Daily Archive: Sunday, November 9, 2014

The Government of the Bahamas says all 9 people on board were killed when a plane crashed off Grand Bahama today.

Guyana today joined with the rest of the world to observe Remembrance Day also known as Poppy Day dedicated to the soldiers of the First and Second World Wars, and other fallen soldiers during major conflicts.

Guyana today joined with the rest of the world to observe Remembrance Day also known as Poppy Day dedicated to the soldiers of the First and Second World Wars, and other fallen soldiers during major conflicts.

Guyana today joined with the rest of the world to observe Remembrance Day also known as Poppy Day dedicated to the soldiers of the First and Second World Wars, and other fallen soldiers during major conflicts.

At about 1200h today, police say that Shaheed Yusuff, 6 years, of Farm, EBE, ran out of a yard at Parika, EBE, on to the main road and was struck down by an oncoming motor car.

(International Cricket Council) The ICC and all of its Member Boards today noted with deep disappointment the recent decision of the West Indies players to abandon an international tour without fulfilling the contractually agreed playing obligations between the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

The police say they are conducting investigations into the circumstances surrounding the death of a man who has been identified as Hemchand Ramgewan, 65 years, of Hubu, EBE, and whose body was found with injuries on the main road at De Kinderen, WCD.

The police say that investigations are being conducted into a fatal accident that occurred at about 0150h today on the main road at Sparendaam, ECD, and which resulted in the death of Christopher Baichan, 19 years, of Oleander Gardens, ECD.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – A record opening-day debut for a Bollywood film that happens to be directed by a woman is shaking up the men’s-only club of filmmakers in the list of India’s highest grossing movies.

(Trinidad Express) Thirteen days after a family of four, including a one-year-old girl, went missing in Brasso Seco, the bodies of a woman and a baby were discovered in a bag off a precipice yesterday.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Gold’s rout may be far from over, with many analysts and traders surveyed by Reuters predicting prices could fall to US$1,000 per ounce by the end of the year, the first time at that level since 2009, even after Friday’s 3-percent short-covering rally.

Facing parliamentary opponents determined to push through a no-confidence motion against the government in the National Assembly tomorrow, Attorney-General Anil Nandlall yesterday urged the opposition to reconsider and said that the suspension of the House presents a “golden opportunity” for both sides to agree on an agenda.

There were tears, raised voices, accusations, counter-accusations and promises of money.

In theory, President Donald Ramotar can prorogue Parliament perpetually, though this would result in Parliament becoming farcical.

  The future of the National Public Health Institute, widely known as the “reference lab,” is uncertain with the imminent end of funding from the US-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), according to Director Dr Nadira Ramcharran.

The relatives of a 13-year-old boy who was charged in October with attempted murder say the boy’s rights were violated after he was locked up for four days with adults.

It took the police more than two months to release video footage of the suspect in the Debra Blackman murder investigation but while some have criticised the delay, former police Commissioner Winston Felix says that the public ought not to be judgmental as these releases have to be timely.

The driver involved in the La Union, West Coast Demerara accident was on Friday granted his pre-trial freedom in the sum of $500,000 when he faced a charge of causing death by dangerous driving.

The feature 30-lap race of the 17th annual Troy Humphrey Memorial event was called off yesterday due to some cyclists blocking the circuit of the National Park in protest, somewhat overshadowing the otherwise successful fixture.

Banks DIH Limited and Citizens Bank will team up to host the Citizens Bank/GT Beer Golf Classic today at the Lusignan Golf Club, East Coast Demerara.

Here’s the biggest irony of Tuesday’s mid-term elections: the US government will continue demanding that Mexico, Colombia and other countries fight the marijuana trade as part of its “war on drugs,” while Washington voters have just approved making pot legal in the US capital.

Universal subsidies On December 9, 2013, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded its most recent Article IV Consultations with Guyana.

As the Hotel Tower prepares for a soft reopening in the next two weeks, the new management is moving to fill 170 vacancies, while working on a new image.

President Ramotar said in his address to the nation last week that if the opposition persists with the no-confidence motion, he will “prorogue or dissolve” the National Assembly.

In my home, a step down off the dining room, overlooking the beautiful garden my wife has created, I have my studiolo.

Malteenoes Sport Club (MSC) trounced the Muslim Youth Organisation (MYO) by four wickets to keep their chances of qualifying for a semifinals position alive as action in the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)/New Building Society 40 overs second division competition continued yesterday at the MSC ground.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – After the three injury-plagued seasons Pat Cummins has endured since his sensational test debut, it is little wonder the 21-year-old Australian paceman is happy just to be playing cricket.

In the heart of London, observed daily by tens of thousands of passers-by, is a large picture of Sir Shridath Ramphal, the Cari-bbean’s elder statesman.

(Reuters) – Zimbabwe off-spinner Malcolm Waller has been reported for a suspected illegal bowling action, joining a fast-growing list of spinners to have fallen foul of the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) rules against throwing.

As we sit right now in the middle of a firestorm in the media and elsewhere enveloping the West Indies Cricket Board following the abrupt cancellation of the India series by our team, one is left to wonder how long it is going to take to convince us that our regional cricket arrangement needs urgent revision.

A Barnwell woman lost her life after she was hit from behind by a motor car while walking along the Mocha Access Road, East Bank Demerara (EBD), on Friday evening.

Absolute v relative poverty This week I shall follow up on three matters related to last week’s discussion of poverty and inequality in the context of Guyana’s growth, joblessness and the minimum wage.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, CMC – An astonishing hundred from Chris Gayle fired Lions to an easy ten-wicket win over Warriors in the South African Ram Slam Twenty20 League here Friday.

Caryota mitis commonly called Fishtail palm originated in India and South-east Asia.

Kathleen Headley of Norton Street, Werk-en-Rust celebrated her 100th birthday last month.

BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said yesterday an irrepressible yearning for freedom brought the Berlin Wall tumbling down 25 years ago and called it a “miracle” that the Cold War barrier was breached without a shot being fired.

Dear Editor, This continuous effort to rewrite history by seeking to paint some trade unions in a negative light, with only GAWU and NAACIE positively painted, is an act of public mischief.

IT is 26 days since the West Indies team prematurely exited its tour of India with one ODI, one Twenty20 and three Tests left abandoned, a week since the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) formalized its claim against the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) for US$41.97 million compensation for the consequent losses, just six days before its deadline for an explanation of how the WICB intends to pay.

For me, food = rice. Therefore, I am always on the lookout for new and interesting rice recipes to make.

Nearly five months after 2012-2014 contract to supply drugs to Guyana’s health sector has expired there has been no official word to bidders on who has qualified for the new 2014-2016 period and who has supplied the country’s needs since July.

Last week we dealt with the activity associated with actually putting the pet to sleep permanently, usually using the method of lethal injection (overdose of an anaesthetic, which works quickly and smoothly).

A family of four is contemplating its next move following a Friday afternoon fire which saw millions of dollars worth of items going up in flames.

BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US air strikes destroyed an Islamic State convoy near the Iraqi city of Mosul but US officials said yesterday it was unclear whether the group’s top commander Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had been in any of the 10 targeted vehicles.

A Raymond Austin five-goal haul propelled title holders St. Pius Primary to their second consecutive finals’ appearance, in the process embarrassing Tucville Primary 6-1 in their semi-final encounter of the Petra Organization/ Courts Pee football tourney yesterday.

VATICAN CITY, (Reuters) – Pope Francis yesterday demoted an outspoken conservative American cardinal who has been highly critical of the pontiff’s reformist leadership of the Roman Catholic Church.

LONDON (Reuters) – Scientists who unlocked the genetic code of bacteria grown from a soldier who died of dysentery in World War I say it revealed a superbug already resistant to penicillin and other antibiotics decades before they were in common use.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – DNA extracted from the skeleton of a man who lived in Russia about 37,000 years ago is giving scientists new insights into the genetic history of Europeans including interbreeding that took place with Neanderthals more than 50,000 years ago.

The encashing of the ‘Because We Care’ grants saw chaos and long lines at various sites yesterday and some parents and guardians expressed dissatisfaction with the chosen method of the money distribution.

BRASILIA (Reuters) – A quick belt-tightening, and then back to business as usual.

BARCELONA (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of Catalans are expected to back independence from Spain today in a symbolic referendum on secession being held across the northeastern region, despite opposition from Madrid.

A mid-morning vehicular accident between a route 44 minibus and a motor car on Railway Embankment at Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara yesterday, has left some 10 persons injured.

Dear Editor, When the AFC indicated enough was enough, when it indicated that our people can no longer suffer the neglect, the hardships, the squandermania, the PPP’s demonstration of contempt for parliament, for the peoples’ voice, and threatened a no-confidence motion against the government that would result in the government resigning, the President said “Bring it on!”

Distinguished Guyanese painter, poet and writer Stanley Greaves shows his motion with Ena Harvey at a celebration held in his honour at Castellani House yesterday to mark his upcoming 80th birth anniversary.

(Reuters) – The leaden-footed Australians found themselves bamboozled by Pakistan’s wily spinners and their trans-Tasman rivals New Zealand can expect similar treatment from Misbah-ul-Haq and his men in a three-test series starting in Abu Dhabi today.

The most important activity on the World Chess Federation’s calendar, the World Chess Championship title match, began on Friday and runs until November 28.

Thirty-two-year-old Tiffany Jackson is a fighter, and has used the most traumatic experience of her life as a catalyst to assist in her work of helping victims of domestic violence.

LONDON (Reuters) – Bats are living up to their frightening reputation in the world’s worst Ebola outbreak as prime suspects for spreading the deadly virus to humans, but scientists believe they may also shed valuable light on fighting infection.

Bishops’ High defeated St. Stanislaus College 48-44 in overtime after normal time concluded with the scores locked on 38-38 when the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) u-19 High School Exchange Pilot Programme continued on Friday.

Over one thousand graduands sit eagerly anticipating the start of the 48th  Convocation of the University of Guyana yesterday afternoon at the Turkeyen Campus.

We have reached a pivotal point in our political history – perhaps.

Dear Editor, The sharing out of the $10,000 school vouchers is not a bad initiative by the government but there are some flaws which should be addressed by the Ministry of Education.

Sunday Cartoons

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama yesterday picked Brooklyn federal prosecutor Loretta Lynch to be the next US attorney general, signalling a change in style but a continuation of the law enforcement priorities the administration has pursued.

This is the second instalment of Eusi Kwayana’s reflections on the events  of 1953 culminating in the suspension of the constitution by the British governmentBy Eusi Kwayana The election victory of the PPP in 1953 has been both overrated and underrated.