Daily Archive: Sunday, March 8, 2015

PPP/C Prime Ministerial candidate for the upcoming elections, Elisabeth Harper speaking at the annual commemoration for the late Presidents Dr Cheddi and Janet Jagan at Babu John, Port Mourant this afternoon.

(Jamaica Observer) RE-ELECTED West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) president Whycliffe ‘Dave’ Cameron said his administration will be dedicated to improving the regional game in his second term at the helm.

At about 0100h. today, police say that Jermain Giles, 35 years, of Barnwell North, Mocha, EBD, was awakened by a noise at his door.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia stormed into the World Cup quarter-finals with a 64-run victory over Sri Lanka, fired by a spectacular maiden one-day international century from Glenn Maxwell at the Sydney Cricket Ground today.

Having hammered out a deal to contest general elections on a common slate, APNU+AFC is now preparing to engage in broad discussions with civil society on the shape of its participation in governance if the alliance wins the May 11 general elections.

Story and photos by Shabna Ullah   Cornelia Ida is one of the largest villages on the West Coast Demerara and a hub for prominent businesses that cater to the needs of residents as well as to nearby communities.

The Central Housing  and Planning Authority (CH&PA) did not meet or discuss any proposal to take $3 billion in funds from the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) for the development of the housing sector, according to board member Ranwell Jordan.

The widow of slain ex-policeman Beepat Taijram says claims of his links to criminality are part of an attempt to stain his good character when attention ought to be given to catching the persons who shot him dead before robbing him almost three weeks ago.

Police yesterday said that another man has been killed in the interior region.

Chairman of the Police Complaints Authority (PCA) Justice Cecil Kennard has recommended that an inquest be held into the January shooting death of Ryan Couchman all-egedly at the hands of an off-duty policeman but it is now up to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to make the final decision.

The Periwinkle Cancer Club recently received $1 million by order of the Supreme Court from the Estate of the late Stella Bacchus after the Cancer Society, the original beneficiary of the money, ceased functioning.

The National Insurance Scheme’s (NIS) Board of Directors is considering the Guyana Sugar Corporation’s (GuySuCo) proposed plan to liquidate its debt to the scheme.

A man is in police custody after he was found with an unlicensed gun and matching rounds on Friday night.

Shem Padmore, the Kaneville man who was gunned down on Thursday night in Agricola, had gone there to retrieve articles that had been stolen from his brother-in-law.

Some farmers of Laluni on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway are fearful of losing their farmlands after a 25-acre plot of land was recently demarcated by the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission.

Women with a common story, one voice and one mission, have come together to speak of being survivors of domestic violence in the hope that their stories will help to free other women.

Dominica has removed all unauthorized restrictions on the free movement of goods, services, capital and the rights of establishment, save for the restriction on non-OECS Caricom nationals to acquire land above a certain size, without an Alien Landholding licence, Dominica’s Ambassador to Caricom Felix Gregoire said.

Even after repeated recommendations were made for the Ministry of Youth to launch an investigation into the operations of the New Opportunity Corps (NOC) the status quo remains and young girls and boys continue to suffer in an institution that is supposed to rehabilitate   them, APNU member Christopher Jones has said.

Introduction: Lifeline or noose   I shall outline the key details of the Venezuela PetroCaribe initiative in the next section of this column but upfront I wish to categorically assert that Guyana along with other members of this initiative have benefited greatly from it since its establishment in 2005 and for sure right up to the middle of 2014.

Given the aggravations of daily life in Guyana, citizens are in need of some occasional light-heartedness to restore the human spirit, and this week, with the politics at full boil, one came for me via an email to his friends from Alex Neptune, who lives in New York with long roots reaching back here.

This month the PPP celebrates the life of Cheddi Jagan. In preparing to face the electorate, the party will be today invoking his legacy at Babu John.

Guyana rugby team’s dominance of their regional rivals continued yesterday at the National Park.

By Kristel-Marie Ramnauth   This article was written by guest columnist Kristel-Marie Ramnath, who is an Associate Member of the Veterinary Association of Trinidad and Tobago and specialises in animal behaviour and pet psychology.

By Tony Cozier   Whether the beleaguered, but defiant incumbent Dave Cameron was returned for a second term after yesterday’s presidential West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) election or Joel Garner became the first Test player since Sir Wes Hall in 2003 to head the organization is largely immaterial to the overdue revival of an entity once the pride of its passionate public and envy of the rest of the world.

Conclusion   By Rawle Lucas   Insight   Last week, we looked at the structure of Massy, the business activities in which it was involved and the geographic spread of its markets.

The practice of producing plays on the public stage for the benefit of CXC study is back.

Are women, here at home and in our larger home, the West Indies, quietly but definitely taking over?

Despite a two-and-a-half hour delay because some sections of the track were wet, the first day of the CARIFTA Games trials to select Guyana’s top junior athletes for the Easter weekend games in St Kitts saw some commendable performances.

For most of her childhood she watched her mother being battered by her stepfather in alcohol-fuelled episodes which saw frequent visits by the police to her home and made her childhood a never-ending cycle of violence.

While much of the world’s attention on Latin America is focused on Venezuela, there is a slow-motion political and economic crisis in a much bigger country — Brazil — that could have far greater regional consequences.

Leg-spinner Damion Jacobs’ 5-for outweighed fifties from Guyana Jaguars skipper Leon Johnson and Rajindra Chandrika as Jamaica head into day three with a slight lead of 44-runs, in round eight of the Professional Cricket League (PCL) Four-Day match which continued at the Guyana National Stadium, Provicdence, yesterday.

Schefflera arboricola commonly called the umbrella plant originated in Taiwan. Its unique, pinwheel foliage makes it a suitable indoor plant and it has a tropical look.

Visitor arrivals to the Caribbean are again increasing. This is good news, but not the whole story.

Alanzo Greaves’ sprinting prowess was on full display yesterday at the National Park.

Today’s Chess Column continues the Anatoly Karpov Sport Express interview, which was done at the end of 2014.

Upsets highlighted the second night of the Sparta Boss First Anniversary Knockout Football tourney as heavyweights Broad Street, Albouystown-A, North Ruimveldt and Albouystown-B were eliminated on Friday at the Sparta Boss Tarmac in East La Penitence.

Police said yesterday that they were investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man whose body was found in a trench at Eastern Hog Island.

Fish broth made with any part of a fish is like soul food.

Rotaract Club of Georgetown will stage a 5K Health Run and Mini Health Fair today starting at the Seawalls on Camp Streets at 06:30 hours.

SELMA, Ala (Reuters) – With a nod to ongoing US racial tension and attempts to limit voting rights, President Barack Obama declared the work of the Civil Rights Movement advanced but unfinished yesterday on a visit to the Alabama bridge that spawned a landmark voting law.

Renaissance got their campaign off to the perfect start, crushing Riddim Squad 7-1 when the inaugural Massy United Insurance Company sponsored Fruta Conquerors U-15 League commenced yesterday.

LIMA (Reuters) – Peru said yesterday it was withdrawing its ambassador from Chile, amid an intensifying diplomatic spat that was sparked by accusations of military espionage.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – After playing both real and mythical queens, a golden age screen idol and Bob Dylan, Cate Blanchett is taking on another iconic, complex character – Cinderella’s evil stepmother.

PARIS (Reuters) – The United States and France sought yesterday to play down any disagreements over nuclear talks with Iran, saying they both agreed the accord now under discussion needed to be strengthened.

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Two suspects have been detained over the killing of Boris Nemtsov, Russian officials said, a week after he was shot dead near the Kremlin in the most high-profile killing of an opposition figure in years.

Sabine Hossenfelder is an assistant professor at the Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics in Stockholm, Sweden.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaican Dave Cameron has been re-elected president of the West Indies Cricket Board, after comfortably defeating challenger Joel Garner in elections during the Annual General Meeting here yesterday.

A view of Lethem from the air. Photo shows the business that have been built in the centre of the community over the past few years.

MADISON, Wis (Reuters) – Demonstrators marched yesterday to protest the police killing of a 19-year-old black man in Madison, Wisconsin, a shooting that came amid growing scrutiny of law enforcement’s use of lethal force against minorities, the poor and mentally ill.

HAVANA (Reuters) – The chief of the Paris Club of wealthy creditor nations met Cuban finance officials on Friday in what he believed was an unprecedented official visit to Havana to discuss the Communist-led country’s debt.

Queenstown sealed their berth to knockout round, downing Central High in a must win fixture for both sides when the third annual Milo/Petra Organization Secondary Schools u-20 football tourney continued yesterday.

SEATTLE (Reuters) – A small town in southern Washington yesterday opened the state’s first recreational marijuana store that is both owned and operated by the local government, officials said.

Silver City Valley booked their berth in the second round of Brooklyn X2 Promotions Inter-Ward knockout football tourney defeating Train-Line by a 2-1 margin on Friday at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) ground in Linden.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US President  Barack  Obama said he learned through news reports that Hillary Clinton used a personal email account for official business while she served as his secretary of state, CBS News reportedyesterday.

Dear Editor,   In light of Venezuela’s objection to offshore oil exploration activities by Exxon in Guyana’s territorial waters, the Guyana government has got to strengthen and improve its diplomatic relations with the United States.

(Reuters) – Seamer Alex Cusack took two wickets in three balls in the final over as Ireland knocked Zimbabwe out of the World Cup with a thrilling five-run win in their Pool B match at Bellerive Oval in Hobart yesterday.

A scene from Friday’s Phagwah festivities

The week before last Takuba Lodge issued a press release stating that Foreign Minister Delcy Rodríguez of Venezuela had raised an objection with the Country Manager of Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Ltd about the dispatch of an oil rig from Louisiana to an exploratory concession granted by the Government of Guyana.

HAVANA (Reuters) – The Colombian government and leftist guerrillas yesterday jointly announced an agreement to remove landmines and other explosives from the battlefield in a sign of progress in their two-year-old peace talks being held in Cuba.

AUCKLAND, (Reuters) – A hostile trio of Pakistan left-arm fast bowlers took full advantage of a pitch freshened by rain to hand pre-tournament favourites South Africa their second defeat in the cricket World Cup at Eden Park yesterday.

Dear Editor,   The first hint that the government was financing cosmetic treatment for those close to the party arose out of Attorney General Anil Nandlall’s astonishing conversation with the Kaieteur News reporter a couple of months ago.