Articles published on Sunday, February 14, 2016
KINGSTON, (Reuters) – The threat of West Indies being forced to field a second string side at the World Twenty20 was averted on Sunday when 12 of 13 players in the original squad signed the contracts which had caused a standoff with the board.
Government, through Minister of Social Cohesion, Amna Ally, has pledged to support the Viraat Sabhaa Guyana and to partner with them to enhance lives and foster cohesion, a release from the Ministry of the Presidency said today.
At about 2330h. last night, the police say that Dennis Persaud, 43 years, of La Belle Alliance, Essequibo Coast, was driving a motor car along the Reliance Public Road, Essequibo Coast, when he lost control of the vehicle which turned turtle into a canal.
(ICC) Only time will tell how West Indies Under-19 lifting the ICC Under-19 World Cup 2016 trophy will impact the health of the game, especially in their islands.
A year after the inking of the Cummingsburg Accord which underpinned the successful pre-election alliance between APNU and the AFC, the partnership appears to be going strong and a major criticism that the Prime Minister was not chairing Cabinet in breach of the agreement has been quelled.
Story and photos by Joanna Dhanraj Prospect means outlook, scene, or vision but our first view of the East Bank Demerara village was not a clear one.
Last month, as her cassava crop wilted in the unforgiving heat, Marlene Mandokin descended from her farm in the forests at the foot of the Kanuku Mountains and cleared a small plot of savannah close to the Moco Moco creek, hoping the water there would be enough to cultivate new crops.
Commissioners of the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry (CoI) say that because of a lack of facilities they were made to print their final report at their hotel and when completed it was handed over to the Attorney-General’s secretary following instructions reported to have come from President David Granger.
With Valentine’s Day in the air and personal relationships under the microscope, it’s appropriate to note (as my Bajan columnist friend Vic Fernandes did recently) that if you see no difference between the male and the female brain, either you haven’t spent much time around women or you haven’t been paying attention.
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has advised that a Coroner’s Inquest be held into the Carifesta Avenue fatal accident which resulted from a bungled Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) surveillance operation.
President David Granger maintains that the Government Information Agency (GINA) has a responsibility to provide coverage of the opposition.
Bauxite trends As promised, this week I resume discussion of the bauxite industry in the context of Guyana’s extractive mineral resources export dependence.
Sitting City Councillor Junior Garrett will take on electrical contractor Andrew Ramcharran and carpenter Ramchandra Kissoon at the March 18 local government elections in Constituency Three.
Sometime this year, most probably in June or September, the UK electorate will be asked if they want to remain in, or leave the European Union (EU).
I wish I could convey in particular to young people, whose mental appetites seem whetted so easily these days by the transitory and the trashy, the quiet depths, the delights, the leaping excitements of great poetry.
In the National Assembly last week, an opposition PPP MP, Alister Charlie, criticized the use by the government of green and yellow as the colours to paint various public objects, such as car tyres around plants and trees.
A pedestrian was killed on Friday afternoon after she was struck down while attempting to cross the Golden Grove Public Road, East Coast Demerara (ECD).
Swift action by the owner of a taxi service at Zeelugt, East Bank Essequibo, helped to foil a carjacking on Thursday night and led to the arrest of a few suspects, one of whom subsequently escaped from the Leonora Police Station.
Guyana may be home to some 5,300 illegal immigrants, according to Minister of Citizenship Winston Felix, who said there would be efforts made to get the Immigration Department extra manpower to trace them.
Varying specializations Last week, the process of this writer trying to understand the transport industry in Guyana began.
Vishaul Singh’s third century of the 2015/16 Professional Cricket League (PCL) 4-Day tournament enabled the Guyana Jaguars to score 237 all out against the T&T Red Force who were 136-3 in their first innings when bad light stopped play on day two at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.
League Genesis champion Slingerz FC opened their campaign on a positive note, downing Pele FC by a 1-0 score line when the League Finale in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League commenced on Friday.
Investigators managed to obtain two spent shells and two live rounds after a contractor had four shots fired at him, one of which grazed his abdomen, on Friday afternoon at Eccles, East Bank Demerara (EBD) during what is suspected to be an attempted robbery.
Their teenaged team has brought a welcome, long overdue whiff of optimism to West Indies cricket.
University of Guyana Chancellor Nigel Harris says sourcing financial support remains a critical question in any effort to sustained higher standards at the institution.
Not only is this dish simple to make but it is ridiculously delicious.
Last week we looked at genetics and discussed its significance in an individual’s muscle gain or weight loss efforts.
Minister within the Ministry of Communities Dawn Hastings accepted the opposition’s tag of a ‘vampire’ budget and raised them one by asserting that it will suck the blood of corruption that was inherited from the past administration.
From: Allan La Rose In Houston, Texas Compliments of Colours, Isotonix, Oasis Water and GFF.
By: Allan La Rose in Houston, Texas With compliments of Colours, Isotonix, Oasis Water and the GFF.
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis launched a broadside against endemic corruption yesterday on his first visit to Mexico as pontiff, calling on President Enrique Pena Nieto and his government to combat it.
The passage of this year’s national budget would enable the Social Cohesion Ministry to lay the foundation for building and sustaining a momentum that would foster longer term social programming, Minister Amna Ally declared on Thursday.
Former public service minister Jennifer Westford on Wednesday took aim at government over its treatment of contract workers and for failing to announce salary increases for public servants.
MUNICH/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Russia said yesterday a Syria ceasefire plan was more likely to fail than succeed, as Syrian government forces backed by Russian air strikes took rebel ground near Aleppo and set their sights on the Islamic State stronghold of Raqqa province.
Periodontitis Let me fulfil my promise to continue with the symptoms and treatment of the disease, Periodontitis.
After eight consecutive years at the helm Peter Green will not be seeking re-election when the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) holds its Annual General Meeting (AGM) today at the National Resource Centre on Woolford Avenue.
Dear Editor, I am happy to have provided some amusement for Mr Allan Fenty (‘Giving and telling about it,’ SN, Feb) through my last Guyana Times Sunday column.
South Ruimveldt brushed aside Central High 4-0 when the 4th Annual Milo Schools u-20 Football Championship continued yesterday at the Ministry of Education ground on Carifesta Avenue.
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Haiti disbanded its abusive armed forces two decades ago but uniformed veterans and young recruits are resurfacing to add another destabilising factor to the volatile Caribbean nation already dealing with a political vacuum.
Dear Editor, It’s good to hear Prime Minister Nagamootoo acknowledging that the government has to do more to properly inform workers on the proposed closure of the Wales sugar estate (SN, February 13) Thus far, the government and GuySuCo have used a sledgehammer approach to slam shut the estate.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Conservative US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has died, setting up a major political showdown between President Barack Obama and the Republican-controlled Senate over who will replace him just months before a presidential election.
Minister of Public Health Dr George Norton said on Wednesday that once approved the $28 billion allocated to the health sector in the national budget will be divided into seven programmes aimed at addressing the sector holistically.
Following a lacklustre 2015, chess is off to a great start this year.
Best transportation for the terrain? Two young men were out for an afternoon ride in ‘D’ Field, Sophia yesterday.
(continued) The choice of the rootstock depends largely upon being resistant to nematodes and gummosis disease, which is a serious problem in the Caribbean.
The Amazonian Barred Woodcreeper is very similar to other woodcreepers in the family, but is noticeably larger.
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It seems that City Hall is the source of some of the more outlandish proposals jostling for attention on the airwaves these days.
The release last week of the new film The Ole Higue by Ssignal Productions refocused the camera on Guyana’s attempts to build a film industry and on recent attention paid to the recognition and development of cultural industries.
Dear Editor, The objective of the New York 50th Independence Anniversary Celebration Committee is to be diverse.
MUNICH/BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – French Prime Minister Manuel Valls rejected yesterday the idea of a permanent quota system for distributing refugees across Europe, putting Paris at odds with Germany ahead of a summit to discuss the EU crisis over migration.
WASHINGTON/HAVANA (Reuters) – The United States has recovered an inert Hellfire air-to-ground missile that had mistakenly ended up in Cuba, US and Cuban officials said yesterday.
On a night marred by unsportsmanlike conduct from Samaroo Dam’s Nathan Allicock, defending champs West Side Ballers and losing finalist Showstoppers sealed their berth to the knockout round in the 2nd annual Guinness of the Streets West Demerara event.
