Daily Archive: Thursday, February 23, 2017

Articles published on Thursday, February 23, 2017

Linden flag raising

Public Health Minister Volda Lawrence last night invoked the multi-racial spirit of the ancestors of Guyanese as inspiration for future national development of the 47-year old Republic, a release from her ministry said.

Trump raised terrorism with Rowley – report

(Trinidad Guardian) White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders has confirmed to the New York Times that US President Donald Trump spoke to Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley on Sunday about “terrorism and other security challenges, including foreign fighters.”

Bleak start to Mash Day

Rain made it a bleak start to Mashramani today. On a day when hundreds would be out and about preparing floats for today’s procession, persistent rain from early this morning – accompanied by thunder and lightning –  has caused flooding in some places and could affect the readiness of some floats.

Third term case for CCJ

The Guyana Court of Appeal by a majority decision yesterday upheld the ruling made in 2015 by former Acting Chief Justice Ian Chang that the two-term presidential limit is unconstitutional and the matter will now be taken to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ).

Kraigg Brathwaite

Two fined, Kraigg Brathwaite reprimanded

JOHN’S, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board has advised that Nkrumah Bonner and Jason Holder were fined, and Kraigg Brathwaite was reprimanded for separate breaches of the Code of Conduct during the Regional Super50 Tournament.

What is the financial plan for PPDI?

Dear Editor, I have no intention of joining the two parliamentarians in the debate that is taking place about the successor company, Power Producer and Distribution, Inc (PPDI) to the Wärtsilä contract, but now that we have been informed that the shareholders of PPDI will be the Govern-ment of Guyana via a state entity I am wondering if it would be asking too much for us, the citizens, to be given some information about the financial plan for this entity, for example:How much will it cost the Treasury in 2017 to get this state company in operation?

Union prepared to challenge GTT’s 120 layoffs

President of the Postal and Telecommunications Workers Union (PTWU), Harold Shepherd says they are prepared to use all industrial relations avenues, and to even seek legal recourse to address the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company’s (GTT’s) decision to start laying off employees.

Vishaul `Cheesy’ Singh

Singh upbeat about second half of regional four day championship

By Royston Alkins National middle-order batman and West Indies `A’ team player, Vishaul `Cheesy’ Singh says that he is anticipating a return to last season’s form when the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Professional Cricket League Regional four-day tournament resumes next month when Guyana will face Jamaica in Kingston.

Bandits invade GTU office

  Armed bandits yesterday afternoon stormed the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) office on Woolford Avenue, where they held several employees at gunpoint and escaped with a quantity of valuables.

Scenes from the GHB sanctioned Smalta U14 Indoor League at the St. Joseph High school auditorium

Saints Silencers mute Saints Sensations

Saints Silencers secured two wins in the girls division while Old Fort secured a win and a draw in the boys division when the Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) sanctioned Smalta U14 Indoor League commenced Friday at the St Joseph’s High School auditorium.

Babita Sarjou murder PI

The Chief Magistrate yesterday ruled to have a caution statement and five oral statements made by Anand Narine, one of the men accused of killing Babita Sarjou six years ago, admitted into evidence during the continuation of the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the crime.

Mash parade to have 21 groups

  Two bands having pulled out, the final count of groups that will be participating in today’s Mashramani parade stands at 21, with 11 of those being from the Ministries and public sector floats, four belonging to the regions and six to the private sector.

Caesar all the way

    Compton Caesar powering across the line to win the boys 18 years  and over 100m event at the recent Athletic Association of Guyana Age Group Trials at the Leonora Track and Field facility. 

Be like Golden Fleece

This week in our regular Sunday feature the World Beyond Georgetown, we carried a story on Golden Fleece, a village on the Essequibo Coast, which is one with a difference.

Power and privilege

  “Absolute power corrupts absolutely” is the famous quotation used by English Catholic peer John Dalberg-Acton, Lord Acton in an 1887 letter opposing the move to promulgate the doctrine of Papal infallibility.