Daily Archive: Saturday, July 26, 2014

The Amazon Warriors scored 173/5 off 20 overs while the Barbados Tridents could only muster 166 for 4 after being well placed to win.

President Donald Ramotar convened another press conference today in which he again defended the $4.5b spending by Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh which has raised the spectre of an opposition motion of no-confidence which can bring the government down and trigger fresh general elections.

The second day of the 18th Biennial Congress of the PNCR got underway today at the Party’s Headquarters at Sophia.

Well-packaged tamarind balls were on display at the Berbice Expo at the Albion Sports Complex last evening.

Delicately carved wooden ornaments and samples were on display last evening at the Berbice Expo at the Albion Sports Complex.

Patrons at the annual Berbice Expo at the Albion Sports Complex last evening.

The 4th Annual Children’s Heritage Awareness programme was recently held by the Guyana National Trust.

(Trinidad Express) Three individuals have been arrested for suspicious behaviour at Limacol Caribbean Premier League games over the course of the tournament so far.

After five days of fun-filled educational activities under the 4th Annual Children’s Heritage Awareness programme held by the Guyana National Trust, 30 children were able to leave the programme with knowledge in anthropology, monuments, mangroves, culture, models and other heritage related areas.

President Donald Ramotar gets an explanation from this Agriculture Ministry staff on this exhibit at the 10th Annual Berbice Expo and Trade Fair yesterday.

The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) has registered an after-tax profit of $1.103B for the first six months of this year but its Chairman says a more conservative approach has been taken this year in lending, pointing to a series of challenges to the economy.

(Trinidad Express) LifeSport, the brainchild and baby of Sport Minister Anil Roberts, has been laid to rest.

Plugging the concept of `One Nation’, PNCR Leader David Granger said yesterday “Let us keep the pressure up to push the PPP out of office, elect a government of national unity and give the Guyanese people the good life that they deserve.”

Relatives of a Corentyne fishing crew are praying for their safe return after the vessel they were working on was found at the Whim foreshore around midday on Thursday minus the catch and seine.

In a move that would have embarrassed the party, a section of the PNCR’s Linden faction staged a protest at Congress Place yesterday during the opening ceremony of the party’s 28th Biennial Congress Among the motives for the protest was the non-accreditation of several Lindeners as delegates and the perceived unconstitutional manner in which the party’s upper echelon is handling the Vanessa Kissoon-Oscar Clarke altercation.

ANSA McAl yesterday formally dispatched correspondence to the Ministry of Health asking that it show where the company failed in its pre-qualification evaluation for the supply of drugs.

Power returned to Bartica yesterday afternoon, but residents said they were shocked earlier when Guyana Power and Light Inc Chief Executive Officer Bharat Dindyal called them lazy, telling them that what they pay is but a fraction of the cost of the fuel required to run the generators that supply them with electricity.

A West Coast Berbice (WCB) man, who was found guilty of having carnal knowledge of an eight-year-old girl was sentenced to 25 years imprisonment by Justice Navendra Singh on Thursday.

After being on the run for almost eight months, Anthony Henry was on Thursday charged with the murder of Michael Hamilton.

The emergency work to fix a one-mile stretch of the Bartica/Isano road, Region Seven (Cuyuni/Mazaruni) is 25 percent completed, the Ministry of Public Works said yesterday.

The Alliance For Change (AFC) yesterday welcomed the ruling by Speaker of the National Assembly, Raphael Trotman that a prima facie case of wrong doing has been made out against Minister of Finance, Dr.

A Werk-en-Rust resident, allegedly caught with two live 9 mm bullets, was remanded to prison yesterday.

Gold declaration is still down for the year so far – 16% up to this month – and Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment Robert Persaud has announced a series of measures aimed at reversing the decline.

A visibly battered Travis Hyman appeared in court yesterday charged with the stabbing to death of Mahaicony mechanic Alvy Richmond and his worried relatives are urging the police to take him to the hospital for medical attention.

An on-site post-mortem examination was performed yesterday on the decomposed body of a woman, which was found on a desolate road in Turkeyen, East Coast Demerara on Thursday.

Contracts were on Thursday signed by officials of the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development and contractors for the de-silting of several key canals in Georgetown under a $500M city clean-up exercise unveiled in this year’s national budget.

—-Chelsea Edghill stars in monumental encounter Amidst deafening noise, thunderous applause with the blue and white of the Saint Andrew’s Cross being waved prominently; on the morning of Friday 25th July at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Chelsea Edghill became her country’s heroine.

A hearing into the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company Limited’s (GT&T) application to increase the rates charged for its services was yesterday adjourned to August 29 to accommodate full participation of stakeholders including members of the public.

The Parliamentary Sectoral Committee on Social Services which has been visiting various public sector institution recently placed the Mabaruma Regional Hospital under scrutiny.

A father who pleaded guilty yesterday to threatening his son with a knife, was placed on $15,000 bail, pending a probation report.

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

Guyana’s women’s table tennis team failed to reproduce their performance against Scotland earlier yesterday and lost 0-3 to Canada as the team event of the Commonwealth Games continued yesterday at the Scotstoun Table Tennis Centre.

Recently selected to participate in the Baltimore Orioles baseball Academy Lindani Jamal Anderson, who wings out today for the commencement of his stint in Florida, said that he plans to make the most of his journey to the Major Leagues.

Says Delvon Mc Ewan Sloppy fielding, ineffective bowling and inefficient leadership resulted in Guyana almost losing its opening match of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Regional U-19 Tournament against the Leeward Islands.

BERGERAC, France, (Reuters) – After almost three weeks of action-packed racing the minor podium places in the Tour de France are likely to be decided in today’s final time trial.

In the near future, local fashion designer Rishma Persaud sees herself as a force for change by inspiring more Guyanese to be fashion conscious.

He did it last year. The question is can reigning Mr.

Dear Editor,   On Saturday, July 19, I waited in the Timehri Airport’s waving gallery for Insel Air Flight 81 790 to arrive at its scheduled 10.30 pm.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados Tridents managed to complicate a simple run chase before pulling off a one-wicket victory in the last over, to send Antigua Hawksbills crashing to their fifth straight defeat of the Caribbean Premier League here yesterday.

Georgetown is the city of my birth and I have an admiration for its handsomeness.

Headquarters up to press time last night were poised to repeat as champions of the Police Inter-Division Championships.

Dear Editor,   There has been no public information about the status of the Land Court at Demerara and the Guyana Bar Association has a duty to fill this communication gap.

Hi Everyone,  Daylight breaks earlier and the sun sets later, summer is here.

Dear Editor,   That we can have the discussion and debate with Ms Minette Bacchus is testimony to the fact that the PNCR is the ultimate winner because of its decision to choose its leaders democratically.

Have you ever thought about the real reason why trends in the Caribbean take so long to catch on?

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – South Africa batted cautiously to reach 98 for three as they try to preserve their 1-0 lead in the series in the second test and final against Sri Lanka yesterday.

Dear Editor,   Up until a month ago, the PNCR’s 18th Biennial Congress, scheduled for this weekend, was viewed by observers as just another political exercise for party members and interested supporters.

SAN FRANCISCO, (Reuters) – Personal data including text messages, contact lists and photos can be extracted from iPhones through previously unpublicized techniques by Apple Inc employees, the company acknowledged this week.

Dear Editor,   Recent letters by James Bond, Mark DaCosta and Terron Khemraj all consist of the theme that Mr David Granger is the best thing that has happened to the PNCR since its formation.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Three months after coach Mike D’Antoni resigned, the struggling Los Angeles Lakers are expected to offer former player Byron Scott the job, multiple media outlets reported yesterday.

(Billboard) – Lionel Richie will be named a Legend of Live at the 2014 Billboard Touring Awards, to be held November 20 at the Edison Ballroom in New York City.

NEW DELHI/GENEVA, (Reuters) – India threatened yesterday to block a worldwide reform of custom rules, which some estimates say could add $1 trillion to the global economy and create 21 million jobs, prompting a U.S.

BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – The European Union reached outline agreement on Friday to impose the first economic sanctions on Russia over its behaviour in Ukraine but scaled back their scope to exclude technology for the crucial gas sector.

(Barbados Nation) Former Prime Minister Owen Arthur handed in his resignation to the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) yesterday, but will be serving out the rest of his parliamentary term as an independent representative.

SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – Young adult film franchises have dominated the conversation at San Diego’s annual Comic Con gathering in recent years, but as the buzz-building convention kicked off on Thursday, the absence of established blockbusters has allowed studios to push new fare targeting a similar audience.

Dear Editor,   I am writing in connection with the electricity woes in Bartica.

By Andre Haynes, Guest Contributor   If the AFC has its way, we could soon find ourselves facing new general elections a lot earlier than expected.

(Billboard) We had lonely hours, turned blue and felt like outsiders while listening to our favourite albums of the year so far.

(Trinidad Express) President of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) Sir Dennis Byron breached procedure when he suspended the Court’s financial comptroller last month, a disciplinary tribunal ruled on Tuesday.

GAZA/JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Israel and Palestinian militant groups in the Gaza Strip have agreed to a U.N.-requested

Dear Editor,   The call by the PPP/C, for the removal and replacement of PNCR leader David Granger, speaks volumes.

The Alliance For Change (AFC) yesterday welcomed the ruling by Speaker of the National Assembly, Raphael Trotman that a prima facie case of wrong doing has been made out against Minister of Finance, Dr.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Book of Life, the final novel of the time-travelling trilogy written by Deborah Harkness, shot straight to the top of the US bestsellers list on Thursday.

Last week the Guardian’s Jerusalem correspondent visited a residential building in Sha’af that had been hit by a shell fired from an Israeli tank.

Dear Editor,   I write to congratulate the Peoples National Congress Reform (PNCR) on the occasion of its 18th Biennial Congress.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Pakistan’s leading spinner Saeed Ajmal has brushed aside concerns over his bowling form before the series in Sri Lanka, saying he can still outfox batsmen with his “doosra” delivery.