Articles published on Wednesday, January 28, 2015
CENTURION, South Africa, CMC – West Indies ended their tour of South Africa on the same miserable note on which they started, slumping to a deflating 131-run defeat in the fifth and final One-Day International here today.
NAACIE today joined the main sugar union, GAWU in calling for an urgent inquiry into the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) which has been beset by falling production, high debt and a series of problems at its flagship Skeldon estate.
(Trinidad Express) House Speaker Wade Mark should do the honourable thing and resign.
Guyana’s human rights record will today be reviewed before the United Nations in Geneva and questions on a number of issues including the death penalty, abolition of corporal punishment in schools, decriminalisation of consensual same-sex relations and inviting the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture to visit, will be raised.
Log production rose last year by 21%, amounting to 530,000 cubic metres compared to the 2013 figures of 437,000 cubic metres, while exports of forest produce in 2014 were worth US$54 million, an increase of 38% over the 2013 value of US$38 million.
The unions representing academic and non-academic staff at the University of Guyana plan to continue sit-in strikes until further notice, after rejecting a proposal by Vice-Chancellor (VC) Jacob Opadeyi to resume negotiations and end industrial action.
While social media has been abuzz with reports that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting Guyana before the planned May 11th general elections, this is not so.
The Guyana Fire Service’s (GFS) $139m training complex at Leonora was launched on Monday.
An unidentified woman yesterday afternoon jumped to her death from the Demerara Habour Bridge; the second such case in just over a month.
Jamaica walked away from the Caribbean Energy Security Summit held in Washington, DC on Monday with a US$90 million capital injection for a wind farm.
Army Chief of Staff Brigadier Mark Phillips yesterday announced that Lieutenant Colonel Wilbert Lee leads the GDF promotions list which includes 83 Officers and 436 Other Ranks.
Devar Kissoon, on trial for assaulting two sex workers in drive-by shootings, had the charges against him dismissed yesterday.
A Bermudian woman, who claimed she swallowed 67 cocaine pellets because she was forced to do so, will be spending the next four years in prison for drug trafficking.
With his criminal records tendered as evidence, former policeman and current prisoner Robert Allan Gates yesterday faced questions about the inconsistencies in his testimony before the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the death of historian Dr Walter Rodney.
A businessman is being accused of stealing over US$800 from the accounts of two Republic Bank customers.
The Guyana Elections Commission’s longest serving commissioner, Dr Keshav `Bud’ Mangal has resigned.
After rescinding the promotion of policeman Alwyn Hoyte to the rank of Inspector, the Police Service Commission is awaiting word from the police force for clarity on disciplinary proceedings against him in order to decide on a way forward.
Laying the foundation for its campaign strategy, the People’s Progressive Party has lashed out at the possible coalition between the Alliance For Change and A Partnership for National Unity.
APNU leader David Granger on Sunday outlined a post-PPP/C economic recovery programme for riverine farming communities in Region Two, while blaming the current administration for gross mismanagement and underdevelopment in the area.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently issued a citation and $15,000 fine to a Mon Repos resident found dumping garbage alongside a road as part of efforts by its anti-litter enforcement unit to crack down on illegal dumping.
Eleven persons escaped with their lives after a minibus was knocked into a trench at Friendship, East Bank Demerara on Monday morning.
Tony Chung, who admitted to choking and threatening a High Court guard, was yesterday fined a total of $15,000.
ST.JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC- Off spinner Sunil Narine has withdrawn from the regional squad for next’s month Cricket World Cup, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) confirmed yesterday.
A 60-year-old man was yesterday remanded to prison just hours after he was allegedly caught in the act of breaking into a parked car, while its owner was nearby transacting business.
THE West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and CARICOM have announced separate initiatives in an effort to resolve claims from the Board of Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) against the WICB for US$41.97 million over the West Indies team’s sudden exit from its tour of India last October.
Seeking to achieve climate, environmental and economic change, the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) hosted its National Energy Forum at the International Conference Centre, Liliendaal on Friday with students from across the country in attendance.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Chelsea reached the League Cup final after Branislav Ivanovic’s towering extra-time header secured a 1-0 victory over Liverpool in a rip-roaring semi-final second leg at an electric Stamford Bridge yesterday.
Dear Editor, I refer to a letter in Sunday Stabroek of January 25th written by Prime Minister Samuel A A Hinds, captioned ‘There is no fire sale or looting of Guyana’s national resources’ in response to the stinging criticisms contained in Dr Clive Thomas’ column in your newspaper.
SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Steve Smith swept Australia’s annual awards ceremony yesterday, winning three prizes including the Allan Border Medal for the Player of the Year.
The Park Vue Hotel was relaunched under new management on Friday, just over a year after it was officially commissioned.
Dear Editor, The President has announced May 11 as Election Day.
Dear Editor, I read of the political positioning between the opposition parties and am appalled; disgust quickly follows.
BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – St. Kitts and Nevis will host 10 matches in the third edition of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) which is due to begin in June, the country’s sports Minister Glenn Phillip announced on Sunday.
ST.JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC- Yepme, an online shopping company based in India, will be the West Indies team sponsor for the Cricket World Cup in Australia and New Zealand next month, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) announced yesterday.
Dear Editor, The New Year arrived for most residents in my area in torment and anger.
Dear Editor, In consideration of whether the APNU-AFC coalition should be led by either an APNU or AFC presidential candidate going into the elections, it is necessary to focus on the objective at hand, ie, that of bringing people who have been hardened against voting for APNU, under any circumstances, over from the PPP.
The 21st edition of the traditional Mayors Cup Knockout Football tourney was officially launched yesterday at a simple ceremony held at the Office of the Mayor of Georgetown in City Hall.
(Trinidad Express) Journalist Marcia Henville was murdered. An autopsy performed on Monday at the Forensic Science Centre in St James by pathologist Dr Eslyn McDonald-Burris revealed that Henville, 51, was beaten about the head resulting in blunt force trauma, stabbed with a sharp instrument to the lower area of her neck and upper back, and her throat was slashed with a sharp instrument before she was set on fire.
Dear Editor, What appeared to be an instant termination of living was in fact the beginning of a new phase shared by many who had gone on a long time before; which many have been passing through a long time now; and a passage through which more must follow a long time from now.
CENTURION, South Africa, CMC- West Indies play South Africa in the fifth and final One Day International (ODI) match here today eager to prove that their victory in the fourth ODI was no fluke and with dreams of avenging their series defeat when the two teams meet in next month’s World CupWest Indies, who were blown away in the first three matches to concede the series, stormed back in sensational fashion to beat South Africa in the fourth ODI at Port Elizabeth on Sunday.
BOSTON/NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A powerful blizzard struck Boston and surrounding New England yesterday, leaving some 4.5 million people grappling with as much as three feet of snow and coastal flooding but sparing New York City residents who had braced for a significant blast.
Dear Editor, Now that a date has been announced for holding the next general election in Guyana, I think that it is vital for the two opposition political parties to mobilize their members, supporters and well-wishers to get all their hands, eyes and ears on board, in order to get out the vote.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela yesterday rejected two foreign media reports accusing Socialist Party heavyweight and parliamentary boss Diosdado Cabello of running a drug ring.
John Flores on Sunday was returned unopposed as President of the Guyana Volleyball Federation (GVF) following the federation’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) held at the Olympic House Kingston, Georgetown.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – Retired Cuban leader Fidel Castro on Monday appeared to lend his support to talks with the United States in his first comments about his longtime adversary since both countries agreed last month to restore diplomatic ties.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro said last evening he was seeking financing to counter a dramatic fall in oil prices that have hurt the cash-strapped OPEC country but did not provide further details.
Dear Editor, Please allow me to respond to some mischief being peddled to agitate miners, particularly those within Region Seven, following a comment by Sherwin Downer of the Bartica Interim Management Commit-tee to the Kaieteur News’ January 25 edition.
Vergenoegen giants Slingerz FC has made the biggest splash in the traditionally quiet January transfer period, reacquiring talismanic winger and former captain Dwain Jacobs from arch-rivals Alpha ‘the Hammer’ United.
Dear Editor, Almost every time I leave my house and interact with Guyanese from various areas, I have to listen to their growing disappointment with the ruling party, especially from their own supporters whom they have been neglecting.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Iron-willed Czech Tomas Berdych ended eight years of tyranny under nemesis Rafa Nadal to storm into the Australian Open semi-finals yesterday before his next opponent Andy Murray restored British colonial rule to the floodlit centre court.
Splintered: An accident at the intersection of the Turkeyen Road and the railway embankment on the East Coast on Monday left this utility pole in two pieces.
When a seasoned and combative politician such as Minister Clement Rohee, who is always on the lookout for public kudos, took off at the speed he did in denying any involvement of himself and his ministry in the promotion of two of their employees, it is a sure sign that he suspects that all may not be well with the promotions and that he sees no advantage in being associated with the process.
It seems to be the case that President Obama’s recent State of the Union message to the Congress took his prime audience, the Joint Session of the Senate and the House of Representatives, by surprise.
Dear Editor, On Tuesday, January 6th I was on the pavement in front of the City Hall with folklorist/words of wisdom man AA Fenty, who pointed to an elderly gentleman moving along the pave gingerly towards us and made a comment about him.
(The Sports Xchange) – – -Jamal Crawford led a fourth quarter comeback as the Los Angeles Clippers beat the Denver Nuggets 102-98.
