Daily Archive: Monday, October 21, 2013

The Guyana Elections Commission’s newest commissioner, Athmaram Mangar took his oath of office at the Office of the President today before President Donald Ramotar.

The PPP/C and APNU are at odds over a date for the meeting of the parliamentary committee on the anti-money laundering bill.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO — The Central Bank of Suriname (CBvS) takes warnings by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) seriously especially since the government’s revenues have dwindled while the expenditures are soaring.

MAPUTO,  (Reuters) – Mozambique’s Renamo opposition movement said today it was annulling its 1992 peace agreement with the ruling Frelimo party that ended the country’s civil war, following the capture of one of its bases by government forces.

(Barbados Nation) Chris Sinckler is not apologizing. The Minister of Finance has been pilloried over his comment that Barbadians are now only left to see Leader of the Opposition Mia Mottley “strip naked and run down Broad Street in her attempt to get attention”.

A series of further steps on addressing the border controversy between Guyana and Venezuela is to be proposed by Norman Girvan who is the personal representative of the UN Secretary General in the Good Offices process.

With talk about local government elections intensifying, activist Mark Benschop has reiterated that his party will be contesting and he will be running for the position of mayor.

Nesha and Ravi B in action

Peetah Morgan wows

Jumo rocking

In keeping with the commitment made by the previous speaker of the National Assembly Hari Narayen Ramkarran to invite the Speaker of the Surinamese Parliament, present Speaker Raphael Trotman has invited Dr.

Kes performing

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) today said that its investigators are seeking 10 rounds of 7.62 x 39mm that went missing from an army school at Tacama, Berbice.

(Trinidad Express) On the eve of today’s local government elections, the Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) was forced to write to the acting Commissioner of Police requesting an investigation into allegations of bri­bery for votes.

From Emmerson Campbell  in Suriname Hosts Suriname sent Guyana home with a treasure chest full of silver when the second and final leg of this year’s Inter Guiana Games (IGG) concluded last night at the Ismay van Wilden Sporthal.

Government is inviting expressions of interest (EOIs) from local and foreign parties to be a partner in the new Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB).

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies cricket coach Ottis Gibson believes that the upcoming series against India will guage the team’s resurgency in Test cricket.

Critics and stakeholders are criticising the Guyana Sugar Corporation for a strategic plan they say falls short of addressing the poor state of cane fields.

Ansa Mc Al’s Troy Cadogan on Saturday defeated a strong field to win the Lusignan Golf Club’s El Dorado Classic golf tournament at the Lusignan Golf Course.

Linden outfit Silver Shattas crushed Georgetown side Riddim Squad FC 3-0 when the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Premier League continued at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground yesterday.

Nine months after it advertised for 700 workers, Bai Shan Lin says it has hired some 400 persons and they have been deployed in the different areas of the company’s forest and wood processing operations around the country.

Hikers Hockey Club won the boys U21 divisional title, overcoming the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) 6-3 when the Star Party Rental’s National Junior Indoor Hockey tournament concluded at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue yesterday.

Government is advising persons not to enter the dilapidated First Federa-tion building located at Croal Street and Manget Place and for the tenants who occupy the building to vacate because it has been deemed unsafe and could collapse.

Tucville Primary crushed J.E. Burnham Primary 4-0 when the fourth round of the Petra Organization/Courts Guyana in collaboration with Banks DIH Limited Pee Wee U11 football tourney commenced at the Thirst Park ground on Saturday.

The bandit who was fatally shot by police on Friday at Dundee, Mahaicony, has been identified as 28-year-old Delon Hawker of Alness, Corentyne who, according to relatives, was on his way to Georgetown to secure an identification card.

Dear Editor, These issues are all so very critical and closely interrelated that they desperately cry out for urgent attention by the respective authorities.

Colts Basketball Club defeated Suriname Yellowbirds 48-39 when action in the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) Goodwill Tournament concluded on Friday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Homestretch Avenue.

Dear Editor, What a pleasant surprise to see the recent Nobel Prize for Literature award the subject of an editorial in the local press.

A man lost a hand yesterday in a three-vehicle smash-up which occurred in Number 28 Village, West Coast Berbice at around 18:30 hrs.

Dear Editor, In an October 17 article titled `30,000 tonnes of scrap metal up for Grabs,’ the Kaieteur News reports that the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission and the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment are coordinating plans to remove “unused machinery, steel frames from building plants, rails and tracks and cars, locomotives and earth moving equipment” from Matthews Ridge, Region One.

President Donald Ramotar joined Housing Minister Irfaan Ali and a team from the ministry on Friday at the Uitvlugt/Leonora Estate Community Centre Complex where over 840 house lots were allocated at Zeelugt Phase 3 during the latest One Stop Shop exercise.

(BBC) England are “red-hot” favourites for the Ashes down under, with a 5-0 whitewash of Australia on the cards, says former captain Sir Ian Botham.

Republic Bank has announced the winners in its ‘Deal on Wheels Auto Financing Campaign 2013.’

Dear Editor, I note the letter from Mr. Ralph Ramkarran in Stabroek News `The PNC was not even prepared for shared governance at the City Council level’, October 17, 2013.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Investors who bet on Eike Batista have lost billions over the past year as the Brazilian’s ephemeral business empire imploded.

Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) won the boys U16 divisional title defeating Old Fort 2-0 when action in the Star Party Rental’s National Junior Indoor Hockey Tournament concluded at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue yesterday.

ANSA McAl Trading Limited has announced that eight persons have won the new Samsung Galaxy Tab in its ‘Always on the go’ promotion.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexico scolded the United States yesterday over new allegations of spying after a German magazine reported that the U.S.

(Reuters) – Bowling coach Allan Donald has had to abandon South Africa’s tour of the United Arab Emirates to return home for personal reasons, officials said yesterday.

Dear Editor, We at Pro Guyana note recent public disclosures of information about GuySuCo, and the continued evidence of profound mismanagement of a significant industry for our nation and a large proportion of Guyanese citizens.

Dear Editor, Annan Boodram clarifies some points in a previous letter of his, in the contribution of October 16 published in your paper under the caption ‘Assertion in letter neither stated nor implied.’

By Peter Fraser  Peter Fraser, currently at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, London University, previously taught at the University West Indies, St.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Jamaica put St. Kitts and Nevis to the sword by 11 goals to nil, while the Dominican Republic defeated Suriname 3-0 to secure three points each in their encounters in Group “B” of the inaugural Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Women’s Under-20 Finals played at the Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex on Saturday.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby said yesterday peace talks aimed at ending the civil war in Syria were scheduled for Nov.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Hurricane Raymond formed yesterday, barreling towards Mexico’s Pacific coast and threatening to dump heavy rain on the beach resort of Acapulco, which is still recovering from destructive floods last month.

The long-awaited strategic plan for the Guyana Sugar Corporation for 2013-2017 is now in circulation.

From Emmerson Campbell in Suriname Guyana’s basketball teams suffered mixed fortunes Saturday night as the  Inter Guiana Games (IGG) continued at the Ismay van Wilgen Sporthal here in Paramaribo, Suriname.

Dear Editor, I keep witnessing things that are happening and refuse to stay quiet about it and thus I get them published in both Kaieteur News and Stabroek News if necessary.

These young ladies struck a pose in their traditional Indian wear for the Stella Maris culture day.

Politikles

Last week, we carried an article on the issue of conflict of interest with specific reference to the Enron accounting scandal.

Renrick Cheong, Mechanic – `As a former NYPD, I think they need to get professional people to be a part of the SWAT unit because the present police force has no courtesy and manners.