Daily Archive: Monday, August 22, 2016

The David Granger administration is “talking the talk” but it remains to be seen whether it is “walking the walk,” according to a USAID-funded report which says the executive has done enough to suggest that it lacks the political acumen needed to address some issues including tackling corruption and pursuing politically meaningful reforms.

An 11-year-old child was yesterday electrocuted after he came into contact with what is alleged to have been an illegal connection that was located near to his Golden Grove home.

A 26-year-old man was shot and killed and his friend was beaten by residents in Pearl, East Bank Demerara, after the proprietor of a shop noticed the two men acting suspiciously around his business.

Five bandits armed with a gun, knives and cutlasses robbed an Edinburgh family early yesterday morning, and in the process one of the attackers shot dead his accomplice.

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – Guyana were crowned one-day champions of the Regional Under-19 Championship for the third straight year here yesterday, when they easily brushed aside Windward Islands by five wickets in the final at Arnos Vale Stadium.

Dear Editor, The Medical Council is a statutory body established with the aim of protecting a democratic society from unscrupulous members of the medical profession. 

City vendors were a no show at the Mayor and City Council’s (M&CC) pilot ‘flea market’ project which was scheduled to roll out yesterday.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – A bit of melancholy and unbridled joy converged at the closing ceremony of the 2016 Olympics yesterday as Brazil breathed a collective sigh of relief for having pulled off South America’s first Games.

After the fatal accident yesterday in Mahaicony, two persons are still critical in the ICU at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

Dear Editor, For the second time in about a month Senior Counsel Rex McKay has penned a letter to local newspapers complaining about the violation of zoning by-laws and the speed with which businesses and industry are taking over residential areas in the city.

Add another first place trophy to Orville Hinds’ and Team Evolution’s (TE) cabinet.

Dear Editor, With most of the dust settling on the CXC results, I respond to my inner compulsion to make a statement as a CXC teacher (though now part time) for more than two decades in both public and private schools.

President David Granger on Friday called for an action plan for the Corentyne, which he said has the potential to afford its residents a good life.

Prosecutor Shellon Jupiter on Friday responded to closing arguments made by the attorney for Carvil Duncan, the former Guyana Power and Light Inc.

Dear Editor, I read that a garbage strike is looming.  This is concerning on several fronts. 

Pepsi Hikers maintained their unbeaten run while Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Vintage and Bounty GCC secured commanding wins when the Lucozade Indoor Hockey Championship continued Saturday at the National Gymnasium.

Dear Editor, A few nights ago I went to the Giftland Movie Theatre to see Bad Moms.

Guyana’s badminton players are assured of medals after reaching the finals of the boys and mixed doubles events at the Carib-bean Badminton International Championships (CAREBACO) which ended yesterday at the Centro Deportivo Sports Hall, Aruba, After both Narayan and Priyanna Ramdhani lost their singles semi-final matches, the Guyanese rebounded to reach the mixed doubles and the boys doubles final.

Guyana suffers from a “consensus crisis”, and constitutional and institutional reforms, while necessary, are likely insufficient without trust-building to generate increased consensus, a recent USAID-funded report says.

Director of Sports Christopher Jones yesterday said that this year’s National Sports Commission’s (NSC) Summer Camp has laid a solid foundation for making the event grander come next year.

Dear Editor, I congratulate President Granger for announcing that the government would build a monument at the Parade Ground to properly memorialize the victims of the historic 1823 Demerara Revolt.

Government is satisfied that logging company Vaitarna Holdings Private Inc (VHPI) has commenced “value added initiatives” and it has disclosed that the company is looking to ramp up lumber production.

A cane harvester was on Friday sentenced to life imprisonment by Justice Jo-Ann Barlow for the murder of Sheniza Mohamed, his teenage ex-girlfriend, at Rosignol, West Coast Berbice during the month of January last year.

Colts defeated fierce rivals Pacesetters 54-45 in their Open division matchup when the Turbo Hard-Court basketball championships continued at the Plaisance Community Court, Saturday.

Dear Editor, There are several factors that contributed to the demise of Guyana’s once thriving manufacturing sector.

Two men are in police custody after they robbed two persons with a pair of shears and were subsequently arrested with the stolen items in their possession.

(Reuters) – Steve Smith and Aaron Finch struck half-centuries to help Australia to a three-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the first one-day international in Colombo yesterday.

Dear Editor, Old students of Berbice High School (BHS) are refurbishing and upgrading their alma mater as the learning institution celebrates its centenary on September 5.

A suicide bomber aged between 12 and 14 carried out the attack on a wedding party in the Turkish city of Gaziantep on Saturday that killed at least 51 people, the president said.

Dear Editor, Fifteen months into a new administration comes the first real test of the mettle of President Granger.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – A ruthless United States pounded Serbia 96-66 to claim a third straight Olympic men’s basketball title yesterday, giving coach Mike Krzyzewski a golden send-off.

A Leonora miner was on Friday granted bail after he denied wounding allegations that were read to him by a city magistrate.

Dear Editor, I think cabinet has made a wise decision in cancelling the Specialty Hospital which was under construction.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A senior aide to US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump signaled a possible shift in his hardline immigration policies on Sunday, saying his plans to deport 11 million people who are in the country illegally were under review.

Interviews by Dreylan Johnson with photos by Keno George This week, we asked the man and woman in the street for their thoughts on the Caribbean’s participation in the Olympics, the performances of the Guyanese athletes and what has been the highlight of the Olympics for them so far.

(Reuters) – The final test between West Indies and India headed towards an inevitable draw after play was washed out again on the scheduled fourth day in Trinidad yesterday.

As the life of this administration progresses, the public will have an excellent opportunity to test the promises of the APNU+AFC government and evaluate the efficacy of its policies.

Dear Editor, I wish to offer a bit of reassurance for those candidates who may not have done so well at CSEC.

Last week, we discussed Financial Papers 1 and 2 of 2016 which the National Assembly recently approved before going into its customary two months’ recess.

SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of Chileans took to the streets throughout the country on Sunday, seeking to increase pressure on the government to throw out Chile’s private pension system in favour of one that would provide better retirement benefits.