THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India, (Reuters) – India’s Hindu temples are resisting divulging their gold holdings – perhaps nearly half the amount held in Fort Knox – amid mistrust of the motives of authorities who are trying to cut a hefty import bill that is hurting the economy.
(Trinidad Guardian) Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine has distanced himself from the negotiation process that allegedly led to an almost ten per cent drop in local voting rights over the cross-border Loran/Manatee bloc.
Analisa Andrews from Moraikobai in Region 5 was last evening crowned Miss Amerindian Heritage 2013, defeating nine other contestants at the Amerindian Heritage Pageant held at the National Cultural Centre (NCC).
DAMATURU, Nigeria, (Reuters) – Gunmen killed at least 40 people today in an attack on a college in northeast Nigeria, a Reuters witness said, in a region where Islamist militants have targeted schools and universities.
(Trinidad Express) Two years ago, Minister of the People and Social Development Dr Glenn Ramadharsingh promised to build centenarian Violet Riviere a new room at her Crichlow Hill, Morvant home.
(Trinidad Express) State carrier Caribbean Airlines has suspended one of its managers as an investigation continues into what has been described as a million-dollar fraud involving the use of bogus credit cards which has already cost CAL more than $12 million in losses.
US Ambassador Brent Hardt says budgetary constraints have stalled plans for the setting up of a Drug Enforce-ment Administration (DEA) office in Guyana but it is still an aim of the US government as part of its cooperation on security in this country.
With young people making up about 75% of the inmates in the country’s prison system, Minister of Human Services and Social Security Jennifer Webster says “innovative” solutions are needed to steer young boys and men away from crime and towards education and skills training.
The Correia Mining Company (CMC) has become one of the first local gold mining companies to adopt mercury-free technology to recover gold and others are being urged to do the same as the shaking tables are being hailed as economically viable and environmentally friendly.
Minister of Works Robeson Benn is hopeful that the opposition will approve sums budgeted for the Cheddi Jagan International Airport so it can be completed but the opposition is insisting that all documentation and studies in relation to it be released first.
Today’s final of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/Pepsi-sponsored Senior Inter-county tournament is being billed as the `Clash of the Champions’ as the unbeaten defending champions Demerara defend their title against former champs Berbice at the Albion Community Centre Ground.
The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is still grappling with less than ideal worker turnout to harvest the fields during the crucial second crop, with the daily attendance of harvesters ranging between 50 per cent and 70 per cent, according to management.
The miners association yesterday noted with deep concern the rise of the cost of the US dollar to approximately $212 and reemphasized its call for the Guyana Gold Board to make partial payments to miners in foreign currency.
Last year’s most successful cyclist, Robin Persaud, powered to his sixth win of the season by outlasting this year’s most successful, Alanzo Greaves to claim the ninth annual Laparkan Holdings Limited feature 35-lap event in the National Park yesterday.
Former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran says the procurement laws must be followed by government-owned Atlantic Hotels Inc (AHI) in the development of the US$58 million Marriott Hotel, while challenging the claim by Director Winston Brassington that the financing is a privatisation transaction.
Fruta Conquerors and Pele Football Club played to a 1-1 draw when the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Players Cup recommenced at the Tucville Community Centre ground on Friday.
Nicola Ramdyhan defeated Afruica Gentle in straight sets in their girls’ U18 final when the Courts Junior Tennis Championship concluded yesterday at the National Racket Centre on Woolford Avenue.
Political defections in Guyana have a long and ignoble history. A rare exception was that of Henry Jeffrey towards the PPP, although he never joined that party.
Sometimes, in the everyday course of life, an interaction comes along, out of the blue, that is unusual and startling and revealing all at the same time.
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s angry denunciation of US electronic spying at the United Nations General Assembly in New York this week was applauded by most in the room, but her proposal to regulate the Internet should make all of us very nervous.
Trinidad and Tobago edged Guyana by a 3-2 score line in the battle of the bottom sides when the Pan American Hockey Federation (PAHF) Cup continued in Mendoza, Argentina yesterday.
After spending thirty-six years in the teaching profession, more than half of which was spent teaching the blind, Ingrid Peters is distressed about the education afforded to children who are blind and is strongly advocating that a special school for them be established.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Four Guyanese lawyers were selected to represent the West Indies lawyers’ cricket team at the upcoming Lawyers’ Cricket World Cup in New Delhi, India, from October 12 to 22.
International standards
As indicated in last week’s column, the original publication of the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) Forty Recommen-dations took place in 1990.
The four Brazilian miners who were killed when a mining pit caved and covered them at Arau Backdam, Eteringbang, on Thursday afternoon have been identified.
Miss Philippines was crowned Miss World 2013 yesterday at a tightly guarded ceremony in Bali, Indonesia, after the contest was plagued by protests from Muslim hardliners and fears that extremist groups could try to disrupt the event.
East La Penitence edged defending champions Marian Academy 2-1 when the Petra Organization/Courts Guyana Incorporated in collaboration with Banks DIH Limited Pee Wee U11 football tourney commenced at the Thirst Park ground yesterday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The US government edged closer yesterday to a shutdown as Republicans in the House of Representatives rejected an emergency spending bill approved by the Senate and pushed instead for a one-year delay of President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform law.
A virtuoso Sheldon Thomas performance piloted defending champions Albouystown/Charlestown to an 80-56 blowout win over Werk-en-Rust/Wortmanville when game one of the Mackeson Trinity Grid Holdings (TGH) Pacesetters Basketball Club inter-ward best of three finals began on Friday.
Dear Editor,
The holder of the office of Attorney-General is regarded traditionally, albeit informally, as the leader of the Bar and the members of the Guyana Bar Association should be able to take the incumbent, the Honourable Mohabir Anil Nandlall, MP seriously.
Leader of the Opposition David Granger has put government on notice that there will be a collision on the next budget unless the Donald Ramotar administration is prepared to meet and have meaningful discussions.
Dear Editor,
In last Friday’s (Sept 27) issue of the Stabroek News it was reported that the Minister of Finance had taken an initiative to invite the two opposition parties to consultations on the 2014 Budget.
THE West Indies’ back-to-back tours of India (by the ‘A’ team presently underway to be immediately followed by the seniors’ attendance at the hurriedly arranged celebration of Sachin Tendulkar’s 200th Test) offer a welcome return to the longer game for the top players and a chance for the reserves to stake their claims for promotion.
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s Islamist-led government agreed yesterday to resign after talks with secular foes to form a caretaker administration and prepare for elections to safeguard the democratic transition in the country where the Arab Spring uprisings began.
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago and host Haiti will contest the final of the 2013 Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Women’s Under-17 Football Tournament today.
DUBAI (Reuters) – Hundreds of Iranians cheered President Hassan Rouhani on his return from New York yesterday after his historic phone call with US President Barack Obama but a smaller number of hardliners shouted “Death to America” and threw eggs and shoes at his official car leaving the airport, Iranian media reported.
Women from the Moruka last month benefited from a two-week craft class with a view to assisting them improve their financial circumstances through the sale of items they make.
The current situation is not sustainable. That was the stark warning yesterday by the Chairman of the National Insurance Scheme, Dr Roger Luncheon, that major changes would have to be made to the social security system.
ROME (Reuters) – Italian centre-right leader Silvio Berlusconi pulled his ministers out of the cabinet yesterday, effectively bringing down the government of Prime Minister Enrico Letta and leaving the Eurozone’s third-largest economy in chaos.
Last Sunday Commissioner of Police (ag) Leroy Brumell along with Crime Chief Seelall Persaud and some senior officers held an Outreach with members of the Meten-Meer-Zorg community.
MYSORE, India, CMC – Spinners Nikita Miller and Veerasammy Permaul steered West Indies A to a 162-run victory over India A on yesterday to take a 1-0 lead in the first four-day game of the three-match series.