Articles published on Sunday, September 28, 2014
HONG KONG, (Reuters) – Hong Kong police fired volleys of tear gas to disperse pro-democracy protests on Sunday and baton-charged a crowd blocking a key road in the government district in defiance of official warnings against illegal demonstrations.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett met with Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary General of the United Nations on Friday September 26, 2014 on the margins of the 69th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.
Patients who received eye surgeries by Chinese ophthalmologists awaiting discharge yesterday at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).
Minister of Health of the People’s Republic of China, Li Bin removes a band aid from a patient who had undergone eye surgery at the GPHC by Chinese ophthalmologists.
The Government of Guyana and the People’s Republic of China yesterday sealed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the ‘China/Guyana House of Medical Science’ which would enable training of local doctors by members of the Chinese medical team.
Prime Minister, Samuel Hinds (right in foreground) during the inspection of works at the new Lethem Power Station which is under construction.
Lethem and surrounding Region Nine communities will benefit from improved power supply by year-end, following the installation of six generating sets at the new power station which is currently under construction.
Minister within the Ministry of Finance, Juan Edghill recently met residents of four communities in the Linden mines area and promised Government’s intervention to resolve several issues that are affecting them, GINA said.
(Trinidad Express) Chairman of Colonial Life Insurance Company (CLICO) Gerald Yetming did not disclose that his son, Gerard Yetming, was employed at commercial real estate firm CBRE, which was hired to sell the W Fort Lauderdale hotel in the United States.
Chinese logging company Baishanlin has constructed a 130km-long road extending almost to Region Nine without awaiting an impact study and authorities have told alarmed stakeholders that construction will stop for now.
Story by Sharda Bacchus Photos by Suraj Narine Klien Pouderoyen is a relatively large village on the West Bank of Demerara, sandwiched between Vreed-en-Hoop and Malgre Tout.
Sharon Fraser, the mother of the teen who was shot dead by a policeman in 2010, is distressed at the outcome of the trial, while noting that from the evidence presented to the court the policeman should have been found guilty at least of manslaughter.
Commissioner of Information Charles Ramson has refused to deal with correspondence that does not address him by all his titles, according to Executive Director of the non-governmental organization Justice Institute Guyana, Melinda Janki, who believes that this is an abuse of his office, and she has called for his resignation.
The Health Ministry is monitoring all arrivals from West Africa, where the death toll from the Ebola virus has risen to over 3,000, but Chief Medical Officer Dr Shamdeo Persaud says it is “highly unlikely” that it the disease will reach Guyana since the country is an “end of travel zone.”
The staff at the New Opportunity Corp (NOC) are believed to have colluded to stonewall the police investigation into sexual and physical abuse claims by former residents of the institution.
There are close to 2,000 suspected cases of Chikungunya in Guyana and health authorities believe that there might be more, according to Chief Medical Officer Shamdeo Persaud.
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – A splendid half-century from Player-of-the-Series Deandra Dottin was not enough as West Indies Women went down to New Zealand Women via a tense Super Over, to concede their three-match Twenty20 International series here yesterday.
Umami, considered the 5th of the basic tastes, is savory; the others are sweet, sour, bitter and salty.
Team Coco’s Raynauth Jeffrey out pedaled a field of Guyana’s premier wheelsmen yesterday to ride off with the spoils of the feature 35-lap event of the 14th annual Degree 11-race programme.
There are a few unmistakable conclusions to be drawn from the West Indies squad for the imminent ODIs in India.
Challenges My last column noted that poverty measures based on income/consumption surveys, like the previously considered World Bank 1992, UNDP1999, and the HIES 2006 surveys have been seriously challenged by several analysts.
The Guyana Police Force yesterday announced that from Wednesday passport distribution would be decentralised and applicants would be able to collect their travel document from locations other than the Central Immigration and Passport Office in Georgetown.
Police said yesterday that a man who attempted to commit a robbery was later found with a loaded gun in his possession.
His name is actually Jerry Goveia, but folks refer to him as ‘Banks Jerry’ (he worked as a manager at Banks DIH for many years before his retirement) to differentiate him from the other guy, the pilot one, with the same-sounding name, and he actually came to mind recently after a column I wrote on flamboyant Guyanese from times past, not in the sense of being flamboyant but as one of those people who leave an impression on you that endures.
In form Jordan Beaton made it to the finals of two categories of the Bakewell/ Guyana Lawn Tennis Association (GLTA) tournament after wins in the semifinals last weekend at the President’s College Tennis Court.
VENICE (Reuters) – The world’s most famous bachelor, George Clooney, broke a vow to remain single yesterday and married human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin during a weekend of lavish celebrations in Venice.
The Umana Yana, ironically destroyed by fire during Guyana’s celebration of Amerindian Heritage Month, was a major visible symbol of Amerindian culture in the city.
Yellow-shouldered bats (Sturnira sp) are not too picky about what they eat or where they find accommodation.
A man is presently hospitalized after he was ambushed by motorcycle bandits at Eccles who shot him twice after snatching more than $1M in cash.
Footballers will invade the Selena Beach Resort today when the inaugural Nebula Promotions Ballers at the Beach one day football tournament kicks off from 17:00hrs.
Conglomerates The manufacturing sector is the smallest sector in the Guyana economy, accounting for a mere seven per cent of the total output of the country in 2013.
The government has been given the choice by APNU to determine whether it wants local government elections or general elections.
(Continued) We spent some time the week before last debunking the spurious reasons some people give for opting to kill their pets.
BANGALORE, India, CMC – West Indies one-day captain Dwayne Bravo played a minor role while opener Dwayne Smith failed again, but Chennai Super Kings did just enough to beat Perth Scorchers by 13 runs and edge closer to a semi-final spot in the Champions League Twenty20 here yesterday.
Hardly anyone now questions the central importance of tourism to the Caribbean, the benefits it brings, or its long-term role in economic development.
The Guyana Cricket Club (GCC) Friday evening inducted one of their own members, Guyana and West Indies Test player Leon Johnson into their prestigious Half of Fame following a cocktail ceremony held at the club’s pavilion.
HAVANA (Reuters) – A Cuban court has sentenced Canadian executive Cy Tokmakjian to 15 years in prison for bribery and other economic charges in a chilling development for potential foreign investors, his company, the Tokmakjian Group, said yesterday.
Dear Editor, I am writing to convey my deep concern about the growing trend of recreational hunters, now armed with high-powered rifles, wantonly slaughtering animals for sport in our forest.
(Reuters) – US cleaning products maker Clorox Co said the Venezuelan government’s takeover of two of its plants after the company pulled out of the country raised “grave concerns” about the safety of workers and surrounding communities.
Even in the worst of times – and who can doubt that the daily, brutal, unstoppable exploits of uncaught criminals have made this time one of widening and deepening fear and frustration – reading comes to the rescue by revealing other worlds of experience where cruelty and mindlessness and man’s inhumanity to man do not continually have the upper hand.
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Violent clashes between Hong Kong riot police and students galvanized tens of thousands of supporters for the city’s pro-democracy movement and kick-started a plan to lock down the heart of the Asian financial centre early today.
TOKYO (Reuters) – A Japanese volcano popular with hikers erupted yesterday, killing one woman and seriously injuring more than 30 people, officials and media said.
Despite eight wickets from leg spinner Steven Sankar, Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) still lost first innings points to Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) after left arm orthodox spinner Raj Nannan and pacer Joshua Wade’s brilliance with the ball yesterday.
Latin American leaders speaking at the opening session of the United Nations’ General Assembly renewed their calls for a reform of the UN Security Council to give wider representation to emerging powers.
Dear Editor, US President Barack Obama on September 23 reaffirmed the long-standing American support to sustaining global civil society’s significant role at a gathering sponsored by the Clinton Global Initiative.
GHAZNI, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Afghan villagers hanged four captured Taliban militants from a tree yesterday as security forces battled the insurgents for a sixth day in a district of Ghazni province, an official said.
06Corallita commonly called Mexican creeper originated from Mexico, Central America and belongs to the Polygonaceae family – ie, the Buckwheat family.
Dear Editor, There has been much discussion over the last week of the work to be undertaken by the Special Orgainised Crime Unit (SOCU) and the mechanism via which its investigations can be triggered.
Fruta Conquerors head coach Calvin Allen said he is disappointed with the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) for the lack of competitive football as the association’s mandate is for the playing of the sport at all age groups.
The Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) Ground on Lance Gibbs Street will be buzzing with excitement this evening from 6pm when the country’s foremost cricketers swing into action in a T20 affair.
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba has aborted plans to develop fragrances in honour of the late revolutionary hero Ernesto “Che” Guevara and former Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, calling the project disrespectful of two “sacred” revolutionary symbols.
While the local political scene is in turmoil, President Donald Ramotar is enjoying a respite away from it all at the United Nations.
Farm’s Patrick Khan slammed a century to help his team record a convincing win over Brickery SuperStars in the latest round of matches of the Ramchand and Rohan Auto Spares softball competition played recently.
Dear Editor, Attention is drawn to cricket umpire, Mr Henry Farnum’s letter, ‘Sharma Solomon must support the genuine cricket officials in Upper Demerara’ (Kaieteur News, September 24) and ‘Sharma Solomon should not have accepted money, bats on behalf of unheard of Upper Demerara Cricket Committee’ (Stabroek News, September 26).
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