Daily Archive: Sunday, September 13, 2015

  Minister of Governance, with responsibility for Natural Resources and the Environment, Raphael Trotman yesterday toured the Barama Company Limited’s Buck Hall, Essequibo operations.

A joint team from the Guyana Defence Force and the Guyana Police Force was dispatched today to assess and potentially recover what appears to be a body from the base of Kaieteur Falls.

LAS VEGAS, (Reuters) – Floyd Mayweather Jr. cemented his place among the pantheon of boxing greats with a unanimous decision over fellow American Andre Berto on Saturday in what he has repeatedly said would be the final fight of his career.

CAIRO, (Reuters) – Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri called on young Muslim men in the United States and other Western countries to carry out attacks inside there and urged greater unity between militants.

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Public Health Leslie Cadogan has been dismissed for alleged gross negligence and misconduct in the performance of his duties.

By Mariah Lall  With photos by Keno George   Whether it’s relaxing with old friends on a cool afternoon or playing a friendly game of draughts with someone from another generation, life in Little Diamond is laid back.

Hours after being arrested, the wife of slain Herstelling carpenter Nathan Persaud on Friday night confessed to planning his murder and subsequently hiring the killer who remains at large, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum said yesterday.

– will it be enough for govt?   Five years after beginning operations here, Indian logging company Vaitarna Holdings Private Inc (VHPI) has finally begun processing of logs albeit on a small scale even as it continues to export them.

“No comment” was the brusque response from Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo when asked last week whether his stance on the state media had changed.

A fire last evening completely destroyed a wooden house in William Street, Kitty, leaving some 13 people homeless.

The APNU+AFC coalition has taken an important initiative towards transforming Guyana’s culture of ethno-political dominance.

An alleged goat thief who was nursing a gunshot wound under police guard at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) Male Surgical Ward, escaped yesterday.

It is described how Confucius when asked by one of his disciples what he would do if he were given his own territory to govern the Master replied that he would first and above all “rectify the names” ‒ that is, make words correspond to reality.

The Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) plans to start the process to acquire a ZIP code for Guyana.

MDGs: Both necessary and sufficient Following on my previous columns that have been assessing the Post-2015 Development Agenda and its accompanying sustainable development goals (SDGs) 2015-2030, which is scheduled to be approved at the upcoming United Nations (UN) Summit (September 24-27) later this year, quite a few readers have asked me a rather pertinent question: whether I believe the SDGs,

There are currently no discussions on extending the forests partnership between Guyana and Norway but talks can start when the agreed deliverables of the current partnership are met, Director of Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative Per Fredrik Pharo says.

A few days ago in London, the Bahamas Prime Minister, Perry Christie, told a meeting organised by Caribbean Export that the region needed a new formula to maximise investment.

Disclosures Over the last few years, a series of disclosures has exposed flaws in the way the former PPP/C government did business.

Yesterday was a great day on the saddle for Junior Niles as the veteran wheelsman sprinted off with the spoils of the feature 35-lap race of the Degree sponsored criterium event at the National Park.

The issue of children being sent to the New Opportu-nity Corps (NOC) for ‘wandering’ came up for discussion again on Friday and this time between UNICEF representative for Guyana and Suriname Marianne Flach and Minister of Legal Affairs Basil Williams.

The ruggers from the UG Wolves/ Pepsi Hornets won a scrappy game against the GDF/Caribs outfit 47-35 when the teams met yesterday in the 10-a-side pre-season match at the National Park.

Twelve educators are now better equipped to deliver quality education, after completing a three-month-long leadership course administered by the University of New Brunswick, Canada aimed at enhancing the management of several educational institutions across Guyana.

Our Caribbean cricket woes continue to make headlines with a variety of explanations and theories ranging from lack of systems, insularity, inefficient West Indies Cricket Board, aborted tours, etc.

  By Sri Mulyani Indrawati   Sri Mulyani Indrawati is the Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director of the World Bank   In 100 countries around the world, women are barred from doing certain work solely because they are women.

Miss Guyana World Lisa Punch, on Thursday launched her ‘Staying Alive’ campaign under the auspices of her Prevention of Teenage Suicide (POTS) volunteer programme that will be working to prevent suicide among teenagers in Guyana through education, training and support.

After nine days of action and 284 goals recorded, the inaugural GT Beer Futsal Championship will be decided tonight with a clash of the stars when tourney favourites Sparta Boss opposes Bent Street at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall from 22:00hrs.

Kai Yun Trading on Robb Street yesterday began breaking sections of the paved parapet which was blocking City Council workers from accessing the drain to clean it.

The World Chess Federa-tion’s Candidate Master Anthony Drayton emerged victorious in the fierce Forbes Burnham Memorial Chess Tournament last Sunday following a defeat of Plaisance’s Alexander Duncan in his final game.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Flavia Pennetta won her first grand slam singles title over Roberta Vinci in an improbable all-Italian U.S.

BERLIN/NICKELSDORF, Austria (Reuters) – Austria’s chancellor criticised Hungary for its handling of the refugee crisis yesterday, likening the country’s policies to Nazi deportations during the Holocaust as refugees complained of their treatment in the eastern European country.

LONDON (Reuters) – Jeremy Corbyn, a veteran left-winger who professes an admiration for Karl Marx, was elected leader of Britain’s opposition Labour party yesterday, a victory that may make a British EU exit more likely and which one former Labour prime minister has said could leave their party unelectable.

Triplaris surinamensis commonly called Long John or Helicopter Tree originated in South America – Guyana, Brazil, Suriname and is indigenous to the Amazon basin.

In light of the APNU+AFC government’s attempts to realise lower fares for commuters crossing the Berbice River, the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has called for a “significant reduction” in the fares of the ferries plying the Supenaam to Parika route.

After weeks of intense competition among some of the ancient county’s top cricketers, the stage is set today for the semi-finals of the 2015 Berbice River Bridge limited overs first-division knockout cricket competition.

THE late, renowned British sports columnist Ian Wooldridge once told me he was perplexed by how a group of separate, miniscule former British colonies scattered across hundreds of miles of water, from Guyana on the South American mainland to Jamaica in the northern Caribbean, could produce such a profusion of great players to unite into such powerful teams.

With the one year anniversary approaching since Adrian Bishop was killed by a policeman under questionable circumstances, his mother feels that efforts have been made to “duck” the case, which was expected to be probed by a Coroner’s Inquest.

General considerations Now that we have concluded the discussions on maladies of the ears, it is only fitting that we deal with ailments of the nose and nostrils.

DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia said yesterday that stormy winds knocked over the crane which collapsed onto one of Islam’s holiest shrines in Mecca and killed 107 people on Friday.

Dear Editor, For us in the Rupununi, the E-Governance project is inescapably linked to the fibre-optic fiasco and the One Laptop Per Family scandals.

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran has discovered an unexpectedly high reserve of uranium and will soon begin extracting the radioactive element at a new mine, the head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation said yesterday.

Police have gotten nowhere with their investigation into the revelations made by self-confessed death squad member Shawn Hinds.

Dear Editor, Thank you for the opportunity to respond to Ms Kanhai’s letter titled ‘When will GWI restore water to Non Pareil, Coldingen?’

It will be Georgetown versus Linden affair in the final of the Foxy Ladies organized third annual football championship today after Eagles United and Demerara Queens secured respective semi-final wins on Friday at the Tucville Community ground.

Pocomania Long Mountain, rise, Lift you’ shoulder, blot the moon, Black the stars, hide the skies, Long Mountain, rise, lift you shoulder high.

The Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) following discussions with the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Normalization Committee, officially adopted a new constitution Thursday at the Linden Enterprise Network building, paving the way for association elections on October 1st.

It was Dr Henry Jeffrey in his column last week who drew public attention to something which everyone in the local political universe knows only too well, namely, that the PPP/C might have lost the general election, but it won seven of the ten regions of Guyana.

Police recovered an unlicensed gun in Lethem last Friday night and two men have since been arrested.

Like red kidney beans? Like kidney beans and rice? Looking for a vegetarian dish to serve as a main course?

TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada will create an emergency relief fund by matching the donations of Canadians to assist refugees in conflict zones in the Middle East, the minister of international development said yesterday.

Dear Editor, On July 19, 2015 you published a letter to the editor about a beautiful dog named Cross.