Daily Archive: Monday, August 25, 2014

TORONTO, Canada, CMC-Four of the biggest names from the West Indies cricket team have signed a deal making them co-owners in the new Canadian Premier League T20 set for next year.

City Hall’s Public Relations Officer Royston King was today arraigned at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court with a July 13, 2012 charge which alleges that he wrote a letter to the Beacon Foundation and signed same; purporting that he was the Town Clerk Acting, which position he did not hold nor was appointed to act in at the same time.

At about 1055h. yesterday, police say that Parmendra Mohan, 49 years, of Plantation Brahan, WCB, was struck down by a motor car while walking along the roadway at D’ Edward Village, WBB.

Dozens of persons joined a health walk on Saturday, starting from Fifth Street, Cummings Lodge and ending at the University of Guyana’s tarmac (UG) to heighten awareness of Non Communicable Diseases and their prevention, GINA said.

Dozens of persons joined a health walk on Saturday, starting from Fifth Street, Cummings Lodge and ending at the University of Guyana’s tarmac (UG) to heighten awareness of Non Communicable Diseases and their prevention, GINA said.

Dozens of persons joined a health walk on Saturday, starting from Fifth Street, Cummings Lodge and ending at the University of Guyana’s tarmac (UG) to heighten awareness of Non Communicable Diseases and their prevention, GINA said.

The police say they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Bharrat Sugrim called “Lusty”, 37 years, of Better Hope, ECD, who was found in a yard at Cummings Lodge, ECD, with stab wounds to his chest, at about 1430h.

PARIS, (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande asked his prime minister today to form a new government, looking to impose his will on the cabinet after rebel leftist ministers had called for an economic policy U-turn.

There is strong evidence to suggest that the revised evaluation criteria for the prequalification for the supply of drugs and medical supplies were biased in favour of a particular local company and the entire prequalification exercise should be set aside and a fresh start made, former Auditor-General Anand Goolsarran says.

A Black Bush Polder (BBP) man was fatally stabbed on Saturday after he was involved in an argument with another man at Johanna North, BBP, Corentyne.

Dexter Lindo, a suspected bandit who was shot on Saturday during a confrontation with a licensed firearm holder, succumbed early yesterday morning to his injuries while receiving treatment at the Balwant Singh Hospital.

Following the murder of an employee of the Delicious Restaurant on D’Urban Street, investigators are now going through video footage caught on the CCTV cameras installed at the facility and Crime Chief Leslie James has indicated that a pronouncement would be made shortly.

CP Got Even won the feature C1 and Lower event of the eighth annual Guyana Cup denying the favoured Elle’s Vision the elusive `Triple’ at the nation’s biggest horse race fixture.

The Ministry of Public Works is advising truck owners that effective from tomorrow, August 26, 2014 heavy-duty trucks – single, double and triple axles – will only be allowed to carry loads of approximately 15 tonnes along the Linden/Lethem road.

(Cricinfo) The Caribbean Premier League’s (CPL) cricket tournament committee has ruled that match referee Denavon Hayles properly applied the relevant rules in the rain-hit CPL final on August 16, which Barbados Tridents won by eight runs via the Duckworth-Lewis method.

Low sugar production and the lack of markets for packaged sugar has seen the Guyana Sugar Corporation’s (GuySuCo) Enmore packaging plant functioning at a low level.

Golden Jaguars International Vurlon Mills said despite lack of international experience within the squad, he is confident Guyana can qualify for the second round of the upcoming Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Championships.

Local forestry operators have called for a level playing field for all firms in the sector and say that foreign timber companies should be more involved in downstream operations and value-added production rather than in the exportation of logs.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Combative left-arm spinner Sulieman Benn is set to play his first Twenty20 International in more than four years, after being named in a West Indies 13-man squad to face Bangladesh in the one-off T20I at Warner Park on Wednesday.

The composition of the new Board of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is highly unsatisfactory and largely reflects the re-cycling of PPP cronies, APNU’s spokesperson on finance Carl Greenidge says.

A family of four counted its blessings yesterday morning after members of the Guyana Fire Service prevented a fire, which charred the top floor of its two-storey Laluni Street home, from spreading and consuming the rest of the building.

 BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – All-rounder Andre Russell has been called up to the West Indies squad for the third and final One-Day International against Bangladesh starting here today.

Residents of Moblissa, Linden/Soesdyke Highway, remain unsatisfied with the poor state of the Moblissa road and are calling on government to have Chinese timber firm, Bai Shan Lin fix the damage since its trucks are responsible.

Two men were charged with causing death by dangerous driving on Friday, at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.

Port of Spain, Trinidad – Director of cricket at the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), Richard Pybus says that the new system for regional cricket proposed by him will make regional cricketers coachable.

Dear Editor, I write with reference to Dr Henry Jeffrey’s column, ‘Guyana: bi-communalism in transition’ (SN, Aug 20).

A five-year-old boy is in critical condition after he was involved in an accident at Good Hope, Essequibo Coast yesterday.

BEIRUT, (Reuters) – Islamic State militants stormed an air base in northeast Syria yesterday, capturing it from government forces after days of fighting that cost more than 500 lives, a monitoring group said.

KINSHASA, (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo declared an Ebola outbreak in its northern Equateur province yesterday after two out of eight cases tested came back positive for the deadly virus, Health Minister Felix Kabange Numbi said.

Dear Editor, Our recent letter, ‘Muslims are marginalized in Guyana,’ that appeared in Stabroek News, was not meant to create any ‘divide and rule’ analogy but was to evoke meaningful discussion as to why such an environment exists, and how we as individuals and the community as a whole can contribute to improve the status quo in the country, especially at the political level for all minorities and disenfranchised groups.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Captain Dwayne Bravo says West Indies are more focussed on building their unit in preparation for next year’s ICC Cricket World Cup, than completing a series whitewash over Bangladesh.

Former Diamond Hospital Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and assistant to the Minister of Health, Kevin Mana, died last month after he ingested poison.

(Reuters) – World record holder and six-times Olympic champion Usain Bolt has decided to end his 2014 season and will not compete in the 100 meters in Thursday’s IAAF Diamond League Final in Zurich, organisers said yesterday.

Dear Editor, The issue involving the Chinese company Bai Shan Lin, has created the environment for an objective debate to commence on the need for Guyana to develop a strategic approach for conducting business and development engagements with the West, East and the South.

A Roxanne Burnham Gardens man says he ended up in intensive care for one week after a private medical institution failed to detect a four-inch piece of wood that was lodged in his foot.

NAPA, Calif., (Reuters) – Authorities in California’s wine country north of San Francisco were scrambling yesterday to reach damaged buildings and restore power in the town of Napa after a 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck before dawn, injuring more than 100 people.

GAZA/JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Palestinian civilians yesterday to leave immediately any site where militants are operating, one day after Israel flattened a 13-storey apartment block in Gaza.

Dear Editor, I read with amazement the call for the president to lead the fight against the local narcotics conglomerates.

SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium, (Reuters) – Australian Daniel Ricciardo won the Belgian Grand Prix for Red Bull yesterday while Mercedes title rivals Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton provided the drama of the day by colliding on the second lap.

Banks DIH Limited on Saturday presented bursaries to 23 children of employees and shareholders who were successful at the 2014 National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) during a presentation ceremony at Banks DIH Sports Club at Thirst Park, a release from the company said yesterday.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Serena Williams, who opens her quest for a third successive U.S.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Cristobal moved over the central Bahamas yesterday with winds gusting over 45 miles per hour (72 km per hour), but posed little threat to the U.S.

By Kimalee Phillip, Director and Project Coordinator with Groundation Grenada  Groundation Grenada is a social action collective which focuses on the use of creative media to assess the needs of our communities, raise consciousness and act to create positive radical growth.

Dear Editor, An opinion poll conducted by the North American Caribbean Teachers Association (NACTA) in July revealed lack of support for the AFC’s no-confidence motion and the PPP’s threat of a snap poll.

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

KINGSTON, (Reuters) – The main event at fight night in Kingston, a popular boxing showcase, was hours away, but the crowd at the National Stadium’s indoor arena, from the young and hip to the elderly, was already pumped.

(BBC) The move to ban a controversial film on the October 1984 assassination of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi has a sense of deja vu about it.

LONDON, (Reuters) – England captain Alastair Cook has confirmed Alex Hales will make his one-day debut and open the batting for England in the upcoming five-match series against India.

Politikles

(Trinidad Express) The Ministry of Planning and Economy did not comply with the Central Tenders Board (CTB) Act when it tendered and selected the three developers for the billion-dollar Invader’s Bay Development project, a legal opinion provided to Attorney General Anand Ramlogan has concluded.

Two weeks ago, we began a discussion of the revised prequalification criteria for the supply of drugs and medical supplies to the Ministry of Health and the Georgetown Hospital for the period 2014 to 2016.

What is clear from the eruptions over the activities of Bai Shan Lin, Vaitarna and similar logging and extractive companies, is that the PPP/C government has been engaged in drawing up agreements which either do not reflect the best interests of the nation or are not being properly enforced.

Last week, the Health Ministry reported that there are 76 confirmed cases of Chikungunya, the mosquito-borne disease that causes acute joint pains and fever.

Dear Editor, Guyana has lost one of its most talented political foot soldiers to have fought against the petty bourgeoisie rulers of Guyana.  Lionel

ST LOUIS, (Reuters) – Rev. Al Sharpton and the father of an unarmed black teenager killed by a white officer on Aug.