Articles published on Thursday, June 9, 2016
Post-Cabinet press briefings which have not been held for many weeks now since controversy brewed around Minister of State, Joseph Harmon are to resume next week, President David Granger said today.
Crime Chief, Wendell Blanhum, is in Mexico City to get a first-hand look at its safe city programme.
The Guyana Water Incorporated is looking at ways to improve its emergency response system, GINA said.
(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has challenged the manufacturing sector to grow its brands, supply the needs of the country, lean towards exports and earn foreign exchange.
Cabinet on Tuesday granted no-objections to a large number of contracts including one worth nearly a US$1m for the aviation sector and another for US$870,549 for textbooks.
The increase in select tolls for the Demerara Harbour Bridge is necessary to cushion the close to $400M a year government subsidy and to prepare commuters for a more modern facility, Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo said yesterday even as the Public Infrastructure Ministry and bridge company denied that a final decision had been made.
A forensic audit ordered by the APNU+AFC government of state broadcaster NCN found no justification for a costly decision to move a transmission station from Sparendaam on the East Coast which later became an exclusive housing scheme for former President Bharrat Jagdeo and some of his ministers.
According to Chairman of National Parking Systems (NPS) Irfan Cush, the Mayor and City Council will not have to contribute money towards the procurement of parking meters and will be receiving 20% of the annual gross revenue during the 49 years that the company has been contracted for.
A taxi driver attached to the Green Ice Taxi Service was on Tuesday night badly beaten and robbed in a reported carjacking.
There was a heated exchange on Friday at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital between its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Colin Bynoe and Regional Executive Officer (REO) of Region Six Veerasammy Ramayya but the latter was not ordered out of the compound, the top health official in the region says.
The police are currently seeking several other persons in relation to the incident where a grenade was lobbed near the vehicle of Kaieteur News publisher, Glenn Lall on Saturday evening, even as they hope to close the probe soon.
May 2016 recorded an 80.3 percent jump in passenger traffic at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri when compared to May 2015, GINA reported yesterday.
The Guyana Water Inc. (GWI) will drill two additional wells at Diamond, East Bank Demerara, the utility said yesterday, according to GINA.
Reports on the ground show that there is flooding in the Region Five indigenous community of Moraikobai, GINA said yesterday.
The wife of a 43-year-old father of two, who lost one of his legs when he was struck down last month by a driver who apparently lost control of his vehicle, is pleading for justice.
A farmer is seeking justice after being hit by a speeding vehicle over two weeks ago while travelling along the Mahaica, East Coast Demerara roadway.
The number of children in institutional care has fallen sharply and the Child Care and Protection Agency (CPA) in collaboration with relevant stakeholders is in the process of developing a national policy document for such children.
State broadcaster NCN paid over $7 million for broadcasting equipment from a foreign company in 2011 but despite the firm’s failure to deliver the equipment, management didn’t follow up on the matter, a forensic audit into the entity has found.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Bowling coach Roddy Estwick says West Indies are aware of where they went wrong in their last game against Australia and will have to pull together in order to correct those issues.
A security guard was yesterday sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to car theft at a city court.
Three youths, alleged to have been busted in possession of a stimulant during an undercover operation, were yesterday remanded to prison on the charge.
US based, Troy Doris, Guyana’s best bet to medal at the Olympic Games this August is currently in Oslo,Norway where he will compete today at the Exxon Mobil Bislett Games, the seventh of the 14 Diamond League meets this season.
KINGSTON, (Reuters) – Jamaican Olympic relay gold medallist Nesta Carter’s “B” sample for the use of a banned stimulant at the 2008 Beijing Games has returned positive, two sources familiar with the case told Reuters yesterday.
Full implementation of Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) in the school system is one of the issues that the Guyana Equality Forum (GEF) wants the government here to advocate for at the UN High Level Meeting on HIV which began yesterday in New York.
On the third day after a boat he occupied with three other men capsized in the Mazaruni River, the body of 24-year-old security guard Boris Blair, an employee of Ricky Ramnarine mining camp, was discovered about half an hour from where the boat keeled over.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Opener Aaron Finch says Australia need to quickly come to grips with the slow, low Caribbean pitches but has backed them to bounce back during the remainder of the Tri-Nations Series.
Information on how to address persons with disabilities was launched yesterday by the National Commission on Disability (NCD) in collaboration with the Ministry of Social Protection.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – England forward Calaum Jahraldo-Martin struck twice to fire Antigua and Barbuda to a crushing 5-1 victory over Grenada 5-1 and into the third round of the Caribbean Cup qualifiers.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Guyana Amazon Warriors head coach, Roger Harper, believes crowd support will be key to his side’s success in the Caribbean Premier League starting later this month.
CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – Cricket South Africa (CSA) have overcome their initial hesitancy and confirmed yesterday that the third and final test of the tour of Australia will be a day-night fixture at Adelaide Oval starting on Nov.
The trial into the alleged discovery of 284 1bs of cocaine at the Diamond Housing Scheme premises of Barry Dataram continued on Tuesday with 272 pieces of the narcotic being admitted into evidence.
Dear Editor, Your Sunday issue reported two more bikers dead: one was unlicensed, the other’s bike was unregistered.
The Route 42 minibus passenger found with an unlicensed pistol and ammunition on Monday, in the vicinity of the Providence Public Road, was denied bail yesterday after he was charged with the offence.
COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lankan all rounder Farveez Maharoof inched closer to a return to international cricket on Wednesday after being called into the squad for one-day series against England and Ireland.
There was a commotion in the courtroom of Justice Navindra Singh yesterday afternoon, when a prosecution witness suffered a seizure during the course of giving evidence in the case of murdered seaman, Antonio Isles.
Dear Editor, It is sad to see people who applied for a low-income house lot being pushed around not just for years, but for decades.
(Reuters) – England batsman Joe Root has identified the need to be more assertive to convert his half-centuries to three figure scores, starting with the third test against Sri Lanka at Lord’s today.
Dear Editor Is anyone watching? Today, as I traversed the Embankment Road between LBI and Georgetown I was appalled to note that this major road is replete with potholes (craters).
LONDON, (Reuters) – For someone who has spent six agonising months on the sidelines battling doping allegations, Sri Lankan Kusal Perera cannot think of a better place for his return than the hallowed turf of Lord’s in the third and final test against England today.
An Alberttown youth accused of cocaine trafficking was yesterday granted $50,000 bail by a city court.
Geeta Boodhoo, 32, who was unable to walk after injuring her knee in an accident at Sisters Village, West Bank Demerara on May 16, has undergone surgery successfully and is currently undergoing therapy.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Captain Alistair Cook hopes pace bowler Stephen Finn can join the party as England chase a 3-0 series whitewash over Sri Lanka when the third test begins at Lord’s today.
Dear Editor, WI cricket fans and journalists do not have to surrender to bullying by the WICB.
COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka acknowledged yesterday for the first time that some 65,000 people were missing from its 26-year-long war with Tamil Tiger rebels and a separate Marxist insurrection.
Dear Editor, There is a growing garbage dumping problem which is getting worse daily.
GEORGETOWN, (Reuters) – Dean Elgar has been called up by South Africa to replace injured batsman Rilee Rossouw for the rest of the Tri-Nation One-Day International series in the West Indies, Cricket South Africa said yesterday.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for a closer security relationship between his country and the United States yesterday, in an address to the U.S.
BOGOTA, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Every day 33 people become entrapped in sex trafficking rings in Guatemala, including a “shocking” proportion of children, some of them sold into the sex trade by their mothers, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said.
Dear Editor, The visitor who remarked in the letter to the press that, to an extent, the character of people is reflected in their conduct in traffic, for what it is worth, can take comfort in the empathy many residents share with that observation.
KOLKATA, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Indian police have charged the suspected ringleader of an organ trafficking network accused of luring poor people to one of Delhi’s top hospitals to have their kidneys removed and sold, a police official said yesterday.
(Reuters) – England captain Alastair Cook said players involved in match-fixing should serve life bans although he will have no problem facing Pakistan’s Mohammad Amir, who is returning to test cricket after a five-year suspension for spot-fixing.
Dear Editor, It would be useful if the Minister of Housing for the sake of public convenience made application forms for house lots in Region Two available at all the Neighbourhood Democratic Council offices in the district.
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – He is a symbol of Brazil’s biggest corruption investigation – a ballyhooed battle against impunity for powerful politicians and businessmen.
SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Dozens of people were wounded in Papua New Guinea yesterday after police opened fire on a student demonstration in the capital and riots erupted across the country, but officials said earlier reports of up to four dead were incorrect.
Although disappointed with the seventh placed showing of the team, Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) president Philip Fernandes said he is pleased with the overall showing of the team during the recent Pan American Junior Hockey Championship in Toronto, Canada.
Dear Editor, I penned this letter almost two months ago but delayed submitting it, for no specific reason.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Haiti’s decision to scrap the results of a disputed first-round presidential vote will prolong an already delayed process at a time the country needs a democratically elected leader, the State Department said yesterday.
The Parade Ground will come alive tonight when action on the third match day of the Ministry of Health/Petra Organization Soft Shoe championships commences from 19:00hrs with six exciting matches.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s Supreme Court yesterday banned media from publishing videos of lynchings, saying they create “anxiety and uncertainty” in a country ravaged by violent crime and an economic crisis.
Soesdyke Falcons and Grove Hi-Tech secured convincing wins when the East Bank Football (EBFA) leg of the NAMILCO/GFF Flour Power Nat.
AIROBI, (Reuters) – A nationwide blackout that hit Kenya on Tuesday was caused by a monkey tripping a transformer at a hydropower plant, leading to the loss of more than 180 megawatts from the grid, power producer Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) said.
Thursday’s Cartoon
Dear Editor, St Lucia has a new government. The Opposition United Workers Party defeated the incumbent Labour Party 11 seats to six.
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LIMA, (Reuters) – Former investment banker Pedro Pablo Kuczynski inched closer to winning Peru’s presidency three days after Sunday’s election, holding on to a slim but steady lead over rival Keiko Fujimori with just 1 percent of votes left to tally.
An announcement by the Caribbean American Domestic Violence Awareness (CADVA) group last week that it has begun working with the surviving children of domestic homicide is laudable and worthy of emulation.
Courtesy call by envoy to South Africa: President David Granger was on Tuesday paid a courtesy call by Ambassador Designate to South Africa, Dr.
