Daily Archive: Sunday, August 16, 2015

At about 0345h today, the police say that two men armed with a cutlass and a firearm entered the home of vendors Abdool Kadir, 47 years, and his wife Neeranie Kadir, 46 years, at No.

At about 1600h yesterday, the police say that pedestrian Rudolph Ramsammy, 72 years, of Adventure, Soesdyke/Linden Highway, attempted to cross the roadway at Adventure and was struck down by a motor car.

JAKARTA, (Reuters) – An Indonesian twin-turboprop aircraft carrying 54 people lost contact with air traffic control today in the remote, forested eastern Papua region, the National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) said, with search efforts hampered by failing light as night falls.

The construction of several roads and schools in Region Four are among the planned capital projects that will be on hold until next year, according to the Regional Executive Officer Deolall Rooplall, who yesterday announced the postponement of all major works in the region.

Story and photos by Shabna Ullah Mathews Ridge, North West District with its hills, mountains and pristine rainforest is magnificent, its people are friendly and hospitable, but the community has a common problem – the state of its main road.

An intruder was shot on Friday night in the compound of Freedom House, the headquarters of the opposition PPP, where police say he attempted to attack a security guard.

Former Amerindian Affairs Minister Pauline Sukhai yesterday said she was entitled to the expenditure of $2.1 M of public money on her dental work which she had received under the previous PPP/C administration.

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) has launched a public campaign to turn Georgetown into a “Green City.”

The shooting range at the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Camp Ayanganna base was shut down after several bullets pierced the walls and damaged a car several hundred feet away at Stanley Place, Kitty.

Amnesty and buyback programmes to get illegal guns off the streets are set to be launched on September 1st, the Government Information Agency (GINA) has reported.

Justice is all that the still grieving relatives of Nigel Isaacs want after the man accused of fatally shooting him was freed because the police failed to obtain sufficient evidence to make the charge stick.

Police are yet to arrest the suspect in the hit and run accident at Eccles Public road on Wednesday night, which claimed the life of a woman and left her partner hospitalised.

Former Amerindian Affairs Minister Pauline Sukhai yesterday expressed her concerns about the dismissal of 1,972 Amerindians previously employed as Community Support Officers (CSOs) under the Youth Entre-preneurship and Apprenticeship Programme (YEAP).

Over a dozen former workers have accused the SAJ Rice Group Inc of wrongfully dismissing them after they moved to join a union.

GALLE, Sri Lanka, (Reuters) – Rangana Herath picked up seven wickets in a sublime display of left-arm spin bowling to power Sri Lanka to a spectacular comeback win by 63 runs against India on the fourth day of the opening test at Galle yesterday.

A Guyanese woman is facing 25 years to life in prison if she is convicted of charges of arson in the United States, where she is accused of setting her business on fire in a scheme to collect on an insurance policy.

SYDNEY, Australia, CMC – Jamaica’s Sunshine Girls once again faltered at the semi-final hurdle when they went down to World number one, Australia, at the penultimate stage of the Netball World Cup yesterday.

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI), while congratulating the Minister of Finance on the presentation of a fair and comprehensive budget, has expressed concerns over governmental interventions in various industries.

The raising of the US flag at the newly opened American embassy in Havana is an important story, but I can’t help finding much of the US media coverage surrounding the event to be repetitive, boring and frivolous.

Following the successful staging of the Andrew ‘Sixhead’ Lewis National Novices Championships last weekend, the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) has decided to honour other notable local boxers by naming future tournaments after them.

The two men accused of murdering Ryan Clementson, who was fatally shot in Tucville last month, were charged jointly with the crime on Friday.

Open mind There is something about the Amaila Falls Hydropower project that haunts this writer.

A very wise woman, who also happened to be my mother, once told me: “If you know something good or hear something good about somebody, you should pass it on.”

With his more celebrated Team Gillette Evolution club mates Orville Hinds and Michael Anthony among others competing overseas, Raul Leal stole the show and sprinted to his first victory of the cycling season yesterday.

Cyber-security incidents continue to rise. Accord-ing to PwC’s Global State of Information Security Survey 2015, attacks rose internationally by 48 per cent in 2014 resulting in huge remedial and reputational costs to the companies and governments concerned.

HAVANA (Reuters) – The sight was so unlikely that some Cubans could scarcely believe it: a US secretary of state lecturing their Communist government about democracy and human rights on state television.

SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) – The Dominican Republic deported five people of Haitian descent yesterday under a controversial migration policy that set a deadline for undocumented foreigners to apply for temporary residence, according to local media.

Mofongo is a dish of fried green plantains mashed with garlic, oil, broth, and pork cracklings or chicharrón (fried pork belly or pork rinds).

Introduction So far in this series of columns I have covered the international discussion taking place on steps to secure the recovery of stolen public assets leading up to the recently concluded Third Conference on Financing for Development (FFD), held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia last month.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Defending champions Jamaica will take aim at their second straight title when they take on unbeaten Barbados in the final of the Regional Women’s Super50 here today.

Dear Editor, The issue raised by Attorney-at-Law Mr Leon Rockliffe in a letter in the Stabroek News of August 15 ‘Government should urgently amend the Land Registry Act’ has been raised by the Guyana Bar Association and the legal profession on a number of occasions.

Attorney-at-Law James Bond learnt to play chess last December. He was wowed and inspired by the game.

Dear Editor,   The Justice for Walter Rodney Committee has been following with interest the statements of the current government of Guyana through its spokespersons, Ministers Basil Williams (Attorney General) and Raphael Trotman (Governance).

“Management at all levels has degenerated into an ongoing story of incompetence, internal wrangling and court cases.

There are growing concerns within the Indian Guyanese community that the government has embarked on large-scale discrimination against them.

The government is working on a project to incorporate the National Data Management Authority (NDMA) into its E-Governance operations, the Ministry of the Presidency announced yesterday.

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Emperor Akihito marked the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two with an expression of “deep remorse” over the conflict on Saturday, a departure from his annual script which could be seen as a subtle rebuke of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Good poetry holds its truth and relevance throughout the ages. It may retail the facts and thinking of its own era, but part if it will always express what is eternally true and recognizable.

(Continued) Biting Flies   The ear flap has an assortment of blood vessels which, when damaged, tend to bleed uncontrollably.

TIANJIN, China (Reuters) – The death toll from two massive explosions that tore through an industrial area in the northeastern Chinese port of Tianjin has risen to 104, state media said yesterday, as China’s president urged improvements in workplace safety.

Half Mile Bulls were crowned the Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) U-23 champions, overcoming the Amelia’s Ward Jets, 69-61 in the finale at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) hard-court on Friday.

Dear Editor,   On Thursday 6th August, 2015 when I was told by a hire car driver at Supenaam that he was assaulted by a prisoner who was at the time in police custody at the Supenaam Farmers Wharf, I could not believe what he was telling me, so I enquired from more than a dozen persons whom I know would normally be there, and the hire car driver’s story was true.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Telecommunications powerhouse AT&T Inc has provided extensive assistance to the US National Security Agency as the spy agency conducts surveillance on huge volumes of Internet traffic passing through the United States, the New York Times reported yesterday, citing newly disclosed NSA documents.

Cordia sebestena commonly called Spanish Cordia or Geranium tree originated from the northern coast of South America and the Caribbean, and comes from the Boraginaceae family.

BILBAO (Reuters) – Aritz Aduriz’s second half hat-trick sent Barcelona spinning to a shock 4-0 defeat at Athletic Bilbao in the first leg of the Spanish Super Cup on Friday.

Last Monday Stabroek News reported that Dr Veerasammy Ramayya had left the AFC.

 Sunday  Cartoons

Dear Editor, In this period of change in the administration when key sectors are found to be facing failure, there is an urgent need for Think Tanks.

No one could have told me that minutes after discussing the niceties of the Guyana-Chile relationship with Chile’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, I would be sprinting down Santiago’s darkening streets, eyes teary from tear-gas, trying to discern friend from foe.

A billboard erected at Industrial Site, Ruimveldt advertising the city’s new “Clean and Green” campaign.