Articles published on Friday, September 23, 2016
President David Granger, earlier today, met with members of the Guyanese diaspora at the Guyana Mission in New York, where he engaged them on the Government’s push for a ‘green’ economy, a release from the Ministry of the Presidency said.
Today at about 12:50h, the police say that two armed suspects committed a robbery on two employees of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in the process they escaped with a handbag containing $10,000, one iPad, an electronic dictionary and some documents.
The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) today said it had decided to seek conciliation at the Ministry of Labour on the deadlock with the government over pay for public servants.
Criticised for not keeping the public abreast of what has been transpiring, the Ministry of Agriculture today announced that Minister Noel Holder and a team had visited the Wales sugar estate to inspect steps towards diversification.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Reigning World champions West Indies were humbled by Pakistan in the opening Twenty20 International here Friday, after virtually condemning themselves with a feeble batting effort at the Dubai International Stadium.
At approximately 04:06 hrs this morning, the No. 1 & 2 Turbines at the Skeldon Co-generation plant shut down during an attempt to start the shredder at the Skeldon Factory, the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) said.
President David Granger (second from left) yesterday held a bilateral meeting with the President of the Republic of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (left), on the sidelines of the 71st Session of the United Nations General Assembly, in Manhattan, New York.
Sixteen months after taking office, the APNU+AFC government is being accused by a united labour movement of breaching established practices in relation to four major trade unions including the GPSU which is presently in a deadlock with the administration over public service pay.
(Trinidad Express) Small and medium-sized businesses could be crippled and the man on the street could find himself unable to wire transfer as little as TT$200 to relatives abroad if the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) legislation is not passed by the September 30 deadline given by the United States.
Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) has filed a formal protest against their loss of a bid to supply boxed juices for the national school feeding programme which went to Surinamese company, Rudisa.
The National Communications Network (NCN) is once again facing a call for a review of its operations after purportedly asking anchor Natasha Smith to retract her claim that she was yanked off air because of her pregnancy.
A 15-year-old in the North West District has been charged with murder after he is alleged to have fatally beaten a businessman, who was accused of raping his pre-teen sister, and then staging his death to look like a suicide.
Rakesh Karramchan, a fourth suspect in the murders of two men and a teen boy at Mibicuri in July, was yesterday charged and remanded to prison by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan.
A woman was arrested yesterday after she created a disturbance at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts complex, where she announced that she would kill a police officer whom she accused of taking money from her and having her imprisoned.
Nearly nine months after it unveiled a draft witness protection bill, the government will hold a consultation on it amid concerns that it has been too slow to act in this matter.
A man who was wanted for questioning over the murder of Orrette West on the Plaisance Railway Embankment in June has been apprehended.
Aquaculture is feasible at the Wales Sugar estate, the Guyana Sugar Corporation said yesterday.
A woman was yesterday remanded to prison on a child endangerment charge after she told a city court that she dumped her baby on a road because she did not want the child anymore.
The PPP/C-nominated commissioners on the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) yesterday alleged that vital information is being withheld from them.
Having attracted the participation of athletes from all Ten Administrative regions, as well as major crowd support, Minister within the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs Valerie Garrido-Lowe has declared the recently concluded Indigenous Heritage Games a success.
A pensioner was pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Public Hospital, where he was taken after he fell while walking in the vicinity of the Teleperfomance call centre at Camp and Robb streets yesterday.
When the ‘Green Machine’ faces the mighty Mexicans on their home turf in the Rugby Americas North (RAN) 15s final on October 1, they will be armed with the services of world class Argentinian coach, Diego Giannantonio.
A cane harvester from Cumberland Village was discovered hanging in front of the door of his house from a rope around 4:50 pm yesterday.
The Caribbean Football Union (CFU) venue inspector arrived on local shores yesterday and officially scrutinized the Leonora Sports Facility for its suitability for Guyana’s third round meeting with regional powerhouse Jamaica.
Dear Editor, I refer to a letter carried in Stabroek News of Wednesday, September 21 captioned ‘There is a shortage of essential drugs in Region 5’ by Mr Harry Gill.
A husband and wife were yesterday remanded to prison after they were accused of being in possession of a shotgun and shotgun cartridges.
Dear Editor, Upper Hadfield Street, between Vlissingen Road and Mandela Avenue, was recently repaired and resurfaced after being in a deplorable state for several months.
On a night highlighted by drawn encounters, Sales Department crafted a victory when the Banks DIH Limited Inter-Department 5-aside Football Championship continued on Wednesday.
The key Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the governments of Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago under which the latter will provide various forms of support to the oil and gas sector in Guyana is likely to be signed before the end of this year, Natural Resources Minister Raphael Trotman has told the Stabroek Business.
Exactly one week before the start of the 44th Central American & Caribbean (CAC) Bodybuilding Championships in the Dominican Republic (DR), Guyana’s gladiators have their heads down with a stream lined focus.
Mark Hillman, the 17-year-old who was found guilty of selling ganja, was yesterday ordered to enroll in the USAID Skills and Knowledge for Youth Employment (SKYE) programme for the next two years.
DaSilva’s Optical opened its newest location yesterday, at the LENS building on the Parika Highway, East Bank Essequibo.
The cream of the nation’s wheelsmen will renew their rivalry tomorrow when Hassan Mohamed resumes his cycling calendar.
A long-awaited progress report on the work of the Small Business Bureau (SBB) including a crucial assessment of the qualitative progress being made by the body in supporting the development of small businesses that were recipients of grants from the Guyana Redd+ fund under the Micro and Small Enterprise Development (MSED) project is likely to be available soon, according to newly appointed Chairperson of the Small Business Council, (SBC) Valrie Grant.
Dear Editor, We are in a dismal state considering that we don’t have systems in place to protect our basic rights.
The GCB/CGI Jaguars 3 Day League fifth round schedule of matches is as follows: Lower Corentyne vs East Coast Demerara at the Albion Community Centre ground Upper Corentyne vs Essequibo at Port Mourant Community Centre ground East Bank vs West Berbice at the Enterprise Busta Sports Club ground Georgetown vs West Demerara at the Lusignan Community Centre ground The points standing after four rounds is tabulated below:
By: Valrie Grant Managing Director GeoTechVision Every nation strives to protect and secure its citizens, natural resources, assets, and way of life.
The village of Aishalton, in South Rupununi, Region Nine, received a boost to its health sector after receiving two All-Terrain Vehicles (ATVs), a motorcycle and a quantity of medical supplies last weekend.
Dear Editor, On Saturday, September 3, 2016 I was a passenger on the 6 am ferry from Supenaam to Parika, when shortly before departure time a party of policemen from ‘G’ Division, some in plain clothes and others in uniform boarded the ferry and conducted a search for a wanted man.
Dear Editor, There is tremendous public pressure on the current administration to deliver more jobs and higher wages in the public sector.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Foes of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro vowed yesterday to push for a recall referendum against him this year, defying the country’s election authority which said any vote to remove the unpopular socialist leader could not take place until early 2017.
Residents of Palmer Street, La Grange, West Bank Demerara have voiced concern over the damage being done by a private business that is utilising heavy-duty trucks on a street that was repaired last year.
KANPUR, India,(Reuters) – The ball was old, the stage set and expectations high but India’s Rohit Sharma again spurned the opportunity to assert his long-form credentials in the first test against New Zealand on Thursday.
Current Managing Director of Republic Bank (Guyana) Ltd Richard Sammy has been talking up both the success of the entity’s banking operations in Guyana as well as the bank’s contribution to the growth of the business sector here.
By Karen Abrams Co-founder STEM – Guyana When our four children were very young, my husband and I had two priorities in educating them.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, (Reuters) – Aboriginal tribes from Canada and the northern United States signed a treaty yesterday to jointly fight proposals to build more pipelines to carry crude from Alberta’s oil sands, saying further development would damage the environment.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC — Rookie fast bowler Kesrick Williams says variation will be a key part of his arsenal once he gets a chance to show his skills in the Twenty20 International series against Pakistan starting today.
The “E” Field Sophia ‘mud dam’ is to be replaced with a concrete road to give residents better access to their homes.
Dear Editor, This is an unedited extract from the UK Economist which will be of interest to your readers who are contemplating how Guyana will manage its potential oil revenues.
Berlinda Duncan-Persaud is the Chief Executive Officer of Cheereemee Marketing Agency and Cacique Designs and a craftswoman of considerable talent.
The family of a missing woman, who has not been seen for just over three weeks, is appealing for help to find her.
Dear Editor, Choosing to kill oneself can happen to anyone: young or old, poor or rich, educated or illiterate, doctors and dock workers, Indian-African-Amerindian, male or female.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazilian police arrested former Finance Minister Guido Mantega yesterday as a sweeping corruption investigation struck further at the heart of the Workers Party (PT) that ran the country for 13 years.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Somerset swept aside Nottinghamshire to stay in the hunt for the English County Championship on Thursday, but Yorkshire and Middlesex could still clinch the title with a day’s play remaining in their clash at Lord’s.
Leader of the Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo, on Monday attended the final Clinton Global Initiative’s (CGI) Annual Meeting in New York.
Dear Editor, America’s writers are its conscience. William Faulkner, one of America’s greatest writers, states that the American Civil War was the price it had to pay for the sin of slavery.
BARCELONA, (Reuters) – The rest of Barcelona’s squad will have to do “a little bit more” to make up for the absence of five-times World Player of the Year Lionel Messi for the next three weeks, according to captain Andres Iniesta.
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Sept 22 (Reuters) – The family of the North Carolina black man whose shooting death by police in triggered two nights of riots viewed video of the episode yesterday, but a lawyer for the family of Keith Scott said it was unclear if Scott was holding a gun when killed.
Food for the Poor, in collaboration with the Regional Administration, has distributed a quantity of supplies to several Region 9 villages.
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Dear Editor, The economic and social development of Guyana is dependent on our desire to work together in cohesion and utilize our great untapped natural resources for the prosperity of all Guyanese.
(Reuters) – Yahoo Inc said yesterday that at least 500 million of its accounts were hacked in 2014 by what it believed was a state-sponsored actor, a theft that appeared to be the world’s biggest known cyber breach by far.
It has been just about one week now since the Traffic Department of the GPF commenced ‘Operation Safeway,’ in conjunction with the Ministry of Public Infrastructure and the National Road Safety Council, aimed at achieving a marked reduction in road deaths through increased national awareness of road safety matters, a heightened police presence on the roads and the stringent application of the laws.
One of the things that came clearly across in this newspaper’s interview earlier this week with Natural Resources Minister Raphael Trotman was the need to separate the idealistic wishful thinking that used to (and still does) inform public discourse about such prospects that might arise as a result of an oil discovery from the very different reality that obtains now that we are actually on the verge of becoming an oil-producing nation.
I realise that, most likely, it is because I am at the cusp of plunging into the heart of that demographic that is the Guyanese elderly that I return to this theme almost annually.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates,CMC — Bowling coach Roddy Estwick believes the disruption at the helm of the West Indies Twenty20 side had some impact on the players but has backed them to deal with the changes professionally and “carry on as normal.”
