Articles published on Saturday, April 12, 2014
AFC Region 10 Regional Democratic Council (RDC) member Audwin Rutherford has voiced concern about the composition of the region’s team that is continuing negotiations with government for implementation of August 21, 2012 agreement brokered to end unrest in Linden.
Astrid Deira (centre) the first female Surinam Pilot-in-Command to fly a Boeing 737, being congratulated by SLM staff today at the Timehri airport She guided Surinam Airways (SLM) Flight 421 – her inaugural flight – to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) this morning April 12.
Astrid Deira, the first female Surinam Pilot-in-Command to fly a Boeing 737, guided Surinam Airways (SLM) Flight 421 – her inaugural flight – to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) this morning, a release from the Ministry of Public Works said.
(Trinidad Express) Attorney General Anand Ramlogan wants anyone deported back home to be subjected to DNA fingerprinting.
(Trinidad Express) IT is time to allow “old wounds to heal” because the past is best honoured by “learning and letting go”.
The Guyana Police Force in collaboration with Heavenly Light Full Gospel Fellowship and Masjid An-Najm Social Centre of Albouystown launched ‘Impact Albouystown’ project yesterday, the first of its kind, which through law enforcement and social interventions, is intended to make the neighbourhood safe.
Commissioner of Police (Ag) Seelall Persaud (left) and other members of the Guyana Police Force, and residents gathered at the launch of the Albouystown Impact Project which was held at Hunter Street, Albouystown yesterday.
With some $9.3B of estimated expenditure already cut from government proposed $220B national budget, the Committee of Supply sub-committee mechanism suggested by House Speaker Raphael Trotman to facilitate negotiations on contentious estimates is not producing the intended results.
Minister of Local Govern-ment Norman Whittaker yesterday announced that Carol Sooba will remain as “acting” Town Clerk, following a court ruling that her appointment last year as the substantive office holder was “legally defective.”
Devendra Bishoo bagged a seven wicket haul on his return to the national side which dwarfed half-centuries from Trinidad & Tobago’s Darren Bravo and Evin Lewis yesterday on day one of the final round of this year’s West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Regional 4-day tournament played at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.
The combined opposition late Thursday night voted down allocations totaling $6.7 billion for transport works, including the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) Modern-isation Project.
Government has failed to get approval for its proposed $1.1B Amerindian Development Fund, which the opposition voted down due to concerns about its potential misuse by the administration for electioneering and about the effectiveness of the projects to be funded.
Whether you like it or not we are officially in the ‘Kerwin Clarke Era” in local bodybuilding.
Beacons FC overcame the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) by a 3-2 score line when the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) first division league continued at the Tucville Community ground on Thursday.
By Desilon Daniels Albouystown is the focus of the Guyana Police Force’s (GPF) newest initiative, which aims at the development of a safe neighbourhood through interventions by the force and partner organisations in the community.
By Delvon Mc Ewan East Coast on Thursday took the lead in the Demerara Cricket Board/ Diamond Fire and General Insurance Incorporated U19 competition when they defeated East Bank by three wickets at the Enmore Community Development Centre Ground, East Coast Demerara.
History will be made for Surinam today when its first female jet captain will pilot the Surinam Airways flight bound for Miami, Florida.
The much anticipated final of the Upper Corentyne Cricket Association (UCCA)Price is Right Supermarket second division cricket competition is set for tomorrow at the No.
Another airline has entered the Guyana market and from July this year is hoping to bring cheaper flights for Guyanese travelling to or from Miami, St Maarten, Jamaica and a list of other destinations.
An unidentified man was crushed to death yesterday afternoon after a truck in which he was hitching a ride overturned on a hill in Region Eight.
Photos by Obrey James A spicy performer with a powerful voice, Jackie Hanover, who now goes by the name of her alter ego ‘Jackie Jaxx’, has transformed herself from a contestant at the Jingle and Song Competition to one of Guyana’s most promising and sought after artistes.
The International Rugby Board (iRB) Development Officer for NACRA, Trinidadian, Kwanieze John will be in Guyana today for four days to work along with local Youth Development Officers (YDOs) and Physical Education teachers on how to teach the game to students.
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis made his first public plea for forgiveness yesterday for the “evil” committed by priests who molested children, using some of his strongest words yet on the Roman Catholic Church’s sexual abuse crisis.
The police at Anna Regina are conducting investigations into the alleged drowning of a Sparta, Essequibo Coast woman, whose body was found early yesterday morning in a trench.
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro cautioned opposition leaders to keep their expectations modest yesterday as he hosted them for mediated talks intended to stem two months of deadly political unrest.
PRETORIA, (Reuters) – Oscar Pistorius’ trial heard crucial testimony yesterday as a prosecutor challenged the double-amputee sprinter over why his girlfriend had failed to scream when he shot her four times through a toilet door.
Dear Editor, Until this nation is prepared to have open and frank conversations on race in the quest for equality and national development, the self-serving and opportunistic in our midst will continue to manipulate our differences to the detriment of all.
As the Chinese Philosopher Lao-tzu taught “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step” and so a year ago, I made the first step in my commitment to explore this country; its cultures and people, places and things in what I deem would be my ultimate adventure, spiritual even as I try to be in touch with Guyana.
Twenty-one law enforcement officers last Friday graduated from a United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) airport interdiction course at the Guyana Police Force Training Centre.
Dear Editor, The Demerara Cricket Board fiasco is presently engaging the attention of the court.
AUGUSTA, Georgia, (Reuters) – Bubba Watson rolled in five birdies in a row to hold the outright lead late in the second round of the 78th Masters yesterday and surge into contention for a second green jacket in three years.
Hi Everyone, I am always on the hunt for recipes that use familiar ingredients in new ways.
(Trinidad Express) – Subhas Ramkhelawan yesterday resigned as an Independent senator and as chairman of the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange (TTSE).
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States said yesterday it would not grant a visa to Iran’s proposed UN ambassador, citing the envoy’s links to the 1979-1981 hostage crisis, in a rare step that raises questions about how much influence the White House can wield over the world body.
KIEV/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin tried to ease European fears of gas supply cuts yesterday after Brussels said it would stand with the new authorities in Kiev if the Kremlin carries out a threat to turn off the tap to Ukraine.
(Reuters) ———-San Antonio Spurs guard Patty Mills, starting in place of injured Tony Parker, took full advantage of the opportunity with a game-high 26 points and put a dent in the playoff hopes of the Dallas Mavericks with a 109-100 points win Thursday night.
A Mabaruma resident, charged with attempting to murder her niece, is now remanded to prison after she appeared in a city court yesterday.
Dear Editor, Is there a magic potion or miracle cure or, as we say in Guyana, an ‘obeah’ that can be used to cure our ailing sugar industry?
Dear Editor, I commend Mr Wayne Forde, President of Fruta Conquerors for publicly stating in your newspaper on April 3 that he is not in support of a no-confidence motion against the President of the GFF, Mr Matthias.
A taxi driver, accused of fraudulently converting over $1M, is now on bail after he appeared before a city magistrate.
T JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Former West Indies pacer Kenny Benjamin has criticised the Antigua & Barbuda Cricket Association for its lack of attention to the development of local cricket here.
Sheron Cadogan-Taylor’s Shattered Dreamz opens next weekend at the National Cultural Centre and the playwright is over the moon as the days draw nearer to the production of her first full-length play.
Dear Editor, Ever since Cheddi Jagan died in 1997 many in the PPP, and recently in the PNC, have oftentimes alluded to the Jagan legacy without defining what that legacy is.
Noah is the retelling of the Biblical story recorded in Genesis and re-teams Oscar winners Russell Crowe (Noah) and Jennifer Connelly (Naameh) from A Beautiful Mind.
CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – Australia will return to Zimbabwe for the first time in a decade later this year to take part in a triangular one-day international tournament, Zimbabwe Cricket said on Thursday.
The Court of Appeal yesterday granted an extension to allow attorney Nigel Hughes to file an appeal on behalf of Teneisha Evans, the girlfriend of Colwyn Harding, the man who accused a policeman of raping him with a baton during his arrest last year.
Education Minister Priya Manickchand, facing a barrage of criticism for the CN Sharma remark she made in Parliament last week, questioned when it is a convenient time to expose rape and paedophilia.
(Billboard) – Here’s the thing about deadbeat dudes: They’re not going anywhere.
The finalists for the 2014 Billboard Music Awards were announced yesterday with Imagine Dragons and Lorde leading all artists followed by Justin Timberlake, Katy Perry and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis.
A former member of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) officer was yesterday arraigned on charges of possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition.
Saying that sugar has all but collapsed with diminishing prospects for a turnaround, APNU’s Shadow Agriculture Minister Dr Rupert Roopnaraine used his budget speech in the National Assembly last week to call for a sustainable plan and better management to effectively reverse the industry’s fortunes.
Dear Editor, Once again there has been outrage, and rightly so by some concerned voices over the manner in which the 14-year-old boy Andy met his death.
ABERDEEN, Scotland (Reuters) – Scotland’s leader Alex Salmond will today urge Scots to put aside party politics in the vote on independence, as he tries to win support from Labour rivals for his bid to leave the United Kingdom.
(Reuters) – The handful of teams still fighting to secure one of the final four NBA playoff berths have six days to extend their seasons and embark on what they hope is a Cinderella run.
The unfairness of US criminal justice has been well-publicized for decades, but a recent book by the Rolling Stone journalist Matt Taibbi suggests that the system has decayed to a state in which wealthy citizens – with access to good lawyers – are, for all practical purposes, exempt from entry into “the biggest [prison population] in the history of human civilization.”
