Articles published on Monday, September 16, 2013
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A decorated military veteran opened fire at the Washington Navy Yard on Monday in a burst of violence that killed 13 people, including the gunman, and set off waves of panic at the military installation just miles from the White House and U.S.
UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – U.N. chemical investigators on Monday confirmed the use of sarin nerve agent in an Aug.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – At least 12 people were killed in a shooting today at the U.S.
Police this morning killed a suspected bandit and captured two as they were about to commit a robbery at Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara.
ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey (Reuters) – Nina Davuluri won the 2014 Miss America pageant on Sunday, becoming the first Indian-American to wear the crown, which went to Miss New York for the second year in a row.
An elderly Corentyne hardware store proprietor was discovered dead after bandits invaded his No.70 village home yesterday morning around 10:30 AM.
Ruel Johnson last night won the Guyana Prize for Literature for the Best Book of Fiction while other winners were poets Dr Ian McDonald and Cassia Alphonso, playwright Mosa Mathifa Telford and author Chaitram Singh.
Poor public relations contributed to the failure of the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project (AFHP) and PR for future projects should be left to professionals rather than politicians, former Speaker of the National Assembly Ralph Ramkarran has said.
The land belonging to the indigenous village of Sawariwau in the south Rupununi will be demarcated this year, according to the community’s legal advisors.
A 22-year-old man died yesterday morning when the CG motorcycle he was riding slammed into a food vendor and he was catapulted head-on into a nearby electricity pole.
A couple returning home from church had to scamper out of their bus after it burst into flames on Aubrey Barker Road yesterday morning.
Citizens should not be pressing the panic button over the recent increase in criminal activity, according to Police Commissioner (ag) Leroy Brumell but Alliance for Change (AFC) Chairman Nigel Hughes disagrees.
New generators for Lethem should finally be in place early next year following which tariff increases will be considered.
Guyana is hosting the 12th edition of Caribbean Week of Agriculture aimed at bringing together stakeholders for activities that promote agriculture and agri-industry.
Over the past two days, scores of people took advantage of the free medical services that were available at a health fair held at the Square of the Revolution, Georgetown, as part of Caribbean Wellness Week, the Government Information Agency said.
Nine female senior citizen residents of the New Nazareth home in Carmichael Street, Georgetown, were pleasantly surprised to receive hampers on August 24, donated by the Junior Chambers International Demerara and the Sony Movements Sound System.
The Ministry of Home Affairs recently launched the Cops and Faith Community Network (CFCN) which aims to bring peace within communities by eliminating offences such as cruelty to animals, domestic violence, threatening behaviour and damage to property, among others.
LAS VEGAS, (Reuters) – American Floyd Mayweather produced a masterclass as he outboxed Saul Canelo Alvarez to take the Mexican’s WBA and WBC super welterweight titles by majority decision in Las Vegas on Saturday night.
After working with the Parliament Office to prepare the local government bills passed last month for assent certification, Chief Parlia-mentary Counsel within the Ministry of Legal Affairs Cecil Dhurjon requested that National Assembly Clerk Sherlock Isaacs allow him one last look at them.
Cleveland Forde and Euleen Josiah-Tanner ran away with the male and female categories of the Neal and Massy Group of Companies Ainlim 10K road race which took place yesterday.
Team Guyana with eight medals ended the just concluded Caribbean Regional Badminton Confederation junior championships held in San Juan, Puerto Rico in fourth place.
BANGALORE, India, CMC – A scintillating century by Yuvraj Singh and a blistering 70 nout-out by Yusuf Pathan guided India A to 77-run victory in the first one-day match against West Indies A at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium yesterday.
Incumbent president of the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC), Peter Abdool and the other executives were all re-elected to their posts when the board held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) yesterday at the Civil Defence Commission.
President of the Guyana Badminton Association (GBA) Gokarn Ramdhani was on Saturday elected to the executive of the Caribbean Regional Badminton Confederation (CAREBACO) at the regional body’s annual general meeting held at the Sheraton Hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago’s fast bowler Ravi Rampaul is making a bold prediction that his side will reach the final of the 2013 Twenty20 Champions League, starting in India tomorrow.
Haslyn Hooper scored 19 points to lead Melanie to an upset 69-62 points win over Wortmanville/Werk-en-Rust Saturday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall in a match of the Mackeson-sponored Trinity Grid Holdings Pacesetters basketball Club inter-ward tournament.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados could have a modern stadium in the not-too-distant future to replace the near 43 year-old facility in Bridgetown.
Dear Editor, The Management Committee of the Guyana Prize for Literature has occasionally released information about the Prize and its activities.
Dear Editor, I write in response to the letter by the Honourable Prime Minister (`The Guyana Energy Agency is being reasonably well run published in SN of September 14, 2013’), which he said was written out of ”a need and a duty to set the record straight, [and] dispel any erroneous concerns and doubts” created about the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA).
(The Sports Xchange) – It is looking more likely that Boston Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo will miss the preseason and some regular season games, according to CSNNewEngland.com.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela has rejected U.S. criticism over its fight against international drug trafficking after Washington said the South American country had “failed demonstrably” for a fifth year running.
BEIRUT, (Reuters) – Syria’s government hailed as a “victory” a Russian-brokered deal that has averted U.S.
Dear Editor, Former Chief Justice and Chancellor of the Judiciary Desiree Bernard, was not disturbed or annoyed when the late Janet Jagan tossed the court order preventing her from being sworn in as president over her shoulder ‒ a move which was widely criticized by the opposition and the media.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., (Reuters) – Fifty years after a bomb ripped through a Sunday school, killing four girls and rocking a racially divided nation, the city of Birmingham, Alabama, is commemorating the tragedy that led to the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
Dear Editor, An opinion survey conducted in early August by the North American Caribbean Teachers Association (NACTA) found that the ruling PPP/C leads the opposition in voter support in the event early elections are called to resolve the parliamentary impasse brought about by the November 2011 general elections when the combined opposition emerged with a one seat majority.
AKE FOREST, Illinois, (Reuters) – Play was suspended for the day at the BMW Championship yesterday after torrential downpours left the course water-logged, with the final round scheduled to resume at 8 a.m.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Hurricane Ingrid and Tropical Storm Manuel brought heavy rains to Mexico’s Gulf and Pacific coasts yesterday, causing flooding and landslides that killed 17 people and forced some towns to cancel national Independence Day celebrations.
What is crystal clear is that the Konawaruk River, Cuyuni/Mazaruni is severely polluted, can’t be drunk from, its banks are eroded and the course of the waterway is changing.
(Trinidad Guardian) Diego Martin West MP Colm Imbert has filed a motion in Parliament calling on the Government to terminate all existing contracts with corruption-tainted Canadian firm SNC-Lavalin. His
The issue of conflict of interest has been in the news over the last few weeks, especially in the light of the disclosure by one of the media houses that the Alliance for Change (AFC) Chairman is also the Company Secretary of the Amaila Falls Hydro Inc.,
Dear Editor, Reading the reports about GPL and the fight against electricity loss/thefts during the past week in KN and SN, I have come to the conclusion that the officials are hell bent on trying to make the public believe that electricity theft is the only problem hindering the development of the power company, whilst they fail to admit mismanagement is one of the main contributing factors to the company’s decline.
Interviews and photos by Shabna Ullah This week on What the People Say we asked persons to comment on what can be done to fight domestic violence, whether they have intervened to save victims and what are the major contributing factors.
By Ewart Thomas (Professor of Psychology and former Dean of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University, California, USA, Thomas teaches a large introductory Statistics course and graduate-level Statistics and research methods courses.)
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – Seven sporting associations in the Bahamas will be awarded with development grants, designed to propel them toward Olympic status and qualification.
(Trinidad Express) Housing and Urban Development Minister Dr Roodal Moonilal has said the People’s Partnership Government has asked the Canadian government to submit a report on SNC-Lavalin (SL), a Canadian engineering and construction company, within two weeks time.SNC-Lavalin
