Daily Archive: Sunday, April 2, 2017

Dynamic International Airways has announced the cancellation of its flight 2D 402 out of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri bound for JFK International Airport this afternoon, due to a hydraulic leak on its 767 aircraft.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC — Saturday’s convincing victory proved only a false dawn as West Indies quickly returned to their unpleasant old habits, plunging to a seven-wicket defeat to Pakistan here today, to concede the four-match series 3-1.

President David Granger says that Guyana welcomes Chinese investment but called for such investments to be more closely geared to providing employment here and national development.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Investors are ploughing ever more into ethical funds to back their views on issues such as global warming and gender equality, but such investments can be confusingly similar to standard funds, except for higher fees and ‘green halo’ marketing.

Guyana’s net foreign reserves have fallen below US$600 million for the second time in the last two years.

When the World Beyond Georgetown visited Perseverance on the Essequibo Coast earlier this month, the festival of Phagwah was being celebrated.

A gold dealer is in police custody and several other persons including a former bank manager are wanted for questioning in relation to a recent multi-million-dollar fraud at the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI), Bartica.

A Number 55 Village, Corentyne, Berbice fisherman died yesterday, reportedly by drowning whilst on his way to assist a friend on whose boat there had been an explosion just moments before, at the Number 66 Corentyne wharf.

A ten-year-old girl died yesterday morning, more than one week after she was kicked to her abdomen allegedly by a classmate and her relatives are calling for a thorough investigation into her death.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Hometown boy Evin Lewis went on a six-hitting spree to lead the charge with a pugnacious 91 that ended West Indies’ home season losing skid in style with a convincing seven-wicket victory over Pakistan in the third Twenty20 International yesterday here.

Any move towards constitutional reform cannot work without the government engaging the political opposition, Senior Counsel Ralph Ramkarran last Friday told a public forum, where he also questioned the administration’s failure to pronounce on the final report handed over by the Steering Committee on Constitutional Reform (SCCR) almost one year ago.

Introduction In last week’s discussion of Guyana’s proposed local content requirements (LCRs) policy for its coming oil and gas extraction industry, I had introduced three key concepts, which require further elaboration.

Continuously in debt Guyana perennially runs a trade deficit which in the simplest of circumstances means that it is continuously in debt to other countries. 

St John’s, ANTIGUA – Almost four years to the date, Whycliffe ‘Dave’ Cameron and Emmanuel Nanthan were again elected President and Vice President respectively of the West Indies Cricket Board last Sunday.

PPP/C Member of Parliament Anil Nandlall yesterday expressed concern that Henry Smith was sworn in as Mayor of Mabaruma despite a pending court ruling on whether or not he should be allowed to take up office.

High on the heels of the recent visit by CONCACAF President Victor Montagliani, FIFA boss Gianni Infantino is scheduled to arrive on local shores for his first ever visit Sunday.

After last week’s column on empty cricket stands at the Queen’s Park Oval, I ended up, as I often do with these writings, in an interesting exchange, in this instance with John Aaron, a Guyanese who lives in New York, and with voices ranging from the man on Irving Street selling coconuts, to the widely dispersed views of Ron Sanders, Ambassador from Antigua to the USA and the OAS.

Despite laying off some 600 workers in three years from five locations, ex-Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Alesie Group of Companies Dr Turhane Doerga says three of the mills will be up and running again as the company is working on partnering with local people to take over its management.

Good poems are instantly recognizable. They startle, shock new life into old ideas, impress on the mind patterns of beauty and truth previously unnoticed.

A delegation comprising four young Guyanese from various civil society member organizations of the Guyana Equality Forum (GEF) last month attended a thematic hearing of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) in Washington, DC.

By Royston Alkins Amazon Warriors all-rounder Steven Jacobs produced an explosive batting effort of 68 not-out from 37 deliveries to inspire an emotional five-wicket, last over win for Malteenoes Sports Club over Everest Cricket Club at the Malteenoes Sports Club ground, Camp Road yesterday in the latest round of the Georgetown Cricket Association/Carib Beer first division T20 tournament.

Sir Leon Lessons survived a scare from unfancied Bishops’ High School winning 4-3 on penalty kicks after normal time ended 0-0 to seal their semi-final berth in the Milo Secondary School Football Championship yesterday.

The Guyana Chronicle, which obtained Justice Franklin Holder’s letter to the Chancellor (ag), the Hon Yonette Cummings-Edwards, complaining about the conduct of the Attorney-General and Minister of Legal Affairs, the Hon Basil Williams, during the hearing of a matter in court on March 23, tried its best to obfuscate.

After over 30 years in the teaching profession Sharon Smith has put away her chalk and may have erased her last words from the blackboard but education has not heard the last of her and if given the opportunity, she has much more to offer.

The St Francis Community Developers on Thursday commissioned ten green/shade houses and an aquaculture hatchery at its headquarters in Rose Hall Town, Corentyne.

Local speed demons will push their start buttons today as their high-velocity machines line up for the Guyana Motor Racing &Sports Club ‘Race of Champions’ meet at the South Dakota Circuit.

On March 29, after forty years of membership, the British government formally gave notice that it will leave the European Union (EU) in 2019.

Just a week after celebrating Sir Derek Walcott, we have the opportunity to celebrate Wole Soyinka.

By Royston Alkins Transport Sports Club (TSC) ended the first day of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)/Noble House Seafoods second-division two-day cricket final yesterday at the Georgetown Cricket Club ground, Bourda on 68 for 6 in response to GNIC’s first innings total of 167 to leave the final interestingly poised when play resumes today from 11am.

Guyana’s National Protected Areas System (NPAS) is now the beneficiary of $26 million worth of grants from Conservation International-Guyana (CI), which will go towards building the capacity of the Protected Areas Commission (PAC) and the Protected Areas Trust (PAT) to effectively manage the expanding NPAS.

The cream of the nation’s cyclists will transform the roadways of West Demerara into their battleground when the annual PowerAde 50-mile race pedals off today.

In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket, in the first of two parts, Roger Seymour looks at the early cricketing life of Jackie Grant.

A Brazilian man died on Friday evening in a mining accident at Micobie, Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni), the Ministry of Natural Resources has said.

The Cream-coloured Woodpecker is unique among woodpeckers for its pale yellow plumage and brown wings.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League resumes today at the Tucville Community Ground with an exciting doubleheader.

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) yesterday backed calls for the immediate revoking of the parking meters contract, while posing a series of questions to the city and the government on the deal.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s pro-government Supreme Court revoked its takeover of the opposition-led Congress yesterday after it drew international condemnation and protests against socialist President Nicolas Maduro.

Thousands of turfites are expected to throng the Kennard Memorial Turf Club, owned by former Chief Justice Cecil Kennard, for the staging of a grand horse race meet and a duck curry competition today from noon.

Resistance training for women has been undergoing a massive re-birth in fitness culture over the last few years.

MOCOA, Colombia (Reuters) – Flooding and mudslides in the Colombian city of Mocoa sent torrents of water and debris crashing onto houses in the early hours of yesterday morning, killing 254 people, injuring hundreds and sending terrified residents, some in their pajamas, scrambling to evacuate.

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) may see a challenge to its list of nominees for its upcoming elections, where incumbent Patrick Yarde and three others are slated to contest for the post of president.

The performance of Region Two Regional Executive Officer (REO) Rupert Hopkinson came under scrutiny on Friday when it inspired both a protest by critics and a counter-protest by supporters.

(The Sports Xchange) – Behind 28 points from Mike Conley and 22 from Zach Randolph, Memphis clinched their seventh straight playoff berth Friday night with a 99-90 victory over Dallas at FedExForum.

Attorney-at-law James Anthony Bond was elected president of the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) last Sunday at Olympic House.

ASUNCION (Reuters) – A protester was killed in Paraguay and two top government officials were fired after violent clashes overnight sparked by a secret Senate vote for a constitutional amendment that would allow President Horacio Cartes to run for re-election.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Ayad al-Jumaili, believed to be a deputy of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was killed in an air strike on Friday, an Iraqi intelligence spokesman said yesterday.

Dear Editor, Your front page photograph in your Saturday edition of a ‘section’ of the audience at Friday evening’s symposium on the constitutional reform process, showed only a small ‘section’ of the audience and almost all of the few empty seats.

Havana (Prensa Latina) – The 7th International Earth Science Convention will begin here tomorrow with geologists, geophysicists and miners from Latin America, North America, Europe and Africa.

(Reuters) – Philippines’ President Rodrigo Duterte lashed out on Friday at European Union critics of his bloody anti-narcotics campaign, threatening to “slap” them.

These Cheese-scallion Rolls pay homage to Chinese Scallion Pancakes. Chinese Scallion Pancakes are like a flaky paratha roti in which sliced scallions are rolled with the dough and then pan-fried.

(Reuters) – Roger Federer needed more than three hours to outlast Nick Kyrgios 7-6(9) 6-7(9) 7-6(5) in a pulsating Miami Open semi-final on Friday to set up another mouthwatering final clash with Rafa Nadal.

Residents of Cinema Road, Melanie Damishana, East Coast Demerara said they have been suffering as a result of the condition of the road and are calling on the authorities to bring relief.

Dear Editor, The Russian Foreign Ministry posted on its Facebook page for April Fools’ Day the following farcical Russian Embassy answering machine message: “You have reached the Russian Embassy.

Guyana is not among members of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) that have signed a statement condemning the decision of Venezuela Supreme Court to annul its congress.

Dear Editor, At different times during any day, and in many places, I observe a tableau unfold in slow motion. 

On Friday, Stabroek News printed the full text of a letter sent by Justice Franklin Holder to Chief Justice (ag) Yonette Cummings-Edwards, giving an account of the behaviour of Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Basil Williams in his court on March 23.

LA PAZ (Reuters) – Doctors in Cuba removed a benign node from the vocal cords of Bolivia’s President Evo Morales, the Bolivian government said yesterday.

Geneva (Prensa Latina) – Cuba has maintained a zero tolerance policy for human trafficking, a crime that violates the human rights of the victims, the Havana embassy at the United Nations Office in Geneva has stated.

Barleria repens commonly called Coral Creeper originated in South Africa. The Coral Creeper is a scrambling flowering shrub with glossy green leaves and coral (reddish/orange) tubular flowers.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – India’s bumper 13-test home season has taken a big toll on its players with a host of them set to miss at least part of the Indian Premier League with injuries.