Daily Archive: Sunday, August 3, 2014

The J & C Renaissance Banquet Hall, which is located in Amelia’s Ward, Linden, yesterday opened its doors, GINA reported.

At about 2130h, last night, police say that Dwayne Johnson, 27 years, of Soesdyke, EBD, was involved in an argument with another man while they were imbibing at Itaballi, Mazaruni River, during which he was stabbed to his chest.

At about 1000h. yesterday, police say that miner Leonard Raymond, 37 years, of Micobe, Potaro, was in the tray of a motor pick-up vehicle along with four other men when the vehicle turned turtle while the driver was negotiating a turn in the trail.

(Trinidad Express) A Couva mother and her male  friend were murdered early yesterday in Chaguanas by her ex-lover with whom she had suffered years of physical abuse and who had threatened to kill her.

Despite PNCR leader David Granger and other party members labeling the tumultuous recently-held 18th Biennial Congress a “success,” it is being viewed as a step backwards by political analysts, with Granger being seen as slow to take action to reassure supporters and the PPP as the big winner.

Story and photos by Kenesha Fraser When Sunday Stabroek journeyed into Lima Sands, a village of about 800 inhabitants behind Anna Regina in Essequibo, the trail used by the villagers was deserted.

Two motorcyclists died after riding into each other along the Diamond Access Road on Friday night.

Paper manufacturing company, China Paper Corporation, proposes to invest US$205 million in a tree plantation in the intermediate savannahs and has applied to the Envir-onmental Protection Agency (EPA) for authorization.

The family of murdered cosmologist Asmini Harriram is living on edge as they wonder whether her killer will ever be brought to justice.

Former Sunday Stabroek gardening columnist John Warrington passed away in Manchester, England, shortly after midnight yesterday, his friend Robert Barrow, SJ has said.

              LUCAS STOCK INDEX The Lucas Stock Index (LSI) declined slightly by 0.003 percent in the final period of trading in July 2014.

Team Guyana sits atop the medal table following the first of two days of track and field action in the XX Inter Guiana Games (IGG).

Even if the PNCR had been minded to support the proposed AFC motion of no confidence against the government, it is not now likely.

Intermittently through the year, and especially during memorable times up the immense and soul-redeeming Essequibo, I like to read Shelley – as we all should do from time to time since he is pre-eminently the poet of hope.

JERUSALEM/GAZA (Reuters) – Israel will go on fighting Hamas in the Gaza Strip even after the army completes its core mission of destroying the cross-border tunnels used by Palestinian militants to attack its territory, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday.

Despite the excitement among many in Venezuela and Miami about the newly announced US visa restrictions against top Venezuelan officials linked to human rights abuses, I’m not so sure that the measures will have much impact.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Andre Russell blasted a huge six off the last ball of the game to crown an amazing half-century, as Jamaica Tallawahs snatched an exciting six-wicket victory over Guyana Amazon Warriors, in the Caribbean Premier League here yesterday.

BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Lebanese army fought Islamist militants near the Syrian border yesterday, killing 11 militants, a security official said, in a move against al Qaeda-linked gunmen who earlier had seized a police station and killed two soldiers.

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain believes the situation in the Gaza Strip has become intolerable and could lead to an increase in anti-Semitic attacks on British Jews, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said in a newspaper interview to be published on Sunday.

GLASGOW, (Reuters) – Six-times Olympic champion Usain Bolt stole the show to give the Commonwealth Games the moment it had been waiting for by leading Jamaica to gold in the 4×100 metres relay yesterday.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) has launched an investigation into the alleged assault by ranks of an arrested man following the prisoner’s admission to the Suddie Hospital.

TOBRUK, Libya (Reuters) – Libya’s newly elected House of Representatives held its first session yesterday, holed up in a heavily guarded provincial hotel as armed factions turned the two biggest cities, Tripoli and Benghazi, into battlefields.Western

KUNSHAN, China (Reuters) – China suffered its worst industrial accident in a year yesterday when an explosion killed at least 69 people and injured more than 120 at a factory that makes wheels for US carmakers, including General Motors.

IAN CHAPPELL once described coaches as vehicles that ferry cricket teams from hotel to ground and back; by the former Australia captain’s definition, the best coach would be a Japanese by the name of Toyota.

 Introduction The Bureau of Statistics’ (BoS) Preliminary Population and Housing Census Report for 2012 announced a decline in the population from 751,223 persons at the 2002 Census to 747,884 persons.

In the space of three weeks, pirates may have murdered as many as nine fishermen at sea but there has been no urgency by the government or the joint services in solving these crimes or preventing recurrences.

Geneva, a city that hosts many international organisations, is an attractive place.

(Reuters) – Indiana Pacers All-Star forward Paul George is recovering in a Las Vegas hospital following successful surgery on a horrific leg injury in a USA Basketball game, the National Basketball Association team said yesterday.

At some point, almost every time I perform, I make reference to the value and beauty of our various Caribbean dialects.

An Albouystown resident is now a patient of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) after being shot in the chest during a robbery outside his business place.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Guyana has come in for praise from the West Indies Cricket Board president, Dave Cameron, after winning the three-day title in the Regional Under-19 Championship for the first time in seven years here Friday.

Dwarf ambarella commonly called Dwarf golden apple originated in the South Pacific and spread throughout the Caribbean, Florida South and Central America.

One of the most powerful poems by Trinidad and Tobago’s controversial poet Eric Roach is one called ‘Verse in August.’

Applesauce is one of those things that you can make to be spread on toast or biscuits, mixed into dough or batters for baked goods or be eaten as is, for dessert or a snack.

Guyana Football Federation (GFF) President Christopher Matthias said yesterday that associations which attended the GFF’s meeting on July 30 did not discuss the voting eligibility of affiliates considered Interim Management Committees (IMC).

Alpha United Head Coach Wayne Dover said his side will leave no stone unturned in their pursuit of qualification for the second round of the CONCACAF Champions League, when the event commences on Tuesday.

The Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) is the most widely distributed owl in the Americas; it ranges from Northern Canada to South America.

A family enjoying their picnic in the National Park on Emancipation Day (Photo by Arian Browne)

Fishermen and fishing boat operators in the East Bank Essequibo (EBE) area are calling on the relevant authorities to take action against persons who are destroying their seines and costing them millions of dollars in losses.

RIO DE JANEIRO/ BRASILIA (Reuters) – Argentina’s debt default threatens to worsen trade tensions in South America, adding to the economic woes of Brazil in a tense election year and causing headaches in Uruguay as the Argentine economy looks likely to plunge deeper into recession.

Pepsi Hikers continued in their unbeaten campaign, defeating (+6) St. Stanislaus 11-8 in their division-A matchup when the Noble House Goals Galore Indoor Hockey tourney continued on Thursday at the National Gymnasium.

On the chess board , lies and hypocrisy do not last long    -Emmanuel Lasker   Guyana has been ranked 150th out of the 179 countries which are earmarked to participate in the 2014 Norway chess Olympiad, according to FIDE, the World Chess Federation.

The steel band attracted a sizeable audience in the National Park on Emancipation Day (Photo by Arian Browne)

The final of the Fourth Annual Digicel National Schools U-18 event will commence today at the National Stadium, Providence.

Dear Editor, As Parliament fades into an extended period of recess commencing on August 10, there is one colossal elephant in the room that if civil society doesn’t band together and apply some pressure on our political leaders for good sense to prevail, will result in the trampling of our economy and hurt the already shrinking pockets of the average and ordinary Guyanese.

LONDON (Reuters) – The campaign for Scotland to break away from the United Kingdom has stalled just over a month before Scots decide whether to go it alone in a referendum, an analysis of the latest six opinion polls showed on Friday.

Mr Granger, the newly re-elected leader of the PNCR seems to be operating inside a bubble.

Sunday Cartoons

Sole drug supply pre-qualifier the New GPC does not have to compete with any international development partners for the procurement of drugs for Guyana’s health sector as claimed by one of its sister operations.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans in the US House of Representatives voted on Friday to crack down on Central American migrants, including unaccompanied children, who are flooding to the US border with Mexico, as lawmakers passed a $694 million border security bill.

Anthony Stevens, coach of defending two time Digicel U-18 champions Christianburg/Wismar Secondary, said he is confident his side will give a good account of themselves in Sunday’s finale against arch-rivals Waramadong Secondary.

Fishing in Bel Air (Photo by Arian Browne)

(Continued from last week) Vaginal tumours Today and next week, we’ll address two types of tumours affecting the canine vagina, which are similar, yet distinct, relative to their origins/causes and the way they exhibit themselves.

A family elegantly attired in African outfits in the National Park on Friday (Photo by Arian Browne)

(Jamaica Gleaner) Prosecutors in the United States (US) have released new details about the lottery scam case involving popular Jamaican disc jockey ZJ Wah Wa, revealing how one of his co-accused reportedly got an 83-year-old widow to write him six cheques for US$157,000 in the hopes of collecting a US$19 million jackpot.

Dear Editor, The world will soon get a glimpse of the life of Sir Shridath ‘Sonny’ Ramphal, the former Attorney General and Foreign Minister of Guyana who served as Commonwealth Secretary General for 15 years when his book Glimpse of a Global Life goes on sale as of November 6.