Daily Archive: Sunday, April 26, 2015

The Region Eight (Potaro/Siparuni) administration today said that a government building was ravaged by fire and twelve persons from four families are now homeless.

The St George’s Cathedral this afternoon announced the launching of its restoration fund and said that the total amount required to complete the renovation is US$2.5M ($500M).

BUJUMBURA, (Reuters) – Burundian riot police today forcibly dispersed crowds protesting against the president seeking a third term, a decision critics said is unconstitutional and could rekindle turmoil after a decade of calm in the East African state.

The PPP/C says job creation will be its “highest priority” if it is re-elected at the May 11th general elections and President Donald Ramotar yesterday said a robust five-year plan has been structured to ensure improvements in every sector of the country so that all can be assured a better life under his government.

Story and photos by Joanna Khan Malgre Tout is a tiny village on the West Bank Demerara bordered by Versailles and Klein Pouderoyen.

If re-elected next month, the PPP/C says it will once again seek to realise the Amaila Falls Hydropower project, the Cheddi Jagan airport expansion and a specialty hospital, for which the Donald Ramotar administration was unable to woo opposition support in the National Assembly during its truncated term.

Baishanlin director Chu Hongbo’s naturalization as a Guyanese citizen ensures that at least 50% of the shares of Bai Shan Lin Mining Development Company Limited are held by Guyanese.

A former magistrate was shot several times yesterday afternoon at a construction site in Eccles.

Three days after fire razed a section of the Two Brothers Service Station located in Eccles officials are close to concluding their investigations and identifying the source of the blaze.

The issues that push activist Sherlina Nageer into action can vary from a boy’s genitals burnt by the police, protestors shot and killed, a woman dying after an illegal abortion, a child being raped or just a woman suffering a mental health breakdown.

Despite concerns about the size of the voters’ list, US Charge d’Affaires Bryan Hunt says he believes it is “largely accurate.”

Amidst calls for a presidential debate, APNU+AFC presidential candidate David Granger says the coalition is sticking to its position that it will not participate in a presidential debate unless a prime ministerial debate precedes it.

The APNU+AFC Coalition says while it participated in cordial meetings with members of the Muslim community including the Anna Catherina Islamic Complex (ACIC) the groups did not endorse the coalition.

APNU+AFC Coalition prime ministerial candidate Moses Nagamooto told an enthusiastic crowd at a rally at the Vreed-en-Hoop Stelling, West Coast Demerara on Friday that the May 11 “election is about saving Guyana…” Vowing that a coalition government would increase old age pensions and salaries, he said “if we go in there and find money in the Treasury, the first people we will think about will be our senior citizens.”

Four independent investigators for the Police Complaints Authority (PCA) have been appointed and have so far received more than a dozen complaints against the police, including the alleged assault of Mayor Hamilton Green during a picketing exercise at the recent opening of the Marriott Hotel.

Sections of the seawall are reeking because of a noticeable increase in seaweed and other water creatures that have washed ashore.

When in the early 1990s it became apparent that Europe’s preferential regimes for Caribbean bananas and sugar were coming to an end, an impassioned debate began about a transition to other forms of economic activity.

Fyuse Hossein, 63, the rice farmer who was shot and robbed at Church Street on Friday, is in now a stable condition at a private hospital, his wife Omeela Hossein has said.

The rapidity of strong chess tournaments have increased recently and it is becoming difficult to give coverage to all of them.

Over a year and a half after the murder of his common-law wife, investigators have finally taken a statement from Sergeant Colin Bailey, while telling him the probe is still active.

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Mediocre batting coupled with a devastating new ball spell from seamer James Anderson combined to help West Indies squander a position of strength and slide to a heavy nine-wicket defeat to England in the second Test here yesterday.

  Anyone up for some savoury dumplings? You know, there are times when one can take too many liberties with food.

A new bridge has been constructed at the Eastville Housing Scheme, East Coast Demerara by H Nauth and Sons Civil Engineering Contractors after the old one caved in under the weight of one of its heavy-duty trucks.

Last week, we discussed problems associated with the third eyelid (the nictitating membrane).

Steve Waugh has advised England to emulate New Zealand in order to rejuvenate their cricket “on and off the pitch”.

Chairman of the Police Complaints Authority (PCA) retired Justice Cecil Kennard was forced to stick to his recommendation that an inquest be held into the fatal police shooting of Ryan Couchman after the man’s relatives failed to deliver on a promise to bring eyewitnesses.

The Wizard of Oz is very well known as a story repeatedly told in various forms and reproductions for over 100 years.

After a series of corruption scandals, Mexico has created a government-backed National Anti-Corruption System that—to my surprise—is getting good reviews from some leading independent anti-graft groups.

Introduction Today’s column concludes my examination of project failures and weaknesses revealed in public investment management in Guyana during the 2000s.

The Civil Defence Commission of the Guyana Defence Force has opened an alternating emergency centre to better cope with national disasters.

Sportsman extraordinaire and literary giant Dr Ian Mc Donald has been honoured by the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) for his contribution to the disciplines of sport and art.

Fifties from Askhaya Persaud and Tevin Imlach along with Sherfane Rutherford’s blitz, helped Demerara to five-wicket win over the National U17 XI as they retained their title in the 2015 Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/Raj Singh Insurance Brokers-sponsored 50 overs inter-county tournament which ended yesterday at the Everest Ground.

A batch of 51 professional nurses and nursing assistants who have been inducted into the programme at the Kingston Nursing School Annex plan to capitalise on the opportunity to qualify themselves and several have revealed ambitious plans to pursue further studies in the medical field.

Former foreign minister in the PNC administration Rashleigh Jackson has endorsed the APNU+AFC coalition, which he said offers “a good chance of beginning the process of healing and producing national unity.”

KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Nepal urged countries to send aid to help it cope with the aftermath of a devastating earthquake that killed nearly 1,400 people, a toll predicted to rise as rescuers used their hands to dig for survivors among the rubble on Sunday.

Right now, bulbs and tubers plants are popping up in the most amazing colours.

The OAS Observer Mission, the British High Commissioner, the United States Representative and the Private Sector Commission have all publicly raised concerns about the dangers of inflammatory language being used in the election campaign in Guyana.

SINGAPORE/TOKYO (Reuters) – One by one, Japan is turning off the lights at the giant oil-fired power plants that propelled it to the ranks of the world’s top industrialised nations.

Dear Editor, We the undersigned write to register our concern upon news of the recording of Dr Bheri Ramsaran, Minister of Health, threatening to “slap and strip” Ms Sherlina Nageer and that he would have “his” women supporters do such an act.

It was a night of contrasting wins as West Front Road, Queen Street Tiger Bay, Festival City and Cross Street secured quarterfinal berths in the inaugural Guyana Beverage Company Busta football tourney on Friday.

The Salvation Army celebrates its 120th anniversary with plans to focus on the education of women and human trafficking.

Police are yet to arrest anyone in connection with the murder of Quincy Bowman, who was found dead on a bridge near the old Busta Factory in Festival City, North Ruimveldt on April 6.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The governance structure of the West Indies Cricket Board will come under review once again, this time as a joint initiative of the WICB and CARICOM.

When I was a schoolboy we had a games-master named Mr.

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

TEOTIHUACAN, Mexico, (Reuters) – A Mexican archeologist hunting for a royal tomb in a deep, dark tunnel beneath a towering pre-Aztec pyramid has made a discovery that may have brought him a step closer: liquid mercury.

Dear Editor, I refer to your article `Pure Hogwash – businessman challenges Ramotar on lack of value-added processing’ [SN April 25] and wish to make a few comments.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is investigating a possible Islamic State-inspired terrorism plot in the United States, CNN reported yesterday, quoting law enforcement officials.

SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Ash from the Chilean volcano Calbuco, which erupted without warning this week, reached as far as southern Brazil yesterday and prompted some airlines to cancel flights to the capitals of Chile, Argentina and Uruguay.

From the time I launched Tradewinds in Trinidad in 1967, I have been to Guyana almost every year, sometimes twice a year.

Dear Editor, The crude, foul and profane language used by Minister of Health, Dr.

ABIDJAN (Reuters) – The five parties in Ivory Coast’s ruling coalition named President Alassane Ouattara as their candidate for an election in October in which he is expected to win a second five-year term.

Alec Melville and Nyron Joseph secured group-A victories over Larissa and Akeila Wiltshire respectively when the Kraft Toucan Industries junior Skill Level tournament continued at the Georgetown Club on Friday.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan opposition mayor Antonio Ledezma was out of jail and in a Caracas clinic yesterday, awaiting an operation after being granted house arrest on medical grounds.

If it were not bad enough that Minister of Health Bheri Ramsaran insulted a woman in the most degrading way on Monday, in the process putting his utter contempt for the female sex as a whole on full public display, two days later he divested himself of similar remarks when addressing Regional Health Officers.

Plaisance Guardians got their Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) ‘King of the Hard Court’ Championship off to the perfect start, defeating Eagles 79-56 in their Open Divisional showdown on Friday at the Burnham Court.

Sunday Cartoon

The inaugural Woodpecker Products ladies league will commence today while the 2015 John Fernandes Insurance men’s second division league will also continue at the St.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Russian hackers who penetrated sensitive parts of the White House computer system last year read President Barack Obama’s unclassified emails, the New York Times reported yesterday, quoting US officials.

Dear Editor,   Attorney Bernard de Santos recently claimed in Court that a critic had an unnatural interest in Mr Jagdeo.

Change in mindset Last week’s article began a discussion on the economics of unity.