Daily Archive: Sunday, November 23, 2014

Police and officials of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport Corporation are investigating the circumstances which led to the death of an off duty employee.

Power of God Ministry International with the assistance of five University of Guyana Social Work students, are helping to eradicate illiteracy in the Tucville community, a release from the group said.

Power of God Ministry International with the assistance of five University of Guyana Social Work students, are helping to eradicate illiteracy in the Tucville community, a release from the group said.

A tussle between the Ministry of Legal Affairs and the Supreme Court over the hiring of the judiciary’s staff is continuing, with the court now moving to also hire staff for its Verbatim Court Reporting Unit (VCRU).

(Trinidad Express)An elderly German couple who have been com­ing to vacation in Toba­go for several years were found hacked to death along Minis­ter’s Bay, Bacolet Beach, yesterday morning.

Gold declarations continue to slump and to date are 19 per cent lower than they were for the corresponding period last year.

Story by Jeanna Pearson Photos by Arian Browne Jane Cabral wakes up every morning to the smell of marijuana wafting across her small makeshift house that was once made of plastic.

A 21-year-old unlicensed driver of De Willem, West Coast Demerara lost his life when the vehicle he was driving crashed into a parked car and a garage at Zeeburg around 11 pm on Friday.

A 20 year-old Da Silva Street, Kitty man is battling for his life at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) after one of his friends allegedly fired a gun at him.

Flood waters in some areas of Georgetown and along the East Coast Demerara have been slowly receding as the East Coast Conser-vancy continues to rise.

Latin American programmes to send more students to US universities are beginning to bear fruit, even if the number of Latin American students in US higher education institutions remains way behind those of China, India, South Korea and even Vietnam.

Narsingh Deonarine yesterday converted his overnight half-century into a scintillating century which ensured the Guyana Jaguars stayed on top of the Windwards Volcanoes at the end of day two of the ongoing WICB Professional Cricket League (PCL) Regional four-day tournament.

As if the political controversies were not enough, the rains and inevitable floods brought more woes to the populace.

Rain and a waterlogged outfield forced the organisers of the Rohan Auto Spares/Ramchand Auto Spares softball cricket competition to reschedule the semi-final matches to today weather permitting.

ABU DHABI, CMC – Lewis Hamilton says he will need to be adaptable if he is to win today’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and capture his second Formula One World title.

The findings of an investigation into a complaint made by former NBS manager Maurice Arjoon will be made public, according to Ombudsman Justice Winston Moore who on Friday delivered copies of the report to the Clerk of the National Assembly.

Following a malfunction of the Berbice Bridge on Friday evening which left countless persons stranded, a temporary fix is in place with a full recovery expected within a few days.

In the boardroom and behind the steering wheel of his Honda Civic, Mohamed Roshandin played an integral dual role in Guyana retaining the coveted Caribbean Motor Racing Championships (CMRC) country trophy.

The title I gave to one of my collections of poems is ‘Between Silence and Silence.’

EVEN with all the optimism in the world, it is impossible to shake the notion that the West Indies team that leaves a week today (November 30) for its tour of South Africa is heading for a certain trouncing.

Two weeks after President Donald Ramotar suspended Parliament, the opposition parties APNU and AFC continue their efforts to draw international attention to the matter but they differ on their expectations of the role of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) in the matter.

Introduction Last week’s column sought to make it very clear that, in my view, Guyana’s burgeoning inequality and poverty are the direct products of decisions and collective choices made by the ruling cabal of politicians, controllers of criminal networks, economic and financial rogues, and other marauders, who as I have indicated, consider themselves not only ‘too big to jail’ but also destined by the gods to rule Guyana.

LUCAS STREET, Barbados, CMC – Heavy rains once again forced the abandonment of play in the WICB Professional Cricket League second round game between Barbados Pride and Jamaica here yesterday.

In November 2015 the Commonwealth will have to choose a new Secretary General.

Certainties of life It has often been said that death and taxes are the two certainties of life.

This past week in Demerara, at the height of the thunderous rainstorm that produced widespread flooding, an East Coast resident was in a quandary.

Eight persons managed to escape with their lives on Friday night after the bus they were travelling in toppled a few times after being hit by another vehicle.

East Coast Football Association (ECFA) President Aubrey Hutson, said his association is prepared to participate in the Kashif and Shanghai tourney once it’s sanctioned and will only host their own yearend event if it doesn’t come to fruition.

Cyrtostachys renda, commonly called the Lipstick or Sealing wax palm is another exotic palm in the Palmae family.

The recent comments by Commander Clifton Hicken that women should dress less provocatively to discourage sexual violence, is ‘distressing and disturbing’ according to the Guyana Association of Women Lawyers (GAWL) which also lashed out at the Guyana Police Force for attempting to justify the comments that were made.

Action on match day two in the Guinness Greatest of the Streets Georgetown leg will continue today at the Demerara Park Parking Lot with eight group fixtures.

Persons who failed to register for the Grand Coastal Golf Tourney which was to be held yesterday will now have another opportunity to register for the tournament which was postponed by the Lusignan Golf Club (LGC) due to the inclement weather.

The Phillip George Memorial Basketball tournament continues today at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Homestretch Avenue with three programmed fixtures.

NAIROBI (Reuters) – The Somali Islamist militant group al Shabaab said it had staged an attack in Kenya yesterday in which gunmen ordered non-Muslims off a bus and shot 28 dead, while sparing Muslim passengers.

    All across the Caribbean you can find a dish of stew-peas.

Attorney General Anil Nandlall plans to appeal a recent ruling by acting Chief Justice Ian Chang that concluded that the paper committals process under the Sexual Offences Act is inconsistent with the constitution because it does not allow accused persons to cross-examine witnesses at the preliminary inquiry stage.

Dear Editor, I have today delivered copies of my report on a Complaint by Mr Maurice Arjoon to the Clerk of the National Assembly for the purpose of laying same before the National Assembly.

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish soldiers are training Kurdish peshmerga fighters in northern Iraq and will give similar assistance to a new national army unit in Baghdad as part of the struggle against Islamic State, a senior Turkish official said yesterday.

The body of a young unidentified man was fished out of a flooded canal at Lusignan, East Coast Demerara yesterday.

Pepsi Sonics Basketball Club’s Open U-23 Five-a-Side tourney and three-point shooting contest will commence today from 11:00hrs at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue.

Dear Editor, I live in North Ruimveldt and I was up since 5 o’clock this morning [Saturday] to complete the utter back-breaking job of ridding my bottom flat of the stench of two days of lodged water, mud, tiny dead fish, tadpoles and other matter.

LISBON (Reuters) – Portuguese police have arrested former Socialist prime minister Jose Socrates and three other people in an investigation of suspected tax fraud, corruption and money-laundering, the Prosecutor General’s office said yesterday.

Dear Editor, It took a while, maybe a bit longer than usual, but like the floodwaters it inexorably came.

It has been almost two years since Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee rolled out a raft of police reforms some of which were to be spearheaded by a civilian team, but with the rising incidences of serious crimes including armed robberies and murders, questions abound as to whether things are going according to plan.

Mention was made in last week’s column about the possible need for special treatment for those animals which were companions to the one that was euthanized.

LILLE, France, (Reuters) – Switzerland made a big step towards a maiden Davis Cup title when they took a 2-1 lead in the final against hosts France with Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka’s 6-3 7-5 6-4 win in the doubles against Richard Gasquet and Julien Benneteau yesterday.

Pool of the Revolution? Young boys take advantage of a flooded area at the Square of the Revolution to enjoy a swim.

The next time players from the Invaders Cricket Club grace the field, they will don a new attire compliments of Massy Gas Products.

(Trinidad Guardian) Security at Petrotrin installations was beefed Friday night as the state-owned oil company raised its threat alert after a cryptic warning was issued in a video posted on Youtube from the group Anonymous T&T.

A sizeable number of chess aficionados, including a sprinkling of Guyanese, are viewing the live coverage of the World Championship Chess match via the internet.

Dear Editor, The recent demonstration of ignorance and sexist attitudes and beliefs among the senior echelons of the police force and the publicised solicitations of sexual favours on behalf of a relative by the Attorney General, are strong indications that women, children and youth in Guyana continue to be at grave risk of being denied justice and fair, informed and impartial investigation and prosecution of sexual offences.

(The Sports Xchange) —-John Wall had 17 of his 28 points in the third quarter and Washington’s reserves finished with a 40-9 scoring advantage as the Wizards downed the Cleveland Cavaliers 91-78.

(Trinidad Express) The bodies of a man and woman believed to be murdered were found on a beach in Bacolet, Tobago at around midday.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Comedian Bill Cosby spoke out against a wave of sexual assault allegations but told a Florida publication he does not have to “answer to innuendos.”

Less than a week after Cabinet gave its no objection to the $9.2 billion West Coast Road Project, a contract was yesterday signed and work is scheduled to begin shortly.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Trades Union Congress is fed up with what is passing for governance and calls on the citizens/workers/electorate to register their disgust with the current management of the affairs of state.

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused the West yesterday of trying to use sanctions imposed on Moscow in the Ukraine crisis to seek “regime change” in Russia.

After $500 million spent, a small army of ordinary citizens mobilized to manually clean drains, and excavators pressed into service to dredge the main canals, Georgetown experienced the worst flooding it has seen since 2005.

MANAMA (Reuters) – Bahrainis voted yesterday in the first parliamentary elections since 2011 when mostly Shi’ite protesters took to the streets demanding more democracy.

Sunday Cartoons

The audience for theatre in Guyana exhibits certain characteristics and behaviours defined by history, colonialism, slavery, culture and tradition.

A security guard was on Friday struck down and killed by a motorcycle on the public road at Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara, while he was crossing the road to go home.

Blue-black Grassquit (Volatinia jacarina) Males of this species have a jumping routine with a persistent call, usually from a fence post or

BERLIN, (Reuters) – The head of Germany’s Football League (DFL) launched a scathing attack on FIFA yesterday, saying coordinated action was needed from Europe to reform world soccer’s governing body.

Workers battle weeds in the canal alongside Castellani House on Homestretch Avenue yesterday.