Articles published on Tuesday, June 14, 2016
Three persons, including one of the prime suspects who surrendered to the police on Monday afternoon, hours after a wanted bulletin was issued for him in relation to the lobbing of a grenade outside the Kaieteur News office, are expected to appear in court tomorrow.
BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC –Head coach Phil Simmons says the West Indies Cricket team is “moving in the right direction” after a comprehensive four wicket win over world champions Australia in the Tri- Nation series on Monday.
Team Legacy, which holds two seats on the 30-person City Council today expressed concerns about the controversial deal for parking meters in Georgetown and accused Town Clerk Royston King of acting independently of the council.
(Trinidad Guardian) Government is expected to announce a replacement in the Senate today for People’s National Movement Government Senator Hafeez Ali, who resigned his post last Friday, PNM officials have confirmed.
– but waters rise in Mahaicony Creek Flooding is receding in West Coast Berbice and Moraikobai, but the Mahaicony Creek is experiencing an increase in the water level.
Two siblings were yesterday charged over the discovery of cocaine in frozen fish at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) last week and a third person was charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice after he allegedly attempted to secure the release of the drugs.
City councillors yesterday expressed dismay at not being privy to the details of the contract signed between City Hall and National Parking Systems for parking meters to be installed around the city.
A construction worker was electrocuted on Sunday morning while working on a Robb Street building.
In less than a week, the police have issued a second wanted bulletin for a Turkeyen resident for questioning in connection with the lobbing of a grenade outside the offices of the Kaieteur News.
Four persons were yesterday charged in a city court with possession of over 76 kilogrammes of marijuana which was discovered during a police raid last Thursday at Versailles, West Bank Demerara.
Two men were yesterday jailed for four years and fined $1.5 million after they were found guilty of conspiring to traffic cocaine at Guyana’s main international airport.
A Guyhoc Park resident was yesterday remanded to prison after facing a charge of attempted murder at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has rejected an appeal from a man who claimed breach of his constitutional rights and sought damages over 91 acres of state land on the Corentyne from which he was removed in 1998.
(Reuters) – A hard-hitting 92 by Marlon Samuels, which included three consecutive sixes in the 42nd over, helped lift West Indies to a four-wicket over Australia in the fifth game of a triangular one-day international (ODI) series in St Kitts yesterday.
Workers of the Wales estate are disappointed that they have not received their severance pay more than one month later and the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) continues to blame the delay on an interim injunction granted by the High Court.
Olympic Games bound athletes, Winston George, Brenessa Thompson and Aliya Abrams are among a number of international Track and Field stars who will compete in the inaugural Aliann Pompey Invitational.
Concluding that the senior prison staff apparently lack the ability to negotiate with aggressive prisoners, the Prison Commission of Inquiry (CoI) has recommended that there be a structured training programme with special courses that will see this deficiency being addressed.
In front of the largest crowd to date, Tucville and Albouystown battled to a pulsating 4-4 stalemate when the Ministry of Health/Petra Organization soft shoe championships continued on Sunday.
Cougars, Ann’s Grove and Winners Connection became the first teams to seal their berth to the quarterfinal in the 22nd Mayor’s Cup Football Championships, following hard-fought wins on Sunday at the Victoria Community ground.
Almost half-way into the year, the David Granger administration is yet to engage the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) on wages talks and as the frustrations of workers rise, the union said it is significantly worried by “the absence of dialogue.”
Dear Editor, I refer to a letter published in Stabroek News on February 29, 2016, captioned ‘Noise nuisance from car,’ and wish to inform you that the matter was investigated by the Office of Professional Responsibility, and Ramanand Shivraj was charged for the offence of noise nuisance.
Local entrepreneurs are preparing to tap a US$226,195 grant that the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has given to the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) to enhance “export readiness of enterprises in creative industries, particularly music, arts and craft and agro-processing.”
The parents of the Graham’s Hall Primary student who died last Wednesday are still in the dark about what led to their nine-year-old’s demise.
Dear Editor, Sometimes the rush of events makes things and people slip below the radar.
Members of Parliament, athletes, former athletes and activists were among those who paid tribute to boxing legend, Muhammad Ali on Sunday at the Impeccable Banquet Hall.
The section of the Camp Street prison where the deadly fire occurred in March should be renovated and turned into a learning centre equipped with a library for prisoners, the recently conclude Prison Commission of Inquiry (CoI) has recommended.
LYON, France, (Reuters) – A superbly-executed strategy by coach Antonio Conte helped Italy to a deserved 2-0 win over Belgium in their Euro 2016 opener with outstanding goals by Emanuele Giaccherini and Graziano Pelle yesterday.
Dear Editor, I refer to your newspaper report captioned ‘Gutted body of boat collision victim found in Moruca shallow grave’, Sunday Stabroek, June 12, 2016.
Dear Editor, I must commend the Stabroek News for highlighting the plight of the persons living in Region 5 who are affected by flood waters.
Guyana is one of seven countries and territories in Latin America and the Caribbean that collect over 50% of blood from voluntary donors, PAHO/WHO said in a press release yesterday.
PARIS, (Reuters) – A Ciaran Clark own goal earned Sweden a fortunate 1-1 draw against a spirited Ireland side in their Euro 2016 Group E opener at the Stade de France yesterday.
Dear Editor I have read your moving editorial in the Stabroek News of June 10 and the other reports in the media about the death of a very great individual.
With less than a month remaining to the start of the Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) u16 Championships, the governing body has officially announced the 12 member team of referees for the championship.
Jamal McLeod and Michael Thorne, the drivers charged with causing the death of Roxanne Mitchell, who was killed on the morning of May 27, after their minibuses collided near the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DBH) yesterday pleaded not guilty to the offence.
A 47-year-old man was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with possession of marijuana for trafficking.
(Reuters) – Substitute Raul Riudiaz’s hotly disputed goal earned Peru a shock 1-0 win over Brazil in Foxborough, Massachusetts on Sunday, the defeat knocking the five-times world champions out the Copa America at the group stage.
Dear Editor Muhammad Ali embraced his celebrity, but it seemed to compel him towards, rather than away from, saying things that challenged the social norms of the time.
Dear Editor, In a recent letter on West Indian cricket I wondered whether the Antiguan Prime Minister’s decision to dissent from the majority Caricom view on the handling of the WICB may have had something to do with the location of the corporation’s head office in Antigua.
The Running Brave Athletic Club (RBAC) received a timely shot in the arm last week.
The Mabaruma Police Renaissance Youth Group on Sunday received a donation of sporting equipment from ranks of the Guyana Police Force ‘F’ Division as part of the Social Crime Prevention initiative.
ORLANDO, Fla (Reuters) – US authorities said yesterday they had found no direct links between Islamic State militants and the gunman who killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, describing him as a homegrown extremist who was inspired by radical Islamist groups.
The police on Sunday conducted a drug eradication operation at Arukamai Backdam, Mabaruma, North West District during which 300 marijuana plants were destroyed.
Dear Editor, It has become the norm for government officials in this country to deny factual issues when they are raised, in the hope that some people will believe their denials and if not, at least they can live in the belief that all is well under their watch.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka Cricket will lodge a complaint with the International Cricket Council (ICC) against an “unacceptable” reprieve for England batsman Alex Hales in the third and final test at Lord’s, SLC president Thilanga Sumathipala has said.
(JAMAICA GLEANER) – Despite spending more than US$100 million to create greater efficiency at Frome Sugar Estate, Pan Caribbean Sugar Company (PCSC) has plunged to a new low after producing a mere 27,507 tonnes of the sweetener at the end of the current crop year.
A man was on Sunday arrested after he was allegedly found in possession of a quantity of marijuana and he is expected to be charged today.
Dear Editor, Earlier this month I was walking through an area in Queens, New York, which is inhabited mostly by Guyanese immigrants and their families.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A World Bank-led solar power auction in Zambia has set a new low-cost benchmark for Africa, with two development groups winning backing to build generating plants in the next year, the international lender said yesterday.
LONDON, (Reuters) – The third and final test between England and Sri Lanka ended in a draw after persistent rain allowed only 12.2 overs of play on the last day at Lord’s yesterday.
She didn’t want to use the bridge! This schoolgirl was caught shimmying across a pipeline in A Field, Sophia yesterday although there is a bridge to the right.
HARARE, (Reuters) – Leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal took three for 25 as India cruised to an eight wicket victory over Zimbabwe yesterday to clinch the three-match One-Day International series.
CARACAS (Reuters) – The recent wave of lootings and food riots in crisis-hit Venezuela has left three people dead in the last week, authorities and a rights group said.
Dear Editor, I would like to be a fly on the wall in the Ministry of the Presidency.
RIO DE JANEIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Global investors have spent more than $90 billion buying agricultural lands the size of Finland in deals criticized by rights groups for displacing small farmers, according to research published today.
What a shame. The historic decision by Organization of American States chief Luis Almagro to call for an official regional discussion on Venezuela’s break with democratic rule may be derailed by a group of countries that say they support democracy, but are really buying time for the Venezuelan regime.
PARIS (Reuters) – A 42-year-old police commander was stabbed to death in front of his home last night in the Paris suburb of Magnanville and his assailant, who had barricaded himself in the policeman’s house, was later shot dead by members of an elite police unit, officials said.
The findings of the recent audits of the various state agencies provide some disturbing insights into the manner in which aspects of the state’s resources were being managed under the previous political administration.
ROME (Reuters) – Pope Francis yesterday condemned the use of hunger as a “weapon of war” and lamented the fact that it was easier to move weapons across borders than the aid needed to keep civilians alive.
LONDON, (Reuters) – England recalled Jonny Bairstow to their one-day and Twenty20 squads yesterday following his outstanding form in the test series win over Sri Lanka.
Dear Editor, I am happy that Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo, who is also responsible for Information has seen the wisdom of launching two radio stations in the outlying regions, namely one in the Rupununi and now the other one in the North-West District.
Fast asleep! On cardboard, which possibly provided a bit of a cushion, this man was dead to the world yesterday on one of the stands at D’Urban Park.
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