Daily Archive: Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Prime Minister Samuel Hinds (left) and India’s High Commissioner to Guyana Venkatachalan Mahalingam at the 145th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi last week at the Promenade Gardens.

Minister of Amerindian Affairs, Pauline Sukhai (left), Permanent Secretary, Nigel Dharamlall (second from right), and other Ministry officials, and community leaders during the recent handing over ceremony for a boat and engines at Santa Rosa community ground, GINA said.

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(Barbados Nation) A POTENTIAL STRIKE by West Indies’ cricketers is looming less than three weeks after the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and the West Indies Players Association (WIPA) signed a landmark memorandum of understanding/collective bargaining agreement (MOU/CBA).

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) continued its demand today for President Donald Ramotar to name a date for the holding of local government elections in Guyana.

(Trinidad Express) Less than two days after his mother was shot and killed at her Kelly Village home, 30-year-old Jason Nero was  shot dead on Sunday night by unknown assailants while attending her wake.

Tragedy marred the first village day at Baracara, Canje River when a 29-year-old cane harvester was early yesterday morning shot in the head during a row over a woman who was also injured in the incident.

By Pushpa Balgobin in Paramaribo, Suriname Agriculture development is directly tied to incentive-based training, according to Dr John R Deep Ford, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Coordinator for the Caribbean.

After he was accused of being a rapist, a 20-year-old Dartmouth, Essequibo Coast man was badly beaten allegedly by residents of Devonshire Castle also on the Essequibo Coast.

A man said to be a known armed robber was in a critical condition up to press time after being involved in a shootout with the police at Friendship, East Bank Demerara.

Ministers of health throughout the Americas have pledged to improve mental health care in their countries and a plan of action includes suicide prevention steps.

BRIDGTOWN, Barbados, CMC – Regional franchises made a mockery of yesterday’s draft for the inaugural West Indies Professional Cricket League, largely shunning the non-territorial options available and choosing instead to stick with their national players.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Dumped England batsman Kevin Pietersen has slammed his former team managers for allegedly allowing a culture of ‘bullying’ to develop and said coach Andy Flower and wicketkeeper Matt Prior were behind an orchestrated campaign to oust him.

Despite media reports of a court appearance next Monday, owner and publisher of the Kaieteur News Glenn Lall insists that he has not been formally told that he has been charged with tax evasion.

MUMBAI, India, CMC – Denesh Ramdin says West Indies need to sharpen up in all aspects of their game if they are to beat India in the upcoming one-day series, and believes the arrival of the players from the Champions League Twenty20 will enhance their chances.

Two recent investigations into rape allegations by women in the interior have glaring exposed the Guyana Police Force’s failure to effectively deal with such and given that there is ongoing training, the most recent being in August this year, the police have no excuse for their lack of professionalism.

BANGALORE, India, CMC – West Indies players Dwayne Bravo, Samuel Badree and Dwayne Smith say they are proud to be a part of the Chennai Super Kings squad which were crowned Champions League Twenty20 winners on Saturday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – As England prepare to play San Marino, officially the joint-worst team in world soccer, at Wembley on Thursday, their former manager Graham Taylor has warned the players not to expect any praise, however many goals they win by.

Following a visit to Plaisance from Minister of Local Government Norman Whittaker, residents of the village are accusing the minister of having “double standards” and are maintaining their selection of village overseer as the best choice.

The mother of Adrian Bishop who was shot dead by police last month says her decision to send him to the New Opportunity Corps (NOC) is her biggest regret as she believes the institution did nothing to rehabilitate him but rather led him into a life of crime.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Former England team mate Graeme Swann began the backlash against Kevin Pietersen’s new book   yesterday by labelling it “the biggest work of fiction since Jules Verne”.

(Reuters) – Clint Dempsey and Michael Bradley are among the names not on the roster for Landon Donovan’s national team farewell match against Ecuador on Friday, according to the squad named by U.S.

The Guyana Police Force has no record of a post-mortem examination done on Camp Street prison inmate Victor Larry, who was found dead in his cell almost two months ago.

(Reuters) – U.S. champion swimmer Michael Phelps, who recently returned to top-level competition after a two-year retirement, was suspended for six months by USA Swimming yesterday following his recent arrest on a drunken driving charge.

Dear Editor, The annual GuyExpo is undeniably a highly anticipated event that attracts hundreds of people from all sections of the Guyanese society.

(Reuters) – Former World Cup winners Romario and Bebeto were among the Brazilian footballers elected to parliament in elections this weekend.

Dear Editor, News of this medical centre on the East Coast Demerara at once attracted my attention.

Opposition Leader David Granger yesterday maintained that notwithstanding A Partnership for National Unity’s (APNU) support for AFC’s no-confidence motion, which could trigger national elections if passed, it is still pressing ahead with its call for local government elections (LGE).

Dear Editor, Please permit me to address briefly in your letter column two matters of public interest and touching on the administration of law in Guyana: the Deeds Registry and the Judicial Review Act, 2010.

League leaders Pele continued their unbeaten run in the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) first division tourney, defeating fifth placed side Northern Rangers 5-2 on Sunday at the Tucville Community Centre ground.

Dear Editor, I refer to SN’s editorial titled ‘Diaspora’ of October 5th instant, to offer the following comments.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Former Manchester United captain Roy Keane regrets having apologised to Alex Ferguson after the falling-out which led to him leaving the club in 2005, leaked extracts from his new autobiography have revealed.The

Workers taking advantage of almost non-existent traffic owing to the holiday yesterday to attend to a pothole on Main Street.

A fire tender was summoned to the Georgetown Prison, Camp Street, after a fire broke out early yesterday morning, in a section of the building.

MURSITPINAR, Turkey (Reuters) – Street fighting raged between Kurdish defenders and Islamic State militants who advanced into Kobani yesterday after subjecting the Syrian border town to an assault lasting almost three weeks, residents and fighters said.

Dear Editor, At a symposium held at the Inter-national Conference Centre on October 2, Junior Finance Minister Juan Edghill delivered the feature address and highlighted the government’s concern on the matter of contract variations which he stated could lead to double the actual contract sum.

On his sacking by England: “They needed a scapegoat, preferably someone big, boisterous and annoying.

The Guyana Consumers Association is opposing the proposal by the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) for an increase in the rates for landline services and is asking the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to order a decrease in rates.

MADRID (Reuters) – A Spanish nurse has become the first person to contract Ebola outside of Africa, casting doubt over measures taken in Spain to control the potential spread of the deadly disease.

Dear Editor, Please excuse me for not submitting my opinions to your publication for quite a long period but I was just looking on and observing the political events as they unfold.

Unique Arts, a group of five graduates from the E R Burrowes School of Art, made its debut at last weekend’s GuyExpo showcasing ceramics, drawings and paintings.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s new opposition chief is targeting 2015 parliamentary elections as a springboard to end more than 15 years of socialist rule.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said yesterday his administration was working on additional protocols for screening airplane passengers to identify people who might have Ebola and would step up efforts to make medical professionals aware of what to do if they encounter a case.

SHANGHAI, (Reuters) – U.S. Open champion Marin Cilic made a shock first-round exit from the Shanghai Masters yesterday after losing 7-5 2-6 7-6(2) to fellow Croatian Ivo Karlovic.

GWI has begun laying the groundwork for the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) 17025:2005 accreditation process, which in essence would guarantee that the instruments and equipment used for water quality testing and calibration have met internationally required standards.

WESTERN BUREAU (Jamaica Gleaner) – Thirteen Jamaicans are claiming they were exposed to extremely cold conditions, forced to sleep on the floor, and deprived of access to food and bathroom facilities at Trini-dad’s Piarco International Airport last Tuesday night after being denied entry into that Caribbean country.

Fresh fruit and vegetables take pride of place in the Ministry of Agriculture’s booth at GuyExpo last weekend.

The Caribbean Association of Industry and Commerce (CAIC) and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of French Guiana (CCI GUYANE) on Thursday last signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on trade and economic cooperation.

Dear Editor, I read with interest a letter by Mr Anil Persaud relating to cricket on the East Coast of Demerara.

SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) – A tight runoff campaign for Brazil’s presidency kicked off yesterday with leftist incumbent Dilma Rousseff and pro-business rival Aecio Neves racing to win over supporters of the third-placed candidate after she was knocked out of the election.

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Following the success of this year’s University of Guyana Student Society (UGSS) elections using automated voting machines (AVM), the Chief Election Officer (CEO) says any use here would require full consultation with stakeholders and then changes to the law.

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dozens of Kurds stormed the national parliament building in The Hague last night in a protest against Islamic State fighters who are attacking a Kurdish town in northern Syria, Kurdish officials in the Netherlands said.

History remembers Haiti for a host of reasons. The country owns the distinction of being the first in the Western hemisphere to secure independence.

(Reuters) – Walt Disney Co and Time Warner Inc will more than double their annual payments to the National Basketball Association under a nine-year deal that underscores the importance of sports to an increasingly fragmented TV industry.

Dear Editor, I wish to thank Clive Lloyd, the current chairman of selectors, and one of the most successful international cricket captains, not merely for publicly questioning the manner in which the Sunil Narine matter was handled by the IPL, but for reminding the cricket public about past injustices in the treatment of West Indian cricketers, and in particular for promising to stand up for those cricketers in the international arena.