Daily Archive: Friday, September 5, 2014

Workers clearing the drains through La Penitence St, Albouystown yesterday. This is part of government’s clean-up campaign.

Traffic was backed up yesterday until this herd cleared off the road at Beterverwagting, East Coast Demerara.

KINGSTON, (Reuters) – A small U.S. private plane with an unresponsive pilot crashed off the east coast of Jamaica on Friday after veering far off its course toward southwest Florida and triggering a U.S.

More tombs can now be clearly seen in Le Repentir Cemetery following the removal of bush as part of the government’s clean-up campaign in the city.

Main opposition coalition APNU today derided PPP General Secretary Clement Rohee for what it said was his inventing of problems in the preliminary voters list.

(Trinidad Express) Some police officers are expected to be outfitted with body cameras beginning later this month, acting Police Commissioner Stephen Willi­ams said yesterday.

Demerara managed to defy a magical five-wicket haul by Essequibo skipper Anthony Adams to secure a nail-biting two-wicket win in the first round of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) 50-over Inter-county Tournament.

By Delvon McEwan Berbice started their Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Senior Inter-County Limited Overs Tournament with an easy victory over the National Under-19 team yesterday, at the Everest Cricket Club Ground.

Golden Jaguars head coach Denzil Thompson is pleased with his team’s showing against Dominica in their opening CFU Qualification Cup fixture and is confident that they can overcome St Lucia in today’s match.

The Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) yesterday defended the integrity of the preliminary voters’ list, while debunking “ill-advised accusations” being perpetuated through the media by the People’s Progressive Party (PPP).

A recent World Health Organisation (WHO) report has named Guyana as the country with the highest estimated suicide rate for 2012 but Minister of Health Dr Bheri Ramsaran says his ministry has long since recognised it as a problem and has been working towards addressing it.

Tournament favourites Tuschen-Up-Top Youths were sent packing from the Stag Beer five-a-side football tourney, going down to Showstoppers 5-4 on sudden death kicks in their quarterfinal match-up after normal and extra time finished at 4-4.

BK International Incorpo-rated yesterday said it is moving to the courts in India in an effort to recover $400M from Surendra Engineering Corporation Limited, the Indian company contracted to build the US$18M Specialty Hospital at Turkeyen.

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – A buoyant West Indies enter the first Test against Bangladesh here today, convinced they can brush aside the minnows and extend their domination of the Home Series.

The man accused of the fatal stabbing of gold miner Glendon Cox was yesterday charged and remanded to prison.

Logging company Baishanlin is still in its start-up phase in Guyana and it took big loans to initiate the investment, Opposition Leader David Granger was told during a recent meeting with China’s Ambassador Zhang Limin.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Hull City striker Calaum Jahraldo-Martin scored and fellow United Kingdom-based forward Keiran Murtagh weighed in with a double, to help Antigua and Barbuda crush Anguilla 6-0 in the CFU Caribbean Cup Qualifiers here Wednesday night.

(Reuters) Results from the U.S. Open Men’s Singles Quarterfinal matches yesterday 2-Roger Federer (Switzerland) beat 20-Gael Monfils (France) 4-6 3-6 6-4 7-5 6-2, 14-Marin Cilic (Croatia) beat 6-Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) 6-2 6-4 7-6(4)

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) on Wednesday warned over the abuse of remigrant concessions and said it will do everything possible to protect the integrity of the scheme.

The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has warned the Caribbean to be prepared for the “full impact” of the chikungunya virus as the number of countries reporting cases of the viral disease continues to rise.

(Trinidad Express) Jamaica’s anti-doping agency has doubled the number of doping control officers on the Caribbean island that has produced the world’s most dominant sprinters.

A farmer who said he cultivated cannabis plants in order to sell and raise money to purchase a chainsaw was yesterday sentenced to three years in jail.

HARARE, (Reuters) – Faf du Plessis smashed a third century in four matches as South Africa beat Zimbabwe by 63 runs yesterday to set up a final showdown with Australia in the triangular series tournament.

Recent drama The recent drama surrounding the forestry sector in Guyana is likely to rekindle interest in the effect that exploitation of the natural resources can have on the country.

Sections of the Fogarty’s Department Store building have been put up for rent and the gift shop and jewellery store once housed on its ground floor were relocated to the second storey of the building.

Five years after the signing of the historic PetroCaribe ‘rice for oil’ deal between Guyana and Venezuela the euphoria in the sector that had resulted has been replaced with a more sober posture among stakeholders.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The Indian Premier League (IPL) should be scrapped to safeguard the long-term health of cricket, according to former England all-rounder Ian Botham.

Dear Editor, I am writing to you with regard to your latest editorial ‘Struggle over Ukraine continues’ published on September 3, 2014.

Chief Executive Officer of Caribbean Container Inc (CCI) Patricia Bacchus has attributed the indifferent performance of the company during the first six months of 2014 to a range of factors some of which she said were outside of the company’s control.

Dear Editor, Please allow us the opportunity to inform your readers of the European Union’s actions towards finding a comprehensive solution to the ongoing crisis affecting our neighbour and partner, Ukraine.

(Reuters) – Brazil and Argentina kept alive their dreams of rekindling past glories after winning in contrasting fashion to reach the basketball World Cup last 16 with a match to spare on Wednesday.

Commissioner-General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Khurshid Sattaur on Wednesday said that the organisation will shortly occupy the portion of the Lamaha Street railway embankment controversially constructed for it by Chinese company Baishanlin.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil have nothing to prove in today’s friendly against Colombia in New Jersey despite an embarrassing World Cup exit, said defender Gil who has been called up for the first time.

If you are simply looking for a job and need the help of an agency that might find you one, International Recruiters is probably not the ideal firm to seek out.

Dear Editor, The Demerara Cricket Board wishes to urge the newly installed regional Windies selectors to revisit the situation regarding Shivnarine Chanderpaul’s continued omission from our Regional One Day team.

A young puma and several other wild animals were yesterday retrieved by the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment after a woman was found transporting them to Georgetown from South Rupununi.

NEWPORT, Wales/DONETSK, Ukraine, (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and the main pro-Russian rebel leader said they would both order ceasefires on Friday, provided that an agreement is signed on a new peace plan to end the five-month war in Ukraine’s east.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – World number one Novak Djokovic wore down his old foe Andy Murray in a typically gruelling encounter under the lights at Flushing Meadows on Wednesday to reach the semi-finals of the U.S.

Guyana is moving towards establishing an action plan to deal with the Ebola Virus, and in this regard a wide cross-section of stakeholders met yesterday, GINA said.

Dear Editor, It is quite the ‘in’ thing these days for persons to align themselves in some manner with Pope Francis.

The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) is anticipating big things from its most recent variety of rice on trial in the sector across the country.

HOUSTON/NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A U.S. judge has decided that BP Plc was “grossly negligent” and “reckless” in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill four years ago, a ruling that could add nearly $18 billion in fines to more than $42 billion in charges the company took for the worst offshore environmental disaster in U.S.

MONZA, Italy, (Reuters) – The Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton show rumbled into Monza yesterday and this time the Mercedes team mates kept their distance.

With possible general elections on the horizon, the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) has already moved to source the services of a Joint International Technical Assessor, Chairman Dr Steve Surujbally said yesterday.

With the October 3 to 6 GuyExpo fast approaching, this newspaper has been reliably informed that the event will see representation from Asia, South America and the Caribbean and will include ministerial representation from at least one country.

Dear Editor, Through the medium of both press and electronic news, the nation is being forewarned about the possibility of a merger between the political parties.

Never known to back down from a challenge, Mark ‘The People’s Choice’ Austin has stepped in as a late replacement to face Dexter ‘The Cobra’ Gonsalves on the ‘Battle of Contenders’ card on September 13.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – South Africa has denied a visa to the Dalai Lama, Tibet’s spiritual leader, for the third time in five years, his local representative said yesterday, intensifying speculation about the extent of Beijing’s sway over Pretoria.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 579’s trading results showed consideration of $2,066,098 from 84,248 shares traded in 11 transactions as compared to session 578’s trading results, which showed consideration of $2,240,110 from 56,314 shares traded in 16 transactions.

Dear Editor, M Maxell is correct: ‘It is time for hard hitting commentaries on the Guyana condition…’ SN, August 4.

Two armed bandits yesterday carted off an undisclosed amount of cash from the Bush Lot, West Coast Berbice, Money Gram agency around 13:00 hrs.

If Essequibo rice farmers are not even close to walking away from an industry that has served them well for decades, there are signs of an increasing awareness of some of the current uncertainties associated with the sector.

During yesterday, the police say they conducted a drug eradication operation at La Harmonie Backdam, Demerara River, during which a field of cannabis sativa (marijuana) plants that was under cultivation was found and destroyed.

West Indies Cricket Board CEO Michael Muirhead has defended the Board’s decision not to sanction the two cricketers who made themselves unavailable for the Test series against Bangladesh, beginning today.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Several Jamaican public officials are now being investigated for money laundering as the Financial Investigations Division (FID), begins to take an interest in the billions of dollars expended on Government projects in recent years.

193 Middle Road La Penitence is the home of D&D Beauty Salon and Boutique and the family team of 25-year-old Delshana Christopher, her brother Delson and their mother, Vanessa, run what one might call a place of style and beauty for people of all walks of life.

Healthy Eating (Part 1)A lot of people right now are worried about Chikungunya- the mosquito-borne viral illness that causes fever, rashes, and joint pain.

Business Cartoons

In the USA, where thousands of my countrymen reside, former Presidents are still addressed as “President.”

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Former England midfielder Peter Reid became the latest high-profile name to sign up for the inaugural edition of the Indian Super League (ISL) after he was named manager of the Mumbai franchise yesterday.

Dear Editor, The three political parties are on record as opposing the kind of political system Speaker Ralph Ramkarran is proposing – ‘Revert to Cabinet system of government’ (SN, Sep 1); not one of them has proposed reverting to the British model of governance.

The National Synthetic track was yesterday certified by the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) as part of the Government’s quest to renew sport and athletics and boost Guyana’s capacity to host international sport activities, GINA said.

The five members who will be serving on the Police Service Commission were sworn in today before President Donald Ramotar (third from left) at the Office of the President.

Over the next three days, ranks of the Guyana Police Force will be participating in a Level One, Community Service Chaplaincy training programme that seeks to give first time juvenile offenders a second chance.

Guyana is moving towards establishing an action plan to deal with the Ebola Virus, and in this regard a wide cross section of stakeholders from various organisations met yesterday to establish the measures to be undertaken in order to put the plan into operation.