Daily Archive: Sunday, January 4, 2015

The police say that investigations are being conducted into an incident that occurred at about 1900h.

While today’s search for the Britten Norman Islander that went missing shortly after takeoff last week Sunday yielded no results, hopes are high as a Canadian aircraft equipped with a magnetic reader joined the search.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, CMC – Leon Johnson and Marlon Samuels mounted an admirable fightback as West Indies overcame the loss of both openers to steady themselves, and set up an intriguing penultimate day of the third Test tomorrow.

(Trinidad Express) While many may believe that 2014 was a record year in terms of the number of people killed following altercations with members of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS)—with 46 dead following confrontations with officers—it actually was not.

An early morning fire, reportedly set by a jilted lover hours after his plea for reconciliation was rejected, claimed the life of an elderly man and injured a woman and her boyfriend.

The reality of an even more truncated lifespan for another minority government might be the incentive to propel the PPP in a different direction this time around and form a coalition government and former PPP stalwart Ralph Ramkarran has suggested that the opposition should insist on full inclusion and a rigid adherence to defined policies.

Gold declarations for 2014 dropped by almost 20% compared to the previous year, ending at 387,508 ounces as against 481,087 ounces declared for 2013 and miners say that more of the fiscal benefits enjoyed by large-scale licencees should be extended to smaller operators to ensure the health of the sector.

The uncertainty surrounding the date for general elections is putting a damper on the economy while the government campaigns at the expense of parliamentary democracy and scrutiny, Leader of the Opposition coalition David Granger says.

Inadequate air space was responsible for the mass fainting at Qualfon’s Goedverwagting call centre on May 20, 2014 after power failed and automatic generators on site malfunctioned, Minister of Labour Nanda Gopaul confirmed on Wednesday.

The national senior cricket team known as the Guyana Jaguars yesterday began preparing for the upcoming NAGICO Super 50 one-day tournament billed for January 15-24 in the twin island republic of   Trinidad and Tobago with fitness drills at the Guyana National Stadium at Providence.

For several residents of Grant Sand Road, Soesdyke, the holidays have been dark thanks to constant blackouts from the Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL).

Fresh fish for dinner! This man hauled in a decent-sized specimen just seconds after throwing his hook into this trench in Herstelling yesterday afternoon.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, CMC – Jason Holder says today’s third day will be key for West Indies if they are to get anything out of the final Test, and says his fellow bowlers will need to deliver a much more clinical performance in order to limit South Africa.

BEGGING Her Majesty’s pardon for applying her poignant, well known phrase to the game of cricket; it is just that it seems particularly appropriate in this instance.

As the New Year dawns with West Indies cricket fortunes continuing the same old gloomy, we are seeing yet another series of calls for major surgery on the organization in charge of our cricket.

Five years on, the circumstances surrounding the bizarre death of Private Julian Marks are still hazy and with no information on a GDF Board of Inquiry or the commencement of an inquest; his parents are still clinging to the hope that this year will bring answers to their many questions.

If the PPP/C is returned with only a plurality of the votes at the upcoming elections as in 2011, it could adopt the sensible course of inviting the opposition to join it in a coalition government.

The search for the Britten Norman Islander that went missing shortly after takeoff last week Sunday continued yesterday in Mahdia, Region 7, with teams conducting ground searches.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, CMC – South Africa were tightening their grip on the third and final Test, after half-centuries from Faf du Plessis and captain Hashim Amla subdued West Indies on the second day at Newlands yesterday.

If there was one word to describe the year of 2014 both locally and internationally for Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) chief Phillip Fernandes, it would be successful.

The start of 2015 finds Latin America turned into a leaderless region, in which the countries with the biggest political clout in recent years — Brazil, Venezuela and Mexico — have been significantly weakened by domestic troubles.

Devendra Hansraj, the suspect who was wanted for questioning in the murder of his reputed wife, Mohanranie Udaraj of Crabwood Creek was arrested on Friday at Moleson Creek.

Long-term Caribbean security and defence policy and its relationship to foreign policy are issues rarely written about or commented on in the Caribbean media.

Recently I was sorting through old files and papers in my library in the process of sending them for deposit at the Special Collections Division of the UWI Library in St Augustine.

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – Kumar Sangakkara became the fastest player to reach 12,000 test runs and will look to rebuild Sri Lanka’s innings after they were left teetering on 78 for five at the end of the first day’s play in the second test against New Zealand.

By Alim Hosein Alim A. Hosein is Dean of Education and Humanities at the University of Guyana; a linguist, literary and art critic, artist, member of the Management Committee of the Guyana Prize for Literature and Coordinator of the Guyana Visual Arts Competition and Exhibition (GVACE) The Awards ceremony held on December 17 at the National Cultural Centre brought an end to the public events in the 2014 Guyana Visual Arts Competition and Exhibition.

After three weeks, the driver who ran away after he allegedly struck down three youths, resulting in the death of one and injuries to the others, is still at large.

Smile zone at the Gravity Lounge on Old Year’s Night. (Photo by Arian Browne)

Perhaps an inspiring way to begin the New Year is to focus on one of the finest chess attackers of all time, Dr Alexander Alekhine, (Moscow 1892-Estoril, Portugal 1946).

Top domino teams from across the country will from today begin competing in the Georgetown Domino Association (GDA)/Mark Wiltshire dominoes tournament at Faye Joseph’s residence, Gaulding Place, South Ruimveldt.

Take stock The old year is over and a new one has just begun.

The High Court will this month begin ex parte proceedings against fired contractor on the Specialty Hospital project Surendra Engineering after the company failed to reply to several notices of summons published in India.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel will withhold critical tax revenue and seek ways to bring war crimes prosecutions against Palestinian leaders in retaliation for Palestinian moves to join the International Criminal Court (ICC), Israeli officials said yesterday.

Corentyne rice vendor Latchman ‘Anil’ Pooran is adamant that had the police responded promptly, at least one of the six gunmen who broke into his well-secured home several weeks ago and terrorized his household, would have been caught.

Cos’ we’re happy. The fashionable set at Gravity on Old Year’s Night.

For the sixteenth year, Ansa McAl Trading Limited presented six mothers at the Georgetown and Berbice hospitals with ‘Cheekies Bundle of Joy’ hampers after they gave birth on New Year’s Day.

The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) will serve off its 2015 season on January 11 with an Open table tennis tournament from 10am at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

(Reuters) – A suspected al Qaeda figure alleged to have helped plan the 1998 bombings of the US embassies in Tanzania and Kenya has died in New York just days ahead of his scheduled trial, his son and the prosecutor said yesterday.

    We are still officially in the Christmas season with 12th night soon upon us.

Chief Education Officer Olato Sam is back in Guyana and recuperating after a brief stint in Barbados for medical treatment.

Natasha Jacobs, the woman who was murdered and dumped in the ‘Blacka’ canal near ‘B’ Field, Sophia, died as a result of trauma to her head and drowning, her brother said.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Only two-and-a-half weeks after US President Barack Obama announced a historic prisoner exchange and re-establishment of long-broken ties with Cuba, his new policy is encountering obstacles that threaten to flare up when Congress returns next week.

KOLKATA, India (Reuters) – Indian police have arrested five men in connection with the alleged abduction and gang-rape of a 23-year-old Japanese tourist, officials said yesterday.

Guyana Squash Association (GSA) President David Fernandes said the biggest accomplishment realized by the sport in 2014 was being the only discipline to medal at the Central American and Caribbean Games (CAC) in Vera Cruz, Mexico.

This year almost every Christmas event had lot and lots of freshly brewed ginger beer.

Snacking on sugar cane in Buxton (Arian Browne)

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The founder of a vigilante group in Mexico’s restive western state of Michoacan was arrested yesterday along with 26 followers for their alleged role in 10 deaths during a shootout with a rival group last month.

Enjoying the New Year’s atmosphere at 704 Sky Lounge (Photo by Arian Browne)

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s promise to cut spending during a second term that began Thursday got off to a rocky start, as her new planning minister recanted a pledge to change how the country’s minimum wage is calculated.

MELBOURNE, Australia, CMC – West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo starred with the ball but failed miserably with the bat as his Melbourne Renegades suffered a meltdown to crash to a heavy 112-run defeat to Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash League here yesterday.

(Continued from last week) When you are adopting a dog, especially one from the GSPCA Shelter, there are certain considerations that have to be factored into the exercise.

The elderly man who was involved in an early morning accident on New Year’s Day which claimed the life of his comrade and caused injuries to a woman, is in a critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

Guyana enters 2015 in a state of uncertainty. President Ramotar in his New Year’s address to the nation rabbited on about all the wonderful plans his government had for the coming months without acknowledging that the nation is operating in a kind of political vacuum, and any plans he might have, therefore, are virtually meaningless.

Get out your pitchforks, Democrats! A showdown over populism is coming.

HAVANA (Reuters) – Priests offering New Year’s prophecies from Cuba’s Afro-Cuban religion urged old Cold War foes Havana and Washington to continue rebuilding relations, and forecast that detente would bring economic benefits in 2015.

The image of the grief-stricken Kojo McPherson Sr as he mourned the sudden and tragic death of his 13-year-old son is one that many cannot erase from their minds.

(Reuters) – Edward Brooke, the Massachusetts Republican who was the first African-American to be popularly elected to the US Senate, died yesterday, according to Massachusetts Republican Party spokeswoman Kirsten Hughes.

Dear Editor, I read Frederick Kissoon’s letter of Dec 11, 2014, titled ‘A donation to UG would have meant the destruction of the documents’ and feel I must share an experience in the hope that those in responsible positions may be helped in their administration of our archived resources.

One month has passed since 14-year-old Seema Poloram went missing and family members are still seeking assistance from the public to locate her as they plead for her safe return.

President Donald Ramotar greets long-serving Office of the President secretary Nancy Ferreira at Sleepin International Hotel on Old Year’s Night.

Sunday  Cartoon

(The Sports Xchange) — Ryan Anderson scored 17 of his game-high 22 points in the first half and guard Tyreke Evans added 21 points to spark the New Orleans Pelicans to a 111-83 points rout of the Houston Rockets on Friday.