Daily Archive: Monday, November 10, 2014

President Donald Ramotar and his team (right) briefing the diplomatic community on the proroguing of Parliament today.

The empty government benches on the right told the story of today’s session of Parliament.

Protesters outside of Parliament today against the suspension of the assembly.

Opposition Leader David Granger waving to protesters who gathered outside of Parliament today and heard that President Donald Ramotar had prorogued the House.

AFC MP Moses Nagamootoo speaking to reporters outside of Parliament today on the proroguing of the House.

Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman (left) speaking today at an impromptu session held in Parliament Chambers on the announcement of the prorogation of Parliament.

Upon request of the Government of Guyana and of the Guyana Elections Commission [GECOM], the European Union [EU] recruited two experts to support GECOM in its capacity building activities: An International Technical Assessor (ITA) and an Information Communication Technology Specialist (ICTS).

The police say they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of pensioner Claude Class, 79 years, of Samaroo Dam, Pouderoyen, WBD, whose body was found in his home at about 0630h.

DELHI, India, CMC- The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) says it has received a letter of apology from the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) for the sudden and dramatic cancellation by the senior West Indies cricketers from their tour of India.

APNU this afternoon said it was enraged by President Donald Ramotar’s decision to prorogue Parliament.

Police say that investigations are being conducted into an armed robbery committed on taxi-driver Imran Khan of De Hoop, Mahaica, which occurred at about 1130h.

President Donald Ramotar today said in an address to the nation that prorogation will be used to engage the opposition for a return to “normalcy” and if there is no progress he would move for early general elections.

President Donald Ramotar this morning issued a proclamation to prorogue Parliament, Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman has confirmed.

POTISKUM, Nigeria (Reuters) – A suicide bomber dressed as a student killed at least 48 people, most of them students, and injured 79 others at a school assembly in the northeastern Nigerian town of Potiskum today, a hospital official said.

While not completely closing the door to talks with the government, the opposition is deeply skeptical that any future discussions with the Donald Ramotar administration will bear fruit given its response to previous meetings.

Alleged drinking and driving and drag racing ended fatally for an East Coast Demerara (ECD) teenager during the wee hours of yesterday morning.

A six-year-old boy, excited to purchase ice cream from a mobile van around midday yesterday was struck down and killed while running across the road at Farm, East Bank Essequibo.

A proclamation by President Donald Ramotar to prorogue or dissolve parliament would have to be published in the Official Gazette before it takes legal effect and suspends or terminates the proceedings of the House.

After being on leave for five months, General Manager of the Guyana Gold Board, Anantram Balram has resigned.

A house went up in flames yesterday at 3 Ogle Railway Embankment, despite a valiant effort by residents in the area who worked along with the Guyana Fire Service.

A regional survey of men who have sex with men has found that those who are “out” (open about their sexuality) have a more positive self-perception but are more vulnerable to homophobic abuse or assault than those in the closet.

Despite a claim that Enmore is under threat from rising criminality, ‘C’ Division Commander Christopher Griffith says police have so far only recorded nine break and enter and larceny cases and one robbery for the year in the community.

Baishanlin International Forest Develop-ment is supporting major rehabilitation works at the MacKenzie Sports Complex ground, which got underway yesterday.

Some 1605 students graduated on Saturday from the University of Guyana Turkeyen’s Campus and were urged to remain and serve their country.

The court has been unable to serve a Writ of Summons to Surendra Engineering as there is no one in the country to receive it and government is exploring its options in getting the India-based company to attend court to answer to a lawsuit.

A known alcoholic, Hemchand Ramgewan, 65, who was originally from Hubu, Parika, East Bank Essequibo, was found dead yesterday at De Kinderen, West Coast Demerara with injuries about his body.

Just over two years after Deon Manderson was stabbed to death and his killer went on the run, the dead man’s family is still seeking closure.

Hardcore Gym’s Vijai Rahim and Life’s Gym Chloe Hunter were the overall winners of the Senior Powerlifting Championships held yesterday at the St.

The national selection panel headed by Rayon Griffith on Saturday named its squad to contest in the opening match of the inaugural franchise first class season which will see Guyana facing the Leeward Islands at Guyana National Stadium from the 14th to 17th November.

  A Hodyah Stewart last gasp shot with three seconds left on the clock, propelled Republic Bank Nets to a 75-74 upset win over Trinity Grid Holdings (TGH) Pacesetters when the Phillip George Memorial tourney continued on Saturday.

Guyana’s national female hockey coach Phillip Fernandes said despite his side’s lack of consistent international exposure, he believes they are more complete and possess the quality to challenge for medals at the upcoming Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games.

Defending three time Digicel national secondary school champions Wismar/Christianburg, overcame Georgetown heavyweights Chase Academy 4-3 during an inter-school friendly yesterday at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground in Bourda.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Cricket’s world governing body, the International Cricket Council, yesterday issued a strong condemnation of the decision by West Indies players to abruptly abandon the recent tour of India, and has warned that any such future strikes could result in disciplinary action.

Dear Editor,   The deep political quagmire in which the no-confidence motion has thrown the PPP  raises the question again in my mind, what were the dynamics within the party when it agreed to this and several other far-reaching constitutional reforms in 1999/2000.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Germany’s Nico Rosberg won the Brazilian Grand Prix yesterday to end team mate Lewis Hamilton’s run of five successive victories and cut the Briton’s championship lead to 17 points with one race remaining.

Dear Editor,   Before we really knew what was going on with the India tour dispute, SN in the usual way of defending the status quo decided to do just that in two Editorials, `The West Indies Cricket Crisis,’ of 24 October, 2014 and `The West Indies Cricket Crisis II,’ of October 31, 2014.

Dear Editor,   There have been many justified calls from opinion-makers for the PNC to apologise for its share in the deformation of the state.

(The Sports Xchange) ——-Stephen Curry tallied a game-high 34 points while Andrew Bogut grabbed 18 rebounds as the Golden State Warriors handed the Houston Rockets their first loss on the season with a 98-87 win on Saturday night at Toyota Center.

Dear Editor,   So we are yet to hear what our police are doing about the report made by Mr Glen Lall.

(BBC) India beat Sri Lanka by six wickets in the third one-day international to win the series with two games to spare.

Dear Editor, Hamilton Green, former Prime Minister who held several ministerial positions in the Forbes Burnham administration said that he was not annoyed with the party leader when Desmond Hoyte bypassed him in the party’s hierarchy and eventually became President after the demise of Burnham.

(Trinidad Express) After five years and over TT$20 billion, the government is expected to soon exit CL Financial (CLF) with a full repayment of money spent on the conglomerate and its former illiquid insurance company, CLICO.

SYDNEY, Australia, CMC – A lacklustre all-round display from West Indies Women proved their undoing, as they slumped to an eight-wicket defeat to Australia Women to suffer an embarrassing whitewash in the four-match Twenty20 International series here yesterday.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Cameron White scored an unbeaten 41 and steered Australia to a dramatic two-wicket victory over South Africa on the penultimate ball of the match to clinch the Twenty20 international series 2-1 yesterday.

BUDAPEST, (Reuters) – Thousands of Hungarians demonstrated against alleged corruption at the country’s tax authority and for wider democratic freedoms in Budapest yesterday in the latest protest to rock the country’s politics.

Dear Editor, The religious community has decidedly failed this society – at the time of greatest spiritual crisis in this nation, it has chosen to still its collective voice.

MELBOURNE, Australia, CMC – All-rounder Dwayne Bravo has put aside his West Indies contracts wrangle and put pen to paper for Melbourne Renegades in the upcoming T20 Big Bash League starting here next month.

By D. Alissa Trotz   Alissa Trotz is Editor of the In the Diaspora Column   According to a daily roundup of news from the Dominican Republic, on November 4th, in a 59-page ruling (Judgment 256-14), the Constitutional Court “annulled the country’s participation in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR)…this means that none of the cases ruled upon by the IACtHR are [sic] valid for application in the Dominican Republic.

Dear Editor, Following the article `Carpe Diem? Maybe not…’ which appeared in the online edition of your paper on 1st November, 2014 I feel compelled to respond to the piece by Ms Ashma John.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Octogenarian actor and singer Harry Belafonte, accepting a top Hollywood human rights award, asked fellow artists and the entertainment industry to use their powerful platform to show the better side of humanity.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto yesterday condemned violent protests over the apparent massacre of 43 students after demonstrators set fire to the door of his ceremonial palace in Mexico City on Saturday night.

Dear Editor,   “There is perhaps not one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as pride.

(Reuters) – Ahmed Shehzad struck his third test century as Pakistan completely dominated the opening day of the first test against New Zealand in Abu Dhabi to reach 269 for one and stay on course for a mammoth first-innings total yesterday.

Some years ago, when I was at the Audit Office, a letter was mistakenly sent to the Attorney General.

(Trinidad Express) The brutal murder of a 17-year-old boy outside the Success Laventille Composite School on Friday afternoon has left teachers at the school terrified for their lives and the lives of their pupils.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India’s steel consumption is expected to grow at its fastest pace in five years next year on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s infrastructure push, but a scarcity of raw materials means it will be at the expense of another key goal – curbing imports.

Dear Editor, It appears as if the Government of Guyana has no intention of ceasing their abuse of our Parliamentary democracy and of the public purse.

Interviews and photos by Kenesha Fraser Agriculture Month, which was observed last month, placed much emphasis on family farming.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – In-form striker Keiran Murtagh leads a plethora of overseas-based players included in Antigua and Barbuda 23-man squad for the CFU Caribbean Cup Finals which kick off in Jamaica tomorrow.

Dear Editor,   A lot has been said about David Granger’s leadership and political skills, some critics were adamant that he is politically naive and too meek for the PPP.

It must be either complete discombobulation in the thinking of the government, pressure from some external source or a ploy to buy time which prompted Cabinet Secretary, Dr Roger Luncheon to announce on Thursday that the administration was attempting to authenticate the contents of the vulgar and threatening conversation between the Attorney General Mr Anil Nandlall and a Kaieteur News reporter.