Daily Archive: Monday, January 12, 2015

The police today said that at the end of December last year traffic deaths were up by a whopping 30% while murders were down by 5% compared to 2013.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, CMC – An upset Chris Gayle has blasted the omission of Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard from the West Indies squad for next month’s World Cup as “ridiculous”, and says it smacks of victimisation.

BEVERLEY HILLS, Calif (Reuters) – Coming of age tale Boyhood won the coveted Golden Globe for best drama yesterday, while the quirky period caper The Grand Budapest Hotel was the surprise winner for best comedy or musical, in a big upset to awards season front-runner Birdman.

The UK government this morning warned that there is growing concern over the suspension of Parliament by the Donald Ramotar administration and said Guyana is at risk of being referred to the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group over the suspension of the law-making body.

At about 0355h. today police say that Godfrey Marks, 43 years, of Lower Kara Kara Squatting Area, Linden, was confronted by four men as he went to check on the barking of dogs in the neighbourhood.

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada,– West Indies Cricket Board president, Dave Cameron has rejected claims that all-rounders Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard were axed from the World Cup squad because of their roles in the controversial abandoned tour of India.

(Trinidad Express) On man was shot dead and another injured yesterday while transporting pan equipment from the Laventille home of ten-time Panorama champions Witco Desperadoes to the band’s new safe haven, located at Queen’s Park East, Port of Spain.

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 yesterday.

Secretary of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Anand Sanasie said yesterday that the GCB played no part in the appointment of the Cricket Ombudsman adding that the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the GCB is set for January 25.

Government is ignoring the Constitution and finance laws by clearing contracts for new projects in the absence of a budget, attorney Christopher Ram has said.

Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) David Granger says he will soon be heading to Linden to discuss and resolve issues within the party in the mining town.

Residents of Kwakwani, Region 10 have expressed alarm that despite millions spent twice on the same road in the community not only did it crumble each time, but the authorities are moving to do another section without ensuring value-for-money.

She arrived in the village last Tuesday, collected the money on Wednesday and returned to the city $180,000 richer, leaving the Deep South Rupununi community of Karaudarnau in an uproar.

  The Ministry of Labour recorded 12 deaths due to industrial accidents in 2014 and these cases are being investigated, according to Labour Minister Dr Nanda Gopaul.

Dear Editor, I read with complete revulsion the statement by the Government of Guyana condemning the attack on the French newspaper, accompanied by the claim that it subscribes to the principle of the “full and effective exercise of the freedom of the press.”

By the end of this month, the AFC will reveal under what “construct” the party will be contesting the next general elections even as discussions continue with the opposition coalition APNU on a pro-democracy alliance.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, CMC – Captain Darren Sammy said yesterday there was never any doubt his West Indies side could produce a world record chase to beat South Africa in the second Twenty20 International at the Wanderers.

Dear Editor, With reference to observers, one reflects as to what extent the professionals, starting with politicians, media, other analysts and, of course, those of the electoral institution itself, have paid heed to the reports of the various observer missions attending say the 2006 and 2011 elections.

Chris Gayle and Sunil Narine have refused the annual retainer contracts offered to them by the WICB, while it would appear Kieron Pollard wasn’t offered one by the board.

Young men in today’s Guyana are at risk because too many of them refuse to do minimum wage work and end up getting into trouble.

Dear Editor. In the previous letter I wrote on this bagasse matter in SN on January 6, I indicated that if Prof Narine from the IAST can take me to an estate where there is a substantial reserve of bagasse to warrant the expenditure of $50 million to buy, import, make a foundation for and install the machine necessary to do this job of making briquettes, not to mention such hum-drum expenditures as manning the machines to produce the briquettes, loading and offloading the briquettes to/from the press, then loading them on to trucks to be transported to some estate which needs them, I would like to accompany him to see it, since finding surplus bagasse today would be like finding a Tyrannosaurus Rex in one of the estates’ bagasse logies.

Port of Spain, Trinidad – Leeward Islands Hurricanes coach Ridley Jacobs wants to see an improved showing from his team in this year’s NAGICO Super50 one-day series.

Yesterday marked two weeks since the Air Services Limited (ASL) Britten-Norman Islander went missing but arduous searches have still so far yielded no sighting of the plane or two-man crew.

Dear Editor, Against the backdrop of the legal advice on my dismissal from UG requested by the Office of the Ombudsman, it is important for the historical record to publish the sordid dimensions of this event.

Dear Editor, We have heard spin from the head of IAST on bio-diesel and exploring for oil on the Corentyne, and now we have old firewood technology for boilers supplemented by costly briquette bagasse.

Fizul Bacchus was yesterday returned unopposed as president of the Essequibo Cricket Board (ECB) at the board’s Annual General Meeting at the Cricket Hostel in Anna Regina.

The Guyana Police Force and the Ministry of Public Works have installed 20 streetlights in Albouys-town in an effort to curb crime in the area.

Dear Editor, I read in your edition of January 10 a letter by Doreen de Caires expressing her difficulty, nay consternation, at Republic Bank’s request for character references, ID, proof of income, etc, to a 75-year-old woman who has been dealing with the bank for over 50 years.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, CMC – West Indies were special guests of the legendary Archbishop Desmond Tutu as a special morning meeting recently in this coastal city.

Two years after male sex worker Wesley Holder was murdered, the group Guyana Trans United (GTU) continues to seek justice even though members said they have experienced fierce discrimination from the police.

Dear Editor, Even as his village council seeks to have him removed from his hometown for talking back to ‘Daddy’, Teacher John Adams of Aishalton Village has become a hero to many Guyanese.

The Government Analyst-Food and Drug Department is calling on importers, retailer and wholesalers of processed food and raw materials used in manufacturing to register and obtain their import permit for 2015, before the March 31 deadline.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, CMC – Former West Indies one-day skipper Darren Sammy has pledged his full support for new captain Jason Holder as the team prepares for the prestigious ICC Cricket World Cup.

Dear Editor, America is not a perfect country, but if you have to go to war and if you get injured, you want to go with America because America takes care of its veterans.

The Government Analyst-Food and Drug Department is calling on water processing factories to conform to all requirements as regards the sale and distribution of treated water in five-gallon bottles.

(The Sports Xchange) – Kemba Walker scored 28 points in 28 minutes as Charlotte cruised past New York 110-82 at Madison Square Garden.

With over 17 years under its belt, the Nirvana Humanitarian Foundation (NHF) has been providing a range of help here.

Dear Editor, I notice a letter from one of Guyana’s political matchmakers, who claims that, “pro-democracy leaders will agree that positive change in Guyana must begin with the PPP’s removal from office.”

(Reuters) – Corey Anderson scored a composed 81 as New Zealand lurched to a three-wicket victory over Sri Lanka yesterday in the first of seven one-day internationals between the two sides before next month’s World Cup.

PARIS, (Reuters) – World leaders including Muslim and Jewish statesmen linked arms to lead more than a million French citizens through Paris in an unprecedented march to pay tribute to victims of Islamist militant attacks.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The man poised to become Haiti’s next prime minister has vowed to build trust between opposition groups and the government to resolve a political crisis over long-delayed elections.

By Myriam J. A. Chancy   Myriam J. A. Chancy is a Haitian-Canadian writer, Guggenheim Fellow, and Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Cincinnati.

Dear Editor, I wish to commend the National Commission on Disability and the Guyana Elections Commission for discussing new modalities that will allow for persons with disabilities to cast their ballot in the upcoming national and regional elections.

(Trinidad Express) The University of the West Indies (The UWI) is “intellectually bankrupt”, Member of Parliament for Diego Martin North East Colm Imbert has said.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Pakistan’s long-serving captain Misbah-ul-Haq has announced he will retire from one-day internationals and T20 cricket after the World Cup.

GANDHINAGAR, India, (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised yesterday to pursue predictable policies and ensure stable taxes, in a speech that sought to address concerns for foreign investors in Asia’s third-largest economy.

Dear Editor, It is too early to tell if SN’s Sunday (January 11) article, `Prospects good for APNU/AFC alliance negotiations – Granger’, is really a feel-good news story to raise the hopes of readers about a better alternative to the sad story being written by the corrupt PPP regime or a news story about the AFC and APNU wanting to feel good about their own hopes.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s new government promised a tolerant era of harmony and political freedom after years of mounting repression under a decade-old administration that unraveled in electoral defeat this week.

With two weeks of the new year nearly finished, President Ramotar is cavalierly treating his solemn commitment to the country to name a date for general elections.

Last year around this time, we carried three consecutive articles entitled “Governance, Transparency and Accountability: Priorities for 2014”.

A general view shows hundreds of thousands of French citizens taking part in a solidarity march (Marche Republicaine) in the streets of Paris yesterday.REUTERS/Eric

Politikles

DHAKA, (Reuters) – Paceman Rubel Hossain will remain part of Bangladesh’s World Cup squad, the local cricket board said, after he got bail yesterday in a case filed by an actress alleging the cricketer had failed to carry out his promise of marriage.

Two weeks into the New Year, we asked people along the Essequibo Coast what they would like to see improved in their various communities in 2015.

ROME, (Reuters) – – Pope Francis has called for more regulation of financial markets and rejected suggestions that his criticisms of unbridled capitalism smack of Marxism.

(Trinidad Express) Ravindranauth Roopnarine, a fugitive wanted in the United States for financial and fraud-related crimes, is the latest criminal to be extradited from Trinidad and Tobago, according to a release from the Office of the Attorney General.