Daily Archive: Saturday, October 3, 2015

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Distinguished former West Indies Cricket Board chief executive officer, Stephen Camacho, has died.

The troubled National Insurance Scheme (NIS) today announced that the monthly insurable income ceiling will rise by 17% effective from October 1, 2015.

During yesterday, the police said that diligent investigations into a report of larceny from a dwelling house at Crane, WCD, where the victim lost $2.7M, led to the arrest of a man and a woman and the recovery of $1.4M in a house at Kitty, Georgetown.

(Trinidad Guardian) Acting Commissioner of Police Stephen Williams has confirmed that 50 murders were recorded last month, making September the most violent month for 2015.

President David Granger yesterday dismissed Surin-ame’s reported revival of its claim to the New River Triangle in south-eastern Guyana, calling it spurious but said that he will seek clarification on the matter.

Four police officers were yesterday charged with accepting bribes to allow drug smugglers to go free after the recent interception of a bus loaded with cocaine at Whim, Corentyne.

Over a year after the last US ambassador to Guyana departed local shores, new envoy Perry Holloway presented his Letter of Credence to President David Granger yesterday and committed to work to remove obstacles to national development.

The Ministry of Public Health has launched an investigation into the country’s latest maternal death—a Berbice River woman who succumbed yesterday morning, nine days after she delivered a stillborn girl via Caesarean-section (C-section) at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

The longest-serving commissioner of the Guyana Elections Commission, Dr Keshav ‘Bud’ Mangal, has died.

President David Granger yesterday said that the ongoing protests by rice farmers may be politically motivated and his government is being wrongly blamed for paddy farmers not being paid.

The pandit accused of raping a young woman in her home, after being invited to pray for her, has fled the country, leaving a family with no hope that he will ever be brought to justice.

Government is working on a number of mechanisms to help foster job creation, President David Granger said yesterday, while reiterating that a solid education remains crucial for employment.

Absence of political interference is key to a proper-functioning public sector, Permanent Secretary (PS) of the Ministry of Public Security Angela Johnson told the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the public service yesterday.

Two suspected bandits were held by police yesterday afternoon shortly after a brazen robbery on Elite Mobile, a cellphone store on Parade Street, near police headquarters at Kingston.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – Interim head coach Eldine Baptiste will oversee West Indies training for the first time today when the regional side undergo their first practice session since arriving here Thursday.

China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) was on Tuesday allowed to resume operations at the site of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport expansion project after labour department officials were satisfied that some safety violations were corrected.

The Berbice Cricket Board’s (BCB) three-day, division one competition will commence shortly following the decision by the National Sports Commission to plough a quarter of a million dollars into the staging of the competition.

The Ministry of Indigenous People’s Affairs’ Hinterland Employment Youth Service (HEYS) programme kicked off in Paramakatoi on Thursday with more than two dozen young people registering for the skills’ development scheme.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) says there is no clause in their new constitution that debars anyone from running for office and as such, former GFF President Colin Klass is eligible to participate at the impending elections on November 14th.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Will the real Rugby World Cup holders please stand up?

A US-born executive chef on Thursday opened a one-of-a-kind restaurant and bar, the first of what is going to be several on an entertainment strip at the Giftland Mall.

The partly-decomposed body of a missing man was fished out of a fish pond at Hubu, East Bank Essequibo a week ago and his relatives believe that he was murdered.

NEW YORK/ZURICH, (Reuters) – Major soccer sponsors yesterday issued coordinated calls for the immediate resignation of FIFA president Sepp Blatter in the most significant move by companies supporting the sport since a bribery and corruption scandal erupted at world football’s governing body last May.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Emphasis will shift from the Barbados-based High Performance Centre and onto the WICB Professional Cricket League for the development of regional players.

Three new People Progres-sive Party/Civic (PPP/C) candidates have been sworn in as members of the Regional Democratic Council of Region Six, following the recent resignation of others who indicated that they could not serve.

The fourth annual Petra Organisation/Courts Pee-Wee Under-11 football tournament will officially kickoff today at the Thirst Park ground with 12 programmed group matchups.

Father Charles Davidson, a Guyanese priest serving in the United States of America, has been elected to serve as the eight Diocesan Bishop of Guyana.

Dear Editor, I read your news article headlined ‘Caricom foreign ministers non-committal on Guyana’s call for juridical settlement of Venezuela controversy’ published in your Thursday, October 2, edition.

Dear Editor, If I recall correctly we were told by a former Senior Minister of Education that about 10,000 functional illiterates leave our school system annually.

By Dreylan Johnson It has been said that if you’re beautiful inside it shines through.

The African Cultural Development Association (ACDA) is inviting Guyanese to be a part of its Holocaust Day commemoration, which will take place at the sea walls on October 12 at 2 pm.

DHARAMSALA, India, (Reuters) – JP Duminy’s batting heroics secured South Africa a thrilling seven-wicket victory in the first Twenty20 International despite Indian opener Rohit Sharma burnishing his limited overs reputation with a blistering century yesterday.

Hi Everyone,   I had a craving for shrimp, and like most Guyanese, it takes no effort to convince me to make a curry.

The Guyana Learning Channel will be broadcasting taped classroom sessions of the UN World’s Largest Lesson at noon today and tomorrow.

Dear Editor, I had an experience at Republic Bank Guyana recently that left me puzzled, confused and wondering who creates the policies at that bank.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia’s test squad have been sent back to play domestic one-day cricket in order to prepare for next month’s series against New Zealand after their tour to Bangladesh was postponed on Thursday due to security concerns.

O’Neil d’Oliveira has set his sights on making a big name for himself as a singer.

WASHINGTON/MOSCOW (Reuters) – US President Barack Obama warned Russia yesterday that its bombing campaign against Syrian rebels will suck Moscow into a “quagmire,” after a third straight day of air raids in support of President Bashar al-Assad.

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s beleaguered President Dilma Rousseff shrank her cabinet and reshuffled ministers yesterday to bolster alliances within her coalition government and block efforts to impeach her.

Dear Editor, The EFG will be conducting its first general Neurology/Epilepsy training mission, from October 2-14, 2015.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Former Young West Indies batsman John Campbell stroked a half-century but discarded West Indies left-arm spinner Nikita Miller snatched a five-wicket haul as spinners dominated the opening day of the two-day Jamaica trial match here Thursday.

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazil’s Supreme Court authorized the questioning by police of ex-president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in a broadening corruption case focused on state-run oil company Petrobras, a representative for the court said yesterday.

Some 31 amateur boxers have been named in a list of probables to represent the nation at the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) International Goodwill Competition which will be hosted here next month.

An American festival titled “Meet Me in St Louis,” after the iconic Judy Garland film is billed for the Promenade Gardens on Middle Street, Georgetown from 4 pm on Saturday, October 17.

BOGOTA (Reuters) – One of Colombia’s most wanted drug traffickers died yesterday in an air force bombing raid in northern jungles close to the Venezuelan border, the government said.

Dear Editor,   I read with a great sense of enthusiasm the letter published in Stabroek News dated October 1, bearing the caption, ‘PPP besmirched Ministry of Public Infrastructure,’ which was written by the Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson.

Dear Editor,   Amidst its multiple competing priorities, I recommend that this personal wish list could become early, if not immediate, ‘To Do’ priorities for government people and agencies.

Ben Mekdeci and Michael Atherly secured impressive wins over Medhi Ramdhani and Rafael DeGroot respectively when the Lucozade Handicap Squash Championship continued on Thursday at the Georgetown Club facility.

SANTA CATARINA PINULA, Guatemala (Reuters) – The collapse of a hillside onto a town on the edge of Guatemala City killed at least 26 people and left hundreds missing yesterday, as rescue crews desperately searched for survivors in homes buried by dirt and sludge.

HAVANA (Reuters) – Seeking to quell controversy back home, Colombia’s leftist FARC guerrillas yesterday advocated making public the entire 18-page agreement they reached with the government last week to end their 50-year-long war within six months.

Guyanese filmmaker Kojo McPherson has won the prize for best project idea and pitch for a feature film at the RBC Focus: Filmmakers’ Immersion at the trinidad+ tobago film festival (ttff).

The Regional Democratic Council of Region Four yesterday organised tree planting exercises ahead of today’s observance of National Tree Day.

The Guyana Defence Force yesterday continued a planned series of route marches as part of its training preparations for its upcoming Force Exercise.

Politikles

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Former West Indies Cricket Board president, Ken Gordon, believes suspending head coach Phil Simmons was the right thing to do but says he should still be allowed to join the squad in Sri Lanka in some capacity.

NASSAU (Reuters) – The fate of more than 30 crew aboard a cargo ship missing off the Bahamas in heavy seas whipped up by Hurricane Joaquin was unknown yesterday as the powerful storm battered the island chain for a second day.

Prime Minister David Cameron’s recent visit to Jamaica has vividly exposed how differently Europe and the Caribbean see the legacy of slavery and colonialism, especially when it touches on the question of compensation for historical injustices.

As fashion month winds down, the dominance of certain faces opening and closing the runways remains the same.

(Reuters) – Google Inc has morphed into Alphabet Inc. After US markets closed yesterday, Alphabet replaced Google as the publicly traded company that will house Google’s search and Web advertising businesses, maps, YouTube and its “moonshot” ventures such as driverless cars.

Dear Editor, Few would have heard of, or remembered, and possibly fewer would care about the fact that 2015 marks the 50th anniversary of the formation of the National Personnel Officers’ Association (NPOA).