Daily Archive: Sunday, April 10, 2016

(AFC) Key leaders of the Alliance For Change today attended a leadership retreat as part of an ongoing effort to review the party’s performance and to discuss a number of issues of concern to the party.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Under-fire West Indies Cricket Board president, Dave Cameron, has pushed back on recent widespread criticism of his leadership, and says he has always acted in the best interest of West Indies cricket.

KOLKATA, India, CMC – West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell hurt Delhi Daredevils with a three-wicket haul, as Carlos Brathwaite tasted defeat on debut in a nine-wicket loss to Kolkata Knight Riders in their opening game of the Indian Premier League here today.

As opposed to just 20 years ago, news media these days is a hotbed of startling stories, bandied about almost simultaneously by the array of modern communication equipment operating in the media business but also readily available to private hands.

WORKING TOGETHER: Guyana President David Granger, left, arrives for Friday’s Institute of International Relations 50th anniversary black tie dinner at The University Inn, St Augustine, Trinidad.

(Trinidad Express) ONLINE buyers, calm down. Some of you will get a “bligh”.

Guyana faces a housing crisis and has a housing deficit of 20,000 units for low-income families, according to an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) sponsored study.

Montrose on the East Coast Demerara is home to approximately 1,500 residents.

The clerks for the three new towns are currently temporary appointments and permanent appointments will be made in consultation with the town councils, Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan has said.

We speak about one nation in Guyana – we refer to it that way in our motto and some of us quote the motto as proof of our oneness. 

A few days ago the leader of the British Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, called on the British Prime Minister to consider taking direct control of Britain’s Caribbean overseas territories.

A member of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) lost her life early yesterday morning when she was struck down by a car on Sheriff Street.

A businessman was abducted from his Windsor Forest, West Coast Demerara (WCD) home yesterday morning but freed about an hour after when his captors realised that they had the wrong man.

The MDGs and the Forest agenda Last week’s column addressed the burning question: “Is the global community driving the domestic agenda for Guyana’s forests?”

Officials of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) have not been able to interview Winston Brassington in connection with the findings of a forensic audit into the management of government’s holding company, National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), which remains under investigation.

Focus There are six commercial banks in Guyana competing for the business of banking consumers. 

Stricken with poliomyelitis while still a toddler and confined to a wheelchair for the past 20-odd years, 57-year-old Pamela London’s life has been difficult, but domestic violence, ridicule and poverty have made it harsh and unfair on all fronts.

The Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Bharrat Jagdeo, told the press that he and Minister of Social Cohesion, Minister Amna Ally, with the objective of resolving the political impasse that occurred as a result of the PPP and APNU obtaining an equal number of seats in five NDCs and one township elections, had agreed that the mayor and chairs of the NDCs should rotate annually.

In light of the surfacing of a photograph of a mother breastfeeding her newborn under a bed in the maternal ward of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) last week, Public Health Minister Dr.

When I was young I was ready and eager to follow the advice given by Terence, the Roman poet, a long, long time ago: “I am a man,” he wrote, “and therefore anything that any man does should interest me.”

Now that the thrilling 2016 Candidates Chess Tournament has concluded, the next huge compelling chess competition of magisterial quality is the Carlsen-Karjakin title match.

Last week I discussed some of the staples in my breakfast meal stack and their numerous benefits.

Fruta Conquerors secured their third consecutive victory in the Guyana Football Federation Stag Beer Elite League, outplaying Alpha United 3-1 Friday at the Leonora Sports Facility.

Guyanese singer, Mark Ferdinand who was held in New York in February, 2015 on a cocaine charge spent seven months in jail before being released after a court agreed that he be sentenced to time served.

Preparations are moving ahead in a New York court for the sentencing on April 25 of Guyana-born businessman Ed Ahmad for mortgage fraud conspiracy.

Symptoms Last week, I mentioned the type of tissue that makes up the tonsils.

LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron said yesterday he should have handled scrutiny of his family’s tax arrangements better, seeking to reassert his leadership after days of negative media coverage and calls for his resignation.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados Cricket Association president, Joel Garner, has hit out at the CARICOM-commissioned Governance Panel’s controversial recommendation that the West Indies Cricket Board be dissolved.

Dear Editor, There are reports that the Guyana Police Force did not exercise due diligence in protecting the identity of the 12 year old child who was charged for murder recently.

Future firefighters? Youths paid close attention to the presentation given by the Fire Officer at the Guyana Fire Service booth, which was one of the most visited during the inaugural Career Day for police youth groups that was held yesterday at the Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary.

Roasted sweet peppers marinated with fresh lime or lemon juice, salt, good quality olive oil and seasoned with garlic, is a tasty bite any way you have it.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The main identified suspects in Islamic State attacks on Paris and Brussels are now dead or in custody after Belgian investigators charged two men yesterday with aiding last month’s Brussels suicide bombers.

Dear Editor, It is instructive that the persons who are involved in the furore over who should be in charge of the television station in Linden were in 2012 busy trying to put systems in place to undermine the people’s struggle.

Initially set to commence last weekend, the Wolf’s Memorial Challenge Cup nationwide softball tournament, managed by the Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association, bowls off this morning.

The three shortlisted Guyanese candidates for the vacant post of University of Guyana Vice-Chancellor are Professor Rory Fraser, Professor Stanford Griffith and Dr Ivelaw Griffith.

Dear Editor, On 22nd March, 2016 an article appeared in the press which referred to driving on the East Bank  as a “nightmare”.

MUMBAI, India, CMC – West Indies batsmen Lendl Simmons and Kieron Pollard both failed as reigning champions Mumbai Indians slumped to a heavy nine-wicket defeat to new franchise Rising Pune Supergiants, in the opening game of the new Indian Premier League season here yesterday.

The body of Tactical Services Unit (TSU) Special Constable Akeem Hyles, who is feared drowned after the boat he was in capsized in the Amatuk Falls area, Potaro River on Friday, has not yet been recovered, while concern has been voiced over the fact that he was not wearing a lifejacket at the time of the mishap.

The Walt Disney musical Aladdin Jr was very recently performed in Guyana by the Georgetown International Academy.

WASHINGTON – Bernie Sanders won the US presidential Democratic nominating contest in Wyoming yesterday, besting rival Hillary Clinton and adding to a string of recent victories as the two candidates gear up for a crucial matchup in New York.

Dear Editor, GRA I believe, announced that senior citizens will no longer pay the $4000 tax to travel, instead they will only pay $1500 in airport security tax. 

THE euphoria that swept through the cricketing Caribbean following last Sunday’s men’s team’s victory snatched from the jaws of defeat in the World T20 final in Kolkata has been accompanied by the heated, long-running debate over the future of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB).

ZURICH (Reuters) – After years trying to buy the property from its private owner, the Austrian government wants to seize the house where Adolf Hitler was born to prevent it falling into neo-Nazi hands.

Long-serving, senior Ministry of Finance employee Clyde Roopchand, 69, was laid to rest yesterday after a funeral service at the St Anthony’s Roman Catholic Church, Friendship, East Coast Demerara.

HAVANA (Reuters) – The ubiquitous fridges that dispense beer in Cuba’s bars, cafes and gas stations are running out of the island’s favourite Cristal and Bucanero brands in recent weeks, as a surge in American tourists and new private watering holes strain the main brewery.

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Cristina Fernandez, who stepped down as president of Argentina in December after eight years in office, has been charged by a prosecutor with money laundering, local media reported yesterday.

 Sunday  Cartoons

It was former Head of the Presidential Secretariat and Cabinet Secretary, Dr Roger Luncheon who transformed his post into one of considerable power.

Agricola Red Triangle were crowned the inaugural Ralph Green-sponsored East Bank Football Association Under-11 League champions, edging unlikely finalist Craig Primary 1-0 yesterday at the Grove Playfield.

The head, neck and underparts of the Point tailed Palmcreepers are black and boldly streaked with white, contrasting with the bright chestnut brown of their back, wings and tail.

LIMA (Reuters) – Three people were killed and six injured in an attack staged by suspected leftist Shining Path rebels on the eve of Peru’s presidential election, authorities said.

Dear Editor, I recently observed that the Ministry of Education is devising plans to revamp the education system and, because I have been within the education structure at various levels, I believe I can make a valid contribution to this renewal effort.

Clerodendrum thomsoniae commonly called Bleeding Heart Vine originated in West Africa.

On the river (Photo by Keno George)