Daily Archive: Saturday, August 18, 2018

Police are investigating the death of 26 year-old Neville Rodrigues,a miner of Karasabai Village, South Pakaraima who died yesterday at Jawalla Health Post whilst receiving treatment.

ACCRA/GENEVA (Reuters) – Former U.N. Secretary-General and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kofi Annan died on Saturday at the age of 80, his foundation said, after decades of championing efforts to try to end protracted conflicts in Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

Dubbing the PNCR as the “natural, national leader,” President David Granger yesterday said that the APNU+AFC government will not be “intoxicated by oil” as he vowed that the petroleum sector  will be managed in accordance with “international best principles”.

Attorney Anil Nandlall yesterday filed contempt of court proceedings, which seek to have Attorney General (AG) Basil Williams SC be held at the Camp Street Prison until he brings the Judicial Review Act (JRA) into force.

Robert Daniels, the 23-year-old police constable who fatally shot a Brazilian miner at Puruni, in Region Seven, was yesterday faced with a murder charge.

The Haslington Market Tarmac will be a hive of activity tonight when the final group round of the Three Peat Promotions/Guinness Cage Street-ball Championships commences from 19:00hrs with 12 matches.

The Education Ministry yesterday reported an improvement in the overall pass rate among Guyanese students at this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certification (CSEC) examinations, surpassing the regional average while also making gains in English and Mathematics. 

If you are a fan of the ‘Sport of Kings’, then the place to be tomorrow is the Rising Sun Turf Club to witness the 12th edition of the Guyana Cup, one of the nation’s biggest horse race meets.

The Guyanese badminton contingent was off to a mixed start with Tyrese Jeffery registering the country’s first win while Akili Haynes suffered their first loss in the CAREBACO Caribbean International and Regional Junior & Senior Badminton Championships currently underway in Suriname.

While students continue to attempt to sit a larger number of subjects at the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations, this year’s top performers would like those following them to think less about the number of subjects and more about having fun.

(Reuters) – It’s been a tough outdoor season for Christian Coleman with only one 100m win, but the world silver medallist says he is ready to turn things around against the “new wave of sprinters” in today’s Birmingham Diamond League meeting.

Today Aadilah Ali is ecstatic. Of the 923 candidates who wrote the Carib-bean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) in Guyana, the 18-year-old Queen’s College student has come out on top. 

Incumbent Chairman Basil Williams yesterday made a last minute case for his re-election during his address at the opening of the PNCR’s 20th Biennial Delegates’ Congress, where he urged that “tested… and proven” candidates be elected to the party’s executive tomorrow.

Former Caribbean under – 11 champion Kaysan Ninvalle is confident of capturing his second singles title at this year’s edition of the Caribbean Mini-Cadet and Pre-Cadet Table Tennis Championship, set for the Dominican Republic from August 26 – 31.

 The Berbice Cricket Board’s organised Mike’s Pharmacy Under-15, 50 overs-a-side tournament continued last week with victories for Rose Hall Town Farfan & Mendes, No.

An international yachting event that was due to be hosted here next month has been cancelled following reports in the local and international media stemming from deadly attacks on fishermen off the coast of Suriname earlier in the year.

Cougars FC and Arsenal battled to a 1-1 stalemate when the Berbice leg of the Frank Watson Memorial U15 football championships continued on Thursday at the Scot’s School ground, New Amsterdam [NA].

A 14-year-old boy was among four persons jointly charged yesterday with trafficking 22 pounds of cocaine following a recent Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) bust in the parking lot of the Popeyes restaurant on Vlissengen Road, Georgetown.

Dear Editor, The consultancy services contract for the feasibility study and design of the proposed new Demerara Harbour Bridge is the latest procurement vulgarity to ensnare this government.

The lone suspect in the murder of Timehri youth Ronsley Clarke, who was fatally shot earlier this month at a birthday party in Sophia, Greater Georgetown, was arrested by the police on Thursday.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Manchester United’s Andreas Pereira and Barcelona’s Artur are among the new names in a much-changed Brazil squad for upcoming friendlies against the United States and El Salvador, coach Tite said yesterday.

The proprietor of a Linden hotel and bar was arrested on Thursday night after police swooped down on the business and rescued two women, who are suspected to be victims of human trafficking.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Ben Stokes will start the third test for England against India at Trent Bridge today just four days after being cleared of affray.

Dear Editor, It is about time the Ministry of Public Infrastructure fix the numerous traffic lights in and around the city which are not working properly and are a traffic menace.

State Minister Joseph Harmon said on Thursday that it is expected that Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson will address Cabinet on the findings made by the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) of breaches of the procurement laws in the award of a contract to Dutch firm LievenseCSO for a feasibility study for a new bridge over the Demerara River “It was not discussed at Cabinet [this week] but certainly I expect that the Minister of Public Infrastructure would address the matter and that by the next Cabinet meeting will bring to Cabinet a position on the issue that has been put into the public domain,” Harmon told reporters at a press briefing on Thursday.

East Ruimveldt Secondary School teacher Gabrielle Cummings edged out seven other beauties to walk away with the Miss Emancipation crown last Saturday evening and while she is strong on pageants the new queen said she would only participate in those that allow her to remain authentic to who she really is.

(Reuters) – India could bolster their line-up with a sixth specialist batsman for the third test against England starting at Trent Bridge on Saturday, captain Virat Kohli said yesterday.

Dear Editor, In the 2016 Local Government Elections, the PPP/C won most of the Local Government Areas.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Italian-based strikers Lautaro Martinez and Giovanni Simeone are among the 20 new faces in Argentina’s squad for upcoming friendlies against Guatemala and Colombia, the Argentine Football Association (AFA) said yesterday.

What’s Cooking is a series in which I answer questions and share advice about food and cooking that you may have but are too shy to ask.

Dear Editor, Having been a longstanding member of the YSM and the PNC, it gives me a sense of pride and satisfaction when another person who has his/her roots in the YSM is elevated to high office.

 An international legal consultant has been retained to review the Summary Jurisdiction Offences Act, with a view towards removing offences which should no longer be considered criminal acts.

Guyana’s oil find seems to be the main topic dominating the news these days and rightly so.

(Reuters) – American swimmer Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all-time, said it was more important to him to save a life than win a gold medal as he detailed his struggles with depression.

Dear Editor, Just when Essequibians thought that the blackouts were finished,  they came back to haunt them.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela’s president Nicolas Maduro announced yesterday a single exchange rate pegged to his socialist government’s petro cryptocurrency, effectively devaluing by 96 percent in a move economists said would fan hyperinflation in the chaotic country.

Ranks of the Joint Services discovered more contraband items, including phones and improvised weapons, when they conducted an almost three-hour-long raid at the Lusignan Prison yesterday morning.

Eight-year-old Akeela Simpson of Comenius Primary brought the curtains down on the Miss Princess Guyana Pageant when she was crowned by last year’s princess Oshay Roberts at the Theatre Guild on Sunday last.

ZURICH,  (Reuters) – Four clubs — two in Qatar, one in the United Arab Emirates and one in Iran — have been fined and threatened with points deductions for ignoring orders to pay “overdue” amounts to players, FIFA said yesterday.

Nguyen Nigoc Anh, the Vietnamese national who was discovered dead on Wednesday evening in the compound of a construction site at D‘Urban Backlands, died as a result of brain haemorrhaging consistent with a fall, an autopsy has confirmed.

Dear Editor,  With the MoE and teachers at an impasse over salary increases, and the Ministry’s claim of no money,  I wish to suggest that monies from that exorbitant food bill be used to pay the teachers their increases. 

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – The United Nations Human Rights Committee, a panel of independent experts, yesterday said it had requested that the Brazilian government allow imprisoned former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to exercise his political rights as a presidential candidate.

Miss Earth Guyana 2018 Xamiera Kippins last week launched her Beauty For A Cause project branded Re-BUILD which aims to solve the problem of the improper disposal of non-biodegradable waste.

(Trinidad Guardian) The murder of 79-year-old family doctor during an armed robbery sent shock waves in the eastern town of Sangre Grande on Thursday.

(Reuters) – World number two Roger Federer, bidding for his eighth Cincinnati Masters title, outlasted Leonardo Mayer of Argentina 6-1 7-6(6) in the third round yesterday.

Dear Editor, I wish to congratulate Dr. Harold Davis Jr on his appointment as CEO of Guysuco.

  Work has begun to clear the clogged pipe which contributed to a second eruption of the illegal well dug by a resident in Diamond Housing Scheme, Mitchell Prince, Senior Petroleum Technologist of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) says.

ISLAMABAD,  (Reuters) – Pakistani lawmakers elected former cricket legend Imran Khan prime minister yesterday and he pledged to bring to justice “all those who have robbed this country” through corruption.

Nothing to Laugh About rolls into Essequibo this evening and promises residents their dose of laughter when actors and actresses take to the Anna Regina Community Centre stage.

The Central Corentyne Chamber of Commerce (CCCC), with the Ministry of Business, on Wednesday launched its 14th Berbice Expo and Trade Fair, which is slated for October 5th to 8th under the theme ‘Advancing Economic Progress through Professional Standards and Entrepreneurship.’

Dear Editor, Clive Thomas and the WPA claim that Guyana has the resources to save the poor from their lot!

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on four Myanmar military and police commanders and two army units, accusing them of “ethnic cleansing” against Rohingya Muslims and widespread human rights abuses across the Southeast Asian nation.

(Trinidad Express) The Caribbean Association for Feminist Research and Action (CAFRA) said the skit performed at the People’s National Movement (PNM) family day feeds into “rape culture”.

The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) is set to resume all of its cricket tournaments in the following weeks.

Oil will do nothing for Guyana. This is a bold, thought-provoking, fear-inducing and disconcerting statement.

KAMPALA,  (Reuters) – European Union diplomats in Uganda yesterday deplored “brutal treatment” of lawmakers arrested over a stoning of President Yoweri Museveni’s convoy, and a rights body called for Ugandan authorities to prosecute the perpetrators of the alleged abuses.

Hits and Jams Entertainment yesterday opened its two-day beach festival which is expected to feature excitement, great music, glow paint, water, powder, beach games, all-inclusive packages and partying.

(Reuters) – Banned Australian batsman Cameron Bancroft has joined English county side Durham as an overseas player for the 2019 season and will be available for club selection across all three formats.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is on track to open the offices of 80 Returning Officers for all Local Authority Areas (LAA) countrywide by August 21st, in keeping with statutory obligations, its Public Relations Officer Yolanda Ward says.

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V.S. Naipaul’s passing at the age of 85 leaves behind a shelf of books that will, in equal measure, delight and provoke West Indian readers for generations.

The comedy-thriller (or is it thriller-comedy?) The Spy Who Dumped Me betrays itself from its opening scene.

RIO DE JANEIRO/SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – A potential ban on the popular herbicide glyphosate in Brazil over concerns it may cause cancer in humans would be a “disaster” for the country’s agricultural industry, Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi said on Thursday.

(ESPN) July 31, 2016. That was the last time St Lucia’s CPL franchise last won a match.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., (Reuters) – “Grease” stars Olivia Newton-John (third from right) and John Travolta (second from right) on Wednesday celebrated the 40th anniversary of their classic movie musical about teenagers finding their way at the fictional Rydell High.

The Georgetown Mayor and City Councillors yesterday hosted a reception in honour of the visiting Mayor of Stonecrest, Georgia, Jason Larry as part of an initiative to twin the two cities, the Department of Public Information said.