Daily Archive: Monday, December 30, 2013

Local Government Minister Ganga Persaud today said that the  Airy Hall Conservancy, Region Two breach was repaired around 6pm yesterday  but that another breach occurred around 3am today.

VOLGOGRAD, Russia,  (Reuters) – A bomb ripped a bus apart in Volgograd today, killing 14 people in the second deadly attack blamed on suicide bombers in the southern Russian city in 24 hours and raising fears of Islamist attacks on the Winter Olympics.

With a Gross National Income (GNI) of just US$3, 410 per capita, the World Bank in its 2014 World Development Report rated Guyana among the least wealthy in CARICOM.

DURBAN, (Reuters) – Captain Graeme Smith scored the winning runs as South Africa knocked off a modest 58-run target to beat India by 10 wickets in the second test at Kingsmead and win the two-match series 1-0.

(Trinidad Express) YEARS of abuse at the hands of a relative is believed to be the reason a Diego Martin woman ended her life yesterday morning after she doused herself with kerosene and then lit herself ablaze.

Leader of the Alliance for Change Khemraj Ramjattan says his party is working on compromise amendments that would see Cabinet being able to make a complaint against an award to the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) which will then rule on it.

Manager of the National cricket team Alvin Johnson yesterday urged the players involved in the ongoing training sessions to continue working hard on their fitness and move from strength to strength in time for next month’s Regional tournament.

A police team has been dispatched to Cuyuni, Region Seven to investigate the apparent murders of three miners.

After three weeks and 20 games involving the 24 teams in the inaugural Chico/Kashif and Shanghai Elite Next Generation Tournament it’s now down to the final four.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Guyanese off-spinning all-rounder Steven Jacobs is tipped to lead the Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC) in the 2014 NAGICO Super50 Regional Tournament, according to media reports.

The National Insurance Scheme (NIS) has announced an increase in the insurable income ceiling and the minimum pension.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, CMC – Jamaican Olympic and World champion Usain Bolt and American tennis star Serena Williams have been voted International Sports Press Association (AIPS) Best Athletes for the second year in a row.

The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), meant to be the nub of the battle against money laundering, has advertised for legal advisers and financial analysts.

(Reuters) – Roger Federer and Serena Williams had contrasting 2013 seasons but both kick off their new campaigns at the Brisbane International this week showing no signs just yet of calling time on their illustrious careers.

Dear Editor, It recently came to my attention that comments were made about the 2013 National Drama Festival in an editorial comment by Jairo Rodrigues published in ‘The Scene,’ a Stabroek News Saturday supplement.

Intermittent heavy rainfall caused a breach in the Airy Hall Water Conservancy on the Essequibo Coast which left about 200 acres of rice under water up to last evening, Region 2 Chairman Parmanand Persaud said.

Dear Editor, This is the entrance and exit to Phase 3, Good Hope New Housing Scheme, East Coast Demerara.

(BBC) Michael Schumacher, seven-time Formula 1 world champion, is in a critical condition after a skiing accident, says the French hospital treating him.

In the wake of an accident on Saturday which claimed two lives, some residents of Canal No.2, West Bank Demerara, say they are concerned about trailers being parked on the shoulders of the Canal access road.

Dear Editor, The ideas we have proposed in the paper justifying Unity and Human Development (“UHD”), can be downloaded at http://bit.ly/18odYmG.

The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC), once set up, will be run by ten commissioners rather than seven, as a new category which makes provisions for representatives from “Indo”, “Afro” and Indigenous Guyanese Cultural/Ethnic Groups to be appointed, has been added.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Former Trinidad and Tobago youth footballer Akeem Adams has reportedly slipped into a coma on Saturday in Hungary following a stroke, according to Wired868, an online sports journal.

Dear Editor, As a West Indian fan I am glad to see the back of Jacques Kallis.

Carlton Akeem Bourne, of Liverpool, Corentyne, Berbice was charged with the murder of a shopkeeper on Thursday last after having been in hiding for approximately one year.

(Reuters) – The Cleveland Cavaliers have suspended center Andrew Bynum indefinitely “for conduct detrimental to the team”, said the National Basketball Association club.

Dear Editor, Dr Veerasammy Ramayya is perhaps one of the most outstanding humanitarians I have come to know in Guyana.

NAPIER, New Zealand, CMC – The second One Day International (ODI) between West Indies and New Zealand has been abandoned due to a wet outfield.

VOLGOGRAD, Russia, (Reuters) – A suicide attacker set off a bomb in the entrance hall of a Russian train station yesterday, investigators said, killing at least 16 people in the second deadly attack within three days as Russia prepares to host the Winter Olympics.

(BBC) A Bollywood film starring veteran actor Dilip Kumar in the lead is set for a theatrical release for the first time, 23 years after it was made.

Contractors for the extension of the Novar Primary and Secondary Schools and the Mahaicony Secondary School are behinds schedule and were warned that their contracts could be terminated.

BEIRUT,  (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia is giving the Lebanese army $3 billion in aid, Lebanon’s President Michel Suleiman said yesterday, calling it the largest grant ever to the country’s armed forces.

(The Sports Xchange) – Forward Chris Bosh’s three-pointer with 0.5 of a second remaining lifted the Miami Heat to  a 108-107 points victory over the Portland Trail Blazers at the Moda Center.

Dear Editor, The more I see the level of incompetence permeating all levels of our society, the more convinced I become that we can never get anywhere.

(Trinidad Express) St Lucia Prime Minister Dr Kenny Anthony has described the damage inflicted on his country due to extreme weather as a “humanitarian crisis”.

Minister of Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh, is calling for more involvement by civil society to foster and promote social programmes.

(Reuters) – Comcast Corp’s (CMCSA.O) Universal Pictures movie studio has taken unspecified write-downs for its $175 million, Keanu Reeves film “47 Ronin” that opened on Christmas Day, the studio has acknowledged, as Hollywood neared the end of a year of big budget bombs.

DURBAN, (Reuters) – Jacques Kallis marked the end of his test career with an emotive farewell century yesterday to give South Africa a chance of victory over India going into the last day of their two-match series.

With the installation of an elevator to combat overcrowding of its exit, management of the Gravity Nightclub has assured that they are ready to deal with evacuation emergencies.

SENDAI, Japan, (Reuters) – Seiji Sasa hits the train station in this northern Japanese city before dawn most mornings to prowl for homeless men.

Calamity: This vehicle smashed into a utility pole on Sheriff Street yesterday morning. 

Dear Editor, It was with shock and horror that I learnt of Winston Jeeboo’s death on Saturday morning, shock because he was dead and horror at the manner in which he met his death. 

(Trinidad Express)  The head of the Meteorological Services in the French island of Martinique, John-Noel Degras, has denied reports in St Lucia that the collapse of a radar system had made it difficult for local authorities to determine the intensity of a weather system which ravaged the island on Christmas Eve, killing at least six people.

LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) – “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,” the special-effects-laden tale that pits dwarfs against a dragon, blasted to its third consecutive box office title, collecting $29.9 million over the post-Christmas weekend to beat newcomers “The Wolf of Wall Street” and “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.”

By Lakshmi Persaud  Trinidadian writer Lakshmi Persaud was one of six persons who recently received an honorary doctorate from the University of the West Indies (UWI), St.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has given Jamaica high marks for its performance during the second review period since the country entered a new borrowing arrangement in May.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Chris Rogers struck a sparkling century to fire Australia to a dominant eight-wicket win in the fourth Ashes test yesterday, leaving an insipid England staring down the barrel of a humiliating series whitewash.

The announcement by the government of the appointment of former judge, Mr Winston Moore as Ombudsman is most welcome.

Politikles

(Reuters) Farooq Shaikh, the actor who embodied Everyman in Hindi films of the 1980’s and portrayed many memorable characters on screen, died in Dubai on Saturday.

Marriott from the sea:  What the Marriott Hotel looks like from the sea.

Last Thursday, the National Assembly adjourned for six months the debate on a bill to amend Public Procurement Act to reinstate Cabinet’s role in the awarding of public contracts.

JUBA,  (Reuters) – South Sudan’s army fought yesterday with “White Army” ethnic militia, accusing rebels of mobilising the force despite its offer of a truce to end the conflict in the new country.

Dear Editor, One concern of the Guyanese public and a major impediment to real progress is the huge gap between the ideals to which our leaders pay lip service overseas and their contrasting actions at home.