Daily Archive: Tuesday, January 3, 2017

Inside and outside of the Bourda Market after the heavy rain today morning.

This was the scene at the Ruimveldt koker this morning as rain pounded the city.

Minister of Public Health Dr. George Norton this morning confirmed that he will be taking up the position of the Minister of Social Cohesion and that he will be replaced by the Minister of Social Protection, Volda Lawrence.

(Trinidad Guardian) Tributes poured in yesterday, as the news of the death local Chutney singer, Anand Yankarran was announced.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – David Warner hit a record century inside one session and his fellow opener Matt Renshaw a maiden hundred over three as Australia reached 365 for three at close of play on the opening day of the third test against Pakistan on Tuesday.

A dramatic Robin Adams winner in the 90th+3 minute earned Silver Shattas the Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA)/GT Beer Championship after they edged out Eagles 1-0 Sunday at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) ground.

LAHORE, Pakistan, CMC – The Pakistan Cricket Board said here Sunday the West Indies Cricket Board were ready to play two Twenty20 Internationals here next March once adequate security could be guaranteed.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Dashing former West Indies batsman Dwayne Smith will retire from domestic one-day cricket for Barbados Pride, ahead of this month’s Regional Super50.

HOBART, Australia, CMC – Kieron Pollard and Chris Jordan both failed as Adelaide Strikers slumped to their third loss of the Big Bash League with an eight-wicket defeat to Hobart Hurricanes here yesterday.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Opener Kraigg Brathwaite has ended 2016 as the West Indies’ highest-ranked batsman in Tests.

A final-year University of Guyana (UG) student and another man are now dead after they were shot shortly after leaving an illegal cockfighting competition at Friendship, East Bank Demerara (EBD) on Sunday evening and the police have since held two persons for questioning.

A 31-year-old Guyanese man became New York’s first homicide victim for 2017 when he was shot dead during an attempted robbery, which left his younger brother nursing a gunshot wound to the back.

The Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) has selected the strongest possible 18-man squad for training to represent Guyana at the Hong Kong 7s from April 7-9.

MELBOURNE, Australia, CMC – West Indies off-spinner Sunil Narine starred in an unusual role for Melbourne Renegades as they beat city rivals Melbourne Stars by seven runs under Duckworth/Lewis in the Big Bash League on New Year’s Day.

A family was given the heartbreaking news of the loss of their husband and father on New Year’s Eve, after a Berbice lawman who was allegedly driving at a fast rate slammed into the Corentyne labuorer, pitching him some 35 feet away.

Persons caught littering in the Georgetown could soon pay a heavier fine as the city moves to increase the current fee through its new bylaws that would be tabled at the next statutory meeting.

(The Sports Xchange) – Tim Hardaway Jr. tied his career high with 29 points, including the go-ahead free throw in overtime, to help the Atlanta Hawks beat the Spurs 114-112.

(The Sports Xchange) – Russell Westbrook collected his 16th triple-double of the season to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 114-88 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday.

Despite an ongoing probe by the Government Analyst-Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) into the presence of banned kidney drugs at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, Public Health Minister Dr George Norton has asked that the drugs be released and he says samples would be sent to Jamaica for testing.

Dear Editor, Rather than debate the legality of the Red House lease, I wish to focus on a most simple yet profound issue related to yet another Granger Administration blunder.

(Reuters) – Defending champion Novak Djokovic made a sticky return to action before recovering from losing the opening four games to beat Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff at the Qatar Open yesterday.

A footballer was stabbed once to his back minutes into Sunday morning after he was involved in an argument with his attacker who reportedly accused him of throwing a firecracker on him during the New Year’s celebration.

Wilton Sinclair, who was held on November 17, 2014 at the JFK Airport in New York with four bottles of cocaine-laced rum was sentenced to time served on November 21, 2016.

Dear Editor, On December 28, the Ministry of the Presidency issued a statement asserting that it “proposes to utilize a mix of energy options, starting with less risky options such as solar and wind, as outlined in Budget 2017”.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Manchester United clinched a sixth consecutive Premier League win for the first time since April 2015 as Juan Mata and Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored second-half goals in a controversial 2-0 victory at 10-man West Ham United yesterday.

The family of a Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice farmer who has been missing for over 17 days, is calling on the authorities to instruct ranks at the Fort Wellington Police Station to conduct a thorough investigation into their missing person’s report.

Dear Editor, Many become sentimental and emotional at this time of the year and make resolutions and promises intended for the upcoming year.

Winner of the Guyana Cricket Board’s prize for Sports Journalist of the Year Avenash Ramzan Thursday night left those in attendance at with a simple yet telling message.

Dear Editor, How do the politicians in APNU+AFC defend the indefensible?

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has recommended the closure of sugar estates in regions 4 and 6 and the possible sale of at least one estate to a private investor, according to PPP General Secretary Clement Rohee, who said the opposition remains opposed to any plans to close, sell or privatise any estates.

“Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – Dean Elgar’s century and a quick-fire unbeaten 68 from Quinton de Kock lifted South Africa to 297 for six on the opening day of the second test against Sri Lanka at Newlands yesterday.

Dear Editor, I believe the handling of the CJRC’s lease revocation demonstrates poor judgement on the part of President Granger and his administration.

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Around 60 people were killed in a prison riot in the Amazon jungle city of Manaus, with decapitated bodies of drug gang members thrown over prison walls, officials said yesterday.

January 17 will be five years since the life of Sanjay Persaud, 40, a vendor of Bourda Market was brutally snuffed out by two gunmen and his grieving relatives are pleading for justice to be served.

Before proceeding with today’s article, this column considers it unfortunate the way the present Administration has handled the matter concerning the leasing of the “Red House” to the Cheddi Jagan Research Centre Inc.

CAIRO/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Islamic State claimed responsibility yesterday for a New Year’s Day mass shooting in a packed Istanbul nightclub that killed 39 people, an attack carried out by a lone gunman who remains at large.

Dear Editor, This is about the third letter in which Sasenarine Singh has hurled completely baseless comments about the character of Tacuma Ogunseye.

The owner of the three pit bulls that allegedly attacked and killed a man and injured another about four months ago at Leonora, West Coast Demerara (WCD), was on Friday charged in relation to the incident and was released on $50,000 bail.

NEW DELHI,(Reuters) – India’s cricket board (BCCI) president Anurag Thakur and secretary Ajay Shirke were removed by the country’s top court yesterday for failing to implement administrative reforms within the body.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Steve Smith’s sole aim will be to keep Australia in the winning habit when they take on a Pakistan side contemplating the imminent departure of their most successful captain in the dead rubber Sydney test this week.

In November 2015, Minister of Finance Winston Jordan told a Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association annual dinner and awards that Guyana and Norway had agreed to do a final review of the contentious Amaila Falls Hydropower Project (AFHP).

An Unusual Steel Band of Handicapped Children And the Dedicated lady who taught them TOTALLY oblivious of his surroundings, mentally retarded Ter­rence Gittens the star of the David Rose School for the Handi­capped, beats his pans playing from his soul.

Savitri Persaud was born in Guyana and spent part of her childhood in Moblissa, off the Linden Highway; and in Belle Vue, West Bank Demerara.

Dear Editor, After two decades nine lawyers including three women have been elevated to senior counsel and it is the first time in the history of the country and the Caribbean that a sitting judge has been elevated to the Inner Bar.

Floodwaters in Region Five have receded completely, and have begun to drain off the land in Region Two.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis has told bishops around the world they must adhere to a policy of zero tolerance for clergy who sexually abuse children and begged forgiveness for “a sin that shames us”.