Daily Archive: Wednesday, July 23, 2014

The Guyana Women Miners Organisation says it is very concerned about the constant blackouts that have plagued township of Bartica and calls on the Guyana Power & Light to immediately rectify the situation and alleviate the suffering of residents.

The Guyana Women Miners Organisation says it is very concerned about the constant blackouts that have plagued township of Bartica and calls on the Guyana Power & Light to immediately rectify the situation and alleviate the suffering of residents.

The Guyana Women Miners Organisation says it is very concerned about the constant blackouts that have plagued township of Bartica and calls on the Guyana Power & Light to immediately rectify the situation and alleviate the suffering of residents.

Candidate for leadership of the PNCR, Sharma Solomon today set out where he stands on a range of issues and said he represents the change that the party needs.

On July 21, the National Centre for Education Resource Development embarked on Continuous Professional Development (CPD) courses and this year 1,000 teachers from all 10 regions of the country will participate.

    Forty students from various secondary, technical and tertiary institutions across the country on Monday began a six-week work study attachment programme at GT&T.

KADUNA, Nigeria, (Reuters) – At least 82 people were killed on Wednesday in two bombings in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna targeting opposition leader and former president Muhammadu Buhari at a busy market and a moderate Muslim cleric about to lead a crowd in prayer.

Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon this morning announced that only the New GPC has been pre-qualified to supply drugs to the health sector.

FREETOWN, (Reuters) – The head doctor fighting the deadly tropical virus Ebola in Sierra Leone has himself caught the disease, the government said.

(Reuters) – The second tropical depression of the Atlantic hurricane season is expected to approach the Leewards and Windwards tonight, the U.S.

Most UG students pursuing programmes which once cost $127, 000 yearly, as well as those planning on starting them, will be paying higher tuition fees come the beginning of the 2014/2015 academic year following the acceptance by UG’s council of a fee adjustment.

Region Ten Chairman Sharma Solomon will be vying for the position of PNCR leader during its 18th Biennial Congress this weekend.

In 2008, lying on a hospital bed, his body wracked with coughing, renowned comedian Habeeb Khan sat up and declared that he was sent by God to make people happy.

Samuel Cornelius, who was acquitted of the murder of his fellow classmate yesterday, was later released on bail after state attorney Natasha Backer gave notice of her intention to appeal.

House Speaker Raphael Trotman says before the month is out he will decide whether Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh will be referred to the Privileges Committee of Parliament over billions of dollars in spending that has incensed the opposition.

Local Government Minis-ter Norman Whittaker declined to answer why government yesterday held a seminar on the role of elected officials in local development when it has not convened Local Government Elections for the past 20 years and has not moved to do so recently despite there being no confirmed impediments.

The Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) was honoured with the 2014 Red Ribbon Award for Advocacy and Human Rights at the 20th International AIDS Conference in Melbourne, Australia on Sunday, according to a release yesterday from the Caricom Secretariat The release said that the award was received by Joel Simpson, Co-chair and Managing Director and Shellon Providence, Member of SASOD.

(This is the 10th in a series on the state of local government) By Mario Joseph   The Bartica Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC), currently managed by an Interim Management Committee (IMC) installed in May of 2012 believes that they have set the standard for other IMCs and elected NDCs in terms of management of their communities.

A damaged main switch of a generating unit that experienced problems on Monday caused the recent power outages in Bartica, Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Divisional Director of Operations Elwyn Marshall says.

Region Ten residents want the region’s parliamentarians to take a motion to Parliament for the national budget to include funding to build a monument to commemorate the Son Chapman launch tragedy, which occurred on 6 July 1964.

While the Guyana Police Force recorded a 7% drop in total serious crimes when the period January 01 to June 30, 2014 is compared to the previous year, murders were up by 18% up to July 21.

The restriction of bidding only to nationals of the country providing the loan for projects here is as a result of poor negotiations by government and is in direct conflict with the laws of Guyana, APNU executive Joseph Harmon says.

Guyana Football Federation (GFF) President Christopher Matthias says that the GFF Ordinary Congress will be officially reconvened on the August 9 2014 at the Regency Hotel, Hadfield Street.

About 150 vulnerable farmers from Plegtanker to Mara in East Berbice, Corentyne are now benefitting from a Canada-funded project that aims to enhance their livelihood and capacity to handle agricultural disasters.

A man who cuffed his friend several times to the face and about the body was yesterday placed on a one-year peace bond after the friend indicated to the court that he accepted an apology and no longer wanted to proceed with the matter.

By Delvon Mc Ewan   Guyana were well placed after contrasting half centuries from Ashkay Homraj and Tagenarine Chanderpaul on the opening day of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Regional Under-19 Three-Day Tournament here, yesterday.

Two-time defending national champions Christianburg/Wismar Secondary punched their ticket to the semi-final stage, crushing Region six champs Vryman Erven Secondary 8-0 when the national quarterfinal round of Digicel Secondary Schools u-18 football tourney concluded yesterday.

A man who stole two gold chains and a quantity of cash from a woman was yesterday sentenced to 56 months imprisonment when he appeared before Magistrate Judy Latchman at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

The Caribbean Organisa-tion of Tax Administrators (COTA) on Monday announced the winners of the essay competition that was launched earlier this year and a Guyanese girl won the second prize.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Chad Williams led Barbados’ fight-back with the ball after Ramaal Lewis tormented their batsmen, but Jamaica were within sight of a valuable first innings lead in the Regional Under-19 Tournament here yesterday.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC- Windward Islands outplayed Trinidad and Tobago to snatch first innings lead on the opening day of the Regional Under-19 Tournament here yesterday.

Dear Editor,   Despite a lack of legal training, I consider myself like many other Guyanese to be reasonably intelligent and capable of understanding what is written in the Constitution of Guyana.

Nicola Joseph who allegedly stabbed her reputed husband to death on Monday remains in police custody and investigations into the murder continue, says the Crime Chief.

Puerto Rican sensation Adriana Diaz won the women’s singles table tennis competition at the Pan American Sports Festival in Mexico defeating Yadira Silva 4-3 in the final.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Summarised scores from the first round of matches in the Regional Under-15 Championship here yesterday.

A teenager was yesterday fined $75,000 for stealing $60,000 belonging to a shop owner after being arraigned at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Dear Editor,   I commend what some officers of ‘C’ Division did recently.

The Ministry of Education yesterday received tenders for the printing, supply and delivery of textbooks for national distribution as it gears up for the opening of the new school year.

Dear Editor,   As a matter of public concern, I wish to bring to the attention of the Minister of Home Affairs that permission has purportedly been granted to promoters (name given) to promote and host an “Uncensored Private Party” with “Exotic Brazilian Dancers” at Celebs Sports Bar, Cotton Field, Essequibo Coast on July 26, 2014.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Two U.S. judicial panels yesterday injected new uncertainty into the future of President Barack Obama’s healthcare law, with conflicting rulings over whether the federal government can subsidize health insurance for millions of Americans.

Dear Editor,   Last Sunday our newspapers carried reports of “children and relatives” of the head of a public organization being employed in the same organization thus raising questions of potential managerial and staff relations’ improprieties.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Wicketkeeper Jos Buttler is set to make his test debut after being named to replace Matt Prior in England’s 13-man squad to play India in the third test starting at Southampton on Sunday.

Dear Editor,   First I must compliment the executives of the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation after being elected in January 2014 with limited funds in their coffers and then working day and night to cross that hurdle to send the male and female team to the CBC Championship 2014 in Tortola, BVI.

JAKARTA, (Reuters) – Joko “Jokowi” Widodo was declared the winner of Indonesia’s presidential election yesterday, bringing the promise of major reforms to the world’s third-largest democracy.

(Reuters) – Dawlat Zadran hit 24 runs from seven balls to help Afghanistan to a two-wicket one-day international win over Zimbabwe yesterday, only the second time the war-torn country has beaten a test-playing nation.

GAZA/JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Israel pounded targets across the Gaza Strip yesterday, saying no ceasefire was near as top U.S.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan soldiers and officials began moving hundreds of families yesterday out of a half-built 45-story skyscraper that dominates the Caracas skyline and is thought to be the world’s tallest slum.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. government believes that pro-Russian separatists most likely shot down a Malaysia Airlines jet “by mistake,” not realizing it was a civilian passenger flight, U.S.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Queen Elizabeth’s racehorse Estimate, the 2013 Ascot Gold Cup winner, has tested positive for the banned substance morphine, Buckingham Palace said yesterday.

Dear Editor,   In responding to my letter of July 12 in the SN, the TUC’s Mr Lincoln Lewis resorts to the usual in his SN letter of July 14 titled ‘The GTUC has a proud record of fighting for and achieving racial equality.’

LIMA, (Reuters) – Peru’s President Ollanta Humala said yesterday he is replacing his prime minister following an embarrassing political scandal that marks the start of his sixth cabinet and his third year in office.

Dear Editor,   A layman is often considered brazen to want to question in the least way, or simply differ with someone who has received accolades and recognition of all sorts, whether a writer, a conversationalist, a recipient of literary awards and a fine craftsman of the English tongue.

KINGSTON, (Reuters) – Jamaica’s double Olympic sprint silver medallist Yohan Blake has been ruled out for the rest of the 2014 season after undergoing surgery on an injured hamstring, coach Glen Mills said yesterday.

BAGNERES DE LUCHON, France, (Reuters) – Michael Rogers abandoned his dream of winning a grand tour to target more reasonable goals and his shift of ambition paid off yesterday when he won the 16th stage of the Tour de France.

MAIDUGURI, (Reuters) – A raid on an army base in northeast Nigeria and massacres of civilians in nearby villages at the weekend have left Boko Haram free to move unopposed in a strategic garrison town, witnesses and security sources said.

Dear Editor, The PNCR Congress will be held in a matter of days.

KINGSTON, (Reuters) – Usain Bolt believes anti-doping officials have sent a “bad message to the sport”, after American sprinter Tyson Gay received only a one-year ban following a positive test for an anabolic steroid.

Last week was an active one for the BRICS – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – countries which have recently given their relationships an institutional form.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A U.S. judge ordered Argentina and investors who did not participate in the country’s past debt restructurings to meet “continuously” with a court-appointed mediator until a settlement is reached, warning of the threat of a new default.

Last week, in response to the Alliance for Change (AFC) letter stating its intent to move a motion of no-confidence in his government under article 106 of the Constitution, President Donald Ramotar stated that he and his party were ready for any eventual elections, and then he did a very strange thing, which suggests the opposite.

Dear Editor,   People who see the presence of different races as an impediment to our progress as a nation are ethnically insecure.

GAZA/JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Israel pounded targets across the Gaza Strip yesterday, saying no ceasefire was near as top U.S.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – An Australian couple who lost a son and daughter-in-law on a Malaysian Airlines jet that disappeared in March are again mourning after more relatives were killed when their plane was downed in Ukraine, media reported on Friday.

Members of the Chance and Rimple Families held their reunion at the Park Vue Hotel on the East Bank on Monday at which Kenton Chance, who helped to organise the reunion with 65 family members from the United States and the United Kingdom commended Guyana.