Daily Archive: Sunday, August 24, 2014

(Trinidad Express) ATTORNEYS representing Attorney General Anand Ramlogan yesterday produced a certified affidavit from Google Inc which they claim invalidates the entire emailgate scandal.

The eighth annual Guyana Cup Horse Racing event was held today at the Port Mourant Turf Club, Corentyne.

President Donald Ramotar today joined with horse-racing fans around the country at the eighth annual Guyana Cup Horse Racing event held at the Port Mourant Turf Club, Corentyne.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – British actor and film director Richard Attenborough died today at the age of 90, the BBC reported, citing his son.

This utility pole has been resting on these wires for months now at land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara.

NAPA, Calif., (Reuters) – A 6.0 magnitude earthquake rocked wine country north of San Francisco early today, injuring dozens of people, damaging historic buildings, setting some homes on fire and causing power outages around the picturesque town of Napa.

The Organisers of the 2014 Limacol Caribbean Premier League T20 have found there is no ground for the protest by the Guyana Amazon Warriors over the result in the finals of the CPL and will not alter the decision which awarded the match to the Barbados Tridents.

At about 2330h. last night, police say that Karran Sukhdeo, 30 years, of Johanna North, Black Bush Polder, Corentyne, Berbice, was involved in an argument with a man at Johanna North during which he was stabbed about his body.

At about 1315h. yesterday, police say that two men armed with handguns entered the Wayne Beverage Paradise stall at Merriman Mall, Bourda, Georgetown.

(Reuters) – Tropical Storm Cristobal formed near the southeastern Bahamas today and is moving to the northwest with winds near 45 miles per hour (72 km per hour), the U.S.

A mother of five was last evening shot dead by a gunman who walked into the Chinese Delicious Restaurant on D’Urban Street where she worked as a waitress.

Guyana Forestry Commis-sion (GFC) data on the operations of Chinese logging firm Bai Shan Lin (BSL) contradicts statements by Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment Robert Persaud regarding the joint ventures and harvesting activities engaged in by the company, raising further questions about the accuracy of information being supplied to the public by the authorities.

A woman lost her life after the boat she was travelling in collided with a cargo vessel in the Essequibo River early yesterday morning.

VIKAB Engineering, The supervisory firm that was flayed by engineers for shoddy work on the Supenaam stelling never faced any penalties by government yet continues to work in Guyana.

Troy Resources Guyana Inc yesterday received over $1.1B worth of equipment for its Karouni gold mining project, which is expected to begin production next year.

Guyana’s male and female squash teams yesterday won the team events at the 22nd senior Caribbean squash championships which ended yesterday in Barbados.

The police have released the suspect held in connection with the murder of Pradika Persaud, who was murdered on August 15, on the Essequibo Bank Public Road, because sufficient evidence was not produced to institute a charge.

Leader of the AFC Khemraj Ramjattan says that the Norwegian Agency for Development Coopera-tion’s (NORAD) recent report on the Guyana-Norway forest protection pact is a “telling blow” to the government and exposes what many have been saying all along.

Coach of the Amazon Warriors team Roger Harper is disappointed with the way the just-concluded second Limacol Caribbean Premier League final between the Amazon Warriors and the Barbados Tridents ended in St Kitts.

By Nigel Westmaas This year marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the United Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) which had a profound influence on peoples of African descent, not only in the United States, but also in what were then colonial territories like Guyana.

More than two months after Crime Chief Leslie James had indicated that charges were likely to be laid against some employees of the New Opportunity Corps (NOC) following a probe into sex and physical abuse allegations made by four former residents of the institution no one has been charged and placed before the courts.

Team Coco’s standout, Hamza Eastman edged Robin Persaud and Marlon ‘Fishy’ Williams to win the feature 35-lap event of the third annual Malta Supreme 11-race cycle programme in a thrilling three-man sprint finish.

The use of surveillance cameras by both large and small businesses has soared within recent times in the wake of an increase in crime, but while this may seem to be the ideal security option President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) Lance Hinds believes that careful thought should go into such a move.

Alpha United suffered their second consecutive CONCACAF Champ-ions’ League group loss following their 4-1 defeat to Portland Timbers on August 19 at the National Stadium, Providence.

The organizing committee of the Guyana Independence T20 Cup 2014 recently made cash presentations to several charitable organizations with the proceeds garnered from the tournament which was held at the Albion Sports Complex in May.

The police are yet to be directed to reinstitute any new charges over the killing of Dameon Belgrave, the bystander who was killed after he was struck by a bullet fired by a policeman during a pursuit.

The Preliminary Census 2012 attributes the coastland’s smaller household size to an increase in single parent households, but this needs to be examined.

By Tony Cozier   AS he trawled through the reams of research that shaped his report to the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) last March, director of cricket Richard Pybus would have been struck by failings in several areas that have led to the team’s drastic decline.

The middle class, which supported the PPP in 1950 and was heavily represented in its leadership, began to divide on the basis of the ethno-political developments after 1955.

Neglect was the reason why Talesha (not her real name) was taken into state care at the age of 15, but for her it is the best thing that has happened to her.

The third weekend of the GRFU 10s league was reduced to practice sessions yesterday after officials deemed the muddy National Park surface unfit for play following inclement weather.

As activities for Mining Week kicked off yesterday at Mahdia miners used the opportunity to reiterate their calls for improved services to the community.

‘They just stood there. No warning shot was fired. There was no siren.

I don’t get golf, and never did. People say that’s because I never played the game.

Manager of the National Swimming team, Leon Seetan said yesterday he is impressed with the development of swimmers at the recent Goodwill Championships which was held in Suriname.

Stewartville Gunners, Vergenoegen All-Stars, New Road Eagles and Woodcrest all registered opening night victories when the Stag Beer Sponsored West Demerara Inter-Village 5-aside Football tourney commenced on Friday at the Vergenoegen Rice Mill Tarmac.

GAZA/CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt called on Israel and the Palestinians yesterday to halt hostilities and resume peace talks, but both sides kept up attacks, including an Israeli air strike which destroyed a residential tower block in the centre of Gaza City.

Joel Fredericks, Captain of Mainstay Village, is the new president of the Essequibo Volleyball Association which was resuscitated last week following a visit to Onderneeming, Essequibo Coast by John Flores president of the Guyana Volleyball Association.

History often saddles people with reputations that are undeserved. Take Florence Nightingale.

TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Forces from the Libyan city of Misrata yesterday seized Tripoli’s main airport after more than a month of fighting with a rival group, a Misrata spokesman said.

WARSAW, (Reuters) – Six-times Olympic champion Usain Bolt broke 10 seconds for the first time this season when he won a 100 metres race under a closed roof at the National Stadium in Warsaw yesterday.

SYDNEY, Australia, CMC – Opener Dwayne Smith will turn out in the Australian Big Bash later this year after being snapped up by the Sydney Sixers, for the upcoming campaign in the glitzy Twent20 league.

Over the last couple of months, we have been discussing cancers and tumours.

LONDON (Reuters) – Qatar condemned yesterday the Islamic State’s “barbaric” murder of US journalist James Foley and flatly rejected accusations of giving financial support to the militant group.

KIEV (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said yesterday the standoff over Ukraine could be solved but only if control was tightened over the Ukraine-Russia border across which, the West alleges, Russia has been funnelling arms to help a separatist rebellion.

Apprehension This article offers some observations on the half-year economic report which are made from the perspective of the likely behaviour induced by movement of the monetary variables of credit, foreign reserves and the exchange rate.

As far as I can determine, few if any of the current group of Carib-bean prime ministers, or opposition leaders keeps a diary recording events and conversations of importance.

(Trinidad Express) Former prime minister Patrick Manning on Friday said he was declining the award of the nation’s highest honour, The Order of The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, announced on Thursday night by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar.

Autobiography will come in various forms, often in varying degrees of factual information and different postures of pretence.

This dwarf caiman (Paleosuchus sp) is perfectly camouflaged in a creek in the Iwokrama Rain Forest.

Remember how traditional it was to pickle onions to enjoy at Christmas time?

SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) – Many of Brazil’s biggest retailers, homebuilders and carmakers are cutting jobs as Latin America’s largest economy teeters on the edge of recession, a fresh blow to President Dilma Rousseff’s re-election bid.

Dear Editor, Taffin Khan being a member of the Guyana chess team slated to play in the Chess Olympiad in Tromso, Norway, applied to the Netherlands Embassy in Suriname for a Schengen visa.

Dear Editor, At long last pavilions for cricket grounds in Berbice will be named after outstanding Test cricketers as a result of assistance from the Government of Guyana through the Guyana Sugar Corporation.

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon spends most of his time talking about the Middle East, Ukraine and global warming.

Dear Editor,   Mark Twain once said, “Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she laid an asteroid.”

Pruning can improve the look of your plants. Most plants grow better and stay healthier with a little pruning.

(Reuters) – Sohaib Maqsood and Fawad Alam struck quick-fire fifties and combined in a record 147-run sixth wicket stand as Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka by four wickets with one ball remaining in the first one-day international at Hambantota yesterday.

Now that the wisdom of participating at the 2014 Tromso Olympiad has been noted, it remains the obligation of the established body, the Guyana Chess Federation, to accelerate the promotion of chess.

It was the late Deryck Bernard, a population geographer by profession, who a long time ago drew attention to the changing demographics of Guyana and the possible attendant political consequences.