Daily Archive: Sunday, September 23, 2012

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Indian spinners Harbhajan Singh and Piyush Chawla ripped through the England batting to lead their side to a crushing 90-run win in a one-sided Twenty20 World Cup Group A match today.

KATHMANDU, (Reuters) – An avalanche swept away climbers and their camps on the world’s eighth highest mountain in northwestern Nepal today, killing at least 10 people, officials said.

SINGAPORE, (Reuters) – Sebastian Vettel of Germany won the Singapore Grand Prix today to narrow the gap on championship leader Fernando Alonso to 29 points.

The police say they are investigating the murder of Jennifer Persaud, 41 years, of Anna Catherina, WCD, and her two sons Afridi Persaud, 6 years, and Jadon Persaud, 1 year 3 months.

A smash-up yesterday morning involving a sand truck and a motorcar on the East Bank of Demerara claimed the lives of three persons.

By Frances Abraham with photos by Chevy Devonish Priding themselves on living in one of the cleanest districts in Guyana, the residents of Mahaica say nothing comes without a struggle, and the comfortable life they are privileged to have now is the result of years of hard work and dedication.

Bartica residents last Thursday broke their silence on human trafficking, saying it has been encouraged for years in Region Seven’s mining districts and urging more prosecutions and the set up of a safe house for victims to begin to address the situation.

A wider investigation into the financial irregularities uncovered at the state broadcaster NCN is not top priority according to President Donald Ramotar who said that he was awaiting a full report on the issue from the Board.

It might be that 82-year-old Mavis Alleyne’s raw dance moves have something to do with the fact that she is able to maintain an active lifestyle, providing her small village of Dochfour with goodies she makes and other little items produced in her backyard.

-says former Norway environment minister Solheim Former Minister of the Environment and International Development of Norway, Erik Solheim says that Guyana must justify the need for the funding of new projects in order to trigger the release of additional tranches of funds under the Norway-Guyana agreement and the money already disbursed must be spent before more could be released.

Main opposition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) last Friday wrote President Donald Ramotar seeking to have the Linden July 18 shooting inquiry widened to include later police incursions into communities where residents were shot and injured.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka,  CMC – Despite brisk half-centuries by Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels which helped spur West Indies to a seemingly challenging 191 for eight off 20 overs, an aggressive Australia response and rain resulted in a 17-run defeat on the Duckworth/Lewis method for Daren Sammy’s team in their first match of the ICC World T20 tournament here on yesterday.

By Emmerson Campbell “And the winner is Robin Persaud”. Those words have been mentioned so frequently for the past year that it just seems to just roll off the tongues of the organizers of cycling events.

Archaeologist and historian, Dr Anthony Browder, will be hosting two lectures in Guyana as part of his lecture tour across the Caribbean that is focused on enlightening persons about black history.

There has been a lot of speculation in recent weeks that Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez will rig the vote count in the October 7 presidential elections.

We tend to read or listen to the writers or pundits with whom we agree. 

-Ramotar defends broadcast board appointees The lone opposition nominee to the National Broadcasting Authority, Sherwood Lowe says that lack of public confidence in the body is not a good starting point even as former broadcaster, Tony Vieira says that the method of selection of members without consultation is “unacceptable” and he supports the repealing of the Act.

Introduction Communications I have received concerning last week’s column have all expressed indignation at the remarks, which were reportedly made by the European Union (EU) Ambassador when speaking about GuySuCo and the Guyana sugar industry. 

-TopEnd Fitness expands brand with training centre at GMR&SC complex A vital area that has been deficient in the local sports environment is professional specialised training but TopEnd Fitness Systems has in the last few years pioneered and developed that industry.

Thinking positively: Jimmy Roos was physically, verbally and emotionally abused as a child and those traumatic days left an indelible mark on him, so much so that when he became an adult he struggled with his self esteem and as a result always second-guessed himself.

DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC – Sheldon Cotterrell led purposeful bowling from the West Indies Sagicor High Performance team to give them the early upper hand in their tour match against Bangladesh-A yesterday.

-CEO Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company Limited (GT&T) CEO Major General (rtd) Joseph Singh said the arrangements for the sale of government’s 20 per cent share in the company were completed without the company’s involvement and he could not say what changes may come as a result of the new ownership.

For women in the Hopetown and Bel Air, West Coast Berbice communities life is a daily struggle, and while many of them work hard their spending power remains limited.

Sheema Mangar case Two years after Sheema Mangar was killed while attempting to chase down a man who had moments before snatched her cellular  phone, police seem no closer to solving the case and even as a sample critical to the investigation still remains in a Barbados laboratory, her relatives remain firm that they will not give up.

APD tax In recent months there has been little media coverage in the Caribbean about the contentious issue of the United Kingdom’s Air Passenger Duty (APD).

Everest Cricket Club joined Police Sports Club, Demerara Cricket Club and the Georgetown Cricket Club as the teams to participate in the semi-finals of the Georgetown Cricket Association New Building Society  limited overs competition.

Aggresive batting from the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) batsmen, followed by a typically attacking innings from Andrew Lyght Jr, left the GDF and the Demerara Cricket Club Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Heroes Cup first division competition  delicately poised.

How is a great poem created? It is a mystery. It is like asking for an explanation of a square cut by Gary Sobers or a cover drive by Rohan Kanhai.

If one were to look at the heritage of Amerindian arts and culture in Guyana from the perspective of records and treatment in the colonial period one will find mixed attitudes and treatments – from serious study to superficiality, stereotyping and romanticism; from thorough and valuable documentation to disapproval and scepticism. 

The US presidential election 2012 By Ronald Austin As I write the American media are in a frenzy over remarks made by Mitt Romney in much the same way that they were a few weeks ago when Ted Aiken delivered his opinion that illegitimate rape does not lead to a pregnancy.

Dear Editor, I am yet again availing myself of the facility afforded by your newspaper to comment further on the following current issues of national interest:- (a) The abolition of corporal punishment in the school system in Guyana In a previous publication of your newspaper, I had stated for the information of your readers that Guyana, like other Caricom states, has ratified, without reservations, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child which prohibits the inflicting of corporal punishment as a disciplinary measure in schools under the control and management of the state.

Last week, we spoke about the actual mechanics of the intercourse between a male dog and a bitch. 

Dear Editor, If the lower price paid for ‘pirated’ textbooks is the main criterion on which the decision was made to break all intellectual property laws to have school books printed, then I submit that this is a good case of being penny wise and pound foolish.

Dear Editor, There is something fascinatingly and frighteningly cultish about the political administration that has run this country for the past two decades, an asinine intellectual obstinacy that has found its own soft patch of ‘logical’ grounding where it grazes contentedly, oblivious to the reality that it is in fact ruminating in a quagmire of absurdity and unreason.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition standard bearer Henrique Capriles mocked President Hugo Chavez’s grandiose campaign pledges two weeks before the election, and vowed to fix voters’ daily problems if he wins.

BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – An Islamist militia was driven out of the city of Benghazi early yesterday in a surge of anger against the armed groups that control large parts of Libya more than a year after the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi.

Tortoises or ‘land turtles,‘ are terrestrial reptiles and unlike the turtle, don’t really go to water, except for an occasional soak or to drink. 

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Suriname’s fishing grounds are being cleaned out on a large scale by dozens of Venezuelan and Guyanese boats while Suriname’s Navy cannot take effective action.

Dear Editor, As an ardent crusader for the environment, I have penned several letters on that subject; my last was about the mighty Pomeroon River dying.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – A Pakistani minister offered $100,000 yesterday to anyone who kills the maker of an online video which insults Islam, as sporadic protests rumbled on across parts of the Muslim world.

BEIRUT (Reuters) – The rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) has moved its leadership for the first time from Turkey to parts of Syria that are now controlled by rebels, the group’s commander-in-chief said yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Director of Transparency International’s chapter in T&T (TTTI) Deryck Murray is commending Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar for taking swift action to fire former justice minister Herbert Volney.

Dear Editor, The letter by Al Creighton ‘Kissoon’s account of Academic Board meeting inaccurate‘ (SN, September 14) refers.

Portulaca grandiflora, commonly called Jump up & kiss me is native to South America and the Caribbean and grows well where there is constant sunshine, although it is grown as an

The authorities do not have much of a record in terms of catching major drug barons or having an impact on local narco-trafficking activities, but my goodness, their ability to draft National Drug Strategy Master Plans is nothing short of sensational.

HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka,  (Reuters) – A clinical performance from South Africa saw them beat Sri Lanka by 32 runs in a rain-curtailed Group C match of the Twenty20 World Cup at Hambantota  yesterday.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – A former Guatemalan army commander accused of taking part in the massacre of more than 200 people during that country’s civil war has been returned to the United States to face charges he lied about his past to gain U.S.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A State Department spokesman sharply criticized CNN on Saturday, saying the network had reported on the diary of American ambassador Christopher Stevens after his death at the U.S.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – In Venezuela’s biggest slum, a graffiti artist stencils a painting of President Hugo Chavez dunking a basketball.

(Trinidad Guardian) The People’s National Movement is standing by its decision to withhold all further support of legislation requiring a special majority that is brought to the Parliament by the Kamla Persad-Bissessar-led Government, following the Section 34 furore, party vice-chairman Camille Robinson-Regis has said.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Sunday Gleaner has now confirmed that the Portia Simpson Miller-led administration will announce plans to abandon its long-stated intention to introduce liquefied natural gas (LNG).

(Jamaica Gleaner) A medical doctor practising in Port Antonio, Portland, wept openly in the Home Circuit Court last week after he was freed of a rape charge.

(Trinidad Express) UNC financiers Ishwar Galbaransingh and Steve Ferguson are seeking more than $76 million from the State.

Introduction For years, this column has made some sharp comments about the Finance Minister over his presentation of the economy’s mid-year report required under the Fiscal Management and Accountability Act.