Articles published on Saturday, April 11, 2015
PANAMA CITY, (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama met Cuban President Raul Castro today in the highest-level talks between the two countries in nearly 60 years, and the two men agreed to push ahead on improving relations after decades of hostility.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says it has received a formal apology from Suriname over the assaulting of Guyana’s ambassador to Paramaribo, Keith George on April 1.
The decomposing body of a teenage girl was found earlier this afternoon at the Windsor Forest, foreshore, West Coast Demerara.
At about 2225h. last night, the police say that Dellon Bronswin, 26 years, of Wisroc Housing Scheme, Linden, was involved in a misunderstanding with another man at the Mackenzie Car Park, during which he was shot to his right foot.
Facing dwindling water supplies as a severe drought continues to grip the Rupununi, indigenous communities in the area are growing increasingly concerned and government yesterday announced that tractors and trailers with water tanks will be dispatched to the remote villages to provide water.
Members of the legal fraternity have expressed concern at the intervention by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to advise a retrial of Samuel Hinds Jr and say the law does not allow her to do so.
Devon Pydana, who drove a car filled with party-goers into two parked trucks along the Golden Grove Public Road, at West Coast Berbice, was remanded to prison yesterday after being charged with three counts of causing death by dangerous driving.
Ryan Bobb-Semple, the man accused of abducting and killing nine-year-old Shaquan Gittens, was yesterday arraigned in a city court on a murder charge.
The Guyana Police Force has recorded a 6% increase in serious crime for the year up to the end of March, in comparison with the same period last year.
Minister of Human Services and Social Security Jennifer Webster has tendered her resignation, citing health issues which were further compounded by her rigorous work schedule, Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr.
The APNU+AFC alliance plans to challenge the decision made by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to not allow party polling agents to vote at the polling stations they will monitor on election day.
The APNU+AFC coalition’s participation in a planned presidential debate may hinge on a similar contest being organised for the contesting prime ministerial candidates ahead of next month’s general elections.
Several new PPP/C candidates yesterday defended their decision to align with the ruling party for the upcoming general and regional elections, while emphasising their belief that it is committed to the progressive development of the country.
The Alliance for Change (AFC) and Working Peoples Alliance (WPA) say that they are satisfied with the APNU+AFC alliance Lists of Candidates for the May 11 general elections.
St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves is scheduled to deliver a lecture as part of the Annual Dr.
“It is not the end of the road… you can be an entrepreneur,” says Tracey Bailey, the owner of Tip Top Beauty Salon in Festival City.
A 15-year-old boy is now in a critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital after he was stabbed several times about his body by an older youth yesterday at Eccles, East Bank Demerara.
Colwyn Harding, who had accused a police constable of raping him with a baton, was yesterday freed of a charge of robbery with violence due to the consistent absence of the complainant during the trial.
A jury yesterday found Michael Powley guilty of manslaughter in the death of Vishwanauth Narine, called “Buddy, at Plastic City, West Coast Demerara, in 2012.
A woman was yesterday remanded to prison after she appeared in a city court charged with 15 counts of forgery and embezzlement.
Several social activists and other civic-minded persons on Wednesday called on police and other institutions to “step up their game” to bring about speedy trials and stricter penalties for rape and implement legislation enacted to protect women and girls from sexual violence.
Rookie batsman Shai Hope has been rewarded for his heavy scoring in the recent first class tournament with a place in the West Indies 14-man squad to face England in the first Test starting here Monday the Caribbean Media Corporation reported yesterday.
The 13-year-old Good Hope, East Coast Demerara girl, who was hospitalised after suffering severe burns while straining rice, has been discharged and returned to the care of her parent, head of the Child Care and Protection Agency (CC&PA) Ann Greene said yesterday.
After an enthralling and exciting ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, the focus now shifts to the traditional format of the game when the West Indies and England go head to head in a three-Test series which starts in Antigua on Monday.
Advocacy group Blue CAPS has said all its members are free to exercise their constitutionally-guaranteed right to join any political party or form their own, in the wake of former chairman and founder Clinton Urling’s announcement that he will be appearing on the PPP/C slate for the May 11 elections.
Amid accusations of landlordism, the miners’ association has denied that miners are engaged in such activity and instead demanded the release of some of the millions of acres of land being held by the Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) for mining.
NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC- Guyanese spinner Devendra Bishoo, has credited hard work and changes to his bowling action for his recent success in regional first class cricket.
Dear Editor, “The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.”
One homeless man’s quest for food has landed him in prison for the next two years.
Essequibian Keanu Harry’s nine-wicket haul and Demerara skipper Travis Persaud’s 50 highlighted the final day of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) U19 Inter-County three-day tournament which ended in a draw yesterday.
SYDNEY, Australia, CMC- Australia and Mumbai Indians seamer Josh Hazlewood has pulled out of the Indian Premier League (IPL) to keep himself fit and fresh for the tour of the West Indies, officials have confirmed.
A man who showed up drunk at his spouse’s work place, where he then verbally and physically abused her, was on Wednesday fined $30,000 after admitting his guilt.
Dear Editor, I was in Alexander Village to attend the wake of a friend two evenings ago which coincided with a meeting of the PPP/C held at the head of the street in which I grew up.
After only recently completing a prison sentence, Michael Whyte is back behind bars after admitting that he robbed and assaulted a Russian tourist.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC-Jamaica has been chosen as the venue for the Regional Under-19 cricket Tournament scheduled to start in July.
Dear Editor, Easily one of the most memorable photographs printed in the media in Guyana during 2014 was the disturbing image on the front page of your competitor’s newspaper showing dozens of Bai Shan Lin trucks lined up loaded with fresh cut hardwood logs destined for the Georgetown harbour for export.
Magistrate Fabayo Azore on Wednesday remanded two men charged with having unlicensed firearms and matching ammunition when they appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.
Guyana’s 15s rugby squad arrived in Trinidad and Tobago yesterday morning for their NACRA Southern Zone final today against the hosts with intensions of continuing its regional dominance and moving one step closer to retaining the overall title.
Dear Editor, Reference is made to Joan Ward-Mars’ letter ‘Linden Legal Aid Centre has never received money from government,’ SN April 8.
Dear Editor, As a former HR practitioner in Guyana and now operating in the Caribbean, I always read with keen interest developments in human resource management and labour relations in Guyana, and more particularly in the sugar industry, where I had my earlier groundings as a clerk in the personnel department.
PANAMA CITY, (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro have talked by telephone about restoring diplomatic ties and are due to meet at a summit this weekend as they seek to set aside decades of hostility between two Cold War enemies.
By Mariah Lall Kerry Woolford’s route to makeup artistry began with art.
A scrap iron dealer was fined on Thursday after admitting to stealing a trolley.
The National Insurance Scheme (NIS) will soon be introducing its ultra-modern Online Contribution Checking System that will allow contributors to easily access contribution updates via the Web.
Sparta Boss overcame a two-goal deficit to defeat California Square 4-2 when the opening group night of the inaugural Guyana Beverage Company Busta soft-shoe football championships commenced Thursday at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground.
Floodlights and Floodlights All Stars recorded victories against Corrriverton Market Vendors and Crabwood Creek/Scottsburg respectively while Trophy Stall Angels lost to Karibee Girls last Sunday at the Crabwood Creek Sports Complex.
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Hillary Clinton will announce her second run for the presidency on Sunday, starting her campaign as the Democrats’ best hope of fending off a crowded field of lesser-known Republican rivals and retaining the White House.
Ed Sheeran’s new song “Thinking Out Loud” from his album ‘x’ seems to be all the rage these days.
A man was on Wednesday charged with breaking and entering the business premises belonging to a man he claimed failed to fully pay him for a job he had done.
Dear Editor, I have noticed that since Mr Samad Bacchus embraced and spoke on the political platform of AFC+APNU he has come under scorching attack by a section of the media and some politicians who are in the government, as if he has no right to belong to a political party of his choice.
ISLAMABAD, (Reuters) – A Pakistani court freed on bail today a man accused of plotting a 2008 assault on India’s financial capital Mumbai that killed 166 people, his lawyer said.
A man was shot in his left leg yesterday following a payment dispute.
A mechanic, accused of stealing a mini bus, was on Thursday granted his release on $100,000 bail after his lawyer claimed that the owner had turned over the vehicle to remove parts that he could not pay for.
Dear Editor, Guyana’s President Donald Ramotar is among three heads of government who are absent from the Seventh Conference of the Americas now underway in Panama.
The Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) has officially shortlisted the male and female practice squads for the upcoming 2015 Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) Championships in the British Virgin Islands from June 16th-20th.
Hi Everyone, There is a new twist to my love-hate relationship with the nightshade species that is also known as eggplant, aubergine, baigan, bolanger, brinjal, garden egg, and more popularly as melongene, in Trinidad and Tobago.
Dear Editor, In the run-up to the May 2015 elections PPP ministers that you never saw for years together with their opportunistic compatriots will be darting across the country preaching the past, meaning pre-1992.
The Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) will seek to win the Georgetown Cricket Associations’ (GCA) New Building Society second-division competition when they oppose Transport Sports Club from 10am today at the Malteenoes Sports Club ground, Thomas Lands.
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Hillary Clinton will announce her second run for the presidency on Sunday, starting her campaign as the Democrats’ best hope of fending off a crowded field of lesser-known Republican rivals and retaining the White House.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The Port Authority of Jamaica will receive an upfront payment of US$75 million equivalent to the value of the equipment at Kingston Container Terminal (KCT), which are to be handed over to the new concessionaire Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited for operation.
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Once a month on a Saturday, between the hours of 6 am and 10 am, Dennis Street experiences a severe traffic jam.
Dear Editor, Brigadier (rtd) David Granger’s remarks to the Guyana Times that his partisan description of army involvement in the 1973 general elections, has its origin in the Commission of Inquiry Report filed by Justice Dhanessar Jhappan, is not supported by evidence in the report.
Lucky customer: Shunette Hope receiving documents for her new car, which she won in the Massy Services-MoneyGram Christmas promotion.
Proxy Voting is exercised in most forms of voting activity practiced around the world.
Richie Benaud has been described by Sir Garry Sobers as “a wonderful cricketer and captain”, a “brilliant commentator” and a “good friend”.
In recent years there has been no shortage of embarrassment within the higher reaches of American journalism as stories reported as fact, or original opinion, have been retracted after they turned out to be speculative – Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction – plagiarized, or complete fictions, as was the case with more than one writer at The New Republic and with Jayson Blair at The New York Times.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Always the bride, never the bridesmaid. A New York City woman accused of being married to eight men at the same time pleaded not guilty in state court in the Bronx on Friday to two counts of felony fraud that prosecutors say stemmed from a scheme to gain U.S.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Young leaders from across Jamaica and the Caribbean were elated at United States President Barack Obama’s announced US$70 million investment in their development – through education, training and employment – revealed on Thursday at the youth leaders town hall held in the Assembly Hall at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona campus.
Little girls, lovely hats: The Kiskadee Kids and Blue Sackie Hat Show which was held on Thursday.
Despite years of promised reforms, problems plaguing the rice industry remain the same, says Essequibo rice farmer Bhim Sain, whose family has been planting for over three generations.
