Articles published on Sunday, April 23, 2017
President David Granger has departed Guyana for a visit to the United Kingdom from April 24-28, 2017, where he will have an audience with Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, according to the Ministry of the Presidency.
(Trinidad Guardian) It will be “unacceptable” if CL Financial is returned to Lawrence Duprey, Afra Raymond of Disclosure Today, said yesterday.
Attorney-General (AG) Basil Williams SC has informed President David Granger that there is no reason for him to apologise to Justice Franklin Holder, whom he suggests should recuse himself from hearing the case brought by Carvil Duncan to fight his suspension as Public Ser-vice Commission (PSC) Chairman to ensure that the government receives a fair hearing.
Wowetta in the North Rupununi is one of the five satellite villages of Annai and is home to approximately 400 people of 78 households predominantly of the Macushi and Wapishiana tribes.
Doctors who choose not to transition to the fixed establishment at the end of their contracts are unlikely to find jobs open to them in the public health sector, according to Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Presidency’s Department of Public Service Reginald Brotherson.
A 23-year-old man was shot on Friday afternoon during an exchange of gunfire with police, shortly after he and an accomplice allegedly robbed a Bourda Market vendor of $400,000 as he was about to enter his Kitty, Georgetown residence.
While the staff of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) struggle to work in its leaking, rodent-infested Camp Street Headquarters, the board is preparing to sign a lease with the Guyana Lands and Survey Commission so that they can be relocated.
Guyana lacks a specific programme for elderly care and this is to be addressed through the drafting of a strategic plan that will, among other things, ensure that seniors’ rights are respected and upheld.
An early morning fire, suspected to be electrical in origin, yesterday destroyed a fully furnished, five-bedroom house in Port Mourant, Corentyne, leaving a security guard, his wife and their three children homeless.
The Guyana Police Force on Friday conducted a series of exercises as part of Operation Assurance 2, which were aimed at testing the efficiency and effectiveness of police units in responding to acts of terrorism across the country.
Under the proposed lease agreement for rental of the building at the corner Camp and Lamaha streets, the University of Guyana (UG) would have to pay $6 million (plus VAT) per month for five years.
Launched last Friday, the fifth edition of Guyana Restaurant Week (GRW) promises to showcase Guyana’s “high standard hospitality,” over a ten-day long culinary celebration.
Track and field Olympians, Troy Doris and Brenessa Thompson along with cricketer, Leon Johnson were among the top awardees when the National Sports Commission (NSC) hosted its annual award ceremony Friday evening at the Pegasus Hotel.
Sweet, cool, and always refreshing, watermelon is easily a favourite fruit of many.
President of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA), K. Juman-Yassin Friday lambasted the government and the National Sports Commission’s decision to fund the successful CARIFTA Games team with a grand total of zero dollars.
Single mom Rosanne Farley thought she was prepared for parenthood until her world was thrown into disarray when her daughter was diagnosed with mild to moderate autism.
“Raising a girl child is not easy I tell you. Is like sometimes you wish they would be the same little baby girl because when they turn teenager is another ball game,” the frank words of a mother of a teenage daughter, who according to her has been giving her the “time of my life.”
Leeward Islands Hurricanes batted the entire days ending on 255 for seven for a a 68 runs first innings lead over the Guyana Jaguars at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence in the Digicel/West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Regional Four – Day championships yesterday.
‘Tis the season of Shakespeare once again. Today is his birthday – April 23.
The East Coast of Demerara derby will take centre stage tonight when Buxton United battles fierce rival Victoria Kings in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League at the Buxton Community Ground.
MAZAR-I-SHARIF/KABUL, Afghanistan (Reuters) – President Ashraf Ghani declared a national day of mourning after scores of soldiers were killed by Taliban fighters disguised as fellow soldiers, in the deadliest attack of its kind on an Afghan military base.
President David Granger has called on Guyanese to care for the earth, adding that it is our duty to protect its resources so that they could provide sustenance, shelter and security for present and future generations.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Captain Jason Holder struck his fifth Test half-century but only 69 balls were possible as rain wrecked the second day of the opening Test between West Indies and Pakistan here yesterday.
In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies cricket, Roger Seymour looks at a seemingly minor incident that occurred during a game against a county side, early on the 1973 Tour of England.
I have been experiencing bouts of insomnia for the past couple of nights perhaps stemming from the fact that I am preparing to compete again in a few days in Suriname.
In last Sunday’s column “How Come” I wrote about a young man in my family who was travelling as a passenger in a car recently that was hit by a speeding vehicle, driven by someone under the influence, in the kind of lunatic driving that is routine in Guyana.
The 12 student athletes which were part of the historic eight-medal haul (four gold) at the just concluded Flow CARIFTA Games in Curacao will each receive full scholarships to the University of Guyana.
President Obama is reported to have told President-elect Trump that his biggest foreign policy issue was likely to be North Korea.
Residents of Eteringbang in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) and businesses that operate there are breathing a sigh of relief at the reopening of the airstrip, which is now operating on a three-day schedule.
Dear Editor, I write in response to a letter in the Kaieteur News (Friday, 21 April) in which the Regional Executive Officer of Region 5, Mr Ovid Morrison, questions my qualifications to determine “the right to so confidently declare how much medication a patient should or should not get?”
Work on the seawall sinkhole and its environs is progressing and the first phase should be finished soon, according to Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Public Infrastructure, Geoffrey Vaughn.
The Amazonian Motmot has distinctive tail feathers, which twitch like the pendulum of a clock when they are perched.
PARIS/PAPEETE, FRENCH POLYNESIA (Reuters) – French overseas territories and French residents in the United States and Canada began voting yesterday in France’s presidential election, a day before the main first-round of a poll that could change the global political landscape.
The night that local boxing fans have been waiting for is finally here.
Leave aside the interminable bungling and set-in-stone ill-will which to one’s endless dismay characterise Guyana’s public space – and concentrate instead for your soul’s content on the many wonders which cross the mind on a daily basis.
ROME (Reuters) – Pope Francis urged governments yesterday to get migrants and refugees out of holding centres, saying many had become “concentration camps”.
Recall from last week’s article, that the benefits received by taxpayers are not all the same and are usually determined by the policy goals of the government which are determined by the level of development of the country, the economic and social condition of the people and the quality of its institutions.
A guard was killed on Thursday in a collision with a bus along the Rupert Craig Highway, East Coast Demerara.
Introduction Today’s column continues the effort to provide for readers’ guidance a response to the burning question: What are the lessons to be learned from oil and gas producing countries that have implemented policies/regimes for local content requirements (LCRs)?
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition marched in silence yesterday to honour a dozen people killed in three weeks of protests demanding that the government of President Nicolas Maduro hold delayed elections and address a growing economic crisis.
It is quiet on the chess home front, except in a few selected corners of Georgetown.
In an effort to improve the preparation for international assignments, the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has launched their National Training Camp schedule.
Dear Editor, For some time now I have observed that the sailors on the two Chinese ferries are overloading the vessels with vehicles causing discomfort to the passengers in cars, especially women and their little children.
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – Teenaged West Indies batting star Hayley Matthews made her presence felt, stroking an unbeaten half-century to fire Barbados to a comfortable seven-wicket win over Jamaica in the second round of the Women’s Regional Super50 here yesterday.
A Williamsburgh Village, Corentyne labourer was found dead in a trench in the Port Mourant backdam on Thursday.
It is no secret that governments around the world regularly practice their response to security threats.
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican marines killed a drug gang leader in a gun battle that raged through the night across the border city of Reynosa and left dozens of burned vehicles in its wake, the government said yesterday.
Dear Editor, I was pleased to see the letter (SN of 20/04/16) from Mr.
Annuals are flowering plants that are grown from seeds and would last for approximately six months.
Last week we reported on the case of a Berbice nurse, Ms Sherlyn Marks, who was transferred from the Fort Wellington Hospital after her complaints relating to a Region Five Councillor, Ms Carol Joseph became public.
