Articles published on Wednesday, July 15, 2015
PROVIDENCE, Guyana, CMC-Inclement weather has forced the abandonment of the 24th match of the Caribbean Premier League between Guyana Amazon Warriors and Jamaica Tallawahs without a ball being bowled.
The Guyana Police Force today joined with the members of staff of the Ministry of the Presidency in celebrating the 70th birth anniversary of President David A.
The Ministry of Finance will be presenting a draft 2015 budget to Cabinet within the next 10 days, according to Minister of Governance, Raphael Trotman who also stated that there are no immediate plans for any government-initiated stimulus package aimed at pushing economic activity.
The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) says it is continuing to experience technical difficulties at the Covent Garden Water Treatment Plant, East Bank Demerara.
A wanted man was shot dead while another was wounded early yesterday morning when a police SWAT team moved to arrest suspects in recent high profile murders and robberies at a house at Craig, East Bank Demerara.
City firefighters saved St. Rose’s High from potential destruction last evening when they managed to contain a fire that engulfed the prep room for the school’s chemistry lab.
The Ministry of Health on Tuesday began processing a $572m payment to the New Guyana Pharmaceutical Corporation (NGPC) in connection with a contract that was awarded to the company weeks before the May 11 general elections.
Two men were admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital after being shot in Tucville last night.
A soldier has been sentenced to 36 months in prison after being found guilty of causing the death of a fellow serviceman due to dangerous driving.
Several members of the 1823 Parade Ground Movement picketed the PPP’s headquarters on Robb Street yesterday over the likely installation of former President Bharrat Jagdeo as Opposition Leader and the inclusion of several others on the party’s list for Parliament.
The Corentyne Chamber of Commerce has added its voice to those who are demanding that the two-month-old government urgently take action to bring the crime situation under control.
The Guyana Association of Private Security Organisations (GAPSO) has blasted the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) for the security service it has contracted for the Guyana leg of the 20/20 cricket series saying it is not licensed.
Three Corentyne men, including two currently before the court on armed robbery charges, were refused bail yesterday after police said they were found driving around with an unlicensed pistol.
A jury yesterday found Bramanand Singh not guilty of the decade-old killing of his father Manseh Singh.
Omeka Henry, who was accused of fatally stabbing her partner Wilkinson Halley, was on Monday afternoon cleared of the charge after Justice Dawn Gregory ruled that there was not enough evidence for the case to have been sent to the jury.
Seven women representatives from a group of NGOs recently engaged Minister of Legal Affairs and Attorney General Basil Williams on key concerns related to access to justice and the functioning of courts in the interior.
A couple was yesterday remanded to prison on a drug trafficking charge after police found a quantity of cannabis at a Cuyuni River location.
Two men were remanded to prison yesterday after being charged with a gun-point hold-up.
Levi Williams was handed a 48-month jail sentence yesterday after pleading guilty to stabbing another man in his eye.
The Ministry of Public Infrastructure received bids yesterday for the rehabilitation of sea defences at Bush Lot/Maida, Corentyne, Berbice, Region No.
Guyana Amazon Warriors in-form batsman, Brad Hodge believes a good batting, bowling and fielding performance today will play a crucial role in the home team’s first match at home when they tackle the Jamaica Tallawahs in match 24 of the Hero CPL T20 tournament.
The Georgetown Mayor and City Council has announced that Royston King has been confirmed as the new Town Clerk.
Guyana’s swimmers Onika George and Omar Adams failed to get past the first round of the heats of the 100m freestyle events while the men’s squash team was beaten by Argentina in the qualification round as action in this year’s Pan Am Games continued yesterday in Canada.
Two bandits made off with around $4 million in local and foreign currency after ambushing two store workers during a trip to make a bank deposit in New Amsterdam on Monday.
Jamaica Tallawahs all-rounder Andre Russell has described today’s encounter against the Amazon Warriors as “crucial” for his side as the visitors look to shrug off Sunday’s defeat against the same opponents in match 24 of the Hero CPL T20 today at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.
Government is interested in constructive engagement with any religious or civic organisation to develop programmes and projects that provide equal access to education for vulnerable children, according to Education Minister Dr Rupert Roopnaraine.
Dear Editor, I was very heartened to learn that moves are afoot to improve prison conditions in Guyana.
With Guyana billed to stage the opening leg of the Inter-Guiana Games (IGG), the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) yesterday officially short-listed their boys and girls’ U19 squads yesterday for the event billed for August 6th-10th at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation has announced that 18-month-old Jaheem Rudder, who was shot multiple times during an attack last month that left his father dead and his mother wounded, has been discharged and is recovering well.
International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) level two coach Raynor `Copter’ Anderson in collaboration with the Guyana Table Tennis Association and Scotiabank recently commenced a table tennis training camp for beginners.
Dear Editor, I read in Stabroek News that Venezuela intends to share out their national identification cards to Essequibians.
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carl Greenidge will be the Guest Speaker at the Guyana Manufac-turing & Services Asso-ciation’s (GMSA) mid-year Business Luncheon scheduled for Monday 20th July, 2015 in the Grand Savannah Suite, Guyana Pegasus Hotel, Seawall Road, Kingston, Georgetown from 11.30 am.
Second Ground Entertainment will stage its inaugural ‘Ballers in the Summer’ knockout street football tournament July 24-26 at the Pouderoyen Tarmac, West Demerara.
Dear Editor, The nation continues to reel from the ravages of what appears to be an uncontrollable crime spree.
(Reuters) – A U.S. Senate panel invited FIFA President Sepp Blatter to answer questions at a hearing today about the corruption scandal that has badly tarnished soccer’s global governing body but FIFA declined on his behalf, a congressional official said.
A 30-year-old mother of two was on Monday granted $100,000 bail after she denied a possession of cannabis for trafficking charge.
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC-Football’s world governing body FIFA is threatening to penalize the Dominica Football Association (DFA) if it proceeds with plans to resolve a dispute in the local court.
Dear Editor, It has been three months now since Courtney Crum Ewing was murdered.
LUZERN, Switzerland, CMC- Asafa Powell sprinted away from the field in the final stage to pull off another victory this season, the men’s 100m at the Spitzen Leichtathletik meet in Luzern, Switzerland yesterday.
The 36th Regular Meeting of Caricom Heads adopted the Caricom Declaration for Climate Action which outlines the Region’s priorities and called for urgent global action, citing extreme weather events here and in other countries.
Dear Editor, It is alleged that Toshao Winsbert Benjamin and others recently visited the Ministry of Indigenous Affairs where it was revealed that no audit will be done at Hururu before the Toshao and councillors’ election set for July 20.
SCARBOROUGH, Tobago, CMC-Windward Islands demolished Leewards Islands by 207 runs to win the Regional U17 cricket tournament which climaxed here yesterday.
LONDON, CMC- British Police are investigating threats against Jamaican born English footballer Raheem Sterling who is on the verge of an expensive transfer from Liverpool to Manchester City.
Dear Editor, Albert Einstein said that “for human beings to survive and move forward, a new way of thinking is needed.”
(Trinidad Express) Neighbours on Monday recalled the horror of seeing their neighbour’s seven-year-old daughter running towards them in a bloodstained nightdress just after her mother was murdered on Sunday night.
Dear Editor, The records will reveal that since the death of Monica Reece in 1993, Guyana has never been the same again.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Australia wicketkeeper Brad Haddin will not play in the second test against England at Lord’s due to family reasons, Cricket Australia said yesterday.
LA PIERRE ST MARTIN, France, (Reuters) – One by one, with the exception of Nairo Quintana, Chris Froome’s rivals were dropped from a thinning group of challengers up the gruelling final climb of yesterday’s 10th stage of the Tour de France.
Dear Editor, The Regional Democratic Councils have conducted elections to elect their respective chairmen and vice chairmen.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia handed James Faulkner a four-match suspension yesterday after the all-rounder was charged with drink-driving in Britain this month.
VIENNA, (Reuters) – Iran and six major world powers reached a nuclear deal yesterday, capping more than a decade of negotiations with an agreement that could transform the Middle East.
Dear Editor, Immense things happened over the weekend within the track and field fraternity.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – A panel appointed by India’s top court yesterday recommended that the franchise owners of two Indian Premier League teams be suspended for two years following a cricket corruption scandal.
In this series on the education sector I have so far been attempting to draw attention to some basic beliefs that are bound to affect our theorising a way forward.
Dear Editor, On Tuesday, July 7, at a meeting specially convened to deal with ever-rising violent crime, a message (which happens to be ambiguous) was sent out to the criminals by the new administration, namely, “We are coming after you.”
HARARE, (Reuters) – A maiden century from Kedar Jadhav helped India complete a clean-sweep of the three-match one-day International series in Zimbabwe with an 83-run victory at Harare Sports Club yesterday.
Dear Editor, We the officers and members of the Linden Senior Citizens Association/ Bauxite Pensioners take great pleasure in extending belated congratulations and our warmest greetings to the APNU+AFC coalition on their victory at the May 11 elections and in particular to Mr Granger on becoming the eighth President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan hardline opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said yesterday she had been barred from public office for a year, a move that could prevent her from becoming a congresswoman if she wins a seat in December’s parliamentary election.
Dear Editor, Cricket legend Alvin Kalicharran can be of great use in improving cricket in our homeland after the last decade of conflicts and poor performance among the youths.
In the course of a period when much of the world has been fascinated by the encounter between Greece and the European Union over that member state’s serious debt problems, a not dissimilar situation has arisen nearer home, with the Governor of Puerto Rico, Alejandro Garcia Padilla announcing that his government was unable to meet a debt commitment of up to US$70billion, and was therefore facing a tremendous fiscal crisis.
ATHENS/BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – An International Monetary Fund study published yesterday showed that Greece needs far more debt relief than European governments have been willing to contemplate so far, as fractious parties in Athens prepared to vote on a sweeping austerity package demanded by their lenders.
(Barbados Nation) Barbados is one step closer to a national shutdown this week as both the Customs and the Immigration departments have been officially joined in the National Union of Public Workers’ (NUPW) protest action.
LONDON, (Reuters) – The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) has urged the sport’s ruling body to try to get the game’s Twenty20 international format into the Olympics.
