Articles published on Thursday, July 7, 2016
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Caribbean Premier League organisers today reiterated their commitment to stamping out corruption in the game after banning an Indian national from attending the competition for live betting during a game at Warner Park.
The Minister of Public Health, Hon. Dr. George Norton today met with Professor Chittaranjan Narahari Purandare, President of the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO), at the Ministry of Public Health headquarter on Brickdam, GINA said.
The Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA,) under the guidance of GMSA President Eon Caesar, met with all members of the Association, as well as relevant stakeholders including representatives of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, today, at the GMSA Headquarters, to address the call for the suspension of previously unimplemented import duties, a release from the organisation said.
Prime Minister of Jamaica, Andrew Holness (right) today expressed optimism about the future economic prospects for Guyana during a courtesy call on Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo.
Eighteen representatives from the State and privately owned media houses and Government Communications Officers will be in China for three weeks, GINA said.
NORRISTOWN, Pa., (Reuters) – A Pennsylvania judge on Thursday denied Bill Cosby’s latest bid to have the sexual assault charges against him thrown out, ruling that the 78-year-old comedian must stand trial in the case.
A cabinet sub-committee has been established to examine the audit reports that were commissioned by the APNU+AFC Government for criminal and negligent conduct, GINA said today.
Global Affairs Canada (GAC) has provided Parliament Office with one flatbed scanner, five Microsoft Surface Pro Tablets and two headsets for Hansard Transcription.
(Trinidad Guardian) The decomposing bodies of Anika Gabriel and her baby were found on a bed at their South Oropouche home by the baby’s father yesterday morning. Three
A decision by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to apply previously unimplemented import taxes on a range of hardware and other inputs has left the manufacturing sector warning of dire consequences and Opposi-tion Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday called for a reversal of the decision.
CARICOM Heads have agreed that before year end an arrest warrant treaty will take effect as part of a wider mission to improve cooperation among law enforcement authorities and to boost security in the region.
While the Ministry of Social Protection yesterday said that it holds firm to the commitment that Guyanese living overseas will not benefit from an old age pension here, the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) says the decision clashes with the constitution.
The Ministry of Public Health has launched an investigation into the death of woman at the Diamond Diagnostic Centre on Tuesday, following a suspected miscarriage the previous week.
A Guyana Police Force corporal was yesterday placed on $75,000 bail after he was charged with obtaining gifts of gold in exchange for obstructing investigations into a marijuana matter.
Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Dr Keith Rowley yesterday warned against overplaying small immigration issues and added that Caricom heads had agreed that in the area of free movement of nationals, the issue of security should remain with the receiving country.
The trial of Dr Jennifer Westford, former minister in the PPP/C administration, and her former aide Margaret Cummings, into the alleged theft of over $600 million from the government, which was set for commencement yesterday, was put off owing to the misfiling of statements.
The National Blood Trans-fusion Service (NBTS) yesterday said that it is in dire need of blood to satisfy the ever growing demand.
A little more than two weeks after the body of pork knocker, Shawn McDonald was discovered in a container of his camp at Kurupung, Region Seven, three men accused of killing him were charged and remanded to prison last week.
The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA), the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) and the Region Three Administration will be undertaking drainage improvements in Lust-en-Rust and parts of Parfait Harmonie, West Bank Demerara.
A 26-year-old pregnant woman was yesterday sentenced to three years in prison and fined nearly $2 million after being found with cocaine for the purpose of trafficking at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri.
A Route 40 (Kitty/ Campbellville) bus driver and his conductor were both brought before a city Magistrate yesterday where they were charged with unlawfully wounding a passenger.
Several Region Five communities are again flooded as a result of heavy rainfall over the past few days, GINA said.
The Guyana Cancer Prevention Society (GCPS) is holding a public lecture on cancer of the cervix at the George-town Public Hospital today at 6 pm.
Martin Guptill, the Guyana Amazon Warriors Captain said he’s expecting a keen contest against the Jamaica Tallawahs tonight and believes that his team can continue their winning ways during the next few rounds of the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) played on home soil at Providence National Stadium, Guyana.
The Aircraft Owners Association of Guyana (AOAG) has been restructured and will function under new By-Laws as a not-for-profit company, a release from the AOAG said on Friday.
The national rugby team known as the ‘Green Machine’ is in the red and will need support from the government and the private sector in order to face Mexico on July 27 in the final of the Rugby America’s North (RAN) 15s championship.
At its meeting last week, Cabinet have its no-objections to a series of major road contracts including one for $67.7m for the Puruni to Itabali Road, Region Seven and another for $63m for Garden of Eden (GoE).
Residents of Port Kaituma in the North West District on Tuesday protested in front of the Matarkai Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) over the state of their roads but relief may soon be on the way as the government has given the green light for $58.8m in road contracts for the region.
A second half hat-trick from Tyrone Khan propelled Soesdyke Secondary into the final of the East Bank Demerara zone of the Digicel Schools football championships yesterday following their 3-2 defeat of St.
Courtney Benn Contracting Services Limited has secured a $52.9m contract for the Demerara Harbour Bridge Corporation.
The national U-19 rugby team is scheduled to depart this morning for Miami, Florida where they will contest the Rugby America’s North (RAN) Championship from July 9-16.
A South Road resident was yesterday sent behind bars after he pleaded guilty to two counts of breaking and entering a city store.
Dear Editor, For the Grade Six children who didn’t make the “Top Schools” I say Don’t Give Up!
Dear Editor, I write with reference to the article appearing in Stabroek News on 2nd July, 2016 saying that former President Donald Ramotar had released a letter showing Mr Brian Tiwarie’s backing for the PPP up to a month before the polls.
A 57-year-old man was yesterday sentenced to three years’ imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to cocaine possession.
Tourney favourites The Bahamas continued their path of destruction in the Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) boys U16 championships humbling lowly Dominica by a 125-21 margin yesterday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
Jamaica remained unbeaten in the Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) u16 Male Championships, squeaking past Trinidad and Tobago by a 72-64 score line on Tuesday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
Guyana is poised to tap into Central American markets after signing a trade memorandum with Belize.
Dear Editor, It was a very beautiful surprise to me to read the article by Stabroek News reporter, Joanna Dhanraj, in her June 19th column ‘The World beyond Georgetown’ that focused on Aurora, and her subsequent column on July 2nd on Adventure.
Nicholai Price, Clerk of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament is currently in London at a workshop on the financial oversight of aid effectiveness hosted by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA).
Dear Editor, The Mayor and City Council has not been well parked for decades ‒ certainly before the days (and nights) of APNU+AFC, since whose arrival it has been reduced to a ‘community’ – in disregard of the Municipal and District Councils Act 1969.
The Golden Jaguars, the national football team, will face off against Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz at the National Stadium, Providence on October 11th in the third round of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) 2016 Scotiabank Caribbean Men’s Cup Championship.
A Japan-financed project to fortify the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC) has seen the construction and rehabilitation of six of the network’s 33 intake/relief structures.
Dear Editor, The results of the National Grade Six Assessment Examination formerly referred to as the Secondary Schools Entrance Examination, and before that, the Common Entrance Examination revealed that much more needed to be done to reduce disparities in student attainment levels, especially with respect to rural and hinterland schools.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s justification, planning and handling of the Iraq War involved a catalogue of failures, a seven-year inquiry concluded yesterday in a scathing verdict on Britain’s role in the conflict.
West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) President’s XI Captain Leon Johnson said beating the Indians in the upcoming two-day practice matches could do wonders for his team, adding that it will also be good to put the visitors under pressure ahead of the Test series.
The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) last evening officially welcomed the top female cricketers of the Caribbean ahead of today’s start of the 2016 West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Women’s Regional 50 Over tournament.
Dear Editor, Bath/Woodley Park NDC rented the Bath Community Centre Ground for a public show (‘Clash Of The Titans’).
Several more villages in the hinterland have received their Jubilee grant fund under the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, to implement a green sustainable project.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Barack Obama yesterday shelved plans to cut the U.S.
MANILA, (Reuters) – Philippines’ President Rodrigo Duterte publicly accused five police generals of involvement in the drugs trade on Tuesday and said only he would be accountable for a bloody crackdown that has killed 30 people since he took office last week.
Girl power: These girls enlivened the mood in the foyer of the National Cultural Centre at the start of the 16th Annual Prize-giving and Closing Ceremony of the North Georgetown Primary School on Tuesday.
The Private Sector Commission (PSC), last Friday, met with the ambassadors (designate) to Brazil and Brussels, Belgium, George Talbot (second from left) and David Hales (third from left) to discuss how they could use their positions to advocate the enhancement of Guyana’s trade, specifically with Brazil, and the use of Hales’ experience in Brussels.
LONDON, (Reuters) – It would be hard to bet against the Williams sisters meeting in their first Wimbledon final since 2009, but Angelique Kerber and Elena Vesnina won’t just be making up the numbers in the last four today.
Dear Editor, Bartica has been suffering a poor electricity supply for years now.
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC South Africa’s star batsman AB de Villiers took charge of an innings which appeared to be in trouble with his first half century to steer Barbados Tridents to their first victory of the Caribbean Premier League here Tuesday.
BATON ROUGE, La., (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department said yesterday it would investigate the killing of a black man pinned to the ground and shot in the chest by two white police officers outside a convenience store in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Dear Editor, Mr Ralph Ramkarran’s column which was published in Sunday Stabroek under the caption ‘The PPP, WPA and Clive Thomas’ is a welcome contribution to the debate on Dr Jagan’s withdrawal of the ministerial offer to Dr Clive Thomas, that was made after the declaration of the 1992 regional and general elections.
BRASILIA, Brazil (Reuters) – Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff presented her written defense to a Senate impeachment trial yesterday, denouncing the proceedings as a farce and saying her alleged crimes were no more than “routine acts of budgetary management.”
Dear Editor, The Guyana Constitution, familiarly known as the Burnham Constitution, is flawed.
PRETORIA, (Reuters) – South African Paralympic gold medallist Oscar Pistorius was sent back to jail for six years on Wednesday for murdering Reeva Steenkamp, less than half the 15 year minimum term sought by prosecutors.
LE LIORAN, France, (Reuters) – Belgian Greg van Avermaet claimed the overall leader’s yellow jersey when he won the fifth stage of the Tour de France at the end of a long breakaway as Alberto Contador appeared to suffer from crash-related injuries yesterday.
(Reuters) – Former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson sued Fox News Channel architect Roger Ailes on Wednesday for sexual harassment, claiming her ex-boss wrongfully fired her after she rebuffed years of unwanted advances.
Fifty youths graduated over the weekend after completing a two-week Leadership programme at the Madewini training centre in Yarrowkabra provided by the government, GINA said.
BARCELONA, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – For developing countries seeking to turn their national climate action plans into reality, help will soon be at hand in the form of a support service announced by the German government and the U.S.-based
Dear Editor, The letter from Harry Hergash captioned ‘New GuySuCo launch more of a public relations exercise than an explication of the future of the corporation’ (SN, July 6) was spot-on on in exposing the sugar company’s attempt at a publicity stunt in rebranding it the ‘New GuySuCo’.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia’s cricket board has banned two players for betting on matches and given a suspended ban to a third as part of its “zero tolerance” approach to gambling-related corruption.
Dear Editor, Please allow me to respond to Mr Tacuma Ogunseye’s missive which was directed to me: ‘No need to speak to Dr Thomas” (SN, Jul 2).
Of the 14,386 children 11 years and over who wrote the National Grade Six Assessment in April, a (generous) maximum of 3,000 are happy with their results.
(Jamaica Observer) The Bruce Golding-led Caricom Review Commis-sion indicated on Tuesday that the current dispute between the Government of Antigua and Barbuda and Jamaican-owned Sandals Resorts International (SRI) had come up on its radar, in respect of the issue of perceived unfair practices.
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NEW YORK, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Angola is suffering its worst outbreak of yellow fever in 30 years with 350 deaths since last December, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said on Wednesday as it launched an emergency appeal for funds.
Safety and awareness are at the top of the agenda for the Government Electrical Inspectorate (GEI) division, GINA said.
BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – India touched down here Wednesday evening to begin preparations for their four-Test series against West Indies starting later this month.
