Articles published on Tuesday, December 6, 2016
A 29 years old male supervisor is presently nursing a gunshot wound to his right thigh, having been robbed and shot by one of two bandits in the vicinity of the Ministry of Finance about 1255h.today,
GAWU today accused the Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc (GuySuCo) of adopting another manoeuvre to subvert the Collective Bargaining process in the sugar industry.
(Trinidad Guardian) Mexico’s cement giant, Cemex, yesterday morning announced that it will be making a takeover bid for Claxton Bay-based Trinidad Cement Ltd.
Minister of Public Health Dr George Norton said yesterday that the recent death of a nine-year-old child from Kako Village, in Region Seven was due to brain damage and not meningitis as previously suspected.
A US-based Guyanese man was yesterday charged with murder after nearly decapitating his wife during the course of an argument in Richmond Hill, Queens, New York.
A Diamond, East Bank Demerara (EBD) resident was tragically killed on Sunday evening after she was crushed by a concrete wall which collapsed in the bathroom area of her house which is currently under renovation.
The Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) is still on the ropes battling sponsorship issues but the 100-mile walk to raise funds championed by president of the association, Steve Ninvalle, has given the GBA a fighting chance of sending a formidable team to represent Guyana at the Caribbean Development Tournament in Barbados.
Ahead of Friday’s Digicel Professional Cricket League (PCL) fourth round Day/Night encounter against the Barbados Pride, table-toppers and defending champions Guyana Jaguars will be resuming their training today at the Providence National Stadium ahead of their debut pink ball match at home.
In a bid to make certain that revenues from oil and gas are properly spent, drafts of eight key policies and laws are due for completion by December 31.
PPP/C parliamentarian Irfaan Ali yesterday took aim at government’s proposed $250 billion budget, saying it was “saturated with taxes” that will “suffocate” both traditional and non-traditional businesses next year.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Andrade Gutierrez Engenharia SA , Brazil’s second-largest construction firm, has admitted to being part of a cartel for building World Cup soccer stadiums under a leniency agreement with antitrust regulator Cade, the agency said yesterday.
A 33-year-old man who operates a Chinese restaurant and bar at Main and Chapel streets, New Amsterdam was yesterday placed on $75,000 bail when he appeared at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Alex Moore charged with wounding.
With berths in the quarterfinal round still up for grabs, the group stage of the 7th Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Georgetown Zone will resume today at the National Cultural Centre Tarmac on Mandela Avenue.
Cyclists who distinguished themselves throughout the 2016 season were rewarded on Sunday evening when Guyana Cycling News (GCN) and other stakeholders held the third annual award ceremony at the Bunker 81 Bar.
Two teens who were charged with two counts of armed robbery, including a carjacking, are now awaiting sentencing after they were found guilty of both offences yesterday.
ASUNCION, (Reuters) – South American soccer’s governing body CONMEBOL awarded the 2016 Copa Sudamericana championship to Brazil’s Chapecoense club yesterday after most of the team died in a plane crash in Colombia last week.
A 60-year-old woman was one of two persons who were sentenced to three years in jail and fined $8.4 million yesterday after they pleaded guilty to aiding in the trafficking of ganja.
Dear Mr Editor, In today’s changing world, the small cities of the developing world are rapidly becoming commercial districts.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,CMC – Captain Yannick Ottley says despite Trinidad and Tobago Red Force’s lacklustre start to the new Regional Four-Day season, they are still confident of beating Jamaica Scorpions in the fourth round of the tournament which bowls off next weekend.
Truck driver Lloyd Gregory Williams, who is accused of causing the death of a woman along the East Bank Demerara last Friday, was yesterday granted $500,000 bail after denying the charge.
Dear Editor, Is it the bad apples or a bad barrel?
BRISBANE, Australia, CMC – West Indies Women’s star Deandra Dottin is backing herself to hit the straps for Brisbane Heat in the Women’s Big Bash League starting later this month.
Dear Editor, Years from now, historians will put into perspective the transitional changes that began a mere year and a half ago.
A second suspect was yesterday arrested for questioning in connection with the murder of West Ruimveldt resident Paul Rodney, and the High Court also granted the police an extension to further detain the first suspect.
The Government Analyst Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) is currently reviewing a new label for the Wieting and Richter (W&R) Ltd, which had been using an illegal labels on its bottled water.
BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Test fast bowler Alzarri Joseph is set to make his first appearance in the Regional Four-Day Championship after being named in the Leeward Islands Hurricanes 13-man squad for next weekend’s fourth round game against Windward Islands Volcanoes.
Dear Editor, Statistics will show that a vast majority of APNU+AFC supporters are registered voters of the municipalities of Linden and Georgetown.
PERTH, Australia, CMC – Former West Indies captain Brian Lara will headline Western Australia’s Festival of Cricket for a third straight year when he turns out in the Twenty20 exhibition match on December 13.
Dear Editor It is interesting to note the many weekly letters by Hydar Ally, a former Permanent Sectary in the Office of the President under PPP rule.
A Whim, Corentyne family is pleading with the Region Six authorities for assistance after their pet monkey and dog were attacked and killed by a swarm of Africanized bees on Sunday last.
Dear Editor, As a young entrepreneur I strive to make a living in this economy, but unfortunately unlawful practices are stymieing me from doing so.
LONDON, (Reuters) – McLaren have no fears about losing Fernando Alonso to Mercedes after Formula One world champion Nico Rosberg’s sudden retirement, the team’s new executive director Zak Brown said yesterday.
Opposition Member of Parliament Priya Manickchand yesterday called on the APNU+AFC government to listen to the reactions of the people and withdraw the proposed 2017 budget, which she deemed shocking and unconscionable.
Two of the representatives of Indigenous peoples in the National Assembly yesterday clashed over just what the 2017 national budget would mean for their constituents.
DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC– Former West Indies T20 captain Darren Sammy raced to an unbeaten half century that spurred Rajshahi Kings to a three wicket victory over Chittagong Vikings in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) yesterday.
Dear Editor, I wish to add my views and experience to a letter headed ‘Green pension bill is timely’ in SN of November 23.
LAUSANNE, Switzerland, (Reuters) – Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has lost his appeal against a six-year ban for ethics violations, imposed amid the biggest corruption scandal to shake the world soccer body, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said yesterday.
(The Sports Xchange) – Russell Westbrook collected his fifth consecutive triple-double in leading the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 101-92 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday at the Chesapeake Energy Arena.
Dear Editor, In Guyana during the period of the ʼ60s and ʼ70s, budget day was a major event in the lives of the masses.
Journalists were reminded of their right to report the facts and their responsibility to be balanced in their reporting, when the Pan-American Health Organisation/World Health Organisation (PAHO/ WHO) hosted its annual Media Awards for Excellence in Health Journalism on Saturday last.
SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Controversial all-rounder could still find himself on the outer in Australia’s second one-day international against New Zealand today.
Minibus operators plying the Main Street/Hospital and South Georgetown routes are back at the Stabroek Market Square conducting their operations.
The prosecution yesterday closed its case in the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the charge against the three men accused of throwing a grenade outside of the Kaieteur News newspaper.
LA PARADA, Colombia (Reuters) – Women from crisis-hit Venezuela are crossing the border in droves and selling their hair in a Colombian border town in order to afford scarce basic necessities such as food, diapers or medicines.
SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Aggressive batsman Colin Munro may have given an insight into New Zealand’s batting order tactics after they created a debate yesterday following their 68-run loss to Australia in the first one-day international in Sydney.
Dear Editor, A few weeks ago we unveiled an arch to commemorate one hundred years of bauxite nining in Guyana.
Dear Editor, I request all sports associations who will be participating in the Guyana Olympic Association elections later in the month not to attend that event, so they would not cast a vote which effectively blames Mr K Juman Yassin, President of the Guyana Olympic Association for Guyana’s failure to medal at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
SYDNEY, (Reuters) – The decision not to review a leg before wicket appeal on Australia’s captain Steve Smith was the right one at the time as there was significant doubt from even people off the field, New Zealand coach Mike Hesson has said.
Despite not receiving justice after he was beaten and robbed almost a month ago, Boodram Manie says he has given up on the perpetrators being brought to justice.
(Jamaica Observer) – Two names have already emerged as potential leaders of the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) following Sunday’s emotional announcement by Portia Simpson Miller of her intention to step down as president of the party.
The Grove Seventh Day Adventist Church on Sunday hosted its annual party for senior citizens from villages between Golden Grove and Prospect, on the East Bank Demerara.
RIO DE JANEIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Brazil has pledged restore an area of degraded land larger than Romania by planting trees and introducing farming methods kinder to the environment – the biggest commitment of its kind ever made by a single country, according to advocacy groups.
Photos by Keno George and Orlando Charles.
These days, official pronouncements on the country’s extractive sector have assumed a higher level of significance to watchers of the country’s economy, ever since gold assumed its preeminent position as the country’s leading money-earner.
LONDON, (Reuters) – England captain Eoin Morgan and opening batsman Alex Hales have returned to the one-day international (ODI) and T20 squads for the tour of India which starts next month.
Dear Editor, Darren Bravo has the highest Test average in foreign countries in his relatively short career among all West Indies cricketers.
DELAYS in the issuing of passports by the Passport Office are coining under increasing criticism from members of the public.
