Articles published on Sunday, December 6, 2015
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago Red Force, trailing Guyana Jaguars by 214 runs, were 51 for two in their second innings on the third day of their fourth round match in the Regional First Class Championship at Queen’s Park Oval today.
Stabroek News is publishing below the Tender Evaluation Report done in 2012 in relation to the Specialty Surgical Hospital which showed that Fedders Lloyd Corporation Limited was administratively disqualified.
ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC-The controversial proposal to dissolve the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) was not discussed when Caricom leaders and the WICB top brass met in St.George’s
(Trinidad Guardian) A landslide victory for United National Congress second-term leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar seemed sure up to 10.05 last night.
(Trinidad Guardian) Days before the Office of the Attorney General was given the green light to seize the assets of T&T national Kareem Ibrahim who was convicted of terrorism in the United States, a local Muslim leader has disclosed that one of his daughters, a son-in-law and three grandsons had gone to war-torn Syria, where the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (Isis) terror group operates.
Under pressure to defend a MoU with Fedders Lloyd for the Specialty Hospital, the Ministry of Finance on November 28 stated that the company was the second best bidder and this is why it was approached, however the evaluation report obtained by Stabroek News shows that company was disqualified from the process.
Story and photos by Joanna Dhanraj Caledonia on the East Bank Demerara is a village that is sparsely populated by people, but home to a variety of fauna living in its areas of untouched vegetation, but also in captivity at Tropical Flora and Fauna Inc, which exports birds, mammals and reptiles.
The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) yesterday said there was no wrongdoing by board Chairman Clinton Williams in taking control of lands for which mining permits were granted to his friend and his racking up of a multi-million dollar food and drinks bill at the agency’s expense.
I grew up in West Demerara when, unless you owned a boat, the only way to cross the Demerara River was the various government ferryboats operating between Georgetown and Vreed-en-Hoop.
After losing a bid to get Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield to withdraw his application for the elections petition to be struck out in the High Court, the PPP/C-nominated Commissioners of the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) yesterday accused the elections management body of seeking to dodge public scrutiny.
Four months ago, Radica Thakoor, having exhausted all options, hand delivered a letter to the office of Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan asking that an inquiry into her daughter’s murder be held.
Important structure One of the most important structures in international affairs is the finance structure.
The two preceding columns have presented, firstly, the case made by analysts who believe that, despite its limitations, the GDP remains the most appropriate indicator of economic size, rate of progress and level of welfare or well-being enjoyed by Guyanese.
A uniformed soldier was among four persons held in a car with two unlicensed guns yesterday morning and army Chief-of-Staff Brigadier General Mark Phillips says that he will have to face the full brunt of the law.
In September a special summit of the United Nations General Assembly held in New York saw 193 nations agree to seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).Their
The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is still looking for a way to utilise the parking lot at Camp and Lamaha streets, which was constructed for it by Chinese logging company Baishanlin.
The Pan-American Health Organisation/World Health Organisation (PAHO/ WHO) on Friday presented the Claire Forrester Media Awards for Excellence in Health Journalism.
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Out-of-favour West Indies left-hander Leon Johnson missed out on a hundred but another Test discard Assad Fudadin was within reach of triple figures, as leaders Guyana Jaguars dominated day two of their fourth round contest against Trinidad and Tobago Red Force here yesterday.
Nothing can compare with the beauty and warmth of life at home.
It was disclosed during last week (‘Bar Association writes Registrar of Court, Commissioner of Police on touting’ SN, December 2) that the Guyana Bar Association had written to the Registrar of the Supreme Court and the Commissioner of Police seeking action against the use of touts to procure legal business for lawyers.
A City Council worker has been hospitalised since Thursday with a chop to his right hand after he was attacked while trying to act as a mediator during a row between a fellow worker and a member of the public.
Old rivalries will be renewed when East Coast Demerara (ECD) giant Victoria Kings faces off with traditional Linden heavyweight Milerock in the grand finale of the GTT/Limacol Football Championship today at the Mackenzie Sport Club (MSC) ground in Linden.
Police in `F’ Division (interior locations) last Friday night discovered two guns, a quantity of matching ammunition and a silencer hidden among bushes at Aprica Landing, Middle Mazaruni.
You know it’s Christmas time when Poinsettias begin to appear everywhere you look, along with Christmas trees.
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Eighteen wickets fell at the National Stadium yesterday but Barbados Pride put their noses in front heading into the penultimate day of their fourth round encounter in the Regional First Class Championship against Windward Islands Volcanoes.
Artists Stanley Greaves AA and Akima McPherson examine Stephanie Correia’s painting, Kabakaburi Music in this their ninth Conversation on Guyanese art.
Stress is the one thing one wants to avoid when entertaining.
Defending champs North Ruimveldt will oppose Sparta Boss while Back Circle will tackle newcomers Channel-9 Warriors in the semi-final stage following quarterfinal victories in the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Georgetown Champion-ship on Friday.
Panelists at a ‘Lunch Talk’ hosted by the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) and the USAID – Advancing Partners and Communities (APC) Guyana Project noted that stigma and discrimination are among the obstacles lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people face when accessing services for intimate partner violence (IPV).
The Dharm Shala, well-known ‘Home of Benevolence for all races’ founded by Pandit Ramsaroop Maraj, now in its 94th year is appealing for financial assistance to continue its charitable work in assisting the needy in society.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Seasoned campaigners Carlton Baugh Jr and Nikita Miller gathered half-centuries under pressure to give Jamaica Scorpions the advantage but Shane Jeffers’ unbeaten fifty kept Leeward Islands Hurricanes afloat on the second day of their fourth round game in the Regional First Class Championship here yesterday.
By inadvertent, yet timely coincidence, the directors of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) hold their quarterly meeting in St Lucia on December 12 and 13, in the middle of the first Test against Australia in a series long written off as embarrassingly one-sided.
A mother is seeking help to find her 13-year-old daughter, who is believed to have run away with a man.
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif (Reuters) – Islamic State said yesterday that the married couple who killed 14 people in a mass shooting in California which US authorities are investigating as an act of terrorism were followers of the militant group.
N’DJAMENA (Reuters) – Four female suicide bombers attacked the Chadian island of Koulfoua on Lake Chad yesterday, killing at least 15 people and injuring 130 in an attack blamed by security sources on militant Islamist group Boko Haram.
A man is injured after he was shot in what seemed to be an attempted execution in front of his home on Friday morning.
Dear Editor, The Stabroek News of December 3, reports “elation” on the part of labour and “happiness” on that of the political directorate at the decision by the Cabinet to restore payments for overtime to bauxite workers as tax free.
The highly anticipated Flex Night International event returns to the National Cultural Centre stage tonight.
Gingivitis Last week, it was promised that we would continue our discussion on Gingivitis (Sore gums), specifically with the treatment of this ailment.
BRISBANE, Australia, CMC – West Indies’ preparations for the three-Test series against Australia were left in a state of crisis after the Caribbean side suffered a humiliating ten-wicket defeat at the hands of a youthful Cricket Australia XI here yesterday.
The United States has imposed sanctions against President of the World Chess Federation (FIDE) and former Russian regional governor Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, owing to his alleged assistance to the government of Syria.
Dear Editor, There is some news that former PPP Minister of Health Dr Ramsammy is now lobbying for the repeal of the homophobic laws in Guyana and Caricom.
LONDON (Reuters) – A man with a knife stabbed another in an east London metro station yesterday evening, reportedly screaming “this is for Syria”, before police used a stun gun on the attacker and detained him.
Children playing ‘King of the hill’ at the ‘Blacka’ (Lamaha Canal) in Sophia yesterday.
Dear Editor, Please permit me to make two brief comments on aspects of your editorial captioned ‘Street renaming’ (Sunday Stabroek, Nov 29).
Venezuela goes to the polls today. These elections are not for the presidency, but for deputies in the National Assembly, which from the time Hugo Chávez came into office, has operated like a rubber stamp for Miraflores.
Pink Poui in full bloom on Vlissingen Road, Georgetown.
Lima (Reuters) – The former longtime president of Peru’s soccer federation, Manuel Burga, has been arrested as part of an ongoing U.S.-led
The performances in the National Drama Festival (NDF) 2015 came to a rollicking, hilarious end with the performance of a comic farce – popular theatre of a type that appeals to the contemporary audience.
PARIS (Reuters) – Global climate change talks in Paris moved into a new, tougher phase yesterday as negotiators agreed on a draft accord, albeit one that still leaves hundreds of points of dispute for ministers to resolve next week.
