Articles published on Saturday, April 16, 2016
About 2055h. last night, the police say that Patraj Basdeo, 46 years, of Sisters Village, WBD, was allegedly lying on the public road at Sisters when he was run over by a motor vehicle.
The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) today said that all permits for river bank mining have been rescinded with immediate effect until further notice.
(Trinidad Guardian) One of two suspects detained for the murder of British national Adrian St John was last night charged.
The Alliance For Change (AFC) last evening said that contrary to a statement attributed to Minister of State Joseph Harmon in yesterday’s Guyana Chronicle, it was never consulted on the controversial appointment of Brian Tiwarie as a ministerial advisor.
A photo of Minister of State Joseph Harmon and businessman Brian Tiwarie at what appears to be a restaurant during their recent visit to China has raised further questions about their missions there.
Director of Prisons Carl Graham yesterday said that trauma was among the factors that may have played a part in a dozen wardens of the Camp Street Prison reporting sick on Thursday.
A petition bearing signatures, purporting to be of 1,200 residents of Region 9, has been dispatched to President David Granger asking that he remove Regional Executive Officer (REO) Carl Parker due to unprofessional conduct.
The Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry (CoI) strengthens the case for further probes including of the under-investigated killing spree allegedly masterminded by elements of the security forces and in the ruling political directorate in the last two decades, the WPA has said.
The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) does not believe that Social Protection Minister did anything wrong in her handling of the candidature of accused child molester Winston Harding, according to executive and Social Cohesion Minister Amna Ally, who says the party fully supports her.
Three persons were yesterday arrested after gunmen raided the Shell gas station outlet at Mc Doom, East Bank Demerara and then traded bullets with the police during their escape.
The police have made a breakthrough in their almost year long investigation into the murder of Mocha mechanic Terrence Lanferman.
The sole Fire Service Investigator to assess the scene of the Camp Street prison fire has concluded what was already established by numerous accounts so far—that the fatal fire was started by inmates belonging to the Capital A Division although who is specifically responsible is yet to be determined.
About ten women gathered outside the Appeal Court in Kingston yesterday with placards, picketing against the recent dismissal of a charge against the two police constables accused of assaulting Colwyn Harding.
Although they won legal battles against the Mahaica, Mahaicony, Abary-Agricultural Development Authority (MMA-ADA), which had illegally cancelled their leases for farmlands at Seafield, West Coast Berbice, three rice farmers say their lands were nonetheless repossessed after President David Granger intervened.
Residents of areas in the Corentyne are complaining that over 3,000 acres of cash crop, rice and cattle farming land are under water.
The upcoming international fixture between Guyana and the Canada u23 unit was officially launched yesterday at a simple ceremony staged at the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Headquarters in Section-K Campbellville.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has relocated a Jaguar that was captured at Lake Capoey, in Region Two, to the Hyde Park Animal Sanctuary at Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara.
Not satisfied with their silver medal finish in the boys 18 years and under team event at the 21st annual Caribbean and Cadet table tennis championships in the Dominican Republic, Guyana last night added gold in the boys doubles through the efforts of Elishaba Johnson and Kyle Edghill.
aA paddy sweeper is now dead after he was crushed at the Arnold Sankar Rice Milling Complex at Airy Hall, Essequibo Coast, early Monday morning.
Demerara romped to an easy seven wicket win over the U17 Select XI as the opening round of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/Hand-in-Hand three-day Inter-County competition concluded at the Wales Community Center ground, yesterday.
The individual/s who allegedly planned the murder of 72-year-old Clementine Fiedtkou-Parris, who was gunned down at her home almost five years ago, may face charges soon.
Dear Editor, When Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo had his first meeting with President David Granger, who was accompanied by several ministers of the government, he offered the PPP/C’s assistance on many of the outstanding cases the government had in the courts.
Tragedy struck the Hyles family last Friday, when the youngest son and brother lost his life while on duty.
Dear Editor, Tobacco is the single greatest preventable cause of death in the world today.
An autopsy has found that traffic policeman Kelvin LaFleur, who succumbed just two days after being released from the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) where he was treated for injuries after being hit by a car, suffered internal bleeding, a fractured skull and a knee injury.
Albion Masters, Untouchables and Tropical Masters were early winners when the Wolf’s Memorial Challenge Cup organized by the Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA) got cracking last Sunday at various venues.
The first time we heard of Poonam Singh, she was just 15 years old and a finalist in the GT&T Jingle and Song Competition.
HOUSTON, (Reuters) – A coalition of U.S. state attorneys general received guidance from well-known climate scientists and environmental lawyers in March as some of them opened investigations into Exxon Mobil for allegedly misleading the public about climate change risks, documents seen by Reuters showed.
Dear Editor, Each day that public officials, elected and appointed, continue their rambling whenever they are brought to account, confirms public opinion that within this group are the ill-informed, arrogant, and those lacking of understanding of their roles, functions and responsibilities.
Three Dominican Republic women were each fined $15,000 on Thursday after they pleaded guilty to overstaying in Guyana.
Hi Everyone, What’s Cooking is a series where I address questions you may have about food and cooking but are too shy to ask.
MELBOURNE, Australia, CMC – Cricket Australia has appointed former Tasmania fast bowler Adam Griffith and ex-England batsman Graeme Hick, to the coaching staff for Australia’s outing in the Tri-Series in the Caribbean this June.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Pro-impeachment lawmakers chanted “Dilma Out” in the lower house of Brazil Congress yesterday, as it opened a raucous three-day debate on whether to impeach President Dilma Rousseff on charges of manipulating budget accounts.
(Reuters) – When the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls set the former record of 72 wins in one season they coined an accompanying phrase: “72-10 don’t mean a thing without the ring.”
CAIRO, (Reuters) – Thousands of Egyptians angered by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s decision to hand over two islands to Saudi Arabia called yesterday for the government to fall, chanting a slogan from the 2011 Arab Spring uprising.
A Wortmanville man was remanded to prison on Thursday after being charged with slashing his common-law wife’s hand with a bread knife.
The Free Souls Dance Theatre Company of Guyana in collaboration with the Theatre Guild of Guyana will stage its first production titled “This is Guyana” at the Theatre Guild on April 23, next Saturday.
Dear Editor, Kindly permit me the space to offer my reasoning on the performance of the coalition government since taking office.
Former psychiatric patient Raymond Samaroo, who has been charged multiple times with the theft of vehicles, was on Wednesday charged once again with the crime.
Dear Editor, I take serious offence with the headlines in the Stabroek News and Kaieteur News of Friday April 15, deeming Minister Harmon’s recent issue with GRA as interference.
MONTE CARLO, (Reuters) – Roger Federer was knocked out of the Monte Carlo Masters when he slumped to a 3-6 6-2 7-5 defeat by local favourite Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the quarter-finals yesterday.
Hundreds of persons flocked the Guyana National Stadium two Sundays ago to experience the talent of Bollywood playback singer Sunidhi Chauhan the second time around and she did not disappoint.
GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – Jailed former Guatemalan President Otto Perez was accused yesterday of negotiating and receiving part of a $25 million bribe in exchange for granting a port concession to a Spanish company, the attorney general’s office said yesterday.
(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica – Local onion production has doubled, moving from 6 per cent in 2013 to 12 per cent of local consumption in 2015, according to the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries.
The Indian Cultural Centre will host ‘Indian Arrival Fest 2016’ at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre on May 5.
Dear Editor, As I travelled across the Essequibo Coast, I saw a great danger emerging when the rain began to fall.
BALTIMORE, (Reuters) – In the port city of Baltimore, where Europeans once streamed into America after crossing the Atlantic by ship, a 47-year-old immigrant named Rhonda is in a desperate position.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Antigua has already began preparing to host a Test during the upcoming India series in anticipation of getting official word from the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB).
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela yesterday reversed a half-hour time change that was one of the signature measures of former president Hugo Chavez’s idiosyncratic 14-year rule.
The Indian Cultural Centre screens sci-fi thriller Krrish 3 today from 5.30 pm at its 67 New Haven, Bel Air premises.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Legendary former pacer Sir Curtly Ambrose says tweaks need to be made to the controversial eligibility rule, in order to have the best players available for West Indies duty.
He had tears in his eyes and a look of desperation on his face; a boy I encountered on a street in Georgetown a few weeks ago.
In 1994 the Rwandan genocide set in motion a chain of events that culminated in a decade-long regional war that cost five million lives.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haiti will not meet a deadline to complete its presidential election by April 24, the top election official said on Thursday, without giving a new date to hold the already delayed vote in the impoverished Caribbean country.
Politikles
Dear Editor, I am already jaded by the turn of events in this country re: politics and “Change”.
The march past of athletes from the participating secondary schools and tertiary institutions at yesterday’s Relay Festival at the National Track and Field Centre, at Leonora.
TOKYO, (Reuters) – A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck southern Japan last night killing at least 11 people, injuring hundreds more and trapping people in collapsed buildings, media reported, just over a day after a quake killed nine people in the same region.
