Daily Archive: Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Articles published on Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Planned GGMC $3b transfer intended for GuySuCo

Former President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday confirmed that the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) was the final destination for $3 billion which government has been attempting to transfer from the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) to the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA).

Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud (left) receiving his instrument of appointment from President Donald Ramotar. (GINA photo)

Ramotar confirms Top Cop

President Donald Ramotar has confirmed Seelall Persaud as the Commissioner of Police but Opposition Leader David Granger says he was not meaningfully consulted on the appointment as is required by the law.

Bharrat Jagdeo (right) and PPP Secretary Zulfikar Mustapha at the press conference

Jagdeo defends wealth, benefits

Former president Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday defended his palatial home and contentious presidential benefits package, saying he was sure that the late President Cheddi Jagan would not have wanted his ministers living in an underprivileged manner.

 Shaunell Warrick

Man admits to killing ex

Rudolph London yesterday pleaded guilty to killing his former partner, Shaunell Warrick, after being read a charge of manslaughter before Justice Franklyn Holder at the High Court.

Vishaul Singh

Outright win against T&T can seal title

With only two more rounds remaining for the conclusion of the West Indies Cricket Board’s (WICB) Professional Cricket League (PCL) four-day competition, Guyana Jaguars middle-order batsman Vishaul `Cheesy’ Singh feels that an outright win by the team against Trinidad and Tobago’s red Force in the penultimate encounter could seal the title triumph for the locals.

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Accused wife killer dies

Remanded murder accused Daveanand Albert was pronounced dead on arrival at the New Amsterdam hospital after he was found unresponsive in his cell at the New Amsterdam prison on Sunday.

Vernon Burnett

Burnett bombshell!

The local football fraternity has incurred another administrative loss as Georgetown Football Association (GFA) President Vernon Burnett has officially tendered his resignation from the entity.

Conflict of dates

Dear Editor,   I understand that the correct date for Phagwah was Thursday, March 5 but it was celebrated on Friday, March 6, even though some mandirs, including the Radha Krishna Mandir of Camp Street, held their service on Thursday, March 5.

Volcanoes melt Red Force to stay in hunt

COUVA, Trinidad, CMC – Windward Islands kept up their pressure on second placed Barbados Pride with a resounding 175-run victory over Trinidad and Tobago Red Force, on the final day of their eighth round WICB PCL contest here Monday.

The Middle East

The multiplicity of events in the Middle East involving or attracting significant global actors simultaneously, indicates the extent to which that arena continues to be deemed to be of importance to members of the world community as a whole, whether small or large actors.