Articles published on Thursday, March 26, 2015
The murder of activist Courtney Crum-Ewing has undermined Guyana’s democracy contributing to a cycle of fear and President Donald Ramotar’s attempt to liken him to a criminal is ill-advised, the Guyana Bar Association and Justice Institute Guyana said today as they urged that the killers be brought to justice.
President Donald Ramotar last evening reiterated that the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Government will work to ensure that sugar not only endures, but the industry continues to thrive, GINA said.
President Donald Ramotar last evening reiterated that the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Government will work to ensure that sugar not only endures, but the industry continues to thrive, GINA said.
President Donald Ramotar last evening reiterated that the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Government will work to ensure that sugar not only endures, but the industry continues to thrive, GINA said.
At about 0730h. today the police say that the body of a woman was found on the foreshore in the vicinity of Annandale, ECD.
PARIS/SEYNE-LES-ALPES, (Reuters) – The co-pilot of the Germanwings airliner that crashed in the French Alps killing all 150 people aboard appears to have brought the A320 Airbus down deliberately, the Marseille prosecutor said today.
SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Steve Smith’s sublime century laid the groundwork and Australia’s pace bowlers finished the job to send the co-hosts storming into a seventh World Cup final with a 95-run victory over champions India today.
An East Canje, Berbice quartet was jointly charged with the 2014 murder of a 20-year-old man at the Reliance Magistrate’s Court yesterday and subsequently remanded to prison.
The nude body of a female third form student of the Campbellville Secondary School was yesterday found at the seawall just off Turkeyen.
Devon Thomas, 22, and Randy Isaac, 19, were yesterday sentenced to 75 years each in jail, after being found guilty of murdering 25-year-old businessman Kumar Mohabir, on Mashramani Day, 2013.
President Donald Ramotar is hoping that a planned meeting between United States President Barack Obama and CARICOM leaders on April 9th in Jamaica would present the opportunity for him to express his government’s “hurt” at the stalled Amaila Falls Hydropower Project (AFHP).
The Commonwealth Sec-retariat yesterday said that the Secretariat had received an update from Guyana on recent developments concerning the challenge to petroleum exploration by Venezuela within what Guyana maintains to be its exclusive economic zone.
Envoys of the United States, Britain and Canada were on Friday given a briefing by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) on its preparations for the May 11 General and Regional elections.
An inmate of the Camp Street Prison was badly chopped yesterday morning with a cutlass by two other inmates and concerns are being raised again about how prisoners are gaining access to weapons.
An investigation has been launched into the death of the baby boy who died one day after being vaccinated at the Plaisance Health Centre and his mother Suemede Eastman-Critchlow told Stabroek News yesterday that she wants justice for her son.
A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Member of Parliament Vanessa Kissoon was arrested and released on Tuesday evening after she disrupted a meeting held in Linden by the People’s Progressive Party (PPP).
ExxonMobil’s rig, Deepwater Champion has completed drilling for roughly one third of the allotted time the energy giant committed to for its well offshore Demerara.
Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon yesterday reported that Cabinet has offered its ‘no objection’ to three more contracts including for the emergency docking of the dredge MV Steven N At his weekly press briefing, Luncheon said that the emergency docking under the Ministry of Works is valued at $32.6m.
Although three men were in the vessel with missing Dundee, Mahaicony fisherman Deochand Sooklall when he was allegedly dumped into the deep Atlantic, only one man has been charged with murder as a result of the police investigation.
Well-known and well-liked sports administrator Shanomae Blackmore, who died last week, was laid to rest yesterday following a funeral ceremony attended by the who’s who of sports and sports administrators in Guyana.
Massy Industries (Guyana) Limited and New Holland Construction (NHC) on Friday introduced a new line of its construction equipment to Guyana operators in the construction, mining and agriculture industries at the Massy Industries Compound at Ruimveldt.
President of the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) Nigel Hinds said yesterday that the lights at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) were turned off while the women’s national n basketball squad was undergoing training sessions at the facility.
An East Ruimveldt woman who the police have accused of being in possession of a quantity of cannabis for the purpose of trafficking was yesterday refused bail when she appeared in a city court, charged with the offence.
Morris Prince, accused of assaulting a man and shooting at him, was on Tuesday freed of both charges after the victim refused to give evidence against him.
A footbridge at Irving and Laluni streets that leads to Vlissingen Road is in terrible condition.
Chase Academy will battle Morgan Learning Centre while defending champs Lodge Secondary will oppose Dolphin Secondary in heavyweight semi-final matchups in the third annual Milo/Petra Organization Secondary Schools u-20 football tourney today at the Ministry of Education ground.
Patanjalee ‘Pur’ Persaud on Saturday won the David de Caires/Basil Sukhram Memorial golf tournament at the Lusignan Golf Course.
By Jeff Trotman A dismissed BOSAI worker began protesting in front the north gate of the bauxite company’s Linden plant on Tuesday with the support of the General Secretary of The Peoples United and General Workers Union (PUGWU), Micah Williams.
Former holders Plaisance `A’ stormed their way into the knockout round, crushing Victoria Eagles 2-0 when the group stage in the third annual Greatest Guinness of the Streets East Coast of Demerara tourney concluded on Tuesday.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) director Azim Bassarath believes the International Cricket Council’s decision to host their Annual Conference in the Caribbean is a sign the sport’s world governing body still retains confidence in the WICB.
By Tony Cozier THE incoming head of English cricket has handed Phil Simmons a welcome key card prior to his first series as West Indies head coach.
The Guyana Gold Board on Tuesday urged gold producers and other holders of gold to sell and declare the gold in their possession as prices recently moved upwards.
Dear Editor, The accuracy of the current list of electors raises several concerns.
A vendor was refused bail over allegedly having marijuana in his possession.
Following their 2-0 win over St Lucia Sunday at the Providence National Stadium national captain Chris Nurse is of the view with the addition of more quality players more positive results are to be expected in the immediate future.
National player Narayan Ramdhani defeated Jonathan Mangra on Saturday in the boys U19 final to bring the curtain down on the Guyana Badminton Association Trophy Stall annual age group singles tournament at the Queen’s College badminton courts.
By Jeff Trotman The Clean Up My Country programme was poorly executed in Linden says Chairman of the Linden IMC, Orrin Gordon.
Dear Editor, Over the last few weeks, the Public Relations Division has been bombarded with questions from irate citizens about the troubling issue of payment for Ms Nnesha Hinds, Clerk II attached to office of the Mayor of Georgetown.
A young woman was yesterday fined $25,000 after pleading guilty with explanation to unlawfully assaulting a friend.
Dear Editor, I refer to Ramon Gaskin’s letter in SN, ‘Kissoon has behaved like the rest of them’ (March 25).
IN normal circumstances, Kieran Powell might have been with the West Indies World Cup team in Australia and New Zealand, as he had been on the tour of New Zealand just over a year earlier.
A young woman was on Tuesday charged with stealing cash from her former employer, which she said was intended to be used for her mother’s surgery.
The Stag Beer sponsored Brooklyn x2 promotions inter-ward knockout football tourney will continue tomorrow at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) ground in Linden with a quarterfinal doubleheader.
Dear Editor, Speaking as a Christian, not as a politician which I’m not sure now if I ever truly was, I admit that the history of electoral morality is not an area in which my country can be proud.
The Food Bank of the National AIDS Programme Secretariat (NAPS) yesterday benefitted from a quantity of non alcoholic, nutritional beverages to support people living with HIV from Southland International Incorporated.
Dear Editor, I wish to bring to your attention and that of the public the total disregard for women in this country by a foreign-based beverage company.
Guyana will play two matches tomorrow when they open their campaign for honours in the 2015 HSBC Sevens World Series Qualifiers in Hong Kong.
A mason was denied bail on a robbery charge on Monday after a court heard that he allegedly used a piece of wood to brutalise his victim before making off with his gold chain.
An article in yesterday’s edition under the headline ‘Man cleared of drug charge – after court finds ecstasy not listed as prohibited substance’ was incorrect.
Dear Editor, I heard from reliable sources a few years back about the funding for Mr Kissoon’s house.
ORLANDO, Fla., (Reuters) – Two of the most destructive termites species in the world are mating in South Florida, producing hybrid colonies that are growing at twice the normal rate of other termites, scientists reported yesterday.
Dear Editor, Guyana’s real potential growth rate is 8 per cent plus.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – The European Union and Cuba agreed to speed up the pace of talks on improving bilateral relations, hoping to reach the basics of a deal by the end of 2015, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said yesterday.
Dear Editor, During last week, almost all the gas stations on the West Bank Demerara, West Coast Demerara and East Bank Essequibo would periodically put up signs saying “No Gas.”
ADEN/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia announced yesterday it had launched military operations in Yemen, carrying out air strikes in coordination with a 10-country coalition seeking to beat back Houthi militia forces besieging the southern city of Aden where the country’s president had taken refuge.
SEYNE-LES-ALPES/PARIS, (Reuters) – Investigators have retrieved cockpit voice recordings from one of the black boxes of the German Airbus plane that crashed into the Alps, killing everyone onboard, officials said yesterday.
Dear Editor, Mr Pybus can categorically deny as much as he wants Kieron Powell’s allegation that Pybus demanded that Powell disclose the details of the personal problem with which he was confronted.
ABIDJAN, (Reuters) – The three nations hardest hit by West Africa’s Ebola epidemic recorded the lowest weekly total of new cases so far this year in the week leading up to March 22, the World Health Organization (WHO) said yesterday.
Introduction: Stabroek News has invited the People’s Progressive Party/Civic, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Change to submit a weekly column on governance and related matters.
LILONGWE, (Reuters) – The Global Fund has redirected $574 million in HIV/AIDS funding away from Malawi’s National Aids Council (NAC) after allegations of financial mismanagement, including the purchase of vehicles that were not budgeted for, it said yesterday.
BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S.-led coalition warplanes launched their first airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Tikrit yesterday, officials said, coming off the sidelines to aid Iraqi forces fighting alongside Iran-backed Shi’ite militia on the ground.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazilian police on Friday arrested the CEO of Grupo Galvao, the latest executive seized in a corruption probe focused on state-run oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA.
Dear Editor, We wish to refer to the KN article headlined ‘Court orders arbitration again for sacked Skeldon Estate worker’ (March 18) which misrepresents the decision of the Chief Justice given on March 17, with regard to the matter of the dismissal of Mr Daniel Stephens.
Dear Editor, It seems that a vast majority of the ratepayers living in the NDC district of LBI/Better Hope on the East Coast of Demerara are dissatisfied and peeved about the services they are receiving from that inefficient council.
AMSTERDAM, (Reuters) – Former Liberian President Charles Taylor must spend the rest of his life in a British jail after judges at an international court in The Hague denied his request to serve out his 50-year prison sentence in Rwanda.
By Taurus – The Heckler OUR COALITION COLLAPSE Would you all believe it?
“Do you remember the days of slavery?” Jamaican Roots Reggae artist Burning Spear asks in his 1975 song ‘Slavery Days’.
Dear Editor, When I said the numbers favoured the PPP in a purely racial voting contest, I knew that the opposition needed something potent to overturn the scales in its favour.
