Daily Archive: Sunday, March 30, 2014

Results of a ‘poll’ published recently expose former President Bharrat Jagdeo’s campaign for a third term and are a direct challenge to President Donald Ramotar who is paying the price for his inaction, former PPP stalwart Ralph Ramkarran says.

Tourism Minister Chandresh Sharma is under investigation by the police for the assault of his former girlfriend. 

Living alone has proved to be deadly for elderly women in recent times, since over the last three years there have been at least eight cases where they have been found murdered.

Story and photos by Shabna Ullah At Gay Park, East Bank Berbice (EBB) the peace is only occasionally disturbed by vehicles passing through, honking their horns and slowing down to negotiate some of the potholes on the road.

An Enmore taxi-driver was gunned down in his car late Friday night on the East Coast Demerara Railway Embankment.

An early morning fire severely damaged the Family Planning Associa-tion (FPA) building on Croal Street yesterday and Fire Chief Marlon Gentle said it was deliberately set.

Matters at the Land Court in Georgetown are presently at a standstill because there is no Commissioner of Title but plans are being put in place to have this resolved.

THE roller-coaster ride that was one of the exercises for the West Indies team on the one-week training camp in Florida last October is an apt metaphor for Darren Sammy’s captaincy.

From a dynamic perspective, over the medium to long-term the profitability of the sugar industry as a whole, and GuySuCo in particular, is more than any other variable, the best representative indicator of its sustainability as a commercial venture.

The Board of Directors of the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GL&SC) is reviewing a report regarding alleged breaches of procedure involving surveying for the Santa Fe mega farm in the Rupununi.

One week after out sprinting Alanzo Greaves to win the third leg of the Cheddi Jagan Memorial event in Essequibo, Godfrey Pollydore took his talents to the National Park and recorded his second victory of the season.

By Delvon Mc Ewan Young players will have a chance to showcase their talent for national selection when the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/Sterling Products Limited  2014 Inter-County U15 competition bowls off today at the Demerara Cricket Club and Everest Cricket Club Grounds.

Guyana has failed to develop a consolidated response to the growing problem of domestic violence and “while nothing gets done… women and children especially continue to die,” lecturer and programme officer in the Women’s Studies Unit (WSU) University of Guyana, Audrey Benn says.

Autopsies are expected to be done tomorrow on the bodies of four-year-old Odacia Cadogan and her sixteen-month-old brother Jabar Cadogan who died on Thursday evening after they were allegedly fed poison by their mother.

An elderly remigrant was early yesterday afternoon found dead in her home at South Amelia’s Ward, Linden with a piece of electrical cord around her neck and police are working with the theory that she was a victim of a robbery gone bad.

I was in Toronto with my wife to attend the wedding of a favourite niece.

Neither of the two women seen as key to solving the murder of Kirk Davis testified in the case against Rondy Jagdeo and an eyewitness, who had originally given an incriminating statement, simply vanished without a summons being served on him.

(The Sports Xchange) — – -Forward Kevin Durant scored 29 points on nine-of-11 shooting from the field to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 94-81 win over the Sacramento Kings.

The Flying Ace Cycling Club (FACC) will stage another road race for wheelsmen of Berbice today.

SYLHET, Bangladesh,  CMC – Coach Sherwin Campbell has backed West Indies Women to win the Women’s Twenty20 World Cup, after their qualification for the semi-finals was confirmed late Friday.

As Guyana continues the current tourism expansion push, persons in the industry must be encouraged by the number of interesting travel outreaches that have come to Guyana in recent times – cruise ship in Georgetown last year; birding groups in the Rupununi; visiting ocean-going yachts;  a National Geographic cruise ship in the Essequibo, etc. 

(Trinidad Express) The Trinidadian Muslims detained in Venezuela after a raid at the Plaza Hotel in Caracas last Wednesday are now being fingered in a plot to topple the Venezuelan government together with rogue Venezuelan police officers and other men.

KABUL (Reuters) – Taliban insurgents attacked the Independent Election Commission headquarters in Kabul yesterday, staff and police said, in the their third big assault on the capital this week aimed at derailing the April 5 presidential election.

His Excellency President Donald Romotar during his feature address at the 2013 National Sports Awards ceremony Friday night called on all Guyanese to be more involved in sports as it is plays an integral part in the development of healthy lifestyles and is also a reservoir for improving the social capital of Guyana.

“Iwokrama’s mission is to develop strategies for conservation and sustainable development of the tropical rain forest system for local people in Guyana and the world at large.

  Males of this species are mainly dark grey, with a black throat and crown.

Two of the three local pugilists competing in the three-night Goodwill Tournament in St.

When Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said three weeks ago that Moscow is seeking to establish a military presence in Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba, many of us dismissed it as a private comment by a top official who may have had one vodka too many.

I have a lot of friends who are vegetarians and many who aren’t vegetarians, so whenever I have them over for a meal, I try to ensure that the vegetarian dishes are as attractive as the meat dishes.

The Guyana Times published a story on Thursday March 20 reporting that the opposition had caused a poll to be conducted last month which found that “former President Bharrat Jagdeo would be the most formidable candidate that the Opposition parties… could face in any upcoming general elections.”

In 2001, one in 10 voters in the United Kingdom were members of an ethnic minority; by 2050 the number will have risen to one in five. 

A wooden building at Determa Street, Mackenzie, Linden was early yesterday morning gutted by fire of unknown origin leaving four persons homeless and millions of dollars in losses.

Anand’s hometown of Chennai, India, was in a celebratory mood. The people of Chennai were observing the festivities of Holi with passion.

MOSCOW/BAKHCHISARAY, Crimea (Reuters) – Russia said yesterday it had no intention of invading eastern Ukraine following its annexation of Crimea, while the Black Sea peninsula’s Muslim Tatars demanded autonomy.

The Guyana National Dominoes Federation will today stage an 18 team competition at Godfrey Samuels’ venue Parfait Harmonie, West Coast Demerara.

After a break because of the Guyana Floodlights Softball Cricket Association’s participation in this year’s Florida Cup competition action in the Trophy Stall over 40 years and Open male and female competitions will continue today at various venues.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Chronicle has confirmed what the Stabroek News and the Kaieteur News have reported: The PPP has called on the PNCR and the WPA, both part of APNU to cooperate with the Rodney Inquiry.

Centerpiece The anticipations of the 2014 budget are over.  The Minister of Finance delivered the intention of the government to create a better Guyana for all Guyanese that carries a financial tag of $220 billion. 

The sources on which Clive McWatt relied for this account are located in the British Guiana files in the National Archives, Kew, London. 

SYDNEY/PERTH (Reuters) – Chinese ships trawled a new area in the Indian Ocean for a missing Malaysian passenger jet yesterday, as the search for Flight MH370 entered its fourth week amid a series of false dawns over sightings of debris.

DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC – There was absolutely no doubt Chris Gayle thoroughly enjoyed West Indies’ thrilling victory over archrivals Australia on Friday.

HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba’s National Assembly passed a new foreign investment law yesterday that aims to bring badly needed capital to the communist economy by offering steep tax cuts and promising a climate of investment security.

Dear Editor, There is currently at Chateau Margot on the East Coast of Demerara, along its eastern reserve, a large two storey concrete building that is in its early stages of construction. 

DAKAR/CONAKRY (Reuters) – Senegal closed its land border with Guinea yesterday to try to prevent the spread of the Ebola virus, which Guinean authorities say is suspected of killing 70 people in what would be the deadliest outbreak in seven years.

In Guyana the best celebration of the performing arts in schools is seen in Mashramani where schools of all levels from all parts of the country exhibit untypical exuberance and keen rivalry. 

Ananas comosus comes from the pineapple family (Bromeliad) and originated from Brazil in South America and spread throughout the Caribbean, Asia and Hawaii.

Education is the one area above all others where there should be no political wrangling; after all, the issues which have to be confronted in relation to it are purely technical or professional in character, not political.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – Proving there is no place like home, world number one Serena Williams swept past China’s Li Na 7-5 6-1 in the final of the Sony Open yesterday, collecting a record seventh win on the Miami hardcourts.

( Reuters) – South Africa sailed into the World Twenty20 semi-finals with a three-run victory over former champions England in their super 10 Group One match in Chittagong on Saturday.

Over the last few weeks we have been writing about the preferred feeding regimes of puppies, young adults, pregnant and lactating bitches, etc. 

Dear Editor, On the news recently, I heard that another man was sent to prison for hitting his wife. 

Budget 2014 was delivered on Monday March 24, just one week before the constitutional deadline and almost three months into the fiscal year.

  2013 Facts   ●  Growth in real GDP of 5.2% compared to a target of 5.3% and actual rate of 4.8% in 2012. 

In this section, we highlight issues and pronouncements from earlier years which remain unresolved.

The current balance projects a surplus of $34,291 million, an increase of $18,359 million or 115% over 2013.

Current Non-Interest Expenditure   In this section we consider how the budgeted expenditure is allocated among the principal Ministries, Departments, Regions and Programmes.

  Chapter 6 of the 2014 Budget Speech contains twenty-two paragraphs covering 13 measures and their justification.

In this section of Budget Focus 2013, we identified and discussed what we considered eight pressing issues not only with budgetary implications but also having wider social, economic and constitutional relevance.

During 2013 the country learnt that the Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment Mr.

History will remember the rise and fall in Guyana and the Caribbean of Clico, the insurance giant, as the US equivalent of Enron in the United States of America.

The decision of the Chief Justice in the Constitutional case AG of Guyana v Raphael Trotman and David Granger No.

One of the remarkable features of the Guyana Dollar over the past ten years has been its stability.

The Insurance Association of Guyana (IAG), a group representing insurance companies and brokers, has decided to increase premiums for flood insurance both on businesses and households in the country.

“Doing Business 2014”, an annual World Bank Publication, shows that out of 189 countries surveyed, Guyana ranks 115th..

There were two recent occasions when the cost of living, or rather the cost of maintaining a family, came to the fore.

  Budget 2014 is a huge disappointment; it seems to contain only a shopping list for Expenditure, while offering to do nothing on employment creation and addressing the critical issues of corruption and better public sector financial management.