Daily Archive: Saturday, August 16, 2014

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Barbados Tridents captured the 2014 Caribbean Premier League by eight runs under the Duckworth/Lewis method, after rain spoiled Guyana Amazon Warriors’ run chase in the final at Warner Park here Saturday.

Social change organisation, Blue CAPS, on Friday August 15 launched its second Youth Leadership Development Programme at the Heavenly Light World Outreach Fellowship in Albouystown.

Ferguson, Mo., (Reuters) – Missouri Governor Jay Nixon declared a state of emergency and imposed a curfew in Ferguson today, trying to restore order after a week of racially charged protests and looting over the shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white police officer.

The Guyanese team at the World Championships of Dominoes Federation 16th Tournament at the Barbados Beach Club Hotel located at Maxwell Coast Road.

Biggest challenges Thus far, discussion of the 2012 Preliminary Census has focussed on 1) the population decline over the intercensal period 2002-2012; 2) the effect of outward migration; 3) estimating what the population might have been if it were not for item 2; and 4) making the inference, based on the preliminary data that high levels of brain drain (observed in previous intercensal periods) persisted.

Copa Airlines today said that the refusal of entry of a passenger who is the holder of a Netherlands passport was due to the fact that Guyanese immigration authorities deemed him to be a prohibited immigrant.

Guyana has been able to seal a deal with Panama for the supply of 5,000 tonnes of rice per month beginning in September and taking the contract period up to the end of this year.

Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy says that the target set in the National Agriculture Strategy 2013-2020 to cut the importation of corn and soya by 15-25 percent is not only achievable, but can also be exceeded, the Government Information Agency said in a release.

The police say they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a woman whose so far unconfirmed name has been given as ‘Simone’ of Zeelugt, EBE.

A team of investigators from the Guyana Defence Force was dispatched to the Colonel John Clarke Military School in Tacama last evening, following a report by an Officer Cadet that he was assaulted by his training instructors, a statement from the GDF said today.

(Barbados Nation) Barbados is among eight Caribbean countries that have become the first in the region to purchase “excess rainfall insurance coverage” from the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF).

The discovery on Thursday of a likely narco-submarine in a creek off the Waini River in the North West District and the nearby camp where it is believed to have been built point to the depth of the drug trade here and is seen as an intelligence-based victory, law enforcement sources said yesterday.

President Donald Ramotar has rejected claims that Chinese company Bai Shan Lin is engaged in excessive logging and exports and he accused sections the media of adopting an “opposition stance” for making such assertions.

Logs exports rose by a whopping 80% in the first half of this year compared to the same period last year and the revelation contradicts Minister of Finance Dr.

The Guyana Manufactur-ing and Services Associa-tion (GMSA) will be moving for access to the agreements under which all foreign investors are permitted to operate in Guyana’s forestry sector, in order to ensure they are operating within agreed parameters, president of the group Clinton Williams said on Thursday.

Owner of the Guyana Variety Store and Nut Centre John Rudolph Singh, scheduled to be sentenced yesterday for causing public terror, is now out of jail on $200,000 bail after recanting his guilty plea.

By Delvon Mc Ewan   The Brian Sattaur led Guyana Under-19 team created history yesterday as they became the first national youth team to win a West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Regional Under-19 double crown.

City Magistrate Ann McLennan yesterday ordered the public out of her courtroom after a phone rang during an ongoing session and the owner refused to identify himself.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Guyana Amazon Warriors will try to compensate for last year’s heartbreak, when they clash with a buoyant Barbados Tridents in the final of the Caribbean Premier League here today.

With 375 sixes smashed at multiple venues across the Caribbean, a highlight reel of 190 catches, most of which left spectators in awe and 8313 runs scored by players both foreign and local; it comes down to two teams; the Barbados Tridents and the Guyana Amazon Warriors who take center stage today in the final of the 2014 Limacol Caribbean Premier League (LCPL) T20 tournament at Basseterre, St Kitts.

Mwanza Glenn’s name is well known in fashion and designing circles, but his interests are much wider; dancing and acting are just two of them.

An East Canje, Berbice man was found dead with marks of violence about his body in an abandoned house yesterday.

Linden resident Dexter Phil was yesterday released on $400,000 bail after denying a charge that he caused the death of a motorcyclist as a result of a collision at Friendship, East Bank Demerara.

Socialising in Georgetown really depends on your disposal income. Your pocket determines or dictates where you hang out.

Shawn Bobb, who stands accused of robbing a teacher at gun-point at the West Ruimveldt Primary School, was remanded to prison yesterday by a city magistrate.

Hi Everyone,  Are we in the last age of a particular generation of grandmothers’ cooking?

International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) instructor Ramon Ortega Montes of Spain said yesterday that he intends to make participants in the ongoing Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) International Federation level 1 coaching and certification programme qualified at the end of the one week stint.

Stable owners pick the phone up and make that call, entries for Guyana’s biggest and most lucrative horse racing meet closes today. In

KIEV, (Reuters) – Ukraine said its artillery destroyed part of a Russian armoured column that entered its territory overnight and said its forces came under shellfire from Russia yesterday in what appeared to be a major military escalation between the ex-Soviet states.

A supervisor of the Toolsie Persaud Limited, accused of stealing 10 packs of axe saw blades from the company, was yesterday admitted to bail in the sum $75,000 after being arraigned at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.

Dear Editor, The University of Guyana (UG) is a state-owned institution.

Cabinet approval has been given for the establishment of an investigative arm of the Police Complaints Authority (PCA), which will enable the agency to conduct investigations independent of the police force.

Guyana’s chess team at the 41st World Chess Olympiad in Tromso, Norway ended the tournament on a winning note by defeating Palau 3-1 in the 11th and final round of the Open division.

The Re-Actors – a comedy group comprising six dramatists: Randolph Critchlow, Sean Thompson, Mark Luke Edwards, Leon Cummings, Mark Kazim and Tashandra Inniss – will premier its first official comedy show “Bare Rikaticks” on Saturday August 23, at the National Cultural Centre.

The Guyana Police Force yesterday morning conducted cordon and search operations in ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’ Divisions, resulting in 75 arrests in total.

Dear Editor, Firstly let me acknowledge that the Limacol CPL T20 Tournament seems to be a rip-roaring success.

The Ramdhani siblings, Priyanna and Narayan were on course to help Guyana capture six gold medals at the Caribbean Regional Badminton Championships (CAREBACO) currently underway in Jamaica.

Tonight Thirst Park Tarmac will host what is being considered one of the biggest all-Guyanese gospel concerts this nation has ever witnessed, HopeFest 2014.

FERGUSON, Mo., (Reuters) – Minutes before a police officer shot him dead, Michael Brown had become a suspect in the theft of cigars from a store, according to police reports released yesterday after days of protests in a St.

Some athletes have fame thrust upon them, others inherit it. Being the offspring of one of Guyana’s dazzling sprinters of the 90’s, Brenessa Thompson can claim to be the beneficiary of the latter happenstance.

Dear Editor, Research shows that poor sanitation accounts for 54% of international variation in child height or stunting.

I read an article recently in the Financial Times that explained why and how women get easily sucked into trends.

When heavy rains hit, the city’s main commercial hubs along Regent Street is overwhelmed in about ten minutes, resulting in disruptions for commuters, businesses, and shoppers.

BAGHDAD, (Reuters) – Tribal leaders and clerics from Iraq’s Sunni heartland offered their conditional backing yesterday for a new government that hopes to contain sectarian bloodshed and an offensive by Islamic State militants that threatens to tear the country apart.

Dear Editor, There has been much talk but little action when it comes to a solution to the problem of pride and managing the litter and garbage problems in the city.

The Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) 10s league continues today with another double header at the National Park.

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, the actor reacted to the backlash he received when it was announced that he would take on the role of the Dark Knight in Zack Snyder’s Batman v.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Puerto Rico managed to keep its electricity flowing this week – but creditors made it clear that the crisis enveloping the island’s power utility is far from over.

ISLAMABAD, (Reuters) – Two large anti-government movements entered the Pakistani capital late on Friday night, presenting the 15-month-old civilian government with its biggest challenge yet.

Almost at the end of a journey across the world, Roman Rominger and his all-purpose Volkswagen van have landed in Guyana.

(Reuters) – Director Lee Daniels is facing a $25 million lawsuit over claims he failed to pay back hip-hop mogul-turned-fashion entrepreneur Damon Dash, or give him production credits, after Dash invested millions of dollars in his projects.

AUSTIN, Texas, (Reu-ters) – Texas Governor Rick Perry was indicted yesterday by a grand jury in Texas on two counts of abuse of power and coercion over a funding veto he made last year that was seen as being intended to force a local prosecutor to resign.

The Boyce/Jefford Classic is expected to get off to a blazing start as the fifth annual two-day meet will get under way today at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground at noon.

Dear Editor, On July 1, 2014 I wrote a letter to Mr Eric Phillips in which I made the following points: 1.

A walk from Le Resouvenir to the Parade Ground Georgetown to commemorate the martyred ancestors of 1823 is being mounted tomorrow by the Coalition of the 1823 Parade Ground Monument.

LONDON, (Reuters) – England’s four-pronged pace attack bowled India out for 148 before the hosts reached 62 for no wicket in reply to take control of the fifth and final test on an absorbing first day at The Oval yesterday.

With its Conversations on Citizenship forum mere weeks away, the Janus Cultural Policy Initiative (JCPI) yesterday hosted a meeting with 20 representatives from various religious, ethnic and cultural organisations to create the agenda for their upcoming event.

A year ago, I sat at a lecture, organised by the Cuffy 250 Committee, where a series of questions about the state of African Guyanese communities were raised.

Dear Editor, The recent grim news of unacceptably high failure rate at the CSEC examinations come as no surprise.

(Reuters) – Pop star Justin Bieber pleaded guilty to lesser charges on Wednesday to resolve a criminal case brought by Miami Beach police who initially said he was caught drag racing in a Lamborghini under the influence of alcohol and drugs.

The Guyanese who earned first-class results in this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) exams are living proof, if any were needed, that despite our periodic jeremiads about the brain drain to Everywhere Else, there is no shortage of intelligent people in this country.