Articles published on Wednesday, December 30, 2015
During a meeting with Coalition Members of Parliament, this morning at the Ministry of the Presidency, President David Granger said that the APNU+AFC Coalition is bigger than Party and individual politicians.
Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud today said that he has received correspondence from the Police Service Commission that promotions have been put on hold until February 2016, a move he is disappointed at.
(Trinidad Guardian) The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) will not be bowing to demands from the Caricom appointed sub-committee which has called for the dissolution of the board.
NORRISTOWN, Pa., (Reuters) – Bill Cosby has been charged with felony sexual assault over an incident in 2004 at his Philadelphia-area mansion, a Pennsylvania prosecutor said on Wednesday, in the first criminal case involving the comedian after years of mounting accusations.
The police say that investigations are being conducted into the murder of Peter James, 65 years, of Matthews Ridge, NWD, which occurred about 0130h.
(Trinidad Guardian) Against the backdrop of current low energy prices and a dismal fiscal projection, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley’s first address to the nation held a few glimmers of hope.
Disposal of garbage at a temporary landfill established by the Mayor and City Council at the Le Repentir Cemetery is to cease with immediate effect.
The man who was fatally shot in a bus on Saturday evening has been identified and the police are continuing their search for the shooter whose image was caught on closed-circuit TV cameras.
Lorenzo James, the man who committed suicide after escaping from the police station where he was held after being arrested for abusing his girlfriend was not a “monster,” relatives say.
Forty-two-year-old Hilbert `Junior’ Benneth of North Road died yesterday after suffering head injuries in what is believed to be an accident.
President David Granger on Monday evening at the residence of the Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, encouraged a group of young Guyanese students studying abroad to return home on completion of their studies.
Government is currently awaiting a response from Brussels on whether the European Union (EU) is going to resume budgetary support amounting to billions which was suspended due to the prorogation of parliament last year by then President Donald Ramotar.
The body of a man who was found floating in the Demerara River earlier this month was on Monday positively identified as that of murder suspect Robin Maxwell Thomas who escaped from the Mackenzie Police station almost a month ago.
Jagmohan Neshan is wanted by the police for escaping from lawful custody at the New Amsterdam Prison on Monday.
A woman who was carrying twins lost one of them yesterday and it is being suggested that this may have been as a result of her being compelled to work despite warnings by her clinic about complications that could arise.
A James and Burton streets, Albouystown resident was yesterday brought before the court and charged with a murder which occurred on Christmas Day.
Assault charges against two primary school teachers were dismissed yesterday after they decided to settle the matter out of court.
Two drainage pump stations were commissioned in Region Six on Monday, one at Gangaram and the other at Joppa, No 43 Village, Corentyne.
MELBOURNE, Australia, CMC –West Indies captain Jason Holder says he is proud with the fighting spirit displayed by his team which lost to Australia by 117 runs on the fourth day of the second Test here yesterday.
Former Attorney General (AG) Anil Nandlall on behalf of the PPP/C yesterday requested government to send the Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2015 and the Law Reform Commission Bill 2015 to a parliamentary Special Select Committee citing the need for further consultations on the legislation.
The Flying Ace Cycle Club (FACC) of New Amsterdam Berbice will stage a 40-mile cycle road race Sunday in Berbice.
A Henry Street, Werk-en-Rust man who was deported from Barbados following a squabble over money appeared before a city court yesterday charged with fraudulently converting the sum and was ordered to repay it or be jailed.
MELBOURNE, Australia, CMC –West Indies delivered a better all-round batting display but were overpowered by Australia inside four days to suffer a 177 run defeat in the second Test at the MCG here yesterday.
A Guyanese man, who works as a truck driver in New York, was yesterday ordered to compensate a man after he was read wounding charges.
President David Granger has pledged that his Administration will develop the capacity of the Diamond and Leonora Diagnostic Centres, following a tour of those facilities on Monday.
The police on Monday evening arrested a suspect in relation to the wounding of Bel Air Park resident, Nicholas Coates who was shot to his knee during a home invasion last month.
Retrieve Raiders advanced to the final of the Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) sanctioned Malta Supreme Christmas Open Basketball Championship, defeating Amelia’s Ward Jets via a forfeiture on Monday night at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) Hard-Court in Linden.
(Reuters) – Manchester United were unlucky not to beat Chelsea despite dominating the game, skipper Wayne Rooney said following the goalless home draw against the struggling champions.
(Reuters) – Manchester United were unlucky not to beat Chelsea despite dominating the game, skipper Wayne Rooney said following the goalless home draw against the struggling champions.
LONDON, (Reuters) – European Athletics president Svein Arne Hansen does not expect Russia to return to international competition in time for next year’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Dear Editor, Has Guyana become a full-fledged gun culture? More and more I am inclined to believe that the nation is well on its way to that perilous state.
DUBAI, (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s planned cuts in spending and energy subsidies signal that the world’s largest crude exporter is bracing for a prolonged period of low oil prices.
Dear Editor, City Hall and central government will soon make part of the Le Repentir Cemetery a garbage dumpsite again.
JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Israel’s top court slashed former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s prison sentence to 18 months from six years yesterday after overturning the main count in his 2014 bribery conviction.
(The Sports Xchange) – Highlights of Monday’s National Basketball Association games: – – – Warriors 122, Kings 103 Shooting guard Klay Thompson scored eight of his team-high 29 points early in the third quarter as the Golden State Warriors outlasted Californian rivals the Sacramento Kings 122-103 en route to their 15th consecutive home win this season.
Dear Editor, For over seven years a property belonging to Mr Kenneth Bhagwandin (now deceased) and given to his children via a legal will, lodged in the Supreme Court Registry, has been causing great difficulty and great confusion.
The Public Relations Division, University of Guyana (UG), recently brought Christmas cheer to 50 nursery and primary school children from the Sophia community, a release from UG said.
Dear Editor, Guyanese should be deeply concerned and troubled by the overbearing and vengeful influence being exerted on the Granger administration by a group of individuals who are bent on pushing the administration to take extremist positions.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Islamic State theologians have issued an extremely detailed ruling on when “owners” of women enslaved by the extremist group can have sex with them, in an apparent bid to curb what they called violations in the treatment of captured females.
DURBAN, (Reuters) – England’s Steven Finn took three wickets as South Africa, chasing an unlikely 416 for victory, struggled to 136 for four on the fourth day of the first test yesterday and were staring at the prospect of likely defeat.
CHENNAI, India, CMC- A fast bowling legend and a former Australia cricket captain have criticized the appointment of Jason Holder as West Indies captain, arguing that the decision could ruin his Test cricketer.
SAN SALVADOR, (Reuters) – A surge of El Salvador gang violence this year has pushed up homicides in the country by about 70 percent from 2014, making it a top contender to overtake Honduras as the world’s most murderous nation.
DURBAN, (Reuters) – England must be patient on the last day of the first test against South Africa at Kingsmead as they seek six more wickets for victory, fast bowler Steven Finn said.
Dear Editor, Around the world, the political system that allowed for continued domination by just two oligarchic parties is under threat.
DURBAN, (Reuters) – South African fast bowler Dale Steyn will not bowl again in the opening test against England at Kingsmead after his shoulder spasm failed to clear up overnight, officials said yesterday.
Dear Editor, This is the time of the year that nature has built for reflection, when thoughts are centred on what should be purged and how one intends to resurge in the approaching year.
St Lucia has confirmed that it has received a request from the Protocol Directorate of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to grant a waiver of the diplomatic immunity of Dr.
(Trinidad Guardian) Government will no longer be providing free textbooks to the majority of students as it seeks to cut costs, says Education Minister Anthony Garcia.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Actor Mark Salling, star of the hit television show “Glee,” was arrested yesterday on suspicion of possessing child pornography, the Los Angeles Police Department said.
On Saturday 19th December, 2015, Food for the Poor (FFP) took Christmas cheer to the Holy Family, Ladies of Charity, Gentlewomen’s and Chase’s Indigent Homes.
GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – Central American countries have agreed a pilot scheme to allow thousands of Cuban migrants stranded in Costa Rica to continue their journey toward the United States, the Costa Rican foreign ministry said on Monday.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Members of Venezuela’s ruling Socialist Party have filed Supreme Court appeals to challenge the election of eight opposition legislators, spurring accusations the party is trying to undermine the opposition’s landslide victory this month.
A few weeks ago, a furore arose over the regime’s stated intention to push three pieces of legislation (the Municipal and District Councils and Local Authorities (Amendment) Bill, the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (Amendment) Bill and the Anti-Terrorism and Terrorist Related Activities Bill) through parliament at one sitting.
Dear Editor, The successful passage of the Cricket Administration Bill in 2013 through Parliament has had no legal effect to date regarding the democratic and transparent function of the Guyana Cricket Board.
Our Caricom heads of government effectively ended a year of international relations activity with their participation in the global Climate Change conference in Paris, following which they have been able to claim that the concerns of small states, including small island states in the Caribbean, were given substantial consideration.
Dear Editor, The fourth day was better than most expected, but worse than it could have been.
Not a pretty sight: Garbage skips and builder’s waste on Water Street yesterday.
The height of trouble: This truck at Pattensen, East Coast Demerara yesterday was carrying equipment whose height forced it to pause before passing utility cables so that a helper could manually lift the cables with a stick to prevent the truck ripping them away.
DAR ES SALAAM, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As drought continues to cripple its hydropower plants, Tanzania is struggling to produce enough electricity – and is moving toward using more fossil fuels to make up the shortfall.
