Articles published on Sunday, February 15, 2015
(Reuters) – French actor Louis Jourdan, who played a suave bon vivant in the Oscar-winning film “Gigi” and had a long reign as Hollywood’s top choice to play elegant international gentlemen, died on Saturday at the age of 93, his biographer said.
Guyana is awash, virtually daily, with an array of ‘bad news’ stories.
APNU Leader, David Granger (left) and AFC Leader Khemraj Ramjattan shaking hands on Saturday at the Georgetown Club on the alliance deal they reached earlier in the day.
The top brass of APNU and the AFC going over last-minute details before the press conference on Saturday at the Georgetown Club to announce their alliance deal.
NELSON, New Zealand, CMC – Captain Jason Holder says West Indies have turned the page on the turbulent last four months and are hoping to use the ICC Cricket World Cup as their renaissance.
ADELAIDE, (Reuters) – Virat Kohli scored an imperious century as India opened their World Cup defence in convincing fashion with a 76-run victory over Pakistan in a frenzied atmosphere at the Adelaide Oval today.
Opposition forces APNU and the AFC will contest the upcoming May 11th general elections as a coalition, with David Granger and Moses Nagamootoo as its presidential and prime ministerial candidates, respectively.
A secret settlement of tax evasion charges this month between the revenue authority and Kaieteur News boss Glenn Lall will raise questions about the latter’s credibility considering his crusading stance in exposing government corruption and the targeting of government officials and former president Bharrat Jagdeo for questionable conduct.
Story and photos by Jannelle Williams Number 2 Village is perhaps one of the most prosperous villages in East Canje Berbice as a large percentage of its residents are involved in private enterprise.
A mother waits outside a kayamoo—a crudely-built hut used for prostitution in the interior—as her young daughter is being raped inside; afterwards the mother accepts payment from the perpetrator, who slips away into the darkness of night.
Attorney and financial analyst Christopher Ram says Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh and Attorney General Anil Nandlall should not continue in office over what a court has held to be the government’s unlawful spending of $4.5 billion on programmes not approved by the National Assembly.
Another stalemate in the National Assembly with no party gaining the majority of seats is the best outcome at the upcoming May 11 poll, as this would force the politicians to come together and talk, according to Dr Joey Jagan, son of the PPP’s founder the late president Cheddi Jagan.
The Ajeenkya D Y Patil Medical College which is under construction at Turkeyen has failed to comply with the requirement that all commercial properties build one metre above the current elevation along Guyana’s coastline; this was put in place after the 2005 Great Flood that caused millions in damage and devastation.
University of Guyana (UG) staff will continue another week of strike action, beginning with a protest march tomorrow, the UG Workers Union (UGWU) and UG Senior Staff Association (UGSSA) said in a joint statement yesterday.
Opposition leader David Granger on Friday condemned the recent promotions of two policemen who had tortured a teenage boy and vowed that once his coalition takes office after the upcoming elections steps will be taken to correct the situation.
A 24-year-old businessman of Ruby, East Bank Essequibo lost his life when he fell off his CBR motorcycle at Barnwell.
Hundreds of Guyanese turned out at Digicel locations across the nation early yesterday morning as the telecommunications company held what it deemed its greatest cellphone sale as part of its 8th anniversary celebration.
Sterling Products Limited Chemist Mario Gohil is back at work two months after he was shot and injured when gunmen stormed the company’s Providence compound.
NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Off-spinner Rahkeem Cornwall snatched a career-best seven wicket haul but Guyana Jaguars maintained their upper hand on Leeward Islands Hurricanes on the second day of their WICB Professional Cricket League contest here yesterday.
We are too obsessed by success, by deeds of glory and heroic feats.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago Red Force produced a sterling fightback to limit Barbados Pride but then suffered a batting meltdown, to concede the advantage on the second day of their sixth round match here yesterday.
Fearful for the health of their young children, parents of the Port Kaituma area are calling on the relevant authorities to fix the facilities of the primary school in the community.
KARACHI, (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Cricket World Cup match against India has been billed as a war without guns so it should come as no surprise that even politicians from the feuding nations are talking about today’s contest.
The last general and regional elections were characterized by extensive delay in announcing election results and there was an outcry against it.
ARNOS VALE, St Vincent, CMC – Windward Islands Volcanoes, replying to Jamaica Franchise’s 204 all out, were 289 for seven at the close on the second day of their sixth round match in the WICB Professional Cricket League at the Arnos Vale Stadium here yesterday.
North Ruimveldt overcame Charlestown Secondary 2-1 when the third annual Milo/Petra Organization Secondary Schools u-20 football tourney continued yesterday at the Ministry of Education ground on Carifesta Avenue.
Market price: demand and supply Today the PetroCaribe Agreement and Guyana’s oil importation has to be contextualized against the dramatic fall in the global price of oil, which started in mid-2014.
The Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA) Mashramani One Day Softball tournament will bowl off this Saturday at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ground, Queenstown.
Two recent bomb scares close to the Israeli embassy in Uruguay and the mysterious departure of an Iranian diplomat found close to one of the fake bombs are raising new suspicions about Iran’s terrorist activities in Latin America.
Linden and Georgetown will renew hostilities when the second annual Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) ‘Road to Mecca’ National Club Championship officially commences today at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Mandela Avenue.
Economic life Guyana is not known as a major trading economy, though trade matters to its economic life.
Slingerz FC successfully manoeuvered their to path to the semi-final stage of the Mayor’s Cup knockout football tourney downing Riddim Squad 2-0 in their quarterfinal matchup on Friday at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) in Bourda.
NELSON, New Zealand, CMC – Senior player Denesh Ramdin says West Indies will not take anything for granted against Ireland, in their opening game of the ICC World Cup which bowls off here tomorrow.
Colaaco Primary School’s entry ‘Peter’s Cabin’ in the Primary Band Category at the Ministry of Education Children’s Mashramani Parade Competition 2015.
Justicia carnea commonly called Jacobinea or Flamingo Plant originated in Brazil and there are approximarely 300 species in the Justicia genus.
Ithaca Primary School
MELBOURNE, Australia, CMC – Joint hosts Australia and New Zealand kicked off their Cricket World Cup campaigns in style with convincing victories before their respective home crowds on Saturday.
FREETOWN, (Reuters) – Sierra Leone failed to fully account for nearly a third of the $20 million earmarked for fighting Ebola during six months last year, the national auditor said yesterday, suggesting bad governance may have hampered the battle against the epidemic.
St Stephen’s Primary School’s entry ‘The Smoker’s Body’
Imagine this. You are the Premier of the Cayman Islands or the British Virgin Islands.
The Grenke Chess Classic Tournament, which was contested in Baden-Baden, Germany, turned out to be an exciting final as world champion Magnus Carlsen and Germany’s Arkadij Naiditsch battled to an Armageddon game to decide the winner of the tournament.
South Ruimveldt Primary School’s float depicted the six races of Guyana
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Hundreds of quote-starved journalists packed into a Manhattan hotel ballroom, swarming around basketball royalty yesterday.
Naya Zamana 19: A Royal Twist presented two weeks ago as a repeat performance by the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha is worth revisiting.
Heavyweights Western Tigers and Fruta Conquerors will lock horns with giant-killers Ann’s Grove FC and Georgetown Football Club (GFC) respectively when the Mayor’s Cup knockout football tourney continues today at the GFC ground in Bourda.
DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Shelling suddenly stopped at midnight in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk after President Petro Poroshenko gave the order to government forces to halt firing in line with a ceasefire agreement reached last Thursday.
East La Penitence Primary School
NELSON, New Zealand, CMC – Nearly 15 years after hanging up his boots, fast bowling icon Sir Curtly Ambrose is back in West Indies colours and is a man on a mission.
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – A civilian was killed and three police wounded yesterday when a masked gunman sprayed bullets at a Copenhagen venue holding a meeting attended by a Swedish artist threatened with death for his cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad.
Simeon ‘Candyman’ Hardy suffered his first professional defeat Friday night in the quarterfinal of Boxcino 2015 at the hands of Vito Gasparyan.
BOSTON (Reuters) – A massive effective devaluation of Venezuela’s bolivar currency will likely badly dent 2015 earnings at a swath of major US companies.
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s rising demand for healthcare is exposing a chronic shortage of an essential commodity: blood.
(Adapted from My Bread) While I don’t eat bread often, I am always making bread – just because I love baking breads.
Dear Editor, The question has been asked why the staff at the University of Guyana is asking for a 60% increase.
St Angela’s Primary School’s entry ‘Guyanese to the Core’
Defending champs Western Tigers got their title defence off to the perfect start, mauling Black Pearl 3-0 when the u-15 section of the Frank Watson Memorial u-15 and u-17 tourney continued yesterday.
(Trinidad Express) – Machel Montano successfully defended his Power Soca Monarch crown with his customary scintillating Fantastic Friday performance.
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif (Reuters) – It may not have been a hacking, but a computer outage at the hotel where US President Barack Obama resided this week could not have come at a more inconvenient time.
Continued As promised last week, let’s look at some more of the physical changes and decreased organ functions in the elderly pet.
(Trinidad Guardian) – Maxine Williams, Global Director of Diversity at Facebook, has been appointed to the board of Massy Holdings Ltd. In
Power is seductive, and its siren song has been responsible for many of our political travails.
TORONTO (Reuters) – A group of “murderous misfits” planned a massacre on Valentine’s Day at Canada’s largest regional shopping mall, the justice minister said yesterday, but the alleged plot was foiled by police after an anonymous tip-off.
Dear Editor, The sprawling, open-ended discussion – a spectacle, really – continues about who must be captain, and who should be assigned which key slots.
By Kathryn Cramer Brownell (Reuters) – “Saturday Night Live” celebrates its 40th anniversary today, saluting the late-night comedy programme’s rich history with a three-hour show.
West Ruimveldt Primary depicted the sweet melodies of steel pan music
Sunday Cartoon
IN their different ways, Chris Gayle’s influence in the West Indies dressing room is as significant as his intimidation of bowlers through his sheer physical power and the substantial, 3.37 kilos (seven-and-a-half pounds) of willow he wields.
