Daily Archive: Monday, October 12, 2015

(Barbados Nation) A senseless killing. That’s how neighbours have described the murder of 59-year-old Brinsley Warde, who was fatally stabbed on Friday night in The City.

A batch of 50 persons commenced a National Electrical Code (NEC) training workshop today at the Regency Suites/Hotel, Georgetown and Minister in the Ministry of Public Infrastructure, Annette Ferguson charged them to set a benchmark at reducing electrical-related fires by 75%.

“You, the members of the class of 2015, have not come to an end.

Minister of Agriculture, Noel Holder has reassured hundreds of farmers and agriculture stakeholders that efforts will be intensified to have a Praedial Larceny Bill taken to Parliament very shortly.

At about 2000h. last night, the police say that Pastor Dillip Bikhari of the Universal Church at Meten-Meer-Zorg, WCD, was in the process of closing the church when he, along with Andrea Santos of Brazil and two other church members, were attacked and held up by three men armed with handguns.

At about 2330h. last night, police say that food vendor Sewdassie Jagmohan of Kitty, Georgetown, was attacked by two men, one of whom was armed with a firearm, at Bourda Market, Georgetown.

Investigations are being conducted into the circumstances surrounding the death of Nicholas Jacobus, 58 years, of Kabakaburi, Pomeroon River, whose body was recovered from the river at about 0945h.

A six-member Team led by the Chef de Cabinet of the Office of the Secretary General of the United Nations Susana Malcorra will be in Guyana today to continue discussions relating to the controversy resulting from Venezuela’s contention that the 1899 Arbitral Award is null and void.

President David Granger being welcomed with a ceremonial shawl by Swami Aksharananda, the Principal of the Saraswati Vidya Niketan School at Cornelia Ida.

President David Granger yesterday attended the Saraswati Vidya Niketan (SVN) Secondary School’s 11th Graduation Ceremony.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – The “helicopter shot” has disappeared, the boundaries are not flowing from his bat and the whisper is now growing louder that Mahendra Singh Dhoni is no more the middle-order finisher who could single-handedly get India over the line.

The police on the Essequibo Coast are investigating the deaths of a 22-year-old woman and her two-year-old child after their bodies were discovered by neighbours at around 9am yesterday.

Government will soon table a bill that would permit financial institutions to disclose customer information to the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) when the agency makes a “lawful request” for the information.

As investigations into the smuggling of gold here continues, the United States is preparing an assistance package after it was approached by the Guyana government for help.

Two men on a CG motorcycle yesterday afternoon robbed an RK’s security vehicle of a bag of cash and shot one of the security guards.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) says that it is assisting police with investigations into the Saturday find of a box containing 15 grenades and a small quantity of live ammunition near the Lamaha Canal on Sheriff Street but that an inventory of its armory so far shows none of its munitions is missing.

Mayor of Georgetown Hamilton Green has been appointed as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA).

Guyana’s deforestation rate dropped to 0.065% last year compared to the 0.068% in 2013 with mining continuing to be the major driver, according to the latest report on deforestation rates for the Guyana-Norway forests partnership.

The United States hopes to work with Guyana’s government and opposition to build inclusion here, while at the same time leaving the door open for disagreements between the two countries on certain issues.

Parminie Persaud, 11, a student of Uitvlugt Secondary School who was struck down on a pedestrian crossing by a cop is recovering slowly at her Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo home.

The Epilepsy Foundation of Guyana has started a campaign to raise awareness and train local doctors to treat those affected by the brain disorder.

Government is currently seeking to have over US$3M in a loan funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) for the Basic Nutrition Programme re-directed to a Hinterland Housing Programme.

The family of Lukeisha Clarke, the pregnant woman who was burnt by a wire on Friday, is pleading with the authorities to apply the full force of the law on the officer who fired the shot and caused the incident.

“I don’t care if it is a mango tree or a benab, primary education is compulsory and every child must find a place in school,” President David Granger said on Friday, addressing hundreds of children and teachers gathered at the National Park for an ‘Education Rally.’

The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) on Friday called on the APNU+AFC government to deliver justice to the 57 workers who were dismissed from Bauxite Company of Guyana Incorporated (BCGI) back in November 2009.

He’s back! A stunning, long-range sprint victory yesterday on Homestretch Avenue made one thing pellucidly clear.

Region Six Chairman, David Armogan has confirmed that the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) is preparing to tender for its 2015 capital project, this week.

The UG Wolves ran away with the GRFU/Trophy Stall 7s Championship trophy, beating the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) ruggers 17-12 in a physical final yesterday at the UG Campus ground.

In a bid to attract more regional and international tourists, Guyana is seeking to work closely with Suriname and French Guiana towards destination marketing.

Guyana once again fell agonizingly close to securing a medal at the Pan American Hockey Federation (PAHF) Challenge losing to Uruguay in their bronze medal fixture 2-3 in a penalty shoot-out yesterday in Chicklayo, Peru.

Slingerz FC continued its upward march in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League, defeating Buxton United 2-0 on Saturday at the No.

President David Granger on Thursday accredited four new non-resident Ambassadors to Guyana.

Dear Editor, The recent announcement about a 50% increase in salaries for Ministers of the APNU-AFC government has been received with outrage and criticism by many quarters in Guyana.

A small ceremony was held on September 29, 2015 to thank the members of the United Women for Special Children (UWSC) for their generous support in aiding the finalisation of the Vocational Training Unit (VTC) at the Ptolemy Reid Centre.

Dear Editor, The election of the APNU+AFC coalition government has generated a surge of expectations, particularly among the education community that the long neglect of tertiary education, training and research was over.

Monedderlust FC secured their second win of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League, overcoming the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) by a 2-1 margin on Saturday at the No.

Dear Editor, Reading recently about an exceptional performance by Xavier Marshall in a fete match in New York, got me thinking about Marshall himself, Garrick, Barath, Kieron Powell, Pagon, Jerome Taylor and other talented cricketers who have apparently either left the game or almost left, and the reasons for their departure.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – West Indies were kept in the field all day ahead of Wednesday’s start of the opening Test as Milinda Siriwardana dominated with an unbeaten hundred for Sri Lanka Cricket President’s XI, on the final day of the drawn three-day tour game here yesterday.

Dear Editor, I’m of Indigenous background and a former Toshao. I have no bone to pick with anyone from any political party.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – No room has been found for all-rounders Shaquana Quintyne and Shemaine Campbelle in a 13-member West Indies Women’s squad announced Saturday for the One-Day International series against Pakistan starting later this month.

Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Gaston Brown yesterday pledged cooperation with international investigators and announced a series of actions that will be taken in his country’s Foreign Service after former Antiguan ambassador to the United Nations, John Ashe was charged in a corruption scheme.

SOCHI, Russia, (Reuters) – Mercedes clinched their second successive Formula One constructors’ championship yesterday and Lewis Hamilton took a huge stride towards his third drivers’ title with victory in Russia.

Dear Editor, That fifty per cent pay increase is bad. It smells bad, it tastes terrible, and it does not go down easily.

Dear Editor, It was a very emotional experience on Monday, October 5, to share the 58th Anniversary of the founding of People National Congress at Sophia.

KANPUR, India, (Reuters) – AB de Villiers and Rohit Sharma enhanced personal reputations with scintillating centuries but it was the timely interventions of South African bowlers that secured the visitors’ five-run win over India in the first one-dayer yesterday.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Vladimir Putin turned 63 this week with his now traditional display of sporting prowess, and an announcement that Russian naval vessels had launched a wave of missiles against Islamic State in Syria.

(Reuters) – Jeremy Lin scored 16 points off the bench to help the Charlotte Hornets prevail 106-94 over the Los Angeles Clippers in the first of two pre-season games in China yesterday.

By Aziz Choudry Aziz Choudry is associate professor in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education, McGill University, Montreal, and visiting professor at the Centre for Education Rights and Transformation in the University of Johannesburg’s Faculty of Education.

Dear Editor, These words are taken from the song, ‘I dream a dream.’

Before proceeding with today’s column, the recently announced 50% increase in the salaries of Ministers has created, quite justifiably, a tsunami of criticisms and condemnation from all sections of the Guyanese society.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – Following defeats in their last three series, stand-in head coach Jerome Jayaratne said he has urged Sri Lanka to use the West Indies tour to begin their turnaround in form.

Dear Editor, In a SN letter of Oct. 4, Mr. Oditt, a former Chairman of GuySuCo opined that recent letters and statements in the press had inferred a doomed fate for the Corporation and therefore he felt obliged to participate in a Moray House Trust Seminar on the sugar industry to present participants with several of his view points which if implemented could enable it to return to profitability.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South Africa plans to leave the International Criminal Court (ICC), a deputy minister said yesterday, as the government faces criticism for ignoring a court order to arrest Sudan’s president earlier this year.

Appointing international civil servant Dr Richard Van West-Charles as the new Chief Executive (CE) of the Guyana Water Inc (GWI) is another ill-advised decision by the APNU+AFC administration that immediately leads reasonable minds to question whether the coalition is truly wedded to separating itself from the debased culture of the former PPP/C government.

MINSK, (Reuters) – Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko won a fifth term in office by a landslide yesterday in an election that could see an easing of relations with the West and raise questions about his ties to Vladimir Putin’s Russia.

Dear Editor, As we craft a new course for Guyana for the next fifty years, it will become necessary for us to develop a more in-depth understanding of how our society is configured and how it functions.

(Reuters) Kenyan Dickson Chumba pulled away from compatriot Sammy Kitwara and comfortably won a slow Chicago Marathon in a sweep for the African nation yesterday.

LIMA, (Reuters) – Brazilian Finance Minister Joaquim Levy told Reuters on Saturday that President Dilma Rousseff backed his policies, and he intends to stay on the job as long as needed to put the books in order and pull the economy out of its slump.