Daily Archive: Sunday, October 5, 2014

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil’s leftist President Dilma Rousseff placed first in today’s election but did not get enough votes to avoid a runoff and will face pro-business rival Aecio Neves after he made a dramatic late surge into second place, partial results showed.

At about 0030h. today, police say that Rajeshwar Ramdhani, 20 years, of Tain Settlement, Corentyne, Berbice, was fatally stabbed to his chest by a man with whom he had an argument earlier, while walking along Well Tank Dam, Miss Phoebe, Port Mourant, Corentyne.

Main opposition coalition APNU today lambasted state television NCN over claims that its reporters had been recently harassed by APNU officials.

(Trinidad Express) A NINE-YEAR-OLD boy died yesterday in what police believe was a necro­mancy (obeah) ritual.

Khemraj Ramjattan,   Nigel Hughes, Moses Nagamootoo and Cathy Hughes have been identified as nominees to be the AFC’s next presidential candidate, the party announced yesterday.

Story and photos by Kenesha Fraser   The village of Lake Mainstay on the Essequibo Coast is a well-populated Amerindian village located about 25 minutes aback Anna Regina.

In her first glimpse of humans, weeks after wandering lost in the jungle near starvation with her sister, watching her uncle die, and escaping a stalking jaguar, 13-year-old Bertina Domingo felt the courage drain out of her.

Another miner is dead after the mining pit he was working in, caved in.

Within the last two years there have been four cases of civilians being shot dead by police under questionable circumstances but so far only two have been taken before the courts while the others are still awaiting an outcome.

Officials who allowed logging company Baishanlin to build a 130 kilometre road without the required environmental authorisation should be held to account and President Donald Ramotar must put his foot down, APNU General-Secretary Joe Harmon says.

Ramlila as portrayed last evening by the Jewan Ica Nritya, an Indian cultural artistic group headed by Roshini Boodhoo.

Robin Persaud did it again. Yesterday, the Carlton Wheelers’ club rider edged Team Coco’s Chris Holder and Team Alanis’ Paul Choo-Wee-Nam in a thrilling sprint finish to repeat as champion of the feature 35-lap event of the 10th annual Laparkan 11-race programme.

Introduction The class of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) human development indicators is an intellectual derivate of the deprivation of basic needs approach, to poverty assessment discussed last week.

Minister of Housing and Water Irfaan Ali yesterday morning collided with a motor cycle at the corners of D’Urban and George Streets.

Last week we paid attention to some elements of the power of the Amerindian presence in Guyanese culture.

DALLAS (Reuters) – The first Ebola patient diagnosed in the United States took a turn for the worse yesterday, slipping from serious to critical condition, as health officials reported fielding scores of possible cases around the country that proved to be false alarms.

By Tony Cozier   WEST INDIES have again been jolted by the suspension of one of their major spinners, this time their most prominent.

Eve Ensler is a woman driven by the pain she sees her sisters across the globe suffer and while she will not be able to purge the world of violence against women and children in her lifetime her work is nevertheless making an impact, including through raising funds to assist those in need.

Rishi Sukhram and Shanella Webster ran out winners of the male and female categories of the Trophy Stall Golf tournament held at the Lusignan Golf Course last weekend.

Leader of the PNCR, Chairman of APNU and Leader of the Opposition, David Granger, has had to field questions recently about the effectiveness of the opposition which together control a majority by one of the seats in the National Assembly.

I enjoy writing these So it go columns partly because I’m free to pick my subjects (which annoys some columnists, but who’s stopping them from doing the same?)

The world is suffering from giganticism. Bigger is considered better and biggest best.

MUMBAI, India, CMC – West Indies chief selector Clive Lloyd has lashed out at the decision to report Sunil Narine’s action and believes cricket’s world governing body, the International Cricket Council, should get involved to help find a resolution to the issue.

Continued   When will the owner know that the final curtain must be drawn?

Some 21 teams are down to battle for the lucrative first prize of $120,000 and a trophy today and tomorrow when Strikers Sports Club stages a specially arranged tournament in honour of the birth anniversary of one of its members Richie Richardson.

One of the many good things about baked chicken is that you can mix and match flavours or you can use one type of seasoning – herbs, spices, dried seasoning mixes or sauces – to create a different flavour each time you make the dish.

Scope and power of government   In the study of public finance, students come across several concepts which expose them to the scope and power of the government.

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Deposed Haitian dictator Jean-Claude ‘Baby Doc’ Duvalier died of a heart attack yesterday, closing the book on a political dynasty notorious for human rights abuses and corruption in the poorest country in the Americas.

Some 40 countries will be vying for top honours in Trinidad when the Twin-Island Republic plays host to of the Pan American Sambo Championship at the University of Trinidad and Tobago, O’Meara Campus starting today.

IGUALA, Mexico (Reuters) – Authorities have found a mass grave in the restive southern Mexican state of Guerrero, the state attorney general’s office said yesterday, at a time when police are scouring the area for nearly four dozen people missing after a rash of violence.

Heavyweights Tucville Primary sent an early warning to the field, crushing Thomas Moore 6-0 when the fourth annual Petra Organization/Courts Pee-Wee U-11 primary schools football tourney kicked off yesterday.

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian presidential hopeful Aecio Neves is heading into today’s election with a slight edge over environmentalist Marina Silva in the race to advance to an expected runoff against the incumbent, three new polls showed yesterday.

No one should be in any doubt: the world’s energy balance is changing rapidly with profound political and economic consequences for the way every country and region will in future relate to one another.

Dear Editor,   In a condescending SN letter of Oct 2, captioned ‘Caribbean Airlines has remained loyal to Guyana,’ Mr Vishnu Bisram attempted to portray Caribbean Airlines (CAL) as a benevolent regional air carrier which he claimed “has always been there to help Guyanese” and not itself as it benefits from a profitable market.

 These little sheath-tailed bats (Sp Cormura or Peropteryx) typically roost in tree hollows in moist lowland forests.

By Delvon McEwan   Defending champions Gandhi Youth Organisation (GYO) got off to a winning start after defeating Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) by 30 runs in their opening match of the Banks DIH Limited Malta Supreme/ Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Under-13 Tournament, yesterday at the Guyana National Industry and Commerce (GNIC) ground.

Fruta Conquerors overcame Flamingo FC 3-1 when the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) first division league continued at the Tucville Community Centre ground on Friday.

Someone once said that a picture is worth a thousand words.

Dear Editor,   A parent shared this story. Upon inquiry during a chance encounter on the street with the Form Teacher as to the performance of her child, the parent was informed that her first form child was not doing well in English and Maths.

BANGALORE, India, CMC – There were no headlines for the West Indies duo of Dwayne Smith and Dwayne Bravo but their Chennai Super Kings still lifted the Champions League Twenty20 title with a convincing eight-wicket victory over Kolkata Knight Riders here yesterday.

When Democrats and Republicans in the ultra-polarized US Congress put out a joint foreign policy statement, as they did when they urged the Obama administration to oppose Venezuela’s admission to the United Nations Security Council, it’s sometimes worth reading.

Rhapis excelsa commonly called Lady Palm originated from southern China and Taiwan.  

    Dear Editor,   I am writing this letter to clear up some misconceptions that are currently being circulated by Mr Bissoondial Singh.

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong pro-democracy protest leaders said they would unblock access to government buildings to allow civil servants to go back to work this week, but defied calls from the Chinese-controlled city’s leaders to end their demonstrations.

Regional Chairman of Region Ten Sharma Solomon has accused the organisers of the inauguration ceremony of the Laparoscopic Centre of the Linden Hospital Complex (LHC) of engaging in “narrow, dingy politics” because they did not invite him and members of the Region Ten Regional Democratic Council (RDC) to the function.

MUMBAI, India, CMC – West Indies’ chances in the upcoming one-day series against India has been dealt a severe blow, with the West Indies Cricket Board opting to pull champion off-spinner Sunil Narine from the 14-man squad.

Dear Editor,   Mr A Persaud has written to the press (‘Dead puma shown in photo had been killing farm goats’ SN, October 2) correcting a “distortion of the facts” in response to my letter regarding wanton destruction of wildlife.

INCHEON, South Korea (Reuters) – North and South Korea agreed yesterday to resume reconciliation talks after the North sent its most senior delegation ever to its estranged neighbour at just 24 hours’ notice.

BANGALORE, India, CMC – Kolkata Knight Riders have given their backing to embattled off-spinner Sunil Narine, who was ruled out of yesterday’s Champions League Twenty20 final against Chennai Super Kings after being banned from bowling by organisers.

MURSITPINAR/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Islamic State forces shelled the Syrian border town of Kobani yesterday and its Kurdish defenders said they were expecting a new assault to try to capture it.

BARCELONA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Climate scientists hope to be able to tell the world almost in real-time whether global warming has a hand in extreme weather thanks to an initiative they plan to launch by the end of 2015.

Last week Gina reported that President Donald Ramotar had met Guyanese in Washington and Queens, New York, in the course of his visit to the United Nations, and that he had asked them to return home and invest in the country’s economy.

Dear Editor,   The Caricom Reparations process has gone miles beyond the debate of whether to pursue reparations or not.

(Reuters) – Brazilians could make history this month by electing Marina Silva, the daughter of impoverished rubber tappers from the Amazon, as their first black president.