Articles published on Sunday, June 9, 2019
SOUTHAMPTON, England, CMC – While the West Indies won’t be underestimating South Africa in their World Cup encounter on Monday, assistant coach Roddy Estwick says the regional side is confident it can come out victorious.
HONG KONG, (Reuters) – Several hundred thousand people jammed Hong Kong’s streets today in the biggest rally for years to thwart a proposed extradition law that would allow suspects to be sent to mainland China to face trial.
(Barbados Nation) It is estimated that about 2 700 Barbadians are living with HIV.
With the State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA) embarking on a probe of how two small companies without the capacity to drill for oil were able to lock down prime offshore acreage near to ExxonMobil’s key oil find days before the 2015 general elections, the spotlight will likely be on the key decision maker, then Minister of Natural Resources Robert Persaud.
PARIS, (Reuters) – Austrian Dominic Thiem crushed Novak Djokovic’s French Open hopes as he survived a weather-ravaged semi-final spanning 24 hours to complete a 6-2 3-6 7-5 5-7 7-5 victory yesterday and set up a repeat of last year’s showdown with Rafael Nadal.
Alness Village, Corentyne pensioner Gilford Goodchild, who was beaten during a robbery at his home in early May, has succumbed to his injuries at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital.
OAKLAND, Calif. — The veteran big man with a history of overpowering opponents in the NBA postseason returned to the forefront Friday night.
With the suspension of the ferry service between Guyana and Suriname, daily traffic along the “backtrack” route has more than doubled.
A new fire has been lit under bodybuilding star Hugh Ross following a third place finish at the 2019 NABBA Worlds Championships last evening in Northern Ireland.
CARDIFF, (Reuters) – England posted their highest World Cup total to overcome their Bangladesh hoodoo in style as they got back to winning ways with a crushing 106-run victory in Cardiff yesterday.
A Farm Village, East Bank Essequibo man went berserk late yesterday afternoon and brutally chopped his neighbour to death.
The Coldingen residents who live along the East Coast Demerara public road are said to have lived there much longer than those at Sea Dam or in the housing scheme.
The North Texas Guyanese Association (NTXGA) is arguably one of the most close-knit groups in the United States and relishes keeping Guyana’s traditions alive but it seems to have hit a hurdle in its efforts to pass them on to the younger generations.
TAUNTON, England, (Reuters) – New Zealand cemented their spot at the top of the cricket World Cup league table with a seven-wicket victory over minnows Afghanistan thanks to a unbeaten half-century by Kane Williamson and fine bowling by their seam attack led by Jimmy Neesham.
A group of West Bank Berbice cattle farmers have moved to court to challenge a decision made by the Mahaica, Mahaicony, Abary-Agricultural Development Authority (MMA-ADA) to evict them from land they have been occupying for over 20 years and allocate various portions to other persons.
I did an interview this week with Sean Devers on the Kaieteur News radio station and someone asked about the keys to a career in music and my answer was “business.”
Following a renewed commitment to training ahead of next month’s Pan American Games, boxing standout Keevin Allicock will be traveling next week to Ecuador to be a part of Cuba’s training camp.
As the general elections draw near, and the speculation surrounding the choice by the PPP’s of its presidential candidate is over, attention is now focused on the AFC’s choice of its prime ministerial candidate.
The annual Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) and Guyana Tennis Association Open lawn tennis tournament served off Friday evening at the GBTI Lawn Tennis Court and facilities, Bel Air, Georgetown.
A Guidance Place, South Ruimveldt Park family of four has been displaced after a fire, suspected to be an act of arson, gutted a house during the wee hours of yesterday morning.
A true stalwart of human rights died on May 31. Her name was simply Andaiye.
A second consecutive century followed up by a 10-wicket haul from Achievers’ all-rounder, Kevin Sinclair, left Bath Cricket Club with just three wickets in hand and trailing by 86 runs in their second innings after day one of the West Berbice Cricket Association/ Anil Lalsa Construction third round clash at Bush Lot.
Local Guyanese Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) company Emerge BPO is developing a new Georgetown campus that will significantly increase its capacity ahead of expected growth in the industry.
In recent years, there have been notable and often heated discussions over the Consolidated Fund (CF).
Education is important not simply for the implantation of specific information about specific subjects but, perhaps more importantly, for the passing on of a whole “culture” of learning, attitudes, and behaviour – a variety of distinct “languages” of understanding, including self-understanding.
Government Technical Institute [GTI], the Bishops’ High School and President’s College recorded wins in the boys U18 division when the Youth Basketball Guyana [YBG] ‘Regional Conference’ continued yesterday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue.
More needs to be done to ensure that young people fully understand sexual and reproductive health, according to Executive Director of the Guyana Responsible Parenthood Association (GRPA) Renata Chuck-A-Sang who also said that the country’s young need to be challenged more, educated more and provided with more options as there is more to life than what they are exposed to.
School of the Nations will be introducing a free year-long youth leadership programme in an effort to counter social issues that have been plaguing the country.
NOTTINGHAM England, CMC – Clive Lloyd, the last West Indies captain to taste World Cup glory, has insisted that the regional team needs to make smarter decisions if they are to have an impact in the tournament.
Dear Editor, Please allow me the opportunity to respond to a letter in your newspaper headlined, ‘Move by GLSC for hydrographic surveying has political, strategic implications’ (SN: 8/6/2019).
The Women and Gender Equality Commission (WGEC) on Friday officially launched its online Women’s Hall of Fame, which honours twenty-five (25) ‘sheroes.’
Gold is Money ran out winners of the recent lucrative Ivanoff Vodka nationwide dominoes tournament.
PARIS, (Reuters) – Ashleigh Barty, the Australian who ditched tennis to play professional cricket for a year, smashed Marketa Vondrousova for six yesterday to lift the French Open crown at Roland Garros.
Dear Editor, Please allow Power Producers and Distributors Inc (PPDI) to respond to statements attributed to its operations and maintenance in your letters’ column on the 8th June, 2019.
Months after the Code of Conduct for public transportation providers was launched, members of the United Minibus Union (UMU) in Bartica, Region Seven, have officially donned their uniforms.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump yesterday predicted Mexico would strongly enforce a new deal under which it agreed to expand a controversial asylum program and boost security on its southern border to stem Central American migrants trying to reach the United States.
Guyana suffered mixed results during the first two days in the inaugural four-team UDeCOTT T10 International Cricket Tournament in Trinidad and Tobago.
Dear Editor, $4.3 billion being spent for registration when less costly methods may exist for ensuring all Guyanese eligible to vote can do so, is in my opinion, a wanton waste of Guyana’s finances.
Police have issued a wanted bulletin for Brazilian national Francisco Lima De Aguilar, who is accused of shooting a police constable during a recent attempt to arrest him for an unlicensed gun and ammunition.
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian investigative journalist Ivan Golunov was placed under two months’ house arrest in Moscow yesterday while he is investigated for drug peddling, as a court rejected a request from investigators to hold him in custody.
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Hollywood star Angelina Jolie yesterday urged the international community to provide more support to three South American countries with the most migrants from crisis-hit Venezuela, saying 20,000 Venezuelan children are at risk of being without basic citizenship rights.
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The Australian government has confiscated three properties from a Chinese national after a joint money-laundering investigation with China, police said yesterday.
Powerlifter, Carlos Petterson-Griffith has released an official statement on his 12-month suspension and subsequent non participation at the World Classic Powerlifting Championships in Sweden..
Dear Editor, Too many citizens, its graduates and their colleagues, current and prospective students, of the University of Guyana, must wonder at the turbulence in which it appears to be caught, when, even from a distance, we hear the drumbeats of a fundamental controversy, of discontent, about its management style and outcomes.
Dhanmattie Sumara, the Berbice woman who was reported missing after she was seen being violently dragged out of a house by a family member last Tuesday, was discovered by police at Enmore North, East Coast Demerara on Friday.
The ‘bad boy’ hormone also known as ‘test’ representing male muscles and sex drive has been proven to profoundly influence health and disease as well as predict behaviour in both sexes.
Introduction In last week’s column, I had introduced the concept of the break-even price.
SANTIAGO, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Chile’s new climate change plan, unveiled by President Sebastian Pinera last week, puts the host of this year’s U.N.
Almost half the year has passed, which is a good time to assess if you’re keeping up with your new year goals.
Following the conclusion of the first three rounds of the 2019 National Chess Championship, there are two leaders with the maximum three points (a win = 1 point; a draw = ½ a point; a loss = 0 point).
not hands like mine these Carib altars knew: nameless and quite forgotten are the gods; and mute, mute and alone, their silent people spend a ring of vacant days, not like more human years, as aged and brown their rivers flow away.
The US travel advisory for Guyana, which was issued at the end of last month, was given extensive coverage in the media for reasons which are not too far to seek.
Dear Editor, A mind becomes better when it reads Antonio Gramsci.
The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) yesterday informed its customers that its cable across the Demerara River in the vicinity of Craig, East Bank Demerara, was damaged as a result of “marine activity.”
The Lodge Kyk-Over-Al in collaboration with the Lodge Trenaeus is set to host an exciting domino competition and family fun day today at the Georgetown Cricket Club from 13.30 hours today.
The moment is fast arriving when Caribbean Governments and business will have to consider the consequences of the tariff wars and sanctions that Washington is now pursuing.
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The Striped Owl (Asio clamator) is native to South America, and parts of Central America.
The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Chelsea Flower Show was held from May 21 to May 25 on the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, London. The
(Trinidad Guardian) A Claxton Bay grandmother who allegedly failed to report a sexual offence against a child was on Friday granted $45,000 bail.
