(Reuters) – Grammy-winning singer Natalie Cole, whose biggest hit came in a virtual duet with her late father, pop legend Nat King Cole, of his decades-old hit “Unforgettable,” has died at the age of 65, her family said today.
SYDNEY, Australia, CMC – Selection chief Clive Lloyd believes the exodus of players like Chris Gayle, Andre Russell and Lendl Simmons to the lucrative Twenty20 circuit has definitely had a negative impact on the development of the West Indies Test side.
SYDNEY, Australia, CMC – West Indies legend Clive Lloyd has made a passionate plea for the international powers to offer more assistance to West Indies cricket.
Cognisant of a Press Statement issued by the Police Service Commission on December 31, 2015, in relation to the promotion of police ranks, the Guyana Police Force today said that it wished to clarify that the Police Service Commission wrote to the Commissioner of Police asking for the personal files of Officers, Inspectors and Sergeants since during October 2015 and also requested that identified ranks report to the Service Commission since then and this was complied with immediately.
About 0010h. today, the police say that Asif Hafeez, 24 years, of Crabwood Creek, Corentyne, Berbice, was imbibing with another man at Crabwood Creek when an argument ensued between them following which Hafeez was stabbed to his neck.
About 2200h. on December 30, 2015, a Brazilian miner, so far only identified as ‘Brian’, was working on a mining operation at Puruni Backdam when he was held up by a man armed with a firearm who fatally shot him to the neck and took away a quantity of raw gold, the police said today.
As across the Nation, Guyanese ushered in the new year, President David Granger, like many others, spent the time in prayer and reflection at the Church of the Transfiguration on Mandela Avenue.
MUNICH, (Reuters) – Germany received a tip hours before midnight that named militants from Iraq and Syria were planning attacks in Munich but police have been unable to find the suspects and are not even sure if they exist or are in the country, the Munich police chief said today.
President David Granger yesterday shuffled two junior ministers and created the ministries of Natural Resources and Telecommunications to be headed by Raphael Trotman and Catherine Hughes respectively.
The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) is questioning the validity of the figures that were reflected in the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) report into GuySuCo, stating that the salaries of workers were grossly exaggerated.
On the occasion of the launch of Guyana’s 50th Independence Anniversary, President David Granger yesterday announced Medal of Service awards for a number of groups including the E R Burrowes School of Art, the Theatre Guild of Guyana and the Makushi Research Unit.
Government says it will not renew the contract for cash flush pilot Khamraj Lall’s hangar lease at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri and has notified him, resulting in his representatives here moving to the courts.
The Government of Guyana will be spending in excess of $60M to construct an all-weather access road to the Lusignan Landfill site to help ease the garbage problem caused by a fire at the main disposal facility on the East Bank of Demerara.
City Hall has ordered that all construction work being conducted at 81-82 Robb and Camp streets cease until such time as the developer has received appropriate permission from the City Engineer’s Department.
Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Colin Welch will remain on the job while an investigation into allegations against him pertaining to the importation of meters is being undertaken
“I have not found it necessary to move him until that investigation is completed and if you are trying to say that he is impeding the investigation, that is not happening,” Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson said yesterday.
A Grove construction worker was yesterday remanded to prison after he was formally charged with causing the death of bread vendor Joseph Jaipaul, who died one month after being struck down on the Bagotstown Public Road.
A Kitty computer technician accused of forging a United States of America document was yesterday placed on $50,000 bail after he pleaded not guilty to two charges of fraud.
Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo said the PPP’s complacency and arrogance were major factors in the party losing last year’s May 11, General and Regional Elections.
Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo yesterday received an interim report from the Convener of the Steering Committee on Constitutional Reform (SCCR) Nigel Hughes.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The West Indies Cricket Board has branded the CARICOM Governance Review Panel’s main recommendation for it to be dissolved as an “unnecessary and intrusive demand”, and has flat out rejected the controversial proposal.
While some persons spent the last days of 2015 making New Year’s resolutions about getting fit, or saving money, Administrator Guyana Red Cross Society Children’s Convalescent Home Ewin Enmore’s hope is that the institution could be made more child-friendly in the new year.
A small group of optimistic women whose ages range from 60 to 92 years old ushered in the New Year at St Joseph’s Home at 73 Vlissengen Road, Wortmanville Georgetown, smiling despite their obvious physical and environmental challenges.
Dear Editor,
It is imperative that a response be made to the very disingenuous remarks attributed to Mr Vishnu Bandhu, Leader of the United Republican Party (URP) in an article which was published in the Guyana Times of Saturday, December 19, titled ‘URP drops out of LGE.’
-after Mahaica Determinators ousted for fielding ineligible player
In what will be a rematch of last year’s finale, holders Grove Hi-Tech will oppose Ann’s Grove in the finale of the 2nd Annual Stag Beer Super 16 Knockout Championship today at the Golden-Grove Community ground from 21:00hrs.
Dear Editor,
On Monday, Dec 28, as I scanned the television channels I was attracted to PPP General Secretary Rohee’s ritual press conference, since he was addressing a matter that I had attended to, in my capacity as Technical Facilitator to the Minister of Education.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Civil lawsuits accusing Bill Cosby of sex abuse and defamation could do major damage to the entertainer’s wealth, regardless of how a criminal prosecution plays out, lawyers who have handled similar cases said yesterday.
This year’s Christmas sales exceeded some market vendors’ expectations and yesterday they were hoping for the same volume and even better in the new year.
The mining town will be divided today when two-time defending champs Federal Winners Connection face off with Silver Shattas in the grand finale of the 3rd annual UDFA/GT Beer Knockout Championship today from 20:15hrs.
Pele’s Jumane Somerset and Alpha United’s Delon Lanferman have not been selected for the impending Adidas MLS Combine in Florida following their CFU/MLS Trial in Curacao.
(Reuters) – Towns in Tennessee and southern Illinois prepared yesterday to cope with potential flooding after rain-swollen rivers washed out hundreds of structures in Missouri, Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma and forced thousands to flee their homes.
It will be West Ruimveldt versus Mocha when Western Tigers lock horns with Riddim Squad from 21:00hrs today in the grand finale of the 5th Annual GFA/Banks Beer Knockout Championship at the Guyana National Stadium in Providence.
Dear Editor,
Thank you for providing me with a copy of the letter captioned ‘Can’t get transport after seven years’ published in the Stabroek News edition of Wednesday, December 30, under the name Chatterpaul Bhagwandin.
While an official figure for Guyana’s 2015 gold production is yet to be declared Stabroek Business has learnt that the final figure could be somewhere between 420,000 ounces and 450,000 ounces, a significant increase in the declared production figure of 387,000 ounces in 2014.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin is adding a surprise leg-break to his already formidable bag of tricks but is convinced that the controversial ‘doosra’ cannot be bowled with a straight arm.
More than a month after a team from the Ministry of Social Protection toured the operations of the majority Russian-owned Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI) in the Berbice River, a report from the ministry says the standards and value systems of the company in key areas of employer/employee relations including respect for workers’ rights and occupational safety and health are “unacceptable by any measure.”
(Reuters) – Tillakaratne Dilshan scored his 47th one-day half century to anchor a much-improved Sri Lanka to a morale-boosting eight-wicket victory yesterday that kept their one-day series against New Zealand alive.
The Government of Guyana finds itself in the somewhat peculiar position of having inherited from its predecessor what is a decidedly bad situation as far as worker-management relations at the partially state-owned Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI) is concerned.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The Gleaner Company Limited (Gleaner) and Radio Jamaica Limited’s (RJR) shareholders voted to approve the merger of the Gleaner’s media business with RJR in separate extraordinary general meetings held in Kingston on Wednesday.
Dear Editor,
On Tuesday, 29th December, I journeyed to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport to collect my mother-in-law and the flight got postponed, so we decided since we were already there we would wait the few hours.
MIAMI, United States, CMC – Enigmatic former West Indies opener Kieran Powell looks set to turn his back on cricket, if his foray into the world of baseball is successful.
KIGALI, (Reuters) – Rwandan President Paul Kagame announced yesterday his intention to seek a third term in 2017, confirming a decision that was widely expected following the approval of constitutional changes that could allow him to stay in office for years to come.
KUALA LUMPUR, (Reuters) – Malaysia’s anti-graft agency said yesterday it had sent two reports to the attorney-general’s office about its probes into the transfer of huge sums of money into Prime Minister Najib Razak’s bank accounts and the affairs of state fund 1MDB.
Dear Editor,
As the person to whom tremendous prominence was given in his letter in Stabroek News on December 30, captioned ‘A group is trying to push an extremist agenda on the administration’ I crave your indulgence to offer a response to PPP/C General Secretary Clement Rohee.
(The Sports Xchange) – The Dallas Mavericks took full advantage of Stephen Curry’s absence with a lower left leg injury by bolting to an early 17-point lead on the way to a 114-91 victory over the Golden State Warriors at American Airlines Center on Wednesday.
By: Valrie Grant, Managing Director GeoTechVision
This column in the past series of articles, highlighted the economic benefits that can be had from embedding spatial information in the economic development processes.
LOS ANGELES/MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – The Texas teenager derided for his “affluenza” defense in a deadly drunken-driving case won a weeks-long in delay in extradition from Mexico, while his mother was in a Los Angeles jail on Thursday after being deported.
ADELAIDE, Australia, CMC – All-rounder Stacy-Ann King shone, albeit briefly, but her Adelaide Strikers were still strong enough to beat West Indies teammate Deandra Dottin’s Perth Scorchers by 35 runs in the Women’s Big Bash here on New Year’s Eve.
(Trinidad Guardian) The Government’s intention to split and utilise a portion of the multi-billion Heritage and Stabilsation Fund is a cause for concern to the Opposition.
It is as yet unclear whether the Keith Rowley administration will face a backlash from this week’s announced decision to suspend the distribution of free textbooks to the majority of students in Trinidad and Tobago in an effort to cut costs across the board.
GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 648’s trading results showed consideration of $221,603 from 11,783 shares traded in 2 transactions as compared to session 647’s trading results, which showed consideration of $9,491,809 from 112,619 shares traded in 7 transactions.
Dear Editor,
Wasn’t it great when we would awaken in the mornings to hear the radio blaring, “We are the champions, we are the champions, we are the West Indies.”
Close to the Amerindian Hostel on Princes Street, a group of enterprising representatives Guyana’s indigenous community can be found been doing a brisk trade in Amerindian cuisine, mimicking the urban tradition of roadside trading in conventional creole foods.
As the season of rejoicing and renewal draws to a close, amidst rituals of repetition – whether of the spiritual or the spirituous kind – thoughts naturally turn to the New Year ahead and what it has to offer.
It’s obvious to me, my few friends and many (?) readers that I love that word- Prog-nos –ti-ca-tion- which has to do with foretelling from signs, indications or evidence; prediction.
SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Shane Watson’s unbeaten hundred could not prevent Australia falling to a seven-wicket defeat to India in the third and final Twenty20 match yesterday as Suresh Raina hit a four off the last ball to complete a 3-0 clean sweep in the series.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Guyana left-hander Shimron Hetmyer has been appointed captain of the West Indies Under-19 squad which will do battle in the ICC Youth World Cup starting next month in Bangladesh.