Daily Archive: Sunday, January 11, 2015

At about 2100h. last night, police say that Quincy Jones was drinking when he became involved in an argument with another man over a pack of cigarettes in a shop at Honey Camp, Issano, Mazaruni River, during which he was stabbed to his chest.

Need a lift? This child was enjoying his Christmas gift along the Kitty Seawall.

Muscle power: Men trying to push this minibus to the side to prevent further damage following a fender-bender which snarled traffic at Lombard Street in the Stabroek area on Saturday.

Repairs needed:  This drain along the Kitty Seawall has collapsed.

PARIS, (Reuters) – World leaders including Muslim and Jewish statesmen linked arms to lead an estimated million-plus French citizens through Paris in an unprecedented march under high security to pay tribute to victims of Islamist militant attacks.`

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa,  CMC – Chris Gayle was again sensational as West Indies incredibly pulled off the highest ever run chase in the history of Twenty20 Internationals, to beat South Africa by four wickets with four balls to spare, and clinch a winning 2-0 lead in the three-match series here today.

ROME, (Reuters) – Anita Ekberg, the striking blonde Swedish actress whose sashay through Rome’s Trevi fountain in “La Dolce Vita” made her an icon of cinema, died today at 83 at a clinic near the Italian capital, her lawyer said.

(Barbados Nation) Ninety Nigerian students are to be quarantined after one of them tested positive for scabies, a contagious skin infection.

Miners have not yet accessed the $1 billion revolving fund set up to examine and test mercury-free gold mining equipment, with many of the technologies being very expensive, President of the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Associa-tion (GGDMA) Patrick Harding says.

Story and photos by Shabna Ullah   Best Village on the West Coast Demerara appeared quiet and peaceful during a midday visit, but one man commented that the peace gets disturbed in the afternoons.

Key high-profile murders for 2014 remain unsolved underlining the continuous weaknesses in police probes.

Although Kaieteur News (KN) publisher Glenn Lall maintains that he is being targeted by the government and the tax authority, which he accused of a plot to shut down his newspaper, the conflict appears to be subsiding into amicable settlements.

Following a proposal from the Alliance for Change (AFC) for the establishment of a pro-democracy alliance against the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) leader David Granger has revealed that the negotiations have been going forward.

A Guyanese woman who was heading to Barbados yesterday was nabbed at the Ogle Airport with cocaine in her luggage, head of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) James Singh has confirmed.

A little boy dashes down the street. He is stark naked.

Little is known about the current state of the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team, including whether members of the unit are getting the continuous and specialised training needed in order to be effective.

Several city businesses and vendors are dissatisfied with the recent back to school sales, saying Chinese businesses and talks of general elections have had a major effect on profits.

Following a January 6, 2015 report in Stabroek News, the Ministry of Home Affairs says that since 2013 over 700 people have been served by its Houses of Justice where a number of public services are offered.

With a number of deadlines already missed and the likelihood of more cost overruns, the $3.6 billion Hope Canal Project (HCP) was on Friday deemed an unnecessary extravagance by Shadow Minister for Agriculture Dr Rupert Roopnaraine.

The St George’s Cathedral is structurally sound and the cost to repair its mostly exterior decay could be in the vicinity of US$1.6 million, according to Dean of Georgetown Rev Paul Andrew Carto.

As plans for the International Decade for Peoples of African Descent get underway, the Rastafari community of Guyana is awaiting an indication of participation from the Government of Guyana and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

The search for the missing Air Services Limited (ASL) plane is continuing despite incessant rainfall in Mahdia.

Ten months after the murder of taxi driver Roopchand Darshan, his family says the police have showed no interest in finding whoever is responsible.

Part2   Introduction   Last week, in Part 1 of this four-part series of columns I had argued that the proximate or immediately preceding factor driving the several ongoing crises and threatening contradictions in Guyana (starkly symbolized in the presidential prorogation of the National Assembly on November 10, 2014) has been the uncontrolled torrent of financial abuses, irregularities, and lawlessness perpetrated by the PPP/C executive since the November 2011 elections.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – West Indies selectors have axed experienced campaigners Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard from the regional side’s World Cup campaign, sticking with the controversial decision that saw both players also dumped for the South Africa series later this month.

It is over six months since Bissoon Sukhnandan went missing from the small village of Huntley, Mahaicony and relatives are yet to lay eyes on him again.

New Year resolutions and advice are upon us, and following the barometer of “goat ain’t bite me,” I offer a hand for coping with life in any year.

The National Library last week awarded five persons who participated in the Gillian Thompson Reading Challenge, during a simple ceremony at the Library’s Conference Room.

By Delvon Mc Ewan   The Normalisation Committee (NC) of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) under Chairman Clinton Urling yesterday named Claude Bolton as its Technical Director.

Gradually over the years keeping a diary has become a ritual in my life.

Travellers on LIAT, a regional air-carrier, will be flying cheaper thanks to a reduction in fuel surcharge on tickets.

Clive Lloyd leaves no doubt over where he stands on Twenty20 cricket.

No benefits   The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has been the subject of many letters in recent weeks.

Let us look today at some other actions that will help you to make an intelligent choice of pet from the GSPCA’s Shelter at Robb Street and Orange Walk, Georgetown.

Nicola Ramdyhan copped the top female senior and junior awards while Anthony Downes won the senior men and Jordan Beaton the junior boys’ award when the Guyana Tennis Association held its annual awards ceremony Friday night at the Georgetown Club.

The Guyana Revenue Authority continued its random selection of commercial cargo for examination at its headquarters on Camp Street on Friday and the names of five businesses were drawn.

With the holidays officially over, it seems mandatory that we turn to light cooking.

A theatrical performance with two plays is to be staged at the National Cultural Centre on Saturday, January 17.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, CMC – West Indies are keen to improve on their display in Cape Town and wrap up their three-match Twenty20 International series here today, when they face South Africa in the second game at the Wanderers.

In a recent advertisement, shown above, the National Independent Party (NIP), led by Mr Saphier Husain-Subedar, until recently known as Mr Saphier Husain, announced its intention to contest the upcoming elections.

This weekend, chess lovers will witness the beginning of the popular Tata Steel Chess Tournament in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands.

Bridgetown, Barbados – Barbados manager Hartley Reid is predicting that Barbados will once again retain the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Nagico Super 50 tournament which is set to bowl off in Trinidad and Tobago in the next few days.

Here are a few little-noticed actions that experts agree Latin American countries should take in 2015 to improve their innovation, science, technology and education systems, which are rated very poorly in international rankings and are key to their economic future.

The announcement in mid-December by President Obama and President Castro that Cuba and the US are moving to normalise relations has resulted in speculation about what this may mean for the Caribbean’s tourism sector.

PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia (Reuters) – Indonesian search and rescue teams raised yesterday the tail of an AirAsia passenger jet that crashed nearly two weeks ago with the loss of all 162 people on board, but have yet to locate the black box flight recorders.

Port of Spain, Trinidad – Newly appointed Trinidad and Tobago Red Force 50 overs captain, Rayad Emrit, remains optimistic that the team for the upcoming Nagico Super50 tourney has what it takes to end the nation’s silverware drought.

Yellow-rumped Cacique A Yellow-rumped Cacique (Cacicus cela) singing at a colony near Hauraruni Creek, Soesdyke/Linden Highway.

With the holiday season over, we are left with some extra pounds and lots of fat to burn.

GANDHINAGAR, India (Reuters) – Global statesmen and business titans descend on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state today to pay homage to the man they are counting on to unleash big-bang reforms and create one of the few bright spots in a troubled world economy.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Thousands of Haitians killed or sickened by a cholera epidemic that they blame on UN peacekeepers cannot sue the United Nations in a US court because the UN has legal immunity that only it can waive, a judge has ruled.

(The Sports Xchange) – -Al Horford led a balanced attack with 19 points and 16 rebounds as Atlanta set a franchise record with their eighth consecutive road victory, topping Detroit 106-103.

(Trinidad Express) – The final moments of 19-year-old Shabana Mohammed were spent gasping for air, face down on the ground, after she had been violently strangled.

PARIS (Reuters) – A woman hunted by French police as a suspect in the attacks on a satirical paper and Jewish supermarket in Paris left France several day before the killings and is believed to be in Syria, Turkish and French sources said yesterday.

Dear Editor,   I refer to your article published on Tuesday, January 6, 2015, headlined ‘Questions continue over Marriott deal opening date.’

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia were denied a dramatic victory and forced to settle for a 2-0 series win when India survived a nervous final session to force a draw in the fourth test at the Sydney Cricket Ground yesterday.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, CMC – Chris Gayle believes success in the limited overs series against South Africa in coming weeks will put West Indies in good stead for the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand starting in February.

(Barbados Nation) – Low oil prices and an improving world economy could have the airline industry smiling all the way to the bank.

(Reuters) – New Zealand’s preparations for the cricket World Cup are the best they had been in Daniel Vettori’s four previous campaigns and they can enter the tournament they co-host with Australia with confidence, the former captain has said.

The urge by those who rule over us to curb freedom of speech can find expression in insidious ways, and is not always enunciated in explicit fashion by the General Secretary of the PPP in the course of his press briefings.

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told Venezuela’s president on Saturday he backed coordinated action between Tehran and Caracas to reverse a rapid fall in global oil prices which he described as a “political ploy hatched by common enemies”.

Dear Editor,   I consider it a total failure on the part of Kwakwani elected representatives on the Regional Democratic Council of Region Ten and Junior Minister within the Ministry of Finance to allow another road project to commence in the Kwakwani community.

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Five years after a massive earthquake rocked Haiti, killing more than 200,000 people and reducing homes to rubble, few survivors would say they were traumatised or suffering depression as a result of the disaster.