Articles published on Wednesday, September 14, 2016
NEW YORK, CMC- Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell has reacted angrily to the sacking of West Indies head coach Phil Simmons, blasting the move as “bizarre” and motivated by “spite and vendetta”.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC-Top cricket commentator Fazeer Mohammed says the sacking of head coach Phil Simmons represents another chapter in the ongoing soap opera of conflict in West Indies cricket.
Regan Rodrigues, the man accused of murdering political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing, was today freed of the charge at the end of the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder.
The Stabroek News website was down for several hours this morning as a result of technical difficulties.
(Jamaica Gleaner) In a partnership dubbed Speed At Work, sprint megastar Usain Bolt yesterday turned up for his first day on the job as telecommunication giant Digicel’s chief speed officer at the Digicel regional headquarters, located at 14 Ocean Boulevard, downtown Kingston.
One year after general elections were held in Trinidad & Tobago and the Peoples National Movement (PNM), led by Dr Keith Rowley, was elected to government, the pollsters have been busy assessing the views of public opinion on the government’s performance.
The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) wrote Chinese logging company Baishanlin in February this year seeking $1.58b for breach of the terms under which tax exemptions were granted.
An infant and his seven-year-old sister were killed during the wee hours of yesterday morning after their father lost control of the car transporting them and crashed into two parked vehicles along the Blankenburg Public Road, West Coast Demerara.
After spending her weekend listening to the complaints from vendors living in her constituency, city councillor Andrea Marks staged a silent protest during yesterday’s statutory council meeting to bring attention to their plight.
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has appealed the non-custodial sentences handed down to human trafficking convict Joyce Lawrence, in light of the law stipulating that a jail sentence is mandatory for persons found guilty of the crime.
A two-day search for 74-year-old Hedley Williams, who went missing on Sunday, came to a tragic end yesterday when his lifeless body was discovered in a clump of bushes, a short distance away from the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri, where he was last seen.
Speedboat monitors and a crackdown on uncertified boat captains are among measures announced yesterday by the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) in the wake of a number of fatal collisions on the rivers.
Three men were arrested on Monday night after a total of 4,409 grammes of marijuana was discovered in the car they were occupants of along the Number 51 public road, Corentyne.
The deadline for the report on a review of the financial model of the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project (AFHP) has been extended as Norconsult, the Norwegian company contracted to undertake the task, has asked government for more time.
A father of eight died in a Soesdyke-Linden Highway accident on Sunday night after the vehicle he was travelling in collided with a truck.
A miner accused of robbing a woman of items, including a quantity of gold worth in excess of $1.5 million, was yesterday remanded to prison by a city court.
A Middle Road man, charged with armed robbery and escaping lawful custody, blamed his predicament on a family dispute over land when he appeared before a city court yesterday.
Meadow Brook resident Cleveland Lovell, who was allegedly found with a pistol and a large quantity of ammunition, was yesterday remanded to prison.
The 14-year-old, in whose suitcase handles police found cocaine at the Cheddi Jagan Inter-national Airport (CJIA), Timehri yesterday testified that accused Cora Towler had admitted that she had full knowledge of what was in the luggage.
A North Ruimveldt man was taken before a city court yesterday on a charge of discharging a loaded firearm.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC- Phil Simmons’ rocky tenure as head coach of the West Indies cricket team came to a premature end yesterday afternoon after West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) announced that they it had terminated his contract.
Bids were opened yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the Restoration and Upgrade of Castellani House, the national art gallery.
Photos by Keno George Nature, love and identity were the major themes that were examined by the nine young women who made up this year’s graduating class of the E.R
A Beterverwagting man was yesterday granted his release on $100,000 bail after he denied ownership of a quantity of cannabis that was found aboard a truck that was intercepted by the police at Itaballi.
Veerasammy Permaul, the Guyana Jaguars left-arm spinner said yesterday that he was thrilled to be back in the West Indies setup ahead of the ‘A’ team’s tour of Sri Lanka which bowls off from October 1-November 1, 2016.
Guyana’s male and female chess teams went under to Lesotho and Palestine respectively at the 42nd annual Chess Olympiad which ended yesterday in Baku, Azerbaijan.
A European Investment Bank (EIB) delegation will visit Guyana from September 15-17 to explore opportunities for financing new projects in the country.
A Kingston resident was yesterday afternoon robbed of a quantity of cash by two bandits moments after carrying out a business transaction.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Former world number one Martin Kaymer believes back injury victim Tiger Woods can add to his haul of 14 major championship wins as long as he returns to golf with a clean bill of health.
The statements of 31 individuals have been tendered in the preliminary inquiry into the murder charges against Ganga Krishna and Avishkar Bissoon, who are accused of starting the fire at a Robb and King streets building that claimed the lives of a father and his two daughters.
LONDON, CMC — West Indies fast bowler, Miguel Cummins, picked up a brilliant seven-wicket haul but a Worcestershire batting collapse opened the door for a Sussex victory on day two of the County Championship Division Two here yesterday.
(Reuters) – The World Anti-Doping Agency said yesterday that hackers stole confidential medical information about U.S.
On September 2, 2016, the Commission of Inquiry into the education system journeyed to Region Seven (Cuyuni/Mazaruni) and heard a number of complaints including that the pupil-teacher ratio was too high.
Dear Editor, Amidst growing concerns, at home and abroad, about the involvement of qualified persons from the diaspora being recruited for jobs in Guyana, and the apparent lack by some Guyanese workers at home, of expertise, skills, ability or just plain common sense to manage and administrate, Guyana’s President David Arthur Granger (Brigadier rtd) has predicted that 2017 will be a better year for Guyanese.
Pupils of the Fort Ordnance Primary School, East Canje, Berbice returned to school yesterday, to a much improved environment.
Unbeaten Den Amstel claimed an easy 3-0 win over Beavers FC when the National Milling Company (Namilco) Thunderbolt Flour u17 National Championships West Demerara leg continued on Monday.
Dear Editor, The President must know there is a lot being said about the drug bond deal – among other deals involving public money.
NELSON, New Zealand, CMC- Jamaica crashed to a heavy 38 point defeat after they were outplayed in their opening encounter of a three-match tour of New Zealand on Sunday.
Twenty-eight boat operators from Region Nine have been awarded a Certificate of Competency to operate as boat Captains under the Licensing of Ships Regulation 2001, and are now appropriately equipped to operate safely on the rivers within the region, a release from the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) said on Friday.
Young Achievers sealed their fourth win in the Stag Beer sponsored West Demerara Football Association (WDFA) Senior League, defeating Stewartville 3-0 Monday at the Den Amstel ground.
Dear Editor, David Ramnarine, Commissioner of Police acting, responded positively to constructive criticism with a willingness to change.
Selectors of the Berbice Volleyball Association (BVA) recently Named 26 players to participate in trials ahead of the Inter-Guiana Games (IGG) games scheduled to be held in Guyana from October 20-24.
Dear Editor, I am a gold miner from Bartica, who has a work force of over forty persons currently.
New Amsterdam (NA) Warriors upset Rose Hall Town Jammers 40-34 when the A.
Dear Editor, I am totally disappointed with Guyana’s performance at the recently concluded Olympics in Rio, Brazil.
Dear Editor, Re Notice To Mariners on Thursday, September 8, 2016, I believe Hurakabara River Resort is on the left bank of the Essequibo River, not the right.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC- The Jamaican soldier, who was a surprise call-up for the upcoming West Indies A team tour of Sri Lanka, has described his selection as “awesome” and says he is “pumped up” and “ready” to make use of the opportunity.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – The founding members of Mercosur will give Venezuela until Dec.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC — Trinbago Knight Riders head coach, Simon Helmot, has celebrated Nicholas Pooran’s international call-up, and says the left-hander has the ability to succeed at the highest level.
Dear Editor, A telephone pole supplying internet and telephone service to the 5th Street Cummings Lodge area fell to the ground more than a month ago.
CAPE TOWN/JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South African leader Jacob Zuma attempted yesterday to brush aside market fears of a power struggle with Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, declaring: “There is no war between the Presidency and the Treasury.”
LIMA, (Reuters) – Peru President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski said a transcontinental railway proposed by China to slash the costs of shipping Brazilian goods to Asia could be too expensive and environmentally harmful to build.
Dear Editor, From the advent of the APNU+AFC coalition it would appear that the city council is not managed by all its elected officials and its statutory procedures.
ST.JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC- The headquarters of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) are to be relocated to another venue in Antigua early in the New Year, WICB president Dave Cameron has announced.
(Reuters) – New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said yesterday he had opened an inquiry into the Donald J.
(Trinidad Guardian) Weighing 600 pounds, Marissa Nelson has been confined to her bed for the past four years.
Last week I spoke of the growing perception, even among the supporters of the APNU+AFC government, that what happened at the last general elections was, as they say on the streets, an exchange not a change of government.
Dear Editor, The Indian Diaspora Council (IDC) has announced the following developments in its planning of the Commemoration of the Centennial of the Abolition of Indian Indentureship.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – New Zealand will bank heavily on reverse swing to emerge from the trial by spin that awaits them in the test series in India, coach Mike Hesson said yesterday.
CARTAGENA, Colombia — During an interview with President Juan Manuel Santos in Colombia to discuss the Oct.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, CMC– Batsman Mohammad Hafeez will miss Pakistan’s limited overs series against West Indies in the United Arab Emirates next month and appears to be an uncertain starter for the Test matches as well.
YARI PLAINS, Colombia, (Reuters) – Hundreds of FARC rebels are converging on a camp in southern Colombia to pour cement, shore up dirt roads and set up communications ahead of the group’s congress this week, where delegates will ratify a peace deal to end 52 years of war.
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Dear Editor, I extend warm greetings and heartiest congratulations to all my Indigenous brothers and sisters across Guyana.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexico has widened its investigation into the abduction and apparent massacre of 43 trainee teachers in the southwestern city of Iguala in 2014 to examine the role of federal and state police, a federal prosecutor said.
