Articles published on Sunday, March 24, 2013
LONDON, (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron will unveil a sweeping immigration crackdown on Monday aimed at discouraging migrants from Romania and Bulgaria from moving to Britain when EU restrictions on their right to travel and work there expire next year.
Thousands of spectators this afternoon turned out along the Kitty seawall to enjoy the thrilling Brazilian Air Demonstration Squadron popularly known as the Smoke Squadron.
The interior of the Cessna that wealthy Guyanese and corporate citizens are being urged to invest in.
BENONI, South Africa, (Reuters) – AB de Villiers survived being dropped early to smash a series-winning unbeaten 95 for South Africa who beat Pakistan by six wickets in the deciding match of their one-day international series today.
Head of State Donald Ramotar and First Lady Deolatchmee Ramotar on Friday evening hosted a Phagwah samelan at their State House residence, ahead of the Hindu festival of Holi.
Police say that at about 0020h today, two police ranks responded to a report of wounding committed on a woman at Kurupung Landing, Mazaruni.
(Jamaica Observer) Faced with information that over 60 per cent of the students in a single grade at a Corporate Area high school are parents, the National Family Planning Board (NFPB) is urging policymakers to make sexual and reproductive health information and services available to sexually active minors.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Chairman of the Digicel Group Denis O’Brien says recent uncertainties around taxation have impacted the level of foreign direct investment in Jamaica and will drive away investors from the island.
An Air Services Limited helicopter is now at the Square of the Revolution after encountering mechanical difficulties following a scheduled landing on Homestretch Avenue today.
(Barbados Nation) The international lawsuit involving Barbadian pop star Rihanna and her former United States accounting firm Berdon LLP has landed in Barbados.
(BBC) India completed a 4-0 series whitewash over Australia after winning the fourth Test in Delhi by six wickets.
DAR ES SALAAM, (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping faces growing calls from policymakers and economists in Africa for a more balanced trade relationship between the continent and China as he arrives in Tanzania at the beginning of an African tour today.
(Trinidad Express) Stakeholders and informants, both outside and behind prison walls, have accused certain police officers of being bandits.
BANGUI, (Reuters) – Rebels in Central African Republic seized control of the country’s riverside capital Bangui today, forcing President Francois Bozize to flee into neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo, government officials said.
(Trinidad Express) Even behind prison walls gang lords are in control of the lucrative Community-based Environmental Protection and Enhancement Programme (CEPEP) and the Unemployment Relief Programme (URP).
SEPANG, Malaysia, (Reuters) – Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel stormed to victory in a thrilling Malaysian Grand Prix today, leading a Red Bull one-two ahead of team mate Mark Webber in a race packed with intrigue, incident and plenty of bad blood.
Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman has described as “obscene” the awarding of radio licences days before the 2011 general elections and the government is now facing questions over the propriety of allocations in the name of a Member of Parliament and a senior government official.
At No 10 Village, West Coast Berbice, the atmosphere was peaceful, save for the sound of vehicles slowing to access the bypass that was built to facilitate the construction of a concrete bridge.
A nine-year-old schoolgirl is dead and a boat captain missing after the small vessel they were travelling in was run over by a larger boat at Canal Bank, Port Kaituma sometime after 8 last night.
The incidents of detainees found hanging in police station lock-ups remain an area of concern and the most recent case has renewed calls for this issue to be taken seriously and for the layout of holding facilities to be urgently reviewed.
Former sugar industry insider Anthony Vieira has expressed concern at the dismal performances of all the sugar estates last year, particularly the Skeldon factory, and he says that for GuySuCo to survive more factories have to be closed or more efficient methods of delivering the cane to the factories must be developed.
By Juanita Hooper Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Dr Frank Anthony said his ministry has adopted a long-term Canadian approach to the development of track and field adding that he is hoping for this approach to become a reality.
The Transparency Institute of Guyana Inc (TIGI) last week took its anti-corruption message to Linden where a presentation and an interactive session were held with residents of the area.
THE opposition was embarrassingly weak, its frailties exposed mostly by a reinstated off-spinner on pitches that provided exaggerated turn and bounce.
Wealthy Guyanese and corporate citizens are being urged to save time and money when flying by purchasing executive jets, which cost between US$4 million and US$12 million and can now operate out of the expanded and recently certified Ogle International Airport.
* In 1993 Anthony Vieira had applied for a radio licence but his application had never been acknowledged.
Santos Football Club and Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United gained contrasting victories over Seawall United and Uitvlugt on Friday at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground to book places in the quarterfinal of the annual Mayor’s Cup tournament.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment (MNRE) says that a Working Group formed to examine the mining issues faced by Kako has “committed to developing a working strategy to examine carefully the issues presented to them” and make recommendations to the minister, after which the ministry will focus on designing a way forward to resolving the mining issues.
A falling Plum tree has severely damaged a home at 299 ‘C’ Bamboo Drive, Meadow Brook Gardens, leaving a family in dire straits.
The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) 15s rugby team defeated the Yamaha Caribs, 31-22 yesterday when the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) season officially kicked off at the National Park rugby field.
The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has received an additional US $500,000 to assist with the completion of the much anticipated Goal Project at Orangestein, on the East Bank of Essequibo.
A city resident who was found floating in Garraway Stream, Potaro River four days after he went missing was stabbed to death, police said yesterday.
Star cyclist, Raynauth ‘Obeah Man’ Jeffrey rode like a man possessed yesterday, lapping all but three of the 38 starters to emphatically win the feature 35-lap event of the eighth annual Diamond Mineral Water sponsored 11-race cycle programme.
Introduction The list of troubled government projects in Guyana is long and getting longer by the day.
High on this year’s agenda for the Guyana Women’s Miners Organisation (GWMO) is the acquisition of a piece of land in Bartica to build a home for victims of trafficking in persons and child labour, the organisation’s President Simona Broomes has revealed.
The Horticultural Society of Guyana’s two-day annual exhibition and plant sale opened yesterday at the Umana Yana.
It’s not on the main road, so you can drive by it every day and not know it’s there, as thousands do.
The sod was turned yesterday for the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri expansion project by President Donald Ramotar and Chinese Ambassador to Guyana Zhang Limin.
The younger generation never experienced, and older people tend to forget, how very limited and how very stifled the media was in the last period of President Burnham’s rule.
The twice postponed 30th Congress of the PPP will be held in Port Mourant, Corentyne, on August 2 – 4.
The most interesting thing about Argentine Pope Francis may be not just that he’s the first Latin American to head the Vatican, but also that he may become the Church’s biggest champion of interfaith dialogue ever.
LONDON (Reuters) – Boris Berezovsky, the Russian oligarch who helped broker Vladimir Putin’s rise to the Kremlin’s top job only to become his sworn enemy, has been found dead at his home in Britain in unclear circumstances.
Three weeks ago, I came upon a story published on the internet captioned ‘The name of the game is domination’ by Albert Silver.
Dear Editor, Having read the President’s response to the distributing of licences and frequencies issue, other than being privy to the Minister of Information’s complete and utter ignorance on the basic issues surrounding this travesty, what we are observing is that Mr.
Dear Editor, Since the latter part of 2012, one single fluorescent lamp has been the only source of lighting in the Mahdia School Dormitory compound.
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group declared a “formal and clear ceasefire” with Turkey yesterday after the rebels’ jailed leader this week ordered a halt to the decades-long armed campaign for autonomy.
A few days ago, the United States Trade Representative’s office informed the US Congress that it is planning to negotiate a Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement with the European Union.
Dear Editor, On the very day of Hugo Chavez’s death I saw an interview with him on the BBC programme ‘Hard Talk’ with Stephen Sackur.
President Donald Ramotar (third, right) turning the sod at the site for the construction of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) head office at Ogle, East Coast Demerara, flanked by GCAA Director General Zulfikar Mohammed, Transport and Hydraulics Minister Robeson Benn and others.
World Story-telling Day is celebrated across the globe in several different countries.
BANGUI (Reuters) – Central African Republic rebels clashed with government forces inside the capital yesterday as they sought to topple President Francois Bozize, prompting France to send in more troops to secure the international airport.
(continued) Over the last few weeks, we departed from our theme of “Infertility” and dealt with the topic of “Spaying and Neutering” as a method of stopping fertility (pregnancy).
(Jamaica Observer) – A 43-year-old Jamaican woman was on Friday sentenced to life in the United States for murder, kidnapping and racketeering.
Dr Basdeo Mangru’s work on Indian migration to British Guiana has been republished by Hansib as part of its 175th anniversary series commemorating Indian arrival in the Caribbean.
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Mali’s army repulsed an attack by a group of Islamist rebels who had slipped past army checkpoints to enter the northern Malian town of Gao, a military official said yesterday.
Dear Editor, Guyanese- born Roman Catholic priest, Fr. Hildebrand Greene, OSB died recently in Trinidad.
(BBC) Nathan Lyon inspired Australia to a spirited fight back as they reduced India to 266-8 in the final Test.
A delegation from the Falkland Islands flew into Guyana last week seeking support for the islanders’ right to self-determination in the face of Argentina’s insistent claim to sovereignty over the British overseas territory.
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Citrus limon, or lemon, as it is better known, originated from South-east Asia, like all the other members of the citrus family − oranges, tangerines, grapefruits and limes.
