Daily Archive: Sunday, December 9, 2012

Construction of the micro-hydro power plant at Chiung Falls in Kato, Region Eight is expected to start by October 2013, according to Prime Minister Sam Hinds.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates,  CMC – Off-spinner Sunil Narine and talismanic opener Chris Gayle have suffered contrasting fortunes in the latest International Cricket Council’s one-day player rankings released today.

During yesterday, police ranks conducted a search on a mining camp at Karisparu, North Pakaraimas, during which 176 pieces of Ibigel brand explosives were found.

MADRID,  (Reuters) – Barcelona forward Lionel Messi set a record for goals scored in a calendar year of 86 when he netted his second of the night in a La Liga game at Real Betis today, beating Gerd Mueller’s 40-year-old record of 85.

The police say they are investigating the murder of businessman Kamall Ramsahoye, 38 years, of Annandale, ECD, whose body was found in his home at about 0730h today with suspected multiple stab wounds.

Police today said that three bandits were wounded in a shoot-out with them early this morning at Betsy Ground, Canje after they had attempted to break into a house.

DHAKA, Bangladesh,  CMC – Captain Darren Sammy was left defending under-performing opener Chris Gayle after West Indies slid to a 3-2 defeat in the five-match One-Day International series against Bangladesh here Saturday.

(Jamaica Observer) ST JOHN’S, Antigua — It was not the start that they hoped for, but the reality is that football can be a cruel sport.

Sunday, December 09, 2012 (Jamaica Observer editorial) We won’t presume to know whether Mr Michael Misick, the former premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI), is guilty or innocent of the corruption charges being laid against him.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Placement and Career Services at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona has partnered with 20 private-sector companies in a new Job Shadowing Experience Programme (JSEP), intended to initially help 500 students make better career choices and get exposure to the world of work.

(Trinidad Express) Questions are being raised by Tobagonians over a multi-million dollar house recently built for cash by Tobago House of Assembly (THA) Minority Leader Ashworth Jack and on lands for which he has no deed.

(BBC) England wrapped up a seven-wicket victory on day five of the third Test to take a 2-1 lead and move close to a first series win in India since 1985.

LAS VEGAS, (Reuters) – Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez threw a “perfect punch” to knock out Manny Pacquiao in the sixth round of their non-title welterweight bout on Saturday, earning his first win over the Filipino in four attempts.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Russia said today it was not holding any talks on the future of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, dismissing speculation that it is preparing for its ally’s potential exit from power.

PRETORIA,  (Reuters) – Former South African president Nelson Mandela spent a second day in a Pretoria military hospital today for medical tests and the government said the anti-apartheid leader’s condition was comfortable.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez returns to Cuba today for more surgery after a recurrence of cancer led him to name a successor for the first time in a sign the disease may force an end to his 14-year rule.

Work on local government reform legislation—expected to lay the foundations for the holding of polls due since 1997—has hit another roadblock as the government and opposition are at an impasse on which side should chair the parliamentary committee that has been set up to drive the process forward.

Story and photos by Shabna Ullah Blairmont, West Bank Berbice which is divided into four settlements is well known as a sugar producing area and for providing employment for hundreds of persons at the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) estate.

Poinsettias have become a symbol of Christmas.  The poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima) is originally from Mexico where it was grown by the Aztecs of Central Mexico as a shrub many centuries before it was introduced to the United States by Joel Poinsett – hence the name. 

Although “big noise” is being made over interceptions of cocaine shipments due to leave Guyana, nothing is being said about how the drugs are getting into the country in the first place, according to opposition leader Brigadier (rtd) David Granger.

The Southern Tamandua or Tamandua (Tamandua tetradactyla) is classified as a “true anteater”; other true anteaters in Guyana include the Giant Anteater and Silky Anteater, both of which have been featured in this column previously.

The US$5 million Micro and Small Enterprise Development project, another project to be funded through the Guyana-Norway forests partnership, has been approved, clearing the way for implementation by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).

– deny Ramsammy being misled The supervising engineers for the Hope Canal Project yesterday responded to concerns raised about “substandard” work on the project and rejected a suggestion that Minister of Agriculture, Dr Leslie Ramsammy, was misled about the progress of the works.

Out of infinite pain the mind of man can fashion beauty.

Benny Wenda has horrible memories of his childhood days in West Papua and relates chilling stories of his village being bombed by the Indonesian military and watching his female relatives being raped in front of his eyes.

The Salvation Army which had placed its Christmas kettle outside Fogarty’s yesterday also had its band members on hand, and encouraged donations with its renditions of Christmas carols.

Flexing: Female bodybuilders posing on stage at the National Cultural Centre at Flex Night last night  (Photo by Orlando Charles)

Former Leader of the Opposition and the PNCR Robert Corbin has said that Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee was symbolic of the security sector’s inability to perform and he should take responsibility for this.

DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh kept calm under pressure to clinch their one-day series against Twenty20 world champions West Indies 3-2 yesterday, hailed by captain Mushfiqur Rahim as his nation’s biggest victory.

Guyanese writer Jan Carew, best known for his novel Black Midas, died last Wednesday from natural causes at his home at Louisville, Kentucky, in the United States.

(Reuters) – Denmark’s Mikkel Kessler reclaimed the WBA super-middleweight world title by stopping Northern Ireland’s Brian Magee in the third round in front of a noisy home crowd in Herning yesterday.

A few days ago a state owned Russian vessel, a liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier, the Ob River, completed a voyage from Norway to Japan by taking the northern sea route across the Arctic Ocean.

The adjectives that littered Caribbean newspapers after the defeats by seven wickets (with 58 balls remaining) and 160 runs (when they could last only 31.1 overs and cobble together 132) accurately described the West Indies performances in the first two ODIs of the series that was yesterday secured 3-2 by Bangladesh.

By Emmerson Campbell The Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) will do everything in its power to put athletes that have excelled in the National School’s Championships on the road to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Sorry to disappoint you, but the widely popular notion of art as being the result of a spur-of-the-moment inspiration, of a bulb lighting up, is one that is generally false. 

– $580M spent up to mid November, Wordsworth says The Community Drainage and Irrigation Project (CDIP) is under tighter supervision having been restructured following reports of poor management and poor supervision of the works being done in communities.

Groups get ready to take off on the Guyana Equality Forum’s ‘Walk for Equality’ for Human Rights Day yesterday.

The student of Golden Grove Secondary School, who stabbed another student in the back with an ice-pick in the school yard after a gambling row, was suspended for his violent behaviour.

– CONCACAF to look at ending impasse The world governing body for football, FIFA along with its Caribbean arm CONCACAF will move to end the impasse between the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) and the Georgetown Football Association (GFA), a press release from Khalsan Public Relations Incorporated said.

DOHA (Reuters) – Almost 200 nations extended a weakened United Nations plan for combating global warming until 2020 yesterday with a modest set of measures that would do nothing to halt rising world greenhouse gas emissions.

Police Commissioner (ag) Leroy Brumell on Friday assured that investigators are still working to bring those responsible for the brutal murder of two Kato-based policemen to justice.

CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi cancelled a decree which had sparked huge protests by giving him sweeping powers.

Introduction   Perhaps it is the constant stream of news coming out of Trinidad about Commissions of Enquiry, referring files to the Director of Public Prosecution or about police investigations in that country.

Dear Editor, Please see below statement issued by the PPP: “1. 

AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian rebel groups have chosen Brigadier Selim Idris, a former officer in President Bashar al-Assad’s army, to head their new Islamist-dominated military command, opposition sources said yesterday.

The 95-point political agreement signed by Mexico’s three biggest political parties this week may have a positive impact on Mexico, and could teach a lesson of civility to the US Congress as it continues fighting over how to avert a fiscal cliff.

(Trinidad Guardian) The T&T Publishers and Broadcasters Association (TTPBA) is making strides to uphold press freedom in the country.

GAZA (Reuters) – Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal, in a defiant speech during his first ever visit to Gaza, told a mass rally yesterday he would never recognise Israel and pledged to “free the land of Palestine inch by inch.”

Dear Editor, In his presentation at the awards dinner of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry last Thursday Mr Clinton Urling, the Chamber’s President included in his wish list for Guyana a stronger civil society.

By Alim Hosein Alim Hosein is a linguist, lecturing in the Department of Language and Cultural Studies in the School of Education and Humanities at the University of Guyana. 

ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti announced yesterday that he would resign once next year’s budget is approved, two days after Silvio Berlusconi’s party withdrew its parliamentary support for his technocrat government.

(Trinidad Guardian) Homosexuals, lesbians and bisexuals in T&T will no longer be discriminated against if the national gender policy is approved by Cabinet.

Sunday’s Cartoon

Members of the Guyana Steel Pan Orchestra serenading the public outside the Police Consumers Co-op on Robb Street yesterday.

Continued Vaginal infection (Vaginitis) Bacterial infection of the vagina often spreads to the urinary tract causing a burning sensation on urination and increased frequency in the voiding of urine. 

Dear Editor, I am availing myself of the facility provided by your columns to comment on ministerial responsibility, a constitutional issue of current national interest.

Last week this newspaper reported on a picketing exercise protesting the decision to locate the monument commemorating the 1823 rising along the seawall opposite Camp Ayanganna.