Daily Archive: Sunday, November 17, 2013

The Cheddi Jagan International Airport Corporation (CJIAC) has recorded a loss of $230M for the year 2011.

Concerns are being ex-pressed over reports that a road is being built in one of Guyana’s most pristine and biodiversity rich areas in Region Nine (Upper Takutu/Upper Essequibo) and the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment has dispatched a team to investigate.

Story and photos by Gaulbert Sutherland There’s Egypt in the Land of Canaan.

A former Guyana Defence Force (GDF) officer died yesterday morning after being riddled with bullets minutes after he stepped out of a popular nightclub on Main Street in Georgetown.

Longstanding Demerara Distillers Ltd Chairman Yesu Persaud is to retire. Demerara Distillers (DDL) made the announcement yesterday in a press conference held at the Pegasus.

Members of the opposition want government to properly account for the lack of output by the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) over the years it has been active and called government’s non-submission of annual reports for years prior to 2011 disdainful of the principles of transparency and accountability.

Opposition Leader David Granger says a more effective police force would reduce the need to license private citizens to hold guns for protection.

At ten years old little Sasha Davi Bharrat’s only wish is to “get an education,” but she is prevented from doing so because she suffers from a rare condition that speeds her skin cell turnover, causing the top layer to shed six times faster than in a normal person.

Road safety groups are advocating that young inexperienced drivers be banned from driving “big weapon” vehicles and are calling on Parliament to revise the Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulations.

A 65-year-old farmer of Port Mourant, in Region Six, is among approximately 150 recent graduates of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) courses run by the Basic Needs Trust Funds (BNTF) in collaboration with the Board of Industrial Training (BIT).

Raynauth Jeffrey did it again yesterday. The Team Coco’s standout followed up Thursday’s first stage win by out pedaling 35 rival wheelsmen in yesterday’s penultimate stage in Essequibo to cement his place as race leader heading into today’s fifth and final stage.

While Health Minister Fuad Khan’s wife Carol Bhagan-Khan, may be well qualified for the job of NWRHA director of  health, the problem is perception of favouritism, say two experts. 

Conclusion   This week’s column indicates the remaining markers that go along with the strategic guideposts provided earlier for a way forward in dealing with Guyana’s situation in regard to money laundering, the financing of terrorism and proliferation.

MUMBAI, India, CMC – A work-man-like half-century from Denesh Ramdin failed to inspire West Indies and India gifted Sachin Tendulkar an innings and 126-run victory in the second Test yesterday to mark his retirement from the international cricket.

As sporting humiliations go, the West Indies latest, that ended yesterday with their second loss to India by an innings within three days, was up there with the all-out 54 at Lord’s and the two-day defeat at Headingley in 2000, the year that they should have celebrated the 50th anniversary of their first Test victory in England.

Commissioner of Police Leroy Brummel Friday night said that despite the Police Force winning the 2013 Inter-Services Annual Athletic Championships (ISAAC), the entire joint service was the winner.

A new book on Guyanese Literature written by Petamber Persaud, is scheduled to be launched at the National Library on November 22.

Watching the West Indies batsmen in India in the current cricket clash, one is reminded of the instances in everyday Caribbean life where we run down the wicket, swing vigorously, and miss.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Premier League continues today with eight fixtures to be played at four venues across the country.

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Global powers and Iran are close to a preliminary deal to rein in Tehran’s nuclear programme and should not pass up a “very good chance” to clinch it, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in remarks broadcast yesterday.

The Smith Memorial Congregational Church on Brickdam celebrates its 170th anniversary next Sunday, November 24.

Catharanthus rosens commonly called Periwinkle, Never Done or Vinca originates from Madagascar. 

Competitive Sevens club rugby returns to the National Park today with the staging of the Flavor’s Fish shop Creole Food and Food Bar tournament.

Continued from last week   Asymmetry of information The proposed regulatory changes identified in the previous part of this article reflect several deficiencies in the form and substance of reports. 

MONACO, CMC – Jamaica’s top female sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is threatening to boycott competing in her effort to get more attention for athletes on the island.

MUMBAI, India, CMC – West Indies captain Darren Sammy said his team ‘never showed up’ for the Test series against India following an innings and 126-run defeat yesterday.

BEIRUT (Reuters) – A group of Syrian Sunni Muslim rebels linked to al Qaeda have beheaded one of their own wounded fighters after mistaking him for a foreign Shi’ite fighting for President Bashar al-Assad, a monitoring group said yesterday.

Continued from last week   Puppy diseases   So far, we have been looking at the caring of the newborn puppy. 

The Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) will be bringing the curtain down today on what can be described as an outstanding year for the sport both nationally and internationally with the hosting of its premier event, the senior national championships.

The Third National Drama Festival of Guyana, which is now in session, seems to be confirming the growing trend among Guyanese playwrights to use drama to tackle burning social issues.

TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Clashes between rival Libyan militias killed at least one and wounded a dozen others yesterday a day after more than 40 people died in the worst street fighting in the capital Tripoli since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi two years ago.

In the 47 years of Guyana’s post-independence history, Guyanese have had the opportunity only once, in 1994, of having freely elected our local leaders.

A telling spell of bowling from pacer Keon Sinclair steered Rose Hall Town Pepsi cricket team into the Semi-finals of the Elizabeth Styles Under-19 limited overs cricket competition after they defeated Skeldon Community Centre by 46 runs in a quarter-final encounter recently.

Dear Editor,   Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI), the nation’s supplier of water and sanitation services, wishes to thank your publication for highlighting the complaint published in the Thursday, November 14 edition of the Stabroek News, titled ‘GWI has not responded to sewage backup in yard after two weeks.’

MUMBAI, India, CMC – West Indies off-spinners Marlon Samuels and Shane Shillingford have been reported with suspected illegal bowling actions during the second Test against India, which ended in Mumbai yesterday.

The spirit grows weary with the weight of woe in the world at large and here at home.

Dear Editor,   Although I first read it in the online Demerara Waves, it was surely headline news  in all the  newspapers  at home. 

MONACO, CMC – Jamaica’s World and Olympic champions Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce were named World Athletes of the Year on Saturday.

In chess, in world championship matches, a player can reveal himself to his opponent by his choice of opening move.

COLOMBO (Reuters) – Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron on Saturday said he would push for an independent inquiry into allegations of war crimes at the end of Sri Lanka’s 26-year civil war, drawing an angry response from the island nation’s president.

If you like lump meat crab cakes then you will definitely enjoy this version of fish cakes.

(Trinidad Guardian) Barbados police have defended the decision to file criminal charges against three media workers in an ongoing secondary school sex scandal.

Calvin Allen, coach of BK Western Tigers football club, says that even though his side will competing in the Georgetown Football Association (GFA)/Banks Beer Cup for the first time he is of the opinion that his charges possess the ability to walk away with the title.

Geneva (CMC) – The United Nations human rights office has condemned the recent racist attacks in France against French Guyanese-born Minister of Justice Christiane Taubira.

ROME (Reuters) – Silvio Berlusconi, facing expulsion from parliament over a tax conviction and a revolt which split his centre-right party, said yesterday he may no longer back Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta but would not be able to bring down the government.

Dear Editor,   In the aftermath of the mayhem on Middle Street, there has been the usual finger-pointing, handwringing, and second guessing. 

League action in the Stag Beer sponsored West Demerara Football Association (WDFA) senior tournament will continue today with a double header at the Den Amstel Community ground.

Dear Editor,   Mr Rex McKay SC responded to my last letter published in the press (‘The judge had to satisfy herself whether the ongoing publications in the Guyana Times posed a real danger…’ SN, November 11).

PARIS (Reuters) – A group of French celebrities including singer Charles Aznavour and actress Catherine Deneuve have signed a petition against a socialist proposal to punish clients of prostitutes.

It is hard to imagine any discussion on the Caribbean economy taking place without, at some point, it focusing on how best to encourage diversification, enhance competitiveness or attract investment in new industries.

The University of Guyana has advised in a press release that the UG Library will be open today and for the next four Sundays (November 17 and 24 and December 1, 8 and 15) from 10 am to 5 pm.

Dear Editor,   In reading the Stabroek News of Saturday November 9, in an article titled ‘Executive against tax-free salaries across judiciary,’ I learnt that the Chancellor of the Judiciary is receiving tax- free dollars.

The Ministry of Home Affairs can bluster as much as it pleases; nothing demonstrated the shortcomings of the police more clearly than the events in Middle Street on Tuesday. 

More than two years after President Obama announced his plan to increase US-Latin American college-student exchanges to 100,000 in each direction by 2020, the programme may be advancing too slowly to meet its target.