Articles published on Sunday, September 14, 2014
As Amerindian Heritage Month 2014 celebrations continue Head of State, Donald Ramotar, and First Lady Deolatchmee Ramotar, Amerindian Affairs Minister, Pauline Sukhai, and several other Cabinet members joined with residents of Karrau Village, Region Seven for the annual Heritage Village celebration.
A group performing a traditional dance during the Amerindian heritage village celebration on Saturday at Karrau, Region Seven.
Representatives of Community Policing Groups across Guyana came together today for a fun day in honour of Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee.
Representatives of Community Policing Groups (CPGs) across Guyana came together today for a fun day in honour of Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee, GINA said.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Islamic State militants fighting in Iraq and Syria released a video yesterday which purported to show the beheading of British aid worker David Haines.
At about 2335h last night, police say that two men, one of whom was armed with a handgun, held up a man in a shop at James and Non Pariel Streets, Albouystown, and took away his gold jewellery and escaped.
SYDNEY, (Reuters) – After what at one stage earlier this month looked like a vast game of musical chairs, reigning champions India ended up topping the world rankings when the five-month countdown to the 2015 World Cup started on Sunday.
Willems Timber Trading Company Limited (WTTC) at Kaow Island remains at the centre of a legal battle between convicted drug dealer Roger Khan’s company Aurelius Inc and auto dealer Harry Rambarran, who is claiming full ownership of the timber concession and has been collecting profits from a supply deal with controversial logging company Baishanlin.
Non-governmental organisations representing indigenous peoples have expressed alarm at statements by Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) executives that the miners’ body will take legal action and strenuously oppose extensions for Amerindian lands.
Dear Editor, The effectiveness of the administration of justice depends in large measure on public confidence.
There have been no proven allegations that padding of the elections list has occurred since 1992, former member of the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom), Ralph Ramkarran has said.
President Donald Ramotar on Friday officially launched the Ministry of Health’s Wellness Warriors Club to promote health and wellness at the community level in the fight against Non-Communicable Dis-eases (NCDs).
I have far exceeded the Biblical span of three score years and ten, so I realize clearly that this overtime gifted by the Gods must be most carefully husbanded.
The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) has confirmed that the US$12.3 million Inter-American Development Bank and Guyana Government funded Linden Water Supply Rehabilitation Programme (LWSRP) is on target.
The announcement of support for a Nagamootoo/Hughes elections ticket for the AFC by its Leader, Khemraj Ramjattan, has attracted much comment.
Meet Dendropsophus leucophyllatus, the clown tree frog. This beautiful rainforest species occurs in the Guianas and the Amazon Basin and is active at night.
Route 44 (Mahaica to Georgetown) minibus operators are planning to strike tomorrow for an increase in fare to offset the high gas price.
GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Leon Johnson celebrated his debut with a half-century and in-form Kraigg Brathwaite cashed in again, but timid West Indies made heavy weather of an ordinary Bangladesh attack on the opening day of the second Test here yesterday.
Portulaca grandiflora commonly called Jump-up-and-kiss-me is native to South America and the Caribbean.
This week, on Thursday, September 18, four schools, all tertiary colleges specialising in the creative arts disciplines in Guyana, will hold their 2014 Convocation ceremony at the National Cultural Centre.
Team Coco’s cyclists defied the odds to finish first and second in yesterday’s 60-mile Caribbean Wellness Day road race on the East Coast.
A project which would prepare East Ruimveldt residents for informed participation in civic and democratic life was on Thursday launched by Operation Restoration.
A driver who attempted to escape after hitting down a motorcyclist within feet of police officers on Vlissingen Road was captured shortly after.
Why is chess important? This question has been de-bated over time.
When Eddy Grant sang, “We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue//And then we’ll take it higher,” back in 1982, he might not have imagined that 32 years later, the name of the song and his name would be popping up all over social media in relation to electric cars.
Berbice Captain Narsingh Deonarine produced a brilliant man-of-the-match performance to orchestrate a thrilling 10-run win over Demerara in last evening’s final of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Inter-County one day competition at the Albion Community Development Centre ground.
Continued from last week We will continue today analyzing the questionable arguments that develop when a person wants to self-justify reasons for killing his/her pet.
WEST INDIES set out on their 500th Test at the Beausejours Stadium in St.
An ecological and physicochemical assessment of the damaged Konawaruk River is to commence early next month with similar studies expected to be done on the Cuyuni and Mazaruni rivers which have suffered from the impacts of mining activities.
By Cynthia Nelson Last week at Tastes Like Home we talked about Caramelized onions – the cooking of onions low and slow until they brown, caramelize, get soft and sweet.
For years, US officials have been in a quandary about how to counter Venezuela’s political influence in Central American and the Caribbean through its subsidized oil exports.
A shopkeeper was killed on Friday afternoon after he was run over by a truck along the Poke Bridge, Lethem Trail.
Inequality results As indicated, this week I begin with reporting the key results of official studies that sought to measure inequality and poverty in Guyana.
Police are reviewing surveillance footage of four armed men following the robbery of $1.1 million from Popeye’s Vlissengen Road outlet on Friday.
DAKAR (Reuters) – Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has appealed to US President Barack Obama for urgent aid in tackling the worst recorded outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus, saying that without it her country would lose the fight against the disease.
By Delvon Mc Ewan What can be deemed as a delayed test debut was marked with a patient half century by Guyana’s Leon Johnson as West Indies dominated the first day of their 500th Test match which started yesterday at the Beausejour Stadium in St.
Sabanto Tokoroho was a small girl scared out of her wits when she moved from Kabakaburi in Pomeroon to attend school in Georgetown, and the constant teasing and sometimes cruel taunts from her schoolmates about her Amerindian heritage did not help.
National champion Khemraj Pooranmall will be looking to defend both his A Class and 100 Squares titles at the Guyana Draughts Association (GDA) National Championships which commence today with the B Class event.
Dear Editor, When I told a former PPP member of my experience with guns in PPP hands, he wrote, “It reveals the role of the state in perpetuating crime and criminality as part of the political agenda, regardless of which political party is in power.
In the Cayman Islands, where I once lived, a part of the culture there, as in Guyana where I grew up, is a toy called ‘gigs’ (our word for it is ‘tops’).
SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) – Residents of Indian Kashmir turned their wrath on state administrators, accusing them of failing to provide them with help after the worst flooding in over a century, and angrily dumped food parcels into gutters.
On September 10 the incoming President of the European Commission, Jean Claude Junker, named seven Vice Presidents and 20 commissioners who will jointly control the European Commission for the next five years, assuming they are confirmed in November by the European Parliament.
Deep in concentration: Sculptor Marvin Phillips working on a piece of art yesterday on Main Street.
KIEV/DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Fighting flared near an airport in eastern Ukraine yesterday in breach of a fragile eight-day ceasefire as the prime minister accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of planning to destroy his country.
In observance of Caribbean Wellness Day, the Ministry of Health hosted its health fair and family fun day aimed at raising awareness of public health threats in Guyana.
Dear Editor, I was indeed saddened by the destruction of the Umana Yana by fire, not only because of the national and historic significance of that once magnificent structure, but also because I was one of the pilots who flew a group of the Wai Wai Amerindians from the deep south of Guyana to the coastland for the construction of that edifice.
A three-member team from the Guyana Badminton Association (GBA) is currently in Mexico participating in the Pan American Sports festival which commenced on Wednesday and ends Tuesday.
Primitive to sublime The world in which we live is full of natural resources and the economics around them can bring many pleasant and regrettable memories.
EDINBURGH (Reuters) – The fate of the United Kingdom remained unclear five days before a historic referendum on Scottish independence as three new polls yesterday showed a slight lead for supporters of the union, but one saying the separatist campaign was pulling ahead.
RAIPUR, India, CMC – Both Kieron Pollard and Lendl Simmons failed as Mumbai Indians crashed to a shock six-wicket defeat to Lahore Lions in their opening qualifying match of the Champions League Twenty20 here yesterday.
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan security forces have arrested 64 people during renewed demonstrations against President Nicolas Maduro’s government in the capital as well as the city of Barquisimeto, a rights group said yesterday.
Straight out of a fisherman’s nightmare: Derek Boston’s ‘Disfigured Pirate’ is detailed and grotesquely fantastic.
Sunday Cartoons
On International Literacy Day on Monday, yet another literacy action plan was rolled out.
Old car fun (Arian Browne photo)
