BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Purposeful bowling trumped half-centuries from Zaheer Mohammed and Steve Jacobs, propelling Barbados to a 93-run victory over Guyana in the Regional 4-Day Tournament today here.
GENEVA, (Reuters) – United Nations investigators said today that Syrian leaders they had identified as suspected war criminals should face the International Criminal Court (ICC).
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The former Director-General of the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (CRNM), Ambassador Henry S.
Police say that investigations are being conducted into a fire of so far unknown origin which occurred at about 0140h today at the Moleson Creek Police Outpost.
Under withering criticism and questioning over how China Central TV (CCTV) has been broadcasting here, Prime Minister Sam Hinds today said that it had no licence to transmit but that its signal is simply being relayed by the state-owned NCN.
The body of a 24-year-old Guyanese woman, who went missing since December 19 last year, was found on Saturday on Breezy Point beach in New York and her live-in boyfriend is implicated.
A Guyanese woman was yesterday brutally murdered in front of her four-year-old grandson by her husband who nearly sliced her head off, the New York Post reported today,
The newspaper described 51-year-old Hazel Robinson as a churchgoing woman who was butchered shortly before noon in her family’s Canarsie home by her husband, Ian, who allegedly stabbed her in the neck with a kitchen knife so many times he was left covered in blood.
(Jamaica Observer) The Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) is calling on the Government to immediately review and make changes to aspects of its new tax regime, which it said could do more harm than good to the economy.
JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South Africa are set to pocket $450,000 after they guaranteed the number one position in the ICC Test Championship beyond the April 1 cut-off date for prize money to be awarded in 2013.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez made a surprise return from Cuba today more than two months after surgery for cancer that has jeopardized his 14-year rule of the South American OPEC member.
JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Respected anti-apartheid activist Mamphela Ramphele launched a new political party today to challenge South Africa’s ruling ANC, saying self-interested and corrupt leaders were threatening the continent’s biggest economy.
Although Chief Executive Officer of Atlantic Hotels (AHI) Winston Brassington has said that control over hiring for the construction of the Marriott Hotel was a concession to the contractor for a lower cost, this is not reflected in their contract that was made public by the government.
Aided – albeit not of his own doing – by Spongebob, Jumo ‘Rubber Waist’ Primo LED his way amidst the roar of fireworks to yet another Soca Monarch crown on Saturday.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – An unbroken 77-run, second-wicket stand between opener Rajindra Chandrika and left-hander Leon Johnson gave Guyana strong hope of chasing down a huge victory target of 378 in their second round Regional Four-Day match against Barbados here yesterday.
A Dwayne Lawrence double assisted Fruta Conquerors FC in crushing Police FC 5-0 in the latest action of the Namilco One Love Football Classic Friday night at the Tucville Playfield.
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) John Tracey was remarkable on the golf course Saturday, winning the Stag Beer Mashramani tournament.
Fifteen-year-old Chelsea Edghill utilized her superior talent to impose her will during the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA), National Sports Commission (NSC) Mashramani Table Tennis Tournament yesterday at the National Gymnasium.
Queen’s College student Shemar Britton successfully defended his boys’15 and Under title before stepping up to capture his first 18 years and under title yesterday as the Guyana Table Tennis Association/National Sport Commission (GTTA/NSC) annual Mashramani tournament continued at the National Gymnasium.
NAACIE’s General Secretary Kenneth Joseph says serious questions will have to be asked of the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) over the use of Chinese nationals to construct a sub-station at Good Hope on the East Coast Demerara.
President Donald Ramotar has dismissed media reports that Delta Airlines was forced out of Guyana because former President Bharrat Jagdeo was subjected to baggage checks by the airline and insisted that Government would like the airline to continue its operation out of Georgetown.
MUMBAI, India, CMC – Crippled by their chronic weak batting, West Indies failed in their bid to win the ICC Women’s World Cup for the first time when they went down to five-time champions Australia by 114 runs in yesterday’s final at Brabourne Stadium.
The third annual Scotia Bank/Pepsi schools football academy will attract more participants this year as Berbice and Linden have been added to the programme which kicks off today with an opening ceremony at the Ministry of Education pavilion on Carifesta Avenue at 12:30 hours
Colin Baker, Chairman of the Organising Committee and President of the Guyana Sports Development Foundation
Gordon Richards and Philip Zaman were on target in the Guyana National Rifle Association (GNRA) handgun section first precision pistol shooting competition for 2013 last Saturday at the Tactical Services Unit (TSU) range at Eve Leary.
Residents of West Berbice are concerned that although the two pumps at Trafalgar were rehabilitated at a cost of $52M in 2007, only one is in working condition.
President Donald Ramotar says the issues surrounding Chinese workers who are constructing the Marriott Hotel in Guyana are more political in nature rather than a genuine concern for Guyanese, the Government Information Agency (GINA) said in a press release.
Raheem Kaleem who was badly injured in the accident at Harlem, West Coast Demerara on September 7, 2012 that claimed the life of the former Top Cop is still in severe pain and underwent another surgery on Wednesday.
Dear Editor,
Having lived all my formative years on the Essequibo Coast with the opportunity to access the small public library that was located at the Anna Regina town square, I am aggrieved that 20 years later there has been no replacement of this pivotal institution.
President Ramotar arrives in Haiti: President Donald Ramotar (fourth from left) and a team that includes First Lady Deolatchmee Ramotar (third from left), Minister of Foreign Affairs Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett (second from left) and Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee (left) arriving yesterday to a welcome in Haiti for the 24th Intersessional Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community.
As construction of the $7M fence for the Humanitarian Mission Village gets underway at Ankerville, Port Mourant, Corentyne, vulnerable persons can now be assured that help is on the way.
Dear Editor,
While a police presence at busy junctions during peak hours is always welcome, there are times when these police tend to believe that the lights are not keeping the traffic flowing.
(Jamaica Observer) After months of planning, the operators of the country’s newest airline are breathing a sigh of relief and are looking forward to prosperous days for Fly Jamaica, which went on its inaugural flight from Kingston to the John F Kennedy (JFK) International Airport in the United States on Thursday.
Former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran says that the Government’s reliance on a Cabinet decision of 2003 for prequalification of a major pharmaceutical company for supply of medical drugs at the expense of other suppliers is not consistent with the Procurement Act of 2003’s criteria and methodology for prequalification.
By Saieed Khalil
Editor’s Note: A few weeks ago, former Prime Minister of Jamaica PJ Patterson gave a feature address to the Rotary Club of Georgetown, titled, ‘Cri de Coeur – Lest we wither on the vine’, in which he outlined significant challenges to the regional integration movement and renewed calls for its intensification.
Dear Editor,
In an article in the Kaieteur News dated February 14 and captioned, ‘Brassington dodges questions on Marriott tender process,’ it was reported that Brassington had “no comment” about whether the contractor would be engaged to review the employment clause of the agreement in light of the public outcry of no Guyanese being employed during this construction phase.
JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Israeli lawmakers announced plans yesterday to investigate the 2010 jailhouse death of a reported Australian immigrant recruit to the Mossad spy agency.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuba’s best-known dissident, blogger Yoani Sanchez, checked in without incident at Havana’s international airport yesterday on her way to Brazil, the first stop on an 80-day-tour of a dozen countries.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Director of Public Prosecutions Paula Llewellyn is standing by her decision to continue the prosecution of the two men charged with the rape of five women in St James despite DNA samples not matching the two accused.
Introduction
In my last week’s column, I gave a background to the Public Corporations Act 1988 and assessed the implications of the notification of 18 July 2000 relating to the vesting in NICIL movable and immovable property of the State.
Top school band: In this GINA photo, North Ruimveldt secondary school students are seen with their teachers yesterday after they topped the school band category
The Republic Bank Mashramani Pan-o-rama Steel Band competition was staged last evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – South Africa showed why they are the number one test team in the world with a clinical performance on day four of the second test against Pakistan to clinch the series with a four-wicket victory yesterday.
Roger ‘Young Bill Roger’ Hinds has lost his Calypso crown to Lindener, Lester ‘De Professor’ Charles, who left the Demerara Park on Friday evening $600,000 richer.
Dear Editor,
At the inauguration ceremony of the President of Guyana, he commits by way of oath that he will bear true faith and allegiance to the people of Guyana, that he will faithfully execute the office of President without fear or favour, affection or ill will, and that in the execution of the functions of that office he will honour, uphold and preserve the constitution of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The White House is drafting a backup immigration reform plan in case a bipartisan congressional committee working on a bill fails, an Obama Administration official said yesterday, though a key Republican said the president’s plan would be “dead on arrival” on Capitol Hill.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – West Indies selectors have rested captain Darren Sammy for the upcoming One-Day International series against Zimbabwe, which bowls off in Grenada on Friday.
As we said in the editorial of February 10 relative to the granting of a licence and allocation of frequency to China Central TV, the PPP/C government appears unshakably determined to maintain a stranglehold on the airwaves and is accomplishing this by granting licences to only those it is comfortable with.
The Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development will soon procure about 800 bins at a cost of US $185,000 which will be placed in the vicinity of schools, hospitals and markets.
CAIRO, (Reuters) – One of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi’s sons withdrew from taking up a job with a firm affiliated to the civil aviation ministry yesterday amid media accusations of nepotism.
Cummings Lodge Secondary School displaying their costume ‘Reflecting and Embracing our Diverse Culture through Music’ during the finals of the Costume Parade Secondary Bands category of the Children’s Annual Mashramani Competition at the National Park yesterday.