Daily Archive: Sunday, August 1, 2010

– results have implications for monetary disbursements, Brattskar says The independent review of the REDD+ enabling activities required before any money is disbursed to this country under the Guyana-Norway forest protection agreement will be done within the next few months, Director of Norway’s Climate and Forest Initiative, Ambassador Hans Brattskar says.

An early morning collision between two vehicles yesterday left one driver dead and the other injured and a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

The main opposition’s effort to reconcile with former members was among the issues raised when PNCR Vice Chairman Basil Williams met recently with party groups in Washington DC and New York.

Given the debilitating effects the abuse of alcohol has on the country’s economy, health and social services, Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy said there is need for higher taxation on alcohol products and called for a national effort to address the abuse of the substance, which results myriad social ills.

By Mark McGowan in Grenada Carimac Director Dr Canute James says that while the traditional newspaper will continue to exist in the Caribbean for some time, regional newspaper companies have to adapt to the changing technology and aggressively pursue a dynamic presence online.

Ricky Shakes will on Sunday become the first ever professional English league player to play for the Guyana national team.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad & Tobago finished third in the Caribbean Twenty20 Championship, when they crushed Jamaica by 10 wickets in the low-scoring, weather-affected Consolation Final yesterday.

The Port Mourant Turf Club annual one-day Emancipation Horse Race today is expected to be one with a difference, sporting new  features.

The People’s Progressive Party says that in looking back over the years at the many struggles that Guyanese have had to engage in, it can safely be said  that “the struggles of our forefathers for the abolition of slavery always served to inspire all Guyanese.”

The suspect in Friday’s fatal shooting at Thomas Street, Kitty remains on the run and police up to late yesterday afternoon were still questioning his girlfriend.

Thirty-six youth cricketers have been selected to attend a Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) organised one-day Skills Development Programme on Tuesday at the National Gymnasium from 9am The programame will be conducted in two sessions; the 19 selected under-15 players will occupy the centre from 9am to 12pm while the 17 under-19 players will begin their session at  1pm and it will conclude at 4pm.

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has called on Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to allow a woman sentenced in Iran to death by stoning to accept an offer of asylum in Brazil, local media reported.

Fisherfolk yesterday got an opportunity to air their concerns as regards timely payments for their catch from processors and other wholesale buyers at a meeting with senior Ministry of Agriculture officials.

BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia rejected yesterday accusations by Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez that Bogota was planning an attack on neighbouring Venezuela, saying the socialist leader was deceiving his people with such charges.

Twelve teams will engage in battle tomorrow when the Stag Beer Emancipation Domino Competition which is organized by Gittens Promotions, gets underway at the Guinness Bar on Durban Street from 1pm.

-pledges to take table tennis places By Tamica Garnett Commissioner of Police Henry Greene was yesterday unanimously elected president of the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) held at Zoom Inn Hotel on Croal Street.

Introduction Although routinely portrayed as the ‘provision of climate aid to poor rainforest countries,’ all the agreements I have seen between rich countries and poor rainforest ones, including the Guyana-Norway Agreement, are in essence the export sale of global environmental services by the latter in exchange for climate payments from the former.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A second senior US Democratic lawmaker may face a public ethics trial this fall, adding a new threat to their party’s efforts to keep control of the House of Representatives in the November elections.

In the wake of statements by Registrar of the University of Guyana (UG) Vincent Alexander about a hike in students’ fees being considered, Minister of Education Shaik Baksh has said that such a decision must have “requisite approval” from the university’s council.

Berbice’s top junior cyclist and captain of the Flying Ace Cycling Club, Neil Reece, has been selected by the Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) to represent Guyana at the Junior Caribbean Championships which will be held in Aruba on August 7 and 8.

VORONEZH, Russia (Reuters) – Raging wildfires spread across parts of western Russia yesterday, engulfing 30 per cent more land in just 24 hours, and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin described the situation as very difficult.

Today I conclude my examination of the amendments to the New Building Society Limited Act passed by the National Assembly two Thursdays ago despite the arguments from the opposition members and the pleas from the members of the Society for consultations to take place.

The Guyana Agricultural and General workers Union (GAWU) says that the primary participants in emancipation month activities, African-Guyanese, must be motivated to “analyse and assess just where the historical moment finds them” after the celebratory events in the groups, villages and towns.

Cozier on Sunday After a lukewarm start in a constituency more concerned at the time with calypso tents, all-night fetes and Kadooment costumes and in spite of Trinidad’s routinely wet July, the WICB’s first regional T20 championship came nicely to the boil for last night’s final at the Queen’s Park Oval.

STONETOWN, Zanzibar (Reuters) – Tanzania’s semi-autonomous archipelago of Zanzibar voted yesterday on whether to change its constitution to allow rival parties to form coalition governments, after decades of bitter party politics.

The Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB&GWU) yesterday elected a new executive body at its fifth Triennial Delegates Conference with a vow to intensify the fight to be recognised by the Bauxite Company of Guyana Incorporated (BCGI).

Cricket lovers like myself have been shocked to learn that Lords, widely recognized as the home of cricket, is to be converted into a site for Cirque du Soleil for part of the year and England’s premier arena for Ultimate Fighting tournaments in the summer months.

Dear Editor, Though not wanting to go into the details of the AFC’s decision to rule out an electoral alliance with the PNC, Mr Corbin, its leader has seen it fit to take a jab by opining that such a decision is “shortsighted.”

ISLAMABAD/LONDON (Reuters) – Pakistan’s spy chief has cancelled a trip to Britain, a spokesman said yesterday, but Islamabad played down a row over remarks by British Prime Minister David Cameron suggesting Pakistan was not doing enough to fight terrorism.

The Guyana government says it has no fear of running afoul of the new sanctions brought against Iran by the US, UN and European Union who believe that the Islamic state is pursuing nuclear weapons, a charge Iran has consistently denied.

However the time is counted, the peoples of this land have never been truly free. 

The Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) has revealed the names of five young cyclists who will represent Guyana at the Caribbean Youth Championships on August 7 and 8 in Aruba.

Today is Emancipation Day with celebrations across the Caribbean.  It is also the carnival period in some of the territories when the important national festival of the respective countries is held.

RHINEBECK, NY (Reuters) – Bill and Hillary Clinton’s daughter married her long-time boyfriend in the picturesque New York village of Rhinebeck yesterday in what has been dubbed America’s royal wedding.

Teenagers who participated in Right Start Pan Minor, a joint initiative between the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport and Republic Bank, recently graduated in the basics of steel pan playing.

Dear Editor, I hereby acknowledge receipt of letter dated July 19, 2010 in relation to the July 17 letter in SN captioned ‘Inquest found driver culpable in death of my son but DPP’s chambers ruled against charge.’

Kurt Bess delivered the most devastating right hand to floor an opponent since the inauguration of the GBBC/GABA Friday Night Fights in February.

These ladies were part of the audience at the Libation Ceremony held in the compound of the Parliament building last evening.

Dear Editor, I have made repeated requests of Dr Roger Luncheon’s secretary, Mrs Ingrid Ford for a meeting with him to have some clarification about what will become of the National Unity Monument which is sited on the National Gallery lawns.

Guyanese Assisting in Development (GUYAID) has contributed US$2,850 to the Ministry of Education to facilitate its annual essay writing competition, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Josephine Spearman alternately fought back tears and grew defiant with anger when discussing the murder of her son, one of 11 shootings in 15 days recently that have made the neighbourhood of Brownsville, Brooklyn, one of the most dangerous in the United States.

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, West Virginia, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago’s Stephen Ames warmed up for Sunday’s final round at the US$6 million Greenbrier Classic with an impressive three-under 67 yesterday.

Last week, we took a break from the current topic of Liver Diseases and discussed the brutality associated with the so-called training of dogs by people who themselves need training.

Dear Editor, So much has been said, and is still being said about not being cruel to animals.

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters Life!) – Researchers have found the first published illustration by John James Audubon, America’s most famous bird artist, ending decades of searching for the prized but elusive work.

Just my size:  This shopper seemed to have found the right footwear yesterday, sliding her foot into the right side of a pair of leather slippers that fit perfectly.

The PNCR said as Guyana celebrates the 172nd anniversary of the emancipation of slaves the country finds itself “in the throes of its worst post-Independence governance crisis.”

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – An unbroken sixth-wicket partnership between Derone Davis and Akeal Hosein hauled Trinidad and Tobago out of trouble and steered them to a convincing five-wicket win over Barbados in the second round of the TCL Group West Indies Under-19 One-Day Trophy yesterday.

Dr Anil Menedal, MS – (Orthopaedics) Dr Balwant Singh’s Hospital Inc Broken arm is a common injury.

FITUG says this generation of Guyanese should reflect on the act of emancipation and decide on what freedom truly means.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – As the violence of sectarian warfare ebbs, Iraq’s government has taken tentative first steps to combat another kind of violence — domestic abuse, primarily against women.

Is it possible to bridge the gulf in the understanding that exists between the Dominican Republic and the English speaking Caribbean?

BUDAPEST, Hungary, CMC – Lewis Hamilton will start fifth in Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix after the Red Bulls took control of the front row with the fastest times in final qualifying yesterday.

Ready to celebrate Emancipation Day: This shopper yesterday sought comfortable shoes to match her African wear in the downtown Stabroek area.

Dear Editor, It seems that some within the National Executive Committee of the AFC just don’t get it.

QASIR AL-YAHUD, West Bank (Reuters) – Christian pilgrims alarmed by claims that baptism in the River Jordan could make them sick are being urgently reassured by Israeli officials that the water poses no health risk.

FIDE-rated player Romario Sanches from Suriname is all concentration as he searches for the most accurate move during his game with Guyana’s Shiv Nandalall at the international chess tournament that was held at the stadium recently.

BARCELONA, (Reuters) – Briton Mo Farah destroyed his  rivals to win the European 5,000 metres title  yesterday and  become only the fifth man to claim the continental distance  double after Tuesday’s gold medal in the 10,000.

Lawns in the tropics are created by planting grass – not by sowing it.

Crime Chief Seelall has said that though police are investigating several leads in the Bombay Terrace, Prashad Nagar robbery they are yet to make an arrest.

Ibrahim to look for mastermind (Trinidad Guardian) A five-member panel, headed by retired Justice of Appeal Mustapha Ibrahim, will seek to trace the mastermind of the July 1990 attempted coup and ascertain if any public or state officials were involved.

Emancipation is the great watershed in Guyanese history, when those who were in bondage were afforded some official space within the society to pursue goals of their own choosing for the first time in two hundred years.

Dear Editor, The cry is the same across the regions: children are placed in schools which parents have been shunning for some time.