Daily Archive: Sunday, April 7, 2013

(Trinidad Express) Four months after he was re-appointed chairman of the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB), Rudy Maharaj has been fired.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Captain Denesh Ramdin put in danger Barbados’ hopes of a semi-final berth when he stroked his maiden Regional Super50 century to lead Trinidad and Tobago to a convincing 41-run win and a clean sweep of their preliminary round matches here today.

President Donald Ramotar today praised the contribution of the late Reepu Daman Persaud to the country and the ruling party.

DELHI, India,  CMC – West Indies power hitter Kieron Pollard and fellow Trinidadian Kevon Cooper played crucial roles to help their teams to victory in the Indian Premier League on Saturday.

Police say that at about 0730h today, the body of miner Robert Hunter, 48 years, of Paratown Settlement, Imbaimadai, was found along a trail at Imbaimadai with suspected stab wounds to the neck and chest.

A fire of unknown origin this morning destroyed a house at Duncan Street, Campbellville.

(Trinidad Express) National Security Minister Jack Warner yesterday sought to deflate a Sunday Express investigation into allegations made against him by e-mailing a response to questions sent to him by head of the Express Investigative Desk Camini Marajh to almost the entire media corps.

Pandit Reepu Daman Persaud passed away this morning. He was 77.

A horrific accident at Buck Hall, Region Two, early this morning has left multiple fatalities and at least seven injured.

Concerns raised by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Shalimar Ali-Hack about the poor state of police investigations, which she said was allowing persons to get away with murder, are being addressed, according to acting Police Commissioner Leroy Brumell, who says he welcomes “constructive criticism.”

A little community located between Herstelling and Peter’s Hall on the East Bank Demerara is developing and expanding at a rate that villagers could never have imagined some 10 years ago.

An accident on the East Canje public road on Friday afternoon claimed the life of a part-time legal clerk.

At 73, all of Maude Whyte’s six children were adults and she enjoyed being a grandmother and not having the day to day responsibilities of taking care of children but then life took an unexpected tragic twist and she found herself being responsible for five children, the youngest being a mere two years.

President of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Whycliffe Cameron is expected to meet with media operatives today.

The search for fisherman Altaf Mohammed Ali, whose family believed he was missing, ended on Friday morning at the Georgetown Public Hospital mortuary.

-biggest test to date says Braithwaite; Dover,”we will play a good game” The grand finale of the annual Mayor’s Cup football tourney takes place  tonight at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground Bourda with what promises to be a mouth-watering match between Georgetown side Alpha United and West Demerara outfit Slingerz FC.

Gunmen late yesterday afternoon shot and injured an East Coast Demerara (ECD) contractor before relieving him of an undisclosed amount of cash which was to be used to pay workmen at an Eccles, East Bank Demerara worksite.

The star studded Hornets rugby team remained unbeaten while the Yamaha Caribs schooled the players from the University of Guyana (UG) in the last of a series of 10-aside Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) organized games at the National Park yesterday.

The New Guyana Company Ltd and the Rice Producers Association have partnered to create a radio station primarily aimed at the farming community, and point man Dharamkumar Seeraj defended the allocation of the frequencies and licence saying that the process was a fair and transparent one.

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) has announced its newly elected Council for 2013/2014 following elections at its 123rd AGM.

Introduction: The Demerara Tobacco Company Limited (Demtoco),  held its Annual General Meeting this past Tuesday April 2, 2013, kicking off the season of annual general meetings of Guyana’s public companies with a December 31 year end.

The visiting GT Bannas softball team from Canada defeated Floodlights Softball Team by 68 runs Friday night at the Everest Cricket Club ground in a specially arranged match in honour of the birth anniversary of Trophy Stall’s Ramesh Sunich.

For many Caribbean people, North America has been a Godsend.  Many of us have made great lives for ourselves up there, and have rightfully developed an allegiance to their new homeland. 

Solar equipment used to power Digicel’s Omai site has been stolen.

Introduction: At the end of last week’s column I had indicated that, beginning this week, I would merge my on-going consideration of the decision-making process in regard to Guyana’s public investment projects into a wider discussion of the National Budget 2013.

APNU spokesman on Finance Carl Greenidge says that it is of concern that there is no word on whether or not President Donald Ramotar has assented to two opposition-piloted bills passed by the National Assembly despite the expiration of the 21-day deadline during which he can either assent to or reject the bills.

By Juanita Hooper Fifteen athletes and two parents on Friday evening received awards for their outstanding work and dedication to athletics during the year of 2012 at the Police Sports Club Hall when the Police Progressive Youth Club (PPYC) held its annual awards ceremony.

The Rupununi Miners Association (RMA) yesterday urged Minister of Natural Resources Robert Persaud to honour a promise to allot parcels in a special land lottery to persons mining illegally at Marudi, while it took aim at the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) for lobbying against the decision.

Samuel Johnson, that great man of letters and heavyweight of good sense in eighteenth century England, commonly said the people whom we should most beware in the world are those who constantly insist on finding fault, those whose clouds are never lit by silver linings, those who everlastingly “refuse to be pleased.”

I return to the issue of mining on Amerindian lands because of the international dimension introduced by a letter to the Government from the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (UNCERD).

A toddler who was left with three small children was severely burnt yesterday afternoon after the mattress he was lying on caught fire.

All Greys, compliments of an Azad De Abreu double in the sixteenth and fiftieth minutes defeated St Stanislaus 5-1 as action in the John Fernandes Insurance Service (JFIS) second division hockey league continued at the St Stanislaus Recreational ground Carifesta Avenue yesterday.

The daughter of Indira Singh, the woman whose decomposed body was found in June 2012 in a house they shared at Vergenoegen, East Bank Essequibo, is now a patient at the National Psychiatric Hospital (NPH) at Fort Canje for “further treatment.”

By Staff Reporter Given what is at stake it just might be asking too much for the Guyana and Jamaica national cricket teams to produce a super encounter in their final round clash of the West Indies Cricket Board’s Super50 limited overs tournament today dubbed `Super Sunday’.

APNU’s Shadow Public Works Minister Joseph Harmon on Friday pilloried government for proposing spending in this year’s budget that does not reflect its supposed priorities.

The Justice Improvement Programme has failed to deliver in key areas and the improvement of the justice system this year spoken about by Finance Minister Dr.

Guyana’s rifle shooters have intensified their preparation for the visit here of the Great Britain Team later this month and the defence of their West Indies Fullbore Shooting championships billed for next month in Barbados.

Nobel Peace Prize winner and former Costa Rican President Oscar Arias could not believe his ears when he heard that the United Nations had overwhelmingly approved a treaty to curb international arms sales, a cause he had been championing for nearly two decades.

The Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) has yet to complete its final report on the Mazaruni boat collision that resulted in 10 deaths in late January.

Two West Indies female players will be in action today when the inaugural Digital Technology/`Chow Pow’ 10/10 Challenge Series continues at the Uitvlugt Community Development Centre ground.

National cyclist Alonzo Greaves powered to his sixth win of the season by lapping all but seven riders from a star-studded field of 32 starters to claim the feature 35-lap event of the ninth annual Universal Auto Sales sponsored 11-race cycle programme.

Government has to look at the issue of elderly care since progress in the health sector has resulted in persons living longer lives, according to PPP/C MP Joseph Hamilton.

Despite clear evidence that visitor arrivals into the Caribbean from Britain continue to decline – down by 9.6 per cent in 2011- the UK Treasury has chosen once again to ignore the representations made by Caribbean Governments about the economic damage caused by Air Passenger Duty (APD).

Now that we are finished with the series of articles on “Fertility/Infertility” in our companion animals, we can now turn the topic of pregnancy.

Ian Chappell, one of the most perceptive of former players, has set off an informed discussion on the social media with his reasoning for what he sees as the decline in Australian batsmanship.

A delegation from the French National Forest Office (ONF) arrived here last week to prepare for the official launching of the regional platform for the development of a REDD+ programme [Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation of forests in developing countries] across the Guiana Shield.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, CMC- The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has accused the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) of reneging on an agreement to facilitate a tour of the Caribbean this year.

APNU MP Joan Baveghems on Thursday declared that “a Guyana where every elderly person can retire in comfort” is far off as she lamented the poor quality of public services offered to them and called for the proposed old pension to be doubled.

ALMATY,  (Reuters) – World powers and Iran failed again to end the deadlock in a decade-old dispute over Tehran’s nuclear programme in talks that ended in Kazakhstan yesterday, prolonging a standoff that could yet spiral into a new Middle East war.

Thirty-six youth graduated on Friday after completing a six-week ‘Work Readiness’ training course delivered by USAID through the Skye programme in Port Mourant, Berbice.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Scientists in the Dutch city of Rotterdam know precisely what it takes for a bird flu to mutate into a potential human pandemic strain – because they’ve created just such mutant viruses in the laboratory.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – When U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara brought two corruption cases against New York state politicians last week, accusing some of selling their votes and another of trying to bribe his way onto the ballot, he challenged the political class to clean up the system.

It is better to concentrate on a game of chess than play a “there it is shoot it” game.

HYDERABAD, India, CMC – West Indies middle order batsman Marlon Samuels lost a battle with pacer Thisara Perera as his Pune Warriors went down by 22 runs to debutants Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Friday.

The Guyana Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS (GBCHA) has announced that nominations for the seventh annual awards for Business Excellence are open to all private sector businesses in Guyana (including non-members of GBCHA) which are taking action on HIV and AIDS in the workplace and beyond.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan,  (Reuters) – A car bomb blast killed five Americans, including three U.S.

We returned to our places, these kingdoms But no longer at ease here, in the old dispensation With an alien people clutching their gods  Eliot, “The Journey of the Magi” Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.

Hymenocallis littoralis commonly called Beach Spider Lilies are popular decorative plants with long curved leaves and spider-like lilies which are very fragrant.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Queen Elizabeth was awarded one of Britain’s most prestigious entertainment honours on Thursday for her support for the film and television industry.

Twenty-eight matters were disposed of in the Demerara criminal sessions up to last month, and ten cases were nolle prosequi [not prosecuted] according to the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited on Thursday launched its 2013 Customer Panel at its headquarters on New Market Street.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – Bollywood is branching out from its traditional song-and-dance dramas and slapstick comedies with its first zombie films which filmmakers hope will entice younger crowds back to Indian films from Hollywood’s living dead.

Jumo Primo (left) and Adrian Dutchin performing yesterday for schoolchildren at the Kross Kolour concert at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

KANSAS CITY, Kan.,  (Reuters) – Kansas is set to enact one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the nation which defines life as beginning “at fertilization” and imposes a host of new regulations.

This drink is so satisfying and filling. The natural colour that it gets from the pumpkin is so attractive that you’ll want to keep refilling your glass.

Dear Editor, Land that has been alienated and reserved for a specific purpose through the operation of law cannot be sold as a residue under the original transport without reversal of the mechanism by which the land was alienated initially.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Roger Ebert, who was the first film critic to win a Pulitzer Prize and became an unlikely TV star while hosting a movie review show with fellow critic Gene Siskel, died in Chicago on Thursday, two days after he disclosed his cancer had returned.

It’s our time: Enthused schoolchildren showed their moves yesterday at the show put on by Kross Kolour Studios at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Several commentators are calling Dr Ashni Singh’s recent magnum opus a ‘snap election budget,’ partly owing to its emphasis on the “individual taxpayer,” to use the words of one of them.

Dear Editor, I begin this letter with a quote: “Modern cynics and skeptics…see no harm in paying those to whom they entrust the minds of their children a smaller wage than is paid to those to whom they entrust the care of their plumbing.” 

Former policeman, Nandram Persaud, who was shot at a barber shop in Kitty on Thursday is recovering, though he remains hospitalised in the Intensive Care Unit at the Georgetown Hospital.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – She’s one of the world’s most popular presidents with an approval rating that is the envy of her peers in richer countries struggling with debt crises and political deadlock – 79 percent and rising.

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