Articles published on Thursday, February 5, 2009
A deal for Trinidad to bail out four C L Financial subsidiaries was closer last night after a rebel MP voted with the government and the group was at pains yesterday to stress that subsidiaries including the one in Guyana were insulated from the turmoil.
More than three years after American Hubert Daniel Thompson was found murdered in his room at the then Le Meridien Pegasus Hotel in Georgetown, the FBI yesterday offered up to US$10,000 ($2 million) for information that could lead to the arrest and conviction of the murderer(s).
The owner of the Regent Multiplex, Ganesh Ramlall and two other men appeared yesterday in the Georgetown Magistrate’s court in connection with a stolen GPL transformer which was found at the mall.
The Guyanese operators of a luxury charter jet company in Florida were arrested yesterday after they were named in a grand jury indictment on charges of conspiracy, fraud and endangerment, connected with a crash in 2005.
– hopes air traffic controllers return Prime Minister Samuel Hinds said yesterday that he did not believe government had reached the point of firing the striking aircraft traffic controllers, though Minister of Transport and Hydraulics Robeson Benn maintained that they would be sacked for not turning up.
Dear Editor, I just received a copy of an article titled ‘Controversial trades union bill passed’ by Andre Haynes (SN January 9).
Residents living on the embankment along Lamaha Street, between Parade Street and Vlissengen Road are continuing the exodus from the area as a relocation deadline looms.
Dear Editor, It’s now almost a year since a spanking new multi-million dollar bridge over the Rupununi River caved in under the weight of an excavator heading into a mining location.
Three more persons have been sent home from the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) as an overseas link to the pension fraud has been detected.
By Tony Cozieri in KINGSTON Over the years, Sabina Park has presented pitches of as many varieties as Heinz soups.
Just for love Melissa George decided to give one of her kidneys to her ailing father last week Sunday and if she had to make the decision again she would not hesitate.
Dear Editor, I will get straight to the point on the issues of alcohol and tobacco.
A major step towards having a state-of-the-art Port Mourant Market was taken Friday when the Ministry of Finance in collaboration with the Caribbean Development Bank/Basic Needs Trust Fund (CDB/BNTF) signed a $97M contract for the extension and renovation of the facility at Corentyne, Berbice.
Dear Editor, During his campaign, President Obama placed indigenous communities high on his agenda.
– lucrative Tony Chung road race off Former chairman of the Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) racing committee and president of Roraima Bikers Club (RBC) Brian Allen is calling on the governing body to get its house in order.
Norway is prepared to provide performance-based, “substantial and sustained” compensation for the progress Guyana makes in limiting emissions from deforestation and further decreasing forest degradation.
Dear Editor,It is amazing to see the length and breadth of mischievousness some media houses practise.
– as Bounty Farm handicap tournament serves off The Guyana Squash Racquets Association, Bounty Farm handicap squash tournament served off last Tuesday evening with several matches at the Georgetown Club courts.
A new regional aviation body was launched yesterday and one of its main tasks is to assist member states in meeting their obligations to the Chicago Convention by achieving and maintaining full compliance with the recommended practices of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).
Dear Editor, Humble he may be, but I see President Obama as a strong humanitarian, a sincere chap who believes in the brotherhood of man.
The Rupununi Room of the Tower Hotel on Main Street will be buzzing with activity on Sunday when the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) holds its Annual General Meeting (AGM) and elections of office bearers.
The University of Guyana Inter-Faculty Table Tennis competition for the academic year 2008/2009 got off to a smashing start on Monday in the Cafeteria building.
Empretec, the country’s entrepreneurial training facility, on Tuesday launched a series of special workshops which are expected to benefit agro-processors throughout the country.
Dear Editor, Allow me to express my sincerest condolences to the family and friends of Hajji Hyderali of Logwood, who was recently placed to rest after eighty-five years of tireless toil.
Minister within the Ministry of Health Dr Bheri Ramsaran says the ministry will be assuming responsibility for the Uitvlugt estate dispensary that is operated by Guysuco.
Dear Editor, It is indeed a good sign to see that various organizations in Guyana are committed to pursuing a path to ensure that the allegations made by former First Lady, Varshnie Jagdeo, are investigated.
The Mini-Swim Meet between Dorado Speed Swim Club and Silver Sharks Aquatic Club held on Friday at Colgrain Pool was dominated by the youngest competitors of the two clubs.
Eusi Kwayana and National Politics in British Guiana(Part 2)By Estherine Adams This is the second instalment in a series of articles which gives a brief overview of Eusi Kwayana’s involvement in national politics in British Guiana between 1950 and 1961.
According to the New York Times, resurgent Taliban forces now control daily life in the Swat Valley in Pakistan to such an extent that they make radio broadcasts in the evening to more than a million people, warning them not to engage in such “un-Islamic” activities as shaving their beards, selling DVDs or allowing girls to go to school.
