Articles published on Friday, July 7, 2017
Police say they are investigating a serious accident which occurred about 5.15 this morning, on the #53 Village Public Road, Corentyne, Berbice involving a hire car with five Haitian Nationals and a reported stray donkey.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has said all state workers must take part in a vote on July 30 for candidates to his controversial new superbody assembly, seeking to avoid an embarrassingly low turnout in a country seething with discontent.
(Trinidad Guardian) President Anthony Carmona says it is only talk he is hearing after people are murdered in T&T.
An active civil society and a free press are key to guarding against public corruption in the development of the oil and gas industry, according to American legal expert Vicky McPherson.
The Court of Appeal yesterday granted an application for an appeal of the court’s decision on the presidential term-limit to be referred to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ).
A security guard was found dead with his throat slit yesterday morning, in front of the Chinese clothing store that he had been guarding on Robb Street, in Georgetown.
A pensioner of Barnwell north, East Bank Demerara was discovered dead yesterday morning in a trench after she had been missing for a day.
As the investigation into Wednesday’s murder of the Upper Corentyne hire car driver continues, the 15-year-old, who was arrested by the police has since confessed to stabbing the man in the neck.
Tecona Welcome, who was driving the car that crashed into the Liliendaal bridge last month, resulting in the death of her friend and injury to three others, was yesterday read a charge of causing death and later released on $500,000 bail.
Guyana and Barbados ended the second day of the 2017 Junior Caribbean team squash championships as the leading contenders for the overall title at the Georgetown Club, yesterday.
US-based Guyanese Marcus Brian Jainarine Bisram, the alleged mastermind in the murder of Number 70 Village carpenter Faiyaz Narinedatt, was on Wednesday remanded to prison by Magistrate Judge Peggy Kuo after the prosecution argued that he should be detained since he could not meet the burden of showing he was not a flight risk or a danger to the community.
Winners of the Guyana Karate Federation National Junior Championships which were held last Sunday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
Head of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) Assistant Com-missioner Sydney James yesterday testified that former Ministry of the Pre-sidency Permanent Secre-tary Omar Shariff admitted via letter that he did not fully comply with a court order to produce documents related to businesses operated by him and his wife.
President’s College secured wins in the Boys U16 and U19 divisions, while Marian Academy clinched a victory in the Boys U16 section, when the National School Basketball Festival National Championships continued on Wednesday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
Finance Minister Winston Jordan recently made an order to operationalise the government’s agreement to comply with the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA).
KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – West Indies were overpowered by a dazzling unbeaten hundred from India captain Virat Kohli, as they slumped to another series defeat with a heavy eight-wicket loss in the decisive fifth One-Day International here Thursday.
A summer school trip to a Canadian park ended in tragedy as a 15-year-old Guyanese-born student, Jeremiah Perry, drowned.
DURBAN, South Africa, CMC – Kirstan Kallicharan stroked an aggressive unbeaten half-century and left-arm spinner Joshua Bishoo claimed a six-wicket haul, as West Indies Under-19s defeated Kwazulu-Natal Coastal Academy by five wickets in a warm-up game here Thursday.
Two men accused of murdering Laing Avenue taxi driver Orin David were yesterday committed to stand trial for the crime.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Roger Federer has risen above mere mortals on Wimbledon’s lawns over the past 14 years so it was almost comforting to learn the king of cool had an attack of nerves before his second-round match on Thursday.
A structural assessment of the dilapidated former Astor Cinema would have to be carried out before the Mayor and City Council takes action to have the building demolished, Chief City Engineer Colvern Venture said.
The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) has begun to explore the possibilities of expanding Le Repentir Cemetery, which is overcrowded, and is prepared to spend approximately $290 million.
TROYES, France,(Reuters) – Marcel Kittel once again had too much power for his rivals as he burst through to win a bunch sprint at the end of the sixth stage of the Tour de France on Thursday.
Dear Editor, On 21 June, while watching television, I heard Dr Barton Scotland make a call for a ban to be placed on the playing of lewd music in public.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Latvian Ernests Gulbis deprived Wimbledon of a sequel to one of the best men’s singles matches in recent years when he knocked out Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro on Thursday.
Dear Editor, I see that Justice Claudette Singh has joined the masquerade.
A Linden man sustained life-threatening injuries after he was shot by police last week.
Guyana along with Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts and Nevis and St Lucia formally signed the Caribbean Arrest Warrant Treaty yesterday afternoon.
The 5th edition of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ National Championship was officially yesterday at the Banks DIH Limited Sports Club.
Dear Editor, It is quite obvious that Mr Lincoln Lewis (‘The deformities do not lie in the structure…’ SN, July 3) did not adequately grasp the notion of social structure as expressed by me (‘Future Notes’, SN June 28) for if he had he would not have attempted to equate it with the Constitution and then sing his usual hymn about our giving it a chance to work!
With the expansion of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) moving apace, the temporary terminal has been constructed and has been accommodating passengers since last Friday.
HAMBURG (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are set to size each other up in person for the first time today in what promises to be the most highly anticipated meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit.
Dear Editor, Many persons have expressed surprise and dismay when it was revealed that at least one of the youths who attempted an armed robbery at the Republic Bank, was “well educated”.
St. Cuthbert’s Mission downed hosts Dora Secondary by a 3-1 margin when the 7th Annual Digicel Schools Football Championship continued yesterday at the Kuru-Kuru Training College ground.
Dear Editor, Dr Henry Jeffrey’s column captioned ‘Freedom’ (Stabroek News, July, 5) makes for interesting reading and introduces some new insights in the rather complicated writings of Karl Marx as embodied in his publication Das Kapital.
Wismar residents affected by the recent floods are calling for the koker door to be fixed in a speedy manner so as to avoid a reoccurrence.
Hassan Mohamed has organized a criterium fixture tomorrow to keep the competitive juices of the nation’s wheelsmen flowing.
LONDON,(Reuters) – New England captain Joe Root rode his luck to make a battling unbeaten 184 and lift the hosts to a commanding 357 for five on the opening day of the first test against South Africa at Lord’s on Thursday.
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Guatemala’s Supreme Court yesterday ratified the extradition of Javier Duarte, a former state governor from Mexico’s ruling party wanted on charges of embezzlement and organized crime, and he could soon be turned over to Mexican authorities, a top official said.
Uitvlugt Estate workers and the business community were assured on Wednesday that the estate would achieve its target of 40,000 tonnes of cane by 2020 through its improvement programme.
Dear Editor, The article in your edition of July 5 on the occupancy rates of a rebranded Tower Suites is quite informative.
ASAKURA, Japan (Reuters) – Thousands of Japanese rescuers dug through twisted wood and mud today in the wake of freak rains that killed six people and forced nearly 80,000 from their homes, with more rain falling amid warnings of further landslides.
GASCI Summary of Financials Session 728 July 05, 2017
TAUNTON, England, CMC – West Indies’ misery at the ICC Women’s World Cup increased on Thursday when they produced yet another docile performance against New Zealand Women to lose by eight wickets and crash to their fourth straight defeat.
Dear Editor, The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) believes it is incumbent, as a responsible union, to respond to Mr Earl John’s letter appearing in the July 1, Stabroek News captioned ‘GAWU must be the most outdated institution of its kind’.
A truck driver was yesterday sentenced to a year in jail for causing the death of an elderly woman at Golden Grove, East Bank Demerara last year.
TEPIC, Mexico (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Extreme violence in Central America is forcing aid agencies to use conflict-zone tactics to reach people most at risk in gang-plagued nations such as El Salvador and Honduras, where homicide levels are comparable to those in war, experts say.
(Reuters) – Entertainer Bill Cosby will be retried on charges of sexually assaulting a former employee of his alma mater in November, five months after his first trial on those charges ended in a hung jury, a Pennsylvania judge ruled yesterday.
Attorney Anil Nandlall has moved to the High Court to quash a search warrant the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) has obtained to search his property to locate, among other things, the 15 law reports he is alleged to be unlawfully keeping.
Dear Editor, In an interview with Stabroek News early in May this year Mr Russel Combe, a UK security expert announced that he would be submitting by June (2017) month end an Interim Security Reform Action Plan for Guyana.
If you are a fan of speed, skills and thrills, then the place to be tonight and tomorrow evening is the Guyana Motor Racing Sports Club (GMR&SC), to witness the third edition of GT Sports Georgetown Grand Prix.
GASCI reports that session 728’s trading results
– another Caricom week, with Brazil Recall that quite early on in the life of the APNU-AFC tenure there was talk of a ministerial/senior public service code-of-conduct.
(Reuters) – The state of Virginia executed a man yesterday convicted of the 2006 killings of a security guard and a sheriff’s deputy, despite claims that he was mentally ill and questions over whether the execution drugs would work as planned.
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ACAPULCO, Mexico (Reuters) – A brutal fight broke out in a prison in the Mexican Pacific resort of Acapulco on Thursday, leaving at least 28 inmates dead in one of the worst outbreaks of violence in the country’s troubled penal system in recent years.
In today’s column we conclude our review of the science and technology which goes into the prospecting, exploration, development and production of petroleum products.
At the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) dinner held last month, Minister of Finance Winston Jordan, in his delivery to those assembled, more than hinted at an inertia gripping the private sector in terms of innovation when he charged them with, “Don’t wait for the government to lead the way; you, the private sector, are the proverbial engine of growth.
The Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) in partnership with Banks DIH Limited, officially launched their three-tier league championship yesterday at the Thirst Park Sports Club.The
Dear Editor, Perhaps it is only in Essequibo that most corporate entities including Banks DIH have not found it profitable to invest in sports.
The Transport and Harbours Department (T&HD) will be spending some $20 million to construct two speedboats to replace the two privately-owned vessels that are currently operating the Berbice River crossing.
