Articles published on Sunday, July 16, 2017
(Reuters) – Martin Landau, a talented and prolific character actor who achieved TV stardom in “Mission: Impossible” and won an Oscar for his portrayal of a washed-up Bela Lugosi in the sweetly bizarre 1994 film “Ed Wood,” has died at age 89.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Gunmen in Venezuela shot into a crowd of voters today, activists said, killing one woman and wounding three others during an unofficial referendum organized by the opposition to push for an end to two decades of socialist rule.
Joint Services ranks and a Guyana Defence Force helicopter are engaged in an operation near the D’Urban Backlands area in Georgetown.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Ruthless Roger Federer thrashed suffering Croat Marin Cilic 6-3 6-1 6-4 to become the first man to win eight Wimbledon singles crowns on Sunday, five years after landing his seventh.
The Police say they are investigating a fatal accident which occurred about 03:00h this morning on the Soesdyke Public Road, East Bank Demerara, involving motor car PVV 1923 and pedestrian Chandrapaul Persaud, 47,of 53 Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara.
(Trinidad Guardian) National rugby player Jivon Alexander had aspirations of joining either the Police Service or the Air Guard, but his life was snuffed out by a single bullet to the chest.
Residents of Cameron Dam, Canal Number One said that murder accused Desmond James was hiding in an unfinished wooden shack along the dam since Friday after he was taken into the area allegedly by a female resident.
Nooitgedacht is a village on Wakenaam Island running parallel to Arthurville, which was featured last week.
Living sprint legend and six-time Olympian, Kim Collins fittingly grabbed most of the headlines ahead of yesterday’s second annual Aliann Pompey Invitational but it was Guyana’s own, Winston George who stole the show and shone the brightest among the galaxy of stars which were on full display at the National Track and Field Centre.
The body of George Piper was found about at 08:00h this morning by ranks of the Coast Guard who continue their search for Piper ‘s brother Ravin.The
Under-19 cricket coach Julian Moore has expressed confidence in his side’s chances of putting up a good showing in the 2017 Regional tournament as his side commenced preparations Friday.
It is unfair to blame either Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan, President David Granger or the government for last Sunday’s jailbreak and fire at the Camp Street prison without a full view of the preventative steps that were taken, according to retired judge James Patterson, who headed the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into last year’s fatal prison unrest at the facility.
Former Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee yesterday said the former PPP/C administration had started the reformation of the Guyana Prison Service (GPS) but accused the current government of shelving it.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Uncapped Barbadians Kyle Hope and Raymon Reifer have been named in a 15-man West Indies squad to tour England for three Tests starting next month while experienced seamer Kemar Roach has been recalled following a 19-month break.
There is to be a Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into last Sunday’s jailbreak which resulted in one death, injuries, escapes and a mostly destroyed Camp Street prison, Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan revealed yesterday during discussions with a group of Opposition MPs at Parliament Buildings.
SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia’s players and the country’s governing body have been involved in discussions since Friday but have yet to reach an agreement on a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), the Australian Cricketers’ Association (ACA) said yesterday.
Police in Berbice are on the hunt for the man who invaded a Crabwood Creek pensioner’s house and assaulted her during the wee hours of Friday morning, resulting in her death.
NOTTINGHAM, England, (Reuters) – South Africa took a firm grip on the second test at Trent Bridge after a see-saw second day in which 15 wickets tumbled and the fragility of England’s fragile top-order batting was brutally exposed yesterday.
A new national champion will be crowned in the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ competition after two-time defending champions Sparta Boss went down to the Money Team on Friday at the Pouderoyen Market Tarmac.
The two survivors of the fatal collision that occurred near Kairuni, along the Linden-Soesdyke Highway, remained hospitalised in critical condition yesterday, while police continued to investigate the accident.
British-American poet W H Auden was talking about the masters of art, the great painters and their study of suffering and the human condition.
Minister of Finance Winston Jordan and the Director-General of the OPEC Fund for International Develop-ment (OFID) last Thursday signed an Agreement Encouragement and Protection of Investment that is expected to open new avenues for finance and investment for the private sector.
The South Tukeyen Sports Committee and Bannas Foundation will today run off a pre-emancipation Champion of Champions four-a-side small goal and penalty shootout from the 8:00 hours at the Meadow Brook Basketball Court.
The adult little cuckoo is mainly chestnut brown, with a greyish lower belly, browner tail and white tips to the tail feathers.
COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Captain Graeme Cremer picked up three wickets with his leg spin to help Zimbabwe reduce hosts Sri Lanka to 293 for seven at the end of the second day in their one-off test at the R.
Sometimes in the middle writing column A, I will suddenly be caught by a thought for column B (it happens the same way in writing songs) so that although I admit some weeks it’s a close call, in fact one never runs out of topics.
A Rupununi youth is seeking the public’s help to raise funds for him to undergo surgery needed to prevent him from possibly losing his sight.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s campaign paid $50,000 to the law office now representing Donald Trump Jr a little more than a week before news surfaced of an unreported meeting with a Russian attorney that has prompted new accusations of collusion.
Exercising is important in life for health of mind and body, but there are also other things that are just as equally if not even more important.
Residents in Lethem, Central Rupununi who were forced to evacuate their homes in the wake of rising flood waters have been given the green light to return home.
Winston Churchill, exasperated by opposition politicians constantly questioning his policies and his own credentials and frustrated by having to consult and compromise on measures which in his judgement were straightforward and ripe for introduction without hesitation, once exploded: “Democracy is the worst kind of government!”
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron said he was hopeful that US President Donald Trump would reverse his decision to pull the United States out of the Paris climate accord, according to weekly newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche (JDD) today.
Lucrative cash prizes are at stake for the Hamilton Green Cup Knockout Football tournament commencing Saturday with two matches at the Victoria Ground.
The game (chess) has always been thought of as a relatively pure measure of intellect, and the presence of a Soviet atop the world rankings signalled to the empire’s subjects, no matter how poor and starving they may have been, that they possessed some sort of superiority – Jack Dickey, in an article titled “Can Garry Kasparov stay a move ahead of Vladimir Putin?”
BRISTOL, England, CMC – West Indies Women squandered the ideal opportunity to end their disappointing ICC World Cup campaign on a high when they crashed to a 92-run defeat to hosts England Women in their final match here yesterday.
ZINGST, Germany (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel told voters yesterday that Britain’s decision to leave the European Union and France’s election of President Emmanuel Macron had changed her view on the bloc, adding it was worth fighting for a stronger Europe.
“The pain never goes away,” she said passionately, gesticulating as she spoke.
The Ministry of Legal Affairs yesterday said it has been moving assiduously to address the overcrowding plaguing the country’s prison system and work has begun to advance the US$8 million justice system project aimed at addressing the situation.
Government has decided that the best governance structure for a modernized prison system would be for it to be state run with a Board of Governors, according to Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan who revealed on Thursday that this was one of four proposed options.
Alarm In more recent times, there has been much discussion and expression of alarm about Guyana’s manufacturing sector.
The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has appointed Paul Beresford’s as its International Team Coordinator for the female programme.
SYDNEY/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US officials interviewing refugees held in an Australian-run offshore detention centre left the facility abruptly, three detainees told Reuters yesterday, throwing further doubt over a plan to resettle many of the detainees in America.
There is a pervasive view within and beyond the Caribbean that the regional integration process is foundering, and that its progress is being held back by an absence of political compromise and a failing bureaucracy.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Garbine Muguruza clinched a maiden Wimbledon title yesterday with a stunning demolition of Venus Williams, whose dreams of a fairytale victory at the age of 37 were blown apart in a devastating second set.
She has received death threats, tracked gang violence, been in the trenches covering wars, travelled extensively, at times being forced to leave her young sons behind to get the story and she has lived the busy life for over 30 years.
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran yesterday blamed what it called Donald Trump’s “arbitrary and conflicting policies” for global security threats, rejecting the US president’s description of Tehran as a rogue state.
This salad is a meal on its own, but it goes well with grilled or fried seafood, poultry or meat; roasts too.
A Canadian-Guyanese author on Sunday launched a new book of poetry that gives voice to his distress at the spectre of racism.
Introduction Today’s column addresses several economic factors which are key to the oil refinery business.
Dear Editor, Just over one year after the most deadly disturbance at the Georgetown Prisons in March 2016 in which seventeen prisoners lost their lives, came the most fiery event in its more than one hundred year history.
Cuphea hyssopifolia commonly called Mexican Heather or False Heather originated in Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras in Central America.
RODEZ, France, (Reuters) – Chris Froome reclaimed the overall lead on the Tour de France after he left Italian Fabio Aru trailing in a punchy finish of the 14th stage, a 181.5-km ride from Blagnac yesterday.
After a week has passed, citizens still do not know exactly what happened at the Camp Street Prison last Sunday, or the timeline of events.
LONDON (Reuters) – British police said yesterday they had charged a 16-year-old boy with 15 offences following five related acid attacks in London two days earlier.
