Daily Archive: Thursday, July 24, 2014

Conservation International and the Guyana Tourism Authority partnered with the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) to provide training and certification for boat operators in the Annai-Rupununi area on July 17, 2014.

The Minister of Agriculture yesterday conducted a public awareness workshop to increase knowledge of the Ministry’s recently released National Strategy for Agriculture in Guyana 2013-2020.

The police say they are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about 0640h.

(Trinidad Express) Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Roger Gaspard has advised that former tourism minister Chandresh Sharma not be charged in a matter involving a complaint by his former girlfriend, Sacha Singh, that he had assaulted her.

Contender for the leadership of the PNCR, Sharma Solomon today wrote party General Secretary Oscar Clarke stating that MP Vanessa Kissoon is entitled to delegate status at tomorrow’s biennial congress.

ALGIERS (Reuters) – An Air Algerie flight crashed today en route from Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso to Algiers with 110 passengers on board, an Algerian aviation official said.

BAGHDAD, (Reuters) – A shooting and bombing attack on a bus near Baghdad killed 52 prisoners and nine policemen today, Ministry of Justice sources said, as politicians faced pressure to form a power-sharing government that can tackle a Sunni insurgency.

Only the New GPC has been pre-qualified to supply drugs to the health sector and Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon said that it was because the company outscored competitors not only in safety requirements but also in local investment.

After almost three months on the run, Deon Layne who allegedly left a bottle of cocaine-laced SSS multi-vitamin tonic at an East La Penitence home that caused the death of four persons who ingested the product, appeared at the Georgetown Magis-trates’ Court yesterday charged with trafficking in cocaine.

Candidate for leadership of the PNCR, Sharma Solomon yesterday said he represents the change that the party needs but added that his chances of victory depended on the circumstances under which the will of the people is expressed.

Jermaine Mitchell, Rayon Jones, Chandraradha Rampersaud, Aubrey Simon, and Hardat Kumar were yesterday found guilty of the July 12, 2011 multi-million-dollar Bel Air Gardens armed robbery committed on Annie Ramsood.

The Donald Ramotar administration yesterday called on the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to show proof that it is ready to host local or general elections.

Region 10 Chairman and aspirant to the leadership of the PNCR, Sharma Solomon says he supports the move for a motion of no-confidence against the government.

A day after the University of Guyana (UG) ann-ounced that a number of programmes will see a hike in fees come September, the university’s student body representatives supported the decision and deemed it “long overdue”.

Bartica’s power woes are yet to be resolved and electricity outages continue even as several outraged residents took to the streets in protest yesterday.

Despite being invited, no government representatives were present yesterday at a media workshop on reporting on the National Assembly and Leader of the Opposition David Granger said that government’s stranglehold on the state media is an abuse of power.

Sustainable community-based agriculture and tourism enterprises in the Rupununi, as well as startups will have access to a $60 million fund, which was launched yesterday with the aim of providing financing and technical support under the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS).

The construction of the $204.5M Zeeburg Secondary School, Region Three is set to begin soon as Cabinet on Tuesday granted its no objection to the project.

By Delvon Mc Ewan   Sixteen-year-old Nevisian Ross Powell registered the first century of the 2014 West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Under-19 Tournament for the Leeward Islands yesterday in its match against Guyana as the visitors’ ended day two with first innings advantage at the Guyana National Stadium at Providence.

In a spirit of civil engagement and democracy, youth activists yesterday delivered a letter to the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport seeking to be engaged in discussions on the delayed National Youth Policy (NYP).

Bandits carted off $810,000 cash and about $200,000 in gold jewellery after breaking into a house at No 10 Village, West Coast Berbice on Tuesday.

GLASGOW, (Reuters) – Teenager Onika George admitted feeling apprehensive about being Guyana’s only swimmer at the Commonwealth Games but is determined to inspire people to take up the sport in her country.

The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) will hold an action on Wednesday for medium scale mining properties as the sector looks to increase production following a slump in gold declarations.

Despite being a two-time gold medalist at the CAC Championships, one of Guyana’s most decorated bodybuilders, Devon Davis has consistently been a runner-up to Kerwin Clarke on the local scene.

Several Berbicians – as well as a blind man from Essequibo – have been swindled by a woman who has been telling her victims that she is underprivileged in order to gain help and financial assistance.

Jamaica skipper Ramaal Lewis’s 10-wicket haul placed his team in the driver’s seat against opponents Barbados yesterday heading into the final day today, of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Regional U19 three-day tournament being played at the Everest ground.

The Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social Security has denied that it failed to assist a victim of human trafficking and said that the pregnant woman who later gave birth never returned to the shelter after she left to make a purchase and efforts to locate her were futile.

Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud says that the Guyana Police Force (GPF) has taken steps to address allegations of abuse levelled at its ranks.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC- Windward Islands made a tactical move in a bid to press for outright victory against Trinidad and Tobago on the second day of their first round match in the Regional Under-19 Tournament here yesterday.

SMS, USA – It was the start anticipated for Guyana’s athletes’ participation at the 2014 International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) World Junior Championships in Oregon, USA, as coach Shaun Dietz credited the spirit shown by one of his two runners rallying to his vista.

Yamkumeram Bissoon, a mother of six children, of Lot 3 Phase Two, Good Hope, East Coast Demerara, is now the owner of a brand new two-bedroom home thanks to Food for the Poor (FFTP).

Forty students from various secondary, technical and tertiary institutions across the country on Monday began a six-week work study attachment programme at GT&T.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – South Africa, on the verge of a rare series win in Sri Lanka, are considering playing an extra fast bowler on the Singhalese SC track which is not as conducive to spin as the one in Galle.

Region seven champions Waramadong Secondary sealed their berth in the semi-final round, defeating Region three champs Leonora Secondary 4-0 when the national quarterfinal round of Digicel Secondary Schools u-18 football tourney concluded yesterday.

Dear Editor, The Indian Arrival Committee (IAC) has sounded the alarm bells after the preliminary census results were announced.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment yesterday held an inception workshop for a study that the ministry will be undertaking on the impact of Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) on the extractive sector in Guyana, GINA said.

(Reuters) – NBA star LeBron James, whose recent return to the Cleveland Cavaliers in his home state of Ohio sparked a frenzy in the small town where he has a home, sent sweet apologies to the community in the form of 800 cupcakes.

Dear Editor, The notion of a no-confidence vote seems to have acquired a robust life of its own.

The incident involving the Trans Guyana Airways (TGA) plane at the Kurupung airstrip in May was not a “hard landing” but a “short landing,” Minister of Public Works Robeson Benn says.

GAZA/JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Gaza fighting raged yesterday, displacing thousands more Palestinians in the battered territory as U.S.

Dear Editor, I write once again to air my concern, this one being the conditions which I live in.

The search for the three missing fishermen, who disappeared in Surinamese waters after their boat came under a pirate attack two weeks ago, continues, families said yesterday.

KIEV, (Reuters) – Kiev said two of its fighter jets were shot down over the rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine yesterday, and the missiles that brought them down might have been fired from Russia.

Guyana failed to qualify for the final round of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) u-17 qualifying tournament, going down to hosts Dominican Republic in their final Group-3 matchup on Tuesday at the Estadio Panamericano.

NIAMEY, (Reuters) – Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon pledged on Wednesday to mobilize a joint force to tackle the growing regional threat posed by Boko Haram Islamist militants operating mainly in Nigeria.

Dear Editor,   My experiences with politicians have led me to a realization that the public mood which attempts to offer a character profile of political leaders is not entirely based on their works, but rather on the anxieties of collective expectations.

Guyana’s squash players headed by world ranked number 19 and CAC gold medallist Nicolette Fernandes will swing into action today at the Commonwealth Games which got underway yesterday in Scotland.

As the Guyana Baseball League (GBL) advances negotiations to add Guyana as an active member to its international roster, president Robin Singh last Friday gave Stabroek Sport’s Clifton Ross an outline of the league’s schedule, including plans to run a PONY league contest here next month.

Dear Editor, As I am typing this letter, (7.40pm) my home (and, I suppose, the homes of many residents within half a mile of the venue of a wedding slated for this weekend at Blossom Scheme, Enmore) has been invaded by extremely loud music issuing from that venue.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Jailed opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez went on trial in Venezuela yesterday, accused of masterminding anti-government protests that turned violent and left 43 people dead.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC-Red Steel skipper Dwayne Bravo has defended his decision to allow 18 year old Nicholas Pooran to take on Sunil Narine in a Super Over against the Guyana Amazon last week.

Dear Editor, Earlier this week, the Guyana Bar Association called upon the President of Guyana, Donald Ramotar to disassociate himself from the latest slew of racist editorials and letters published in the state-owned paper, the Guyana Chronicle.

PHOENIX, (Reuters) – An Arizona inmate took almost two hours to die by lethal injection yesterday and his lawyers said he “gasped and snorted” before succumbing in the latest botched execution to raise questions about the death penalty in the United States.

FREETOWN, (Reuters) – The head doctor fighting the deadly tropical virus Ebola in Sierra Leone has himself caught the disease, the government said.

It is unlike any other T20 tournament on the planet. It is unique.

Dear Editor, I met Mr Granger two months ago and talked with him for several hours over two days.

Stabroek News has invited the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance for Change to submit a weekly column on local government and related matters.

(Reuters) – Momentum is building toward a deal that would make painful losses inevitable for investors holding about $20 billion in bonds issued by Puerto Rico’s highway, water and electricity authorities even as some big U.S.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Paracetamol, a painkiller universally recommended to treat people with acute low back pain, does not speed recovery or reduce pain from the condition, according to the results of a large trial published today.

Dear Editor, In a letter written by Mr Oscar Ramjeet captioned, ‘The Caribbean diaspora is being tapped for support’ (SN, July 22) he comments, “It is ironical that the PPP/C is in power for more than 21years and the situation is not better.”

Last Friday, a 30-year-old mother of one, Candy Rawlins, was stabbed to death in her home, allegedly by her husband, former local professional boxer Vidol Rawlins, who subsequently disappeared.

Who makes a real difference in society? We look to politicians, as if they possess super-human powers, and when they fail, when Parliament descends to a crassly quarrelsome, strife-ridden place of inertia, we lament and moan and become disappointed.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC-Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana and host Jamaica posted wins in the opening round of matches of the Regional Under-15 Championship here on Tuesday.

Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr. Frank Anthony (third from right) yesterday visited and inspected the site earmarked for the erection of the 5th of May monument at Palmyra, Region Six, at the head of the junction, east of the Berbice River Bridge, GINA said.