Daily Archive: Saturday, March 28, 2015

This is one of those situations where there is excess on the market so you buy extra and find ways to preserve it.

From left to right are Scheherazade Khan, Oswin Coggins, Elizabeth Persaud, Ramesh Seebarran, Grace McCalman (re-elected President), Samuel Barakat, Tandy Primo, Ileana Boodhoo, William Spangler, Jamal Goodluck.

President Donald Ramotar last evening visited the Cummings Lodge Mandir as part of his outreach to several communities, calling on their membership to do more to raise awareness and tackle several of the social ills facing their communities.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – New Zealand are sticking with the same team, and the same fearless approach, for Sunday’s World Cup final against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

MOGADISHU, (Reuters) – A hotel siege by al Shabaab militants in the Somali capital has ended and the final death toll from the attack stands at 14, a senior government official said today.

As they prepare to host Group One of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Club Champion-ships Alpha United president Odinga Lumumba is lamenting the high cost of staging the group qualifires and the lack of adequate sponsorship.

Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) officially launched the 10th edition of their national School Basketball Championships yesterday at a simple ceremony held at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Homestretch Avenue.

By Roger Wong   Alicia Ali, the schoolgirl whose nude body was discovered on Wednesday at the seawall near Turkeyen, died as a result of asphyxia due to drowning, compounded by compression injury to the neck and blunt trauma to the head, an autopsy found yesterday.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) has asked President Donald Ramotar to urgently consider measures for equitable access by all contesting political parties to both state-owned and privately-run radio and television stations during the upcoming elections period.

The selection of the APNU+AFC coalition’s Representative of the List has been narrowed to three members of civil society from the legal and business sectors.

An autographed Golden Jaguars official playing jersey will be mounted on the 704 Sports Bar Wall of Fame.

Former Commissioner of Police Laurie Lewis paved the way for Gregory Smith, the key suspect in the 1980 killing of Dr Walter Rodney to obtain a Guyana passport in 1999, the inquiry probing his death heard yesterday.

Two of Guyana’s young, prized track phenoms wanted to fully match their top-billing labels coming into the New Balance Indoor Scholastic Nationals last weekend in New York, USA.

Accused of murdering a seven-year-old boy, a man yesterday pleaded guilty to the lesser offence of manslaughter before the start of his second trial for the crime in the Berbice Assizes.

An international dominoes competition is to be played here over the Easter Weekend.

Speakers at a youth rally in Tucville last night said that Guyanese are unhappy with the state of the country and one of them urged voters to complete the task slain political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing had begun by voting the PPP/C out.

Chris Barnwell, the Guyana Jaguars all-rounder said despite recently notching up his maiden first-class century he is not looking too far ahead but will continue to perform with both bat and ball in order to again play cricket at the highest level.

For the third time this campaign season, the PPP/C has been accused of intellectual theft.

Guyana’s national rugby Sevens team yesterday crashed out of contention for honours in the Cathay Pacific/HSBC Sevens tournament in Hong Kong losing to Zimbabwe and Spain respectively.

Three youth development teams from the United States of America are due to arrive today for a series of cricket matches against clubs, counties and area teams in Guyana.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) will shortly make public a revised business plan for 2014-2017 which will address lowering the cost of producing and adding value to its product.

National Under-19 player Balchand Baldeo was named captain of the Berbice U19 team ahead of the upcoming Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Inter-county tournament which bowls off on April 8.

Caribbean Football Union (CFU) rival Grenada arrived on local shores yesterday for their impending International Friendly against Guyana tomorrow at the Guyana National Stadium in Providence.

The semi-final round in the inaugural Massy United Insurance Company sponsored Fruta Conquerors U-15 League will commence today at the Tucville Community Centre ground from 14:00hrs.

The dismembered body of a woman that was found on the Annandale foreshore has not yet been identified and no one has been arrested so far, the police said yesterday.

Dear Editor, In response to the Stabroek News report on the lights being turned off at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) while the female basketball team was training (March 26), allow me to state the following Returning to my notes of the meetings alluded to by the President of the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation, these decisions were taken:‘Road to Mecca’ as requested by Mr Michael SinghDates were agreed on by the National Sports Commission and the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation, namely, February15,18,19, 28; March 1.

The Tourism and Hos-pitality Association of Guyana (THAG) will be instituting a Tourism Development Fund (TDF), which will come into effect on April 1.

Dear Editor, Whatever happened to the ‘Nandlall’ tape? Did a government spokesperson not say that the tape would be sent overseas for analysis of some kind and that the public would be informed of the results?

The Tourism and Hos-pitality Association of Guyana (THAG) is hoping that a new user-friendly website and a booking engine will make visiting Guyana easier for travellers, while increasing the competitiveness of the local tourism sector.

By Kenesha Fraser Singing star Ulanda Fraser believes that if there were recording facilities on the Essequibo Coast, its artistes would be able to better highlight and promote their talent.

National `A’ class champion Khemraj Pooranmall should start as favourite when the Guyana Draughts Association (GDA) stages a three-category tournament which commences this weekend.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – There’s been no place like home for Australia and New Zealand on their respective paths to the World Cup final but just one of the co-hosts will enjoy that particular advantage when they meet in tomorrow’s title decider.

Dear Editor, I have a simple question to the editors of both the Stabroek News and the Kaieteur News.

If you can imagine getting married at the top of the Kaieteur Falls or on the bank of the Ireng River overlooking the Orinduik Falls, at Arrowpoint or Baganara or even at the Marriott Hotel, then Guyana is the destination for your wedding, Captain Gerry Gouveia said as he declared the 7th annual Wedding Expo open at the Roraima Duke Lodge in Kingston yesterday.

The Guyana Table Tennis Association’s (GTTA) will stage an Open tournament tomorrow at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall starting from 10 am.

The Bank of Guyana (BoG) on Thursday launched a gold plated silver coin to mark its 50th anniversary.

Dear Editor, In missive, ‘Playing politics or playing to the audience?’

Many people might not know this but three years ago, out of concern for the way the world had become the United Nations decided to designate a day of happiness.

A single parent is now challenged with the task of taking care of her last child after he was involved in an accident some three weeks ago which caused him to lose his entire right leg.

Dear Editor, To say that the economy of Guyana is doing well is an understatement.

Hi Everyone, Across the region home cooking is under threat. The usual suspects take the blame – busy lives and packed schedules.

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport/National Sports Commission (NSC) will conduct its annual Easter Swimming Programme from Monday to April 10, 2015.

ADEN, (Reuters) – Yemen’s Houthi rebels made broad gains in the country’s south and east yesterday despite a second day of Saudi-led air strikes meant to check the Iranian-backed militia’s efforts to overthrow President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.

Dear Editor, The figure stands motionless on the edge of the street.

A teenager who allegedly broke into four homes and stole over $5M worth in items was yesterday remanded to prison after he appeared in a city court.

Four men were yesterday remanded to prison when they appeared in a city court jointly charged with break and enter and larceny.

Dear Editor, In Guyana, all members of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) have taken an oath to protect and serve the citizens, but many have decided to protect and serve themselves.

DUESSELDORF, Germany, (Reuters) – German authorities said yesterday they had found torn-up sick notes showing that the pilot who crashed a plane into the French Alps was suffering from an illness that should have grounded him on the day of the tragedy.

(The Sports Xchange) – Ersan Ilyasova set a career high with 34 points as the Milwaukee Bucks won consecutive games for the first time in more than a month with a 111-107 victory over the Indiana Pacers in the only game on the NBA schedule.

Dear Editor, The time has come for every decent-minded Guyanese to raise their voice against the spiralling criminal acts that have claimed the lives of so many people in our country.

(Trinidad Express) Central Bank Governor Jwala Rambarran has announced the repayment of TT$7 billion to government by CLICO, in addition to the pay-out of TT$950 million to CLICO policy holders.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked for a drastic cutback of an ambitious health care plan after cost estimates came in at $18.5 billion over five years, several government sources said, delaying a promise made in his election manifesto.

Over the years, the fashion industry has learnt to become more accommodating and welcoming to all women.

Properly trained Election Day workers play an essential part in ensuring that elections are successful.

The tide turned for a gold miner who sought the help of the police over missing money and ended up on a drug possession charge.

(Trinidad Express) How on earth has Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar left Vernella Alleyne-Toppin in office?

Dear Editor, Why are people misinterpreting Mr Bharrat Jagdeo’s statements and making a political mockery out of them?

A recent article in Le Monde reports on growing scepticism within the medical community as to the value of using mice to test drugs that will later be used on humans.

A Brazilian national was denied bail on Thursday after being charged with having cocaine in his possession.

  WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Republican chairman of a U.S. House of Representatives committee investigating the 2012 Benghazi attacks said yesterday that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had failed to respond to the panel’s subpoena for documents in the case.

Berbicians will have the opportunity to view Link Show 31 today from 5 pm and then again from 8 pm at the New Amsterdam Multilateral School.

At about 18:30hrs yesterday, the police say, they recaptured escaped prisoner Rayon Paddy and arrested another man who was wanted pending investigations into several armed robberies.