affairs, would do well in learning some lessons from other nations in order to avoid a repeat of last week’s costly — and embarrassing — government shutdown.
A taxi driver, who was severely beaten in an attack and left on Dennis Street, Sophia, was yesterday rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where he is currently nursing wounds.
A 43-year-old woman was yesterday morning stabbed several times by her former partner and is now in a critical condition in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Georgetown Public Hospital.
FLORIDA, CMC– President of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), Dave Cameron, has announced that some 60 players are to receive retainer contracts in the New Year.
The death of a Victoria rice farmer, who is reported to have fallen off his tractor and died hours later on his way to the hospital, is being investigated by police, who have held three persons on suspicion of foul play.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – President of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB),
has expressed satisfaction with the progress made within the regional sporting body over the past six months.
The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) yesterday expressed concern about the “opaque language and complex processes” that surround Guyana’s forest protection programmes such as REDD+ saying these weaken accountability and democratic oversight.
Going in I admit I’m frequently complaining about things wrong in Guyana, and I make no apologies for that; we have many things wrong and we should do more complaining – me included.
NEW YORK, USA, CMC – Former Trinidad and Tobago international footballer Shaka Hislop has thrown his support behind a proposed Caribbean Professional League.
After six years of “running back and forth”, 38-year-old Raja Singh says he is anxiously awaiting a call from the Ministry of Education that would inform him when he can collect the $130,000 owed to him for the weeding he has done at three Georgetown schools since December 2007.
A 19-year-old West Bank Demerara teenager is now a patient of the Georgetown Public Hospital after he was trampled by a horse while at a horse race on Sunday afternoon last at Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara.
Alpha `The Hammer’ United were crowned the inaugural Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Players Cup champions crushing Santos 5-0 through an Anthony Abrams helmet trick at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground, Bourda on Friday.
If you think about it carefully it seems impossible to reconcile two things which most people would very much like to believe – one, that they enjoy free will and in some ultimate sense are masters of their fate, and, two, that the God of all creation is omnipotent and has a master plan for us all.
Principal Owner
Property Holdings Inc is a company that was incorporated on October 5, 1999 for the specific purpose of managing or disposing of property owned by Guyana Stores Limited (GSL).
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel yesterday dismissed as “irrelevant” reports that Iran had halted its most sensitive uranium enrichment activity, and said Tehran’s nuclear programme must be dismantled.
West Ruimveldt edged St. Gabriel’s 2-1 in a quarterfinal fixture of the Petra Organization/Courts Guyana in collaboration with Banks DIH Limited Pee Wee U11 football tourney at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue yesterday.
Dear Editor,
The more one tries to understand and comprehend Guyana’s politics and politicians the more dispirited and pessimistic one becomes about Guyana’s future development pros-pects.
Leader of the Opposition, David Granger says APNU will be conducting an intense campaign to make a clean sweep of the seats on both the Linden municipality and the Kwakwani Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC).
“Look, I move from pillar to post in this life,” the words of a teenager who only recently celebrated her 15th birthday, but who in her relatively short time on this earth has had horrible and traumatic life experiences.
MAPUTO (Reuters) – Suspected Renamo guerrillas ambushed a passenger minibus in central Mozambique yesterday, killing one person and injuring 10 more in an attack condemned by President Armando Guebuza, state media said.
Hikers Cadets edged the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) 6-5 in their first division showdown when action in the GT&T National Indoor Hockey Championships continued on Friday at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue.
The Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA)/Yolo Entertainment Super Sevens Basketball Challenge will commence today from 14:00hrs at the Burnham Court on Carmichael and Middle Streets with 12 matchups.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Protesters marched on Capitol Hill in Washington yesterday to protest the US government’s online surveillance programmes, whose vast scope was revealed this year by former spy agency contractor Edward Snowden.
Continued from last week
Today we continue where we left off last week when we discussed the provision of a suitable hygienic environment and nutrition for the newborn puppies.
The feeding schedule
It is better to underfeed than to overfeed orphan puppies.
Old time something come back again! Sisters having fun the old fashioned way yesterday with a swing made of an old tyre at Haslington East Coast Demerara.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica will contest the final of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Women’s Under-20 Tournament here yesterday.
Dear Editor,
Since 2002, I have been visiting Guyana annually. Articles on my first trip after 30 years away and another 10 years later were published earlier in this newspaper.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York’s civil rights leaders yesterday angrily decried the city’s brewing “shop-and-frisk” scandal, in which two major retailers stand accused of profiling black shoppers who say they were detained by police after buying luxury items.
Mark this for a mercy; that here
birds, even here, sustain
the wide and impossible highways
of warm current, divide the sky;
mark this- they all day have
amazed the air, that it falls apart
from their heavy wings in thin wedges
of sound; though the dull black earth
is very still, sweating
a special sourness
they make high over the hard thorn-trees
their own magnificent turning,
they chain all together
with very slow journeys to and fro
the limits of the dead place;
smelling anything old and no longer quick.
ROME (Reuters) – Europe’s tallest and most active volcano Mount Etna erupted yesterday, spewing glowing lava into the air and sending a vast plume of smoke over the southern Italian island of Sicily.
Dear Editor,
General Elections are not due in Trinidad until 2015 but following on the poor showing of the Indian-based UNC at local government elections earlier this week, Mr Vishnu Bisram seems to be suffering from a full-blown panic attack and has commenced the beating of his well-known tribal drums.