Articles published on Saturday, January 7, 2017
Former President Bharrat Jagdeo was today elected General Secretary (GS) of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) positioning him to determine the path of the party and opening the way for him to run again as President.
(Trinidad Guardian) The woman accused of beating a four-year-old girl to death has pleaded for protection in jail.
Miners were yesterday in an uproar over demands by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to show their financial records as they argued that the logistics in the hinterland do not easily allow for “receipts with revenue stamps, bills and books” that are required.
Scores of livestock farmers at Cane Grove, Mahaica have been left counting their losses after heavy rain flooded their pasture, killing more than 30 head of cattle in the past three weeks.
The Guyana Police Force yesterday said that up to the end of December last year, there was a 16% decrease in serious crime compared with the statistics for the previous year, including a 6% decrease in reports of murders.
By way of Executive Notices issued yesterday by President David Granger, January 12th has been designated Chinese Arrival Day, while March 13th has been named Rose Hall Martyrs’ Day.
With support from international organisations, a sub-committee comprising ministers of government and input from the diaspora itself, the formulation of a Diaspora Engagement Policy is near, government announced yesterday.
Cabinet has agreed to the creation of an inter-agency task force to manage and improve the drainage of the capital city, State Minister Joseph Harmon announced yesterday.
Maryanna Lionel, one of the two women charged with offering a detective $4 million in cash to release the men accused in the murder of Number 70 Village carpenter Faiyaz Narinedatt, admitted to the crime, a police witness testified yesterday.
A truck driver was yesterday found guilty by a city magistrate of causing the death of a youth, who was killed in a hit-and-run along the Flour Mill Public Road, Eat Eccles, East Bank Demerara, in July, 2015.
A continuing prohibition on joint requests for land title has led to the fragmentation of collective lands and a weakening of joint decision-making on land use among Guyana’s indigenous peoples, according to the findings of a recent study conducted by the Amerindian People’s Association (APA) in 42 Indigenous settlements across regions 1 and 2.
The names of the legal practitioners chosen to prosecute the alleged criminal offences stemming from the sale of land at the ‘Pradoville 2’ Housing Scheme remained top secret up to yesterday, and Minister of State Joseph Harmon said this might be because their retainer contracts were still being worked out.
The National Assembly yesterday passed two bills to increase fines for failure to abide by licensing regulations in several areas.
Despite arguments against from the opposition in the National Assembly on Thursday night, the Corporation Tax (Amend-ment) Bill 2016 was passed.
The family of Raul Aaron, one of the four men who died in Wednesday evening’s Linden /Soesdyke Highway crash, has been told by police that he had pulled to the side of the road to allow the vehicle that crashed into him to pass.
KARACHI, India, Jan 6, CMC – Reports here say a West Indies Cricket Board delegation is set to visit Lahore later this month, as the Pakistan Cricket Board intensifies plans to host West Indies in two Twenty20 Internationals in March.
Star witness for the prosecution Clebert Reece said yesterday said that no one forced him to tell his story, as he continued his testimony at the trial of Dennis Williams, called ‘Anaconda,’ Mark Royden Williams, called ‘Smallie’ and Roger Simon, called ‘Goat Man,’ who have been indicted for the 2008 massacre at Bartica.
Dear Editor, The freedom to enter and leave Guyana is guaranteed to every person as a fundamental right and freedom by the supreme law of the land, the Constitution.
The year 2016 was a historically successful one for the sport of bodybuilding for Guyanese.
Clarabel Johnson, 24, who was allegedly busted with just over nine pounds of cocaine while trying to get aboard a flight to Antigua, was charged on Thursday with narcotics possession for trafficking and remanded to prison.
Dear Editor, Seeing the front page of the Stabroek News on December 31, 2016, showing the vigil exercise by members of the PPP outside the Red House, and then reading in your paper as to why this exercise was taking place, disheartened me and many other readers as well.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Discarded West Indies wicketkeeper/batsman, Denesh Ramdin, is poised to lead reigning champions Trinidad and Tobago Red Force in this month’s Super50.
The police in Berbice late Thursday evening nabbed Shamar Mohammed Ally, the man who is accused of severely chopping his ex-girlfriend and her mother on Christmas Eve in the Number 70 Village, Corentyne.
(The Sports Xchange) – Russell Westbrook scored 49 points but Nene sank two free throws with 0.7 seconds left and Houston squeaked out a 118-116 victory over Oklahoma City.
Dear Editor, The Red House debate rages on as an ethnic issue when it is about a ‘stolen’ state asset.
Contemporary gospel artiste, songwriter and producer, Melissa Vandeyar has been singing for many years but she created quite a stir in the gospel arena with her recently released first original single “My Ashes”.
The two men detained for questioning in relation to New Year’s Day murders of poultry vendor Desmond Singh and cattle farmer Azrudeen Hussain have been released on station bail, while the police are pursuing a third man.
Hi Everyone, Today, January 7, marks 10 years to the date that the first Tastes Like Home column was published in this newspaper.
(Reuters) – The leader of a 2004 coup that toppled Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and who had been wanted for more than a decade by U.S.
After two years, students of the St. Cuthbert’s Mission Secondary School will finally be able to use their computer lab following the recent installation of a 6.2kW solar power system at the school.
Dear Editor, Now that Red House is on the front burner, let me say I do agree with Dr Joey Jagan, whose views on the subject were reported by iNEWS on January 5.
President of the North Pakaraimas Sports and Culture Association (NPSCA), Roger Hinds says if hinterland residents are given an opportunity to try out for the national football team it will boost Guyana’s performance.
A new company, Power Producer and Distribution Inc., has taken over the management of the supply stations of the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL).
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said yesterday Mexico would repay the United States for his planned border wall, a day after news emerged that his transition team was exploring getting the Republican-led Congress to vote to approve the funding.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Uncapped Damani Sewell and aggressive opener Steven Taylor have been named in a Jamaica Scorpions 14-man squad for this month’s Super50 in Antigua and Barbados.
Dear Editor, The legal profession in Guyana has been in the news for the past week after President David Granger announced the names of nine persons including a sitting High Court Judge and three women to be members of the inner bar.
Happy New Year guys! I trust that you are all recharged and ready to take on 2017.
SYDNEY, (Reuters) – David Warner clubbed the second fastest half century in test history to help fire Australia to the verge of a 3-0 series sweep over Pakistan at the Sydney Cricket Ground yesterday.
Last week the Caribbean Voice held its second annual El Dorado award and show ceremony at the Marriott Hotel which saw several individuals and organisations receiving recognition for their work in Guyana on social ills such as suicide, domestic abuse, human trafficking, alcoholism and drug abuse and fighting stigma and discrimination against the LGBT community.
The police in Berbice yesterday arrested the second suspect in the death of Williamsburg, Corentyne villager Mohan Ball, whose body was discovered in a trench just over a week ago with several marks of violence.
Dear Editor, When applying for a visitor’s visa to Canada one has to satisfy the Canadian Immigration Officers that one: (a) can afford the trip (b) has proper facilities to make one’s stay comfortable (c) has attachments here that would ensure one’s return to Guyana ‒ this is the main requirement.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., (Reuters) – A gunman believed to be an Iraq war veteran opened fire at a baggage carousel at Fort Lauderdale’s international airport yesterday, killing five people before being taken into custody, officials and witnesses said.
Majek Fingers Drumming School will be hosting its seventh annual drumming circle on January 15, at the Botanical Gardens.
The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) stands to benefit from $34 million worth of new container scanners, which will be placed at wharves, particularly to assist in drug detection, Minister of State Joseph Harmon said yesterday.
KAMPALA, (Reuters) – Hefty bonuses paid to Ugandan officials who oversaw tax dispute settlements with international oil firms are a sign hydrocarbon discoveries are increasing corruption in the country, government opponents and transparency campaigners said.
SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Younus Khan’s disappointment at Pakistan’s perilous position in the third test has been mitigated by his first century in Australia and proximity to the exclusive 10,000-run club, the 39-year-old said yesterday.
Dear Editor, The development climate in Guyana is not ripe, and neither is it right at the start of 2017.
This year, Sonia Noel celebrates 20 years as a designer and according to her though there have been trials her passion for the fashion industry that got her this far and will keep her going for years to come.
GEC Shutdown in First Week 1989 Workers, Commuters Severely Affected By BERT WILKINSON AREAS in Georgetown and other districts fed by the Kingston Power Station remained in darkness last night following this week’s shutdown of the station caused by what a corporation statement said was a ruptured tube in one of its condensers.
Dear Editor, Speeding causes road deaths. I hope that the APNU+AFC government of President David Granger will bring the full force of the law against all perpetrators and arrest these law-breakers and place them before the courts with the same gusto that it pursuing the matter of the Red House lease.
RIO DE JANEIRO/ SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Jailed members of Brazil’s most powerful drug gang killed 31 inmates at a penitentiary yesterday, decapitating and cutting out the hearts of most of them, in revenge for a separate prison massacre that left 56 dead this week.
A corruption trial making headlines in France is a cautionary tale of what happens when power remains in the same hands for too long.
ADELAIDE, Australia, CMC – Chris Jordan outshone West Indies star Kieron Pollard as Adelaide Strikers won for only the second time in five outings with a five-wicket victory over Hobart Hurricanes in the Big Bash League here yesterday.
A Sophia family lost its home last evening to a mysterious fire.
