Daily Archive: Sunday, October 4, 2015

Beginning tomorrow, officials from the Government’s Electrical Inspectorate – a department that falls under the Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) – will begin visual inspections on commercial businesses to ensure electrical units are properly installed and insulated.

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro complained today that U.S. leader Barack Obama’s government was delaying its consent for Caracas’ proposed new ambassador in Washington, Reuters reported.

(Trinidad Guardian) Suspended West Indies cricket coach Phil Simmons was due to meet with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) today in Antigua to answer to them over his public outburst over the exclusion of Kieron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo but the meeting will not come off as planned.

During the early morning of today, police ranks arrested a man at Second Street, Agricola, in whose possession was found an unlicensed .38 revolver with six matching rounds and two.32 rounds.

(Trinidad Guardian) Calls are being made for Snr Supt Johnny Abraham to remain as head of the Central Division police after a gunman opened fire on a group of men in California, yesterday, killing labourer Gerald Deosaran and injuring three others.

CHARLESTON, S.C., (Reuters) – U.S. Coast Guard pilots found a life ring from the cargo ship El Faro yesterday, the first trace of the vessel since it went missing two days earlier with 33 mostly American crew members on board, as powerful Hurricane Joaquin moved toward Bermuda.

He stood outside the Kamarang Police Station, no longer the smiling man he was a day earlier.

Story and photos by Joanna Dhanraj   In 1954, two-year-old Nebert Perch left her home in Buxton and travelled with her mother Una Bobb Samuels and four-year-old brother Rudolph to a tiny village called Supply, today known as Support.

President David Granger is not worried about criticisms that his administration has not been as transparent as it could have been in its first 100 days.

Regional Executive Offi-cer (REO) of Region Six Dr Veerasammy Ramayya continues to defend his appointment, saying he is no “party hack” and will work for the betterment of the people of Berbice.

Although the Guyana For-ensic Science Labora-tory is doing work, it is still not yet equipped to do DNA testing, according to Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan, who has revealed that the $1 billion facility is getting support from multilateral agencies.

Defending champions Stella Maris, Enterprise Primary, West Ruimveldt and St. Angela’s recorded opening day wins when the fourth annual Petra Organisation/Courts Pee-Wee Under-11 football event began yesterday.

In today’s column I shall start addressing the very last topic left in this extended series of discussions on the United Nations (UN) Post-2015 Development Agenda Summit and its related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

In the future the Guyana Defence Force will see a significant improvement of the capabilities of its technical corps.

Decree On May 26, 2015, the Government of Venezuela issued Decree 1787 which purported to annexe the territorial waters of Guyana off of Guyana’s Essequibo coast.

Permanent Secretary (PS) of the Ministry of Agriculture George Jarvis on Friday bemoaned the level of uncertainty under which contracted workers operate in the public sector.

Stephen Camacho, the longest serving secretary/chief executive of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and the last Test player in the position, died at his home in Antigua yesterday after a long battle with cancer.

It was talked about frequently during the years I lived in the Cayman Islands, but it hasn’t happened yet.

A simple defensive error by Slingerz FC in the dying moments led to Gregory Richardson snatching the dramatic equaliser in the 90th+2 minute as Pele maintained their lead at the top of the GFF Stag Beer Elite League on Friday.

By Jamal aGoodluck While most persons are bashful about the topic of the menstrual cycle, Celeste Mergens takes every opportunity to break the taboo as well as sharing her life’s passion of providing sustainable tri-fold pads that are healthy and affordable.

A man and a woman were arrested over the theft of over $2 million from a house at Crane, West Coast Demerara on Friday.

It will be a clash of the heavyweights when second placed Fruta Conquerors opposes fourth placed side Alpha United today in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stage Beer Elite League competition at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground from 20:00hrs.

Andy Roberts posed a pertinent question in the aftermath of Phil Simmons’ suspension as West Indies coach.

A Guyana Defence Force (GDF) rank was shot in the leg last evening when he stumbled into a robbery at Andrews Supermarket, at Aubrey Barker Road, South Ruimveldt.

The prime suspect in the murder of Lionel Williams, who was fatally stabbed at Tin Cup Backdam, North West District, in May, was held by police yesterday.

Five weeks after being hit down, accident victim Samuel Gonsalves believes the police are not taking the case seriously since the driver is yet to be charged.

Starting with a service of Thanksgiving today at 10 am at the school, Charles-town Secondary’s Golden Jubilee will be marked with a series of activities which includes honouring its first headmaster the late Edgar Mordant Wilson as well as the late Peter Stanislaus D’Aguiar of Banks DIH who played a philanthropic role in the school’s development.

(Continuation) Before we went off on that interesting track of the dog’s mega-sense of smell, we had discussed a bit of the anatomy of that structure called the nose.

In what is nothing short of the biggest upset to date, the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) squeaked past the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) 2-1 to clinch their first win in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League on Friday.

President David Granger on Friday welcomed opposition leader Bharrat Jagdeo’s advocacy on climate change in New York.

While the theatre agenda in Guyana is currently quite busy, the production of plays on the public stage is at a low ebb – a condition that is expected to be only temporary and is not unrelated to the business of the agenda.

I have been looking at a great deal of cricket lately from across the world: Test cricket ‒ the Ashes, India versus Sri Lanka ‒ and ODIs and Twenty/20 cricket from all over.

“I am not unhappy with the US position,” said Vice President and Foreign Minister Carl Greenidge, speaking about the US position on the Guyana-Venezuela border controversy (iNews July 14).

Ever since I have realized that I can remove the salt from salt fish without boiling it, I always have a little container of the stuff in the fridge – to cook with vegetables, ground provisions, rice, potatoes or just on its own.

Thirty-seven youths have recently benefited from training under the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) programme, which is continuing to target young people in the police’s ‘D’ Division.

Fitness enthusiasts are being urged to register now to be a part of the grand two-day Guyana Health and Fitness Expo billed for the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall starting from October 24.

Nine preschool facilities yesterday benefited from training which should see the staff engaging in new methods, skills and techniques when dealing the babies and toddlers in their care.

During the dutiful protest action to heighten awareness of the persisting, obnoxious Venezuelan claim to Guyana’s territory on Tuesday outside the United Nations in Manhattan, a Guyanese participant expressed the view that President David Granger had in essence checkmated his Venezuelan counterpart following their meeting with the UN Secretary-General.

Ashley DeGroot recorded an impressive 2-0 win over Daniel Islam when the Lucozade Handicap Squash Tournament continued yesterday morning at the Georgetown Club Facility in Camp Street.

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

In a matter of days the European Commission will launch a communication (policy paper) on the options for post-Cotonou arrangements with the ACP, the grouping that brings together 79 African, Caribbean and Pacific nations.

Guyana opened its Pan American Hockey Federation (PAHF) Challenge in a positive manner, coming from two goals down to draw 2-2 with Puerto Rico yesterday in Chicklayo, Peru.

(Jamaica Gleaner) – Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has reportedly given instructions for Jamaica to ratify the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention No 189 on domestic work, which extends fundamental labour rights to an estimated 53 million domestic workers worldwide.

LILLE/LONDON (Reuters) – About 200 migrants broke into the Channel Tunnel from France while several hundred others held up lorries near Calais port yesterday in renewed tension on the route for migrants trying to reach Britain.

Indian High Commission-er Shri Mahalingam on Friday urged President David Granger and Georgetown Mayor Hamilton Green to continue sharing the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi to see Guyana progress towards a more peaceful and beautiful country.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Former Australian test cricketer Lindsay Kline has died at the age of 81.

SANTA CATARINA PINULA, GUATE-MALA (Reuters) – Rescue workers scrabbled through earth and rubble yesterday in search of survivors of a massive landslide in Guatemala that killed at least 59 people, even as hopes began to fade for hundreds of others still missing.

Thirty-nine-year-old Mmiettenna Knights can remember the day as if it were yesterday, when she received the shocking news that her reputed husband, a miner had been killed in the backdam in Region Seven; and she still has several questions as to what really transpired on May 8.

The green space on the Merriman Mall, earmarked by the city for a park, takes shape.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Two former senior officials in the Venezuelan police were indicted on drugs charges in a US court last month, documents seen by Reuters show, the latest case to involve Venezuela, a suspected major smuggling route for South American cocaine.

HARARE,(Reuters) – Opener Chamu Chibhabha hit 90 as Zimbabwe, aided by bad light, held off a spirited revival from Pakistan to level the one-day international series with a five-run victory in the second match at the Harare Sports Club yesterday.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Vatican yesterday dismissed a Polish priest from his Holy See job after he came out as gay and called for changes in Catholic teachings against homosexual activity on the eve of a major Church meeting on the family.

Dear Editor, With the accession to power of an administration demonstrably committed to governance based on the rule of law, loyal Guyanese are anticipating with bated breath a spate of tortious actions against public officials by the Attorney General for malfeasance in public office.

The US position on the Guyana/Venezuela border controversy is “wholly inadequate and inexplicable” and Washington should urgently review its position and acknowledge the validity of the boundary between the two countries, former Speaker of the National Assembly Ralph Ramkarran says.

Dear Editor Recent letters and statements in the press on the condition and possible fate of GuySuCo, encouraged me to participate in a recent Moray House seminar on the sugar industry.

KABUL (Reuters) – An air strike, probably carried out by US-led coalition forces, killed 19 staff and patients on Saturday, including three children, in a hospital run by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz, the aid group said.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – Leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo says he is looking forward to his first taste of Test cricket on Sri Lankan soil, after undergoing his first practice session here yesterday.

It is estimated that there are approximately 3 trillion trees throughout the world!

ROSEBURG, Ore (Reuters) – The gunman who killed his English professor and eight others at an Oregon community college committed suicide after a shootout with police who were on the scene within five minutes and exchanged fire with him almost immediately, authorities said.

Dear Editor, I was born in the Caribbean and spent the first nineteen years of my life there.

The Venezuelans can’t have been very happy when they left New York last week; President David Granger stole the show, and commanded as much of the space in the margins of the General Assembly as it is possible for a small nation to do in such a brief space of time.

Lodge Alpha No 1594 last Wednesday handed over several supermarket shopping vouchers to the St Ann’s Orphanage and has given a commitment to making monthly donations to the children’s home.

In this their seventh Conversation, artists Stanley Greaves AA and Akima McPherson examine Roaland Taylor’s sculpture, Shaman and His Medicine, completed in 2004.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – West Indies Cricket Board president, Dave Cameron, has hailed the late former chief executive Steve Camacho as a “true stalwart and champion of the game” and has credited him with the development of young players in the past.