Daily Archive: Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Articles published on Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Courtesy call

Guyanese-born, Dr. Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith, ninth president of Fort Valley State University, author and Caribbean security expert, today paid a courtesy call on President Donald Ramotar at the Office of the President.

Carolan Lynch

Carolan Lynch turns herself over to police

Former beauty queen Carolan Lynch who is wanted for the murder of her husband today turned herself over to the police after being on the run for more than three years and according to one of her lawyers she will be appearing in court tomorrow morning.

MARAD probing sinking of vessel

The Guyana-registered General Cargo Vessel ‘STOLLIE 1”, which was bound for Port Kaituma, North West District, sank between the entrance of the Pomeroon and Waini Rivers on Saturday and this is now being investigated by the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD).

The final week of encampment for the national cricketers (above) will be the most crucial says Chairman of the national selectors Rayon Griffith.

Final week of camp most crucial

Chairman of the national selectors Rayon Griffith yesterday said that despite the vast improvement shown by members of the national team during the camp, the latter week of training will be the most crucial ahead of next week’s 2014 Nagico Super50 tournament which bowls off on January 30 in Trinidad.

          Rafa Nadal

Sharapova crashes out

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Rafa Nadal came through his first proper test to storm into the quarter-finals of the Australian Open yesterday but Maria Sharapova was ushered to the exit after a second big shock in as many days in the women’s draw.

Theiana Andrews

GOIP calls for justice for Theiana Andrews

The Guyanese Organisa-tion of Indigenous Peoples (GOIP) in a release has deemed the deafening silence by state funded groups such as the Indigenous Peoples Com-mission, Women’s and Gender Commission, Rights of  the Child Commission and National Toshaos’ Council on the recent murder of 17-year-old Theiana Andrews as most appalling.

Education Minister Priya Manickchand sticks the PRRC’s 47th anniversary cake with one of its students while President Donald Ramotar, Rehabilitation Officer Cynthia Massay and students look on.

$50M special school commissioned at Ptolemy Reid centre

The $50 million Harold B Davis Special School was yesterday commissioned at the Ptolemy Reid Rehabil-itation Centre (PRRC) during a simple ceremony, at which Rehabilitation Offi-cer Cynthia Massay announced that the name was chosen to honour former chairman, Harold B Davis, who was the longest serving chairman of the school board.

Broncos to face Seahawks in 48th Super Bowl

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – The Denver Broncos and the Seattle Seahawks won their National Football League conference championships in brilliant style on Sunday to set up a historic Super Bowl between the top two ranked teams in the United States.

CSA demands ICC proposals withdrawn

(Cricinfo) Cricket South Africa has become the first national board to call for the ICC to withdraw the draft proposal that would put power in international cricket in the hands of India, England and Australia.

Transport lodged as security for doctor who did come back to country not returned after nearly a year

Dear Editor, With respect to the doctors who have studied in Cuba and have since returned to practise here, mainly to fulfil contractual obligations, if and when any of them have to leave Guyana, even if it is to go to neighbouring Suriname, they have to go through the process of getting a release from the Ministry of Health or the Public Service Ministry. 

 Ali Akbar Salehi

West, Iran activate landmark nuclear deal

VIENNA/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Iran has halted its most sensitive nuclear operations under a preliminary deal with world powers, winning some relief from economic sanctions yesterday in a ground-breaking exchange that could ease a threat of war.

‘Anything can happen’

Dear Editor, At the Kitty-Campbellville bus park just next to Demico House runs a drain between the road and the pavement parallel to the St Andrew’s Kirk fence that every commuter knows about, an area where a hive of activities go on daily. 

Image and effectiveness: The travails of the Guyana Police Force

Additional material resources allocated to the Guyana Police Force (GPF) ‒ including additional ranks, arms and ammunition, vehicles, computers and police stations – are unlikely to yield any commensurate improvement in the quality of policing unless, somehow, the allocation of those resources can be accompanied by a corresponding enhancement of the Force’s public image.