Daily Archive: Sunday, October 2, 2016

PORT-AU-PRINCE/KINGSTON, (Reuters) – Haiti and Jamaica implored residents in vulnerable coastal areas to evacuate and Cuba suspended flights today as Hurricane Matthew, the strongest storm to menace the Caribbean islands since 2007, spun slowly toward the region.

SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates,  CMC – Pakistan defeated West Indies by 59 runs, in the second One-Day International at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium here Sunday.

Attorney Charles Ramson Jnr has resigned as a Member of Parliament with immediate effect to pursue a Masters in oil and gas and has since registered his disappointment at the lack of youth representation in the House and the government’s refusal to send Bills to a parliamentary select committee.

ADDIS ABABA, (Reuters) – Police in Ethiopia’s Oromiya region fired teargas and warning shots on Sunday to disperse anti-government protesters at a religious festival, triggering a stampede that the opposition party said killed at least 50 people.

The controversial award of a juice contract to Surinamese company Rudisa could be in deep trouble as the Government Analyst Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) was unable to do a vital test because of broken equipment and no sample from the aggrieved local bidder, Topco was provided for comparison.

Babylon, Corentyne, Berbice also called Number 64 Village is home to approximately 600 people.

Three businesses lost millions of dollars yesterday, when a fire of unknown origin swept through a section of the commercial zone in Central Bartica.

The Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) has started a process which could lead to millions in cash and other assets belonging to fugitive drug convict Barry Dataram, being forfeited, as outlined in the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CTF) legislation.

Two brothers were killed while their friend was left hospitalised in serious condition after a collision at Friendship, East Bank Demerara yesterday afternoon.

A family in Crabwood Creek has been plunged into mourning at the loss of not one but two family members to suicide last week.

Government has instructed that the sunken river dredge belonging to Crown Mining Supplies, which has been blocking the Mazaruni channel for the past four months, be removed immediately, even if it means destroying it.

A recently-concluded Situation Analysis of Children and Women in Guyana found that one in every five Amerindian girls between ages 15 and 19 was a mother as was one in every four girls who lived in poor houses.

A youth group outreach project coined ‘Expedition Cinderella’, exposed 31 coastlanders to the remote regions of Guyana, bringing them face to face with a beauty Guyanese often hear about but oftentimes do not experience.

A processing clerk was yesterday morning robbed of $2.5 million worth in fish glue and a quantity of cash shortly after leaving the Meadow Bank wharf on the East Bank Demerara and the police have since arrested one person.

West Demerara and Lower Corentyne yesterday played to a draw in their top-of-the table clash of the Guyana Cricket Board/ Cricket Guyana Incorporated three day Franchise League sixth round encounter.

(Conclusion) Expansion of markets Like with everything else, the cooperative business model contains advantages and disadvantages. 

In today’s column I introduce the second topic in the series appraising Guyana’s economy in the coming time of oil and gas production and export.

As the police continue to investigate the murder of the Gangaram cattle farmer whose bullet riddled body was found on Thursday, a man has been taken into custody, this newspaper was told.

Akshaya Persaud yesterday batted West Demerara to first innings points over Lower Corentyne in their top-of-the-table clash as the penultimate round of the Guyana Cricket Board Cricket Guyana Incorporated inaugural three-day Franchise League continued at several ground yesterday.

Fifty-two years ago, a mother gave birth to triplets—one boy and two girls.

Headlines which constantly remind us of lethal crime heighten the sense of life’s fragility in all of us.

Following the unavailability of experienced duo Gregory Richardson and Devon Millington and the injury to England-based Neil Danns, the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has shortlisted a 22-member squad for upcoming the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Caribbean Cup third round qualifiers.

One of the three persons who were injured during a drive-by shooting at Enmore, East Coast Demerara (ECD) on Friday evening remains in a critical condition at a city hospital while the other two are said to be out of danger.

As China celebrates its National Day, it is dealing with complicated challenges on multiple fronts.

Starting out, I have to admit I am a basket case when someone is badly injured or wounded and the blood is flowing. 

As the Guyana Police Force maintains zero tolerance of unprofessional conduct, a total of 30 ranks have been either dismissed from duty or transferred to other locations during last month.

The Green Machine’s hopes of continuing their 2019 World Cup Qualifying Campaign in Japan were extinguished as they went down horribly to Mexico 32-5 yesterday in the Rugby America’s North (RAN) Qualifiers Final in Mexico City.

How should the anglophone Caribbean respond to Brexit? Should it, based on the expert advice it has received from the Caricom Secretariat and its own trade negotiators, now be actively exploring with the UK an approach that secures an equivalent trade relationship to that which it has with the EU under the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)?

The period August to September has been viewed as the time of the year during which there is the highest crime spike, according to Acting Commissioner of Police, David Ramnarine but good law enforcement efforts this year saw a 28% decrease of indictable crime in comparison to previous years.

Heimraj Resaul, Joshua Kalekyezi and Shimron Lewis were among the winners in the boys U18 division when the third annual Bakewell junior tennis Open championships commenced at the National Racquet Centre court in Woolford Avenue recently.

Titans Table Tennis club continues to forge its mark internationally by producing the next wave of budding racquet talents.

Bachelor’s Adventure and Paradise Sports Club combined and Plaisance defeated Beterverwagting /Triumph United and Golden Grove respectively when the East Coast Demerara zone of the National Milling Company (Namilco) Thunderbolt Flour u17 tournament continued yesterday.

A Slice of Itiribisi This month, artists Stanley Greaves AA and Akima McPherson turn their attention to Merlene Ellis’s acrylic painting A Slice of Itiribisi, which was completed in 2006.

The Guyana Police Force has been attracting highly qualified recruits, including persons who have graduated from university with diplomas and degrees and according to Acting Commissioner of Police David Ramnarine this is an encouragement to persons who may want to join later.

Favourites to win the Guyana Chess Federation’s junior qualification tournament to arrive at the competitors for the national junior championships, Roberto Neto and Sheriffa Ali were among the early winners when the competition got underway yesterday at the National Resource Centre.

In keeping with a High Court order, the Board of the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA), in consultation with the National Frequency Management Unit (NFMU), has approved a television licence application made by the Community Broadcasting Network Inc.

It is imperative at this time to put on record another tribute to Dr Doris Elrina Rogers, distinguished artist, art educator, researcher, administrator, Professor Emeritus of the University of Guyana and Lifetime Fellow of the Institute of Creative Arts, Guyana, who died last week.

The foreign aircraft discovered hidden at a Region Nine airstrip several weeks ago has been repaired and was yesterday flown to the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) hangar located at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri.

ALEPPO (Reuters) – Russian warplanes and their Syrian government allies battered rebel-held areas in and around Aleppo yesterday, and rebels and aid workers accused them of destroying one of the city’s main hospitals and killing at least two patients.

The King Vulture (Sarcoramphus papa) is large and predominantly white with a grayish-black flight and tail feathers.

SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Floundering West Indies will hope to arrest their embarrassing slide when they face Pakistan in the do-or-die second One-Day International at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium here today.

Dear Editor, “We Black people…”  These words were uttered by someone whom countless Guyanese would be shocked that these words came from his mouth.

Ninety-eight youths and 19 facilitators of the Hinterland Employment Youth Service (HEYS) in Region 10 were the first to receive their month stipends last Thursday.

LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May will promise to make Britain “a sovereign and independent country” by repealing the act that took it into what is now the European Union next year, she told the Sunday Times newspaper.

On Wednesday while sipping on a pre-workout supplement in my hotel room overlooking the horizon in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, it occurred to me that I should tell readers about some of the supplements I take and why.

SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Great former Pakistan speedster, Waqar Younis, believes the dramatic sacking of West Indies head coach, Phil Simmons, on the eve of the ongoing tour has had a negative impact on the Caribbean side’s performance.

The 42nd Chess Olympiad in Baku, Azerbaijan, afforded Guyana the rare opportunity of showcasing its hidden chess talent and demonstrating a more glamorous side to the supposedly boring mind game.

Dear Editor, Your issues of Sept 28 and Sept 30 carried GuySuCo advertisements inviting bids for infrastructural works for the transportation of cane to Uitvlugt, and  construction of a tractor and trailer park, roadway and reinforced concrete flat bridges at Uitvlugt Estate.

October has been designated a month of prayer by The Caribbean Voice and other Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) behind the recently launched ‘Voices Against Violence’ cohesion initiative.

BUDAPEST (Reuters) – An overwhelming majority of Hungarians are expected to reject the European Union’s migrant quotas in a referendum today, which should boost Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s standing at home and embolden him in his battles with Brussels.

DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC – Twenty20 World Cup hero Carlos Brathwaite along with rising stars Rovman Powell and Nicholas Pooran, were among 14 West Indies players picked up in the players’ draft for the Bangladesh Premier League set to bowl off here next month.

KOLKATA, (Reuters) – Bhuvneshwar Kumar picked up five wickets in a fine display of seam bowling to floor New Zealand after Wriddhiman Saha’s battling half-century helped India reach 316 on the second day of the second test at Eden Gardens yesterday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica (Reuters) – Hurricane Matthew, the most powerful cyclone to form over the Atlantic since Hurricane Felix in 2007, churned across the Caribbean yesterday on a path expected to put it over Jamaica and Haiti tomorrow.

Dear Editor, As the Guyanese quarrying sector continues to face a significant downturn, there has been a sizable dent in capital equipment sales on all fronts in Guyana in 2016. 

PARIS (Reuters) – Iran has kept to a nuclear deal it agreed with six world powers last year limiting its stockpiles of substances that could be used to make atomic weapons, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) told French daily Le Monde.

Boil and fry is one of my favourite ways to cook and eat green plantains.

BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s FARC rebels will forfeit all their assets to fund victims reparations, the group said yesterday, one day before the Colombian people are set to vote on a peace deal between the insurgency and the government.

SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Fast-bowling legend Waqar Younis and legendary former captain Sir Vivian Richards, believe struggling West Indies should turn to teenaged fast bowler Alzarri Joseph for today’s second One-Day International against Pakistan here.

Vincent Alexander will continue as Chairman of the National Accreditation Council (NAC) for the next two years, the Ministry of the Presidency has announced.

Trees are grown for their beautiful flowers and others for their beautiful foliage.

Dear Editor, Minister Ronald Bulkan’s letter to Georgetown Mayor Ms Chase-Green, as it relates to the moving of vendors at the Bourda Market along Robb Street, is the required level of ministerial guidance needed in instances where time-honoured principles, rights, and the rule of law are threatened.

A letter in our edition yesterday from a representative of the diaspora ‒ or at least a segment of it – relayed Guyanese expatriate concerns that the government had reneged on undertakings made to them prior to the election.

TBILISI (Reuters) – Pope Francis warned yesterday of a “global war” against traditional marriage and the family, saying both were under attack from gender theory and divorce.