Daily Archive: Sunday, February 7, 2016

SANTA CLARA, Calif., (Reuters) – Coldplay was the headline act at Sunday’s Super Bowl halftime show, but it was R&B super stars Beyonce and Bruno Mars who delivered the sizzle for a lively, upbeat performance that paid homage to previous halftime show headliners.

Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs Sydney Allicock continues to engage the Toshao of Orealla/Siparuta and remains in close contact with Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Greenidge on the detention and release of Guyanese fishermen by the Surinamese military over two weeks ago.

SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Veteran left-hander Shiv Chanderpaul had little impact as his Gemini Arabians defeated Virgo Super Kings by 22 runs in the Masters Champions League on Saturday.

Investigations are being conducted into a fatal accident that occurred at about 0830h.

(Trinidad Guardian) The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) report of the findings from the alleged interference in the selection process for the West Indies team is in and it reveals that president Dave Cameron and vice president Emmanual Nanton spoke without approval of the board of directors on the Shivnarine Chanderpaul issue.

SEOUL, (Reuters) – North Korea launched a long-range rocket today carrying what it called a satellite, but its neighbours and the United States denounced the launch as a missile test, conducted in defiance of U.N.

(This is the first in a series of reports on the constituency elections that will be held at the March 18 local government elections.

Story and photos by Joanna Dhanraj   One of the cars parked at Stanleytown junction, once full, takes off to its destination.

A young Berbice resident died in a city hospital on Friday evening, some two days after he was shot to the abdomen with pellets when a lone gunman attacked him as he entered his premises.

Assistant Commissioner of Police Balram Persaud is currently a patient in a private hospital in the city after he was involved in an accident on Friday night.

The current Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) planting programme has been reduced by more than 50% due to the water shortages caused by El Nino weather pattern, according to GuySuCo’s Agriculture Services Manager Raymond Sangster, who says next year’s crop yield will be negatively affected.

Former GuySuCo Chair-man Vic Oditt says an alternative to the planned closure of the Wales sugar estate is turning it into a public company that could continue to cultivate sugar and make the needed investments to up the production.

Defending champs Chase Academy, Dolphin Secon-dary, Tucville Secondary and Kingston Secondary secured group wins when the fourth annual Milo Schools U20 football championships continued yesterday.

Promising that local government elections will be held every three years, President David Granger yesterday said that they would put “real power” in the hands of the people and government would work with them.

Introduction: one-off As I have done over the past several years, I had intended, some time much later in the year, to devote a few columns to an update on the state of Guyana’s sugar industry.

It has been more than two months since a man was fatally struck on Duncan Street and his family is still waiting for the driver responsible to face the law.

World of transportation This article is an attempt to unravel the complex world of the transportation service in Guyana.

The Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) will erect billboards in each constituency in an effort to educate voters about the boundaries of their constituency.

Efforts to improve and standardise primary health care in Guyana were boosted by the Ministry of Public Health with the launch of the Second Edition of the Standard Treatment Guidelines (STGs) for Primary Health Care on Friday.

That’s right, 50 years ago or now: when would you rather be living?

The Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge is one of the most famous science buildings in the world.

Friday’s launch of the Guyana Artistic Music Awards saw a less than desirable turnout, prompting an age-old discussion among the attendees about the importance of supporting local talent.

Schools taking part in the Children’s Costume Parade on February 20, are preparing their floats and costumes and a few well-known designers are on hand to assist.

In preparation for their international friendly against Suriname on February 21, the Golden Jaguars overcame Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United 4-3 in their first practice match Friday at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground, Bourda.

Seven years after his dismissal from the RUSAL-run Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc.

Scrolling through my Instagram timeline last week I came across a funny meme with the caption: “Some people can eat five burgers and not gain a pound; I click ‘like’ on a picture of a Nutella jar and gain five pounds.”

The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) on Thursday defended the sector’s contribution to the economy and said that members are yet to benefit from duty-free concessions granted last year even as the deadline looms.

Guyana’s chances of medaling in the sport of boxing at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil will rest on the shoulders of Dennis Thomas and Desmond Amsterdam.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) officially launched the League Finale section of the Stag Beer Elite League yesterday at the entity’s boardroom in Section-K Campbellville.

While the leadership of the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) of Region Nine says the Regional Executive Officer Carl Parker is trying to stymie development, he says the needs of the people are being placed on the backburner as political discord is being sown.

(continued) Periodontitis I read somewhere that the most common disease in humans is Periodontitis.

BENGALURU, India, CMC – Rising West Indies star Carlos Brathwaite made headlines at the Indian Premier League auction here yesterday when he was snapped up by Delhi Daredevils for US$626 000.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC –Yannick Ottley warmed up for the resumption of the Regional first class season with a century while Jeremy Solozano and Steven Katwaroo both got half-centuries, on the final day of a three-day warm-up game here Thursday.

The announcement by the government that the Wales Sugar Estate would be closed at the end of 2016 was the subject of a symposium at Moray House at Camp and Quamina Streets, the former home of the late David de Caires, the founding editor of Stabroek News.

Bibi Ramsaram copped the grand prize, a brand new French-door style refrigerator, in De Desinco’s Milex 2015 Christmas promotion.

Ian Bishop’s first reaction when Keemo Paul whipped off the bails with Zimbabwe’s No.11 Richard Ngarva backing up in last Sunday’s decisive Under 19 World Cup match in Bangladesh was, ‘Oh, No!’.

Thirty-one new US Peace Corps volunteers and will begin their stints at various schools and health centres on April 11.

Cumin/geera and potatoes seem to have a natural affinity. Potatoes, being bland and porous, easily absorb the flavour of whatever they are cooked with (it is one of the reasons potatoes are added to foods while cooking to remove excess salt).

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, – West Indies opener Chris Gayle failed with a first ball ‘duck’ as his Lahore Qalanders lost their second straight game in the Pakistan Super League with a heavy nine-wicket defeat to Peshawar Zalmi here yesterday.

Last July, the Financial Times contained as a paid for insert, a glossy brochure offering citizenship-by-investment in the Caribbean.

A police officer who is stationed at the Impact Base, Brickdam was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital on Friday evening after he was hit off the motorcycle he was riding, reportedly by a minibus.

In this week’s edition of in search of West Indies Cricket, Roger Seymour takes a look at World Series Cricket.

At the 40 per cent completion stage of the Trophy Stall chess tournament, it is difficult to identify a clear winner.

Quoting staggering statistics which show the impact of cancer in the region, the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) last week urged governments to step up the implementation of public policies that could prevent more than one-third of cancers.

New Year’s Day In the midst of firecrackers goes the old year, and the spring wind has wafted warm breath to the Tusu wine.

  Grafting and budding are horticultural techniques used to propagate cultivars which are more vigorous when grown on another plant.

Editors from around the region, the BVI and Bermuda, gathered in Guyana recently for the first Caribbean Literature Action Group (CaribLit) residential, fiction-editing workshop.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Regional Super50 star Jon Russ Jagessar is now poised to make his first class debut after being named in a 14-man squad for the next two rounds of the Regional Four-Day Championship which resumes next weekend.

TAINAN, TAIWAN (Reuters) – A powerful earthquake struck Taiwan early on Saturday killing at least 12 people, most in a 17-storey apartment building that collapsed, with some people still known to be missing in the ruins of the complex as night fell, government officials said.

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Haiti’s outgoing President Michel Martelly has reached an agreement with parliament to form a caretaker government when he leaves power today without an elected successor, in a step that could calm violent protests rocking the capital.

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Europe needs Turkey to dramatically cut the number of migrants reaching Greece within weeks or the pressure for more border closures and fences will grow, the EU’s top official in charge of ties with Ankara warned yesterday.

The Bananaquit has dark grey upperparts, and a black crown with a white eyestripe.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Satellite images taken this week of North Korea’s Sohae rocket launch site show apparent fuelling activity seen in the past shortly before a rocket launch, a US think-tank said, as US government officials signalled that a launch could occur as early as tomorrow.

Fishermen in their boats at Hope, East Coast Demerara yesterday afternoon making preparations for another day of work.

MUMBAI, India, CMC – Millionaire Indian businessman Vijay Mallya has confirmed his purchase of Caribbean Premier League franchise Barbados Tridents, ending weeks of speculation about the proposed sale.

In this their eleventh Conversation on Guyanese art Artists Stanley Greaves AA and Akima McPherson examine Hubert Moshett Shrimping.

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria will resist any ground incursion into its territory and send the aggressors home “in coffins”, its foreign minister said yesterday, in comments clearly aimed at Sunni Arab countries that have said they were ready to join such an operation.

Dear Editor, I seem to have obtained a pen pal in the person of Rajendra Parmanand, again I have to say that he is presuming facts which are not in evidence in his letter ‘The industry still needs all hands on deck’ in the Stabroek News of February 6.

It was Ram & McRae which pointed out in their 2015 ‘Focus on Guyana’s National Budget’ that the public service is broken and therefore the government would not be able to avoid hiring some people on contract while the problems in the system are being addressed.