Daily Archive: Sunday, June 30, 2013

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Opener Johnson Charles slammed 97 but it was left to West Indies last wicket pair of fast-bowlers Kemar Roach and Tino Best to scramble a thrilling one- wicket victory over India in the second game of the Tri-Nation ODI series at Sabina Park today.

(Jamaica Observer) Top Jamaican sprinter Yohan Blake will not defend his 100 metres title at the World Championship in Athletics in Moscow, Russia next August, the Sunday Observer understands.

Patrick Mentore, head of the panel of civilians set up to oversee police reforms said allegations about him in a book about the US visa scam were raised since 2001 and he had dealt with them.

PORTOVIEJO, Ecuador,  (Reuters) – Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa said today the fate of former U.S.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A Supreme Court judge has ruled that the police have no power, under the Road Traffic Act, to arbitrarily stop and search motor vehicles, opening the door for a flood of lawsuits.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has not handed over or left any of her electronic communication devices with the police.

(Trinidad Express) Acting chief executive of Caribbean Airlines (CAL) Robert Corbie has resigned with immediate effect from the cash-strapped national carrier.

While the business community foresees a range of difficulties in the implementation of the new national minimum wage and the five-day work week from tomorrow, Minister of Labour Dr Nanda Gopaul says government will not yield to calls to delay the start date since there was enough notice of the impending changes.

Story and photos by Mandy Thompson Most people have probably never heard of Swan other than those who actually live in that general area; it is not even in Guyana’s Gazetteer. 

A 34-year-old truck driver of Bath Housing Scheme, West Coast Berbice was discovered dead in a yard at Woodley Park Village early yesterday morning.

Director General of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) Zulficar Mohammed says that once Fly Jamaica could satisfy its requirements for its Toronto and New York destinations, it could commence operation by the end of July.

A Corentyne carpenter was pronounced dead on arrival at the Skeldon Public Hospital yesterday morning after he was involved in an accident, sometime between 8 am and 9 am, on the Number 47 Village Public Road.

A team from a regional financial body yesterday met with the joint opposition to address the need for amendments to the anti-money laundering legislation and it also made clear that passage of the law alone would not get Guyana off the hook.

Police lack sufficient evidence to charge the prime suspect in the murder of taxi driver Balram Jadoonauth and his family believes that had investigators worked harder from the beginning and paid attention to certain details, they would have been able to build a strong case.

Region Six Chairman David Armogan on Friday urged that residents report substandard works as the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) signed contracts worth over $60M in total for capital projects to be done in the Number 52 to Number 74 Corentyne district and in the polders of Black Bush.

Two months after the preliminary report on City Hall’s restoration was submitted by the two overseas consultants to the Mayor & City Council, everything is at a standstill while the building continues to deteriorate.

Geeta Singh-Knight, the embattled former CEO of the beleaguered insurance and investment giant Clico, confirmed to this newspaper that she is no longer a member of the Board of Directors of the Berbice Bridge Company Inc.

One way or the other, if any nation is to do well, beneath and beyond the rhetoric and the fruitless slogans, the real work has to be done by ordinary people who do not indulge in the rhetoric and who do not shout the slogans.

I’ve always been intrigued by the process in which the apparatus of a culture is gradually modified, even mutated, by persons migrating from one culture taking up permanent residence in the host one.

Guyanese who were employed with TAGG TV are still waiting to be paid for their months of work on the flopped social media-driven initiative that was meant to promote Guyana’s tourism product.

Commercial Manager of the Limacol Caribbean Premier League Jamie Stewart yesterday praised the government for their assistance for the inaugural tournament which gets underway next month.

That the current structure of the PPP is no longer effective, accountable and democratic is clearly indicated by the fact that  since I became a member of the PPP’s leading bodies in the early 1970s, none of these bodies have ever had a financial report, despite the fact that a Secretary for Finance is elected by the new Central Committee after every

Even though the Guyana Police Force has declared “zero tolerance” for domestic violence the treatment meted out to victims of physical and sexual violence at some police stations has left a lot to be desired.

A group has taken up the challenge of returning Festival City to its glory days with the ultimate aim of making it self-sustainable.

I might have mentioned before that, unlike a human foetus, which is usually only one by itself in the womb surrounded by its own thin covering membrane (the amniotic sac), the each of the several puppies in a bitch’s womb is surrounded by its own enveloping bag.

Former junior prodigy, Raynauth Jeffrey continues to establish himself as one of Guyana’s premier senior cyclists.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) yesterday approved the setting up of an Integrity Commission to look into the over one billions dollars which the previous administration received from FIFA through the annual subvention.

Frustrated bus drivers plying the 32 bus route are calling on authorities to give them some sort of assistance since they say they are being bullied by touts who operate on the bus park.

Israel’s Boris Gelfand has won the Tal Memorial ahead of Carlsen, who placed second, and world champion Vishy Anand who finished almost at the bottom of the table.

Introduction I wish to acknowledge the generosity of all those persons who have shared information and their time and expertise relevant to this column.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – West Indies captain Dwayne Bravo has expressed great delight with his team’s impressive victory over Sri Lanka in their opening match of the CELKON Mobile Cup Tournament and says the team’s confidence is high heading into today’s clash with India.

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Member of Parliament Dr George Norton said the Ministry of Health is to be held responsible for the current state of the West Demerara Regional Hospital (WDRH) where the environment for the delivery of health care is not conducive and the Leonora Cottage Hospital where large quantities of expired drugs were discovered.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic continued to match title rival Andy Murray stride for stride with a nonchalant march into the last 16 as the leading seeds flourished in the Wimbledon sunshine yesterday.

After months of deliberation, the three European branches of governance have agreed to delay the end of the sugar quota system to 2017, giving Guyana an extra two years to reform the ailing sugar sector.

By Tony Cozier It only needed a quick glance around Sabina Park on Friday to understand why India are here for the ODI triangular with the West Indies and Sri Lanka rather than the two Tests, three ODIs and one Twenty20 against Sri Lanka as stipulated on the International Cricket Council’s Future Tours Programme (FTP).

The performance of a play in Georgetown, Pleasing Mrs Jones, by a Linden drama group led by Mike James revealed a number of very interesting developments in the popular theatre that suggest the way Guyana is reflecting current regional trends. 

LONDON, UK,  CMC – The West Indies will host the International Cricket Council (ICC) Women’s World Twenty20 in 2018 and the Under-19 Cricket World Cup in 2022.

Project finance Last week I had indicated that this week’s column would be devoted to the further elaboration of the financing structure of the Amaila Falls Hydro Project (AFHP).

Defending champion Abigail McDonald suffered a shock defeat as the national scrabble championships got underway yesterday morning at the Bank of Guyana Roof Garden.

As part of the Ministry of Health’s efforts to reduce and eliminate lymphatic filariasis and control soil-transmitted helminthes in Region Five, 180 volunteers have been participating in a training and evaluation programme.

(Reuters) – Usman Khawaja, Phil Hughes and Brad Haddin scored half-centuries as Australia put a difficult week behind them to notch a six-wicket win over Somerset in their four-day tour match which ended yesterday.

Orchids belong to the Orchidaceae family and the name orchid derives from the Greek word ‘orchis’ which means ‘testicle’ ‒ a term that describes the roots of the orchids.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Former West Indies captain and batting legend Sir Vivian Richards believes the inaugural Limacol Caribbean Premier League (CPL) will provide young cricketers with an opportunity to display and hone their skills in a competitive environment.

Looking for something that cooks up in about 10 minutes that’s hearty?

Nicaragua’s $40 billion deal with a Chinese company to build a trans-oceanic waterway that will compete with the Panama Canal will either be Latin America’s most important economic project in more than a century or the biggest government scam in the region’s history.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Television audiences around the world have been watching the Confederations Cup in record numbers this month despite anti-government protests which has formed a violent background to the competition, FIFA said yesterday.

CAIRO (Reuters) – Mass demonstrations across Egypt today may determine its future, two and half years after people power toppled a dictator they called Pharaoh and ushered in a democracy crippled by bitter divisions.

BASTIA, France, (Reuters) – Double champion Alberto Contador took a spectacular tumble as the Tour de France got off to a chaotic start with German Marcel Kittel winning a crash-marred opening stage yesterday.

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – President Dilma Rousseff’s approval rating sank by 27 percentage points in the last three weeks, a poll showed yesterday in the strongest evidence yet that the recent wave of street protests sweeping Brazil poses a serious threat to her likely re-election bid next year.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – About a dozen Caribbean athletes led by double Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica are down to compete at the Diamond League meeting at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, United Kingdom today.

ZAGREB (Reuters) – Croatia becomes the 28th member of the European Union at midnight tonight, a milestone that caps the Adriatic republic’s recovery from war but is tinged with anxiety over the state of the economy and the bloc it joins.

BERLIN (Reuters) – The United States has bugged European Union offices and gained access to EU internal computer networks, according to secret documents cited in a German magazine yesterday, the latest in a series of exposures of alleged US spy programmes.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Spain’s famously lugubrious coach Vicente Del Bosque was delighted Spain were playing Brazil in the Confederations Cup final at the Maracana today – even if he was not showing it.

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces launched a major offensive yesterday against rebels in Homs, a centre of the two-year-old uprising, in their latest drive to secure an axis connecting Damascus to the Mediterranean.

Dear Editor, On June 27 it was published in a letter in Stabroek News that a motor car was ordered into Cove and John police compound and the passenger (tourist Nalini Mohabir), after being ordered out of the vehicle, was left stranded on the public road with her suitcases.

Remittances continue to play a central role in the lives of many families in the Caribbean.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Victory over world and European champions Spain in the Confederations Cup final would help Brazil regain lost credibility and respect from their fans, coach Luiz Felipe Scolari said on the eve of  today’s match.

PILTON, England (Reuters) – Tomato fights, anarchic gymnasts and astrophysics drew festival-goers of all ages away from the mainstream music acts at Britain’s Glastonbury festival this weekend.

Dear Editor, The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation has noted your article in your June 29 edition headlined ‘Mother says being kept in dark about hospitalised toddler’s condition – brain damage suspected.’

QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa said on Saturday the United States had asked him not to grant asylum for former US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden in a “cordial” telephone conversation he held with US Vice Presi-dent Joe Biden.

The final of this year’s Linden Secondary Schools U19 basketball championships will be contested between Christianburg/Wismar Secondary and Wisburg Secondary Schools following their semi-final wins on Friday at the Mackenzie Sports Club Hardcourt.

On 1st October this year, the University of Guyana will celebrate 50 years since it first opened its doors.

A decorated chariot, part of ISKON’s Ratha Yatra parade along the Rupert Craig Highway yesterday at Triumph, East Coast Demerara.

X2 – Adrian Dutchin (left) and Jumo Primo joined GT&T yesterday for a promotional parade for its ‘After 2’ service.