Daily Archive: Monday, February 23, 2015

A Ministry of Amerindian Affairs Float ‘Celebrating Life, Celebrating Our Culture’.

Slingshot’s horse drawn float under the theme ‘Ah Feeling Nice, All Awe Ah Guyanese’

An individual costume from the Regional Democratic Council of Region Five under the theme ‘It’s What We Celebrate – Our Culture Our People’

A Ministry of Education Float under the theme ‘Education the Beacon of Cultural Unity’

Ministry of Culture Youth and Sports’ float – ‘Celebrating in Harmony’

A Ministry of Amerindian Affairs float – ‘Celebrating Life, Celebrating our Culture’ was the theme of this band.

A reveller in Digicel’s female individual costume yesterday.

President Donald Ramotar (right) and Prime Minister Sam Hinds (left) arriving this morning at Parliament Building for the annual flag raising ceremony.

President Donald Ramotar this morning inspecting the guard of honour for the flag raising ceremony on the foreground of Parliament Buildings (GINA photo)

The golden arrowhead being raised on the foreground of Parliament Buildings this morning in observance of the 45th anniversary of Guyana’s republican status.(GINA

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Test batsman Narsingh Deonarine, veteran left-hander Shiv Chanderpaul and opener Rajindra Chandrika all stroked enterprising half-centuries to mastermind a successful run chase and fire leaders Guyana Jaguars to a comfortable four-wicket victory over Barbados Pride here Monday.

A PPP/C marcher asked Stabroek News to take his picture while he moved his waist.

Lisa Punch smiling brightly, she marched  today in the fly Jamaica band.

At about 0515h. today the police say that Otis Grant, 39 years of Beterverwagting, ECD, was sitting in a parked motor vehicle on Regent Street, Georgetown, when two men approached and discharged rounds at him.

At about 2200h yesterday, the police say that Otis Thompson, 27 years, was at the Clonbrook bus shed, ECD, when three men rode up on motor cycles and demanded his gold jewellery.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Despite a poor start to the World Cup and eight innings since his last one-day international half-century, West Indies opener Chris Gayle is “awake” and ready to fire up the team with a big score, according to captain Jason Holder.

There is need for a comprehensive development plan for Lethem but the authorities have shown no intention of effecting one, President of the Rupununi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) Daniel Gajie says.

Former PPP stalwart Ralph Ramkarran has hailed the APNU/AFC alliance and says it comes right out of the playbook of the late President Dr Cheddi Jagan.

Taxi driver Daniel Hinds died yesterday after he reportedly lost control of his motor car and crashed into a culvert on the Houston Access Road, East Coast Demerara.

Former Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Robert Corbin says that while he pledged to serve his party during the 2015 elections he has no intention of taking up any office.

Clive ‘The Punisher’ Atwell 13(7)-2-1 showed a huge fighting heart to score one of the most important wins of his career against highly rated Jamaican Sakima Mullings 17(12)-2-0 Saturday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Current Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon in 1997 had wanted to be the presidential candidate for the PPP but this gained no traction and eventually the late President Janet Jagan was selected.

Wins feature event at Rising Sun Sprint Classic Spit Fire looked like just another race horse at the Rising Sun Turf Club Sprint Classic yesterday.

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment Joslyn McKenzie says that government continues to be supportive of the mining sector and finds recent comments by the miners’ reps – who had lambasted government for not keeping promises – “surprising.”

The new call centre, Teleperformance is seeking employees and has identified a manager for its Guyana operations.

Dear Editor, It would appear that my letter to Stabroek News (‘Ministry of Labour should avoid a perception of bias in disputes,’ SN, February 17) was taken out of context since I meant no disrespect to the officials of the Ministry of Labour, some of whom are still my colleagues.

A verdict is likely to be delivered by a jury this week in the trial of Edward Skeete, who is accused of murdering Industry businessman Bedi Ramjewan.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Captain Kraigg Brathwaite became only the second Barbados player to score a hundred in both innings of a regional first class game, as Barbados Pride pressed home their advantage against leaders Guyana Jaguars on day three of their seventh round WICB PCL contest here yesterday.

The Guyana Police Force is intensively investigating the seizure of over 1,000 7.62X39mm rounds designed for use with AK-47 rifles from the New Doctors Clinic located in Austin Street, Campbellville on Friday.

Dear Editor, When I put forward my suggestions for an AFC-APNU coalition cabinet, the person I listed for the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs was Elisabeth Harper. 

A jury was on Friday empanelled before Justice James Bovell-Drakes for the commencement of the trial of Michael Powley, who is accused of killing Vishnauth Narine called, “Buddy.”

A father and two of his sons are now remanded prisoners after police held them over an unlicensed firearm.

CANBERRA, Australia, CMC – A buoyant West Indies arrived here late last night to begin final preparations for their third game of the ICC Cricket World Cup against Zimbabwe tomorrow.

Dear Editor, What an inspired choice in Elisabeth Harper for Prime Minister.

Two men accused of five counts of armed robbery were on Friday refused bail when they appeared in a Georgetown court.

The intermittent showers at the Camp Ayanganna ground did little to put a damper on the AAG’s third development meet yesterday as several athletes had impressive showings.

Thirty-four students of Patentia Secondary are now armed with the knowledge of how to combat the use of illegal drugs after completing a Drug Abuse Resistance Education programme (DARE).

Dear Editor, The Essequibo Coast seems to be a very dangerous place to live in these times; gone are the days when elderly women can live alone in their houses.

A Bel Air man was on Friday released on $150,000 bail after he appeared in court accused of stealing over $800,000 when he allegedly broke and entered a home.

Dear Editor, The Walter Rodney Youth Movement is appalled by the level of indifference and the callous treatment of first the faculty and staff of the University of Guyana and now the nursing students.

The Golden Arrow Head being hoisted in the forecourt of the Parliament Buildings at the Flag Raising ceremony to mark Guyana’s 45th Republic anniversary yesterday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Leg-spinner Imran Khan emerged the hero as Trinidad and Tobago Red Force halted a four-game losing slump by crushing Jamaica Franchise by 179 runs inside three days here yesterday.

Dear Editor, I had to use my ID card at the bank a few days ago.

GENEVA, (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif met for two hours in Geneva yesterday in another round of nuclear talks to try to narrow gaps as they pressed against a March 31 deadline to reach a political agreement.

Craig Primary, Agricola Red Triangle and Herstelling Raiders secured respective victories when the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport/East Bank Football Association Under-11 Pee Wee League continued Saturday at the Grove ground.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – India announced themselves as genuine contenders to defend their World Cup title yesterday by humbling South Africa’s vaunted pace attack before bowling out the Proteas for an emphatic 130-run victory at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Dear Editor, I have often thought that if I had a young WI friend who was a talented cricketer, I would do everything possible to dissuade him from playing for his country.

A labourer was yesterday remanded to prison after he appeared in a city court charged with stealing a Samsung Galaxy S4 cellphone, which he denied.

A man whose actions were observed when he broke and entered a house and stole a gas cylinder was on Friday sentenced to six months’ imprisonment.

DHAKA, (Reuters) – At least 66 people died when a passenger ferry carrying more than 150 passengers and crew capsized after colliding with a trawler on a river in central Bangladesh yesterday, police said.

(Trinidad Guardian) Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is expected to arrive in T&T tomorrow to hold high-level bilateral talks with Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine. The

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Homeland Security Department said yesterday it was not aware of any specific plot against U.S.

Dear Editor, Guyana is a multi-racial society, but mostly bi-racial. The voting culture over the last 60 years has been to vote strictly race.

(Barbados Nation) CASTRIES – Saint Lucia’s Prime Minister Dr Kenny D.

Santos FC were crowned the new u-17 champions while Fruta Conquerors clinched u-15 championship when the Frank Watson Memorial tourney concluded on Saturday at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground in Bourda.

The Ministry of Agriculture’s Mashramani Band ‘Cultivating our Land’ will cater for some 50 revellers and aims to highlight the idea of growing more locally.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Windward Islands Volcanoes easily trounced the luckless Leeward Islands Hurricanes by nine wickets here yesterday, to remain a serious contender for the WICB Professional Cricket League title.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – Wildrick Guerrier, a refugee from the devastation of the 2010 Haitian earthquake, died in a Haitian jail in 2011, 10 days after the United States revoked his temporary permission to stay in the country and deported him and 26 other men.

Dear Editor, A PPP giant – Albert Boodhoo has fallen, and I am somewhat surprised that his passing was not reported in any of the newspapers in Guyana.

ANKARA, (Reuters) – Turkish forces swept into Syria overnight to rescue about 40 soldiers who had been surrounded for months by Islamic State militants while guarding the tomb of a revered Turkish figure.

By Nigel Westmaas Nigel Westmaas teaches at Hamilton College  Any attempt to analyze or summarize the vast repertoire of Clive Thomas’s work in a single article is a daunting task.

The selection by the PPP/C of Ambassador Elisabeth Harper as its prime ministerial candidate for the forthcoming general elections must rank as one of the biggest political surprises in the independence history of the country.

Dear Editor, Two weeks ago, a friend told me that most of the letters written to the editor are about all the bad things happening in our country.

VANCOUVER/MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Miners who can’t get financing for new projects from banks or traditional equity investors because metals prices have collapsed are turning to an alternative source: the engineering and construction companies, many from China and South Korea, who actually build their mines.

In response to calls for bus operators to reduce their fares given the decrease in the price for fuel, we recently asked Route 32 (Vreed-en-Hoop to Parika) bus operators whether they would comply.

LONDON, (Reuters) – A new criminal offence should be introduced to clamp down on tax evasion, a senior figure in Britain’s finance ministry said yesterday in the wake of a scandal surrounding HSBC.

Dolphin Secondary secured their first win, hammering Houston Secondary by a 6-0 margin when the third annual Milo/Petra Organization Secondary Schools u-20 football tourney continued yesterday.

Politikles

Before dealing with today’s subject, we pause briefly to reflect on two recent news items.

Reuters) – The dark comedy “Birdman” held up a mirror to Hollywood and its struggling actors and received in return the film industry’s highest recognition on Sunday, the Academy Award for best picture.