Daily Archive: Sunday, July 27, 2014

Following embarrassing confusion at its 18th congress, the PNCR today charged that there had been attempted sabotage which will be investigated and it also said that an “explosive sound” was heard just as delegates were assembling to vote.

A merry go round at a fun day along Mandela Avenue at the gymnasium compound.

Boys playing cards alongside the road in Friendship, East Coast Demerara.

These two residences at Lusignan on the railway embankment have been joined by a stairway.

PNCR member Carl Greenidge today said the party should appoint a new General Secretary (GS) to replace Oscar Clarke in light of the controversy surrounding the accreditation of delegates and the preparation of the list of voters eligible to vote at the party’s Congress.

David Granger was this afternoon returned as Leader of the PNCR after his rival Aubrey Norton withdrew in protest over the arrangements for voting at the party’s Congress at Sophia.

There was a ruckus early this afternoon at the PNCR Congress at Sophia during voting for positions on the executive and a shot was fired into the ground by a bodyguard.

(Trinidad Express) He was paid TT$34 million from LifeSport but did no work.

DAKAR, (Reuters) – The wife of Cameroon’s vice prime minister was kidnapped and at least three people killed in an attack by Boko Haram militants on the vice prime minister’s home in the northern town of Kolofata on Sunday, Cameroon’s information minister and government spokesman told Reuters.

In recent days, with the CPL centre stage in the Caribbean, concurrent with England/Sri Lanka Test matches in the UK, we are seeing quite a contrast in cricket compared to the sport most senior folks grew up with in the region reaching back to the Union Jack days.

I dreamt of my father the other night. When they come in dreams my mother and my father seem very real and I reach out to them.

Piracy continues to be an area of concern for fisherfolk and according to Pamashwar Jainarine, the acting chairman of the Upper Corentyne Fishermen’s Coop they are fed up and frustrated over the fact that little is being done to address the problem.

Story and photos by Mario Joseph   Deep in the North West District, Region One, in a world far beyond Georgetown, there lies a lush, green, remote village called Tobago Hill.

The late president Dr Cheddi Jagan would have “loved” to have regular local government elections and so would the PPP, but current circumstances will have to be overcome before the polls are held, President Donald Ramotar said yesterday.

Hope of finding the five missing Corentyne fishermen alive seemed dim yesterday and relatives were in tears as they braced for worse news.

The father of Anfernee Bowman, who was stabbed to death in 2012 said he is still trying to understand how stabbing someone six times including twice in the heart could be described as “accidental.”

A CPL record 148-run second-wicket partnership between Dwayne Smith and Shoaib Malik was trumped byRonsford Beaton’s spectacular final over to give the Guyana Amazon Warriors a seven-run win over the Barbados Tridents at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados.

Crime Chief Leslie James said police have arrested two persons of interest in connection with the disappearance of high school teacher Nyozi Goodman, who vanished after a basketball game at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall three weeks ago.

Days after Acting Chief Justice Ian Chang made a ruling against the six-month-old birth certificate requirement for a new passport, a city businessman has moved to the court after he too was denied his travel document which he says he needs urgently.

In a remarkable display of speed, strength, stamina and leaping ability, Headquarters track and field team repeated as champions of the annual Police Inter-Division Championships Friday night at Eve Leary Ground.

Three individuals have been arrested in Guyana, Barbados and Trinidad over suspicious behaviour at Limacol Caribbean Premier League games over the course of the tournament so far, the Trinidad Express reported yesterday.

Last week’s column considered whether Guyana should support national debt relief as compensatory payment from slave-owning European countries to slave descendants residing in the region.

President Donald Ramotar yesterday rejected opposition claims that former president Bharrat Jagdeo is a lobbyist for foreign investors who are given contracts here.

President Donald Ramotar yesterday accused Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman of acting unprofessionally in relation to his decision to refer Minister of Finance Dr Ashni Singh to the National Assembly’s Privileges Committee over the minister’s spending of $4.5 billion without the approval of the Assembly.

A Little Diamond, East Bank Demerara family was held at gunpoint by bandits and robbed of more than $1 million in cash, jewellery, gadgets and food items early Friday morning.

The family of one of the four fishermen, whose body washed ashore in Mahaicony two weeks ago after their boat was attacked by pirates in Surinamese waters, said police have not released his body because they believe it might be a case of mistaken identity.

By Tony Cozier   WHEN Shane Warne, the legendary Australian leg-spinner, and Marlon Samuels, the stylish if not so legendary West Indies batsman, angrily fronted to up to each other on the pitch at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in January 2013, Cricket Australia’s chief executive officer James Sutherland saw it as “something that only inspires a greater rivalry between two Melbourne teams and creates interest in the Big Bash League”.

The Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) is ensuring that it pulls out all the stops to ensure that a local pugilist is crowned champion of Jamaica’s Wray and Nephew Contender Series next year.

Stephen Nelson, 22, who died while undergoing treatment following an accident, had been submerged for some time in the trench along Carifesta Avenue before he was found, according to his mother.

As the 18th Biennial Congress of the PNCR yesterday continued at Congress Place Georgetown many motions were brought and all were referred to the First General Council Meeting.

Some 450 Tutorial High School alumni are expected from overseas for the school’s 12th triennial reunión which starts today with a church service at the school’s compound, Woolford Avenue, Thomas Lands.

President Donald Ramotar yesterday stressed that the naming of the New GPC as the sole pre-qualifier to supply drugs to the health sector was based on criteria-reaching principle, but aggrieved companies should appeal.

Christianburg/Wismar and Waramadong Secondary will battle for the third consecutive time for the Digicel Secondary Schools u-18 championship, following semi-final wins over Beterverwagting (BV) and Bush Lot Secondary respectively on Friday.

National junior Head Coach Bryan Joseph said he is pleased with his team’s showing in the recently held Caribbean Football Union (CFU) u-17 tourney, despite their shortcomings in failing to qualify for the final round of the event.

July 24, 2014 – a fishing boat minus its five-man crew, the catch and the seine, washed up at Whim, Corentyne.

The Alliance For Change (AFC) has chided the Ministry of Health over the neglect in carrying out timely fogging in Central Corentyne, in view of the spread of chikungunya in Berbice.

A tidy bowling display from Guyana’s spin bowlers saw the Windward Islands being dismissed for a paltry first innings total on a rain affected first day of the second round match of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Regional Under-19 tournament yesterday at the Everest Cricket Club ground, Carifesta Avenue.

President Donald Ramotar yesterday retreated from his previous position that a 20% drop in gold declarations up to May was because of hoarding by miners.

TRIPOLI (Reuters) – The United States evacuated its embassy in Libya yesterday, driving diplomats across the border into Tunisia under heavy military escort after escalating clashes broke out between rival militias in Tripoli.

President Donald Ramotar yesterday hinted that he might run for office again if early elections are called but said that the question has not come up for discussion.

The PNCR Congress is always an interesting time for political observers, not least because in recent times there has always been a challenge to the leaders and energetic contests for other positions.

Quick action by members of the Guyana Fire Service yesterday averted a major disaster at the Beharry Chowmein factory, Industrial Site, Ruimveldt.

Frequent concessions In the world of international trade, there is something called national treatment.

The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) has registered an after-tax profit of $1.103 billion 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.

FREETOWN (Reuters) – Police were guarding an Ebola treatment centre in Sierra Leone yesterday, the day after thousands marched on the clinic following allegations by a former nurse the deadly virus was invented to conceal “cannibalistic rituals” there, a regional police chief said.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Guyana reeled off their third straight win to remain unbeaten, and install themselves as favourites to win the Regional Under-15 Championship here Friday.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s ruling Socialist Party began a six-day congress yesterday with President Nicolas Maduro seeking to quieten hardliners who believe the state is failing to stem corruption or fix the economy.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Evin Lewis’s fiery half-century coupled with Kevin O’Brien’s four-wicket haul fired Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel to their fourth win and third on the trot, as they beat Jamaica Tallawahs by 13 runs here yesterday.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Three-wicket hauls from Jeremiah Louis and Shaquille Martina undermined Jamaica and gave Leeward Islands the advantage, on the opening day of the second round of matches in the Regional Under-19 Championship here yesterday.

PERIGUEUX, France, July 26 (Reuters) – Having dominated on all terrains, Vincenzo Nibali is set to win the Tour de France after avoiding any late dramas yesterday in the penultimate stage, a 54-km time trial from Bergerac won by Tony Martin.

The more I read about the massive government corruption in Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Venezuela and other countries where top officials have been accused of stealing fortunes with near total impunity, the more I like a new proposal that is making the rounds in world legal circles — creation of an International Anti-Corruption Court.

The multi-million-dollar construction on the Bartica-Potaro road from 1 Mile to 4 Miles has commenced and Regional Chairman of Region 7 Gordon Bradford has deemed the progress so far as satisfactory.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s new Prime Minister Narendra Modi is facing criticism for remaining silent about incidents deemed anti-Muslim in the past week, underscoring fears that his Hindu nationalist followers will upset religious relations in the multi-faith nation.

President Donald Ramotar said that he would like the gambling law amended so that all hotels which met the criteria would be given a casino licence, and not just three for each region as is the case at present.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – South Africa captain Hashim Amla remained unbeaten after his 22nd test hundred but off-spinner Dilruwan Perera’s career best figures gave Sri Lanka a big first innings lead at the end of the third day of the second test yesterday.

(Reuters) – Kevin Love of the Minnesota Timberwolves became the third NBA player in recent weeks to withdraw from consideration for Team USA in next month’s World Cup, USA Basketball said yesterday.

Did you try the fish fillets in Lemon Butter Sauce the week before last?

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s security cabinet approved extending the humanitarian ceasefire begun early yesterday until midnight local time (2100 GMT) today, an Israeli government official said.

SOUTHAMPTON, England, (Reuters) – India were hurting at the International Cricket Council’s (ICC)decision to fine Ravindra Jadeja 50 percent of his match fee after the row with England’s Jimmy Anderson, Mahendra Singh Dhoni said yesterday.

When Caricom heads of government met in Antigua earlier this month they had held a “frank and enthusiastic” exchange with selected leaders of industry and commerce.

Sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum) originated from India and Iran. Basil found its way into Italy brought by early travelers via the Mediterranean.

Dear Editor, “Be a part of the solution, not part of the problem” – The Vice-Chancellor’s words were indelibly etched in my mind as I left the “student consultations.”

One would have thought that the government should have registered at least a smidgeon of embarrassment after what Lt-Col Jerry Slijngard of the Suriname Coast Guard was reported to have said last week, but then again, the administration at this stage of its incumbency is probably incapable of embarrassment.

SOUTHAMPTON, England, – Alastair Cook insisted yesterday he was strong enough to tough out the attacks on his form and ability as England captain and would carry on in the role.

Dear Editor, Government must be commended for establishing the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU).