Daily Archive: Monday, December 2, 2013

The first batch of the region’s top Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) and Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) students, along with Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) personnel arrived in Guyana today for the 2013 CXC Awards Ceremony and 45th Meeting of Council.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment was on Wednesday invited by the Chairman and Members of the Parliamentary Sub-Committee on Natural Resources to examine the management and functioning of the natural resources and environmental sectors.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Legendary Jamaican reggae Musician, Junior Murvin, best know for the single ‘Police and Thieves’ is dead.

The recently signed Memorandum of Understanding between Guyana and Trinidad on food security aims to provide investors from Port-of-Spain with the same agricultural incentives, subsidies and exemptions from taxes and duties available to Guyanese.

(Trinidad Express) The State has paid more than TT$53 million in legal fees to attorneys from June 2010-October 2013.

The suspect in the murders of a Moblissa mom and her son was arrested yesterday, even as it was revealed that hours before the killings, he had threatened that he would kill her after she reported to police that he had attacked a relative.

A Mahaicony youth died yesterday morning and two of his friends were injured when the car they were travelling in slammed into a utility pole at Foulis, West Coast Berbice.

A state-owned Chinese company, China Paper, is seeking to develop a project in the agriculture sector here.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment is still to release its findings on the status of a controversial new road that would go past Parabara, in Region Nine, and for which the Bartica miner responsible had obtained the consent of the leader of the community.

(WICB) DUNEDIN, New Zealand – West Indies captain Darren Sammy and head coach Ottis Gibson say they are  looking forward to the three-Test series against New Zealand over the next month.

Patrick Serraio, a Guyanese,l 47 years, of Gibbs St. Peter died at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Barbados on November 30 after being pulled from the sea by two men, police on the island say.

Den Amstel Porknockers edged Silver Shattas in a five-goal thriller 3-2 when action in the Georgetown Football Association (GFA)/Banks Beer Knockout Cup continued on Saturday at the Den Amstel Community ground.

From Donald Duff in New York Fresh off his exploits in the recent Berbice Open table tennis championships where he won the coveted men’s singles crown, para athlete Gibran `Gibby” Hussain is eyeing similar success at this year’s Mike Dempsey Memorial championships which serves off tomorrow in San Diego, California, United States of America.

By Kenesha Fraser Flooding during the past week continues to affect residents of several Essequibo Coast communities who say that the regional administration has not heeded their many complaints and has been negligent in dealing with the matter.

(BBC) James Anderson says sledging is a skill and a key factor in him becoming one of England’s leading bowlers.

Five of the survivors of Saturday afternoon’s accident at Ruby,  Essequibo are in a stable condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

Batsman Somdat Singh slammed his second century of the 2013 New Building Society Second Division 40-Over Cricket Competition which continued on Saturday, taking No.

Guyanese, Professor Bishnodat Persaud and Dr Shirley Sookrie Hanoman-Jhagroo have been conferred with national awards by Barbados on the occasion of that country’s 47th anniversary of independence on November 30.

(The Sports Exchange) – Highlights of Saturday’s National Basketball Association games.

National Drama Festival 2013 winners receive awards: The cast of ‘Watch de Ride’ receiving the award for Best Production from Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Rory McIlroy buried his 2013 title drought in the most dramatic fashion at the Australian Open yesterday and said he thought a largely frustrating season might just make him a more complete player.

Alliance for Change (AFC) member Charrandass Persaud on Friday told reporters that he never resigned from the party and does not intend to do so until the PPP/C loses executive power.

Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr. Frank Anthony presenting the award for Best Production in the Debutant category to the cast of ‘Mara’s Faith’ (GINA photo)

President Donald Ramotar has lauded the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha for continuing the work of its late founder, Pandit Reepu Daman Persaud and for renaming its Sanskritik Kendra in his honour.

Dear Editor, It is now official, the Commonwealth of Dominica is on the verge of being the fourth jurisdiction in the region to cut ties with the British based Privy Council and join the appellate jurisdiction of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ).

(Reuters) – Joe Root is willing to bat anywhere in the order to help England claw their way back from a 1-0 deficit in the Ashes series against Australia, the youngster said yesterday.

Dear Editor, I just recently received what I consider a timely and valuable gift  in the particular circumstances surrounding today’s sugar industry.

The Ministry of Home Affairs can assist in combating Guyana’s solid waste problems by having the Guyana Prison Service use inmates to clear drains and clear away garbage, APNU MP Annette Ferguson said on Friday.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Pakistan have included uncapped opener Sharjeel Khan in their squad for this month’s Twenty20 internationals against Sri Lanka and Afghanistan, but senior players Shoaib Malik and Abdul Razzaq were left out.

Director Neaz Subhan receiving an award for the Best new full length Guyanese stage play for his production ‘When Chocolate Melts’ from Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr.

An Essequibo man on Thursday night fell to his death at his residence.

Dear Editor, A blackout on Friday, November 29 returned to paralyse the whole of Region Two from 7 am to 1am on November 30, and Essequibians are bracing themselves for more blackouts during the Christmas season.

Nkosi Layne who was named Best Director in the junior category for the production ‘Creative Burial Ground’ receiving his award (GINA photo)

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A suburban New York train derailed yesterday, killing four people and injuring 63, including 11 critically, when all seven cars of a Metro-North train ran off the tracks on a sharp curve, officials said.

DUNEDIN, New Zealand,  2013 – West Indies and New Zealand begin their contest in a three-Test series from tomorrow (Monday afternoon Caribbean Time) in Dunedin with an aim to improve their ratings points on the Reliance International Cricket Council (ICC) Test Team Rankings Table.

The Church of the Nazarene has denied any association with a man claiming to be a bishop in the church, who allegedly attempted to defraud a business with a forged cheque.

Dear Editor, On Tuesday, November 26, I ran into Francis Quamina Farrier at Stabroek Market whilst on my way to catch a minibus to go home that evening.

(Reuters) – Two months after the disastrous launch of a website that is a key component of President Barack Obama’s healthcare law, administration officials said yesterday they had met their goal of getting the HealthCare.gov

Twenty-nine hinterland operators two Fridays ago graduated from a three-week course in network operations, primarily transmission and distribution, at a ceremony held at the Guyana Power and Light’s Sophia branch.

NASSAU, Bahamas,  CMC – The Bahamas has reassured the International Association of Athletics Federeation (IAAF) that it stands ready to stage the inaugural World Relays next year.

Sonia Yarde receiving an award for Best actress in a supporting role in both short and full length play categories (GINA photo)

(Barbados Nation) Job layoffs in the public sector that could exceed 3 000 are imminent, foreshadowing a bleak Christ-mas for many Barbadian households.

By Tiffany Barry  Tiffany Barry is a Lecturer in the Department of Sociology and the Women’s Studies Unit, both in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Guyana.

Dear Editor, As a boy growing up in Guyana in the 1970s, I took it for granted that my peers were either “bright” or “dunce.”

SANTO DOMINGO,  (Reuters) – The Domini-can Republic government announced details of a special naturalization process for undocumented “foreigners” and their children born in the Dominican Republic, in a presidential decree issued on Saturday.

The cast of ‘Before her Parting’ receiving the award for best production in the short play category from Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr.

KIEV, (Reuters) – Ukrainian opposition leaders called yesterday for President Viktor Yanukovich and his government to resign at a huge pro-Europe rally of about 350,000 people, marred by violent clashes between protesters and riot police.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Veteran Trent Johnston starred with bat and ball as Ireland overpowered Afghanistan to win Saturday’s ICC World Cup Twenty20 qualifying tournament by 68 runs at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium.

Banks DIH representative, Carlton Joao and the cast of ‘Fare Pickers’ who were placed second runner-up in the category Best Production (short play).

BERLIN, (Reuters) – An American who won this year’s Nobel Prize for economics believes sharp rises in equity and property prices could lead to a dangerous financial bubble and may end badly, he told a German magazine.

Dear Editor, The recent flooding in Georgetown and around the country has nothing to do with the vague warnings from the hydromet office, but total neglect and incompetence by the present administration.

Politikles

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Head coach of Jamaica’s national football team, Winfried Schafer is one of three nominees for the German Football Ambassador title.

In the past six weeks there has been an increase in road accidents on the Essequibo Coast.

(Part 11) Commonsense would seem to dictate that public accountability, based on state audit, should apply to all forms of expenditure, irrespective of how or where they are incurred…It makes little sense to study carefully and continuously the payments which are made through the front door while being obliged to turn a blind eye to the expenditure – which nowadays are often equally large in total – taking place via the back door.

With nothing much for the country to celebrate, it was perhaps unsurprising that the second anniversary of the November 28, 2011 elections came and went without much fanfare or notice.

TEGUCIGALPA,  (Reuters) – Honduras’ defeated leftist presidential candidate, the wife of ousted former leader Manuel Zelaya, led thousands of supporters onto the streets of Tegucigalpa yesterday to protest an election result she has called fraudulent.