Daily Archive: Sunday, August 21, 2016

There are indications of significant change in tackling challenges to democratic governance in Guyana by the APNU+AFC government, but there are also reasons for concern, according to a USAID-funded report which has warned that time is of the essence and urged constitutional reform.

RIO DE JANEIRO,(Reuters) – Neymar shed tears of joy after delivering Brazil’s first men’s football gold medal with the winning penalty in a 5-4 shootout triumph over Germany after a thrilling final ended in a draw following extra-time yesterday.

Photos by Joanna Dhanraj   Reggae music blared from a house and a few young men sat under a tree chatting, otherwise Airy Hall on the Essequibo Coast seemed super quiet.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Shakur Stevenson’s bid for Olympic gold ended in tears yesterday but the U.S.

In the face of a threat by the city’s two major garbage collection services to suspend their operations over hundreds of millions owed to them, City Hall has pulled their contracts for some wards in the capital that it hopes to clean on its own.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 20 (Reuters) – The United States women’s basketball team thumped Spain 101-72 to claim a sixth straight gold medal yesterday to rubber-stamp their credentials as one of the greatest Olympic sporting dynasties of all time.

An unidentified man who allegedly attacked a police officer after he was approached about his disorderly behaviour was shot and killed by police on Friday night outside the Georgetown Prison at Camp and D’Urban streets.

A two car-smash-up on along the Mahaicony Public Road, East Coast Demerara yesterday afternoon has left one child dead and five persons injured.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – LaShawn Merritt ran a blistering anchor leg to return the men’s 4x400m title to the United States, and win his third Olympic gold medal, in the final athletics event of the Rio Games yesterday.

Former President Donald Ramotar has rushed to the defence of his predecessor and current opposition leader Bharrat Jagdeo on his New York statements on discrimination against Indo-Guyanese, which the APNU+AFC government has described as race-baiting.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Briton Mo Farah became only the second man to retain both Olympic track long-distance titles yesterday when he produced an utterly dominant performance to add the 5,000m gold to the 10,000 he collected a week ago for a glorious double-double.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – The United States maintained their iron grip on the Olympic women’s 4×400 metres relay yesterday when they held off Jamaica for their sixth straight victory in the event to give anchor Allyson Felix her sixth career gold.

Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Michael Khan has refused to comment on a recent audit into the operations of the hospital that has recommended that he be sanctioned for allegedly cheating the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) of over $1.4 million in income tax.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Caster Semenya became the first South African woman in 64 years to win Olympic gold in athletics yesterday, running a personal best time of 1:55.28 in the 800 metres final Burundi’s Francine Niyonsaba finished in 1:56.49 to claim the silver, her country’s second medal in any sport at the Olympics.

Lack of diversification has left the economy of Region Six grappling with the ramifications of mainly relying on rice and sugar for its survival.

In my 84th year the time for ambition is long past.

The Regional Democratic Council of Region Five is looking to have a special needs school set up in the region, so as to cater for the numerous persons living with disabilities.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Fast bowling legend Joel Garner says the successful emergence of Twenty20 cricket has dulled the appetite of younger players for the longer version of the game, and has also contributed to a negative work ethic in the region.

The above headline to this article was borrowed from yesterday’s Guyana Chronicle, which reported on an assessment conducted by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). 

When was the last time you visited a doctor? A week, a month, maybe a year ago?

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, CMC – Jamaican Yohan Blake says he is ready to assume the mantle from Usain Bolt, after the sprint sensation wrapped up an outstanding Olympic career with his ninth career gold medal here Friday night.

It was with her eyes set on securing scholarships to study overseas that this year’s unofficial top Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) student Fatima Karim sat 20 subjects at this year’s examinations.

This week as the world is agog with the outstanding track performances by Jamaican athletes in the Rio Olympics, it’s interesting to reflect on the remarkable ability of this relatively small nation to produce such a high standard in athletics.

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Fighting between the Syrian army and Kurdish forces intensified late on Friday and into yesterday, creating the risk of yet another front opening in the multi-sided civil war.

Global economic system The issue of global warming and sustainable development can no longer be a matter of passing interest. 

Chase’s Academic Foundation student Oronde Chase, at 14 years old, has achieved what many Guyanese students are not afforded the opportunity to do until they have reached the ages of 16 and 17.

LONDON (Reuters) – London’s mayor has called on fellow members of Britain’s opposition Labour Party to replace leader Jeremy Corbyn, saying his failure to drum up support for Britain remaining in the EU showed he could not command the backing of voters.

A Guyana Under-15 boys team will depart local shores tomorrow to participate in the 2016 CentroBasket U15 championships from Wednesday to Sunday in Puerto Rico.

Four municipalities and two Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDCs) recently signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with the Caribbean Local Economic Development Project (CARILED), which will allow for CARILED to engage in a more focused manner over the coming months to strengthen its collaboration with the local authorities.

Last month the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) published a paper ‘Chinese rise in the Caribbean – What does it mean for Caribbean Stakeholders?’

Another race, another win for Team Evolution Yesterday in perfect conditions for racing at the National Park, Raul Leal sprinted off with the spoils of the feature 35-lap event of the Malta Supreme 11-race programme.

BEIRUT (Reuters) – The older brother of the Syrian boy whose image, dazed and bloodied after an air strike, shocked people around the world, has died in Aleppo from wounds sustained in the same incident, a war monitor and a witness said.

Introduction Today’s column comes at the point where I am left only to discuss the export performance of the extractive forest sub-sector over the last decade (2006-2015).

With a small but steady demand for its products in Orealla, the Orealla Farmers Association is now attempting to break ground into new markets both locally and internationally.

In last week’s edition of Tastes Like Home, I mentioned a watermelon cocktail I had at the home of friends.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The average New York City taxi driver may still be sassy, but will not be required to speak English any longer.

Guyana’s Olympic medal drought continues but thanks in part to Troy Doris, who made the final of the men’s triple jump at the Rio Olympic Games, in Brazil on Tuesday, there is perhaps a glimmer of hope looking ahead to Tokyo 2020.

As calls for the revision of the Amerindian Act of 2006 continue to be made, the Guyanese Organization of Indigenous Peoples (GOIP) has also weighed in on with its suggestions regarding what the necessary amendments should be.

Acalypha wilkesiana commonly called Fire Dragon originated in the Pacific Islands and comes from the Euphorbiaceae family.

(Reuters) – A former US Navy SEAL who wrote a book about the daring operation on Osama Bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan has agreed to forfeit $6.8 million in book royalties and speaking fees, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing federal court documents.

DURBAN, South Africa, (Reuters) – A fired-up Dale Steyn removed both New Zealand openers to leave the tourists on 15 for two before rain ended day two of the first test against South Africa yesterday.

(Reuters Health) – The type of brain bleeding that causes the most lethal kind of stroke has declined substantially since 1998, possibly as a result of falling smoking rates, according to researchers in Finland.

The intriguing Sinquefield Cup, the elite grandmaster chess tournament which featured seven of the world’s top 10 players has been completed, with a resounding victory for the US’s Wesley So.

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – Windward Islands and Guyana confirmed their spots in today’s one-day final of the Regional Under-19 Championship, by scoring convincing victories in the last round of preliminary games here Friday.

A sergeant in the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) is now recuperating after he was burned on Thursday whilst on an exercise outside of Georgetown.

A disgruntled buyer has moved to the High Court to protect his interest in property in the exclusive Windsor Estates, after saying developer Navigant Builders Inc have failed to complete construction of a house on the land as was agreed some three years ago.

Dear Editor, The pharmaceutical bond scandal has raised an issue that your columns have not adequately addressed – the seriousness of the act of “misleading” Parliament.

1st of AUGUST, 1838 ‘Oh ye first of August freed men who now liberty enjoy; Salute the day and shout hurrah to Queen Victoria; On this glad day the galling chains of Slavery were broke From off the necks of Afric’s sons, who bled beneath its yoke.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – For the second straight day, West Indies were left frustrated as a water-logged outfield and then rain, combined to force the abandonment of the third day of the fourth and final Test against India here yesterday.

MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When Indian Textiles Minister Smriti Irani tweeted a picture of herself recently in an electric-blue silk saree with the hashtag #IWearHandloom, her tweet was favourited more than 10,000 times and retweeted 4,000 times.

In the issues of Stabroek News of Tuesday, January 16, 2007 and Wednesday, January 17, 2007 and in subsequent issues we published statements indicating that the plaintiff Dr Nanda Gopaul then occupying the position of Permanent Secretary, Office of the President, had directed the Government Information Agency (GINA) to withdraw government advertisements from the Stabroek News.

Prayer Palace Assembly of God Church is the latest victim in what has become a spate of thefts in East Canje Berbice, specifically in the Fort Ordnance Housing Scheme – Sheet Anchor area.

Dear Editor, One afternoon when I was seven, my brother came home and told me that he saw the seven-thousand-year-old skeleton of a pregnant Amerindian woman.

With the Olympic Games ongoing in Rio, naturally the effectiveness of the Olympic lifts for muscle building and fat loss came to mind.

(Reuters Health) – The older that seniors feel relative to their actual age, the greater their odds of cognitive decline in the coming years, a recent study finds.

Siblings Narayan and Priyanna Ramdhani are through to the semi-finals of the boys’ and girls’ singles events at the Caribbean Badminton Championships currently underway in Aruba.

The Dynasty Sports Club on Aubrey Barker Road will come alive tomorrow when Pisces Place and Rohit’s Lumberyard stage a grand 24-team dominoes competition.

Timely sign: This sign, on Aubrey Barker Street, South Ruimveldt was placed there through a collaboration between the Government of Guyana and the South Ruimveldt Gardens Community Development and Policing Society.

It has been almost two years since the body of Teyana Raghbeer was found floating in a trench aback of Adelphi Village, East Canje, and her mother is unhappy with pace of the police investigations, especially the release of suspects despite seemingly strong evidence.

This year’s Caribbean Education Secondary Certficate (CSEC) results presented the nation with the expected crop of high-flyers, led by Ms Fatima Karim, with 20 astonishing passes, 19 of them Grade Ones.

MANAGUA (Reuters) – Nicaragua’s election campaign kicked off yesterday, with President Daniel Ortega the clear favourite to sweep aside a weakened opposition and win a third consecutive term in a November 6 vote.

LONDON (Reuters) – To his detractors, including the British government, Salman Butt is an extremist whose views on Islam fly in the face of Britain’s values and help foster an atmosphere where young Muslims can be radicalised by militants.

Dear Editor,   The Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc (GuySuCo) wishes to respond to a letter that was published in the Stabroek News on August 19, 2016 under the caption ‘GAWU sent more than 12 letters to GuySuCo for which no acknowledgement has been received’.

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The Piratic Flycatcher is so named for its tendency to appropriate the dome-shaped nests of other birds such as the Yellow-rumped Cacique.