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PM, wife host musical evening
Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo and his wife Sita Nagamootoo hosted an evening of love, lights and music at their official residence this evening.
Articles published on Saturday, October 28, 2017
Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo and his wife Sita Nagamootoo hosted an evening of love, lights and music at their official residence this evening.
After a lengthy recess, Parliament is to resume on Thursday with an address by President David Granger and the long-awaited tabling of reports from several key inquiries including those into the $632m in drug purchases by the GPHC and the alleged assassination plot against the President.
(Trinidad Guardian) The Prison Officers Association (POA) was yesterday tracking down all their members living in west Trinidad following the murder of one of their colleagues and attempted murder of another who recently retired.
After being told to prepare for strike action over wages and salaries, teachers were yesterday asked to stand down “for now” as their union is set to engage in discussions on Monday with President David Granger and Minister of Finance Winston Jordan.
A Trinidadian Chemical Engineer has been rescued by police after reportedly being kidnapped upon arrival into the country yesterday morning and two persons have since been arrested in connection with the crime.
Breaking its week-long silence on the government’s announced imposition of wage hikes for public servants, the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) yesterday said it was “betrayed” by the David Granger-led administration and union president Patrick Yarde declared that only “significantly stepped up militancy” will change the workers’ destiny of “peppercorn salaries” and “unacceptable conditions of service”.
The three lists of candidates submitted by Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo to President David Granger to fill the seat of the Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) were crafted to force him to make a particular selection, Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo and Attorney General Basil Williams SC said on Thursday.
Following the contention over President David Granger’s unilateral appointment of retired judge James Patterson as the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) chairman, United States Ambassador to Guyana Perry Holloway yesterday urged dialogue to discuss the “serious disagreement,” while noting that the courts remain the best option to resolve legal disputes.
Guyanese Flavour UNCAPPED, an agro processers’ exhibition and food festival, opened last evening at the Sophia Exhibition Centre, where calls were made for a greater partnership between the state and the private sector in light of fears that a climate of “political instability” will affect business.
The long-awaited Local Government Commission (LGC) may have been appointed but its first meeting yesterday yielded no result as the opposition-nominated commissioners did not attend.
Kendall Skeete was yesterday sentenced to 20 years behind bars for killing Kenneth Allen, who was stabbed multiple times while trying to save another man from a robbery.
Dexter Valenzuela, one of the nine men arrested on Tuesday on the Barima River, North West, with a quantity of illegal items, including high-powered rifles, was yesterday sentenced to three years in jail after admitting to illegal possession of an AR-15 rifle and matching ammunition, which he claimed he bought for his protection.
Left-arm spinner Veerasammy Permaul grabbed another first-class six-wicket haul to hand the Guyana Jaguars first innings honours over the Jamaica Scorpions in the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Regional four – day league played at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence, yesterday.
Kitty resident Albert Cromwell, who was a city council candidate in last year’s local government elections, was yesterday remanded to prison after he was read six charges, including assaulting a police constable and escaping lawful custody.
Banks DIH and Citizens Bank Chairman Clifford Reis is among a number of high-profile golfers, set to participate in today’s Banks DIH Limited/Citizens Bank Inc.,
The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) successfully staged an International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) Grassroots Programme in Region-2.
A Cuban national was yesterday sentenced to three years in jail after he admitted to possession of less than a gramme of cocaine.
Dear Editor, I refer to the news item `CJ to rule December 11 on Seafield farmers challenge’ (SN October 26th) and crave your indulgence to offer some clarification on certain issues contained therein which, as stated, seems to suggest some level of dereliction of duty on the part of the Honourable Chancellor of the Judiciary (ag) in her role as Chief Justice (ag) as she then was.
Up to yesterday, the Government of Guyana received over $14 million in contributions which will go towards relief efforts for countries affected by Hurricanes Irma and Maria.
KARACHI, Pakistan, CMC – The Pakistan Cricket Board is waiting on Cricket West Indies (CWI) to approve a draft itinerary, so the highly anticipated three-match Twenty20 International tour next month can go ahead.
In the report carried under the headline ‘Man gets 18 years for killing in-law over jokes,’ in the October 27, 2017 edition of the Stabroek News, the wrong photograph was erroneously used to identify Trudy Samuels, who was sentenced to 18 years in prison for killing his cousin-in-law.
Dear Editor, When the coalition came to power in 2015, it was supposed to usher in a new political dispensation.
The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry Limited (GBTI) yesterday made a donation to the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) towards the country’s hurricane relief efforts.
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, CMC – In-form batsman Shai Hope is expecting not much difference from the spin-friendly Queens Sports Club track when the second Test bowls off here tomorrow.
Vreed-en-Hoop vendors, who were made to remove from along the stelling road to facilitate construction work, have refused to take up nearby spots that were identified for them.
Dear Editor, Since 1992, the watershed year free and fair elections returned to independent Guyana, the country’s democratic being has endured one body blow after the other.
LAHORE, Pakistan, (Reuters) – Even Pakistan’s prime minister did not believe it could happen but when Sri Lanka visit the eastern city of Lahore tomorrow for a T20 match, the hosts will celebrate the end of eight years of isolation from international cricket.
More than five months since 26-year-old Dinish Ramcharran died after reportedly falling from a moving truck, his mother remains convinced that there is much more to his death and as a result the police are conducting further investigations.
Burrowes School of Arts beauty Romichelle Brummel was last Saturday night crowned Miss Cultured Guyana 2017 after competing with two other contestants at the Umana Yana.
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Half-centuries from openers Chesney Hughes and Keacy Carty laid the foundation for Leeward Islands Hurricanes to get within touching distance of a lead over Windward Islands Volcanoes in the Regional 4-Day Championship here yesterday.
Dear Editor, Someone on the Caribbean Cricket.com website referred to the name Ryan Hinds in what appeared to be a memorandum of failed West Indian international cricketers.
Lands inquiry report: Chairman of the Commission of Inquiry into land matters George Chuck-A-Sang (third, from right) handing over the commission’s preliminary report to Minister of State Joseph Harmon yesterday.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A federal grand jury in Washington yesterday approved the first charges in the investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S.
BARCELONA/MADRID, (Reuters) – The Madrid government sacked Catalonia’s president and dismissed its parliament yesterday, hours after the region declared itself an independent nation in Spain’s gravest political crisis since the return of democracy four decades ago.
Hi Everyone, It’s dinnertime. The last roti has been clapped; it collapses in a soft leafy mound atop the other roti in the bowl.
The Guyana Police Force’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) is investigating if ranks at the Sparendaam Police Station were negligent in their treatment of Industry handyman Hitram Ramchand, who succumbed to injuries from a fatal beating after being held in custody for an extended period without treatment.
Dear Editor, As someone who studies race, ethnicity and politics, I am aware of the insidiousness of ethno-racial feelings, particularly in relation to politics and political power.
Thanks to Trans Guyana Airways and the Guyana Community of Service, standout athlete from Region One, Ricky Williams will get his first shot to represent Guyana in an international fixture.
NAIROBI, (Reuters) – Kenyan authorities said yesterday they would indefinitely delay further attempts to hold a repeat presidential election in some areas due to the risk of violence, as the opposition rejected the re-run as “a sham” and said the polls should be cancelled.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica’s central bank is eyeing the Chinese renminbi, the RMB, as an opportunity to reduce reliance on US dollar usage in the Jamaican economy.
Dear Editor, The Rastafari Community of all Guyana commends His Excellency President David Granger on the appointment of a Chairman for the Guyana Elections Commission GECOM in accordance with Article 161 (2) of the Constitution of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana.
The nation’s best cyclists will transform the roadways of West Demerara into their battleground when the annual Powerade 50-mile race pedals off with a blazing start tomorrow.
A Number Two Village, East Canje, Berbice supermarket was once again targeted by bandits on Wednesday evening.
Children are the latest fashion accessory for millennial parents. A bit of lurking on Instagram’s explore page is bound to turn up the pages of popular accounts like Landon Lee’s or Asahd Khaled’s (son of DJ Khaled), in which you will see them in the latest children’s wear.
Dear Editor, My most recent letter to the press had arbitrarily proposed a monthly minimum wage of G$146,000 for public servants, which is often called a guesstimate in economic parlance.
PARIS, (Reuters) – Millions of euros of assets belonging to the son of Equatorial Guinea’s president were ordered to be seized by a French court that found him guilty in absentia on Friday of using money plundered from his country to buy property and luxury cars.
(Jamaica Observer) The smile on Omar Azan’s face is broader these days.
Singer/Sonwriter/Composer, Shumba ‘Fire Feed’ Blair just two weeks ago released his three singles; ‘Bama Track’, ‘Promise’ and ‘Gain Knowledge’.
Saying the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) has been cooperating with ongoing investigations, its Board of Directors yesterday voiced concern over the execution of a warrant by the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) to search the agency’s Quamina Street, Georgetown headquarters on Thursday.
The quarter-final round in the Petra Organization coordinated seventh annual Courts Pee Wee Primary Schools Football Championship will take place today at the Banks DIH Limited, Thirst Park ground.
“The Mountain Between Us” is a film that ends up just where you expect it to.
President Trump’s decision to approach America’s opioid crisis as a “national health emergency” is a welcome departure, if only rhetorically, from his country’s decades-long attitude to illegal drugs.
The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) hosted a one-stop shop, to allocate house lots during the Lethem Town Week, which was held last week.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Where there is smoke, there tends to be fire, say medical researchers who found frequent marijuana users have about 20 percent more sex than those who abstain.
A goalkeeping error by Dorville Stewart, gifted Pouderoyen a 4-3 win over Riddim Squad when the ‘Turbo Energy Drink Knockout Football Championship’ continued Thursday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.
Dear Editor, I am convinced that the PNC has not changed, from, historically, a party that is innately and inherently authoritarian and undemocratic and if allowed, will rig every election in this country as it has done from 1968-1985.
MIAMI, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A plan by British billionaire Richard Branson to lead a post-hurricane rebuilding effort in the Caribbean, with a focus on clean energy projects, may include debt relief negotiations mediated by the International Monetary Fund.
Arts, entertainment and food lovers can now be afforded the opportunity to have it all under one roof every Thursday night as entertainment and lifestyle e-magazine Maglyfe and Chez John Bistro introduce Thursday Night Live (TNL) at the Dutch Bottle Café on North Road.
In recent years, many Guyanese have been celebrating or acknowledging a number of foreign holidays, like St.