Articles published on Sunday, November 8, 2015
President David Granger joined with Veterans, members of the Cabinet, the Joint Services, the diplomatic community and a large number of Guyanese at the Remembrance Day War Memorial Service at the Cenotaph yesterday on Main Street, Georgetown.
President and Commander-in-Chief, Brigadier David Granger announced the return of a fixed annual State subvention for the Guyana Veterans’ Legion.
Gangadai Persaud, a mother of one, is now dead after the canter her husband was driving careened off of the Demerara Harbour Bridge this morning.
(Trinidad Guardian) The Opposition UNC’s December 5 leadership contest will be a three-way race following yesterday’s decision by UNC Senator Vasant Bharath to challenge incumbent UNC leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar and compete with contestant Roodal Moonilal for the top post.
An investigation last year revealed that 15 persons submitted fictitious documents for the importation of luxury vehicles and breached other conditions but there appears to have been no movement by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) in the scam, according to the Auditor-General’s report for 2014.
De Buff, a little village along a dam parallel to the Canal Number Two public road, is listed in the Guyana Gazetteer as The Bluff, but villagers are sticking with the name they know and point to their village sign as evidence.
Following a string of defeats in the courts and calls for the 2006 Amer-indian Act to be reformed to offer better protection for indigenous peoples, Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs Sydney Allicock says that he will move to have it amended soon.
The APNU+AFC government needs to come clean on the spending for the inauguration of President David Granger, says former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran.
Even though Aeshwar Deonarine, Deputy Chief Executive Officer (DCEO) of Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) had expressed a willingness to repay $27.8 million that was transferred from the PetroCaribe Fund to his personal bank account, Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan says charges should be laid.
Sham Harrinauth, who was arrested after allegedly threatening two of his children with a cutlass, was found hanging yesterday afternoon in city police outpost.
A woman is dead and three others are badly injured after a car ran into them last night evening along the Harmony Hall, Mahaicony public road.
Two years after businesswoman Sirmattie Ramnaress was murdered and her Diamond, East Bank Demerara home set alight, police on Friday night made a breakthrough in the investigation when ranks arrested a suspect who was in possession of two of the items which were stolen during the execution of the crime.
A mother of two is currently living in fear of her estranged husband, who despite a protection order, and constant reports to the police continues to stalk her and has made several threats against her life.
The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has circulated an audit report to its members which highlights several instances of irregularities by its officials over a two-year period.
Although boxer Clive ‘The Punisher’ Atwell is eager to return to the ring after his recent brain injury, neurosurgeon Dr Amarnauth Dukhi says such injuries make it almost impossible for boxers to continue professional careers.
Public affairs The government is responsible for several enterprises that are classified in the public accounts as public corporations.
When national cyclist, Alanzo Greaves staged his belated ‘Birthday Classic’ yesterday in the National Park, it was dominated by the wheelsmen with the surname of Williams.
Former Stabroek News reporter Keisha McCammon has been shortlisted for the Guyana Prize for Literature for her book Dancehall Lyrics: Top of the Charts in the ‘Best First Book of Fiction’ category.
Introduction Presently Guyana’s national accounts are compiled relative to the base year 2006.
Numerous financial improprieties continue to dog the Amerindian Purposes Fund (APF), according to the Auditor-General’s report for 2014 which also questioned the legality of the fund.
Five years ago a softball tournament was conceptualized by members of the Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA) including current executives, Ramchand Ragbeer, president, Ricky Deonarain, Ramesh Sunich and Jailall Deodass, vice-presidents, Mike Singh, treasurer, Lalta Gainda, secretary and Wayne Jones, assistant secretary.
Reading is a good friend, whether the wind blows good or ill.
Heliconias are magnificent and beautiful. A few years ago there were approximately 20 species of heliconia grown in the Caribbean; today, there are more than 400 species in cultivation.
YET another effort has been made to revive long suffering West Indies cricket.
In his recent interview on Venezuela, former president Mr Bharrat Jagdeo spoke about his administration’s approach to resolving the border controversy between Guyana and Venezuela.
As with so much in politics it is often what is not seen, said or fully understood that drives events.
KANDY, Sri Lanka, CMC – Marlon Samuels roared back to form by hammering an unbeaten century but his gladiator- like one- man assault was overshadowed by Sri Lanka’s comfortable 19-run victory over the West Indies in the rain shortened third and final One-Day International here yesterday.
The headmaster of Sand Creek Primary School, who allegedly physically assaulted three of his students, remains interdicted from duty with no indication as to when a team from the Teaching Service Commission (TSC) will visit to investigate the matter.
Someone approached me out of the blue this week outside a store on Sheriff Street to ask for advice on the music business; he was not a musician, but interested in recording and was wondering how to proceed.
Public Infrastructure Minister David Patterson says the recent removal of street lamps from some sections of Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice, was part of a move to regularise connections to the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) network in the area.
The Theatre Guild of Guyana staged a Festival of Plays at the Playhouse in Kingston last week-end in which four new plays and playwrights were presented.
The Mayor Hamilton Green 81st Birth Anniversary Inter-Ward tourney will commence today at the Victoria Community ground with 10 fixtures.
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – China and Taiwan must not let proponents of Taiwan’s independence split them, China’s President Xi Jinping told Taiwan’s president yesterday at the first meeting between leaders of the two sides since China’s civil war ended in 1949.
The cream of the nation’s distance athletes along with their South American and Caribbean counterparts will put their talents on display today in the second leg of the IAAF South American 10km Classic.
SIMI VALLEY, Calif (Reuters) – The United States will conduct freedom of navigation operations in the South China Sea again, US Defense Secretary Ash Carter said in a speech yesterday, although he gave no timeline for any such actions.
A four-member team represented the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) at the recently concluded World Expo 2015 held in Milan, Italy.
The exclusive World Youth and Cadet Chess Championships in Greece, came to a conclusion on Friday.
Dear Editor, We are a group of six smaller aircraft operators operating aircraft on domestic routes and based at Ogle International Airport.
BERLIN (Reuters) – Just two days after resolving a coalition row over how to handle a record influx of refugees, Germany’s ruling parties are embroiled in another spat over whether to limit the asylum rights of refugees from Syria.
MARIANA, Brazil (Reuters) – Rescue teams yesterday struggled to reach villages devastated by a massive mudflow after two dams burst at a major Brazilian mine, wreaking havoc more than 80 km (50 miles) downstream and prompting officials to warn of a higher death toll.
The Caribbean Community (Caricom) is shocked and deeply saddened by the sudden death of Sheldon McDonald, Senior Lecturer and Head of the Law Department, University of Guyana (UG).
The horse racing season continues today at the Bush Lot United Turf Club with an eight-race card dubbed ‘Bringing Bush Lot Alive’.
Over the last few weeks, we have been discussing problems associated with the lips in particular.
Once in a while a press statement is fired off from one or the other of our political fortresses that lands in the public arena with all the explosive force of a cruise missile.
CARACAS (Reuters) – A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck mountainous western Venezuela in the early hours of yesterday, knocking out power in some areas, damaging some buildings and triggering rockfalls that killed one man, authorities said.
Guyanese Calvin Ming, who is now competing in the Mexican Formula 4 Championship, poses with his Mygale F4 car, which is currently on display at the Pegasus Hotel lobby.
Bad light stopped play yesterday at Guyana National Stadium on day two of the Professional Cricket League (PCL) Four-day match with the Windward Islands Volcanoes trailing defending champions Guyana Jaguars by 235 runs heading into the third day.
(Reuters) – Two new books by Italian journalists depict a Vatican plagued by mismanagement, greed, cronyism and corruption and where Pope Francis still faces stiff resistance from the old guard to his reform agenda.
If you want food that feeds the soul, a bowl of Crab and Callaloo Soup can do the job.
Sunday Cartoons
Dear Editor, After three decades of its existence, the Guyana Prize for Literature has come of age.
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron will give his strongest warning this week that he might back Britain leaving the EU unless other European leaders agree to his demands for reform of the bloc, media reported yesterday.
