Articles published on Thursday, April 17, 2014
Kerwin Livingstone, lecturer in the Department of Language and Cultural Studies, School of Education and Humanities, University of Guyana, Turkeyen campus, has won the gold medal for his field at the University of the South Pacific, Laucala Campus, Suva, Fiji.
Head of the Presidential Secretariat (HPS), Dr. Roger Luncheon today told reporters that while he has been diagnosed with cancer of the gastrointestinal tract he will not seek medical treatment and will leave his heath to fate.
Participants in the 12th Pakaraima Mountain safari are currently traversing some of the most remote areas in Guyana, spanning hundreds of miles, a release from the Guyana Tourism Authority said today.
Participants in the 12th Pakaraima Mountain safari are currently traversing some of the most remote areas in Guyana, spanning hundreds of miles, a release from the Guyana Tourism Authority said today.
Participants in the 12th Pakaraima Mountain safari are currently traversing some of the most remote areas in Guyana, spanning hundreds of miles, a release from the Guyana Tourism Authority said today.
Five men appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court this morning charged with the murder of kidnapped businessman, Rajendra Singh and were all remanded to prison.
We know one thing for sure, in this year of 2014: we Guyanese live in a society trapped in developmental deformity.
Urban development cannot proceed without proper waste management and Guyana is a prime example of this.
At about 1730h. yesterday, Police say that Errol Lindo, 52 years, of Caracas Village, West Canje, Berbice, was involved in an argument, over ownership of a property, with a man who is a licensed firearm holder and during which he was shot.
By Jim Yong Kim Jim Yong Kim is president of the World Bank Group.
Avoiding a showdown that could have triggered general elections, the National Assembly last evening passed an appropriation bill for government’s 2014 budget, after APNU and the AFC chopped $22.4 billion from the Finance Ministry’s planned capital expenditure on the last day of consideration of the estimates.
A tourist was yesterday injured by falling debris from the “The City Food Court” building under construction at the junction of Robb and Camp streets.
Stabroek News’ website at http://www.stabroeknews.com was offline yesterday afternoon due to technical problems with its provider, Hostgator and parent company EIG.
Estimates totalling some $2.4B for the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport were yesterday approved, even as members of the opposition queried expenditures under the Sport and Art Development Fund.
Five men will today be appearing in a city magistrate’s court to be charged with the murder of kidnapped Enmore businessman Rajendra Singh and according to a police source it was telephone records that ensured that all the major players were arrested.
Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon on Tuesday returned to work after being ill and on medical leave for over three months.
A Guyana Revenue Authority officer accused of trafficking in cocaine via mail was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC-The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) is seeking compensation from former football executive Jack Warner for the Centre of Excellence in Trinidad which he claims to own.
Seeking to attract more Guyanese to the University of the West Indies (UWI), Pro-Vice-Chancellor Professor Clement Sankat yesterday told local students that the institution can help nurture them into becoming the region’s next leaders.
Javed Rasheed’s 12-wicket match haul guided Everest Cricket Club (ECC) to a comprehensive victory over Muslim Youth Organisation (MYO) as the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) competition continued last weekend at the MYO ground.
The Prairie International Hotel, located at Coverden, East Bank Demerara, is up for sale.
A post-mortem examination performed on the body of four-month-old Phillip Pratt has revealed that he died of complications from bronchitis.
Member of Parliament for Chaguanas West Jack Warner yesterday responded to newspaper reports that CONCACAF had taken legal action preventing him from selling the Centre of Excellence in Macoya.
Lusignan Cricket Club was crowned champions of the East Coast Cricket Board (ECCB) 2014 U15 competition after they defeated Ogle Cricket Club by 17 runs on Sunday.
A full forensic audit has been ordered into the operations of the Guyana Gold Board (GGB) as police continue a probe of a fraud at the operation that reportedly could involve the loss of tens of millions of dollars.
The quarterfinal round of the first annual Grassroots Foundation inter-ward knockout football tournament continues today at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground Bourda with a doubleheader.
Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh on Tuesday presented a revision of the 2014 budget paving the way for the judiciary to be financed via a direct charge on the Consolidated Fund.
Coach, Sham Johnny is satisfied with the preparation of Team Guyana but noted there are some areas that needed to be improved ahead of this weekend’s CARIFTA Games in the French island of Martinique.
At the Berbice High Court yesterday, Justice Diana Insanally sentenced two men to 20 years imprisonment each for the June 3, 2012 murder of Marlon Andrew Ramcharran.
Success Masters and Floodlights defeated Industry Super Kings and Park Rangers respectively in the latest action of the Trophy Stall softball competition at the Demerara Cricket Club Ground last Saturday.
Pele FC scraped past Flamingo FC by a 3-2 margin in their first division matchup when the Georgetown Football Association league continued on Tuesday at the Tucville Community ground.
Police are investigating the reported non-response to calls placed to the 911 emergency hotline number by victims of a robbery at a wake house on Monday night, Police Public Relations Officer Ivelaw Whittaker said.
A Charlestown man was yesterday sentenced to six years imprisonment after being found guilty of six counts of armed robbery committed late last year.
Dear Editor, The Alliance For Change (AFC) would like our Indigenous brothers and sisters to know that we fully support the allocations for the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs’ current Budget 2014, which is a total of $411.9 million.
New Amsterdam United, led by a Kelvin Joseph six goal haul, dismantled Young Achievers by a 9-0 score line when the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) National Premier League concluded on Tuesday.
KRAMATORSK/SLAVIANSK, Ukraine, (Reuters) – Separatists flew the Russian flag on armoured vehicles taken from the Ukrainian army yesterday, humiliating a Kiev government operation to recapture eastern towns controlled by pro-Moscow partisans.
Dear Editor, Please allow me the space to respond to a news item appearing in the Sunday Stabroek, of April 13, 2014.
Regal Stationery and Computer Centre yesterday presented Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) with a 32” Daewoo Television.
Dear Editor, What does it say about a nation when the first thing offered to those arriving to its shores is alcohol?
The fighting pride of Guyana, Clive ‘The Punisher’ Atwell is an undefeated fighter with a pending world title fight next month in Mexico but all is not well in the boxer’s camp.
The Buxton Youth Developers (BYD) are now beneficiaries of a donation made by Courts Guyana.
JINDO, South Korea, (Reuters) – Rescuers were hammering on the upturned hull of a capsized South Korea ferry today hoping for a response from hundreds of people, mostly teenage schoolchildren, believed trapped after the vessel started sinking more than 24 hours previously.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – A post-earthquake housing program in Haiti funded by the U.S.
An Albouystown man will be a guest of the state for the next three years, after he admitted to trafficking in nearly 200 grammes of cannabis yesterday when he appeared in a city court.
(The Sports Xchange) – Blake Griffin scored 24 points and point guard Chris Paul added 21 points and 10 assists to lead the Los Angeles Clippers to a 117-105 romp over the Denver Nuggets.
Dear Editor, As an individual who drives to work on a daily basis from Mahaica to George-town, please allow me to highlight my observations and the dangers posed to law-abiding drivers by some uncouth, unscrupulous and just disgusting minibus and hire care drivers.
An early morning smash-up at the corner of Charlotte and King streets yesterday left a passenger bus and a car badly mangled and the metal doors of a store dented.
Anthony Morrison, who was on trial for the murder of his common law wife, will have to face a retrial after a jury failed to return a unanimous verdict on his guilt yesterday.
MAIDUGURI/ABUJA, (Reuters) – Nigeria’s military said yesterday its forces had freed most of the more than 100 teenage schoolgirls abducted by Islamist Boko Haram militants and were continuing the search for eight students still missing.
Dear Editor, “But let me make our position clear on this issue.
Stabroek News has invited the People’s Progressive Party/Civic, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance for Change to submit a weekly column on local government and related matters.
Dear Editor, The Sunday Stabroek’s April 13 editorial ‘Vulgarity,’ is timely, and hopefully enough of our leaders everywhere would read it, digest it, then turn away to do all things necessary to arrest this sad decline taking place in our highest forum.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The finance minister is to be stripped of the responsibility of appointing the governor of the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) and will also lose the power of having direct responsibility for the monitoring of banks and other regulated financial institutions on the island.
GENEVA, (Reuters) – Inter-communal violence is tearing Central African Republic apart but the conflict is not getting the attention, or aid, needed to save huge numbers of lives, the head of the U.N.
On a green Abu Dhabi pitch that had plenty of bounce, Kolkata cruised to a big win over defending champions Mumbai Indians yesterday in the opening game of the season.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Energy World International (EWI) has been given the official green light to supply 381MW of generating capacity to the Jamaica Public Service, using natural gas as fuel source, with the signing of the licence by Energy Minister Phillip Paulwell.
BK Western Tigers defeated Black Pearl by a 6-1 score line when the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) second division league continued at the Tucville Community ground on Tuesday.
Urban development cannot proceed without proper waste management and Guyana is a prime example of this.
By Jim Yong Kim Jim Yong Kim is president of the World Bank Group.
Dear Editor, Mark Da Costa in his letter in the Stabroek News of April 10 captioned ‘The PPP is a perversion of Dr.
We know one thing for sure, in this year of 2014: we Guyanese live in a society trapped in developmental deformity.
A labourer accused of assaulting his partner with an iron over her refusal to be intimate with him was yesterday remanded to prison after strong objections were raised to his being released.
The first quarter of the 2014 cycling season came and went just as swiftly as some of the times Guyana’s premier wheelsmen laid down on the open roads and in the inner circuit of the National Park.
