Daily Archive: Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Vehicles that are onboard to undertake the 13th Annual Pakaraima Safari on Saturday underwent final inspection and branding yesterday at GuyOil Gas Station, Regent Street.

Vehicles that are onboard to undertake the 13th Annual Pakaraima Safari on Saturday underwent final inspection and branding yesterday at GuyOil Gas Station, Regent Street.

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett today officially launched the 10th European Development Fund (EDF) Capacity building project.

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett today officially launched the 10th European Development Fund (EDF) Capacity building project.

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett today officially launched the 10th European Development Fund (EDF) Capacity building project.

Devon Thomas, 22, and Randy Isaac, 19, were today both sentenced to 75 years each behind bars, after being found guilty of murdering businessman Kumar Mohabir on Mashramani Day 2013.

(Reuters) – Two years after her double mastectomy, actress and humanitarian Angelina Jolie said she had her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed to avoid the risk of ovarian cancer.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Sparks can be expected to fly when confident, well-balanced teams from cricketing superpowers Australia and India clash in a mouthwatering World Cup semi-final at the Sydney Cricket Ground tonight.

The two major political contestants will kick their campaign into high gear on Sunday with the PPP holding its first major rally in the city and the APNU+AFC alliance heading to Whim, Berbice.

Lawyers for Bibi Sharima-Gopaul and her former lover Jarvis Small, the couple found guilty of savagely murdering 16-year-old Neesa Gopaul, have filed their notice of appeal, contesting the conviction and sentencing of their clients.

A suspect was yesterday charged with the murder of Dundee, Mahaicony fisherman Avo Singh, who police say was dumped into the Atlantic Ocean by crewmates after an argument.

The High Court has intervened in what appears to be a forgery of documents in two property matters between Caricom General Insurance Co.

Public Works Minister, Robeson Benn received a call last evening informing that his family’s home in Linden had burned down.

Political activist and academic Dr Walter Rodney was killed after he or someone else attached an explosive to a “triggering device” that he had asked Gregory Smith to make, according to Smith’s sister, Anne Wagner, who yesterday claimed that it was members of the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) that arranged the man’s subsequent departure from Guyana.

China Harbour Engine-ering (T&T) Ltd (CHEC) is moving ahead with       the construction of the MovieTowne Guyana complex at Turkeyen, East Coast Demerara following the signing of a US$30M contract.

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) recently embarked on a historic partnership with Creditinfo Guyana which the two agencies said will aid consumers to access loans from banks and microfinance institutions.

Lewis Fletchman, who was allegedly found with ecstasy, walked out of a city court a free man yesterday after the charge against him was dismissed.

Rudolph London, already due for sentencing for the killing of his former partner, received a three-year prison sentence yesterday after admitting to having marijuana in prison.

The late Margery Joy Kirkpatrick was laid to rest yesterday after a simple service at St.

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) has announced that it will be concentrating its attention over the next two years on political and electoral reform, including ensuring the accountability of elected officials and equal representation of women at all levels of political life.

The three accused in the murder of elderly security guard Jagdat Ramcharran, who was found dead at a mandir at Williamsburg, Corentyne, Berbice, have been committed to stand trial in the Berbice High Court.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation is lagging behind with 35,400 tonnes produced up to the weekend; sugar figures which are reminiscent of 2013’s first crop, the worst in the corporation’s history at 48,000 tonnes.

The current list of proposed polling stations inclusive of the 166 private residences is with the political parties for overview Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield has said, while noting that legally this information is published 20 days prior to the election.

By Rae Wiltshire   Although the remaining roofing of the Stabroek Market wharf looks like it could fall at any time, vendors are refusing to move, with most of them saying they cannot afford to risk losing their livelihoods.

If elected at the upcoming polls, APNU+AFC coalition presidential candidate David Granger has pledged to set up a National Veterans Department to protect and advance the welfare of former servicemen and women.

The young man who has alleged that he was gang raped on Old Year’s Night last year is ready to give a statement to the police about his ordeal, according to his mother.

The PPP will keep its concerns about the growth of the Preliminary List of Electors (PLE) since the 2011 general election by over 75,000 new registrants separate from those of the opposition, General Secretary Clement Rohee said on Monday.

AUCKLAND, (Reuters) – New Zealand’s Grant Elliott struck the premier South Africa strike bowler Dale Steyn for six yesterday to give the World Cup co-hosts an epic four-wicket victory with a ball to spare in their semi-final at Eden Park.

A businessman was among three persons on Monday brought before a city court to answer charges of the alleged abduction and unlawful confinement of a woman.

As expected based on their performances in the just concluded West Indies Cricket Board Professional Cricket League four day tournament where they helped spearhead Guyana to the title, spin twins Veerasammy permaul and Davendra Bishoo were yesterday named in a 20 man training squad to prepare for the upcoming international series.

An Indian national was fined $40,000 on Monday after admitting to threatening a co-worker, who taunted him about his haircut.

England born and based duo Neil Danns and Matthew Briggs have officially been included in the Golden Jaguars squad for the international friendly against Grenada Saturday following their arrival on local shores.

Dear Editor, Your article on the performance of DDL for the year 2014 (‘DDL’s after-tax profit up 38.4%,’ March 24) comes three days before the annual general meeting of the company.

Dear Editor, The recent outreach work of the Men’s Affairs Bureau (MAB) is described in an article ‘“Don’t paint all men with one brush” -MAB’ in the Guyana Times of March 23.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC-President of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Dave Cameron has praised the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) for the success of the Jaguars in the Professional Cricket League (PCL) which ended on Monday.

Dear Editor, I attended the APNU+AFC community meeting in South Ozone Park, Queens on Sunday, March 22.

Western Tigers clinched a berth in the quarterfinal round of the 25th Kashif and Shanghai football tournament squeaking past Hi-Stars FC 1-0   Monday at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground.

Dear Editor, Every alleged elector who registered after the 2011 elections must be validated.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC- West Indies batsman Lendl Simmons is facing a legal battle with advertising executive Therese Ho over intimate pictures of her he is accused of releasing on social media.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – The Obama administration has again invited Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff for a state visit to Washington, a diplomatic breakthrough that both sides hope will lead over time to greater trade between the two biggest economies in the Americas.

SOMERSET, England, CMC-West Indies opener Chris Gayle has agreed a shot-term deal with Somerset to play in this year’s NatWest T20 Blast, officials have announced.

Dear Editor, The elections on May 11 are already underway and the implications for our nation are going to affect our citizens for a long time to come.

SEYNE-LES-ALPES, France, (Reuters) – An Airbus operated by Lufthansa’s Germanwings budget airline crashed into a mountainside in the French Alps yesterday, killing all 150 people on board including 16 schoolchildren.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia is moving heavy military equipment including artillery to areas near its border with Yemen, U.S.

BEIJING, (Reuters) – Amnesty International has given its top 2015 human rights award to both Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei, a fierce critic of Beijing who has been banned from leaving China after an 81-day detention in 2011, and U.S.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – India still bear the scars of the mauling they suffered at the hands of Australia at the start of their tour Down Under and Steve Smith thinks it could be a factor when the countries meet in today’s World Cup semi-final.

Dear Editor, General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), Clement Rohee clearly has his head buried in the sand like the proverbial ostrich.

LONDON (Reuters) – Kevin Pietersen has been released from the majority of his Indian Premier League contract with Sunrisers Hyderabad so that he can play domestic country cricket in an attempt to earn an England recall.

(Barbados Nation) The United States has questioned why Barbados is moving to devote “a large amount of scarce resources” to restructure the sugar industry.

Dear Editor, Contesting in this election is a coalition between the AFC and the APNU under what first of all is too long a name.

Even those of us who are not particularly religious have been socialised into putting great store upon the notion of individual responsibility, based essentially upon a belief in “good” and “evil”.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India’s top court struck down a law yesterday that gave authorities powers to jail people for offensive online posts, a verdict hailed as a victory for free speech in the world’s largest growth market for the Internet.

It is true in a country like Guyana people are concerned with the daily struggles of life.

NASSAU, Bahamas, (Reuters) – An Australian podiatrist who invented a successful line of orthotics was found stabbed to death yesterday in an exclusive Bahamian gated community, police said.

(The Sports Xchange) – Forward James Harden scored 44 points, including 21 of 22 from the free-throw line, as Houston handed reeling Indiana its sixth consecutive loss with a 110-100 points win.

Dear Editor, I must congratulate the organisers of the Bartica Easter Regatta for having one day of boat-racing.

KABUL, March 24 (Reuters) – A prominent Afghan police official was sacked yesterday as hundreds of men and women marched in the capital to protest the lynching of a 27-year-old woman in central Kabul last week.

Dear Editor, The BCB held its AGM last December under the new Cricket Administration Act (CAA), which act had broken new ground when the Select Committee rewrote the constitutions of the GCB and the DCB without any approval from the members of these cricket entities.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC- A 16-member West Indies Under 19 squad has been selected to begin early preparations for the ICC Youth World Cup scheduled to take place in Bangladesh next year.

The death of Lee Kuan Yew, former long-serving Prime Minister of Singapore, is of significance for the Caribbean if only for the reason that he first attained office at about the same time as many of the original democratically elected leaders of the countries of this Region, constituted largely of very small states, also commenced their periods of governance.