Daily Archive: Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Articles published on Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Images of the bandits in the Sleep-In robbery

Sleep-In bandits caught on camera

Front desk staff at the Sleep-In Guest House on Church Street were left traumatized last evening when armed bandits swooped on them and relieved the receptionist of $100,000 in cash before escaping in a waiting car.

GDF probing allegation by PPP/C MP of torture in Cessna probe

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) is investigating allegations by People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C)  MP Nigel Dharamlall that a resident of Yupukari, Region 9, Upper Takutu/Upper Essequibo was tortured during its probe of an unauthorised Cessna plane that was found in area, Chief of Staff of the army, Brigadier Mark Phillips says.

The Leonora Sports Facility which will be evaluated by the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) inspectors for the upcoming fixture between Guyana and Jamaica in the Caribbean Football Union Caribbean Cup third round. (Orlando Charles photo) See story on page 29

Leonora Facility to face CFU scrutiny

Wayne Forde, President of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) is confident that the Leonora Sports Facility will meet all the necessary requirements to stage the Caribbean Cup Qualifier against Jamaica.

GFF President Wayne Forde (3rd from right) handing over the signed contract to Dwain Ferdinand of Home Designs and Engineering Associates while FIFA Development Officers Howard McIntosh (2nd from right) and Anton Cornel (right) alongside GFF Vice Presidents Rawlston Adams (left) and Bruce Lovell (2nd from left) look on

B/ce firm wins Goal Project Bid

Guyana’s first International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) Goal Project moved one step closer in becoming a reality as construction firm Dwain Ferdinand and Home Designs and Engineering Associates inked the contract for the initiative’s sub-base work.

Gaston Browne

PM Mitchell quits sub-committee

ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell said he resigned as Chairman of Caricom’s sub-committee on cricket governance because he was angered by the behavior of “a couple of our leaders in the region.”

UG Medical School ‘well along’ to reaccreditation

The site visit that will determine the reaccreditation of the University of Guyana’s Medical School is set for the end of November, and a large part of the university’s supplemental budget will go toward improving the school’s conditions, according to Vice-Chancellor Ivelaw Griffith.

Surgeon and Senior Surgical Registrar, Dr. Ravi Motilall (left) hands over endoscopic equipment to Chief Executive Officer of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, Michael Khan (GINA photo)

GPHC gets endoscopic equipment

Through a collaborative effort by donors, the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) received endoscopic equipment yesterday that will help to screen and diagnose a number of digestive tract abnormalities, GINA said.

German government facing pressure

The Christian Democratic Party the leading party in the German coalition government, and from our perspective a central actor in the European Union and therefore in wider Europe, has now suffered a third election defeat in regional elections, this time in the capital city Berlin where a right-wing minority party, Alternative for Germany, has made a substantial showing at the polls (14.1% of the votes) on an anti-immigration platform.