Daily Archive: Thursday, July 2, 2015

Articles published on Thursday, July 2, 2015

Minister within the Ministry of Indigenous People’s Affairs, Valerie Garrido-Lowe (seated at left), Minister of Education,  Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine (seated at centre) and Senior Social Worker, Rosamund Daly (seated at right) with the Hinterland Scholarship graduating students of 2015 at the  Arthur Chung International Convention  Centre (GINA photo)

Students graduate from Hinterland Scholarship Programme

For Kevon Fredericks of Region Two, his five years of obtaining secondary education through the Hinterland Scholarship Programme was a life changing experience, since he was given the opportunity to write as many subjects as he wanted at the Caribbean Secondary Examinations Council (CSEC), without any financial burden on his parents.

Guyana pressing for solid Caricom backing over Caracas decree

Amid signs that Venezuela is trying to limit condemnation from Caricom on its May maritime decree that targeted huge swathes of Guyana’s Atlantic waters, President David Granger and Foreign Minister Carl Greenidge yesterday ramped up pressure on the regional body to take a strong stance while pointing out the threat to the wider community.

Cop for training on state assets recovery

As government continues to put measures in place to get its State Assets Recovery Unit (SARU) up and running, Guyana will be sending a representative to Rome, Italy for an 11-day training programme dealing specifically with this issue, Minister of State Joseph Harmon said yesterday.

Ganga Persaud

Five fingered in GuyOil free gas scam will have chance to pay

Five persons have been identified as having fraudulently accessed fuel from the Guyana Oil Company (GuyOil) through an arrangement set up by the former administration and Minister of State Joseph Harmon said they would be asked to pay for the fuel even as investigations continue into the racket which has ensnared three government ministries.

Parliament looking at late recess

Minister of State Joseph Harmon said yesterday that the work of the National Assembly will continue into the scheduled recess period as there is much to be completed, particularly the presenting of the national budget.

Romario Shepherd

D’Andrade to lead combined team

Anthony D’Andrade will lead a strong Bermine/Police Combined team in Sunday’s Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) `Caricom Championship 2015’ 10 overs-a-aside fundraiser be played at the Albion Sports Complex ground.

Mo Farah

Farah says he is 100 percent clean

LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s double Olympic champion Mo Farah said Tuesday he was “100 per cent clean” and would leave his long-time coach Alberto Salazar if it was proved the American was guilty of violating any doping rules.

It is time to bring law and order back to Guyana

Dear Editor, The television newscasts of June 30th, 2015 included an item on a protest and picketing exercise outside the Ministry of Public Security, involving several minibus operators who felt they were being unfairly targeted by the police, some with sheaves of “summonses”, with at least one operator receiving over thirty in a single day.

Lara, Yorke for CPL charity match

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Batting legend Brian Lara and outstanding former Manchester United striker Dwight Yorke, will highlight the Caribbean Premier League charity match at Warner here today.

Santner, Elliott earn NZ central contracts

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – Rookie all-rounder Mitchell Santner and veteran Grant Elliott have been rewarded for their recent strong performances by being included in New Zealand’s list of centrally contracted players yesterday.

Greece’s Tsipras digs in against bailout

ATHENS/BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – A defiant Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras urged Greeks yesterday to reject an international bailout deal, wrecking any prospect of repairing broken relations with European Union partners before a referendum on Sunday that may decide Greece’s future in Europe.

Correction

In a letter in the June 30, 2015 edition of Stabroek News headlined `Flooding in the Mahaicony area is due to the siltation of the Abary River’ by Malcolm Alli, the loan figure for the Abary project was incorrectly printed by SN as US$20M.

Cuba’s victory

Cuba marked its place in history on Tuesday when the World Health Organisation (WHO) was able to validate that it had eliminated mother-to-child transmission of not just the Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV), but also syphilis, both of which are sexually transmitted infections that are also vertically transmitted from mother to foetus and can have debilitating effects on babies.