Articles published on Saturday, October 17, 2015
Styrofoam will be banned from January 1, 2016. A Ministry of the Presidency statement follows: The Government of Guyana, in its thrust to promote a green economy and environment is moving ahead with plans to ban the importation and use of closed-cell extruded polystyrene foam, popularly known by the trade mark brand, Styrofoam, as of January 1, 2016.
According to the Mid-Year Report on the economy, released by the Ministry of Finance, Guyana’s economy has declined some 2.5 percent in the first half of 2015 as compared with the same period in 2014, GINA said today.
At about 0130h. today, the police say that Umgrie Parmanand, 55 years, of Bath, WCB, was aroused by the sound of persons in his home.
At about 2000h. last night, the police say that Richard Watson, 30 years, of Huntley, Mahaicony, ECD, attempted to cross the roadway at Huntley during which he was struck down by a motor vehicle.
(Reuters) – Sri Lanka needed less than four days to thrash West Indies by an innings and six runs in the opening test at Galle on Saturday with Rangana Herath leading the victory charge by claiming his fifth 10-wicket haul.
President David Granger has defended the recent salary hikes for his ministers, which range as high as 50% for those in Cabinet, calling the move an investment in quality governance.
The High Court has ruled that there is no legal barrier preventing Magistrate Annette Singh from sentencing Samuel Hinds Jr.
The Mayor and City Coun-cil (M&CC) has embarked on a ‘name and shame’ anti-littering campaign as it steps up its efforts to restore Georgetown’s ‘Garden City’ status.
Disruptions in the service provided by the Guyana Water Inc (GWI) have left some East Bank Essequibo villages without a potable water supply for months and some residents have been forced to resort to accessing water from canals.
For the first time in over 30 years, residents of Pattenson, North Sophia, are being supplied with potable water.
Remarkable displays of speed, strength, stamina and leaping ability, enabled the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) to retain the Inter Services Athletic and Swimming Championship (ISASC) trophy last night at the National Track and Field Centre.
The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) is suggesting that the Commis-sion of Inquiry (CoI) into the public service encourage the government to begin negotiating wage increases using recent ministerial increases as a “barometer” for determining public sector pay packages.
Henry Chase and Rollan Tappin were voted in as the Guyana Futsal Association (GFA) and Guyana Beach Soccer Association (GSBA) Presidents respectively yesterday when the entities staged their elections at the office of the GFF Normalization Committee Chairman, Clinton Urling.
Venezuela will now be importing rice from Suriname as part of the PetroCaribe agreement.
Women’s rights activist Karen de Souza on Thursday made a call for an end to the “widespread” sexual harassment in the nation’s public service.
The Society Against Sexual Orienta-tion Discrimination (SASOD) is outraged at what it says is the violation of the human rights of a member of the LGBT community, who was fined $20,000 by a magistrate for cross-dressing.
The National Secondary School League was officially launched at the Everest Cricket Club (ECC) Pavilion yesterday in a joint move by Minister of Education, Dr Rupert Roopnaraine, executives of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB), sponsors Digicel and Banks DIH.
Four Guyanese men were recently charged in Gre-nada after authorities there seized 4 kilogrammes of cocaine as well as firearms and ammunition in what is being described as a major operation to smash an emergent drug ring.
Lawrence Wayne, the businessman accused of murdering a suspect in the robbery of his business, was yesterday freed at the end of a preliminary inquiry (PI) into the charge against him.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia captain Steven Smith has been carrying a knee injury since the tour of England and may take some time off from cricket before hosting New Zealand.
A man was yesterday charged with trying to kill his common-law wife.
(Reuters) – LeBron James is likely to miss the rest of the preseason after having an anti-inflammatory injection in his back earlier this week as the banged-up Cleveland Cavaliers wind up their preparations for the regular season.
The fourth annual Petra Organisation/ Courts Pee-Wee Under-11 football tournament will continue today at the Thirst Park ground with the final round of matchups.
The first Mexican Taco franchise in the region opened yesterday at the Giftland Mall Food Court.
BERLIN, (Reuters) – German football was thrown into turmoil yesterday when magazine Der Spiegel said the country’s football officials had used a slush fund to win votes and land the 2006 World Cup.
The Ministry of Communities through the Community Road Improvement Programme (CRIP) recently signed a $68M deal with contractors H.
A GPHC press release said it was the second visit by the team to Guyana.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Left-hander Kjorn Ottley endured a moderate last season for Trinidad and Tobago Red Force but says he is hoping for a big improvement with the bat when the new campaign gets going next month.
ZURICH, (Reuters) – Sepp Blatter, suspended president of soccer’s world governing body, FIFA, said he aimed to return to office in time to hand over power to a successor to be elected at a special congress in February.
Dear Editor, On Thursday, October 15 I participated in the Democracy in the Americas 2015 symposium put on in Florida by the Zambrano Foundation and among the panelists discussing the Challenges for the future of Democracy and Economy in the Americas was one Mr.
The shortlists for The Guyana Prize for Literature will be announced on October 31st, 2015, the Management Commit-tee for the awards announced yesterday.
With four films under his belt—two shorts and two documentaries—33-year-old writer, director and producer Richard Pitman is going places.
Dear Editor, There are reports that Hindus in Guyana have a choice between 10th and 11th November for Diwali.
In the reality television show “Bring it!” Diana Williams, owner of the ‘Dancing Dolls’ studio in Jackson Mississippi and her dancers go head to head in competitions with similar groups of dancers, winning trophies and bragging rights.
The Government Analyst–Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) is advising against the sale and purchase of misleading brands of evaporated milk and evaporated filled milk in circulation locally.
(Reuters) – Kevin Pietersen has said he should not have been made England captain in 2008 and only took the job because there was nobody else who could do it.
Dear Editor, The society, while examining the increased salary of ministers and parliamentarians has a responsibility to equally examine, and where possible, condemn the assigning of State property to the former president, ministers and others who benefitted from using their office to abuse the nation’s resources.
GALLE, Sri Lanka, CMC – Feeble batting returned to haunt West Indies on the third day here yesterday, leaving them with an uphill task of saving the opening Test against Sri Lanka at the Galle International Stadium.
Hi Everyone, “Sweet Hands means that a person is so talented in the kitchen that anything he or she makes… is like manna from the Gods.”
Yesterday marked on year since the disappearance of Troy Greenidge, whose mother is still seeking the public’s help to find him.
ABUJA, (Reuters) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has chosen a cabinet dominated by political veterans, opting to strengthen his power base rather than surround himself with technocrats who could overhaul Africa’s biggest economy.
A mason, who was charged with simple larceny in August, was yesterday found not guilty of the crime.
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Dear Editor, A few days ago a meeting was held at Mabaruma, Region One by a visiting team from the city that included a Minister and a parliamentarian and some senior personnel.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India’s top court yesterday struck down a law giving Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government a bigger say in the appointment of top judges, calling the new system harmful to judicial independence in the world’s largest democracy.
ABU DHABI, (Reuters) – Alastair Cook completed the third-longest innings in test history and the longest by an Englishman as his side ended on 569-8 on the fourth day of the first test yesterday, 46 runs ahead of Pakistan.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A billionaire real estate developer from Macau accused by U.S.
Dear Editor, As a follow-up to Ms.Nicole Cole’s letter, `The government lied’ (SN, October 16), I think it is safe to conclude the coalition government’s decision to hike salaries for its swollen cabinet and MPs is set in stone, not only because of cabinet ministers’ insistence it is fair, necessary or irreversible, but because it was actually placed first in the Official Gazette, which is traditionally where it would be placed after Parliament debated and legislated on any motion.
Two taxi drivers are currently hospitalised at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH), both in critical condition, after they were attacked between Thursday night and yesterday morning in two separate carjackings in the city.
Like its oft advertised catch phrase, Digicel’s annual Cancer Awareness Cycle Road Race just got bigger and better….and
It has been approximately one month since I have been in Belgium and exactly one week since I tied the knot with my partner of four years.
The erection of this gate at the Bourda Cemetery is one of the latest moves made by the Mayor and City Council as it attempts to restore and maintain the cityscape as part of its ongoing clean-up campaign.
Next Thursday’s sitting of the National Assembly will see the government being asked about expenses incurred in relation to a series of presidential inauguration events.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Until last week they were political enemies. Now there is a sudden, if tenuous, truce between President Dilma Rousseff and a man who is more often her nemesis, the speaker of the lower house of Congress.
When the Marxist art critic John Berger won the Booker Prize for fiction in 1972, his riposte to the judges was exemplary.
Dear Editor, The thinking behind the suspension of Coach Simmons: how could such a decision benefit W.I
Local music label, Kross Kolor Records has begun ushering in the Christmas season with the launch of a new album, ‘Christmas With Us.’
The grand two-day Guyana Health and Fitness Expo billed for the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall starting from October 24 was officially launched on Wednesday night at the 704 Sports Bar.
OUAGADOUGOU, (Reuters) – The leader of last month’s failed coup in Burkina Faso, General Gilbert Diendere, has been charged with crimes against humanity, a senior military justice official said yesterday.
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HAVANA, (Reuters) – Low commodity prices, a drought at home and Venezuela’s economic crisis have created a cash shortage for Cuba’s Communist government, restricting its ability to trade just as it could be taking advantage of an economic opening with the United States.
