Articles published on Monday, October 9, 2017
Acting Police Commissioner David Ramnarine has confirmed that notorious prison escapee Mark Royden Durant aka Royden Williams and Smallie was intercepted and recaptured tonight at approximately 8 pm on the Weldaad, West Coast Berbice public road.
Dynamic International Airways today formally announced that effective October 3, 2017 it has discontinued its regular service between New York and Guyana.
(Trinidad Guardian) Plans for birthday celebrations turned to funeral arrangements yesterday, after prison officer Richard Sandy was killed by an ex-convict he knew while liming at a bar in Gasparillo.
(Reuters) – Tropical Depression 17 has formed over the Eastern Atlantic and is expected to strengthen into a tropical storm later today, the U.S.
Dhierandranauth Somwaru was yesterday voted in as president of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB), in what according to reports was a “contentious fashion” at the long-awaited elections held at the Classic International Hotel.
Residents of Lamaha Gardens say that the continuing disregard for the zoning laws by both authorities and private citizens has negatively affected the residential area, which was supposed to be a model community.
Twenty-four hundred nippers/pliers which were procured by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) were delivered on April 23, 2015, five days before the contract was signed, according to a special investigation by the Office of the Auditor General, which has also concluded that $3m could have been saved if Klein pliers were bought instead.
Guyana’s poor international record against Grenada continued on Saturday, as they went down 0-1 in an International Friendly at the Kirani James Athletic Stadium in St.
Following the disclosure in Stabroek News that the government has allocated $6m in medical aid for former magistrate Fazil Azeez, PPP/C MP Juan Edghill has queried the government’s policy on assistance for families in dire need.
Silver Shattas overcame Georgetown Football Club (GFC) 2-1 to earn a quarterfinal berth when the annual Hamilton Green Cup football tournament continued on Saturday at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) ground in Linden.
High-energy tides knocked out sections of the wave wall along Subryanville over the weekend and these were replaced yesterday with weightier barriers.
Sparta Boss, Back Circle, Future Stars and Leopold Street sealed their berth’s to the quarterfinal round, when the inaugural Street Vibes Entertainment, ‘Futsal Championship’ continued on Saturday at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue.
The lesson of the restoration of democracy in October 1992 is that Guyana must never allow the return of authoritarian rule, according to commentator Ralph Ramkarran SC.
Deshana Skeete’s 400m gold medal Saturday night might be the surprise performance of Guyana’s South American Youth Games team but there was nothing surprising about the performance of top sprinter Kennisha Phillips who stormed to a second silver medal in the female 200m as the curtain came down on the games in Santiago, Chile yesterday.
-Raffik calls for deep water harbour Opening the 13th Berbice Expo and Trade Fair on Friday, Business Minister Dominic Gaskin said there has to be a transition away from the ailing sugar industry and this will bring new opportunities.
East Coast survived a later afternoon burst from seamer Kevin Gordon who snuffed out two wickets ending day two on 51 – 4 having earned a slim lead of 82 against Essequibo at the Tuschen Sports Club ground, yesterday.
Geron Williams, in a time of one hour 16 minutes 16 seconds, won Saturday’s feature 35-lap race of the Hassan Mohamed-organized Hand-in-Hand sponsored 11-race cycling programme in the National Park.
Dear Editor, I would like to respond to claims made by Joan Straughn at last Wednesday’s Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into African ancestral land matters, that her family was dispossessed of lands under former President Bharrat Jagdeo, and handed to me.
Dear Editor, I refer to the letter of October 6, ‘GAPE nominated Emily Dodson to the Public Procurement Commission,’ signed by its president, Kwame Pindar.
Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo yesterday commissioned Radio Mahdia 95.1FM in the compound of the Regional Executive Office.
Mark Arjune, 19, of Strathspey, East Coast Demerara was pronounced dead at the GPHC yesterday morning after the speeding car he was in slammed into a utility pole.
BLOEMFONTEIN, (Reuters) – South Africa paceman Kagiso Rabada bagged another five-wicket haul to take his test match tally past 100 as his side wrapped up a comprehensive innings and 254-run victory over Bangladesh yesterday.
Dear Editor, There is a gold dealer who operates a jewellery shop in Charity who buys raw gold.
Dear Editor, I was recently hospitalized at an East Demerara private hospital for 4½ days.
Upper Corentyne defeated East Bank by 87 runs while the encounter between West Demerara and Lower Corentyne ended in a draw as sixth-round action in the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/ Jaguars three – day league ended, yesterday.
The police have held a suspect in connection with the five-year-old murder of Terry Warren, who was tied up and chopped to death in 2012 in the Pomeroon.
Work on the Mahdia Community Road Project is now sixty-three percent complete, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said on Saturday.
Dear Editor, I read in the Kaieteur News (Oct 2) that Mabaruma’s Green Park will be commissioned by mid- October 2017 and will be named after a well-known sportsman of the region, Mr Augustine Solomon.
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, CMC – Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz displayed flashes of brilliance but were eventually overpowered by Saudi Arabia, as the hosts strolled to a 5-2 victory in their tier-two friendly game here Saturday.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Republican U.S. Senator Bob Corker warned yesterday that President Donald Trump risks setting the nation “on the path to World War Three” in an interview with The New York Times, the latest in a series public barbs traded over the day.
A boat mishap along the Pomeroon River last Friday has resulted in the death of a man.
Dear Editor, Local history is being rewritten by a determined, crafty, and less than honest opposition.
Dear Editor, The Mayor and Town Council in the municipality of Lethem, central Rupununi, in Region Nine, have shifted their work mode into top gear, as preparations continue for the Lethem Town Week celebrations, scheduled for the 15th-21st of October, 2017.
MONROVIA, (Reuters) – After a dozen years of recovery under Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who won the Nobel Peace Prize for helping bring peace after civil war turned her country into a wasteland, Liberians are hopeful about their first democratic power transfer for 73 years.
SUZUKA, Japan, (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton was within reach of his fourth Formula One title yesterday after winning the Japanese Grand Prix for Mercedes while Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel suffered engine problems and failed to finish.
Though he could not say when the long-awaited Local Government Commission (LGC) will be established, President David Granger on Wednesday said that the matter will be given some consideration now that he has returned from official duties abroad.
(Reuters) – Argentine coaches working in South America have done their national team a few bad turns over the past two years and Jorge Celico could deny the twice champions and 2014 runners-up a place at the World Cup in Russia next year.
The Audit Office of Guyana was established in 1884 as a Colonial Audit Department.
Dear Editor, While positive changes have occurred at certain times, racism not only persists in our world, but in many places is powerfully resurgent.
YANGON/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The European Union and the United States are considering targeted sanctions against Myanmar military leaders over an offensive that has driven more than 500,000 Rohingya Muslims out of the country, officials familiar with the discussions say.
Minister of State, Joseph Harmon on Friday evening said that training and enhancement of skills are essential components in maintaining safety in the aviation sector in Guyana as he commended the nine pilots and eleven engineers, who completed the initial and recurrent trainings hosted by JAGS Aviation Incorporated.
(Reuters) – World number one Rafael Nadal produced a ruthless performance to thrash Australian Nick Kyrgios 6-2 6-1 in the China Open final yesterday for his 75th career singles title.
– UN Secretary General Touring hurricane-devastated Dominica yesterday, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres says the level of support the island now needs cannot be attained through traditional instruments.
LOS ANGELES, (Variety.com) – “Blade Runner 2049” is heading for a downbeat $31.5 million opening weekend at 4,058 sites in North America.
President David Granger yesterday commissioned a new David ‘G’ school bus under the Buses, Boats, Bicycles plus Breakfast and Books (Five B’s) programme in Barima-Waini (Region One).
(Reuters) – The Weinstein Co has fired co-Chairman Harvey Weinstein, effective immediately, following reports of sexual harassment allegations against the executive, who was one of Hollywood’s biggest power brokers, the film production company said yesterday.
Dear Editor, The Caribbean Voice joins with others in expressing our angst that a young man had to take his life because of the stigma attached to his sexuality.
By Mark Schuller Mark Schuller is an anthropologist and Haiti solidarity activist.
Word that a ‘Delivery Unit’ could be established to speed up the pace of the government’s sprawling Public Sector Investment Programme (PSIP) must reflect deep worry in the administration over the glacial pace of many key projects.
BILOXI/PASCAGOULA, Miss., (Reuters) – Hurricane Nate weakened to a tropical depression yesterday after coming ashore in Mississippi, flooding roads and buildings but sparing the state from catastrophic damages.
