Articles published on Sunday, February 12, 2017
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Jazz and R&B singer Al Jarreau, a seven-time Grammy winner whose hits included “We’re in This Love Together” and “Moonlighting,” died on Sunday in Los Angeles at age 76, just days after announcing he was retiring from touring because of poor health.
A prisoner held at the Camp Street jail escaped from the facility this morning but was held shortly after following a chase by a policeman.
(Trinidad Guardian) A 15-year-old female national footballer was found dead yesterday morning with her throat slit in Courland, Tobago.
SEOUL/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – North Korea fired a ballistic missile into the sea early on Sunday, the first such test since U.S.
Introduction Last Sunday’s column completed my presentation of ten lessons which I have argued the Guyanese authorities can profitably learn from a studied appraisal of worldwide experiences with oil-based sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) over the past six decades.
If you can, every now and then it is good to escape the reality which you have settled into.
In response to an invitation by Mayor Patricia Chase-Green to meet and discuss their concerns about the metered parking system, the Movement Against Parking Meters (MAPM) has decided to organise a town hall meeting, where the city administration can consult with those persons affected by the project.
Public rage in Georgetown continues to grow and expand as last Thursday’s massive demonstration shows, even as the government has finally been forced to intervene in the parking meter fiasco.
What a name to give to a village, which according to some people is situated ‘behind God’s back’; a village that has no access to public transportation because it is almost four miles off the public road; a village with holes in its roads too big to call potholes and where nothing seems easy.
This week in Guyana came news reports about the Junior Calypso Competition for Mashramani drawing some talented performers in the final of the event.
When it comes to Cuba, the world’s media tends to focus on the obvious: the possible outcome of the new US administration’s policy review, the multiple difficulties faced by Cuba’s over-centralised planned economy, or the implications of Fidel Castro’s passing.
Defending champion Chase Academy and St. Rose’s High secured walkovers while Masters Academy downed Bishops’ High when the fifth annual Milo U18 Secondary Schools football championships started yesterday.
With the suspension of booting and other penalty aspects of metered parking in Georgetown, cars have returned to the streets.
The staging of a production titled Sociarama by Lloyd n De Arts Production at the Theatre Guild Playhouse at the end of January, provided a good opportunity for a review of the state of drama in contemporary Guyanese society.
By Royston Alkins Digicel, on Thursday launched the second annual Triple Treat softball cricket countryside competition.
Justice Brassington Reynolds last Friday ordered that Deputy Registrar of the Deeds Registry Zanna Frank be allowed to perform her duties and be paid wages owed since she started the job.
(Reuters) – Liverpool roared back into the mix for a top-four finish with a 2-0 victory over Tottenham Hotspur yesterday that opened the door for Chelsea to strengthen their vice-like hold on the Premier League title race.
LUCAS STREET, Barbados, CMC – Leg-spinner Damion Jacobs conjured up a career-best six-wicket haul as Jamaica Scorpions thrashed ICC Americas by five wickets, in their final Group B game of the Regional Super50 here yesterday.
The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) says it is disturbed by what it sees as government’s ambivalence to constitutional reform, calling it discouraging.
(Reuters) Bangladesh fought back against India through half centuries from Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim and Mehedi Hasan to reach 322 for six at the close of the third day’s play in the one-off test in Hyderabad yesterday.
Alex Griffith, the teenager who was shot in his mouth allegedly by a police officer during 2014, was yesterday afternoon shot again reportedly by another policeman who was allegedly chasing after him for not wearing a motorcycle helmet.
Dear Editor, The 21st August 2012 agreement between central government and the Regional Democratic Council, Region 10 was marked with the citizens’ blood and lives and the destruction of properties.
Someone once declared, a picture is worth a thousand words.
(Reuters) – Pakistan batsmen Sharjeel Khan and Khalid Latif have been provisionally suspended and sent home from a Twenty20 competition being played in Dubai as part of an anti-corruption investigation, the country’s cricket board has said.
A 20-year-old man died early yesterday morning after he allegedly lost control of a car he was driving and struck a utility pole before colliding with a fence along the Liliendaal Railway Embankment, East Coast Demerara (ECD).
Dear Editor, The letter published in your issue of February 4, captioned ‘Why have the Guyana Public Service Co-operative Credit Union directors not held an AGM?’
Dear Editor, The Guyana Water Incorporated wishes to provide the following statement in response to a letter in the Stabroek News titled ‘No water in Chateau Margot’, dated February 10.
A Jamaican national is one of two suspects now in police custody for the murder of Leilawatie Mohamed, also known as ‘Aunty Leila,’ the mother of four who was shot dead in her Tain Settlement, Corentyne home last week.
She wrung her hands and the tears she had been fighting began to flow down her cheeks; her emotional pain was almost tangible.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Resurgent left-hander Kieran Powell has revealed that an “inspirational” conversation with sacked former West Indies coach Phil Simmons, helped convince him to make a return to competitive cricket.
I hope you were able to put last week’s tips on how to sleep better and make your night’s rest dreamier to the test with good results.
Dear Editor, The parking meters ignominy is the latest episode in a running narrative of President David Granger’s dull and disappointing leadership of the coalition government, and it does not bode well for Guyana and most Guyanese that this performance is playing right into the come-back plan of the PPP led by the politically restive Bharrat Jagdeo.
– gov’t intervention underway, but stakeholders say should be more strategic A recent report by the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) has painted a horrifying picture of the Region One community Baramita, where the incidence of sexual and physical violence is so high among women and children that young girls are forced to walk with broken bottles in their bosoms as a form of protection.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Sunil Narine continued to impress as an all-rounder as he produced with the bat to help Lahore Qalandars beat Dwayne Smith’s Islamabad United by six wickets in the Pakistan Super League here yesterday.
The Ministry of Education is seeking legal advice from the Attorney-General (AG) on the controversial $545.2 million juice contract for its school feeding programme, after a part of the procurement process was annulled due to an error in the evaluation of bids, Chairperson of the Public Procurement Commission Carol Corbin said yesterday.
Pouderoyen and Riddim Squad were sent packing from the Petra Organization/Limacol football championships losing to Santos and the Guyana Police Force (GPF) respectively on Friday at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground, Bourda.
On a night highlighted by wins for titlist Showstoppers, former winners West Side Ballers and Hustlers, ESPN overcame Harmony Ballers 3-2 on penalty kicks when the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ West Demerara/East Bank Demerara zone continued Friday.
The disappearance of key documents in the rape case against Muslim scholar Nezaam Ali is currently being looked at by the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), but it is unclear at this point if any effort is being made to replace the documents or ascertain who took them.
While every day is a day we get to love and show our love for one another, February 14 is the day when we join with the rest of world to celebrate love.
The 2017 cycling season continues today with the staging of a grueling 75-mile road race.
The 28-year-old mother and two of her three minor children who were taken to the Georgetown Public Hopsital (GPH) on Friday afternoon displaying symptoms of poisoning are said to be out of danger.
BEIJING (Reuters) – Combining public bluster with behind-the-scenes diplomacy, China wrested a concession from the United States as the two presidents spoke for the first time this week, but Beijing may not be able to derive much comfort from the win on US policy toward Taiwan.
In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket, Roger Seymour concludes his cricket match from the 1980s in the form of a play.
All roads will lead to the Victoria Ground, East Coast of Demerara today when Ann’s Grove battles Den Amstel and Camp-town engages Mahaica Determinators in the Petra Organization/ Limacol football championships.
The Greater Ani are large cuckoo birds often found near water in mangrove swamps, and forest edges.
VITORIA, Brazil (Reuters) – Police in the Brazilian state of Espirito Santo did not return to work yesterday, although the government announced hours earlier that a deal had been struck to end a week-long strike that has led to a sharp increase in murders.
A game of cricket ended tragically yesterday afternoon for a group of boys after one of them, a 13-year-old drowned in the rough waters off the Kingston Seawall.
Erythrina indica picta commonly called Coral tree originated in India and Australia.
Mathematics was well-ventilated yesterday as Guyana’s children took to the streets of Georgetown for the annual Children’s Costume and Float Parade.
The boxing association of Suriname has confirmed the participation of five of their pugilists for the BrisMac boxing card scheduled for February 19 at the National Gymnasium.
An alarm has been raised about the availability of foreign currency in Guyana within the last three or so months.
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Whale rescuers in New Zealand linked arms in neck-deep water yesterday to try and prevent about 200 pilot whales from stranding themselves again in a remote bay, where 300 of the animals died this week.
PPP, WPA ask Carter to intercede by Sharief Khan OPPOSITION parties are calling on former US President Jimmy Carter to again intercede with President Desmond Hoyte to help prevent rigging of the coming general elections.
The protest against parking meters has changed the political landscape in odd ways.
