Articles published on Tuesday, August 27, 2019
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has decided to conclude its national house-to-house registration exercise at the end of this month as it moves towards the holding of general elections “within the shortest time possible.”
DHAKA, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Bangladesh’s top court has ruled that women need no longer declare if they are virgins on marriage certificates after a five-year legal battle by women’s rights groups trying to protect women’s privacy and potential humiliation.
(Trinidad Guardian) Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar says the Prime Minister’s recent ‘attack’ on public servants could be an indication that he plans to fire them.
Financial Institutions have been warned to stop asking citizens about their political affiliation.
An 18-year-old was stabbed to death after he and his family stopped to buy fish and chips on Sunday night along the Diamond Access Road, East Bank Demerara (EBD) and the police have since arrested one person for questioning.
President David Granger has called on members of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) to remain in campaign mode, stay vigilant and beware of agents of division.
A Springlands, Upper Corentyne farmer was murdered during the wee hours of yesterday morning at Rampoor Village, Corriverton and it is suspected that his assailant/s had been after his winnings from a gambling game.
A scheduled meeting between the two members of the ruling coalition to review the Cummingsburg Accord did not happen but the two sides have exchanged documents.
The first batch of Guyanese operations and maintenance (O&M) technicians hired by ExxonMobil Guyana for the Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel are set for Advanced Systems Training at the Cape Brenton University in Canada.
The City Engineer’s Department is expected to cover an exposed manhole along James Street, Albouystown today after coming in for a tongue-lashing from city councillor Heston Bostwick over its failure to address the situation in his constituency and across the city.
The deteriorating state of Sussex Street has forced the Mayor and City Council to close it to vehicular traffic until further notice.
The Russian Embassy in Guyana is awaiting a response from Moscow to a note verbale sent by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs demanding the withdrawal of untrue statements that a British military base was being built on an Essequibo River island to train Venezuelan refugees to destabilise the Nicholas Maduro government.
Can a fire be lit using only bamboo and cotton? What sound does a kodoi make?
Three weeks after she was severely burnt after a fire gutted her Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara house, seven-year-old Shaniya Persaud has shown significant improvement and is recovering well in the United States, where she is currently receiving treatment.
Firefighter Osafo Bess, who is charged with causing the death of his common-law wife, appeared at a city court last Tuesday on a narcotics trafficking charge.
Omesh Lakeram, the teenager who was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPC) after being stabbed in the chest by a bandit, has been discharged and is currently at home recovering.
Burglars on Sunday invaded the home of a Crabwood Creek business owner and robbed him and his family of cash, jewellery, clothing and other items According to information gathered, the family was asleep when the burglars entered the Grant 1780 Crabwood Creek house.
Powerlifting standout, Vijai Rahim continues to add hardware to his cabinet.
Experts from China are holding a four-week course for local technicians in the agriculture sector on areas such as cassava production.
Guyana’s top female badminton player Priyanna Ramdhani not only walked away with three gold medals and a bronze from the 2019 Caribbean Badminton (CAREBACO) tournament but also with a wealth of knowledge to improve her game.
Dear Editor, I have noted a letter in Stabroek News of Saturday, August 24, 2019 under the heading ‘Some numbers in Minister’s half-year report raise serious questions about data quality’.
The Local Government Commission (LGC) has been furnished with a report from the Mayor and City Council on the investigation into the discovery of a bag of money that was found in the vehicle assigned to the city’s Chief Constable, according to acting Town Clerk Sherry Jerrick.
The Guyana Amazon Warriors are based on the South American continent and has featured in every edition of the Caribbean Premier League.
Career banker, Imran Saccoor was last week elected to the post of President of the Cumberland, East-Canje-based, Young Warriors Cricket Club.
Dear Editor, In a time of such uncertainty, especially for the young people of Guyana, we must continue onwards and charter our own paths despite the many doubts that frequently dampen our spirit.
An 18-month sentence was yesterday imposed on a youth who admitted to robbing his former employer of over $500,000 in cash and valuables.
One of the nation’s longstanding and outstanding sporting facility, the Everest Cricket Club (ECC) has received a tangible donation of a complete computer system and printer from Starr Computers.
With the Canawaima Ferry Service not operational, local airline Trans Guyana Airways (TGA) has seen a slight increase in flights between Guyana and Suriname.
Dear Editor, Reference is made to the article titled, “Trinidad PM: I never called anyone lazy” (SN August 24).
NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Captain Jason Holder has urged his batting group to undertake deep introspection in the wake of West Indies’ chastening 318-run defeat to India in the opening Test here Sunday.
What should have been a $2,500 trip has ended up costing a man $25,000 after he admitted to not being able to pay a taxi driver he had hired for the journey.
Dear Editor, I have mental health problems. I have had it for nearly twenty years.
(Reuters) – Keeping India’s pace battery fully charged will be crucial to the team’s ICC World Test Championship chances, skipper Virat Kohli said following their win over West Indies in the first test on Sunday.
BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Venezuelan migrants will be provided with a regional vaccination card beginning in October, health officials from 10 countries agreed yesterday, in an effort to ensure they receive needed vaccines and are not given double doses.
Options for the use of the natural gas from a well blowout at Diamond on the East Bank of Demerara are being discussed, according to a release yesterday from the Ministry of Natural Resources.
Dear Editor, With so many different oil companies staking out their claims off Guyana’s coast, could you say what became of the government decision in April this year to ask the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to proceed directly to the holding of oral hearings on the border controversy with Venezuela?
(Reuters) – As England basked in an Ashes salvation led by all-rounder Ben Stokes at Headingley, Australia were left to hope for the return of their own saviour in Steve Smith for the fourth test at Old Trafford.
The Guyana Global Consulting Group will on Friday be hosting an information session and networking seminar aimed at helping youths and women to build their capacity to participate in the oil and gas sector.
(Trinidad Guardian) A witness in a kidnapping case was gunned down and his girlfriend shot and wounded while at their home in Caura on Sunday night.
Dear Editor, I am repatriating to Guyana, but it may cost me my family because my family doesn’t want to go with me.
BIARRITZ, France/SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy nations on Monday offered $20 million of emergency aid to help battle wildfires in the Amazon rainforest, a gesture Brazil slammed as colonialist.
COLOMBO, (Reuters) – New Zealand skittled Sri Lanka out for 122 yesterday to secure a series-levelling victory by an innings and 65 runs on the final day of a rain-hit second test in Colombo.
(Trinidad Guardian) It’s being described as an unfair and horrific tragedy, for 83-year-old Polly “Mama” Bahadoor to be murdered in the way she was—her head completely bashed in exposing her brain tissues and her face smashed into the skull.
A 20-year-old father of two was last Friday sentenced to six months in jail after he pleaded guilty to wounding a man.
BIARRITZ, France, (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron paved the way at a G7 summit for a diplomatic solution to the standoff between Washing-ton and Tehran over a 2015 nuclear deal, but there was little else to show from a meeting at which allies were sharply divided.
Dear Editor, The tone of the letter bearing the caption `Decisions being made at NIS are not anchored in the concept of social security’ reflects the malicious intent of its author.
(Reuters) – Hong Kong’s Irfan Ahmed and Nadeem Ahmed have been banned from cricket for life for match-fixing and their team mate Haseeb Amjad has been banned for five years, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said yesterday.
Dear Editor, I refer to your article `Auditors absent from GFF congress’ carried in the Sunday Stabroek dated 25 August 2019.
A waitress was on Friday fined for threatening behaviour and released on bail on charges of assault and simple larceny.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – A Brazilian Supreme Court justice believes jailed ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva deserves a retrial after leaked social media conversations appeared to show the judge hearing Brazil’s largest-ever corruption case collaborated with prosecutors.
BRIDGETOWN, (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Dorian gathered strength yesterday as it barreled west toward Barbados, where residents stocked up on food to hunker down for an onslaught of heavy wind and rain.
By Robert Skidelsky LONDON – Recently I watched The Man Who Was Too Free, a moving documentary about the Russian dissident politician Boris Nemtsov, who was gunned down in front of the Kremlin in 2015.
The southern stretch of the Robb Street pavement between Camp Street and Avenue of the Republic is, next to much of Regent Street, probably the busiest expanse of road for foot traffic in the capital.
