Fox saluted as champion of indigenous culture; education
There was nation-wide shock yesterday at the sudden passing of Junior Education Minister Dr.
Articles published on Saturday, December 12, 2009
There was nation-wide shock yesterday at the sudden passing of Junior Education Minister Dr.
Six Guyanese, convicted in the biggest drug bust in Barbados’ history, were yesterday collectively sentenced to a historic 428 years in prison for the 28 drug offences for which they were found guilty earlier this year.
Public service employees will be getting a 6% retroactive pay increase for this year, Head of the President Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon announced yesterday.
People’s Progressive Party stalwart Brindley Benn, CCH, the father of Public Works Minister Robeson Benn, died yesterday after a brief illness.
After two days of extensive searches, the hunt for the body of the dead miner Michael Leslie, suspected to have drowned in a gorge below the Kaieteur Falls, was terminated on Wednesday afternoon.
-talks ongoing on performance incentive GuySuCo said sugar workers will be paid wage increases from January 1, 2010 and also announced yesterday that efforts are being made to honour retroactive payments as soon as possible.
A Diamond, East Bank Demerara man lost his life after the Canter truck he was travelling in slammed into a concrete fence at Number 4 Village, West Berbice yesterday morning.
The Rights of Children (ROC) on Tuesday yesterday launched “Everyday Or-deals”, a kit to confront sexual harassment in Guyanese schools at the National Library Auditorium on Church Street.
Known to world as ‘King Pele’ Brazilian football legend Edson Arantes do Nascimento will receive a red carpet welcome to Guyana today when he arrives at 13:30 hours at the Dr.
A gun, which was stolen from a licensed firearm holder in November, was discovered by police on Wednesday in an alley at North East La Penitence.
-Says Minister Anthony Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr. Frank Anthony, says the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) did not adhere to protocol by informing his ministry of the success of the national men and women’s rugby Sevens sides at the recent North American and Caribbean Rugby Association tournament in Mexico but left it up to news reports for his ministry to be informed.
MIAMI, (Reuters) – Golfer Tiger Woods, fighting to fend off intense media scrutiny over allegations he cheated on his wife, has won a British court order banning publication in Britain of any photos or video showing him nude or having sex.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Sony Ericsson’s relationship with the WTA Tour remained positive despite Serena Williams’s foul-mouthed outburst at the U.S.
– Kartel’s crew touch down More than half of the members of the Portmore Empire, more popularly known as the ‘Gaza Empire,’ arrived yesterday for the ‘Keep the Peace Concert’ scheduled for the National Park tonight.
Three of the four remaining matches in the round robin stage of the DeSinco Trading Under-19 Competition which is organized by the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) kicks off today at two venues.
RRT Enterprises of Regent Street, Bourda will sponsor the penultimate golf tournament of the 2009 season today at the Lusignan Golf Course on the East Coast of Demerara.
A Parika man and his son were remanded to prison on Thursday for carnal knowledge of a 13-year-old girl.
PERTH, Australia, CMC – Mike Hussey’s lean run against West Indies has prompted spin legend Shane Warne to call for his axing.
As part of a campaign to ensure the consumption of wholesome food items, the Government Analyst Food & Drug Administration (FDA) seized a quantity of expired good from shops and supermarkets in West Berbice.
SYDNEY, (Reuters) – A back injury has forced Russia’s Dinara Safina to pull out of next month’s Brisbane International, one of the main lead up events to the Australian Open.
A Digicel sales clerk was robbed of more than $100,000 as well as cellular phones and phone cards Wednesday afternoon at Enmore.
Nineteen-year-old Ronella Woseley could simply be described as an artistic individual who is extremely talented in the different forms of art.
(BBC) Pakistan opener Imran Farhat carried his bat for an unbeaten 117 but New Zealand’s bowlers dominated the first day of the deciding Test in Napier yesterday.
In 2007, in the midst of the scourge of criminality which gripped the community of Buxton, the musical group Buxton Fusion was formed.
The sport of kings got king size sponsorships as a number of the country’s leading entities have joined forces with the Port Mourant Turf Club (PMTC) in preparations for the grand one-day end-of-year horse race meet set for Sunday.
For some people, Christmas, not Halloween mind you, is the time to bring out all the atrocious colours of eye shadow available, blood red lipstick and hairstyles fit for scary stories.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Boston Celtics chalked up their ninth win a row and padded their Atlantic Division lead with a 104-102 victory over the Washington Wizards on Thursday.
Dear Editor, Professor David Dabydeen is reported in SN of December 10 as saying: “I am acutely aware, from my travels, of how Guyana’s rainforest is associated exclusively with Jonestown, and Guyanese are seen as citizens of a benighted country that experienced the largest mass suicide/killings in modern history.
ADELAIDE, Australia, CMC – West Indies coach David Williams says Australian bowling attack holds no terrors and lacks the experience to compare with their successful predecessors.
Hi Everyone, Khichri (kitch-tree) is a dish with its roots firmly in India.
COPENHAGEN, (Reuters) – A draft climate pact unveiled yesterday revived hopes that U.N.
Dear Editor, I watched on television the official opening of the new state-of-the-art Linden Hospital Complex, which was attended by the President, Prime Minister, ministers of the government, other government officials and foreign representatives, among others, and as expected Linden top functionaries, officers and other invitees.
Perth, Australia: Active Australian captains in general, but Ricky Ponting in particular, are not the type of men who busy themselves heaping praise on opposition players.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – US actor and director Tyler Perry on Wednesday announced the death of his mother, who he has previously credited as helping inspire the iconic Madea character in a string of hit movies.
COPENHAGEN, (Reuters) – China yesterday attacked a top U.S. envoy as either “extremely irresponsible” or lacking in common sense, for saying at a global summit to tackle warming that no U.S.
Dear Editor,The Guyana Police Force is responding to an article published in the Stabroek News of Wednesday, December 09, 2009, under the caption `Woman attempted suicide after police did not respond to rape report’.
PISA, Italy, (Reuters) – Tour de France champion Alberto Contador has not ruled out the possibility of being a team mate of Lance Armstrong again despite their difficult relationship when both were with Astana.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Three months after being axed for Jamaica’s President’s Cup campaign, Tamar Lambert has resurfaced as captain of an 18-man squad announced Thursday for next month’s regional four-day championship.
GT&T’s mobile subscribers can now recharge their pre-paid accounts online with the introduction of “Eze-minutes” this Christmas.
Dear Editor, I refer to SN’s article (10.12.09) captioned, ‘Chandarpal no longer presidential advisor’ to offer a few comments.
ANKARA, (Reuters) – Turkey’s top court closed the only pro-Kurdish party in parliament yesterday for having links to PKK Kurdish rebels in a ruling that deals a fresh blow to the country’s faltering bid to join the European Union.
NEW YORK (Billboard) – They gave us the most memorable music moment of 2009, so it’s only fitting that Kanye West and Taylor Swift have been named the king and queen of the charts.
(ABC) With a 9,000-square-foot Florida home, Tiger Woods and his wife have ample room to avoid talking to each other, but Woods’ failure quickly to address the public continues to hurt his reputation as tabloids continue to, public relations experts say.
Dear Editor, In the ‘good old days’ one was put on probation for a period of three months, after which you were either confirmed on the job or you were dismissed.
VATICAN CITY, (Reuters) – Pope Benedict expressed “outrage, betrayal and shame” yesterday at the sexual abuse of children by priests in Ireland, which Church leaders said would lead to a shake-up of the Irish Roman Catholic Church.
A Guyanese woman is the first female engineer to be appointed by regional airline LIAT in its 53-year history, the carrier said in a news release yesterday.
Berbice under-19 all-rounder Terrence Madramootoo blasted his second century in succession to lead Rose Hall Town Bakewell Cricket Club (RHTB) to a crushing 145-run victory over Nigg Invaders at the Area ‘H’ ground in the New Building Society second division tournament.
Dear Editor, I went shopping at Bourda Market the other day, buying the usual fruits, vegetables, etc.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Latin American countries yesterday not to get too close to Iran, calling it “a really bad idea” that could have consequences.
PERTH, Australia, CMC – West Indies’ impressive showing in the Adelaide Test did not catch Australia unawares, claims opener Simon Katich.
-court told A Brazilian national on Thursday appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton charged with possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.
Guyanese international superstar Eddy Grant will send a live video message to Pele during today’s civic ceremony at City Hall, where Mayor Hamilton Green will welcome the Brazilian football icon to Guyana.
(Jamaica Gleaner) – Minister of Education Andrew Holness has said that the government will be looking to enact legislation to ban the use of corporal punishment in schools in the next legislative year.
Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton yesterday remanded two men to prison for a gunpoint robbery.
QUITO (Reuters) – US intelligence from inside Ecuador was used to plan a 2008 bombing by Colombian troops that killed a top FARC guerrilla chieftain inside Ecuadorean territory, the government said on Thursday.
Tiger Woods used to live in a world of his own.
Dear Editor, I refer to the pricing arguments developed by Mr Rajendra Rampersaud in the Stabroek News of November 26, in response to the concerns about the future of the Guyana sugar industry by Tarron Khemraj.
Local vintner Warren Douglas has produced eight local wines for the Christmas season and will host two wine tastings next week on December 18 and 20.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Indian paceman Shanthakumaran Sreesanth is suffering from swine flu and will miss today’s second and final Twenty20 international against Sri Lanka.