Articles published on Thursday, September 28, 2017
LONDON, CMC – Veteran left-hander Shiv Chanderpaul stroked a cameo to see Lancashire to a seven-wicket victory over Surrey on the final day of the County Championship here today, and surpass 800 runs for the campaign.
(Trinidad Guardian) Hold strain, vary your taste – and cut that Forex use.
Minister within the Ministry of Natural Resources Simona Broomes, on behalf of the government, today paid a visit to the family of the late Leonard Archibald, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said.
The police today said that a senior officer is investigating reports that the force did not seriously address previous reports that had been made against one of the accused in the killing of 13-year-old Berbice boy, Leonard Archibald.
LONDON, (Reuters) – England suspended all-rounder Ben Stokes and opener Alex Hales from international cricket until further notice on Thursday after the pair were involved in an altercation outside a Bristol nightclub.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, (Reuters) – News anchorman Luis Penchi has slept about three hours a night since Hurricane Maria turned his radio station into one of the few sources of public information on this battered island.
The Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) says it will select bidders to finance, design, build and maintain the new Demerara Harbour Bridge through a restricted bidding process and only three shortlisted companies will be able to tender.
The Police Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) has launched an investigation into the disappearance of a quantity of cocaine from Police Headquarters, Eve Leary on Tuesday.
Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday welcomed the release this week of a written ruling by Justice Roxane George on the matter of the appointment of a Chairman of GECOM and he said he hoped that President David Granger will now make a selection from the third list that he has.
The two men who were arrested in connection with the killing of a 13-year-old East Bank Berbice student, were yesterday charged separately for the lad’s murder when they appeared at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court.
A six-year-old pupil of the St. Paul’s Primary died yesterday morning after he was struck by a falling goal post while practicing for the school’s annual inter-house sports at the Plaisance Community centre ground.
The Centre of Communication Studies (CCS) of the University of Guyana (UG) will in the coming months be able to broadcast in and around the Turkeyen Campus, as plans to reissue a radio broadcast licence to the university are being finalized.
Approximately 15,000 residents of the Diamond/Grove area and its environs are expected to receive a better supply of water by December, as the Guyana Water Company (GWI) has completed the drilling of the second well in the area.
After some uproar from residents of Mocha/Arcadia over Broad Street squatters being relocated to their East Bank Demerara community, in a dramatic turn of events last evening, a Barnwell North representative extended open arms to them.
A taxi driver was yesterday placed on $150,000 bail by a city magistrate, after he denied a charge of sexually assaulting a minor.
After months of having been left unattended, the buildings of Celina’s Atlantic Resort (CAR), Kitty seawall have started to decay, as the Atlantic Ocean continues to lay claim to it.
The Public Procurement Commission (PPC) has refuted reports that any individual member led the recently concluded investigation of the procurement of emergency drugs by the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).
A Charlestown man was yesterday placed on $250,000 bail by a city court after he pleaded not guilty to stealing more than $2 million in items from an auto dealership on Garnett Street.
The Aircraft Owners’ Association of Guyana (AOAG) yesterday welcomed moves by the civil aviation body to strengthen its capacity and said that many hinterland airstrips are still failing to meet the standards.
An 18-year-old Wismar pork-knocker was on Tuesday sentenced to four months imprisonment for wounding his girlfriend.
Guyana’s contingent of athletes and officials departed yesterday on a quest to secure medals at the second edition of the South American Youth Championships which kicks off tomorrow in Santiago, Chile.
The Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. (GuySuCo) has expressed growing concern at the number of strikes over the past two weeks at practically all the estates which it says is creating an unmanageable degree of instability in the industry and affecting its value chain.
The National Ladies, National Black, Bounty Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) and National Green hockey teams all won their matches when the GTT National Indoor championships continued Tuesday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue.
Inspectors of the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) have seized and removed more than fifty dial scales from the Stabroek and Bourda markets which were not approved for commercial trade.
LONDON, CMC – Evin Lewis’s sublime career-best hundred and Alzarri Joseph’s maiden five-wicket haul both proved in vain as West Indies crashed to a six-run defeat under Duckworth/Lewis in the fourth One-Day International, to concede the five-match series to England here yesterday.
Yesterday, the European Commission’s Directorate for Trade relaunched its Export Helpdesk under a new name with a new look.
Dear Editor, It was reported by one of the local media houses that the Minister of Finance Winston Jordan stated that members of the Guyana Bankers Association were optimistic about foreign exchange in the country.
Dear Editor, Why, in Guyana, is age the determining factor in the assessment of a person’s ability to properly function?
Dear Editor, I decided to take a passing look at ministers’ contributions in recent times.
Dear Editor, I believe that it was last week that you solicited views from persons on the street about Guyanese acquiring a second language, preferably Spanish and/or Portuguese.
By Noelle Smith At the tender age three Accalia Khan’s mother signed her up for `Learn to Swim’ classes with the goal of helping her to develop the skills necessary to hold her own and be independent in the water.
Dear Editor, We need to understand what inspired Burnham and the PNC’s thinking about the need for the new 1980 Constitution.
It is no secret that Guyana has been less than impressive in the shorter format of game over the last three or four seasons.
LONDON, CMC – Opener Evin Lewis has been ruled out of Friday’s fifth One-Day International against England after picking up a hairline fracture of his ankle during his superb hundred in the fourth game here yesterday.
Dear Editor, SN (September 26) presented an editorial on teachers, with comments on Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE).
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump proposed yesterday the biggest U.S.
Dear Editor, At one time, Guyana was a little-known country, often mistaken for Ghana on addresses.
A fit and raring to go Keon Joseph yesterday departed Guyana for his West Indies ‘A’ team assignment against Sri Lanka ‘A’ during their Caribbean tour set to commence in the coming weeks.
BAGHDAD/ERBIL, Iraq, (Reuters) – Baghdad heaped pressure on Iraq’s Kurds yesterday, demanding they cancel their overwhelming vote for independence while parliament urged the Iraqi central government to send troops to take control of vital oil fields held by Kurdish forces.
The inaugural Street Vibes Entertainment coordinated National Futsal Cup was officially launched yesterday during a simple ceremony at the Windjammer Hotel, Kitty.
BOGOTA, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Rebuilding the Caribbean islands of Dominica and Barbuda, ravaged by hurricanes Irma and Maria, is an opportunity to “build back better” and limit the impact of future disasters, U.N.
Dear Editor, I have been following with interest the recent German elections which seem to indicate a continuing if not growing trend of right-wing parties making significant inroads in parliamentary representation not only in Germany but in several other western European countries.
LONDON, (Reuters) – England all-rounder Ben Stokes was named yesterday in a 16-man squad for the Ashes tour to Australia despite being arrested earlier in the week for an altercation outside a Bristol nightclub.
(Reuters) – Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, who helped usher in the 1960s sexual revolution with his groundbreaking men’s magazine and built a business empire around his libertine lifestyle, died on Wednesday at the age of 91, Playboy Enterprises said.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – El Salvador yesterday launched the first commission to search for persons who went missing during its civil war, 25 years after the end of a conflict that left tens of thousands dead and hundreds of cases unresolved.
Dear Editor, I have concerns about the canteens situated at the North Ruimveldt Secondary School in Mandela Avenue, Georgetown.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico/ NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Puerto Rico officials pressed the Trump administration yesterday to lift a ban on foreign shipping between American ports as the U.S.
Dear Editor, There is often a very fine line between victory and defeat in cricket.
LIMA, (Reuters) – British officials are in talks with Peru, Colombia and Ecuador to use the three countries’ existing trade agreement with the European Union as the basis for forming new deals after Brexit, the British embassy in Lima said yesterday.
Restoring QC playfield: Levelling of the Queen’s College ground began over the weekend and continued on Tuesday.
The United States Embassy is happy to answer some common questions that non-immigrant (“holiday”) visa holders and applicants may have.
Nearly three years ago, a bright-eyed dog was curiously sniffing her way through a routine examination of a small Westwind business jet that had landed early that evening for a quick refuelling stop at Luiz Munoz Marin International Airport in Puerto Rico.
Leonard Archibald did not have to die. He was just 13 years old and attending high school.
(Barbados Nation) Digicel is committing to help the people of Dominica to rebuild in the wake of the devastating category five hit from Hurricane Maria.
POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa, (Reuters) – South Africa’s new opening batsmen Aiden Markram received another vote of confidence yesterday as captain Faf du Plessis predicted he could have a promising future.
