The Health Ministry today issued a press release condemning the release by the media of information regarding payments for the medical expenses of senior officials and others for the years 2012-13.
President Donald Ramotar (third from left) with Proprietor of NTN 69, Anand Persaud (fourth from left) and family members in front of the television station’s branch in Berbice which was commissioned yesterday.
In the interest of increasing the voter turnout of youths in Guyana on Elections Day, the Guyana National Youth Council (GNYC) will be working in collaboration with the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) on a number of strategic communication messages for dissemination countrywide, a release from GECOM said yesterday.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Ex-West Indies Cricket Board head, Sir Wes Hall has described as “torrentially tasteless” current board president Dave Cameron’s controversial tweet regarding champion batsman Chris Gayle.
WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – Lahiru Thirimanne and Kumar Sangakkara both scored centuries as Sri Lanka posted the highest successful run chase at Wellington Regional Stadium for a nine-wicket victory over England in their World Cup Pool A clash today.
The Cummingsburg Accord which saw APNU and the AFC coalescing offers the best chance for a national unity government, presidential candidate of the grouping David Granger said in an interview with Sunday Stabroek during which he restated that his party has nothing to apologise for over the 1968 to 1985 elections it was accused of rigging.
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Home to approximately 500 men, women and children, Kabakaburi, Upper Pomeroon River is nestled between the communities of Warapana and St Monica.
Venezuela has objected to the planned offshore exploration for oil in local waters by US company Exxon, which is being seen as another effort by Caracas to thwart Guyana’s search for petroleum.
Africo Selman resigned as a parliamentarian for the main opposition coalition APNU last week and sources believe she will be on the PPP/C slate for the upcoming May 11general elections.
A disabled man who was battered by another with whom he had refused to share his meal is now hospitalized with a fractured skull, bashed in face and loss of vision in his right eye.
Defending champs Lodge Secondary sealed their berth to the knockout round downing Cummings Lodge 8-2 when the third annual Milo/Petra Organization Secondary Schools U-20 football tourney continued yesterday.
As the motive for the murder of Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) engineer Trevor Abrams continues to baffle the police and his family, sources yesterday linked his death with his work in the interior, including the identification of areas where precious metals are located.
Judging from the shamefully weak response from Latin America’s regional organizations such as the OAS and Unasur to the arbitrary arrest of Caracas Mayor Antonio Ledezma and other opposition leaders in Venezuela, it’s hard not to conclude that they have become mutual protection societies for repressive regimes.
The University of Guyana administration and the workers unions have verbally agreed to sign two agreements which will see the resumption of classes and the end of a five-week strike.
Nikhil Ramnarine, Leon Seaton, Aleka Persaud and Paul Mahaica all captured gold medals when the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association’s Long Course meet got underway yesterday at the National Aquatic Centre, at Pattensen.
Last month, Danilo Medina, the President of the Dominican Republic, made clear that it was time to reset his country’s foreign policy to better reflect its development objectives and the process of change and modernisation now underway.
It requires speed, coordination, aerobic and muscular endurance, experience with Olympic lifts, raw strength, skill, and a healthy serving of guts, determination and power.
Despite the Health Ministry’s claim that it met its legal obligation to inform unsuccessful bidders that they had not been prequalified to supply drugs to Guyana’s health sector, at least two of them, including ANSA McAL, maintain that they have yet to see any official notice.
Police are making attempts to contact the relatives of Colin Maughan, the Barbadian man who was found dead in a West Ruimveldt hotel last week, in order for a post-mortem examination of his remains to be conducted.
Historically, trends in popular music are gradual processes moving in small increments, so that, for example, the demise of big-band music of the 1940s, the era of Glen Miller, Woody Herman, Count Basie, etc, was a slow decline, gradually giving way to the small groups and combos that would dominate the music scene 20 years later as rock-and-roll was born.
AUCKLAND, (Reuters) – Kane Williamson coolly struck a straight six to give New Zealand a one wicket victory over Australia in a dramatic battle between the cricket World Cup hosts at Eden Park yesterday.
Murdered Essequibo businesswoman Shelliza Basir-Lall was clearly in the wrong place at the wrong time when two gunmen walked into the Mambo Bar in 2013 and opened fire and from all indications the key to solving this mystery is the couple who entered the establishment just seconds before the gunshots rang out.
The responses of the PPP to The Cummingsburg Accord by APNU and the AFC were a declaration by President Ramotar that it is a “farce” and the unleashing of Ms Elisabeth Harper as its prime ministerial candidate.
Nyron Joseph and Raphael DeGroot maintained their unbeaten showing in their Open Category when the Guyana Squash Association (GSA) Bounty Farm Handicap Squash tourney continued on Friday at the Georgetown Club Squash Courts.
Just over a week after tyre shop owner Randolph Singh was shot dead execution style, his killer is still roaming free and police are still trying to ascertain the motive for the shooting.
The Banks Malta Supreme U-13 semifinals were among six Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) matches rescheduled as a result of Thursday’s persistent rainfall.
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Opposition supporters will march through Moscow today in memory of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov, whose murder has increased concern about Russia’s future among opponents of President Vladimir Putin.
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron vowed on Friday to use all means at his disposal to hunt down militants such as “Jihadi John” after the killer was identified as a Kuwaiti-born computer programming graduate from London.
East Demerara Football Association (EDFA) Stag Beer League champions Victoria Kings officially received their prizes Friday at a simple presentation ceremony held at the Ansa McAl Boardroom in Beterverwagting.
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Benjamin Netanyahu took his campaign against a nuclear deal with Iran to Jerusalem’s sacred Western Wall yesterday, on the eve of his departure to Washington to address Congress on the issue.
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Your Sunday columnist Mr Ian McDonald has written, not for the first time, about his love of poetry and his lament over the apparent lack of interest in this art form at the present time.
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said yesterday his government had captured American citizens involved in “espionage activities,” and said US citizens in the future will have to seek visas to come to the OPEC nation.
PERTH, Australia, CMC – West Indies arrived in Perth yesterday still smarting from Friday’s heavy loss to South Africa but hoping to regroup ahead of next week’s clash with reigning World champions India.
It was a distinct privilege for me to meet Russian grandmaster and former world chess champion Anatoly Karpov once in Nassau and subsequently in Curacao.
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A Mexican meat processing firm has become the first international company to get approval for an investment project in Cuba’s first special economic development area, Mexico’s foreign ministry said yesterday.
She has been accused of prostituting her daughter and is now facing a trafficking in persons (TIP) charge but a 38-year-old mother of six vehemently denies the claim saying that she is a victim of circumstances but admits that she can no longer “control” her teenage daughter.
Trinity Grid Pacesetters overcame a shaky opening period to clinch their berth in the semi-finals defeating Plaisance Guardians 64-54 when the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) ‘Road to Mecca II’ National Club Championship continued on Friday.