Articles published on Saturday, August 29, 2015
The Ministry of Public Security in an advisory in today’s Stabroek News said that from Tuesday at 9 am it will begin receiving illicit firearms no questions asked and persons submitting will not be prosecuted.
Twenty people were confirmed dead on the island of Dominica, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit said in an address carried on television and online late yesterday following Thursday’s pounding by Tropical Storm Erika, Reuters reported.
Government is considering using monies from the Consolidated Fund to aid the National Insurance Scheme (NIS), which is finding it difficult to pay out the minimum benefits to its contributors owing to two “reckless investments,” Finance Minister Winston Jordan said yesterday.
Deoram Sookchand, the husband of murdered cash crop farmer Pamela Kendall, was yesterday charged with killing her.
The University of Guyana’s (UG) Institute for Gender Studies (IGS) was yesterday launched with the hope that it could help to influence policy.
All flour has now been zero-rated under the Value-Added Tax (VAT) Act by Finance Minister Winston Jordan, who has also put in place tax exemptions for items imported for use by charities and non-governmental organisations.
Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan yesterday said that upgrading the police force is not a short-term project and dirty cops need to be weeded out.
The Camp Street building in which the operations of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) are currently housed is not fit for occupation, Minister of Finance Winston Jordan said yesterday, while announcing that government is looking to relocate the office until the structure can be deemed safe.
Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan has deployed extra forces to Berbice to address crime in the county.
Director of Sports Chris Jones and his National Sports Commission team yesterday pumped cash and other incentives into some of the country’s top sport associations as promised by the government for the continued expansion in this sector.
Maladministration by management of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) has resulted in the deterioration of the health care offered by nurses and the situation at the institution is now so dire that it may be the worst state Guyana’s healthcare system has been in yet.
The inaugural `Play to Conquer’ table tennis tournament organized by the Titans Table Tennis Club and sanctioned by the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) is set to commence this morning at the National Gymnasium with the cream of the country’s top racquet wielders in action in the several categories to be contested.
The Guyana government stands ready to assist Dominica, whose territory was recently ravaged by the vicious tropical storm Erika, leaving deaths and serious damage in its wake, Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo said yesterday.
President David Granger has said his recent trip to Trinidad and Tobago was for an annual medical check-up.
West Front Road-Gold is Money and Sophia battled to an exciting 5-5 draw when the inaugural GT Beer Futsal Championship continued at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Homestretch Avenue on Thursday.
A great day of boxing is in store. This is according to Technical Director of the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA), Terrence Poole referring to the Pepsi/Michael Parris U-16 Boxing Championships which will be staged today at the Andrew ‘Sixhead’ Lewis Gym.
City Hall says it has taken action against popular restaurant New Thriving over its use of a parapet and other companies have been given notice to vacate them.
The 39th edition of Hassan Mohamed’s ‘Teach Them Young’ cycling camp concludes today at the National Park with an 11-race criterium event.
The Georgetown Cricket Association’s Carib Beer T20 first division, New Building Society second division limited overs and Noble House Seafoods second division two-day competitions will continue today and tomorrow with several matches.
A Corentyne fisherman says he lost another $3M when pirates attacked one of his boats on Wednesday in what was the fourth attack for the year.
Government yesterday warned that the promised reduction in the Berbice Bridge toll may be delayed and accused the Berbice Bridge Company Inc (BBCI) of delay tactics with the two sides still to reach agreement, two days before the tolls were supposed to be cut.
A 21-team dominoes competition will be held today at 2169 Festival City (Exit) North Ruimveldt.
Arshad Bacchus, found guilty of a knife-point robbery in which he stabbed the victim for a motorcycle, will be spending the next 56 months in jail.
BEIJING, (Reuters) – Dutch flier Dafne Schippers completed her transformation from heptathlete to world champion sprinter when she ran the fourth fastest 200 metres of all time to win by a nose at the Bird’s Nest yesterday.
LONDON, CMC- Half-centuries from compatriots Nico Reifer and Joshua Bishop have helped the WICB Invitational Under-15s to victory in the two latest matches on their tour of the United Kingdom.
Dear Editor, I must commend the new government for the consideration given to the development of the Indigenous people as laid out in the ten-point plan.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil’s economy shrank 1.9 percent in the second quarter, sinking into a recession that has hammered President Dilma Rousseff’s popularity as she struggles to save the country’s investment-grade credit rating amid a vast corruption scandal.
JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC-An Antiguan businessman, Neil Cochrane, is the new General Secretary of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU), a CFU release said on Wednesday.
A housewife and four teenage boys, who are accused of being carjackers, were yesterday charged with armed robbery.
Dear Editor, Economics have led many down a dark road; with some it was pure callous greed, while others confessed it was a springboard to needed finances.
MIAMI, (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Erika threatened Haiti with heavy rain and strong winds yesterday as it swirled across the Caribbean but showed signs of losing steam as it headed toward south Florida, the U.S.
COLOMBO, (Reuters) – India lost two quick wickets to reach 50-2 before rain washed out the rest of the opening day of the third and final test against Sri Lanka at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground yesterday.
Osafio Roberts, who police say was found with an illegal gun during a police stop at a roadblock, was yesterday remanded to prison.
Dear Editor, Nothing for this government will come easy, and it is why it should be very conservative on some things, if only to preserve political capital.
SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – Cyber attacks and cyber espionage are on the rise in Latin America, and the source of much of it is Brazilian hackers and Peruvian recent university graduates linking up with Russian-speaking experts, according to internet security analysts.
Dear Editor, The barricades that are put up around Public Buildings every time Parliament is in session unnecessarily disrupt the activities of everyone who traverses that area.
LONDON, (Reuters) – England batsman Ian Bell is retiring from one-day internationals to concentrate on prolonging his test career, the 33-year-old said yesterday.
The Ministry of Education has announced that the St. Roses High School and St.
The newly-appointed National Procure-ment and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) held its first meeting yesterday.
Dear Editor, The creation of the Caribbean Patent Convention under the auspices of Caricom is a long awaited and most welcome development towards the harmonization of intellectual property (IP) laws in the region.
AMSTERDAM, (Reuters) – A U.N. body called on the Netherlands on Friday to revamp its “Black Pete” Christmas tradition, where white performers black up to entertain children, as many saw it as a “vestige of slavery”.
Dear Editor, Chief among the reasons for the many problems we face today in terms of quality service in both the public and private sectors is the issue of ethical leadership.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro yesterday said he will visit China and Vietnam to sign economic and financing deals, as the OPEC nation struggles to make ends meet at a time of low oil prices.
The National Assembly will be going into a one-month recess beginning September 10th.
STOCKHOLM, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – To provide more clean energy, particularly in fast-growing Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, the world needs more hydropower dams, energy experts say.
A recent High Level Advocacy Forum on Statistics considered the need to modernize the ways that Caricom states gather and analyse data, and use it to inform development policies.
