Articles published on Thursday, May 12, 2016
The Social Cohesion Day of activities wrapped up last evening on a high note with the staging of ‘One’, a special programme, which chronicled Guyana’s struggle for independence, a release from the Ministry of the Presidency said.
President David Granger today told Parliament that the country’s future depends on deeper social cohesion and political inclusiveness though he didn’t set out how this could be achieved.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s Senate voted today to put leftist President Dilma Rousseff on trial in a historic decision brought on by a deep recession and a corruption scandal that will now confront her successor, Vice President Michel Temer.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday urged government to strengthen the anti-money laundering framework saying that remaining deficiencies heighten Guyana’s vulnerability to international banks culling banking relationships.
It has been months since the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) was last engaged by the Ministry of Education (MoE) and President of the union Mark Lyte stated that if the ministry does not treat with the union by the end of the month, it will consider taking “drastic” action.
An 18-year-old driver was yesterday charged with causing the death of Nerisa Spencer, the Buxton mother who died on April 28 after being struck down by a motor vehicle.
A woman was robbed of $5 million, which she withdrew from a bank for a relative just after mid-day yesterday and her husband is currently in police custody as it is suspected that he staged the robbery.
Professor Eon Nigel Harris was yesterday officially installed as the ninth Chancellor of the University of Guyana (UG) with government expressing hope that his presence there would see the establishment of a Petroleum Engineering faculty on campus.
Police have signalled that the owner of the house targeted during elections night unrest at Sophia last year along with two others will be charged with unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition but their attorney Anil Nandlall says the timing is suspicious and they will fight the charges.
The Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. (GuySuCo) yesterday said that it experienced a shortfall of 29.3% in this year’s first crop with actual production of 56, 825 tonnes compared with a budget of 80,270 tonnes.
One day before a planned opposition motion calling for the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry report to be tabled in the National Assembly, Attorney General Basil Williams yesterday presented the document to the Speaker, Dr.
Several residents of ‘E’ Field Sophia are frustrated at two garbage trucks being parked on their street for more than a year, but when contacted yesterday, the manager of the disposal service promised to address the issue as quickly as possible.
A pensioner was beaten and robbed of a haversack containing $200,000 cash yesterday afternoon in the vicinity of the City Constabulary, Regent Street, Georgetown when he was attacked by a lone gunman.
A special meeting of the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) is set for today to discuss a permanent solution for vendors who were removed from the Stabroek Market Square.
President David Granger on Mother’s Day cautioned against early pregnancy. At the time, he was handing over a $100,000 donation to the St John the Baptist Anglican Church in Bartica on behalf of the Ministry of the Presidency, to be used as ‘seed money’ for bursary awards for children who are successful at the recently sat National Grade Six Examination.
A former constable based at the Tactical Services Unit (TSU) was in court yesterday to answer to a simple larceny charge which alleged that he stole a pistol.
The first step in making Bartica a green town is dealing with the solid waste problem that has always plagued the community, according to Deputy Mayor Kamal Persaud.
An early morning fire, suspected to have been set by an occupant who is mentally unstable, gutted an Agricola, East Bank Demerara (EBD) house yesterday and the man was later arrested after he fled the scene.
Five of the six firefighters who were injured following Monday’s blaze at the Gafoor’s Houston Complex are now at home recovering while the family of the other is left to cover the cost of a much needed CT scan as the man remains a patient of the Male Surgical Ward at the Georgetown Public Hospital.
Commemorative $5,000 and $2,000 coins and a $50 bank note were yesterday launched at the Bank of Guyana (BOG) as part of the 5oth Independence Anniversary celebrations, GINA said.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Renowned regional and international cricket journalist Tony Cozier, the voice of West Indies cricket for more than five decades, has died.
President David Granger yesterday called on the nation to view Guyana’s diversity as an asset and not a liability and to use the occasion of the declaration of Social Cohesion Day, May 11, to reject divisive political culture, a release from the Ministry of the Presidency said.
Believing that human trafficking is being “swept under the carpet,” Miss World Guyana finalist Treasure James has decided to create awareness.
Guyana’s national soccer team the Golden Jaguars continued their preparation yesterday at the Providence National Stadium ahead of Sunday’s International friendly encounter against Canada’s U23 team.
An East Ruimveldt youth who was apprehended by the police on May 5, allegedly for having a gun in his possession has been remanded to prison until May 17.
A voice went silent yesterday and cricket reporting in the West Indies will never be the same again after veteran journalist/broadcaster Tony Cozier’s innings ended at the age of 75.
The customary May/June rainy season has not put a damper on the national rugby squad ahead of their match next week versus Jamaica, in fact the ruggers have raised their training intensity.
Dear Editor, President Granger has directed government ministries to incorporate “green technologies” into their operations.
Courts Guyana Inc, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Department of Culture, Youth and Sport lit up Main Street Avenue once again.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Legendary former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd has labelled the late international journalist Tony Cozier as “an iconic figure” and says the world has lost “a great man.”
Dear Editor, Frequently, there is a significant moment in life when one’s true character is defined.
The Buxton Arts Theatre (BAT), a community-based drama group, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Department of Culture, Youth and Sports, is set to hold a grand fun day and cultural exhibition on May 22.
Dear Editor, The race is on early for a presidential candidate for the PPP in the 2020 general and regional elections.
BANGALORE, India, CMC – Kieron Pollard stunned Royal Challengers Bangalore with a typically flamboyant cameo but West Indies teammate Chris Gayle’s wretched form continued as Mumbai Indians emerged with a six-wicket win in their Indian Premier League contest here yesterday.
Assuria Insurance Company yesterday donated three computer systems to the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) as the two look to strengthen their ties.
Dear Editor, I was in Barbados in the late ʼ80s when they were experiencing a massive financial problem.
The residents of Kissoon Street, Better Hope, East Coast Demerara are calling on the relevant authorities to repair the deplorable road in their community.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Tributes have continued to pour in for the late regional and international cricket journalist, Tony Cozier, with the Caribbean Premier League hailing his “passion, insight and enthusiasm” and Jones P.
(Reuters) – Sri Lanka wicketkeeper Kusal Perera has had all anti-doping charges brought against him dropped by the International Cricket Council (ICC) after the Qatar-based laboratory that conducted the test withdrew its initial finding.
Dear Editor, It cannot be denied that, generally speaking, Guyanese are among the most friendly and hospitable people in the world.
The draft legislation for the State Assets Recovery Unit (SARU) is still being looked at by the World Bank, according to Attorney General Basil Williams who said yesterday that that process is almost complete.
Beverage giants Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) and Ansa McAl yesterday joined forces with the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) for Sunday’s International friendly against Canada’s Olympic team.
Dear Editor The more GTT stretches its arms to higher heights, the worse their service becomes and the more irate and disenfranchised their customers become.
CARACAS/PUNTO FIJO, (Reuters) – Soldiers fired tear gas at stone-throwing protesters yesterday as Venezuela’s opposition marched to pressure electoral authorities into allowing a recall referendum against unpopular leftist President Nicolas Maduro.
United States of America-based light heavyweight prospect, Jermin ‘Starboy’ King will try to shake off some ring rust when he returns to the ring Saturday night in Huntington, West Virginia, USA.
Dear Editor, Essequibians are indeed proud of Keemo Paul, the World Cup winning under-19 Vice-Captain who hails from Wakenaam, the small agricultural island which also produced former West Indies Captain Ramnaresh Sarwan.
Dear Editor, This elderly citizen pondered about the excitement surrounding him (and others) of the spirit and symbols of independence – led by Burnham, his first President, who had made him proud to be Guyanese, and no longer British Guianese, fifty years ago.
The Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) has selected an 18-man squad to participate at the upcoming Pan American Junior Championships in Toronto, Canada from May 20th-28th.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Public sector corruption siphons $1.5 trillion to $2 trillion annually from the global economy in bribes and costs far more in stunted economic growth, lost tax revenues and sustained poverty, the International Monetary Fund said yesterday.
NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev., (Reuters) – A car-sized sled powered by electromagnets rocketed to more than 100 miles (160 kph) an hour through the Nevada desert on Wednesday in what the Los Angeles company developing the technology said was the first successful test of a futurist transit system called hyperloop.
SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull yesterday denied any wrongdoing after being been named in the Panama Papers as a former director of a British Virgin Islands company set up to exploit a Siberian gold prospect.
(Barbados Nation) Police are now investigating the murder of Colin Forde of 10th Avenue, New Orleans, St Michael.
Following the official acquisition of the Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) U16 championships weeks earlier the required upgrade to the playing venue, the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall is underway.
Dear Editor, Mr Ralph Ramkarran’s article in Sunday Stabroek of May 8, ‘Indentureship and independence’ gave us a peek into a part of the history of British Guiana, now independent Guyana.
The aftermath of the observance of Mother’s Day this year has been both bloody and horrific.
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– and Regrets by Alfen Any full-blooded, fair-minded citizen of this Green Land who has made it past fifty-five or sixty-five would have to concede that Guyana has never been allowed to realise its full, powerful “potential” since 1953 to 1964 and 1964 through ’66, ’70, ’80 and 1992 to today.
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