Daily Archive: Sunday, January 15, 2012

Dr. Shane Jagan has graduated with a bachelor’s Degree in Dental Surgery in Mumbai, India.

Ronald Cumberbatch was awarded a MSC in Environmental Management in December, 2011 from the Queens University, Northern Ireland.

(Barbados Nation) The intricate, curvilinear, Dutch architectural gable atop Bridgetown’s oldest building is no more.

The police say they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Afrozie Ali called ‘Lizzie’, 40 years of Zeelugt, EBE, whose semi-nude body was found in the Zeelugt Cemetery at about 1140h today.

The Alliance For Change (AFC) and A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) have reacted sharply to President Donald Ramotar’s assertion that the Opposition had no place in the crafting of the National Budget and should be involved in consultations only.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – VVS Laxman’s will be the  first head to roll after the shambolic tour of Australia as  India embark on the unpleasant task of phasing out their ageing  stalwarts, local media reported today.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Pieces of a failed Russian  Mars probe plummeted into the Pacific Ocean far off the Chilean  coast today, Russian news agencies cited a military official  as saying.

(Trinidad Express) A complete review of the country’s income tax system is on the way.

‘Hello Mr. Minister!’ This will be the title of a new weekly radio programme to be hosted by Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee.

(Trinidad Guardian) An invasion of Guyanese farmers in the food basket of Aranguez is stirring up a hornet’s nest among local farmers who claim they are forced to pay exorbitant rent for agricultural lands and are being denied a livelihood, the result of the outsiders’ presence.

(Trinidad Express) The murder toll for the year so far has climbed to 20, with the shooting deaths of two men and the stabbing of a Chinese national between Friday night and early yesterday.

(Barbados Nation) Barbados now faces a major environmental risk that has been eight years in the making.

(Barbados Nation) police have launched a manhunt for two bandits believed to be responsible for at least four armed robberies in St George and Christ Church.

PERTH, (Reuters) – A rampant Australia blitzed  India’s tail to crush the hapless tourists by an innings and 37  runs with more than two days to spare in the third test today and take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the series.

PERTH, (Reuters) – Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s casual  approach to the art of test captaincy caught up with him today when he was banned for India’s fourth test against  Australia.

With a population of around 2000 people of different racial backgrounds, the community of Blankenburg is found on the West Coast of Demerara some 12 km west of the capital city.

Residents of Lethem are planning to protest recent house lot allocations in the community, with most claiming that corrupt practices resulted in more lots being awarded to persons living outside the area.

Karen Livan, who had been acting as Commissioner of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) has been confirmed in the post as the regulatory body is being reorganized to respond to challenges and opportunities in the natural resources sector.

Given his recent election as Speaker of the National Assembly, Raphael Trotman said, his days as leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC) will soon be over.

New Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman hopes to revitalize the National Assembly by bringing the proceedings and parliamentarians to the people and he believes that the new “unorthodox” configuration will foster cooperation since the parties will need each other to get things done.

The United Kingdom (UK) has passed far-reaching anti-bribery legislation that could see Guyanese companies and individuals with business links there being prosecuted for corruption acts committed after July 1, 2011 in Guyana or any other place.

Owner of the Celina Atlantic Resort, Bernard Yhun, has denied that the business changed ownership or that there was any expansion work.

I wish I could convey, in particular to young people, whose mental appetites seem whetted so easily these days by the transient and the trashy – I wish I could communicate the quiet depths, the delights, the leaping excitements of great poetry.

By Emmerson Campbell The Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) held its final Trial game yesterday at the National Park to select the national Sevens team which will participate in the Las Vegas Invitational Sevens from February 9 to 11.

Comment Co-incidences are rarely easy to explain. At the time of launching an award for the best Annual Report by any Guyanese company as one of the activities and initiatives for its 25th anniversary observed last year, this column carried a review of the financial statements of the two operating companies of the Banks DIH group: Banks DIH Limited (‘Banks’), the food and beverage giant, Citizens Bank Limited (‘Citizens’), a 51% owned retail bank and Caribanks Shipping Company Ltd, a dormant company.

Part I Introduction Beginning last December 4, 2011 my Sunday columns have been re-visiting the global economic and financial crisis that erupted four years ago in light of two basic considerations.

The US$62,500 winners’ pay day in the current Caribbean Twenty20 – even the overall pot of US$125,000 – is mere pocket change to the real megabucks of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Australia’s Big Bash and other such biff-bang extravaganzas that have sprung up in every country since introduced in England in 2004.

The government is optimistic that the two recently-acquired ferries from China will be plying the Parika–Supenaam route by mid-February as works to retrofit the Parika and Supenaam stellings continue apace and the training of a contingent of Guyanese sailors is ongoing.

In a week’s time Caribbean Market Place, the Caribbean Hotels and Tourism Association’s (CHTA) premier annual business event will take place in Nassau.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Officials of the under-fire Trinidad & Tobago Cricket Board said Minister of Sport Anil Roberts was never misled about the decision to allow Kieron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo to play for their Indian Premier League teams in the Champions League Twenty20 last September.

Useful as they are, dictionaries are inadequate when we are trying to define certain intangibles. 

The Organisation of American States (OAS) is now receiving applications for its regular academic scholarships programme which is available to students from the member states of the organisation.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – A tidy performance in the field from Kevon Cooper helped reigning champions Trinidad & Tobago turn a match that promised much into a one-sided affair, claiming a historic, seven-wicket victory over Guyana in the Caribbean Twenty20 tournament on Friday.

PERTH, Australia, CMC – Australia opener David Warner hailed sage advice from West Indies batting machine Shivnarine Chanderpaul following his second Test hundred against India yesterday.

Republican hopeful Mitt Romney will have two big problems if, as expected, he clinches the Republican nomination for the November election: his business background and Hispanic voters.

PORTO SANTO STEFANO, Italy (Reuters) – Passengers leapt into the sea and fought over lifejackets in panic when an Italian cruise ship ran aground and keeled over, killing at least three and leaving dozens missing.

PORTO SANTO STEFANO, Italy (Reuters) – The captain of the Italian cruise liner that ran aground off Italy was arrested on suspicion of multiple manslaughter, causing a shipwreck and abandoning ship, police said yesterday.

The Dramatic Arts Academy (DAA) will stage two plays written by India’s renowned poet and Nobel laureate, the late Rabindranath Tagore, on Saturday, January 28 at the National Cultural Centre starting at 19:00 hrs.

What is calypso?  Many have attempted to answer that question, including a few calypsonians. 

EAST LONDON, South Africa,  (Reuters) – Half-centuries from Hashim Amla and JP Duminy helped South Africa secure a five-wicket win in the second one-day international against Sri Lanka yesterday.

New Minister of Education Priya Manickchand has said that she has heard enough grumbling about the ‘No child left behind’ policy to persuade her that there should be a countrywide consultation about the policy and whether it should remain in the school system.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad & Tobago have axed German Otto Pfister and appointed his assistant Anton Corneal as technical director.

TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran said yesterday it had evidence Washington was behind the latest killing of one of its nuclear scientists, state television reported, at a time when tensions over the country’s nuclear programme have escalated to their highest level ever.

Today we begin a new theme. Bones and muscles (the musculosketal system) are so interlinked that we have decided to treat their ailments together.

Annette Ferguson APNU Providing a voice for the voiceless is the motivation behind Annette Ferguson’s huge step into the world of politics and as a new parliamentarian she hopes that she would be speaking for the many who are unable do so for themselves.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Ato Boldon dismissed suggestions that he has failed to get involved with upcoming athletes in Trinidad & Tobago.

AMMAN (Reuters) – Qatar has proposed sending Arab troops to halt the bloodshed in Syria, where violence has raged on despite the presence of Arab League monitors sent to check if an Arab peace plan is working.

Dear Editor, Congratulations to the able Raphael Trotman for finding such a comfortable home on the Speaker’s Chair.

Lean on me

The hibiscus is a large shrub native to Asia and the Pacific islands.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – Kenny Benjamin said a crisis of leadership was affecting the game in the Leeward Islands.

Dr Vindhya Persaud PPP/C Politics is not new to Vindhya Persaud since she grew up in politics, and as a result when she campaigned for the PPP/C in the run-up to the last elections it felt like the natural route for her life to take.

Dear Editor, There is hardly any denial of the under-performance of local government in Guyana, with the oldest municipality in the history of the nation persistently reflecting the depth of its ineffectiveness.

Rain forests are rich in biodiversity and are home to many different plants and animals as well as indigenous communities.

Veteran journalists embrace

BRUSSELS/BERLIN (Reuters) – European leaders promised yesterday to speed up plans to strengthen spending rules and get a permanent bailout fund up and running as soon as possible, a day after US agency S&P cut the ratings of several eurozone countries’ creditworthiness.

(Trinidad Guardian) Former minister in the Ministry of National Security Subhas Panday said during his tenure at the ministry he rejected the idea of conjugal visits for prisoners because he felt it added no value to the prisoners or society.

Since it has been in office the PPP/C has never seemed to recognize that it is functioning in a modern context.

Amid criticism new Minister of Education Priya Manickchand is sticking to her guns in implementing the four-month long pilot project in 36 secondary schools throughout the country to reverse dismal performances in Mathematics and English at CXC.

Finance Minister Dr Askni Singh

PERTH, (Reuters) – Australia, fired by David Warner’s 180 and another fine display from their pace attack, were closing on victory after reducing India to 88 for four in their second innings after two days of the third test  yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) CLICO Investment Bank (CIB), a subsidiary of CL Financial, was on Friday described as a “bran tub” and a “cancer” by one of its founders, ambassador Mervyn Assam.

Parliamentary Consensus

Dear Editor, I have specifically avoided airing my views publicly during the last four years, however I feel obligated to enter into the current cricket imbroglio as a result of the latest development.

Erik Solheim is Norway’s Minister for Development and Environment. By Erik Solheim OSLO – Poverty is not only about not having enough money.