Daily Archive: Saturday, April 25, 2015

Prime Ministerial candidate Moses Nagamootoo speaking at the opposition alliance’s rally at Vreed-en-Hoop last evening.

The gathering at APNU+AFC’s rally last evening at Vreed-en-Hoop.

Attorney at law and former Magistrate Fazil Azeez was today shot by a lone gunman at Eccles on the East Bank.

In a joint statement, Caricom and the West Indies Cricket Board today said that they had agreed to establish a panel to review the governance structure of the board.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) today called in the Guyana Police Force to investigate the presence of a strange substance found in rations delivered to its stores.

APNU+AFC today accepted it had made an error in reporting on Thursday that it had been endorsed by the Muslim group ACIC.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Olympic gold medalist and reality TV star Bruce Jenner said on Friday that he identifies as a woman, becoming the most high-profile American to come out as transgender.

KATHMANDU, (Reuters) – A powerful earthquake struck Nepal and sent tremors through northern India today, killing hundreds of people, toppling a 19th-century tower in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu and triggering a fatal avalanche on Mount Everest.

President Donald Ramotar has denounced the conduct of Health Minister Dr Bheri Ramsaran, following his widely-publicised verbal abuse of rights activist Sherlina Nageer, but has given no indication that he would act on growing calls for his dismissal, while the ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP) yesterday accused the “opposition media” of blowing the matter out of proportion.

British High Commissioner to Guyana Greg Quinn yesterday condemned Minister of Health Dr Bheri Ramsaran’s verbal abuse of rights activist Sherlina Nageer as “disgraceful” and said that had such an incident occurred in the United Kingdom, the official would have been asked to resign.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) yesterday urged the main contestants at the May 11th general election to issue a joint statement condemning hostile behaviour on the campaign trail and calling for tolerance.

Locals and foreigners are afforded a level playing field in the logging sector, President Donald Ramotar says, a position some locals disagree with and one has labelled the president’s blaming of electricity for the lack of value-added processing of logs as “pure hogwash”.

Witness Project, a local arts-based group, is tackling street harassment in its latest anti-violence campaign, which will use visuals and an online forum to capture attention and encourage conversation on the problem.

Following months of drought, residents of North and Central Rupununi, in Region Nine, are breathing sighs of relief as the rainy season appears to have arrived.

The Electoral Assistance Bureau (EAB) yesterday announced the cancellation of its planned testing of the 2015 voters’ list, saying needed information to conduct the exercise was not provided.

The need for equitable access by political parties to the media, particularly those controlled by the state, remains among the areas of concern in the run up to next month’s elections, according to US Charge d’Affaires Bryan Hunt.

United Nations Resident Coordinator and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative Khadija Musa is advocating for “in-depth coverage” of all political parties by the state media ahead of the upcoming elections.

During a recent outreach to Region Eight, President Donald Ramotar urged residents to compare current development in their communities with what he said obtained under the People’s National Congress (PNC) government over 20 years ago.

The youth arm of the APNU+AFC coalition has vowed that it will hold its superiors accountable for the promises made during this campaign season regardless of whether the coalition wins or loses the upcoming elections.

Just a week after announcing that it had cleared a $1.2 billion contract for drugs for the Georgetown Hospital, government yesterday announced another $1.4 billion contract for the health sector.

The Guyana Red Cross Society (GRCS) is seeking th public’s help to raise $2 million from spare change donations for its Meals on Wheels programme.

A rice farmer was grazed by a bullet when he was attacked by bandits and robbed of $2.5 million yesterday.

A police constable attached to the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) was yesterday refused bail when he appeared in a Georgetown court accused of conspiracy to traffic narcotics.

Relatives of 75-year-old Ramdai Dookdat, who succumbed in hospital after she was struck down by a truck at Herstelling on Monday, are demanding justice.

A 20-year-old American man was yesterday afternoon intercepted at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri, with just over a kilo of cocaine hidden in his suitcase.

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Opener Kraigg Brathwaite fashioned an outstanding, unbeaten hundred that headlined strong West Indies resistance, shackled England’s zeal and set up a riveting final day of the second Test today.

Lerone La Rose, the mentally-disabled man accused of fatally chopping an acquaintance after a row on Wednesday, has been charged with the capital offence of murder.

Shakir Mohamed, who is on trial for the murder of Shewraney Doobay, yesterday stressed that he did not kill the woman and that her now dead nephew never told him that he wanted to kill his aunt.

MUMBAI, India, CMC – Embattled West Indies off-spinner Sunil Narine has been reported yet again for having a suspected illegal bowling action, further tossing the limited overs superstar’s career into deeper turmoil.

Defending Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Under-19 limited overs champions Demerara will look to retain their title when they lock horns with the young but dangerous National U17 XI in today’s final of the 2015 Raj Singh Insurance Brokers-sponsored tourney.

Asks Emmerson Campbell   Will Guyana’s premier trotter, Score’s Even, return to its winning ways or is another upset on the cards?

Dear Editor, It has been noted that former president, Bharrat Jagdeo stated that the alliance between the coalition and former military personnel is something to be feared.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – A woman who bashed President Nicolas Maduro on the head with a mango has been promised a new house for her troubles in a surreal tropical tale that has gone viral in Venezuela.

Dear Editor,   This is Dr Luncheon’s response to the veterans namely Liverpool H, Hinds MFH, Fraser I.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – A former minister in President Nicolas Maduro’s government denied in an interview published yesterday accusations of corruption during the purchase of three ferries from Spain and said he was being hounded for denouncing currency crimes.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – While world champion boxer Floyd Mayweather prepares for his May 2 bout against Manny Pacquiao, women’s advocates believe his history of domestic violence is merely a footnote to the biggest fight in years.

Dear Editor,   Growing up, generations – ours, those who came before, and, just after – were taught ‘behaviours’.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Champion Wladimir Klitschko and challenger Bryant Jennings each had a special guest at yesterday’s weigh-in for their heavyweight title clash, with former champions Vitali Klitschko and Lennox Lewis on hand.

Dear Editor, Before I treat with the thrust of my contribution, I must compliment Fire Chief Gentle and his brave team for averting a major disaster at Eccles a few days ago.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Next week’s fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao is expected to be the most lucrative ever in boxing but that does not necessarily make it the biggest of all time, veteran promoter Bob Arum told Reuters.

Dear Editor, Children who wrote the National Grade Six examination 2015 can now breathe a sigh of relief.

DHAKA, (Reuters) – Shakib Al Hasan’s fine all-round showing powered Bangladesh to a seven-wicket victory over Pakistan yesterday, their first Twenty20 international win over their Asian rivals.

By Mariah Lall Even though Traits Model Management agency has only been in operation a few weeks shy of a year, it has managed to create a quite a buzz.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan authorities requested yesterday that jailed opposition mayor Antonio Ledezma be granted home arrest due to medical problems, a move that could soften international pressure over his case.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, long seen as one of the darlings of Bollywood and India for that matter, found herself in some hot water this past week after an advertisement she did for a huge Indian jewellery chain was slammed for being racist and promoting child slavery.

(The Sports Xchange) – Derrick Rose scored 34 points, Jimmy Butler had 24 and the Chicago Bulls beat Milwaukee 113-106 in double overtime to take a commanding 3-0 lead in their first-round Eastern Conference playoff series.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The United Nations human rights chief yesterday called on Britain to tackle hate speech in the tabloid press after a columnist compared migrants to “cockroaches” and advocated using gunboats to stop them from coming to Europe.

Dear Editor, I wish to thank Mr Tarron Khemraj for pointing out that I am no advocate for the PPP and its government in his last SN column, “History matters, but ….”

Nominations Day has come and is gone. The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has already written to eight (8) Political Parties informing them that they are officially eligible to contest the General and Regional Elections on May 11, 2015.

Hi Everyone, FACTS:I am deeply invested in the food of the Caribbean having a place of prominence on the world stage.

(Barbados Nation) Minister of Fiannce Chris Sinckler is convinced the economy “has begun a turnaround” and that Barbadians are now witnessing the economic recovery they have longed for.

HOUSTON/NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Venezuela, struggling to pay for essential items such as food and medicine amid strict foreign currency controls, may have failed to collect about a third of its potential oil revenue in 2014, a Reuters analysis suggests.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – A woman considered a material witness in an investigation by U.S.

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Century-maker Kraigg Brathwaite has warned that West Indies are not yet out of the woods, and that it will take a significant effort today’s final day to avoid defeat in the second Test against England.

Dear Editor, Commissioner of Information, Justice Charles Ramson, SC. (rtd), writes tongue in cheek, that he read a letter written by me captioned `We should not be held to ransom by our history ‘if only’ in the context of my (in their) earlier but ‘discreet’ involvement with the machinery, practices and ambitions of the PPP/C and PNCR (SN 15/04/2015).

YEREVAN, (Reuters) – Armenia marked the centenary yesterday of a mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks with a simple flower-laying ceremony attended by foreign leaders as Germany became the latest country to respond to its calls for recognition that it was genocide.

Dear Editor, Today there is loud talk of the militarization of the opposition.

AHMEDABAD, India, CMC – West Indies opener Chris Gayle failed to convert another start but his fireworks were not missed as Royal Challengers Bangalore strolled to an uncomplicated nine-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League here yesterday.

Xenon Hotel opens branch in the city: The Essequibo Coast’s Xenon Hotel has opened its first branch in Georgetown.

Dear Editor,   This is my first letter on my political perspective of the current and upcoming election.

Scenes from rehearsals of Julius Caesar starring Ajay Baksh, Mark Luke-Edwards, Sean Thompson, Michael Ignatius, Lloyda Nicholas Garrett, Nirmala Narine, Paul Budnah, Max Massiah, Kirk Jardine, Chris Gopaul, John Fraser, Luigi Ferreira, Gibran Azeez, Patrick Chanderban, Stephen Asif Mohamed, Delon Sancho, Alex Rodrigues, Masud Lewis, students of the National School of Theatre Arts and Drama and the Sacred Heart Youth Group.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Explosive Australia batsman Glenn Maxwell is eyeing a stint in English county cricket to further his test ambitions after missing out on a place in the tour squads for the Caribbean and England.

Consider this week’s article a continuation of my local finds from last week.

In September 1781, the British slave ship Zong set sail for Jamaica, with 442 Africans and 17 crew on board.