Daily Archive: Monday, October 26, 2015

The Guyana Defence Force today concluded military exercises in Region Seven in the wake of threats to the country's territorial integrity and received high praise from President David Granger who was on hand to observe the final proceedings.

“We cannot sell out. We cannot give away. We cannot offer the adversary any corridor or any passage.”

As was promised, President David Granger yesterday paid a visit to Sarah Shivpersaud and her mother Lalita Bedessie who are currently staying with relatives at East Canje Berbice following a fire, which destroyed their home, last week.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – West Indies limited overs opener Lendl Simmons has been ordered by High Court Judge Frank Seepersad to pay TT$150 000 (US$23 692), inclusive of aggravated damages, to a former lover in a case dubbed here as “revenge porn”.

Following a recent robbery of an electronic store, at approximately 05:30h yesterday, 2015, police ranks from ‘A’ Division acting on information received, swooped down on a house at Middle Road, La Penitence and conducted a search, during which an unlicensed point three two (.32) revolver, three (3) rounds of ammunition (1x .32 and 2x .38) and several stolen cellular phones were recovered.

Well know human rights activist Zenita Nicholson has died. Nicholson for many years volunteered with the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) against LGBTI discrimination and abuse.

(Reuters) Eating processed meat can cause bowel cancer in humans while red meat is a likely cause of the disease, World Health Organization (WHO) experts said on Monday in findings that could sharpen debate over the merits of a meat-based diet.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Rangana Herath picked up four wickets while spin partner Milinda Siriwardana took three as Sri Lanka defeated West Indies by 72 runs on the fifth day of the second and final test today to win the series 2-0.

United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-moon can choose to refer the Guyana-Venezuela border controversy for judicial settlement and Guyana must keep up the pressure for him to act, former Guyana Facilitator to the Good Officer Process, Ralph Ramkarran says.

The main sugar union GAWU is calling out its members on an industry-wide strike today as the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has failed to meet it for collective bargaining.

Australian mining company Troy Resources Limited has completed commissioning of its processing plant at its Karouni gold project in Region Seven and expects its first gold pour next month.

Three more concessionaires have been added to the Giftland Mall, Turkeyen giving customers a wider range of choices.

A crane working on a construction site at Robb and Camp streets yesterday collapsed while hoisting a log, leaving workers scrambling for safety and attracting scores of persons.

The Pradoville 2 land controversy is still very much alive but the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Shalimar Ali-Hack who was a beneficiary of the scheme has declined to speak on the matter.

An Industry, East Coast Demerara man died during the wee hours of yesterday when the car he was driving slammed into a post before colliding with another vehicle.

The Government of Guyana though the Ministry of Com-munities on Friday began a workshop to develop action plans for the development of the existing six municipalities.

President David Granger on Saturday expressed appreciation for the work of the United Nations (UN) and its agencies in forging international and national solutions to problems even as he highlighted Guyana’s ongoing border troubles with Venezuela and urged UN protection.

After a long delay, Annai hopes to restart its fish pond project which is being funded via the Amerindian Development Fund (ADF) with money earned from the Guyana’s forests partnership with Norway.

An advertisement was placed in yesterday’s Sunday Stabroek by Ram and McRae for a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the investment agency Go-Invest and the minimum qualification for applicants is a Master’s Degree in Business, International Trade or a related area.

Commander of ‘D’ Division Stephen Mansell has launched another programme to help unemployed youths in the division as part of a social crime prevention initiative.

On Tuesday evening, Lamaha Street, Kitty resident Desmond Nurse returned home after a long day of vending to find that his home was being prepped for demolition by City Hall workers.

Employees of Scotiabank are aiming to reach a target of $2M, when they host their annual cake sale in aid of cancer prevention and treatment programmes on 31 October, 2015, at the Robb Street branch from 7am to 1pm.

The state’s E-Governance Data Centre (GOVNET) is currently gearing to provide wide technical support for the National Intelligence Centre (NIC) as the government prepares to expand CCTV countrywide.

The Field Tactical Exercise (FTX) codenamed Exercise Greenheart that commenced on 20 October 2015 in Region 7 will continue.

A Sophia man has been hospitalised with head injuries he sustained from an accident where he is claiming that a doctor crashed into his motorcycle and left him on the road.

Clive ‘The Punisher’ Atwell dominated Dexter ‘The Cobra’ Gonsalves on Saturday night throughout their WBC FECARBOX super lightweight title fight but a foot injury in round eight led to a TKO loss for the former world rater.

Add another Digicel Cancer Awareness road race trophy to Raynauth Jeffrey’s collection.

The Albouystown Community Centre tarmac was the setting for Attorney-at-Law Nigel Hughes to officially announce his candidacy for the post of president of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF).

The final of two practice matches organized by the Guyana Cricket Board for the Guyana Jaguars in preparation for the upcoming regional season will bowl off today at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

The Georgetown Football Club (GFC) secured its second win of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League upsetting Buxton United 2-0 Saturday at the No.

Dear Editor, Golden opportunities are sometimes sitting staring us in the face and we’re so engrossed in other pursuits we’re oblivious to them. 

Despite a hat trick from Bishaun Khemraj, La Bonne Intention Secondary duly recorded a four-wicket victory over Enterprise when the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) inaugural National Secondary School Cricket League (NSSCL) sponsored by Digicel, Banks DIH’s Coco Cola and Rainforest Water continued last week.

Transport and Harbours Department, Republic Bank and Ministry of Public Security secured opening wins when the Inter-Ministry/Corporation Banks Beer Futsal Championship kicked off on Thursday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Dear Editor, I am delighted that the renowned economist Professor C.Y.

By Duncan Saul     Monedderlust FC suffered its first home defeat in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League, losing to Slingerz FC 0-2 Saturday at the No.

Dear Editor, Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo appears to have intended to dismiss the public’s response to the 50% salary increase for Cabinet members in describing it [the response] as “comparable to beating a dead horse”, adding that “this rage has run its course”.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – West Indies Women trounced Pakistan Women by six wickets in the final One-Day International on Saturday night to clinch the four-match series, 3-1, and join Australia at the top of the ICC Women’s Championship.

Dear Editor, Visiting one of my in-laws in Zeelugt during the past week, I was saddened to hear her moans after receiving her first water bill under this new administration although she’s a pensioner.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – Kraigg Brathwaite was the unlikeliest of bowling heroes when his stunning six-wicket haul routed Sri Lanka on Saturday’s third day of the second and final Test, but the part-time off-spinner said he had always trusted himself to turn the game for West Indies.

GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – Former TV comedian Jimmy Morales, who has no experience in government, declared himself the winner of Guatemala’s presidential election yesterday after a corruption scandal toppled the last president and stoked outrage with the political establishment.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Voting in Haiti yesterday went relatively smoothly in landmark elections for president and parliament, with officials hoping clean results will cement democracy in the Western hemisphere’s poorest country.

(Trinidad Guardian) He is now Dr David Michael Rudder. On October 24, the calypsonian, whose “lyrics could make a politician cringe and turn a woman’s body into jelly,” took the stage in a different light.

By Frank Birbalsingh   Frank Birbalsingh is Emeritus Professor of English at York University, Toronto, Canada.

DAR ES SALAAM, (Reuters) – Tanzania’s ruling party looked set to win presidential and parliamentary elections yesterday despite a challenge to its five decades in power from former Prime Minister Edward Lowassa, who has voiced concerns the poll may not be free or fair.

It was recently drawn to my attention that I had made a mistake in a number of my articles when making reference to the Public Corporation Act of 1988 and that there was an amendment to the Act which I did not take into account.

GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – Guatemala’s jailed former president, Otto Perez, says he regrets bowing to U.S.

DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC – Superstar Chris Gayle headlines nine West Indian players set to participate in the Bangladesh Premier League starting next month, following Thursday’s player draft here.

Dear Editor, I write today, but my heart is not in it.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Quinton de Kock, Faf de Plessis and AB de Villiers all scored hundreds as South Africa crushed India’s bowling attack to post 438-4 and win the deciding one-day international by 214 runs at the Wankhede Stadium yesterday.

Under the theme ‘Quality Education Leadership: Improving Schools from Within,’ Education Month 2015 was celebrated in Guyana in September.

WARSAW, (Reuters) – Poland’s Law and Justice (PiS) party, which an exit poll indicated as the decisive winner of yesterday’s parliamentary election, wants to tax banks’ assets at 0.39 percent from 2016, its leading economic expert Zbigniew Kuzmiuk said.

(Reuters) Maureen O’Hara, the flame-haired Irish-American actress known for playing feisty women in classics like “How Green Was My Valley” and “Miracle on 34th Street” as well as her on-screen chemistry with John Wayne, died on Saturday of natural causes at the age of 95, her manager said.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Argentina’s ruling party candidate Daniel Scioli had a clear lead in yesterday’s presidential election, but his main rival’s party said it was sure Scioli would fall short of an outright win and have to face a run-off.

Dear Editor, About a month ago at approximately 7:00pm the street lamp obliquely opposite my house became extremely bright, which made all the neighbours rush outside thinking it was a fire, and then went out entirely and since then we have been left without light in the street.

LOS ANGELES, (Variety.com) – It was a pre-Halloween massacre at the multiplexes.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – Joe Root made a half-century as England rallied to 130 for three at the close of the fourth day of the second test yesterday, 360 runs behind Pakistan after the hosts’ Younus Khan had made a swaggering 31st test century.

Dear Editor, I’m still young and in good health but I know that one day I’m going to die.

Dear Editor, It is widely believed that sport encounters at the highest level are often determined by the degree to which the contestants can resist pressure.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – The West Indies remained upbeat about winning the second and final Test even though the penultimate day at the P Sara Oval was washed out by persistent rain here yesterday.

At Thursday’s sitting of Parliament, questions by PPP/C MP Dr Frank Anthony on spending for the inauguration of President David Granger were answered in writing by Minister in the Ministry of Education, Nicolette Henry.