Daily Archive: Sunday, January 12, 2020

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s government on Friday said it was pushing ahead with plans to allow mining on tribal lands, briefing European diplomats on proposals that have drawn criticism from indigenous advocates in Brazil and overseas.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The United States Embassy in Kingston has dismissed social media rumours that Washington is demanding the extradition of a current minister of the Jamaican government.

Change Guyana Prime Ministerial candidate Nigel Hinds today withdrew from the ticket helmed by businessman Robert Badal citing his dual citizenship and a likely medical condition he learnt of in November last year.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper today said he did not see specific evidence from intelligence officials that Iran was planning to attack four U.S.

A Guyanese man accused of murdering a beloved 92-year-old Queens “cat lady” told cops he gets “uncontrollable urges” — and killed her because of pent-up anger at his family, law-enforcement sources told The New York Post on Friday.

DUBAI,  (Reuters) – Protesters piled pressure on Iran’s leadership today with demands for top authorities to quit after the Iranian military admitted it had mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian airliner at a time when it had feared U.S.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica-born pilot Marlon Dean Dayes was this morning close to tears as he achieved his lifelong dream of flying a plane back to his homeland.

(Jamaica Observer) ALEX Dormer is a fighter. Born with Down’s syndrome, Alex has also suffered from congenital heart disease for his six years of life.

He grew up swimming in the Cedak Creek, which he says was once so transparent that during fishing expeditions he could see the fish as it bit the bait on his fishing line.

Following their observation of Nomination Day on Friday, the heads of the British, United States and the European Union missions here have congratulated the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) for a smoothly run process and called for “a peaceful and mature election campaign.”

Citing incidents of “intimidation, abuse and assault” during political party campaign activities, the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) yesterday issued a call for an immediate end to hostilities in the lead up to and after the March 2nd polls, while announcing plans to re-engage the country’s political leadership on the situation.

Once upon a time, the world was bigger. And brighter. And better. Guyana was bigger too. A little brighter. A little better. It sat on the shoulder of what was then South America, which stretched out into what was then the Caribbean Sea.

Nigel Butler and an informal collective of artists will be hosting a ‘Sip and Create’ event next month in keeping with their plan to ensure that local art gets the recognition and appreciation they say it deserves.

The police have arrested four persons in connection with the murder of newspaper vendor Chunilall Mannilall, who was fatally shot on Friday night after armed bandits invaded his Essequibo Coast home.

Subraj Singh is an award winning director and playwright, a fiction writer and columnist.

Woodlands Hospital Director Dr Wallace Irving Lee has died. He was 87.

Thirty-one years ago, Fiona Harewood fled the country of her birth to escape an abusive husband and over the years has worked herself up from cleaning houses to being employed with the US Federal Government.

Floodwaters on Leguan, in Region Three, completely receded after koker doors were fixed and closed late on Friday night.

DNA testing has confirmed that the charred remains found in a torched car at Mahaicony more than two months ago are those of missing witness Colin Rodney Jr.

Micobie is a picturesque Amerindian settlement two hours outside of Mahdia, which can only be accessed by climbing what are among the steepest and most dangerous hills in Guyana or via the Potaro River.

My boyfriend shows no interest in me Dear Minerva, I have been in a relationship with my boyfriend for a few months now, but things have changed because one of my old school friends has a huge crush on me and shows me more interest.

A Westminster, West Bank Demerara resident was arrested by the police on Friday, days after he allegedly removed Peoples Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) election campaign flags that was being placed on utility poles in the area.

The development of Guyanese literature may be studied in four periods: Pre-Colombian, before 1597; Colonial, from 1597 to the end of the nineteenth century; Modern, which includes pre-independence up to 1966; and the Post-Independence from 1966 to the present.

Following the recent retirement of James Singh from the office of Commissioner of Forests, Deputy Commissioner Gavin Agard has been identified to fill the post until a substantive replacement is selected.

Fruta Conquerors U20 and Pouderoyen will face-off in the semifinal round of the Turbo Energy Drink knockout football competition  following lacklustre quarterfinal wins on Friday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

Former Chutney monarch Pooran Seeraj has officially released ‘Roti and Dhal’, which is his entry for this year’s Mashramani Chutney competition.

Bowlers dominated yesterday’s first day of the third and final round of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) Banks Beer first-division, two-day tournament as Rose Hall Town Thunderbolts and Rose Hall Canje enjoyed first innings points.

A 38-year-old man is currently hospitalised in a serious condition after he was chopped about his body by a man who reportedly invaded his Semang Landing, Upper Mazaruni River mining camp.

The New Central High School will retain its ‘A’ Grade status, while the St Mary’s High School, which it was merged with, is set to be phased out.

There is no denying that improving your health can take a bit of effort, organisation, planning and dedication.

Dear Editor, I wish to express my disappointment at the failure by the government to recognise the workers of the hinterland community-based school feeding programme as permanent members of staff.

Centuries from Ricardo Ramdehol and Jonathan Rampersaud booked Rose Hall Town Bakewell’s spot in the final of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) Ramnaresh Sarwan Under-17 tournament.

Stress is a part of life and it isn’t always a bad thing.

The debris from a 2014 fire that gutted the former Ministry of Public Health Annex at Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara, has finally been cleared from the land.

Dear Editor, There continues to be condemnation, in the strongest possible terms, of GuySuCo management’s stubbornness to not engage in collective bargaining with the sugar unions inasmuch as the minister who holds the national purse requested that such be done.

The country’s top dominoes teams will swing into action this afternoon from 2pm at the Turning Point Sports Club where the lucrative Mark `Jumbie’ Wiltshire birth anniversary dominoes competition will be played.

“You know what is the hardest thing?” she asked. I knew she was not expecting an answer.

The residents of three North Rupununi communities have been promised new wells and distribution networks to improve their access to a potable water supply.

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Having already wrapped up the series following a dramatic win in last Thursday’s second One-Day International in Barbados, head coach Phil Simmons said it was important West Indies now focussed on putting together the “complete game” in order to achieve a series whitewash of Ireland.

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran said yesterday its military had shot down a Ukrainian plane killing all 176 aboard in a “disastrous mistake,” saying air defences were fired in error while on alert after Iranian missile strikes on U.S.

Dear Editor, As we approach the 2020 elections, politicians and their supporters will be making various sorts of arguments to demonstrate why they should be elected to govern Guyanese society.

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – The international aid system is deeply flawed and needs an overhaul, Haitian President Jovenel Moise said yesterday, almost 10 years since the impoverished Caribbean island nation was struck by one of the deadliest earthquakes in history.

DHAKA, Bangladesh,  CMC – Chris Gayle failed again as Chattogram Challengers slipped to third spot in the Bangladesh Premier League tables with an eight-wicket defeat to Andre Russell’s Rajshahi Royals here yesterday.

The 2018 Auditor General’s report says that local government organs continue to function inefficiently and millions allocated for their improvement remain unspent.

(Trinidad Express) Over the past five years, there have been 579 breaches of restraining orders and 168 persons, mostly women who sought protection from the courts, were killed.

Dear Editor, I read the comment made by the Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield to the media where he said, “There are no empty lots” in seeking to refute the claim made by the Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo that during the verification of new registrants exercise, where some 6,000 of the new registrants could not be found, there were empty lots as addresses of some of the unfound new registrants.

2020 is anticipated to be a busy year for chess. There will be three national championships — the seniors, the juniors and the women’s.

(Trinidad Newsday) Just over one year since state-owned Petrotrin closed its doors in November 2018, approximately 2,000 workers are still awaiting proper compensation packages from the company.

Anyone who thinks Guyana’s politics are complicated, confusing and exhausting has not been following the events which have been convulsing Venezuela’s political universe.

Last Update: 605.99                               Movement: 2.07% Current Update: 593.45                       YTD Movement: 2.07% The Lucas Stock Index (LSI) fell 2.07% during the first period of trading in January 2020.

Introduction In today’s column I shall continue the effort to offer readers, as careful an assessment as I can of the “reasonings” (developmental rationale), underpinning the Buxton Proposal of “oil-for-cash” transfers to Guyanese households, as the final element of the Guyana’s Petroleum Road Map, as I have been describing it.

Dear Editor, Our party congratulates the Guyanese people on a peaceful nomination day.

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent,  CMC – Test batsman Kraigg Brathwaite found form with a fighting half-century but Barbados Pride were taken apart by veteran off-spinner Shane Shillingford’s seven-wicket haul, leaving the first round Regional four-day contest an open affair heading into today’s final day.

On Friday last, 13 political parties submitted lists of candidates to the Elections Commission in a self-nomination process to contest the general and regional elections on March 2.

So, here we are, another General Election is upon us. The scene is set.

One of the striking things about everyday living in Guyana is the number of foreign accents one encounters here frequently and in parallel the variety of pronunciations of Standard English words in common use by people living here.