Articles published on Saturday, September 21, 2019
The Opposition PPP today chided the police force for a statement it issued yesterday warning against a repeat of the disorder stemming from a protest outside the Pegasus Hotel on Thursday against President David Granger.
The Attorney General’s Chambers today rejected a contention by the Bar Council that it is presently operating outside of the rule of law.
Torrential rainfall is sweeping across parts of Trinidad and Tobago at this time,and the Met Office has raised it’s alert level to Orange, meaning that citizens should prepare.
(Trinidad Guardian) Energy Minister Franklin Khan yesterday remained tight-lipped as to where the OWTU will get its funding to purchase Petrotrin’s refinery.
After serving 10 years in a United States prison for drug trafficking, Roger Khan returned to Guyana last night and was kept in custody by police pending investigations of his alleged involvement in the murders of political activist Ronald Waddell and boxing coach Donald Allison.
While maintaining that government has not breached the constitution, coalition members the Alliance for Change (AFC) and the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) yesterday voiced their hope that a date for elections will now be swiftly identified.
The Ministry of the Presidency yesterday denounced the behaviour of opposition party leaders and their supporters during a protest on Thursday as “hooliganism and thuggery” that would not be tolerated, even as they maintained that they were acting within their legal rights.
By failing to abide by the Constitution, the APNU+AFC government is operating outside of the rule of law, according to the Bar Council of the Bar Association of Guyana.
Workers at the Charlestown Health Centre yesterday staged a “sit-in” to protest the lack of armed guards at the medical facility.
Seventy-nine residents of Matthews Ridge, in Region One, on Thursday received leases for their lands from Minister of State Dawn Hastings-Williams and Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission Trevor Benn, the Ministry of the Presidency (MoTP) has said.
The Georgetown Softball Cricket League (GSCL) Inc., will host their third Prime Minister’s T20 Cup from November 1-3 in Georgetown and several top local teams will battle for supremacy against their counterparts from New York, Canada and Florida.
Over one million dollars in items were distributed while 23 outstanding patrons of Berbice cricket were honored yesterday as the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) commemorated its 80th anniversary celebrations.
Bel Air Rubis is supporting the Wakenaam Cricket Committee for the staging of a T20 competition there.
Acting Crime Chief Michael Kingston yesterday said that he will be writing the Chairman of the Police Complaints Authority (PCA) soon to request that the body oversee the investigation into the fatal shooting of Leopold Street resident Orin Odingo Williams.
The full slate of the names of the amateur boxers on the ‘Not In My House’ Pro/Am card has been released by the Guyana Boxing Association.
Public servants who access government loans to pursue higher education at the University of Guyana (UG) should have their balances written off after giving five years post-graduation service in the public sector, says executive member of the Working Peoples Alliance (WPA) Tabitha Sarabo-Halley.
The opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is calling on President David Granger to set a date for elections immediately and yesterday said its members are prepared to continue protesting until a date is named even as it has again ruled out returning to parliament to extend the life of the government.
The name Carwyn Holland is synonymous with quite a few gestures.
Following concerns raised by the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GTT) company, cable and internet services provider E-Networks yesterday indicated that it had received the necessary approvals to land a subsea cable here, even as the Ministry of Public Telecommunications remained silent on the issue.
(Reuters) – Millions of young people flooded the streets of cities around the world yesterday to demand political leaders take urgent steps to stop climate change, uniting in a worldwide protest inspired by 16-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg.
Dear Editor, I note with interest your editorial of September 18, 2019 with the headline `In-transit re-fuelling risks’.
The resumption of the cricket action in the City has been affected by the bad weather.
(Trinidad Express) Men wearing police tactical gear shot and killed a Petit Valley man on Thursday night.
Following the completion of last weekend’s season-opening round of matches in the ongoing Bounty Paper Towel – Quicker Picker Upper, Solo Drinks outdoor hockey leagues, GCC Clubs have asserted themselves at the top of the points leader board heading into today’s matches.
US-based Guyanese artist Kwesi Bovell is painting a name for himself.
The father of a little girl who survived severe burns about her body several years ago is seeking donations to fund further treatment for her abroad.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuba is deploying oxen to replace tractors, using wood instead of gas at many state bakeries and advising citizens to save electricity by making the most of daylight as it grapples with an acute fuel shortage amid U.S.
Signs of corrosion on the Passenger Boarding Bridges at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) led to the suspension of their use, Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson said yesterday.
Dear Editor, GECOM has done a disservice to Guyana. From December 21, 2018, GECOM was effectively put on notice: (1) that it must be ready and prepared to hold elections within ninety days; (2) that it must immediately put into motion all acts required to ensure that it can fulfill its constitutional mandate; and (3) that notwithstanding (1) and (2) above, the result of Court decisions demands that the Commission be nimble in its decision making and preparedness.
I did not set out to experiment; it happened out of sheer laziness.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A political battle over a classified whistleblower complaint about U.S.
The 2019 Courts Pee Wee U11 football competition will commence today at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.
The remains of Shaniya Persaud, the seven-year-old who succumbed more than a month after she was severely burnt in a fire that gutted her Mon Repos North, East Coast Demerara (ECD) home, have been returned to Guyana and a funeral service is scheduled for tomorrow.
Dear Editor, It is refreshing to finally read the joint statement issued by the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union, which unequivocally denounced Guyana’s illegal Government for being “in breach of the Constitution following its failure to adhere to the decisions of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on 18 June and its subsequent orders.”
(Trinidad Express) A Tobago teenager charged with the murder of Elias Dabourah appeared before a Tobago Magistrate yesterday.
This week in attempt to prepare for a getaway with my husband, I decided to take a trip to the mall.
Junior national lawn tennis player Vadeanand Resaul retained his under-14 crown at the seventh Bakewell Junior Open tournament after defeating Wayne Barker in the final Thursday evening at the Le Ressouvenir tennis facility courts.
(Trinidad Guardian) Nine high powered guns are among 12 illegals firearms seized by the police within the last 24 hours.
Curse Defined as an expression of evil, misfortune or doom, many believe that curses are inexorable.
Dear Editor, His Excellency has gone out on a far and unfamiliar limb in this country.
COLOMBO, (Reuters) – China’s state-run Aerospace Long-March International Trade Co (ALIT) yesterday rejected Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena’s allegation of misappropriating 2 billion rupees ($11 million) in a deal to work on the construction of South Asia’s tallest tower.
ABUJA, (Reuters) – Nigeria’s anti-fraud office yesterday charged a former petroleum ministry official with accepting bribes and failing to follow protocol over an ill-fated gas deal that has left the government facing a disputed bill of more than $9 billion.
In John Crowley’s new film, The Goldfinch of the title is a Carel Fabritius painting from 1654 that has changed hands and owners for centuries, always surviving tragedy.
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Brazilian federal police proposed criminal charges against Vale SA, auditor TÜV SÜD and 13 of their employees, alleging fraud in relation to a deadly dam collapse in January, according to a document seen by Reuters yesterday.
Dear Editor, In September 1812 Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte’s triumphant but bloodied army entered Moscow having defeated the Russian forces at the battles of Smolensk and Borodino.
The Antonio Brown era in New England is over. The Patriots announced they are cutting the controversial wide receiver yesterday afternoon, just five days after Brown caught four passes for 56 yards and scored a touchdown in his debut with the team.
The Miss Earth Guyana Organization on Monday last launched its national costume, “Queen Amazonica Victoria Regia” as well as a new eco-magazine, Bloom.
The drone attacks on Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities last weekend prompted US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to accuse Iran of perpetrating an “act of war” and they have pushed the Middle East to the brink of a regional conflict.
Dr Genara Thomas, an advanced Microbiologist Specialist and National PAHO Consultant on Antimicrobial Resistance from Argentina, will be conducting a training programme for Guyanese medical personnel from September 25th to September 27th.
