Articles published on Sunday, February 28, 2016
GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Leaders Guyana Jaguars remained on course for a title repeat when they trounced Windward Islands Volcanoes by six wickets on a dramatic third day when 17 wickets fell here today.
The University of Guyana today said that its investigations following a report in Saturday’s Guyana Chronicle alleging the gang rape of a student have not revealed any basis to conclude that a sexual assault occurred.
SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia skipper Steve Smith is determined to secure the one major international cricket trophy his country has never won but thinks India are going to be tough to beat when they host the World Twenty20 next month.
Government’s tax reform committee has proposed sweeping changes that include a lower VAT rate and an intermediate rate, an income tax threshold of $750,000 with progressive rates of taxation from 20% to 35%, reintroduction of estate duties and levies on tobacco and alcohol.
New Aanlegt is the longest of the villages in Canal Number Two with a population of approximately 2,500 people.
The Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) has asked government for massive pay raises over the next five years, which union president Mark Lyte argues is needed to ensure that teachers are paid a “living wage.”
A 15-year-old girl is now dead after the boat she was traveling in collided with another along the Moruca River yesterday afternoon.
The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) yesterday called for an immediate investigation to be launched into the conduct of a senior police detective, while claiming that there are audio and video recordings of him engaged in unprofessional conduct.
Agricola resident Rudival Azore, who was struck down by a vehicle a little over two weeks ago, succumbed at a city hospital on Friday morning and his family is seeking answers as to why the driver was never apprehended although there are doubts as to who exactly hit him.
The Ogle, East Coast Demerara headquarters of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is among the possible sites for the establishment of the Public Service Staff College.
GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Left-hander Leon Johnson sent a strong message to selectors with his second hundred in three games as leaders Guyana Jaguars took a firm grip of their eighth round clash with Leeward Islands Hurricanes here yesterday.
The opposition Friday evening gave the thumbs down to the Income Tax (Amendment) Bill saying that the threshold increase and the granting of tax waivers to international artistes were not properly thought out.
Team Alanis’ Paul DeNobrega out rode Team Gillette Evolution’s (TGE) Marlon ‘Fishy’ Williams in a thrilling two-man sprint finish to cart off the spoils of the feature 35-lap event of the BR Investment/Dookie Construction criterium programme yesterday.
Government, using its parliamentary majority, on Friday evening passed the Miscellaneous Licences (Amendment) Bill and the Hucksters Licencing and Control (Amendment) Bill but not before the opposition expressed outrage over the “astronomical increases” and called for a 50% reduction in the new fees.
Introduction Last week I had indicated today’s column would continue to discuss potential pitfalls arising from Guyana’s heavy dependence on extractive export industries, and the likely deepening of this dependence in the coming time of oil and gas production and export.
Government used its majority on Friday night to pass a Bill that it says is part of a move towards ensuring transparency in the granting of all concessions although some opposition members expressed bewilderment at what was being presented to the House.
Following some recent local shows featuring popular imported artistes, we’re hearing some clamour again from the adult crowd complaining about the decline in popular music.
Globalisation touches us all. Its reach extends far beyond economic issues.
Spinners Michael Puran and Andre Seepersaud starred as Demerara edged Berbice by four runs in yesterday’s Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/Dave West Indian Exports Inter-county U15 final played at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC), Bourda Ground.
ZURICH, (Reuters) – Gianni Infantino’s election as FIFA president should give soccer’s governing body the time it needs to begin tackling the corruption and other problems that have dragged it into the worst crisis in its 112-year history, current and former officials said.
Part 3 Movement of people and goods The previous sections of this article have sought to show that the road transport market is multidimensional and carries different risks for each income-generating sector of the market.
The Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) on Thursday presented Minister of Social Protection Volda Lawrence with its recently published fact sheet on social protection, while engaging her in a discussion on the human rights approach.
DHAKA, (Reuters) – Virat Kohli scored a confident 49 to prop up India in a tricky chase as they defeated neighbours Pakistan by five wickets in a low-scoring Asia Cup match yesterday.
The Women’s Association for Sustainable Development (WASD) officially launched its Linden Chapter on February 19, at the residence of Francine Major in Amelia’s Ward.
Local election campaigning is presumably underway. The exchanges will not be civil, to say the least.
Among the events after elections are: (1) After the vote count, the results are declared by the Chief Election Officer.
The Splashmins Resort is now seeking investors as the company undergoes rebranding that it hopes to complete by the end of this year.
Christ Church and Bishops’ High sealed their places in the knockout round of the fourth annual Milo Schools U20 football championships yesterday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.
Mike McCormack and Joy Persaud of the Guyana Policy Forum and Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman were Guyana’s representatives at the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) 7th World Summit in Lima, Peru from February 24 to 25.
Last week the topic of women lifting weights was discussed and the perception of weightlifting making females bulky and manly was debunked.
President David Granger will be the Co-Host when the Caricom Heads of Governments Summit is held here in July.
Golden Pothos commonly called Devil’s Ivy is known worldwide. Devil’s Ivy is an undemanding climbing plant with green and yellow or white variegated leaves.
Dear Editor, Dr Walter Rodney, the politician, in his lifetime crisscrossed the country rallying persons around conversations on racial unity and improvement in the lives of the working class.
Silver Shattas suffered their first defeat in the Upper Demerara Football Association First Division League, losing to Topp XX 1-0 on Friday at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground, Linden.
“The way chess is played is often a reflection of society and current cultural trends.
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Guns mostly fell silent in Syria and Russian air raids stopped yesterday, the first day of a cessation of hostilities that the United Nations has described as the best hope for peace in five years of civil war.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Roston Chase struck a defiant half-century but left-arm spinner Nikita Miller’s eight-wicket haul limited Barbados Pride to a slender first innings lead on the rain-hit second day of their Regional four-day contest here yesterday.
‘D’ Field Sophia duo trudging home yesterday with their homemade cart (Photo by Keno George)
A concerned citizen is calling on city authorities to look into the continued dumping of garbage in front of her premises along Brickdam.
(Continued) Nutrition and dental health Last week, we spent some time discussing the cleaning (brushing) of dogs’ teeth.
Dear Editor, Mr Kowlassar Misir, in his letter of February 24th titled, ‘Unlikely that “rules of careful English” has become a principle of statutory interpretation’, unwittingly conceded the very point he was trying to refute.
PARIS (Reuters) – France has detected its first sexually transmitted case of Zika in a woman whose partner had traveled to Brazil, the epicentre of an outbreak of the virus, a senior health official said yesterday.
LONDON (Reuters) – London Mayor Boris Johnson urged British government ministers to join the campaign to leave the European Union in a newspaper interview yesterday, again defying Prime Minister and fellow Conservative David Cameron.
THE lawyers advising delegates of the 41 member states of football’s North, Central America and the Caribbean Confederation (Concacaf) on the need for change might just as well have been Caribbean Community (Caricom) governments addressing the directors of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) on the same theme.
SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates, CMC – A Dwayne Bravo half-century was enough to lift West Indies to an 18-run victory over Zimbabwe, in their first unofficial Twenty20 warm-up in preparation for the T20 World Cup here yesterday.
One of the leading plays in the 2015 National Drama Festival (NDF) was the new comedy Crack Jokes written and directed by a national Stand-Up Comedy Queen Odessa Primus.
In this week’s edition of ‘In Search of West Indies Cricket,’ Roger Seymour reflects on the Legacy of World Series Cricket (WSC).
Dear Editor, Thank you for affording the Guyana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (GSPCA) the opportunity to respond to a letter writer who details two incidents involving persons seeking services at the GSPCA’s Animal Clinic and Shelter (‘Is the GSPCA still a humane society?’
A voluntary group in Bartica is looking to make its mark on the development of the town once successful at the upcoming local government elections.
Going for coconuts: Climbing a coconut tree in search or refreshment in ‘A’ Field Sophia yesterday (Photo by Keno George)
Dear Editor, Why is it that we can’t speak plainly on the mess our country is in?
These Rockstone, Region 10 children have turned old plastic fuel cans into grass ‘sleds’ which they push around and have fun.
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Trinbagonians make a quick pickle called chow that they eat as a snack or an accompaniment to meals.
NAIROBI (Reuters) – The African Union will send 100 human rights monitors and 100 military monitors to Burundi, South Africa’s president said yesterday after a trip to the tiny nation that is facing its worst crisis since a civil war ended a decade ago.
As we reported on Thursday, President David Granger adjudged the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry report “badly flawed”, and gave notice of the government’s intention to challenge its findings and the “circumstances under which … [it] was conducted.”
Pele FC and Alpha United secured hard-fought wins over Monedderlust and Georgetown Football Club (GFC) respectively when the Guyana Football Federation’s Stag Beer Elite League Finale continued Friday.
The Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin), also known as the Stinkbird, or Canje Pheasant is the national bird of Guyana.
