Articles published on Sunday, January 10, 2016
Guyana Revenue Authority Chairman, Rawle Lucas has reprimanded the Private Sector Commission (PSC) for erroneously stating that GRA employees had conducted a search and seizure of equipment at the premises of Commissioner-General Khurshid Sattaur.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – A secretive meeting that Hollywood star Sean Penn orchestrated with Joaquin “Chapo” Guzman in a jungle hideout late last year helped Mexico’s government catch the world’s most wanted drug lord, sources said.
It is almost certain that the decomposed body found on Friday afternoon at Berbice is that of missing British teen Dominic Bernard, after his god brother and another man who were captured by police confessed to killing him.
Story and photos by Joanna Dhanraj Edged on both sides by trees and flowering plants is a village situated in Canal Number Two known as Clay Brick Road.
An elderly Bush Lot businessman and his wife were chopped to death during the wee hours of yesterday morning and one of the four persons held by police has since confessed to his involvement the crime.
The Guyana Bar Association (GBA) yesterday called on the government to mount an independent inquiry into the bungled surveillance operation that resulted in the deaths of an army intelligence officer and two civilians, while saying that an explanation is needed for the use of military officers in such activities.
The dead man in the yacht that was spotted almost a week ago about 200 miles off Guyana’s Coast has been identified as French national Mocbel Robert Lois Bozier, 70, who was found with a single gunshot wound to the face that is believed to have been self-inflicted.
Introduction As indicated last week, today’s column continues the discussion of risks and pitfalls facing mineral resources extraction in Guyana.
New board As many Guyanese would be aware, a new governing board of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) was established in June of last year to execute the mandates expressed in Section 12 of the Revenue Authority Act regarding the approval of policy, monitoring of the performance of the GRA and the discipline and control of the staff.
Banks DIH registered a profit of $2.569b for last year, a 13% rise over the 2014 figure.
Attorney-General Basil Williams is confident that Guyana now has the legal framework in place for freezing the assets of money launderers and terrorists and sources say at least one prominent citizen is on the radar of authorities.
Named Fitness `53’ after his infamous shirt number, ex-Guyana/West Indies Captain Ramnaresh Sarwan yesterday said he hopes his new gym and fitness centre will open newer dimensions of healthy living for Guyanese.
The sudden transformations in societies – email, cell phones – are often the result of an equipment revolution, and we spot them quickly; the slower transformations occur so slowly that we don’t even notice the shift until some sudden circumstance makes us aware.
Some 656 complaints were made against police officers during last year, according to Police Complaints Authority (PCA) Chairman retired Justice Cecil Kennard.
The National Assembly early Friday morning approved in excess of $202M for the budgeted operations of the five constitutional rights commissions.
When I was a young and bursting with energy and exuberant life-force I was eager to travel far and wide, more than ready to range around the world discovering new places and meeting people of every kind, outlook and temper.
All 24 files compiled on a multi-million-dollar fraud allegedly committed by former Public Service Minister Dr Jennifer Westford and a ministry employee are now back at the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
Although the Christmas season has ended in Christendom, it makes such an impact, and is so influential in other parts of the world that it continues in a subterranean sense, to be a subject of interest.
So you have made your fitness resolutions and you really want to keep them.
A beleaguered local chess federation, failing in its ability to organize a national junior chess championship and its senior counterpart, in addition to two national school chess championships over the past two years, seems to be stirring some reaction among our youthful precocious chess minds.
The daughter of Anita Baichan was held on Thursday for questioning in connection with the killing of her mother in a fire but has since been released from custody according to Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum, who said that the other suspects are still being questioned.
By Tony Cozier Steve Smith’s proposed deal to Jason Holder to enliven the last day of the water-logged Test in Sydney was strictly fantasy.
Whether raw, steamed, stir-fried, or dropped in piping hot stew, curry or soup just before serving, I love me some cabbage.
The body of a Handsome Tree, Mahaica woman was discovered yesterday morning some distance away from her home, two days after she was reported missing.
The Undulated Tinamou is a greyish ground bird that is more frequently heard than seen, with its distinctive 3-note call.
The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has written to the Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud to aid in the recovery of signs that were seized from in front of its Freedom House headquarters on Thursday.
The annual Mayor Hamilton Green 81st birthday seven-a-side Inter-Ward football championships will officially end today at the Den Amstel Community ground with the quarterfinal, semi-final and final fixtures.
A report carried in Saturday’s edition of the Stabroek News, headlined “Benschop says Gecom’s ‘inefficiencies’ stymieing campaign,” erroneously stated that candidate Mark benschop was “concerned about Gecom’s leadership.”
Continued from December 13, 2015 Paralysis of the tongue In all my many decades of practice, I can only recall seeing this condition once.
LOS MOCHIS, Mexico (Reuters) – Mexico aims to extradite drug lord Joaquin ‘Chapo’ Guzman to the United States after security forces recaptured the fugitive cartel leader who blew his cover through a series of slip ups, including an attempt to make a movie about his life.
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the country conducted a hydrogen bomb test as a self-defensive step against a US threat of nuclear war and had a sovereign right to do so without being criticised, state news agency KCNA reported yesterday.
Thyme (Thymus vulgaris) commonly called fine-leaf thyme and its cousin Spanish thyme originated from the Mediterranean and are used in many Caribbean dishes.
A three-member team of amateur boxers will wing out tomorrow for Trinidad to represent Guyana at a one-night championship on Tuesday.
Imagine this. You, a partner or family member is working overseas.
MELBOURNE, Australia, CMC – All-rounder Dwayne Bravo snatched the spotlight away from under-fire West Indies teammate Chris Gayle with an electrifying unbeaten half-century but the knock failed to save Melbourne Renegades from a comprehensive eight-wicket loss in the Melbourne derby here yesterday.
(Reuters) – A Muslim advocacy group yesterday called on Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump to apologize after a Muslim woman engaged in a silent protest was removed by security personnel and booed by the crowd at his rally in South Carolina on Friday night.
The implementation of the process of consultation required of the President under Guyana’s Constitution has been one of the most controversial constitutional issues since Independence.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Kjorn Ottley and Kyle Hope carved out classy, unbeaten half-centuries as Trinidad and Tobago Red Force capitalised on a feeble batting effort from Barbados Pride, to cruise to a nine-wicket victory in their second game of the Regional Super50 here yesterday.
CAIRO (Reuters) – Armed men shot dead a police officer and a soldier in their car on the outskirts of Cairo yesterday, Egypt’s state news agency said, a day after suspected militants armed with knives wounded three European tourists in a Red Sea resort.
A fourth quarter blitz propelled Eagles U23 to a berth in the final of the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) League Championships after they defeated Colts 64-56 in their semi-final affair Friday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
Dear Editor, I have been following closely news reports surrounding the deaths of three persons in a vehicular accident, two of whom were in one vehicle giving chase to the neighbour of ‘on leave’ chief executive of NICIL, Winston Brassington.
Guyana-born Alex Bunbury will arrive on local shores today to commence a two-week tour in an attempt to establish the Alex Bunbury Sports and Academics Academy (ABSAA).
The Flying Ace Cycle Club will stage a 40-mile cycle road race today.
Dear Editor, I refrained from the recent discussion on the Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) because I thought, and still believe, that it is an excellent idea.
MAINZ/COLOGNE, Germany (Reuters) – Migrants who commit crimes should lose their right to asylum, German chancellor Angela Merkel said yesterday, toughening her tone as crowds gathered in Cologne angered by mass assaults on women on New Year’s Eve.
Central Agricola, Tiger Bay and Mocha secured opening wins when the Central Georgetown Police Youth Group coordinated Rainforest Water Knockout Futsal Championship commenced yesterday.
Green firefighting: A member of the Guyana Fire Service attempting to douse a bush fire yesterday in the compound of the National Communications Network using a tree branch.
Dear Editor, On Jan 7, just after 5pm, a friend and I were walking on the seawall.
If it weren’t for the fact that the incident involving Sergeant Robert Pyle ended in such tragedy, the sequence of events leading up to the fatal crash in Carifesta Avenue on December 30 might have been termed a comedy of errors.
Almost twenty-eight years ago a remarkable Gu-yanese died in London at the age of eighty-one.
