Daily Archive: Monday, August 18, 2014

Sheila Roseau (second from right), Director and Representative of the Sub-regional Office for the English and Dutch speaking Caribbean of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is greeted by President Donald Ramotar today during a courtesy call on the Head of State at the Office of the President (GINA photo)

A section of the gathering at the lottery of mining properties in Bartica today.

Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment,  Robert Persaud  (third from right) and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Guyana Geology and Mines Commission, Clinton Williams (second from right) witnessing the lottery of mining properties at the Bartica Community Centre today.

A man was shot dead earlier this afternoon and his wife injured near the traffic light outside the Vlissingen Road entrance of the Botanical Gardens.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A new musical based on the life of seven-time Grammy winning singer Gloria Estefan and her husband, Emilio, a music, television and film producer, will debut on Broadway next year, producers of the show said yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) An attempt by Caribbean Airlines Limited to prevent three more persons from suing for personal injuries arising from the crash landing of Caribbean Airlines Flight BW 523 in Guyana three years ago, was denied by a US district court judge on Wednesday in Brooklyn, New York.

FERGUSON, Missouri, (Reuters) – Missouri’s governor said today he would send the National Guard into the St.

In the wake of contradictory figures from the forestry commission, Minister of Finance Dr Ashni Singh’s statement that the increase in timber export earnings this year was due to “an expansion in plywood exports” has come under fire from the opposition.

The Guyana Marriott Hotel Project will now be aiming for a Christmas opening after officially missing its August completion deadline.

APNU MP Joseph Harmon has accepted an invitation by Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) Com-missioner James Singh to have an open debate on Bai Shan Lin’s logging operations and he has called for a variety of documents to be released.

Guyana Goldfields is on track to commence mining in Aurora, Cuyuni by July 2015, President Donald Ramotar heard when he and a delegation toured the Canadian company’s mining project yesterday, a GINA report said.

More than 95% of the blocks of mining lands put up for auction last week by the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) were snatched up over the four days that the auction lasted with bids reaching into the millions of dollars.

BK Aviation launched yesterday with the inaugural flight of its new Cessna Grand Caravan from the United States to Guyana via Antigua.

A 23-year-old Linden man died by hanging at his home yesterday.

Manufacturers association President, Clinton Williams is threatening to recuse himself from spearheading its engagement with the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) and the Natural Resources Ministry on the Bai Shan Lin logging controversy if the body’s business continues to be leaked to the press.

The New Amsterdam Mayor and Town Council in collaboration with several stakeholders, is getting closer to establishing a 24-hour Counselling and Testing Centre in the town to help in the fight to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS.

Samuel Hinds Jr was a no-show at court on Friday when his assault matter was called.

An autopsy on 47-year-old Allan Gobin proved that he died from cirrhosis of the liver and was not murdered as originally suspected.

Several Indigenous communities are demanding that unresolved land issues be settled before any demarcation of the territories under the Amerindian Land Titling project.

Remarkable displays of speed, strength, stamina and leaping ability, enabled the Police Progressive Youth Club (PPYC) to be crowned the Boyce/Jefford Classic V champions last night at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) ground.

Trinidadian conglomerate ANSA McAL has received an acknowledgement of its protest to the Health Ministry about its failure to pre-qualify to supply drugs for the country’s health sector but remains tight-lipped about its next move.

Following the controversial ending of the second Caribbean Premier League final which ended on Saturday night in St Kitts with victory for the Barbados Trident over the Amazon Warriors, the management of the Guyana Amazon Warriors team has decided to protest the outcome.

Residents in the new area of Tucber Park, New Amsterdam, are soon to benefit from 650ft of asphaltic road.

DOHUK, Iraq, (Reuters) – Kurdish fighters pushed to retake Iraq’s largest dam yesterday and the United States conducted a second day of air strikes in the area in a drive to reverse gains by Islamic State insurgents who have overrun much of the country’s north.

FERGUSON, MISSOURI, (Reuters) – Police fired smoke canisters into a crowd of about 400 demonstrators, including families with children, in Ferguson, Missouri, last night, where they were protesting against the killing last week of an unarmed black teenager, Michael Brown by police.

Two persons were hospitalized and several others were injured when a minibus and a car collided at Port Kaituma, Region One yesterday morning.

President Donald Ramotar on Friday said government will resolve the UG student loans question by or before the commencement of the 2014/2015 academic year.

Disciplined bowling from Darien Best and national leg spinner Steven Sankar helped Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) crush the Guyana Defence Force by 120 runs in the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)/ Noble House Seafood’s second division two-day competition yesterday at the Gandhi Youth Organisation (GYO) ground.

Guyana’s Claude Blackmore is currently doing duty at the athletics competition of the first Pan American Sports Festival which got underway at the Jesus Martinique “Palilio” Stadium in Mexico City on Saturday.

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – West Indies legend Desmond Haynes earmarked Kieron Pollard as a possible West Indies captain in the shorter forms of the game.

Guyana’s Sunil Seth and Richard Chin in the men’s division and Victoria Arjoon, Ashley de Groot and Mary Fung-A-Fat in the women’s draw remained yesterday in contention for individual singles honours at the 22nd senior Caribbean Squash Championships in Barbados.

Dear Editor, To paraphrase Jose Marti, “In the world there must be a certain amount of decorum as there must be a certain amount of light…” Sadly today, in Linden, there is an extreme lack of decorum, and the light is dimming fast.

Dear Editor, The Attorney General, Mr Nandlall’s, threat to mount a court challenge against the Speaker’s decision to send the censure motion against the Minister of Finance to the Privileges Committee, comes as no surprise.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Several members of India’s most powerful right-wing Hindu group were named to positions within the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), officials said yesterday, signalling a more overt role for the party’s ideological parent that usually operates in the shadows.

Colts overcame Buxton by 78-63 score line when the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) Trifecta first division tourney continued on Saturday at the Burnham Court.Nikkoloi

Grove Hi-Tech maintained their unbeaten record edging Agricola Red Triangle 4-2 when the Cult Energy drink sponsored East Bank Football Association (EBFA) U17 league continued at the Grove Community ground recently.

Dear Editor, Kindly allow me some space in your newspaper for this letter.

ISLAMABAD, (Reuters) – Leading opposition politician Imran Khan urged Pakistanis yesterday not to pay taxes or utility bills as a protest against the government and vowed to force the country’s “corrupt” prime minister to step down this week.

(Reuters) – Serena Williams finished her last U.S. Open tune-up in style by blowing away Serbian Ana Ivanovic 6-4 6-1 to win her first title at the Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati yesterday.

GRENVILLE, Grenada, CMC – Tamim Iqbal and Mahmudullah warmed up for the higher intensity battles with West Indies, when they set the Bangladeshis up for a 95-run victory over Grenada with purposeful batting in a 50 overs-a-side tour match yesterday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – President of the Trinidad & Tobago Cricket Board Azim Bassarath appealed to the government of the two-island republic to conduct a full audit of the operations of the Sport Company of T&T.

LONDON, (Reuters) – England captain Alastair Cook paid tribute to his team’s character after they crushed India by an innings and 244 runs in the fifth test yesterday to win the series 3-1.

LONDON, (Reuters) – England ripped out India for 94 to win the fifth test by a crushing innings and 244 runs at The Oval yesterday and complete a remarkable transformation by taking the series 3-1.

KIEV/DONETSK, Ukraine (Reu-ters) – Ukrainian forces have raised their national flag over a police station in the city of Luhansk that was for months under rebel control, Kiev said yesterday, in what could be a breakthrough in Ukraine’s efforts to crush pro-Moscow separatists.

BULAWAYO, (Reuters) – Opener Hashim Amla carried his bat through the innings to record an unbeaten 122 as South Africa eased to a 93 run victory over Zimbabwe in the first one-day international at Queens Sports Club yesterday.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Phil Hughes celebrated his recall to the Australia one-day squad with a second unbeaten double century in a month against South Africa in an A team fixture yesterday.

Dear Editor, Your article ‘When it rains, it pours for city businesses’ (SN, Aug.16th) with the accompanying photographs, graphically paint a picture of a failed state.

By Janette Bulkan   Janette Bulkan is  Assistant Professor, Department of Forest Resources Management, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.,

Dear Editor, How could I have been so blind, so inexcusably daft?

LONDON, (Reuters) – India captain MS Dhoni admitted his team had simply not been good enough after losing the five-match test series against England 3-1 yesterday.

In today’s column, we discuss a recent experience in trying to obtain information under the Access to Information Act that the National Assembly passed the Act in September 2011 to provide citizens with reasonable access to information on government programmes and activities.

(Trinidad Express) The Central Bank was granted an injunction against the Newsday newspaper on Friday night to prevent the publication of a story.

Dear Editor, My previous letters on the government’s management of the affairs of Guyana have been less than flattering.

Recent reports about the forestry industry present a significant problem for this already weakened and increasingly rudderless government.

The Concerned Citizens of Danielstown located across the Diaspora held their Anniversary & Homecoming Celebra-tions August 9-16, 2014. 

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Victims of Colombia’s 50-year-old war pleaded with peace negotiators to reach a deal and said they were willing to forgive heinous acts of cruelty, urging Colombians to unite behind the effort to end the bloodshed.