Articles published on Saturday, November 1, 2014
Prime Minister Samuel Hinds addresses the gathering at the training seminar for electrical contractors while, Public Works Minister, Robeson Benn (centre) listens on along with Roland Barclay of the Government Electrical Inspectorate (GEI).
The 13th batch of public servants on Friday concluded training in the area of Monitoring and evaluation bringing the number to more than 600 persons who are more capable of effectively managing state resources, GINA said.
President Donald Ramotar has directed that Parliament be convened within the next 14 days.
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, CMC – West Indies Twenty20 captain Darren Sammy on Thursday evaded the contentious issue of the abandoned tour of India, after arriving here to represent Titans in the Ram Slam Twenty20 League.
At about 2030h. last night, police say that pedestrian Randolph Rodney, 72 years, of Triumph, ECD, was struck down by a motor vehicle as he was allegedly attempting to cross the road on the B/V Railway Embankment, ECD.
Elias Ross, 25 years, of Zeskenderen, Mahaicony, ECD, succumbed during the early hours of today, while receiving medical treatment at the GPHC, police say.
At about 2015h. last night, police say that Patrick Mohan, 46 years, of Bellevue, WCB, was leaving a restaurant at Bush Lot, WCB, when a man armed with a firearm approached and shot him to his head and escaped in a waiting motor vehicle.
(Trinidad Express) Many illegal immigrants entering this country have resorted to entering into “sham marriages and marriages of convenience” as a means of regularising their resident status here, National Security Minister Gary Griffith has said.
LAGOS, (Reuters) – A man claiming to be Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau said more than 200 girls kidnapped by the group six months ago had been “married off” to its fighters, contradicting Nigerian government claims they would soon be freed, AFP said on Saturday.
The police yesterday insisted that Kaieteur News publisher Glenn Lall present himself to the Brickdam Police Station to clarify his complaint against Attorney General (AG) Anil Nandlall but he has not yet done so.
Over 100 vehicles were destroyed when the popular Akbar Hussein Auto Sales at Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara went up in flames around midday yesterday.
Members of the legal fraternity yesterday called for the removal of Attorney General Anil Nandlall, while saying that the Donald Ramotar administration’s failure to do so would signal that it is above the law.
A Mahaicony man is now dead and two other persons are hospitalised after the vehicle they were travelling in collided with a truck at Drill Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara (ECD), yesterday.
Opposition leader David Granger yesterday announced that he would no longer be engaging President Donald Ramotar on the holding of local government elections, saying it would be “pointless.”
Amid a row over who has the authority to convene the National Assembly, Speaker Raphael Trotman yesterday announced that the Mace, the symbol of the authority of the office of the Speaker, was stolen but Clerk Sherlock Isaacs later said that it had been taken for cleaning and would be returned shortly.
The Mighty Sparrow is nearly 80 and was seriously ill not so long ago, but you would hardly know it.
Police frequencies used to be jammed whenever meetings of the WPA were held and communication equipment examined after the death of Walter Rodney and suspected to have belonged to the party showed the ability to tap into police communications.
Cotton Field Wild Oats suffered two losses in the Open category while Masters defending champions NY Better Hope recorded two wins in the Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA) “Guyana Cup 4” tournament which bowled off yesterday at venues across Georgetown.
As they await word on their relocation from the dilapidated Stabroek Market wharf, vendors are reporting heavy losses from their continued trade in the market “danger” zone.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The West Indies Cricket Board will have to cough up nearly US$42 million in order to stave off a lawsuit from the Indian Cricket Board (BCCI), stemming from the abandoned tour of India earlier this month.
A minibus driver was refused bail yesterday when he appeared at a city court after he was allegedly caught with over two kilos of cocaine concealed in the soles of nine pairs of boots in his luggage at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri (CJIA).
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Amidst the confusion engulfing West Indies cricket, Trinidad and Tobago are pressing ahead with preparation for the inaugural WICB Professional Cricket League (PCL) which bowls off this month across the region.
Eusie Grant, accused of being one of the three men who shot and robbed a Muneshwers Limited employee of $3.8M, was yesterday charged and remanded to prison.
A North West District farmer is now a remanded prisoner after being charged with setting his house on fire with his wife still inside.
The 2014 cycling season will continue today in the National Park with the staging of the third annual Payless Variety Store 11-race programme.
The Miss Guyana Universe pageant has come and gone, with favourite Niketa Barker taking the crown and title at the Pegasus Hotel-staged event.
Sewdat Chunilall, who was recently sentenced for ganja possession, was yesterday back before a city court facing a similar charge after allegedly being caught with more of the drug in jail.
Chairman of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Normilisation Committee Clinton Urling said yesterday that the mandate of the FIFA appointed body will be to implement constitutional reform for the GFF and its affiliates while crafting a properly regulated electoral procedure.
In what will be a rematch of their earlier group-C fixture, defending champs St.
Three weeks after being breached, the Peter’s Hall koker’s door has been rebuilt and is fully operational.
Hamlet came to a local stage two Fridays ago, brought by the Shakespeare’s Globe which is on a two-year travelling world tour commemorating the playwright’s 450th birth anniversary; a treat for Guyana, or so I thought.
By Jeff Trotman After much heated discussion, the members of the Linden Interim Management Committee (IMC) voted last week for Digicel to proceed with preparatory work for the construction of a Rehabilitation Centre for Children with Special Needs.
Dear Editor, This is the first time as far as my memory goes, in my 82 years, that I am writing a letter to the Press.
Following an absence of almost three years, the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) officially launched its Futsal championship under the Stag Beer brand yesterday at the Waterchris Hotel in Waterloo Street.
Hi Everyone, I’ve been baking and experimenting. Again. With coconut oil.
SURUC, Turkey/BAGHDAD, (Reuters) – A convoy of Iraqi Kurdish forces in Turkey rolled late yesterday across the border into Syria to help Syrian Kurds defend the besieged town of Kobani that has become the focus of a Western-backed war against Islamic State insurgents.
Dear Editor, The British, in the 1803 Articles of Capitulation adopted and enforced several treaties and laws from the Dutch which guaranteed protection and freedom from enslavement to the Indians (Amerindians) of the three counties which became British Guiana.
MADRID, (Reuters) – Zinedine Zidane will be able to continue coaching Real Madrid’s B team until his appeal against a three-month ban for not having the correct licence is resolved, a court ruled yesterday.
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The funeral service for late presidential advisor Navin Chandarpal will be held tomorrow at the Guyana International Conference Centre at Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara.
The Ministry of Education has remembered the late presidential advisor Navin Chandarpal as a person who embraced the sciences.
Dear Editor, The air crackles with the stain and stench of those glorying in the self-description of warrior, and the swagger that comes from testosterone purchased in bottles.
When William Shakespeare first penned the famous quote that begins, “All the world’s a stage…” in the 16th century he would have had no idea that more than 400 years later they would be taken literally with the Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre’s world tour of Hamlet.
(Jamaica Observer) LOCAL medical marijuana company, Medicanja Limited, expects to generate approximately $4 billion in sales within four years.
MOJAVE, Calif., (Reuters) – A passenger spaceship being developed by Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic company crashed during a test flight yesterday near the Mojave Air and Space Port in California, killing one pilot and seriously injuring the other, officials said.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations yesterday defended federal guidelines for monitoring health workers returning from three Ebola-stricken West African countries while urging greater coordination to contain the outbreak in Guinea.
(The Sports Xchange) – – -Carmelo Anthony scored 25 points, including a big basket over LeBron James in the final minute, and the New York Knicks spoiled James’ home-coming celebrations with a 95-90 victory over the revamped Cleveland Cavaliers.
Dear Editor, I am writing about the problems that I am having with the National Insurance Scheme.
(Trinidad Express) Guyana-born attorney Odai Ramischand was on Thursday housebound, but “not intimidated”, following an attempt on his life in the car park of a supermarket near his Maracas, St Joseph home.
For the first time in about four years, I got the opportunity to finally sit in on one of Donna Ramsammy James’s fashion shows.
Damaged vehicles in the aftermath of the fire
Dear Editor, Guyanese-American Pitamber (Prem) Lekhram, formerly of Tain Settlement, died at Jamaica Hospital last Sunday apparently of, what family members feel, was neglect and poor medical services.
Politikles
PERTH, Australia, – China and Russia have thwarted an international attempt to create the world’s largest ocean sanctuary in Antarctica as both nations eye the region’s rich reserves of fish and krill.
The highly anticipated National Drama Festival awards ceremony is set for tomorrow evening, at the National Cultural Centre, when the winners in the various categories will be known.
Guyana’s Sebert Blake has now entered elite company in becoming a three star International Boxing Association (AIBA) certified coach.
This is my final column after a year of commenting on current affairs in Guyana.
OUAGADOUGOU, (Reuters) – Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore resigned yesterday amid mass street protests at his attempts to extend his 27-year rule, plunging the West African nation into uncertainty as junior officers vied with top military brass for power.
Tourism Awareness Month 2014 was launched last evening with the aim of raising awareness of the country’s tourism potential, as the Government continues to promote tourism as a sector that has potential for significant economic growth.
The backstory to the uprising that brought the 27-year rule of President Blaise Compaoré to an end is one that has become all too familiar in postcolonial Africa.
