Articles published on Monday, June 9, 2014
A Partnership for National Unity Shadow Minister responsible for Public Infrastructure, Housing and Water Joseph Harmon yesterday attended a Town Hall meeting at the Guyana Teacher’s Union Auditorium, Vryman’s Erven, New Amsterdam.
A group of Muslim women in Berbice are now ready to join the fight in tackling domestic violence after completing three sessions of intense training.
(Trinidad Express) THE University of the West Indies today issued a statement advising on a tuition fee increase.
Sharma Solomon, Region Ten Chairman stands on the Linden/Kwakwani Road. Residents have complained bitterly about the state of the road.
A section of Mora Point residents during a meeting at the Karamat Primary School, Mora Point, Mahaicony River on Sunday with President Donald Ramotar and a team.
In observance of World Oceans Day on Sunday, June 8, 2014, the Guyana Shines: Keep Guyana Beautiful project undertook a cleanup of the beach area along the Georgetown Seawall.
In observance of World Oceans Day on Sunday, June 8, 2014, the Guyana Shines: Keep Guyana Beautiful project undertook a cleanup of the beach area along the Georgetown Seawall.
Dion Shurwin Layne is wanted by the police for questioning in relation to a matter of Trafficking in Narcotics which is under investigation.
Cadet Officer, Franz Paul, accused of shooting 15-year-old Alex Griffith in the mouth was remanded to prison this afternoon after facing four charges.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Actress Audra McDonald made Broadway history on Sunday, winning her sixth Tony as Billie Holiday in “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill” and Bryan Cranston and Neil Patrick Harris nabbed the top acting prizes at the 68th annual Tony Awards.
(Reuters) – Authorities in Canada and the United States were searching today for three fugitives who escaped from a Quebec jail in a helicopter, the second airborne prison break in the Canadian province in just over a year.
The Guyana Police Force says that the Police Office of Professional Responsibility has completed their investigations into the allegation made by Junior Thornton of Annandale, ECD, that he was burnt to his hands by the Police, while in custody at the Sparendaam Police Station.
The Police say they are investigating an armed robbery that occurred at about 1910h last night at No.
(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO — Suriname should learn for the situation in Guyana and take measures to prevent large scale hoarding with gold.
LAS VEGAS, (Reuters) – An armed man and woman shouting about a “revolution” opened fire and killed two Las Vegas policemen who were eating lunch in a pizza parlor on Sunday, then fatally shot a civilian in a nearby Wal-Mart store before killing themselves, police said.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Kane Williamson struck his sixth Test hundred to put New Zealand on top, as West Indies made a feeble start to the post-Darren Sammy era, on the opening day of the first Test here yesterday.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Andre Russell’s astonishing 47-ball hundred stunned Bangladesh A and helped power West Indies High Performance Centre to an emphatic 117-run victory in the first one-dayer here yesterday.
Guyana’s world renowned bodybuilder, Hugh Ross is now the second best in the world.
The cost of the Marriott Hotel could effectively be US$100M with the two Hong Kong investors owning 67% of it for a paltry US$8M, according to former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran who again roasted the terms of the deal and its lack of transparency.
Veteran local journalist Allan La Rose has officially released the 2014 World Cup Glory Souvenir Guide ahead of the upcoming World Cup finals in neighboring Brazil.
Where is the missing 20%? While the reason for the 20% reduction in gold declarations is “anybody’s guess” it is unlikely that miners are hoarding the precious mineral with few having the capacity to hold such a large amount of gold, retired Commissioner of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) William Woolford says.
A 42-year-old woman of Bath Experiment Scheme, West Coast Berbice is living in fear after she said that her former reputed husband burnt her house for the second time in five years and threatened to kill her.
Future overcame the constant downpour of rainfall and tough competition by Broad Street to win the inaugural August Beverage and Sparta Bosses small goal knock out football competition in the wee hours of Saturday morning at the Sparta Tarmac in East La Penitence.
PARIS, (Reuters) – Claycourt machine Rafa Nadal held off another challenge from great rival Novak Djokovic to claim a record extending ninth French Open title with a 3-6 7-5 6-2 6-4 victory yesterday.
Agricola Red Triangle overcame Kuru Kururu Warriors by a 2-1 score line when the CULT energy drink sponsored East Bank Football Association (EBFA) u-17 league continued on Saturday at the Grove Community ground.
Albouystown-A overcame Back Circle 4-3 on sudden death kicks following a nil-all score line at the end of normal time when the round of 16 stage in the Mackeson ‘Keep Your Five Alive’ commenced at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall Tarmac on Saturday.
Vice-Chairman of the Inter-Religious Organisa-tion (IRO) Pastor Ronald McGarrell says that homosexuals and other persons with alternative sexual orientation should reside on an island by themselves so as to not endanger the rest of society when/if God visits his wrath upon them.
Team Guyana lost 1-2 to host nation and defending champions Trinidad and in the final of the Guinness Caribbean Street Football Challenge in Trinidad and Tobago on Saturday.
The University of Guyana scored a blow out win over the Georgetown Technical Institute (GTI) in their U19 matchup when the Youth Basketball Guyana Conference Championships continued on Saturday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue.
New airline Dynamic Airlines is preparing to commence operations here later month and the company’s Vice President Tom Johnson says it is here for the “long haul” with the future of the country in mind.
Works on the foundation of the warm up pool at the National Aquatic Centre have been completed.
In the May 26th 2014 edition of Stabroek News under the headline `Hope Canal sluice gates yanked from Courtney Benn’, it was erroneously reported that the contract for the fabrication, delivery and installation of gates for the Hope Canal sluice has been taken away from Courtney Benn Contracting Services Limited (CBCSL).
Dear Editor, As the government laments the under declaration of gold for this year, one only hopes that it opens its eyes to the bigger picture of issues affecting the industry.
The senior Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GL&SC) official entangled in alleged breaches of procedure involving surveying for the Santa Fe mega farm in the Rupununi has been sent on another month’s leave and following this is expected to immediately proceed on pre-retirement leave.
“Just a disaster,” President Donald Ramotar said of the ongoing drama at City Hall over the past weeks.
Dear Editor, With respect to the Mr David Granger’s visit to Mike Persaud’s home in Queens, New York, last week, there have been some letters in the Stabroek News as well as some interesting related blogging, and a number of persons have requested the script of my short presentation, slightly edited, which I hereby submit: [Ed note: A few small sections have also been edited by SN, as can be seen from the ellipses and square brackets.]
Dear Editor, I wish to give credit to the fact that Scotia is one of the largest banks in the world and is known for its excellent service, mostly in foreign countries.
The problems plaguing the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) of recent have to do with the need for restructuring due to the growing change in the trading regime internationally.
Director of the Port Kaituma Power Company Richard Allen says a new generator that became operational last month is too small to supply the entire community with electricity during peak hours while the larger ones remain dysfunctional.
Dear Editor, Myself and a friend decided to have lunch at the Gravity Lounge, at the United Centre at the corner of Camp and Regent Streets in Georgetown on Friday, May 30.
Dear Editor, After the rain finished falling on Friday, June 6, I decided to drive my car on the newly built Cotton Field street leading to the Anna Regina Multilateral School which was done by a contractor last week.
The Caribbean Develop-ment Bank (CDB) was willing to provide financing to upgrade and operationalize the Tumatumari hydropower facility but the funds needed is below the minimum the bank lends and the project is stalled as local institutions are unwilling to act as the intermediary.
CAIRO, (Reuters) – Former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was sworn in as president of Egypt yesterday in a ceremony with low-key attendance by Western allies concerned by a crackdown on dissent since he ousted Islamist leader Mohamed Mursi last year.
By Jeff Trotman Linden is developing a new garbage disposal site and though property owners in some communities do not pay rates and taxes, the municipality’s Interim Management Committee (IMC) says it is committed to providing essential services to them.
Dear Editor, Now that the dust has settled on the death and celebration of the life of the late great African personality, Nelson Mandela, I now take some liberty in sharing a point of view.
Coronary heart disease is rapidly growing among Indo-Guyanese, a medical team from the Long Island Jewish Hospital in New York said on Friday during a discussion about heart disease among people of Indian descent.
KANO, Nigeria, (Reuters) – Nigeria’s ousted central bank governor, Lamido Sanusi, was named Emir of Kano yesterday, making an outspoken government critic one of the most influential leaders in the largely Muslim north.
BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombia’s leftist FARC rebels declared a ceasefire on Saturday for a three-week period covering a tight presidential election race on June 15, campaigning for which has centered on how to end five decades of war with the guerrilla group.
Dear Editor, The Facebook group, The Suicide Epidemic (https://www.facebook.com/groups/suicideepidemic/) realizes that there have been/are quite a number of initiatives relating to suicide prevention that, if located in a national, sustainable framework, can significantly impact suicide prevention within a short span of time.
ISLAMABAD, (Reuters) – Gunmen attacked one of Pakistan’s biggest airports yesterday and at least 23 people were killed, including all 10 of the attackers, media reported.
New social change organisation, Blue CAPS, on Friday launched its Youth Leadership Development Programme at the New Guyana School in Houston Gardens, Georgetown, a release from the organisation said.
A thirty-four-year-old cement worker was shot and robbed in an attack by two assailants on Saturday night as he was making his way home in Friendship, East Bank Demerara.
LONDON, (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron said he wants snap inspections at schools in response to “deeply concerning” allegations of a plot by extremist Muslims to take over schools in the English city of Birmingham.
Prince Neto DCB Waite is a Doctoral Candidate at the New York University School of Law.
Dear Editor, At 6am on the morning of June 3, 2014, I received a call from someone living in the vicinity of the Mahdia dormitory, who indicated to me that screaming was emanating from inside the girls’ dormitory.
CHICAGO, (Reuters) – A new way of evaluating tumors may soon help cancer patients identify the underlying genetic link to their disease – and the best possible treatment – all in a single test.
At his press conference on Saturday, President Ramotar spoke optimistically about the sugar industry and lauded the performance of the beleaguered Skeldon factory.
Dear Editor, It has been almost two decades since I have agreed with anything coming from the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) but last week when they moved the Test match from Guyana after warning the PPP Government of Guyana to refrain from meddling/attempting to have government exert control over Guyana’s cricket, I wholeheartedly agreed with them.
The Marriott Hotel project is back in the news following the announcement that ACE Square Investment Ltd.
Three more witnesses testified in the preliminary inquiry (PI) into the murder charge against Sylvester Bristol, the Yarrowkabra man accused of the murdering female taxi driver Savatri Gangadeen Parma at Dakara Creek, Linden/ Soesdyke Highway in February.Basdeo
