Daily Archive: Friday, September 26, 2014

Articles published on Friday, September 26, 2014

Ramotar holds talks with Canadian PM

President Donald Ramotar (fourth from right) and Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper (3rd from right) with members of their respective delegations during a meeting on the sidelines of the UNGeneral Assembly.(GINA

MV Sandaka, passenger boat in collision

At approximately 15:50 hours yesterday, the Transport & Harbours Department (T&HD) vessel “Sandaka” and a small passenger boat “Akeela” collided with each other in the Essequibo River, near the Parika Stelling, a statement from the T&HD said.

Extension to Mahaicony Secondary commissioned

The Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development and officials of the Region Five, Regional Democratic Council, Minister of Local Government Norman Whittaker yesterday commissioned 12 of 17 projects completed in the Region as part of the Government’s developmental strategy for all the administrative regions, GINA said.

Decriminalizing of gay sex in T&T not on agenda -PM

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says the “decriminalisation of homosexuality” in Trinidad and Tobago is not something her administration will seek to do because, “it would not be prudent for the Government to proceed in that direction at this time”.

Devon Clements (left) and Kandasammy Surujnarine right are congratulated by Essequibo’s fielders after they completed the match.

Essequibo’s woes continue at the senior level

Narsingh Deonarine and Gudakesh Motie-Kanhai propelled Berbice to a comprehensive victory as Essequibo’s misery at the senior level continued with a nine-wicket defeat in two days of their Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) senior inter-county four-day match yesterday.

Sattaur sues Kaieteur News for libel

Commissioner-General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Khurshid Sattaur has filed a suit against the Kaieteur News seeking in excess of $500 million in damages for what he claims is libel contained in its ‘Dem Boys Seh’ columns and news reports about the targeting of the paper.

Lennox Hernandez

National Trust promotes outreach in Linden

By Jeff Trotman   Regional Chairman of Region Ten,Sharma Solomon has called on the National Trust to pay greater attention to the preservation of Fort Nassau on the Berbice River and sites in Linden such as the historical monument at the old saw mill in Silvertown, the Watooka Guest House and the St Aidans Anglican Church on Burnham Drive, which is over a hundred years old.

UN should keep Guyana on its radar

Dear Editor, We have been a polarized society for almost half of a century or perhaps longer, and it seems that the situation has recently become more intense with the challenges we are experiencing in governance as a result of our constitution not being designed to accommodate the present political situation of a minority government.

Education is not a level playing field

Dear Editor, Annie Baliram in the Stabroek News of August 16, 2014 under the heading, ‘Students from the elite schools outperform the others,’ wrote a short, straightforward letter that begs for full attention and ought to be of deep concern to all educational officials, but more so to the working class folks.

Qatar out of women’s basketball over hijab row

INCHEON South Korea (Reuters) – Qatar pulled out of the women’s basketball competition at the Asian Games yesterday after refusing to abide by international regulations preventing them from wearing hijabs, while organisers said they were powerless to do anything about it.

Eid ul Adha is October 5

The month of 1st Dhul Hijja 1435 AH will be observed today and the 9th of Zul Hijja, the day of Arafa will be observed on Saturday October 4, 2014, the Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG) said in a press release yesterday.

The Catalan consultation

Undeterred by the result of the Scottish referendum announced early on September 19, Catalonia’s parliament, later that very day, authorised its president, by a vote of 106 to 28, to proceed with a referendum similar to the Scottish one on November 9.