Daily Archive: Saturday, November 2, 2013

Articles published on Saturday, November 2, 2013

Robert Persaud

Guyana facing loss of US$20M in Norway forest payment

Guyana will lose out on around US$20M of the payment it would have received under its forest protection agreement with Norway for last year, once increased deforestation is confirmed by independent verification exercises to be completed by month end, according to Natural Resources Minister Robert Persaud.

‘Stand on the side of the law’

The PPP yesterday called on the parliamentary opposition to “stand on the side of law and the law abiding” by supporting the anti-money laundering amendments, which the party is hoping to pass ahead of a critical country review later this month.

CC&PA officer Gloria Davidson feeding the baby

Baby boy rescued from rum shop

An 11-month-old baby boy was rescued early yesterday morning from a rum shop where his 31-year-old mother was drinking when officers from the Child Care and Protection Agency (CC&PA) in Region Five made a sweep of the area.

GFA Treasurer Dexter Schultz (right) collecting the sponsorship cheque from Star Party Rental Office Manager Pheona Jones while company Supervisor Floyd Spencer look on

Star Party Rentals support for GFA Banks Beer Cup

Star Party Rentals became the first corporate establishment to throw its support behind the Georgetown Football Association (GFA)/Banks Beer Cup, donating a undisclosed amount to the association at a simple handing over ceremony at the entity’s Campbellville location yesterday.

Shanta Devi Persaud

Stabbed Sophia woman succumbs

Security guard Shanta Devi Persaud, who was stabbed on October 19 near her Sophia home, succumbed on Thursday last to injuries from the multiple stab wounds she received allegedly at the hands of her ex partner.

       Shemar Britton

Favourites win on opening day

Queen’s College `A’ led by top player Shemar Britton easily defeated West Demerara in the U18 category as the Digicel-sponsored schools table tennis tournament commenced yesterday afternoon at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Kyle Mills

Pace bowler Mills to lead NZ in Sri Lanka

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – Swing bowler Kyle Mills will captain New Zealand for the first time on his country’s limited overs tour of Sri Lanka later this month after Kane Williamson was ruled out with a broken and dislocated thumb.

Chicago Bulls star Derrick Rose (1) goes up for the game-winning shot on Thursday against the New York Knicks. (Photo : Reuters)

Rose scores game winner as Bulls beat Knicks 82-81

(Reuters) Derrick Rose still has it. Playing his first regular season game at the United Center since suffering a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee on April 28, 2012, Rose scored with 5.7 seconds remaining to send the Chicago Bulls past the New York Knicks 82-81.

Actresses performing during the simulation of an accident at the launch of National Road Safety Month yesterday.

National Road Safety Month launched

National Road Safety Month kicked off yesterday with a small ceremony at the junction of Avenue of the Republic and Brickdam, under the theme, ‘Alcohol, Speed, and Inattentiveness Cause Accidents; Drive Wise and Save Lives.’

Alanzo Greaves

Cyclists to set roads alight for Deepavali

The cream of the nation’s wheelsmen will light up the Seawall Bandstand as well as the open roads tomorrow (Deepavali) and Monday when the 16th annual Troy Humphrey Memorial and the Carlton Wheelers 55-mile cycling events pedal off.

Canada’s OSCL team coming strong for Guyana Cup III

A softball team representing the Ontario Softball Cricket League (OSCL) is all set to throw down the gauntlet to the other teams participating in the third annual Guyana Floodlights Softball Cricket Association’s (GFSCA) Guyana Cup softball tournament which bowls off next week.

We call on CARICOM governments to defend Caribbean people in the Dominican Republic in the face of this assault on their very lives

Dear Editor In late September 2013,  the Constitutional Court of the Dominican Republic made a ruling to deny citizenship to thousands of children, women and men of Haitian origin, many of  whose parents were brought to work in the Dominican Republic’s sugar industry,  and who would have been registered as Dominican.

Clash of titans in Pee Wee football

It will a clash of the titans when the sixth round of the Petra Organization/Courts Guyana in collaboration with Banks DIH Limited Pee Wee U11 football tourney continues today at the Thirst Park ground with eight slated matches.

Reinventing the press

A generation ago the New York Times was for most Americans, and for a large foreign readership, the final arbiter of the news that was “fit to print.”