Daily Archive: Monday, October 5, 2015

In response to the looming El Nino drought, a group of concerned citizens in Lethem, Rupununi, have gotten together to form the “El Nino Committee”, a release from the group said today.

(BBC) Legendary Indian singer Asha Bhosle has been one of Bollywood’s leading playback singers for seven decades, providing the singing voice for actresses in more than 1,000 films.

Newly accredited US ambassador Perry Holloway today said that the Guyana/Venezuela boundary as settled by the 1899 arbitral award should be respected, even as he stressed that peaceful means consistent with international law should be used to settle the ongoing controversy.

As President David Granger participated in a National Tree Planting Day exercise, in Bartica, Region Seven, he called on residents of the community to take the lead role in giving Guyana a green economy.

Minister of Social Cohesion, Amna Ally, has charged the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church to lead efforts in eradicating poverty and fostering social cohesion in Guyana. 

The Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) has commenced a week of activities to commemorate World Post Day 2015, a release from the GPOC said today.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Grammy Award winner Sam Smith released the video for his theme song for the new James Bond film “Spectre” on Monday, days after the ballad became the first 007 title track to top the British pop charts.

“Having returned to where we were prior to October 5, 1992, albeit under qualitatively new conditions, internally and externally the PPP is resolved to wage a relentless and determined struggle against all malpractices by the de facto APNU+AFC Granger-led Coalition Administration in and out of Parliament”, Freedom House said today.

President David Granger will be conferring National Awards at an Investiture Ceremony tomorrow at midday at the National Cultural Centre.

The Director General of the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) Claudette Rogers, today said she has noted with concern the haphazard and careless mode of operation some boat operators continue to display on the country’s waterways.

Former Health Minister Dr Richard Van West-Charles is the new Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Water Inc.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Former West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) director, Jackie Hendriks, believes the regional governing body was wrong in its decision to suspend West Indies head coach, Phil Simmons, for recent comments he made regarding team selection.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Elvis Presley’s gold-leaf grand piano is expected to fetch more than half a million dollars at a November auction that will also feature a Beatles logo drum skin used by the British group in their first performances in the United States.

ROISSY, France, (Reuters) – Air France managers fled a meeting today about mass job cuts after angry staff waving banners and flags stormed the room, according to Reuters journalists at the scene.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., (Reuters) – The U.S. Coast Guard believes the missing cargo ship El Faro sank after it was caught in the path of Hurricane Joaquin, a spokesman said today.

(Trinidad Guardian) As controversy continues to embroil West Indies cricket with the latest saga concerning the suspension of coach Phil Simmons, news coming to hand is that the three selectors who did not support the return of Dwayne Bravo and Keiron Pollard did not want to be embarrassed by supporting their return because of the reason they were dropped in the first place.

Three heavily armed bandits pulled off a daring daylight robbery on an A H & L Kissoon’s Furniture Store outlet yesterday afternoon on Main Street, after which police held three suspects who they say matched their descriptions.

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.

“Is tiger! Is tiger!” the man shouted, and, despite admonitions to sit, I rose up in the huge canoe again, quivering with excitement trying to get a shot of the “tiger.”

The police yesterday apprehended a man who is currently being questioned in connection with the murder of 36-year-old Dexter Griffith, who was shot dead in East Ruimveldt last Tuesday evening.

Peter-Michael DeGroot was crowned the Open division champion of the Lucozade Handicap Squash tournament, battling to a 2-1 victory over Taylor Fernandes yesterday in the final at the Georgetown Club facility.

All seven sugar estates are currently operating at a loss, according to the Chairman of the Commis-sion of Inquiry (CoI) into the sugar industry, Vibert Parvatan.

Phil Simmons’ future as West Indies coach hangs in the balance after the disciplinary hearing against him was deferred to next week.

One year after its construction a $5 million dollar eco-lodge at St Cuthbert’s Mission houses termites and bugs and weeds are taking over the structure.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Newly-elected president Shashank Manohar vowed to clean the image of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) after being chosen yesterday to head the world’s richest cricket board for a second time.

Government has invited bids from eligible bidders to supply wind measuring equipment including anemometers, wind vanes, data loggers and masts.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers was sacked yesterday despite preserving his unbeaten record in seven Merseyside derbies against Everton with a 1-1 away draw in the Premier League.

The manner in which ads are placed for procurement by the Public Infrastructure Ministry is much fairer now than before, according to Permanent Secre-tary (PS) Balraj Balram.

Colombo, Sri Lanka – Lahiru Thirimanne will lead the Sri Lanka Cricket Board President’s XI in the three-day encounter against the West Indians, at SSC.

Newly-appointed Chair-man of the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority’s (GNBA), Lennox Craig, on Thurs-day scoffed at criticisms about his political affiliation and assured he would run the regulatory body impartially.

(Reuters) – Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic will face Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain in the final of the Shenzhen Open today after both men won their rain-delayed semi-finals.

Dear Editor, On August 7, 2005 your newspaper was kind enough to publish my letter on D’Urban Park, which in an edited version is restated below as the recommendations contained therein are still relevant.

The PPP/C has held over 50 meetings in Berbice to hear first-hand the issues affecting supporters and this outreach exercise will soon spread to other regions of the country, according to   opposition leader Bharrat Jagdeo.

In addition to drastically cutting the cost of production, boosting sugar yields and expanding the range of value-added sweeteners among other measures, GuySuCo can sell additional cogenerated power to the national grid as a means of returning to profitability, according to its former Chairman Vic Oditt.

Dear Editor, Since taking office, the Granger administration has repeatedly been shooting itself in the foot.

By Orin Davidson If we haven’t seen it all before, the West Indies Cricket Board is continuing to prove why it remains the joke of world cricket administration.

Dear Editor, I was taken by surprise when upon paying the monthly charges for internet usage (as I usually do) I still could not connect to the internet, so I called customer service and after a lengthy wait on the phone line I was finally connected to an agent who after checking my account told me that I still have an outstanding amount which I must pay before my internet service could be restored.

On September 29, employees of the Berbice branch of Massy Industries re-painted pedestrian crossings in the East Canje communities of Berbice.

National all-rounder Christopher Barnwell produced a sterling performance worthy of his MVP adjudication as the Demerara Cricket Club XI managed to script a narrow two-run win against Young Warriors in Saturday evening’s T20 affair.

GENEVA, (Reuters) – Sepp Blatter, facing a criminal investigation as part of soccer’s corruption scandal, will “definitely not” stay on as president of the FIFA governing body after the election of a new leader in February, his daughter said.

After years and numerous criticisms, the authorities are finally moving to have the records of the General Register Office (GRO) computerised.

Dear Editor, The figures quoted below are extracted from the 2015 Estimates approved in the recent Parliament.

KABUL, (Reuters) – Medical aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) yesterday demanded an independent international inquiry into a suspected U.S.

Dear Editor, Sometime during the early hours of Saturday 3rd October a drunk driver knocked down and ran over a beautiful chestnut colt in a residential area of the city.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Fiji want to finish with a flourish and return home from the Rugby World Cup with a victory that their spirited performances in defeat against the Pool A big guns have merited, coach John McKee said.

A 77-year-old man was discovered dead in a trench yesterday morning at Brusche Dam, Buxton, East Coast Demerara (ECD).

SANTA CATARINA PINULA, Guatemala (Reuters) – Despair in the search for hundreds of people buried in a landslide that swallowed part of a Guatemalan town is so deep that some relatives feel lucky simply to have found the bodies of their loved ones.

Some former workers of the now closed Toucan Connections Incorporated in Linden have started to receive their severance payments months after the call centre closed its doors abruptly however they continue to complain that they have not been paid the full amounts while others are still waiting.

(Trinidad Guardian) An actuarial certificate signed by Paul Ngai of Prescience Insurance Consultants and Actuaries, dated April 20, says he was advised by the management of Clico that the assets pledged to the Statutory Fund total more than TT$22 billion.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Ireland laboured to a 16-9 victory over Italy to reach the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals yesterday, taking France along with them and setting up a blockbuster Pool D decider in Cardiff next weekend.

Dear Editor, It is World Teacher’s Day today. The United Nations’ Organisation has since 1994 set aside October 5 to commemorate the work of teachers and the organisations that represent them in their efforts to provide quality education.

NEW YORK, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The number of people living in extreme poverty is likely to fall for the first time below 10 percent of the world’s population in 2015, the World Bank said yesterday as it revised its benchmark for measuring the problem.

Four policemen being charged on Friday over the soliciting of a $6m bribe to free cocaine smugglers underlines the depth of the challenges facing law enforcement and the Ministry of Public Security.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Out-of-favour West Indies wicketkeeper Carlton Baugh stroked an unbeaten half-century to highlight the final day of the drawn two-day Jamaica trial match here Friday.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – Search-and-rescue teams yesterday located debris appearing to belong to the cargo ship El Faro, which went missing in the eye of Hurricane Joaquin with 33 mostly American crew members aboard more than three days ago, the U.S.

  Before proceeding with today’s article, a few days ago, it was reported that Transparency International released its Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) for 2014.

            Demerara Bank donates air conditioning unit: Demerara Bank Limited’s Diamond Branch has donated an Air Conditioning Unit to the computer lab of the Diamond Special Needs School to help ensure that the environment is healthy and comfortable for students.

By Luke de Noronha   Luke de Noronha is a PhD student in anthropology at Oxford University who is currently living and working in Kingston, Jamaica.

Interviews by Dreylan Johnson with photos by Keno George The sod has been turned and the rebuilding of the Umana Yana has been set for completion by the end of the first quarter next year.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s attorney general argued yesterday for the removal of a judge overseeing an investigation of embattled President Dilma Rousseff’s accounts, a last-minute attempt to avoid a ruling that could lead to her impeachment.

Dear Editor, Wow! Wow! It is amazing how life can get interesting for a person and a people.