Daily Archive: Sunday, August 30, 2015

(Reuters) – Prolific horror filmmaker Wes Craven, who directed the slasher classic “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” died on Sunday afternoon, his family said in a statement.

Two armed bandits robbed a Diamond, East Bank Demerara (EBD) family during the wee hours of yesterday morning after they had just arrived from the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri.

KUALA LUMPUR, (Reuters) – Former Malaysian leader Mahathir Mohamad, joining anti-government protesters for a second day today, called for a “people’s power” movement to topple Prime Minister Najib Razak over a financial scandal.

President David Granger will “very soon” announce an initiative for engagement between the government and the opposition, according to Minister of Governance Raphael Trotman.

BEIJING, (Reuters) – Usain Bolt needed a bit of help from his American rivals to win a third gold medal but Mo Farah secured a unique “treble double” all on his own on a dramatic penultimate night of the world athletics championships yesterday.

Story and photos by Joanna Dhanraj Sprawled along a dam parallel to the Canal Number One Polder public road is a charming little village called Java.

Santos FC were crowned the inaugural I-Net Communications u-13 champions, downing tourney hosts and home side Fruta Conquerors by a 3-1 score line yesterday at the Tucville Community ground.

The Berbice Bridge Com-pany Incorporated (BBCI) yesterday said it had not concluded an agreement with the government for the reduction of the bridge toll and warned that it could face potential bankruptcy if proposed subsidies are not calculated based on higher tolls that it has been trying to implement.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – World number one Novak Djokovic lost to rivals Roger Federer and Andy Murray in the finals of U.S.

Illicit activities The recent disclosure in local print and online media that gold was being smuggled out of Guyana in significant quantities is a blow to the integrity of Guyana’s revenue collection system and an apparent indictment of all aspects of port security ‒ land, sea and air.

An unidentified man was killed last evening in Tiger Bay by a mentally-unstable youth, who stabbed him over 40 times in a fit of rage.

The final group round in the inaugural RDE Vibes and Sparta Boss ‘King of the Streets’ Football Tourney will commence tomorrow at the Sparta Boss Tarmac in East La Penitence.

At the ripe old age of eighty-two, when one is fully aware that it is time to make sense of what has happened in one’s life, I am convinced about two major things.

Mr Anil Nandlall, former attorney general and PPP/C Member of the Parliament, and now the guardian of our rights under the constitution, pronounced ominously on the dire consequences that would befall the nation if the Prime Minister sets foot in the Parliament Chamber, after he is sworn in to perform the duties of the President.

Up and coming pugilist, John Dowridge punched his way to the best boxer award yesterday when the first (of two) Pepsi/ Mike Parris under-16 tournament concluded at the Andrew ‘Six Head’ Lewis Gym.

Introduction From Guyana’s perspective, today’s column continues to focus on an evaluation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2015-2030, their 169 targets and 304 indicators of compliance, which are scheduled to be agreed upon by all 193 member states of the United Nations (UN) at their upcoming summit on September 25-27 this year.

Today, the nation’s top trotters will be competing at the Rising Sun Turf Club for cash and stakes at the President’s Cup meet in honour of His Excellency President David Granger.

The Guyana Bar Association (GBA) and the Guyana Association of Women lawyers (GAWL) are both cautioning the government against any consideration of a recent call by local manufacturers to re-examine a recently brokered $1.2 billion settlement with Surinamese company RUDISA International.

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, (Reuters) – Petra Kvitova used a dominant serve to beat Lucie Safarova 6-7(6) 6-2 6-2 in their all-Czech final at the Connecticut Open yesterday.

Two people in a chance encounter recently asked me what were my favourite songs – whether something I wrote or from another song-writer – and I was in a hurry and promised to write them a reply, but I lost their email (I hate being late, and I was truly in a hurry), and in my embarrassment I’m hoping to redeem myself today by answering them now via this column My favourite from my own work is usually the song I’ve just finished writing.

Robin Persaud returned to his winning ways yesterday after spiriting off with the spoils of the feature 35-lap event of yesterday’s 39th annual NSC sponsored 11-race programme.

(Reuters) Thai police said they arrested a foreigner yesterday who matched the description of a man who left a bag at the site of a Bangkok blast that killed 20 people nearly two weeks ago.

Mutual incomprehension perhaps best sums up the way in which the anglophone Caribbean and the Dominican Republic presently regard one another.

Communities Minister Ronald Bulkan has committed to move immediately on legislative amendments needed for the run off of local government polls, the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) announced on Friday.

In 1967, the celebrated English author Sir Neville Cardus wrote that no cricketer had “proven versatility of skill as convincingly as Sobers has done, effortlessly and after the manner born.”

Despite being pressed to do so, logging companies are not moving with alacrity to set-up valued-added processing facilities and Minister of Governance Raphael Trotman plans to meet with several in the coming weeks.

During The Festival of Flowers we were treated to violin music by a young musician during the lunch break, and what a treat that was along with the steel pan and the cathedral organ.

VIENNA (Reuters) – Three young children suffering from dehydration and close to death have been rescued from a van crammed with 26 refugees from Syria, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, Austrian police said yesterday.

Pico de Gallo is a fresh uncooked salsa/salad that can be found widely in Mexican cuisine.

Government intends to review the controversial agreement that the former administration made with a PPP outfit for the 99-year lease of Red House at a rate of $1,000 per month, according to Minister of State Joseph Harmon.

Demerara Queens got their Foxy Ladies organized third annual football championships off to the perfect start crushing Kuru-Kuru 7-0 in their opening group-B fixture when the event commenced on Friday at the Tucville ground.

An Egyptian court sentenced three Al Jazeera TV journalists to three years in prison on yesterday for operating without a press licence and broadcasting material harmful to Egypt, a case that has stirred an international outcry.

Japarts, one of the businesses targeted by City Hall in its campaign to reclaim parapets and alleyways that have been unlawfully occupied or obstructed, has adhered to a request to clear the parapet.

Showstoppers, Brothers United, West Side Masters and West Side Ballers were amongst the winners when Tajoe’s Entertainment’s inaugural Stag Beer King of the Turf Knockout Street Football Tourney commenced on Friday.

ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria has uncovered a spy cell run by militant Islamist group Boko Haram at the international airport in the capital Abuja apparently aimed at selecting targets for attack, the country’s national security agency said.

Continued Last week, we discussed external ear infections. Well, more often than not, those infectious agents work their way into the middle ear.

Dear Editor, I attended my first meeting of the Council of the University of Guyana on Wednesday, August 19, 2015.

With several teams still in contention for a place in the knockout round, the final group fixtures in the inaugural GT Beer Futsal Championship will commence today at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Homestretch Avenue with four matchups.

Within recent years there has been a resuscitation of, and increased interest in chess, with many more annual tournaments sponsored and held than ever before in the history of the game in Guyana.

            Ninety-six new medical doctors taking the Hippocratic/Physician’s Oath at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre last evening.

Dear Editor, Solar farms may not be the total answer to economic development in the hinterland, but they are an essential step.

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Thousands of protesters waving Lebanese flags and chanting “revolution” took to the streets of Beirut yesterday for an unprecedented mobilisation against sectarian politicians they say are incompetent and corrupt.

President David Granger on Friday met with a team from Innogen Technologies Incorporated, a Barbados-based company whose core focus is on the utilisation of solar energy in households and businesses across the region.

The week before last, Minister of State Joseph Harmon told the National Assembly that the Red House, which was state property, had been leased in 2012 to a private company for 99 years at the ludicrous rate of $1,000 per month.

Election season for the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) is on the horizon as the Normalization Committee is reportedly considering the month of November for the Electoral Congress.

President Martelly of Haiti speaking at the Grand Opening of Carifesta XII in Port Au Prince declared that there are two Haitis: “the Haiti that CNN talks about and the Haiti that we know.” 

Dear Editor, In the Stabroek News and Kaieteur News of August 12, Mr Sherwood Lowe suggested that the police be allowed access to “Gecom’s searchable database of registrants,” so they can “possibly use” same “to fight crime.”

The Ministry of Public Security, in an advisory in yesterday’s Stabroek News, announced that from Tuesday at 9 am it will begin receiving illicit firearms no questions asked and persons submitting will not be prosecuted.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – At least 38 young women have died in a road accident in Swaziland on their way to an annual ceremony where the king might have chosen one of them as his wife, an advocacy group said yesterday.

            Regent Street was crowded yesterday as parents, with their children in tow, turned out in their numbers to purchase school supplies ahead of the start of the new school year tomorrow.