Daily Archive: Sunday, June 22, 2014

MANAUS, Brazil, (Reuters) – Portuguese substitute Silvestre Varela grabbed a dramatic stoppage-time equaliser to secure a 2-2 draw with the United States in World Cup Group G today.

Ceon Maynard who was charged earlier this year with robbing a man of his gold chain, was fined $75 000 last week after he was found guilty of the offence.

(Barbados Nation) Peter Tosh never hid his love for ganja. He wrote several songs about its spiritual powers and was a passionate advocate for its legalisation.

In anticipation of the upcoming National Toshaos Council meeting, the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) of Region Nine held a Regional Toshaos conference to address issues affecting their communities, GINA said.

In anticipation of the upcoming National Toshaos Council meeting, the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) of Region Nine held a Regional Toshaos conference to address issues affecting their communities, GINA said.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) on Friday, graduated 276 new soldiers who have completed 10 weeks of training on its first Basic Recruits Course for the year.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) on Friday, graduated 276 new soldiers who have completed 10 weeks of training on its first Basic Recruits Course for the year.

Canadian oil exploration company CGX Energy Inc has announced that it now has until October 31 next year to begin drilling for oil on its Corentyne block.

(Trinidad Express) Wealthy Qatari Mohamed bin Hammam and his nine-member delegation quite literally walked straight through Immigration and Customs to the VIP lounge of Piarco International Airport before being whisked away in an executive ride to the Hyatt Regency (Trinidad) Hotel  on the morning of May 9, 2011 with a suitcase full of bribe money.

Story and photos by Kenesha Fraser Hampton Court, a predominantly East Indian village located between Devonshire Castle and Windsor Castle, is well-populated but most of the people who live there, Sunday Stabroek was told, “don’t like publicity.”

A popular America Street money changer remains in a critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital after he was attacked and shot by three masked men in West Ruimveldt on Friday night.

A 47-year-old City Constabulary Quartermaster whose lifeless body was discovered around 5.30 am yesterday by relatives at his Sophia home is believed to have committed suicide.

PNCR leader David Granger seems poised to retain the party’s leadership during its 18th Biennial Congress next month as none of its leading members seem interested in challenging him for the top spot.

Accessibility and geological information on lands to be opened for mining are crucial if miners are to take up the land, President of the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Associa-tion (GGDMA) Patrick Harding says.

Eleven-year-old Jeremiah Bentham describes his mother as a “pusher” without whom he could not have done so extraordinarily well at the recently completed Grade Six Assessment.

A 17-year-old ‘A’ Field, Sophia resident who was stabbed by his cousin late Friday night is slowly recovering in the Intensive Care Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital, family said yesterday.

A 50-year-old man died in hospital yesterday two days after he was struck down by a car at Montrose, East Coast Demerara (ECD) as he was allegedly attempting to cross the road.

Top officials of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) are due in Guyana tomorrow ahead of their all-important meeting with the Guyana Government over the contentious Cricket Administration Bill which was recently passed in the National Assembly.

APNU MP Joseph Harmon has tendered a question to Parliament on the cost of the Rodney Commission of Inquiry (CoI) considering that it has now been reported that proceedings may extend up to December.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Argentina captain Lionel Messi and record-equalling Miroslav Klose of Germany rode to the rescue of their teams with trademark goals on another day of rich entertainment at the World Cup finals yesterday.

A trainee pilot was early yesterday morning shot during an altercation with a man known to him at Diamond.

We’ve got to go back 15 years, to the 1999 home series against Australia, to find as unlikely a turnaround for the West Indies’ as that in the second Test against New Zealand at the Queen’s Park Oval on Friday.

We have rock stars in the Caribbean; we don’t call them that, but, in the North American meaning of the term, that’s what they are.

The Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) has officially reduced its 2014 Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) Championship male squad to 18 players.

The recent discharge of a community policeman who was charged with shooting a man to death has once again opened discussion about what options are available to police to ensure that witnesses, especially those in high-profile cases, turn up to testify.

As indicated last week, today’s column is the last in the series of columns that I started on January 5, 2014 aimed at appraising the crisis state of Guyana’s sugar industry.

The National Assembly on Thursday relegated the Wildlife Import and Export Bill 2014 to a special parliamentary committee for further consideration owing to several concerns by the opposition, including inadequate consultations.

Newly re-elected Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos’ proposal to prohibit successive presidential re-elections is the best political initiative I have seen in South America in recent years.

LEEDS, England, (Reuters) – Opener Sam Robson hit his maiden test century before Sri Lanka fought back with four late wickets on the second day of the second test at Headingley, England closing on 320 for six, a lead of 63.

Once again the issue of an apology from the PNCR has become topical.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – New Zealand skipper Brendon McCullum believes one bad session cost his side the second Test against West Indies, and says they need to stick to their game plan if they are to win the third Test and the series.

One must be thankful that there are things to read other than the blood-filled and vitriol-laced pages of the daily newspapers.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – New Zealand off-spinner Kane Williamson has been reported for having a suspected illegal bowling action, the International Cricket Council confirmed yesterday.

Declining fortunes This is no time for naysayers to gloat about the declining fortunes of the gold industry and the conundrum of the rice industry.

Lady, a new magazine which proclaims the value of female empowerment and celebrates the achievements of remarkable Guyanese women, was officially launched on June 18.

Keon Rutherford, Sherwin Sampson and Brighton John were the standout performers yesterday when the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA)

Two weeks ago, on ACP day – an event to the best of my knowledge not widely celebrated – an unusually frank and honest lecture was delivered at the European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM).

The 2013-2014 edition of the Guyana Annual Magazine is now going into production and is requesting submissions from local writers for unpublished works of poetry, short fiction and children’s writing.

Continued from last week Haematomas/Seromas I had promised last week (and the week before) to deal with ear haematomas.

Dear Editor, My blog of April 20, 2014 was captioned Doubts about Government respecting the budget non-approvals.

The Guyana Police Force will be holding its 59th track and field championships at the Police Sports Club ground, Eve Leary as part of its 175th anniversary and already corporate businesses have begun to support the event.

This morning is new, but the sun that made it is old.

One year after the badly disfigured body of Guyana Defence Force (GDF) corporal Akeem Sampson was found sprawled on a bed in his locked Lamaha Springs home, his killer continues to roam free and there are no indications that the police are actively looking for anyone.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Rookie West Indies opener Kraigg Brathwaite has made a dramatic jump in the ICC Test Player rankings, following his maiden Test century against New Zealand at Queen’s Park Oval earlier this week.

A fair number of elite grandmasters, including world champion Magnus Carlsen, Anand, Caruana, Karjakin and Judit Polgar have been doing chess battle at the World Rapid and Blitz championships in Dubai, UAE.

Robbery under arms accused Keron Cummings who was one of the prisoners who escaped during a well-planned break-out from the lockups at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court last month, was yesterday morning recaptured, Crime Chief Leslie James has confirmed.

ANBAR, Iraq (Reuters) – Sunni fighters have seized a border post on the Iraq-Syria frontier, security sources said, smashing a line drawn by colonial powers a century ago in a campaign to create an Islamic Caliphate from the Mediterranean Sea to Iran.

NEW YORK/BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Argentina splashed advertisements in leading U.S.

Captain Gerry Gouveia is among the persons who will be giving testimony when the next session of the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry (CoI) begins, according to the commission’s lead counsel Glen Hanoman.

SIBARI, Italy (Reuters) – Francis yesterday issued the strongest attack on organised crime groups by a pontiff in two decades, accusing them of practising the “the adoration of evil” and saying mafiosi are excommunicated.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies selectors have predictably named an unchanged 14-man squad for the decisive third Test against New Zealand starting at Kensington Oval here next Thursday.

The Black capped donocobius is a cheerful and conspicuous bird along the canals in the Botanical Gardens in Georgetown. 

I am sure that it has not escaped your consciousness that most of the recipes shared in ‘In Good Taste’ are based on experimentations.

AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian jets bombed yesterday rebel-held eastern areas close to the border with Iraq under the control of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, killing and injuring dozens in stepped up raids against the militant group since its Iraqi offshoot made stunning gains in northern Iraq.

Jaime Skeete was born with a disability that saw him spending more time in the hospital than he did in school when he was a boy, but even with that challenge he not only excelled academically but by virtue of his determination he became a swimming coach at one of the better known swimming clubs in Guyana.

Dear Editor, Recently on Hard Talk, Minister Juan Edghill MP said that that there is no scientific evidence anywhere that anybody is born to be gay.

A special softball cricket tournament held in honour of top softball player Wayne Jones will take place today at the Demerara Cricket Club ground, Queenstown from 9.30am.

Linden schools Wisburg Secondary and Wismar/Christianburg Secondary registered victories when the national semi-final round of the Guyana Sports Development Foundation Pepsi/Scotiabank tourney concluded yesterday at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) ground, Linden.

Cassia fistula commonly called Golden Shower tree or Indian Laburnum as its name suggests, originated from the Indian sub-continent and South-east Asia.

MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) – Russia’s Vladimir Putin yesterday voiced limited support for Ukraine’s unilateral ceasefire in its conflict with pro-Russian separatists, but told President Petro Poroshenko there had to be talks with the rebels to prevent the truce collapsing.

The new-age way of picking coconuts – using a ladder. No shimmying up the trunk with the use of a rope, although it is a short coconut tree.

Sunday Cartoons

Dear Editor, The failure to pass the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Finance of Terrorism legislation exposes a glaring lack of effective political leadership and validates concerns about the country’s pernicious political leadership crisis.

The current political panorama is not of a quality to lift the electorate’s spirits.