Daily Archive: Sunday, July 13, 2014

(BBC) Germany were crowned world champions for the fourth time as Mario Gotze’s extra-time winner beat Argentina in the 2014 World Cup final.

At about 0310h. today, the police say that four of their ranks were on patrol duties in a police motor car which collided with a parked motor lorry on the public road at Friendship, EBD.

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) today said it was unconscionable for former President Bharrat Jagdeo to reward himself with a “Cadillac lifestyle” while ordinary persons struggled to make ends meet.

(Trinidad Guardian) Another bloody weekend in T&T leaves six dead in 24 hours.

(Trinidad Express) Several high-powered rifles are among the cache of 359 guns that have either been smuggled into Trinidad and Tobago along its coastal boarders or were locally built by cold-blooded killers over the last six months.

As the government continues to face immense pressure to call local government polls, the three     government-nominated members of the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) yesterday urged caution about the readiness of the agency to proceed.

Story and photos by Desilon Daniels   The villages of Plaisance and Sparendaam, situated between Better Hope and Goedverwagting on the East Coast of Demerara, are so closely intertwined, even the villagers don’t distinguish them.

Terror gripped Meadowbrook Drive on Friday night after gunmen shot up two houses in the area.

Logging company Bai Shan Lin (BSL) continues to add to its forestry holdings in Guyana and available figures show that it now controls 990,000 hectares of forest.

After nearly 22 consecutive years in office, the PPP/C government has still not been able to reverse the over 70% loss of water produced in Georgetown, while only 6.5% of the populace is being serviced by the national sewerage system.

The gunman who shot teenager Ashmini Harriram dead, first snatched her cellphone and after heading to his getaway car then turned back, pointed his weapon beneath her chin and pulled the trigger, an eyewitness said yesterday.

Five employees of the BK Group of Companies are in police custody for the theft of Mack Trucks spare parts, valued approximately $40 million, from the company.

Terron Watts, the male nurse found dead in the Lamaha canal three days after he went missing, died from drowning while a large number of pills was found in his system.

Though there has been a noticeable increase in the number of narcotics busts within the last week, nothing is being said about the origin of the drugs or what is being done by the government and the relevant authorities to stem the flow.

The $500 million city clean-up project will commence early August and the involvement of communities is being sought, acting Local Government Minister Norman Whittaker said last Friday.

Despite allegations that he was brutalised by police and that attempts were made to force him to sign documents, national chess champion Wendell Meusa plans to “move on peacefully” after the experience and instead focus his attention once again on chess.

Vurlon Mills, Georgetown Football Club (GFC) Junior Head Coach Pre-Tournament Pick: Germany – ‘When you think Germany, you think superb engineering, great cars, cutting edge and performance.

The Ministry of Agriculture yesterday rolled out its national strategy for agriculture, which is intended to be a vehicle for sustained economic and social prosperity.

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil came into the World Cup expecting nothing less than victory but tactical naivety, a lack of emotional preparation and an inability to overcome the loss of two leading players cost them the chance of winning a sixth title.

In addition to a flurry of gun-related crimes since the start of this year, four serious cases within a 24-hour period last week continued to point to the ease of access to illegal weapons.

Federation Internation-ale de Natation Amateur (FINA) senior coach Rick Powers is conducting a three-day level two coaching clinic here under the auspices of the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA).

A D’ Field, Sophia resident was attacked and shot in the neck during a robbery on Friday afternoon.

Introduction   Alongside the debates about the roles/functions of government in the Guyana economy, there has been another equally enduring economic debate as to whether presently the government is too big, too little, or just about right-sized.

Kwakwani Secondary sealed their final’s berth, edging Mackenzie High School 48-46 in their Under-16 semi-final matchup when the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) 9th National School Basketball Festival (NSBF) continued on Friday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

A little over a week ago, Cari-com Heads of Government met in Antigua.

(Reuters) – Former Australia test opener Simon Katich brought the final curtain down on his cricket career by retiring from the Twenty20 format yesterday.

Defending Region One champions Santa Rosa Secondary squeaked past North West Secondary 3-2 on penalty kicks after normal time ended 3-3 when the Region One Zone of the Digicel National Secondary Schools Under-18 football tourney continued yesterday.

Whitefish refers to any fish that has white flesh. However, the texture of the flesh can vary from delicate to medium to firm when cooked.

Inconsistent   The disclosure that another hotel with an international brand will be built in Guyana has raised once again questions as to what the government’s real interest is in encouraging such types of foreign investment in Guyana.

Guyana’s poor showing at the Women’s 2014 Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) championships in the British Virgin Islands continued yesterday with the team falling to their fifth successive defeat; they lost to St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) 69-40.

The census figures substantially confirm the analysis I made in an article ‘The future of the PPP’ published in November, 2012.

Stakeholders of President’s College (PC) including past students and board members yesterday met with the Minister of Education to discuss concerns about the school and the minister has now indicated that she will consider the possibility of opening the school to Georgetown students.

We are reminded that The Tides of Susan-burg by distinguished Guyanese dramatist Francis Quamina Farrier is a history-making drama.

GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli air strike on the home of Gaza’s police chief killed 18 people yesterday, Gaza’s health ministry said, and Hamas fired the largest salvo of rockets yet on Tel Aviv since the start of the Jewish state’s offensive in the Palestinian enclave.

When you are long retired from the hurly-burly, you become more reflective.

KABUL (Reuters) – US State Secretary John Kerry convinced Afghanistan’s feuding presidential candidates yesterday to agree to a total recount of last month’s presidential election, which has threatened to split the country along ethnic lines.

Photographer, Andrew Snyder, caught this young Iguana sunning on the bank of the Burro Burro River.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi soldiers backed by Shi’ite militias fought Sunni rebels for control of a military base northeast of Baghdad yesterday as a UN envoy warned of chaos if divided lawmakers did not make progress on Sunday towards naming a government.

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Aggressive half-centuries from Ross Taylor and Darren Bravo gave Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel a winning start to their 2014 Caribbean Premier League campaign here yesterday.

LIMA, Peru — Compared with most of its neighbours, Peru continues to be an economic star in Latin America, with a projected 4.5 per cent growth this year and a steady drop in poverty.

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a nuclear energy cooperation deal with Argentina yesterday on a trip to bolster trade ties and strengthen Russia’s influence in Latin America.

(Reuters) – Tommy Ramone, the drummer and last surviving original member of the American punk band the Ramones, whose aggressive and fast-driving songs spearheaded the punk-rock movement, has died at the age of 65, an associate said yesterday.

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Superstar Chris Gayle smashed a sensational, unbeaten hundred to propel title-holders Jamaica Tallawahs to a comfortable seven-wicket victory over St Lucia Zouks at the National Stadium here yesterday.

The 2014 edition of the International Star Mixed Pair Tournament was won by the combination of Yasseer Seirawan and Zhu Chen, beating the pre-tournament favourites of Nigel Short and Hou Yifan.

Continued from last week   Well, we are coming close to the end of this thematic – tumours and cancers.

KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian war planes bombarded separatists along a broad front yesterday, inflicting huge losses, Kiev said, after President Petro Poroshenko said “scores and hundreds” would be made to pay for a deadly missile attack on Ukrainian forces.

Dear Editor,   I just happen to be one of the millions of new-born fans from around the globe who have become addicted to ‘football’, but only while the FIFA World Cup Finals last.

Dear Editor,   Recently the media, especially this week’s newspapers, contained a series of articles and letters which paint so much negativity concerning the future for our young people that even I, as an experienced human resource practitioner, feel overwhelmed and challenged by the number of unanswered, unanswerable questions posed and implied.

Dear Editor,   The frequency of aircraft accidents/incidents in the domestic aviation sector has been most alarming, and must be a matter of concern for everyone in the aviation industry and also for those who use the service.

The contretemps over how Ms Manickchand comported herself at the farewell reception for the former American Ambassador has had a longer afterlife than the government no doubt expected.

NOTTINGHAM, England (Reuters) – England pair Joe Root and James Anderson broke the all-time test record for a 10th-wicket partnership yesterday but the first test against India at Trent Bridge looks like it’s ending in a draw.

Coriander, commonly called dhania on the Indian subcontinent and cilantro or Chinese parsley in Europe and the Americas, originated from southern Europe and the Middle East.

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Aubrey Thompson