Daily Archive: Wednesday, September 30, 2015

The Umana Yana will rise once again at the site where it was destroyed by fire in 201 4,  GINA said today.

The Ministry of Public Security wishes to advise the general public that the period of amnesty for firearms has been extend to 14th October 2015, a release from the ministry said this afternoon.

Demerara Paradise Inc., a Nursing Home and Medical Services Facility opens its doors tomorrow on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of International Day of Older Persons (IDOP), a release from the home said today.

During today, the police say that acting on information received, they arrested a man at Mowasi Backdam, Mahdia, who was wanted for questioning during investigations into two separate murders at Konawaruk and Mowasi Backdam.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Head coach Phil Simmons has apologised to his fellow selectors and to the West Indies Cricket Board for his outburst last Friday, calling his actions “a schoolboy error in a moment of madness.”

GENEVA, (Reuters) – Everyone with HIV should be given anti-retroviral drugs as soon as possible after diagnosis, meaning 37 million people worldwide should be on treatment, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today.

(Reuters) – The declining fortunes of West Indies cricket hit a new low today when the Caribbean team failed to qualify for the 2017 Champions Trophy in England.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Counter Trafficking Unit (CTU) is calling on citizens of T&T to be observant for possible indicators of human trafficking.

A 36-year-old man died at the Georgetown Public Hospital last night after he was shot three times.

President David Granger yesterday focused his United Nations General Assembly address on the controversy over Vene-zuela’s spurious claim to Essequibo, charging that Caracas was trying to deny Guyana its birthright and calling on the UN to fulfil its pledge of collective security for small states.

Shalini Jewlall, 31, who was struck down along with her seven-year-old daughter while crossing Main Street, New Amsterdam on Sunday, has succumbed to her injuries.

A four-year-old boy who was rescued over a year ago by the Child Care and Protection Agency (CC&PA) from a situation of neglect, is finally beginning to trust people again, Director Ann Greene said, while relating that the issue of child protection is an ongoing one and every day a different story is told.

Following discussions with the Indian government, Guyana is moving to find consultants to prepare the way for the development of the West Demerara, Suddie and Bartica hospitals, which would be financed with a line of credit originally intended for the controversial speciality hospital project.

President of the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) and former national U19 cricketer Alfred Mentore said yesterday that while he was not in agreement with West Indies coach Phil Simmons’ comments on the selection process for the One-Day team to tour Sri Lanka, he was not sure that the sanction imposed by the West Indies Cricket Board was in the best interest of West Indies cricket.

The Transports and Certificates of Title for properties in Region Six are among the valuables that were stolen in a break-in at the Regional Housing Office over the weekend and Regional Executive Officer Dr Veerasammy Ramayya has voiced concern over the “ineffective” security provided to government offices in the region.

Trinidadian accused of continued, repeated misconduct; Warner says FIFA trying to divert attention from Blatter ZURICH, (Reuters) – Trinidadian Jack Warner, once one of the most powerful men in world soccer, has been banned from all football-related activities for life, the ethics committee of the global governing body FIFA said yesterday.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Suspended head coach Phil Simmons will know his fate within the next week, after he meets with a West Indies Cricket Board human resource panel to discuss his controversial comments.

Two police constables attached to the Sparendaam Police Station found themselves before a city court yesterday accused of accepting a $30,000 bribe to ignore a minor traffic offence.

Both the central government and city administration have begun works intended to create open air parks in the city.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Jason Mohammed has been recalled four years after he made his debut while Test batsman Jermaine Blackwood is poised for his first one-day appearance, in a 15-man squad announced yesterday to contest the three-match One-Day International series in Sri Lanka starting next month.

A group headed by former APNU Member of Parlia-ment Desmond Trotman has moved to the High Court seeking, among other things, to have the sales of plots on two parcels of land known as Pradoville 1 and Pradoville 2 declared null and void as the sales were done surreptitiously at undervalued prices to former government ministers, officials and cronies of the PPP/C.

Chairman of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Normalisation Committee Clinton Urling will be presenting on report on football governance in the Caribbean using Guyana as a case study at a symposium to be held in the United States of America next month.

Minister within the Ministry of Public Infrastructure Annette Ferguson has held a meeting with the aggrieved Berbice minibus operators who claimed the operation of the water taxi service is putting them out of work and is currently drafting a proposal to reach an amicable resolution.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The second group of West Indies squad left here yesterday for Sri Lanka, even as the controversy of over head coach Phil Simmons’s suspension continued to swirl.

Dear Editor,   Two contributions caught the attention in the surge of expressions shared re social cohesion/national unity/national front thinking and efforts.

Dear Editor,   If Tony Cozier were not so influential in WI cricket I would not bother to refer to his writings, which I find so detached, if that is the right word, and generally so unilluminating.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – West Indies Cricket Board director, Azim Bassarath, has disagreed with how the decision to suspend head coach Phil Simmons was taken.

Promotion and appointments in the public service, including to the post of Per-manent Secretary (PS), should be based on merit, the Public Service Commission of Inquiry (CoI) was told yesterday.

Dear Editor,   I have noticed in the press recently that member of the National Assembly, Mr Bernard Rajkumar, representative for Region Two/Pomeroon-Supenaam suggested that a minimal fee be charged for using the Anna Regina car park.

A significant number of bids were made for the Supply of Power Transformers for Port Kaituma and Mahdia to the Hinterland Electrification Unit, Ministry of Public Infrastructure.

ZURICH, (Reuters) – Swiss authorities have approved a U.S. extradition request for ex-Costa Rican Football Federation President Eduardo Li, the fourth official due to be sent to the United States in connection with a corruption scandal that has engulfed FIFA.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – The security delegation that was sent to Bangladesh to determine whether or not it was safe for Australia’s cricket team to visit the Asian country are on their way home, prompting speculation the tour will be called off.

Dear Editor, We are all aware of the ever increasing congestion on our roads, particularly with regard to access to, and around Georgetown.

Clifton Gibson, one of the suspects in the murder of Rubis accountant Jason Cort, was yesterday cleared of a charge that he escaped from police custody after the prosecution failed to prove its case against him.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has said that his party needs clarity on government’s national unity invitation as there are two conflicting proposals.

Dear Editor,   As we continue to examine the claim by Venezuela to a significant portion of our land, we need to be reminded that this matter was settled by an international arbitration award in 1899.

The 2015 Scotiabank Kiddy cricket competition will bowl off today with teams in the Berbice River area competing for top honors.

HARARE, (Reuters) – Middle-order batsman Umar Akmal hit an unbeaten 38 from 28 balls as Pakistan wrapped up the two-match Twenty20 international series against Zimbabwe with a 15-run win at the Harare Sports Club yesterday.

Dear Editor,   Following the change in government, many public officials were either fired or forced to resign whilst others resigned by themselves.

KABUL (Reuters) – Taliban fighters clashed with Afghan government forces near Kunduz airport yesterday, a day after the militants seized control of the northern city in arguably the biggest victory of their 14-year insurgency.

  Despite only three rounds of the championships being concluded to date, the Guyana Football Federation’s (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League has provided a competitive vehicle following the absence of structured national league.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Russia’s military buildup in Syria appears to have forced US President Barack Obama to two unpalatable conclusions: He cannot ignore Moscow, and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad may survive for some time.

Dear Editor,   I applaud economist Dr Ramesh Gampat for penning his brilliant pieces on economic matters.

Dear Editor, As a PPP/C supporter I would like to point out that President David Granger has many positive character attributes.

Guyana and West Indies youth opening batsman Shimron Hetmeyer slammed a century to lead Young Warriors to a convincing six-wicket victory in their final preliminary round match against Tucber Park in the Bobby Deonarine/ Tom Gruntzel/Tenelec Inc.,

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – US President Barack Obama shook hands with Cuban President Raul Castro at the United Nations yesterday in a rare one-on-one meeting between the former Cold War foes as they work toward improving relations after decades of animosity.

The Transport and Harbours Department (T&HD) of the Ministry of Public Infrastructure has launched an investigation into the operations at the Supenaam Stelling.

School’s out: An aerial look at Woolford Avenue at 3 pm yesterday just as schools are ending classes for the day.

OSLO (Reuters) – Six African nations have agreed with donors on a plan to protect the tropical forests of the Congo basin, the second biggest in the world after the Amazon’s, to help ease poverty and combat climate change.

Some of the Indigenous creations on display at St Cuthbert’s Mission Heritage Day celebrations on Saturday

The People’s Progres-sive Party (PPP) is awaiting a report to the nation by President David Granger before commenting on the outcome of his meeting with Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro on Sunday in New York.

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Greenpeace called on Brazilian authorities yesterday to reject an environmental assessment for a hydroelectric dam on the Tapajos River in the Amazon because it was a “marketing tool” that disregarded the indigenous people living along its banks.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Japan’s prime minister said yesterday that his country would provide some $1.6 billion to assist Syrians and Iraqis displaced by conflict and for building peace across the Middle East and Africa.

ZURICH, (Reuters) – Sepp Blatter has not ruled out trying to stay on as FIFA’s president beyond February’s scheduled election, despite facing a criminal investigation and a possible internal ethics probe, a close confidant told Reuters yesterday.

Politikles

Coca Cola is bringing its iconic ‘Share a coke’ campaign to Guyana.

ZURICH, (Reuters) – UEFA president Michel Platini says the nine-year delay in him receiving a two million Swiss francs payment, which is at the center of a Swiss prosecutor’s investigation, was due to FIFA not being able to pay him on time.

Dear Editor,   German Chancellor Angela Merkel has spoken not only for Germany but for several other emerging economies such as India and Brazil when she said that it is high time for the United Nations Security Council to be reformed to reflect the real distribution of power across the world.

Some of the craft items which were on display at St Cuthbert’s Mission Heritage Day celebrations on Saturday

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union’s dream of building “a ring of friends” from the Caucasus to the Sahara has turned into a nightmare as conflicts beyond its borders send refugees teeming into Europe.

BOGOTA (Reuters) – The justice accord signed at peace talks between Marxist FARC rebels and the Colombian government does not address possible prison time for those who confess crimes committed during the country’s 51-year war, the rebel group said yesterday, contradicting government statements on the issue.

The spectre of the major powers’ leaders finding themselves at the current 70th General Assembly meeting devoted, among its other preoccupations, to a focus on Sustainable Development will have drawn global attention.

Giftland Mall opens documentation centre: The Giftland Mall yesterday added to the services it offers with the opening of a documentation centre on the second floor.

Dear Editor,   With the Ankoko affair and the Rupununi uprising, you come to realise that the Venezuelan past government meant business and the present one still means business.

What President Granger recently referred to as the “extraordinary and abnormal” presence of Venezuelan troops on Guyana’s border and the Venezuelan government’s flagrant incursions into Guyana’s territory with maritime presence in the Cuyuni river, when added to Venezuela’s decades’ long harassment, which has stymied Guyana and particularly the Essequibo region’s development, are clear indicators of the level of intimidation our larger neighbour is prepared to reach in pursuit of its spurious territorial claim.