Articles published on Thursday, October 6, 2016
President David Granger, this morning, said that Guyana will continue to honour the martyrs, who have gone before, when he joined relatives of the victims of the Cubana Air Disaster at the Cubana Air Disaster Monument at the University of Guyana’s Turkeyen Campus, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the catastrophe.
LES CAYES, Haiti/PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Hurricane Matthew has killed at least 339 people in Haiti, including dozens in one coastal town that authorities and rescue workers were only beginning to reach days after the storm, officials said on Thursday.
President David Granger is to address Parliament on Thursday, October 13.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – The influential Indian cricket board (BCCI) is facing a possible leadership crisis after the country’s Supreme Court demanded it accept sweeping changes by Friday.
LONDON, (Reuters) – The Rolling Stones are heading back to their roots.
The Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) says it will be meeting with a team from China Harbour Engineering Ltd.
A Barbadian man, Frederick Christopher Hawkesworth who had been accused of involvement in a drug ring with several Guyanese in 2004 was found dead on the island on Saturday with a suspected bullet wound to the head.
(Trinidad Guardian) Chief of Defence Staff Brigadier Rodney Smart said yesterday’s attempt by two discharged Special Forces soldiers to allegedly burn a house in Princes Town was part of yet another attempt by the criminal element to destabilise the country.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Hurricane Matthew has killed at least 39 people, the death toll in struggling Haiti alone rising to 35, local officials said, as the storm headed northward on Thursday battering the Bahamas en route to Florida.
(Reuters) – The fiercest Caribbean storm in nearly a decade slammed into the Bahamas early on Thursday, intensifying as it barreled towards the southeast U.S.
Guyana has registered its concerns to United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon following escalating claims by Venezuela over the Essequibo, the latest being reported overflights for the completing of an atlas and digital mapping, Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Greenidge says.
Major General (ret’d) Joe Singh will investigate the allegations of misconduct made by broadcaster Kenwin Charles against members of the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) Board, the Ministry of the Presidency yesterday announced.
Eight workers from Demerara Timbers Limited (DTL) at Mabura Hills, Region 10 have been dismissed for protesting outside the company’s head office in Georgetown on Monday to press for salary increases.
Months after refusing to make public an analysis of students’ performance at this year’s National Grade Six examination, government yesterday announced that cabinet as a matter of “extreme urgency and grave national importance” is examining the mathematics results which it is perturbed about.
Stabroek News photographer Keno George and three other persons were yesterday held at gunpoint and robbed of valuables worth over $1 million while they were doing a fashion shoot in D’Urban Backlands.
A man is in a critical condition at a city hospital, four days after he was shot and robbed of a gold chain in full view of his brother outside the Dynasty Sports Club, Aubrey Barker Road, South Ruimveldt.
The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) has appealed the decision which saw Barry Dataram being convicted of cocaine trafficking but his three alleged accomplices being freed, the unit’s Head James Singh said yesterday even as the police say the search continues for the missing convict who apparently fled Guyana days before the verdict was handed down.
A man has been arrested in connection with the robbery/murder of taxi driver Rolun Jodmie, who was shot once to his chest and robbed of a quantity of valuables allegedly by persons who posed as passengers.
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – West Indies were in full blown crisis ysterday after Babar Azam slammed a record third successive One-Day International hundred to condemn them to 136-run defeat, as Pakistan pulled off an emphatic 3-0 series whitewash and sent the Caribbean side tumbling to number nine in the international rankings.
The city’s demolition of dozens of derelict buildings has been put on hold by the City Engineer’s Department for further consultations with occupants and owners.
An Under-13 cricket tournament, organized by Mohamed Ashmul Ali and Anil Persaud and ratified by Guyana Cricket Board is set to commence shortly.
The trial of Sharlene Oxley, the Pattensen businesswoman who is accused of trafficking a young woman, commenced yesterday in the court room of Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan.
President of the National Association for Women’s Football (NAWF) Charmaine Wade said the current developmental league is integral to widening the local pool for international selection.
Retired CANU special prosecutor Oswald Massiah was yesterday morning found dead in his car which was parked at the Parika Stelling, East Bank Essequibo.
An all-round effort from Rayon Joseph propelled Sales Department to a 17 run victory over Distribution/Warehouse when the Banks DIH Limited (Ltd) GT Beer Inter-Department Tape Ball Cricket Championship continued on Tuesday.
Some 450 student teachers will each receive a laptop under the government’s One Laptop Per Teacher (OLPT) initiative, which was launched yesterday.
Almost three months after she tragically lost her two sons in a fire at the Drop-in Centre, Sonia George is frustrated since the system that is supposed to help her family continues to fail and all she wants is to have her three remaining children returned to her care.
The Mayor and City Council is spending over $19 million on repair and rehabilitation of bridges in the city.
By Dr Rudi Webster Recently, Dwayne Bravo described the West Indies team in Dubai as a lost group.
A Hadfield Street resident was placed on remand when he appeared before the chief magistrate yesterday, to answer to two counts of gun, and one count of ammunition, possession charges.
National champion Khemraj Pooranmall on Sunday narrowly defended his `A’ Class title edging out rival Lyndon Heywood by a single point when the Guyana Draughts Association held its annual `A’ and `B’ Class tournaments at the National Gymnasium.
Dear Editor, The Environment Agency in the UK is subject to central government procurement rules.
The family of Jean Rodrigues, the mother of eight who was shot while a policeman was chasing an alleged robber is concerned about the sloth in the investigation.
(Reuters) – Tiger Woods, who plans to make his PGA Tour return next week after more than a year on the sidelines, has been appointed as one of three vice-captains to U.S.
The family of Anmanie Deonarine, who died after she was struck down by a senior police officer along the Vreed-en-Hoop Public Road, West Coast Demerara (WCD) on Tuesday is calling for justice.
Dear Editor, We are appalled and baffled at the negligent manner in which the business of the Maida/Tarlogie Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) is being conducted at this time which is destroying development of the NDC.
(Reuters) – Petra Kvitova breezed past defending champion Garbine Muguruza 6-1 6-4 to move into the quarter-finals, while world number one Angelique Kerber battled past Barbora Strycova in the second round of the China Open yesterday.
(Reuters) – World number two Andy Murray crushed Russia’s Andrey Kuznetsov 6-2 6-1 and fifth seed David Ferrer overwhelmed Italian Fabio Fognini 6-3 6-4 to reach the China Open quarter-finals in Beijing yesterday.
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia further curtailed its cooperation with the United States in nuclear energy yesterday, suspending a research agreement and terminating one on uranium conversion, two days after the Kremlin shelved a plutonium pact with Washington.
A city magistrate yesterday handed down a 48-month sentence to Seion Odinga Brammer, who was on trial for possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking.
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – National coach Clay Smith has solved a wicketkeeping crisis by calling up 46-year-old Dean Minors to play for Bermuda in an ICC tournament starting later this month in Los Angeles.
Dear Editor, I have been differing with many of the views, opinions, interpretations and advocated world view and attitudes of Dr David Hinds.
A Pike Street, Campbellville resident, who was allegedly found with a stolen gold chain in his possession was yesterday granted $25,000 bail by the chief magistrate.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The world is swimming in a record $152 trillion in debt, the IMF said yesterday, even as the institution encourages some countries to spend more to boost flagging growth if they can afford it.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Olympic champion Justin Rose is taking an eight-week break from competitive golf “for rest and recovery” following a hectic 2016 campaign.
Dear Editor, Please permit me to respond to a letter in the September 28 edition of Kaieteur News, captioned ‘Complaints about Mayor of Lethem’.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The FBI has arrested a National Security Agency contractor on charges of stealing highly classified information and is investigating possible links to a recent leak of secret hacking tools used to break into the computers of adversaries such as Russia and China, US officials said yesterday.
Dear Editor, Thanks to Essequibo businessman Nateram Ramanan and his colleague who have tried to reverse a trend in alcohol consumption in Guyana especially at public events.
(Reuters) – Rangers midfielder Joey Barton has been charged with a breach of betting rules for placing 44 bets on football matches this year, the Scottish Football Association (SFA) said yesterday.
A woman was on Tuesday accused of stealing a quantity of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages and groceries from her employer valued at over $200,000.
PORT-AU-PRINCE/GUANTANAMO, Cuba (Reuters) – Hurricane Matthew churned toward the Bahamas and Florida’s east coast yesterday after killing at least 21 people in Haiti and prompting the hard-hit country to postpone a long-awaited presidential election.
A security guard with a prior conviction, yesterday appeared before a city court again, charged with damage to private property.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – Off-spinner Rahkeem Cornwall’s third straight five-wicket haul was not enough as Sri Lanka A batsmen put them in command of the opening four-day “Test” against West Indies here yesterday.
Dear Editor, Finally somebody of stature, influence, and power publicly identifies the scourge that has devastated this society.
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s federal police have requested formal corruption charges against former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in a case involving contracts obtained by building and engineering conglomerate Odebrecht in Angola, a source said yesterday.
Dear Editor, President David Granger has come in for his share of appraisal and guarded comments.
ST JAMES (Jamaica Observer/JIS) — Human trafficking is now being taught in the nation’s schools.
A teen of Number Two Village, East Canje Berbice was remanded to prison in connection with the recent robbery carried out on a young couple from Cumberland Village, East Canje.
MARACAIBO, Venezuela (Reu-ters) – For decades, jobs at Vene-zuela’s state-run oil giant PDVSA were coveted for above average salaries, generous benefits and cheap credit that brought home ownership and vacationing abroad within reach for many workers.
LONDON, (Reuters) – England seamer James Anderson is confident he will be fit to play some part in the team’s test tour of India starting in November after sitting out this month’s two-match series in Bangladesh with a shoulder injury.
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and opposition rival Alvaro Uribe met yesterday in a bid to resolve differences over a peace deal with Marxist FARC rebels that was rejected in a shock vote this week, leaving the country in limbo.
I raced home from school late one hot afternoon to find my aged mother strangely in tears, sadly listening to our faded transistor radio permanently perched on the matching bright blue formica dining table that shimmered with flecks of gold and silver, like an early, starry night sky.
Dear Editor, Guyana’s experience has shown that professionals working for corrupt governments inevitably get themselves sullied.
With 15% of girls between the ages of 15 and 19 having begun childbearing, according to a Situation Analysis of Children and Women, the chasm separating Guyana from achieving universal secondary education yawns as widely now as it ever did.
