Daily Archive: Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Articles published on Tuesday, October 3, 2017

The Cuban Embassy in Washington, U.S., November 28, 2016. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

U.S. orders expulsion of 15 Cuban diplomats

  WASHINGTON/HAVANA, (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Tuesday ordered the expulsion of 15 Cuban diplomats after pulling more than half of its own embassy staff out of Havana last week, further escalating tensions between the United States and Cuba.

Tite

From ridiculous to sublime, Tite turns Brazil around

  SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Little more than a year has gone by since Tite took over as coach of a Brazil side still reeling from embarrassing exits in the World Cup and Copa America but in that short time he has transformed the team into favourites for Russia 2018.

Pleased about sex offenders’ registry

Dear Editor, The Caribbean Voice is thrilled that Ms Ann Green, head of the Childcare and Protection Agency, has announced plans for a registry of sex offenders in Guyana, especially since such a call was made since 2015 by The Caribbean Voice, which also established an online petition calling on the President of Guyana to act on this initiative.

Ram left out two names in his letter

Dear Editor, On reading Christopher Ram’s letter in Sunday Stabroek about persons the APNU+AFC government removed but other persons they kept after it came to power, I saw where he left out two names and one situation that on the basis of perception, conjure up thoughts of the practice of ethnic politics by the present regime.

UG makes final pay hike offer to staff

Following negotiations with workers’ unions, the University of Guyana (UG) administration has announced a final pay hike offer of 8% and 6% to its UB (support) and UA (academic) staff members, respectively, retroactive to January 1.

Keeping track of our Police Force

There is a school of thought that frowns violently on points of view that are critical of the Guyana Police Force (GPF), asserting in defence of the police that their job is a challenging one and that persistent criticism only serves to demoralize the men and women whose task it is to get the job done.