Articles published on Sunday, October 29, 2017
The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) says it is of the view that the selection procedure used for the GECOM Chairman has followed the letter of the law and the constitution, if not the spirit.
(Trinidad Guardian) For the past few years residents of Clifton Towers have been living in an environment of extreme discomfort and fear at their Housing Development Corporation (HDC) apartments.
At its third quarter earnings call on Friday, ExxonMobil talked up its Guyana prospects, which it now projects at close to 2.8 billion barrels of oil and it wants to get into production as soon as it can.
The government’s recent announcement of unilateral pay hikes for public servants for a third straight year has cast its campaign trail commitment to collective bargaining in doubt and veteran trade unionist Lincoln Lewis is urging unions to fight the necessary fight to keep the administration accountable.
An elderly pedal cyclist is now dead after he was struck down by a minister’s vehicle on Friday afternoon while he was attempting to cross the Cove and John Public Road, East Coast Demerara (ECD).
The local police are seeking two Trinidadian nationals who are suspected to have helped fellow countryman Sawak Maraj to stage his own kidnapping after arriving in Guyana as part of a plot to collect the ransom.
A maiden first-class century from 19–year-old all-rounder Keemo Paul highlighted day – three as the Guyana Jaguars piled up a substantive lead against the Jamaica Scorpions in their Cricket West Indies Regional four-day encounter at the Providence National Stadium At the close of play the Jamaica Scorpions were 62 – 2 still needing an improbable 422 more for victory.
Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo had a duty and responsibility to “shape” the three lists of nominees for the post of Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) Chairman to limit President David Granger’s choices, his legal advisor Anil Nandlall said last evening.
Amsterdam is a community situated on the eastern side of Leguan enclosed by villages Canefield and Endeavour, rice fields and the seawall that keeps the Essequibo at bay.
Though awaiting legal advice on whether to appeal part of a court judgment which was relied on by President David Granger to unilaterally appoint a Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom), businessman Marcel Gaskin says he is prepared to take the matter all the way to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) if necessary.
As the end of year deadline for significant progress to be made in resolving Guyana’s border controversy with Venezuela approaches, a delegation headed by Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Greenidge and Venezuelan officials are in New York participating in two days of talks organised by the United Nations.
State Minister Joseph Harmon on Friday downplayed accountant and attorney Christopher Ram’s withdrawal from Guyana’s negotiating team for the establishment of the JOF Haynes Law School, saying that he would be taken seriously if his company gives up its work with the government.
Racing fans get ready, ‘the weekend of speed’ of the fourth and final leg of the highly anticipated International Race of Champions will be staged at the South Dakota Circuit on November 11 and 12.
Owner of the Miss Guyana Universe franchise Jyoti Hardat is refuting claims that she ran a rigged contest in August, in New York, in favour of crowned Queen Rafieya Husain.
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, CMC – Already faced with the challenge of yet another turning track at Queens Sports Club, West Indies could now be forced to battle frigid temperatures, when they face Zimbabwe in the second and final Test here today.
Ravi Persaud yesterday warmed up for the Lusignan Golf Club’s upcoming Guyana Open tournament by winning yesterday’s Banks DIH Limited/Citizens Bank Inc.
Add another first place trophy to Geron Williams’ collection. Six days after winning the Digicel Breast Cancer Awareness Road Race, the national cyclist took his talents to the National Park yesterday and sprinted off with the spoils of the feature 35-lap event of the Payless Variety Store criterium programme.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Sunil Ambris struck an imperious second hundred of the series to further strongly advance his claims for higher duty, but another calamitous batting collapse left West Indies “A” under pressure to win the rain-hit, decisive third “Test” against Sri Lanka “A” on Friday.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Half-centuries from left-handers Jonathan Carter and Anthony Alleyne helped Barbados Pride claim a narrow first innings lead, but purposeful bowling gave Trinidad & Tobago Red Force a chance for a second straight victory over them in the Regional 4-Day Championship yesterday here.
University of Guyana (UG) Vice-Chancellor Professor Ivelaw Griffith is not backing down from his insistence that wage hikes for academic staff be tied to their performance.
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – An unbroken second-wicket stand between veterans Devon Smith and Kirk Edwards helped Windward Islands Volcanoes significantly cut their deficit against Leeward Islands Hurricanes in the Regional 4-Day Championship yesterday.
Ravens and Amelia’s Ward Jets will face-off in the final of the sixth annual Brusches Classic Basketball championships following semi-final wins over Colts and Victory Valley Royals respectively on Friday.
Wil Campbell always knew he wanted to help humanity and he thought the best way to do this was to become a medical doctor but as fate would have it he became a teacher and the service he provided to the most vulnerable (children) propelled him into finding his niche – professional counselling.
Muhoroni, Kenya, (Reuters) – Kenya’s repeat presidential election, boycotted this week by millions, has reignited long-running tensions between ethnic communities in some areas, leading inhabitants of one small village in the west to pick up traditional arms on Saturday.
Despite the establishment of the Public Procurement Commission (PPC), the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) will be responsible for the handling of the review and finalisation of debarment legislation, its Chairman Berkley Wickham says.
Sophia will oppose West Ruimveldt, while Marian Academy will battle Enterprise in the semi-final stage of the Courts Pee Wee Primary School Football Championship, following quarterfinal wins yesterday at the Thirst Park ground.
In light of the call from Lamaha Gardens’ residents for the relevant authorities to respect the zoning laws of their community, Town Clerk Royston King says that the area’s status as a strictly residential area has eroded over time.
German’s Restaurant says it has secured a lease at 793 Utica Avenue, Brooklyn, United States to establish the first North American branch of the eatery.
MOGADISHU, (Reuters) – Two car bombs killed at least 17 people in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Saturday, police said, two weeks after a huge truck bomb killed hundreds of civilians in the city.
MADRID/BARCELONA, (Reuters) – Sacked Catalonian president Carles Puigdemont on Saturday called for peaceful “democratic opposition” to the central government’s takeover of the region following its unilateral declaration of independence from Spain.
It was a night of upsets as Flamingo and Camptown defeated Santos and Georgetown Football Club (GFC) respectively when the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Stag Beer Premier League resumed on Friday.
Three men have been arrested after police searches of several houses on the Essequibo Coast uncovered a quantity of forged currency notes on Friday.
“It is very hard for the younger policewomen in the force now because to me it is getting worse.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. House Intelligence Committee on Saturday said it had reached an agreement related to its subpoena of a Washington research firm’s bank records that would secure access to records for the panel’s probe of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) will tomorrow begin hearing the Government of Guyana’s appeal of the US$2.2 million judgment that was awarded in favour of Trinidad road construction company Dipcon as payments for works done under the former administration.
Going back to the ‘30’s and the ‘40’s, an enduring message for young people growing up in Guyana was that the white culture was supreme.
SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Saturday appointed his foreign minister as acting prime minister as he tried to stem the fallout of a citizenship crisis that has cost his government its parliamentary majority.
The Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha says it is deeply disturbed at President David Granger’s unilateral appointment and hasty swearing in of a Chairman of Gecom.
Dear Editor, Many moons ago, as a student pursuing the diploma in Youth Work offered by the Commonwealth Caribbean Youth Centre, a Jamaican lecturer from the University of the West Indies – Miss Loy said to me “It must be exciting being a Guyanese at this time.”
President David Granger will address the Parliament when it resumes sittings on Thursday, while the reports from a number of key inquiries, including those into the $632 million in drug purchases by the Georgetown Hospital, and the alleged assassination plot against the president are expected to be tabled.
Royston Drakes Produc-tion through its ‘I’m a Big Deal’ empowerment and beauty pageant in collaboration with the Nand Persaud Charity Foundation last week honoured five Berbice cancer survivors at the St.
Dear Editor, I learn that the opposition is gearing up to lobby for foreign support in the matter involving the Gecom chairmanship appointment (SN October 26).
Plans are in the pipeline for a synthetic Track and Field facility to be constructed in the city in the not too distant future.
Eating healthy doesn’t necessarily translate to weight loss A common complaint I hear: “But I’ve been eating healthier these past few weeks, all organic, natural foods and I can’t seem to lose weight.
They Came in Ships They came in ships From far across the seas Britain, colonising the East in India Transporting her chains from Chota Nagpur and the Ganges plain.
On October 10, a report appeared in the Russian media indicating that Russia and Suriname are close to signing a military cooperation agreement.
The recent Berbice Inter-Schools Chess Championship coincided with the first Jamaican International Chess Festival.
Dear Editor, Each child is gifted The new school year is well underway and the euphoria over the successes at the various examinations is over.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Cuba will make it easier for its U.S.-based
Agave americana, also called sentry plant, century plant, maguey or American aloe, is a species of flowering plant in the family Agavaceae and native to Mexico and the United States in New Mexico, Arizona and Texas.
The writer must teach himself that the basest of all things is to be afraid and, teaching himself that, forget it forever, leaving no room in his workshop for anything but the old verities and truths of the heart, the old universal truths lacking which any story is ephemeral and doomed – love and honour and pity and pride and compassion and sacrifice.
The University of Guyana (UG) on Wednesday held a ceremonial turning of the sod for the proposed Student Society Complex Building at its Turkeyen Campus.
Very little debate has taken place on the Petroleum Commission of Guyana Bill.
(Trinidad Guardian) The Tobago Regional Health Authority (TRHA) has been ordered to pay compensation to the mother of a 17-year-old boy who died days after he was discharged from the Scarborough General Hospital with stab wounds.
Introduction As matters presently stand, and in order to be precise as well as taking into account the discussion concerning a Guyana state-owned oil refinery has lasted for several weeks (since August 20, 2017) it is perhaps prudent that today’s column starts by summarizing my two recommendations.
As was pointed out in the Stabroek News editorial on Monday, the “social compact” about which President David Granger spoke so glibly prior to May 2015 has been all but forgotten.
The Linden community is hyped and ready to host today’s PNCR 60th anniversary Day of Sports/Family Fun Day following a visit by Chairperson of the Organising Committee Annette Ferguson on Monday.
(Reuters) – Tropical Storm Philippe formed off Cuba on Saturday, dumping heavy rains on the island as it churned on a path expected to put it near south Florida overnight, the U.S.
Young dancers from the Let’s Dance Studio perform for the audience at the ‘Evening of love, lights and music,” which was hosted by Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo and Mrs.
Minister of Business Dominic Gaskin has expressed satisfaction with the pace of works being conducted on the development of the Industrial Estate at Lethem, South Rupununi, Region Nine.
Potato Choka is simple and very tasty. In many ways it can be thought of as spicy mashed potatoes, but it’s not the same thing.
Dear Editor, The poorly paid teachers of this country are now being asked by the Prime Minister to exercise ‘patience’.
Recap October’s focus has been on shedding light on the concept of competition.
The Black-tailed Tityra (Tityra cayana) is a short-tailed robust bird with a long hook-tipped bill; like other tityras it has a peculiar vestigial ninth primary feather.
