Daily Archive: Sunday, October 7, 2018

(TRINIDAD GUARDIAN) Mem­ber of Par­lia­ment for Laven­tille East/Mor­vant Adri­an Leonce says his wife who suf­fered se­ri­ous in­juries to her face af­ter falling at home is re­cov­er­ing af­ter three “ex­ten­sive surg­eries.”

PORT-DE-PAIX, (Reuters) – An earthquake hit northern Haiti late on Saturday, killing at least 14 people and sparking a scramble by rescue agencies to help residents of the worst-hit towns in the impoverished Caribbean country.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Early exit polls in Brazil today boosted hopes among supporters of right-wing presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro that he could defy projections and win a first-round victory.

(JAMAICA OBSERVER) WHEN Kerrian Powell Simpson took her daughter Adrianna Davis to be vaccinated on June 14, 2017, the mother of five thought it would have been just another regular day.

(JAMAICA GLEANER) Government Senator Kerensia Morrison has urged Jamaicans overseas to help stem the murder rate in their homeland by stopping the shipping of guns into the country.

(JAMAICA GLEANER) Several Jamaicans are forging doctors’ signatures to secure strong pain-relieving drugs such as morphine and pethidine, raising fear among pharmacists that the country could be facing a growing abuse of prescription narcotics.

Dealing with the pollution and degradation of hinterland rivers and waterways caused mainly by mining is a top priority for newly-appointed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) head Dr Vincent Adams.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has presented a request to the Ministry of Finance for funding of a national house-to-house registration exercise for a new voters’ list as part of its preparation for the 2020 general elections.

Police Sports Club (PSC) collected first innings points and ended day one of their Georgetown Cricket Association, Noble House Seafoods two-day contest against the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) in the ascendancy at the Police Sports Club (PSC) Ground.

After identifying poor forward planning and inadequate resources as major shortfalls in the Guyana Police Force, the UK-funded Security Sector Reform plan has proposed the creation of seven working groups to deal with specific aspects of much-needed reform.

While saying that it is seeking to resolve its ongoing dispute with Mechanical Tillage Operators at the Albion Estate, in Berbice, the Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc (GuySuCo) yesterday explained that its decision to reduce payment for the filling of drains was based on the decrease in the scale of the work.

West Indies Under-19 left-arm spinner Ashmead Nedd yesterday produced a Man-of-the-Match performance with both bat and ball to spur Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) to a 49-run win over-arch rivals Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) in the final of the sixth New Building Society/ Georgetown Cricket Association 40-overs second-division tournament at their Queenstown club ground.

The Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) has taken note of a number of “tasteless” programmes on the airwaves that offer no educational content to the listening and viewing public, according to the Chairman of the entity’s Board, Leslie Sobers, who is stressing the need for local broadcasters to raise their standards.

Eight Guyanese fishermen were attacked and robbed of their vessel on Thursday afternoon in the Waini River by a gang of six men, suspected to be Venezuelan nationals.

Among the hills on Wismar shore, Linden, lies the village of Victory Valley, home to a population of approximately 2,000 people.

In recognition of the service they have provided to Guyana over their lifetimes, the latest national award recipients were honoured yesterday. 

A very great asset is the ability to write well. Just as the gift of speech first separated man from animal, so has the ability to set speech down in written form gradually raised man up from his first beginnings as brute to the high level of science, art, and social organisation which he now precariously occupies.

A Ministry of Public Health campaign is now underway to curb the abuse of alcohol, which was linked to at least nine deaths in September.

Kirstin Gomes and Nicholas Verwey will come up against each other in a highly anticipated category ‘A’ final of the Lucozade Handicap Squash Tournament after earning semi-final wins last evening at the Georgetown Club Squash Court. 

She held her baby awkwardly as she tenderly looked into the child’s bright eyes.

Middleweight, Royden Grant was one of several boxers who recorded wins on Friday’s opening night of the Blackmore Intermediate Championships at the National Gymnasium.

Months after she started experiencing frequent blackouts Allyson Mc Dowell was faced with a grim diagnosis; she had cancer of the lung.

The annual Hamilton Green Inter-Ward/Village Cup Football competition is billed to commence October 21 at the Den Amstel Community Centre ground.

Millions of dollars deducted from staff of the Georgetown City Council have not been remitted to their pension schemes.

A disruption in the nuts and bolts of our lives, apart from the irritation that comes with it, can sometimes also be instructive in showing us how much more efficient we are now in communicating or sourcing, in a variety of ways, compared to how we went about those things in the earlier, less complex, life pattern that many of us wish still applied.

Guyana recorded its lowest deforestation rate to date in 2017, the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) announced on Friday.

Four athletes have been selected to don the National colours at the Youth Olympic Games currently underway in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Local government elections are to be held on November 12th. With the polls, the never-ending stream of suspicions have emerged as the Government established new local government units and merged others.

The Ministry of Finance is currently hosting a Joint World Bank Mission comprising the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), the International Development Association (IDA) and the International Financial Corporation (IFC) – the private sector arm of the Bank.

Michael Anthony continues to show sublime late season form. One week after sprinting away with the Lezo Vacations Dash for Cash 30-lap event at the National Park, the wheelsman from Linden returned to the venue yesterday and took the spoils of the feature 35-lap event of the Hand in Hand Mutual Fire and Life Insurance 11-race programme.

Because I got quite a lot of feedback from last week’s column, I decided to do a part 2 of it.

Defending champion West Ruimveldt, St. Pius, Marian Academy and Golden Grove secured convincing wins when the Courts Pee Wee Primary Schools Football competition continued yesterday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

 The Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha had the distinction of performing its 22nd production of Naya Zamana at the National Cultural Centre on August 25 last.

There are over three trillion trees around the world. October 5 is designated National Day of Tree Planting in Guyana.

As MovieTowne Guyana mall at Turkeyen, East Coast Demerara nears completion, local entertainers are being scouted to perform at the opening.

The Lucas Stock Index (LSI) rose 0.49 percent during the first period of trading in October, 2018. 

The Ballerz Entertainment coordinated GT Beer-sponsored 5-a-side Soft Shoe football competition will resume tonight at the Mocha Community Centre ground, East Bank Demerara.

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) on Friday clarified that it has only withdrawn participation from one of the nine constituencies in the Wakenaam Local Authority Area (LAA) for the upcoming November 12th Local Government Elections.

Dear Editor, Reference is being made to Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman’s comments in articles, “Gov’t looking at ‘replacement’ for Rusal – Trotman” and “Local Rusal workers in limbo” (SN: 3rd October and 24th September 2018, respectively).

Two men are currently in police custody after a search by the Joint Services uncovered an unlicensed shotgun and 67 matching rounds hidden aboard their boat at the mouth of the Pomeroon River.

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) said it served notice on Shamnarine Narine, of Guyana Tractor and Equipment Company, about the unauthorised construction at Plot ‘HN’ Industrial Reserve, Plantation Ruimveldt on Friday.

A Most Valuable Player [MVP] performance from eventual awardee Anthonio Wallace, propelled Guyana Police Force to the Limacol football championships after they defeated Pouderoyen 4-2 Friday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

(Reuters) – People with Type 1 diabetes who are able to maintain good blood sugar control may reduce their long-term risk of developing dementia, a U.S.

Dear Editor, At a press conference on Friday, October 5, 2018, Guyana Elections Commission Chairman, Justice (Ret’d) James Patterson, seems to have adopted the tactic of making unsubstantiated charges about ‘racial conflict’, and efforts to stymie the holding of Local Government Elections (LGE) at the level of the Commission itself, and external to it.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A deeply divided U.S. Senate yesterday confirmed Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, as Republicans dismissed accusations of sexual misconduct against the conservative judge and delivered a major victory to President Donald Trump.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Left-hander Nich-olas Pooran continued to excite the senses with a second straight half-century as Trinidad and Tobago Red Force strolled to their second successive victory of the Regional Super50, with a 35-run win over Guyana Jaguars here Friday night. 

A 52-year-old woman was detained on Friday afternoon after the police conducted a search at her First Avenue, Bartica house and found a quantity of cocaine and cannabis.

Dear Editor, In response to a Letter to the Editor, published in the Stabroek News of Thursday, October 4, 2018 and headlined, ‘GPL should honour promises made to Buxton residents’, the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL Inc.)

(Trinidad Express) The Sankat family has expressed thanks to those who offered support and prayers to their son, Nishal Sankat.

LONDON (Reuters) – Sometime in the next few weeks, global oil consumption will reach 100 million barrels per day (bpd) – more than twice what it was 50 years ago – and it shows no immediate sign of falling.

The Statistical Unit of the Ministry of Social Protection (MoSP) last Monday started its biennial Occupational Wages and Hours of Work Survey (OWS) and its Skills Needs and Supplies Survey.

BRASILIA/SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil’s far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro has widened his lead over leftist Fernando Haddad ahead of today’s deeply polarised election, and would win a likely second-round run-off later this month, a CNT/MDA poll showed yesterday.

RAJKOT, India, CMC – A familiar capitulation saw West Indies lose 14 wickets in just over two sessions, as India romped to an emphatic innings and 272-run victory inside three days of the opening Test here yesterday to record their largest-ever win in Tests. 

The police in ‘A’ Division on Friday evening arrested a 17-year-old at Emerald Tower Road, Soesdyke-Linden Highway, where he was allegedly found with a .32-calibre revolver and three matching rounds of live ammunition.

OXFORD, England (Reuters) – A new method of analyzing images from CT scans can predict which patients are at risk of a heart attack years before it occurs, researchers say.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A team from the Ministry of Labour and Social Security is to investigate complaints by Jamaican workers employed with China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) Limited about poor working conditions.

Dear Editor, Some people enter your life very quietly and over time, their presence becomes a part of your daily life.

ANKARA, (Reuters) – Turkish authorities believe that prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who disappeared four days ago after entering Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul, was killed inside the consulate, two Turkish sources said yesterday.

A 24-year-old resident of Sisters Village, on the West Bank of Demerara, was arrested on Friday evening after the police intercepted him at Cummings Lodge Public Road and a search led to the discovery of an unlicensed pistol.

The Guyana team seeking eminence at the 43rd Chess Olympiad in Batumi, Georgia, entered the penultimate round of the competition with mixed fortunes albeit with more losses than victories.

For just under forty years Caribbean Central American Action (CCAA) has worked with the region in Washington to promote private sector led growth, successfully finding ways to help Caribbean governments and business leaders engage with and influence the thinking of US administrations.

The male Black-headed Antbird (Percnostola rufifrons) is mainly dark grey, with a black throat and crown.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Superstar Chris Gayle fittingly lowered the curtain on his domestic 50-overs career with an audacious hundred as Jamaica Scorpions brushed aside Barbados Pride by 33 runs in their Group B clash of the Regional Super50 here yesterday. 

Dear Editor, As a citizen, I face the disappointment of, I guess, other citizens in trying to obtain a simple phone battery.

Perhaps what strikes people most about the current government is its apparent lack of capacity for planning.

At least six people are reported to have died after a 5.9 magnitude earthquake hit Caribbean neighbours Haiti on Saturday evening.