Daily Archive: Sunday, August 31, 2014

A Guyanese man died after he was stabbed in Castries, St Lucia early Saturday morning according to a St Lucia News Online report.

(Trinidad Guardian) The family of murdered Senior Counsel Dana Seetahal will not be collecting her Chaconia Medal (Gold) at the National Awards function at Queen’s Hall, St Ann’s, this evening. Seetahal

Attorney Christopher Ram yesterday said that President Donald Ramotar’s recent comments on the ongoing Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the death of Dr.

(Trinidad Express) Port of Spain-Six individuals are being inves­tigated in relation to the US$100 million cocaine bust in the United States in December where the drug was hidden in juice cans which carried local labels.

Fearful of impacts from proposed logging activities by Bai Shan Lin in the North Rupununi, community leaders on Friday raised concerns with the Guyana Forestry Commis-sion (GFC) Board in Annai but left the meeting dissatisfied with the responses received.

Punctuality is a big thing with me. From a boy, as the Jamaicans say, I’ve been that way mainly, I believe, from the example of my mother who was always on time or early for everything.

Story by Dacia Whaul Photos by Arian Browne If you are not a lover of the overwhelming pace of city life and the doctor has ordered some time in a serene environment, then Pearl must be on your list of places to go.

Some years ago, on the table at which I was sitting in a Barbados hotel, there was a small brown packet of sugar.

After two decades of steady progress in women’s rights — including the election of women presidents in Brazil, Argentina and Chile — Latin America has one of the world’s highest representation of women in top government jobs, but a surprising new study shows that women are losing ground on several fronts in the region.

Parents guilty of leaving their children at home unsupervised will be charged, in order to send a strong message said Minister of Human Services and Social Security.

Introduction For this and several columns to come, I shall be discussing a number of independent but related topics, under the broad theme of inequality and poverty in Guyana.

If found here, the Guyanese crew that was robbed of over US$11 million of gold in Curacao almost two years ago could be interviewed by local police to prosecute suspects on the Dutch island.

Over the last two weeks, Guyana’s forests attracted much media attention not because of any scientific discovery or technological breakthrough, but because of the economics surrounding their use.

The father of policing in Britain, and therefore of policing in Britain’s colonies, was Sir Robert Peel.

Promising not to export logs and to establish the “largest wood-processing factory in Guyana” as well as introduce “advanced wood processing technology” and an eventual move to forest certification, Chinese company Bai Shan Lin introduced itself to Guyanese in 2007 beginning a rapid rise that seven years later, encompasses several sectors even as its failed to live up to many of its commitments.

In his article last Wednesday in ‘Future Notes,’ (‘Some suggestions for constitutional reform’), Dr Henry Jeffrey, advanced extensive views on constitutional reform.

Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman yesterday said that the perception of the Alliance for Change (AFC) as an “oppositional party” is worrying in light of its intended mission to address racial tensions in Guyana.

On August 29, 2009, Martin Atherley’s world turned upside down when he learnt that his wife had been shot in the hip and was at the hospital.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – An unbroken 144-run, seventh wicket stand between captain Mushfiqur Rahim and Nasir Hossain, rescued Bangladesh on the opening day of their three-day tour match against St Kitts and Nevis here yesterday.

A Flash Mob by volunteers for Habitat from Humanity. They were dancing to the song ‘Happy’ at the intersection of Camp and Robb Streets yesterday (Photo by Arian Browne)

Marlon ‘Fishy’ Williams turned the tables on Team Coco’s Hamza Eastman to sprint away with the spoils of the feature 35-lap event of yesterday’s 38th annual NSC sponsored 11-race progamme.

The Hornets ruggers used their skill and experience and held their nerve to come from behind and sting a game UG outfit, 29-14 when the GRFU 10s league continued yesterday at the National Park.

There was the usual last minute back-to-school rush along Regent Street yesterday.

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong is poised for a showdown with China when the Chinese parliament meets later today, with the largely rubber-stamp body likely to snuff out hopes for a democratic breakthrough in the regional financial hub at elections due in 2017.

Is it a problem that the World Cup is less than six months away and West Indies still have no head coach?

Little can be done to reopen the murder case against businessman Rondy Jagdeo due to the fact that police are still unable to locate the main eyewitness, who failed to show up to give evidence in court.

Mussaenda erythrophylla, commonly called Ashanti blood or Red mussaenda originated from West Africa.

BONANZA, Nicaragua (Reuters) – Rescue workers have freed 22 miners who were trapped in a gold mine after a landslide in northern Nicaragua, and the government yesterday vowed to continue search efforts for several workers that remained stuck underground.

She was just into her teenage years but Amanda (not her real name) had the freedom to do as she pleased just like any adult.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Top seeds Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams advanced as expected but the upset-riddled U.S.

A nation’s art, its literature, music, theatre and dance traditions all arise from, are influenced and shaped by its culture.

KIEV/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Ukraine said Russian tanks had flattened a small border town and pro-Russian rebels had made fresh gains in its east, as EU leaders signalled yesterday they would threaten more sanctions against Moscow over the crisis.

Vergenoegen All-Stars continued their unbeaten group campaign in the Stag Beer West Side 5-aside football tournament, defeating Woodcrest by a 1-0 score line on Friday at the Vergenoegen Rice Mill Tarmac.

HARARE, (Reuters) – Australia captain Michael Clarke will return to action for today’s triangular series match against hosts Zimbabwe after recovering from a hamstring strain, Cricket Australia said.

Dear Editor, My intuition is screaming: Something is up and in the making.

A family’s recipe for macaroni and cheese, macaroni pie or pie, whichever you prefer to call it should not be messed with.

Choosing the right footwear: Back to school shopping along Regent Street yesterday (Photo by Arian Browne)

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Thousands of protesters massed outside the residence of Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif yesterday to demand he step down, after efforts to find a negotiated solution to the country’s political crisis failed.

Two men are now in custody after the police on Friday discovered a large quantity of compressed marijuana at a house at Lethem, Region Nine.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Veteran West Indies left-hander Shiv Chanderpaul says one of his main career goals now is to use his vast experience to help develop the new generation of batsmen.

A three-in-hand donkey cart with two spares at Enmore yesterday (Photo by Arian Browne)

Second only to humans, leaf cutter ants form the largest and most complex society on earth; one nest can be as large as 30 metres in diameter and house up to

FIDE has announced details of the 2014-15 Grand Prix series which will qualify two participants for the world championship Candidates chess tournament.

Dear Editor, Once again reminiscent of their first Diwali celebration the Old Kara Kara Community Development Committee sparkled.

FREETOWN/MONROVIA (Reuters) – Health workers have gone on strike at a major state-run Ebola treatment centre in Sierra Leone, hospital staff told Reuters yesterday, a further blow to efforts to contain the deadly virus.

MASERU (Reuters) – Lesotho’s Prime Minister Thomas Thabane yesterday accused his country’s army of staging a coup against him and fled to neighbouring South Africa, which condemned the military’s action and called for a peaceful settlement.

While normally during the parliamentary recess in August and September there is a kind of political intermission, that is not quite the case this year.

Continued from last week Physicians who are deeply committed to the Hippocratic Oath must experience great agony when their patients are terminally ill, and they (the doctors) can do nothing treatment-wise to save them.

LONDON, (Reuters) – India’s slow bowlers tormented England again to claim a six-wicket victory in the third one-day international in Nottingham yesterday to go 2-0 up in the five-match series.

Dear Editor, We, the residents of Sub-Region Two of Region Ten are somewhat relieved that the length of our journey from Linden to Kwakwani and other communities has been shortened.