Daily Archive: Thursday, July 3, 2014

Construction on the $25.4M modern secondary school at Kato, Region Eight  is  progressing, GINA said today.

Yesterday, Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand (right) visited the New Diamond Grove Primary School to engage parents as they uplift their uniform vouchers.

Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, performing the duties of President, last evening urged hinterland youths educated under the Hinterland Scholarship Programme to be the impetus of greater socio-economic growth for the country.

Just over one year old, the Guyana Foundation is rapidly moving ahead with its work to transform the lives, and communities, of people across Guyana, a release from the foundation said.

Opposition Leader David Granger this afternoon condemned the verbal attack yesterday by Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Priya Manickchand on the US Ambassador to Guyana, Brent Hardt and called on President Donald Ramotar to issue an apology to the envoy.

Guyana will boost access to drinking water and sanitation services with a US$16,838,250 loan approved by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), a release from the bank said today.

At about 0740h today, police say that a fatal accident occurred at the Land of Canaan Public Road, EBD, which resulted in the death of pedestrian Gabriella Davidson, 8 years, of Land of Canaan.

Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Priya Manickchand and outgoing US Ambassador to Guyana, Brent Hardt cutting the cake at the 238th independence anniversary of the United States of America at the ambassador’s residence at Cummings Lodge last evening.

The Alliance For Change today denounced the attack last evening by acting Foreign Minister Priya Manickchand on outgoing US Ambassador Brent Hardt at a reception at the Ambassador’s residence to mark the US’s independence anniversary.

(Trinidad Express) It took the repeating of her name by classmates for Cameel Juman to realise that Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar had announced she had placed second in the 2014 Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA).

(Reuters) – Tropical Storm Arthur became the first hurricane of the 2014 Atlantic season today after sparking evacuations, closing beaches and tourist sites and disrupting Independence Day celebrations along parts of the U.S.

NAIROBI, (Reuters) – The United States warned its citizens in Uganda today about a “specific threat” of an attack on Entebbe International Airport, which is near the capital Kampala, according to a message on the U.S.

Ann’s Grove Secondary crushed Buxton Youth Development 4-0 in a Region Four conference matchup when the fourth annual Digicel national U-18 knockout football championship continued yesterday at the Beterverwagting ground.

Team Guyana suffered another crushing Group-B loss, going down to the United States Virgin Islands (USVI) 95-75 when the 2014 Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) championships continued yesterday in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), Tortola.

Government yesterday defended its role in the controversial assigning of the East Coast highway contract to China Railway First Group amid concerns that the intervention was unlawful and exemplified its determination to interfere in big procurement deals.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The mayhem created by an Australian firecracker the previous evening was continued in brutal fashion by Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov yesterday as he annihilated defending Wimbledon champion Andy Murray.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC- Captain Denesh Ramdin has scolded frontline batsmen on the West Indies team for not transforming their starts into substantial scores during the third and deciding test match against New Zealand which ended here on Monday.

Jeers and boos drowned out the remarks of acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, Priya Manickchand when she last evening launched verbal salvoes at her host, outgoing US Ambassador Brendt Hardt, over his criticisms of government officials over long awaited local government elections.

Under cross-examination yesterday, Working People’s Alliance (WPA) member Tacuma Ogunseye charged that Donald Rodney was not given a fair trial after the killing of his brother Walter Rodney because the then PNC government wanted to justify its “version” of the events for propaganda.

The mosquito-borne chikungunya virus has made its way to other parts of the country with seven of the 12 newly confirmed cases coming from Regions 3, 4, 5 and the city.

Travis Persaud will lead the Guyana Under-17 Team in the regional tournament in Trinidad and Tobago which starts Tuesday with Guyana facing the Leeward Islands at Bon Accord ground in Tobago.

A homeless man was yesterday morning found dead behind the Linden-Georgetown bus park in the mining town.

Breaking her silence on her suspension from the PNCR, parliamentarian Vanessa Kissoon says she was assaulted at the party’s headquarters in an incident in which she was not the aggressor and was later suspended before a meeting of the party’s Central Executive Committee was even convened.

FORTALEZA, Brazil, (Reuters) – Brazil are under intense pressure to breathe life into their World Cup campaign and produce a performance worthy of champions when they face Colombia and their free-scoring midfielder James Rodriguez in tomorrow’s quarter-final.

Dynamic Airways has received clearance from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey   to commence operations out of JFK International Airport from next Monday, the airline’s local partner Gerry Gouveia announced yesterday.

ACCRA, (Reuters) – Ghana’s football association yesterday defended its decision to charter a plane to carry $3 million in bonus money to players in Brazil, saying the country had done the same at the last two World Cups.

Strange calls about their sons’ whereabouts have reached the mothers of Odel Downer and Winston Johashen, the two cousins who have been missing in the interior for more than a month now.

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – Disgraced cricketer Lou Vincent was motivated by greed, his disappointment at the end of his New Zealand international career and the feeling he could not say ‘no’ to his ‘hero’ to agree to get involved in fixing matches.

The Guyana Police Force yesterday denied abandoning constable Samuel Elvis, who was shot on duty by another rank and later had his leg amputated.

Guyana Amazon Warriors duo Trevon Griffith and Robin Bacchus are upbeat about this year’s Caribbean Premier League (CPL) T20 tournament and are looking to make the most of the team’s upcoming encampment ahead of bowl off time which occurs in a few weeks.

Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, Robert Persaud and newly accredited Brazilian Ambassador to Guyana, Lineu Pupo de Paula discussed strengthening co-operation on mining and other issues, when the envoy paid a courtesy call on the minister on Monday.

Dear Editor, At Red Lock, which is located about five miles behind Anna Regina, a private individual has been given permission to be involved in fish farming.

Dear Editor, The situation in Ukraine demonstrates that the potential for conflict is growing in the world; old contradictions are growing ever more acute and new ones are being provoked.

A Lethem man, accused of being found with 24 grammes of marijuana, will have to wait two months in jail before the case is heard after being remanded to prison yesterday.

In their first public comments since Guyana lifted the NACRA 15s championship, the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) and national captain, Ryan Gonsalves hailed the players as heroes while calling on more support for the discipline.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States said yesterday it would increase security at overseas airports with nonstop flights to the country and U.S.

Corentyne market vendor Nakash Persaud, 18, already charged with the dangerous driving deaths of three persons after allegedly driving drunk, was yesterday slapped with three additional charges, including failure to render assistance to an injured person.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC-West Indies pacer Kemar Roach has leapfrogged five places to tenth on the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test bowlers following an outstanding display in the third Test against New Zealand in Barbados which ended on Monday.

Dear Editor, Every time the accumulated weight of living in this society burdens the mind and causes the soul to cringe, something positive happens out of nowhere; someone steps forward and gives hope.

Residents who take part in government’s planned city clean-up will be compensated, Newtown, Kitty residents were told on Tuesday when the Ministry of Local Government hosted a consultation on the project.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan officials used forged emails to accuse government adversaries of plotting to kill President Nicolas Maduro, according to a private investigation firm hired by one of the accused.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India’s new Prime Minister Narendra Modi has permitted Twitter unprecedented access to his administration in a drive to put social media at the heart of government, the U.S.

Akilah Jones walked away with several accolades on Saturday when the Guyana Lawn Tennis Association hosted its Tennis 10s Inter-Schools Competition at the New Guyana School tennis court.

Dear Editor, I’m concerned about the laws and regulations that the government established but which are not carried out, and to which people are not adhering.

A 41-year-old woman who reportedly abused her mother appeared at the Christianburg Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Clive Nurse on Tuesday to answer to the charge of the use of abusive language.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Days after Jamaica got a ringing endorsement from the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) top officials, Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips and his debt management team took a chance on the international bond market, and got reception beyond expectations.

After adding a third CARICOM 10km champion’s trophy to his collection, distance ace, Cleveland ‘Little Kenyan’ Forde noted that he was happy to be first to the tape on Sunday after missing the event in 2012 and finishing second last year.

ABEOKUTA, Nigeria, (Reuters) – Nigeria is suffering greater carnage at the hands of Islamist group Boko Haram than it did during a secessionist civil war, yet this has ironically made the country’s break-up less likely, Nigerian Nobel Literature Laureate Wole Soyinka said.

Ronald Armstrong, who is facing proceedings for a rape charge, has officially joined the ranks of inmates at the Camp Street prison after being found guilty of having a quantity of marijuana and cigarettes in his possession at the jail.

Dear Editor, Some observers have argued that the Rodney Commission of Inquiry (COI) is a necessary step towards national healing.

Gardener Ricardo Bailey was yesterday ordered to perform 52 hours of community service after being found guilty of possession of marijuana.

Dear Editor, Did Forbes Burnham order the execution of Walter Rodney?

BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil, (Reuters) – France have surprised many by emerging as World Cup contenders but face their toughest test yet against nemesis Germany in a quarter-final clash of European heavyweights at Rio de Janeiro’s Maracana stadium tomorrow.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Former President Nicolas Sarkozy said yesterday France’s justice system was being used for political ends, after he was put under investigation on suspicion of using his influence to gain details of a probe into his 2007 election campaign.

Yesterday the Dutch slaver The Unity, was off the coast of Berbice and due to enter the river on Sunday, according to the online reconstruction of its voyage from 1761 to 1763, done by the Zeeland Archives in the Netherlands.

PRETORIA, (Reuters) – South African Paralympic and Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius has post traumatic stress disorder and is at an increasing risk of suicide, according to a psychiatric report read out at his murder trial yesterday.

OSLO, (Reuters) – Most coral reefs in the Caribbean could vanish in the next two decades, hit by the loss of fish and sea urchins that eat a slime of coral-smothering algae, a U.N.-backed

Dear Editor, In a nation where far too many are not proactive enough and information seeking is still not a norm, people’s consciousness can best be impacted by messages that are relayed to them on a constant basis.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. military advisors have secretly operated in Somalia since around 2007 and Washington plans to deepen its security assistance to help the country fend off threats by Islamist militant group al Shabaab, U.S.

Our role as Guyanese prepare to usher in a Guyanese Knowledge Society in this global Knowledge Age of a new global village interconnected through digital media is to cultivate the love for self-development in each citizen.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – When it comes to resolving a big global food problem, a new breed of farmers and their financial backers are thinking small.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – FIFA has asked German magazine Der Spiegel to hand over all the documents it says it has regarding the claims of convicted match-fixer Wilson Raj Perumal that Cameroon players threw their World Cup group games.

Dear Editor, I’d like to respond to a letter of June 29, 2014 ‘Works Ministry and airport authority have held meetings with Timehri squatters since 2008’ by Aneka Edwards.

(Reuters) – Cyber criminals may have stolen billions of dollars from a popular Brazilian online payment system using malicious software that caused the funds to be sent to accounts controlled by fraudsters, according to a research report released Wednesday.

Dear Editor, The Commissioners at the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry, and Counsel Pilgrim are arguing from the position that Sgt Gregory Smith was a “murderer,” meaning the assassin of Dr Walter Rodney.

SALVADOR, Brazil, (Reuters) – Racing towards the camera after scoring direct from a corner at Colombia’s top youth tournament in 2004, excited scouts could see James Rodriguez was a kid at ease in the limelight.

Tomorrow marks the 41st anniversary of the signing of the original Treaty of Chaguaramas, which established the Caribbean Community (Caricom) and the Caribbean Common Market, doing away with the Caribbean Free Trade Association (Carifta) which was officially discontinued the next year in May.

People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) Members of the National Assembly can display reckless irresponsibility in their statements in the House.

Politikles

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela has restored full diplomatic ties with Panama, President Nicolas Maduro said yesterday, months after he angrily broke off formal relations with the Central American country.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Scientists have for the first time produced live offspring from testicle tissue that has been cryopreserved, or deep frozen, and say a similar technique might one day be used to preserve the fertility of boys facing cancer treatment.

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