Daily Archive: Thursday, June 22, 2017

Articles published on Thursday, June 22, 2017

OAS nations wind up empty handed on Venezuela condemnation

CANCUN, Mexico  (Reuters) – The Organization of American States failed yesterday to issue a formal declaration condemning Venezuela’s government for its handling of the political and economic crisis in the South American country, despite a last-minute push by Mexico and the United States.

CH&PA sets model houses price at $6.5m

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) has set the prices for the model houses displayed at the recently held Housing Solutions and Beyond exhibition at $6.5 million per unit,  Minister in the Ministry of Communities, Valerie Patterson revealed yesterday.

Randolph Muir

Mahaicony man gets three years over 592g of cocaine

The Mahaicony man who ingested 72 pellets filled with cocaine and was caught by officers of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) boarding a LIAT Flight to Barbados on Sunday, was yesterday sentenced to three years imprisonment and ordered to pay a fine of $1.5 million by a city magistrate.

Forty WCB villages have no JPs

Dear Editor, The three Neighbourhood Democratic Councils from Profit to Naarstigheid, spanning some forty villages on the West Coast of Berbice, have been without the services of Justices of the Peace and Commissioners of Oaths to affidavits for over seven years.

From left to right are Human Rights Co-ordinator of SASOD, Earnestine Leonard; Managing Director of SASOD, Joel Simpson and SASOD’s Board Secretary, Alana Da Silva.

SASOD report condemns inertia of successive governments on LGBT matters

A new report entitled `Guyana’s Voting Records and Responses on LGBT Human Rights Issues at International Fora’ which was commissioned by the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) has accused the government of an inconsistent record on issues and resolutions related to sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) and called on it to “turn its pro-LGBT rhetoric into action that is viable and meaningful.”

EYEING SOMETHING BIG: Jason Mohammed is looking forward to a memorable home debut

Mohammed eyeing memorable home debut

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Jason Mohammed hopes to mark his first international appearance before his home crowd with something special, and hopes the occasion can produce his maiden One-Day International hundred.

Assistant coach Stuart Williams (centre) chats with head coach Vasbert Drakes (left) and assistant coach Ezra Moseley during training. (Photo courtesy CWI Media)

Williams says win vital for confidence as Aussie clash nears

LEICESTER, England,  CMC – Without a win in four outings in their build-up to next weekend’s start of the ICC Women’s World Cup, assistant coach Stuart Williams has underscored the importance of West Indies winning their final official warm-up game on Thursday, in order to enter the tournament with momentum.

A brief Bret of relief

Under the stars, in the low scrub and up among the vegetation the occasional firefly flashed by, darting in the sweltering darkness as the warm waves rolled in with rare ferocity, crashing along the curving shore of the beautiful bay dotted with small boats and cool caves.

The rise of the ‘sleeping policemen’

As this newspaper reported on Tuesday, the Ministry of Public Infrastructure, following consultation with the Guyana Police Force Traffic Department, recently installed 33 more speed humps on several minor streets around the city as a means of curbing speeding and reducing the high incidence of vehicular crashes, which often result in serious injury or death.