Articles published on Sunday, March 22, 2015
The police say they are conducting investigations into the circumstances surrounding the death of Ramesh Katarhnauth, 29 years, of Sandy Babb Street, Kitty, whose body was found on the Georgetown Seawalls at about 0730h today with suspected marks of violence.
SINGAPORE, (Reuters) – Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s first prime minister and architect of the tiny Southeast Asian city-state’s rapid rise from British tropical outpost to global trade and financial centre, died today, aged 91, the government announced.
These young ladies at St. Anne’s Hostel getting into some manual labour on Thomas Street.
A section of the roof of the Stabroek Market stelling collapsed yesterday afternoon.
(Reuters) – By his own lofty standards, Virat Kohli has had a modest World Cup so far.
– says PPP/C has taken Guyana to a higher level Defending the policies of the PPP/C administration, the party’s prime ministerial candidate for the May 11 polls, Elisabeth Harper says that she would contribute her expertise should the party be returned to power while brushing aside corruption allegations against the government.
Story and photos by Kenesha Fraser La Belle Alliance, comfortably nestled between Lima and Richmond is home to more than 60 families and has the largest burial ground of any village along the Essequibo Coast.
Former traffic magistrate Moenuddin Mc Doom says the police have been instituting the wrong charge as it relates to drunk driving and it is only if the harsh penalties provided in the law are applied that this growing scourge can be stopped.
The Guyana National Youth Council (GNYC) yesterday officially launched its ‘Vote Like A Boss’ campaign, in a bid to increase the engagement of young people in decision making ahead of the upcoming May 11 general elections.
Well-known caterer and historian of the Chinese movement in Guyana, Margery Kirkpatrick passed away yesterday at the Caribbean Heart Institute (CHI) located in the Georgetown Hospital Compound.
A government legal team is “fervently” exploring legal options to secure a stalled $3 billion transfer from the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) to buy land from the cash-strapped GuySuCo.
The over two-year-old investigation into the multimillion dollar heist aboard a Guyana-registered vessel in Curacao has stalled since authorities there cannot find the Guyanese crew.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand, CMC – West Indies’ turbulent ride at the ICC Cricket World Cup ended in equally chaotic fashion here yesterday, when they crashed to a heavy 143-run defeat to joint hosts and tournament favourites New Zealand at Wespac Stadium.
A section of the roof of the Stabroek Market stelling collapsed yesterday afternoon.
Introduction As I write this concluding column on PetroCaribe, global crude oil prices have resumed their decline.
Relatives of Avo Singh, the Mahaicony fisherman who was reportedly thrown into the Atlantic Ocean by crewmates last Tuesday, are organising a search party in hope of finding him.
From in front, be clear: I love a lot of things about America.
A man was in critical condition at the West Demerara Hospital last evening after being hit by a car.
Hamza Eastman warmed up nicely for today’s finale of the Cheddi Jagan Memorial road race series in Essequibo with a sprint victory yesterday in the National Park.
Reputation Last week, this column took the opportunity to examine the performance of Republic Bank during 2014.
Former all-rounder Phil Simmons has been confirmed as the new West Indies coach, and he’s more than happy to be back with the Windies.
In a few weeks’ time President Obama will make a one-day visit to Jamaica.
The National men’s rugby team departed yesterday for the prestigious Cathay Pacific/HSBC 7s tournament which is scheduled to kick off from March 27 to 29 in Hong Kong.
When Elisabeth Harper was announced as the PPP/C’s Prime Ministerial candidate recently the question many Guyanese asked was: “Who is she?”
The West Indies’ erratic performances in yet another World Cup, culminating in their overnight elimination in the quarter-final in Wellington, is a certain, unsurprising signal for the urgent need for reconstruction with fresh, young recruits.
When one thinks about it, the concept of ‘government’ is a strange one for it assumes as its fundamental premise that certain men and women – human beings like you and me – can and should be allowed to take upon themselves the right to direct the rest of us what to do, presumably for our own good.
Siren Song This is the one song everyone would like to learn: the song that is irresistible: the song that forces men to leap overboard in squadrons even though they see beached skulls the song nobody knows because anyone who heard it is dead, and the others can’t remember.
On April 5, softball fans from Upper Corentyne will be able to observe three male/female matches at the Crabwood Creek Cricket Ground when the three team from Georgetown visits the area.
The retina We promised last week that we’d discuss the retina in more detail.
In an article for my blog, www.conversationtree.gy, published in last week’s Sunday Stabroek, I took issue with a statement by former President Jagdeo that implied that Cheddi and Janet Jagan lived in luxury.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand, CMC – Chris Gayle has ruled himself out of next month’s Test series against England but has reiterated he has not retired from the longer format of the game.
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Chris Barnwell stroked his maiden first class hundred in a century partnership with Shiv Chanderpaul, as Guyana Jaguars frustrated Windward Islands Volcanoes on the second day of their final round WICB PCL game here yesterday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US President Barack Obama said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s pre-election disavowal of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict makes it “hard to find a path” toward serious negotiations to resolve the issue.
Back in 1972, when Fischer opposed Boris Spassky for the world championship chess title, the game was propelled to an extraordinary high, which no one had ever realistically witnessed.
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s political troubles are growing by the day following a March 15 anti-government protest that drew much bigger crowds than expected — about 1.5 million people nationwide — and new corruption charges against key members of her ruling Workers Party.
LONDON (Reuters) – Iran’s top leader voiced mistrust yesterday of US efforts to reach a nuclear deal, even as Washington and its allies spoke of real progress and urged Tehran to take “difficult decisions”.
Despite incurring a 2-0 defeat in their last competitive meeting, history will be on Guyana’s side today when they oppose Caribbean Football Union (CFU) rival Saint Lucia today from 20:30hrs at the National Stadium in Providence.
(Continued from last week) For those of you who would like to use garden soil or compost, just add some clean white sand and mix same together.
NAPLES (Reuters) – Pope Francis urged members of organized crime to turn away from violence and exploitation and stop the “tears of the mothers of Naples” after visiting one of the city’s most violent and drug-infested neighbourhoods yesterday.
Fish en Papillote is fish in parchment paper. It is a style of cooking fish.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Islamic State has posted online what it says are the names, US addresses and photos of 100 American military service members, and called upon its “brothers residing in America” to kill them.
CARACAS (Reuters) – Pharmacy chain Farmatodo said yesterday that two of its managers have been freed from jail pending trial on charges in an emblematic case of what President Nicolas Maduro calls Venezuela’s “economic war.”
Dear Editor, Allow me as Minister Responsible for Energy and Electricity for some two decades to respond to some of what Mr David Granger is reported to have said in the article in SN of March 18, entitled, ‘Granger promises alternative energy boost to growing manufacturing sector -signals retooled Amaila Hydro-project.’
(Trinidad Express) Opposi-tion Leader Dr Keith Rowley is calling on citizens not to be distracted by the “cat” comment controversy which he has labelled as a matter of “very little public interest.”
Dear Editor, We the undersigned members and representatives of civil society fully endorse the Public Petition and Statement in Support of Justice for Courtney Crum-Ewing.
BOGOTA (Reuters) – US authorities confiscated a $180 million shipment of cocaine from Colombian drug traffickers aboard a boat on the Pacific Ocean bound for the United States, the Colombian attorney general’s office said yesterday.
LONDON (Reuters) – Nine British medical students have travelled to Syria, apparently to work in hospitals controlled by Islamic State, Britain’s Observer newspaper reported yesterday.
This time former President Bharrat Jagdeo has really stirred up a hornet’s nest.
A horse-powered rider making his way along the Foulis, East Coast Demerara road yesterday.
Dear Editor, Do we have an epidemic of enlarged prostates in Guyana, or is this just a nasty habit?
