Daily Archive: Sunday, September 6, 2015

Chairman of the Guyana Rice Development Board, Claude Housty says that government has settled all of its financial obligations with rice millers.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board president, Azim Bassarath says he disagrees with the decision to sack Denesh Ramdin as Test captain and hopes the move is not part of any plan to target Trinidadian players.

In the wake of continuing mining pit deaths, the government says efforts are ongoing to implement recommendations from a recent inquiry and the public will be advised of these.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Australia allrounder Shane Watson has ended his test career with immediate effect after yet another injury setback, Cricket Australia (CA) said today.

Greeted by a small protest by opposition supporters during his first official visit to his hometown of Whim, Berbice, since the May 11 elections, Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo yesterday extended an invitation to the parliamentary opposition to join a national unity government.

Story and photos by Dhanash Ramroop   A 20 minutes’ drive from Georgetown along the East Coast of Demerara takes you to the former hidden paradise of Elizabeth Hall.

Police have arrested a man who they say admitted to battering an elderly woman and cutting a part of her tongue off during an attack at Stanleytown, West Bank Demerara, in late July.

Norway has urged the APNU+AFC administration to consider the merits of the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project (AFHP) since Guyana stands to lose over $16 billion previously earmarked for the project if it fails to come up with a plan for “transformational” renewable energy sources that can be realised in the next few years.

The total number of reported cases of domestic violence fell by more than 2,000 between 2013 and 2014.

VATICAN CITY, (Reuters) – Pope Francis called today on every European parish and religious community to take in one migrant family each in a gesture of solidarity he said would start in the tiny Vatican state where he lives.

Former Commissioner Ronald Gajraj and minister of foreign affairs Carolyn Rodrigues will be held accountable for financial and administrative discrepancies found at Guyana’s High Commission in India, Foreign Affairs Minister Carl Greenidge said.

President of the Berbice Chamber of Commerce and Development Association (BCCDA) Ramroop Rajnauth says the Berbice River bridge is underutilised and a reduction in tolls could see increased traffic and more revenue for the bridge company.

Introduction   In last week’s column, I sought to provide some insight into elements of the general approach adopted by the intergovernmental Open Working Group (OWG), which the United Nations (UN) had created to produce a Post-2015 Development Agenda that is to be agreed upon at the upcoming UN summit, to be held later in September of this year.

Concern The concern over the deal on the Berbice River Bridge is not only about the level of the investment made by the government vis-à-vis the private sector, but also about the mode of the investment.

Attorney Christopher Ram says no date has been set for a resumption of discussions with the Berbice Bridge Company Inc (BBCI) on government’s proposal to subsidise crossing tolls for the public.

The Education Ministry’s Department of Culture, Youth and Sport wants PPP/C Member of Parliament Odinga Lumumba, the Kashif and Shanghai organisation and Hits and Jams Entertainment to settle accounts over their use of the National Stadium at Providence.

National Volleyball coach, Levi Nedd yesterday expressed his satisfaction with the response and intensity being demonstrated by the members of the 21-man squad currently training and vying for selection at the National Gymnasium.

Among the many interesting aspects of my time in Tradewinds going back to 1968 was becoming familiar with some of the popular performers of the day, many from Trinidad.

The government could soon secure local assets of Guyanese pilot Khamraj Lall, who is facing several charges in the United States, including drug trafficking, according to Minister of State Joseph Harmon.

An army of 10 of Guyana’s premier musclemen and women is scheduled to represent the nation at the 43rd CAC Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships in the Bahamas next month.

By Tony Cozier   AS was eventually inevitable, Jason Holder has had the West Indies Test captaincy added to the ODI responsibility unexpectedly placed on him in January for the series in South Africa and the subsequent World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

Police are now searching for two siblings for questioning about the murder of Senassie Lewis, 22, who was gunned down in Albouystown early Friday morning.

Although William Goodasaul was “officially” discharged last November, he remains bedridden at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) and desperately wants to leave.

International volleyball coach Julio Morales said the five-day Young player development course is expected to help students capture the full essence of sport as well as to further help boost the development of Volleyball in Guyana.

It’s no secret that Venezuela is a cosmetic democracy in which President Nicolás Maduro resorts to all kinds of dirty tricks to retain absolute powers, but his latest move — designing ballot sheets designed to confuse opposition voters — would be almost amusing if it weren’t so devious.

A grief-stricken mother and grandmother, Kamla Singh, still pleads for justice five years after her daughter and grandson together with three other persons were gunned down in a dark night in September, at Cumming’s Lodge, East Coast Demerara (ECD).

With a mammoth 215 goals already recorded in the 24-match group stage round, the trend of heavy scoring is expected to continue in the knockout rounds when quarterfinal action in the inaugural GT Beer Futsal Championship commences tonight at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

An accused burglar was on Friday released on $75,000 bail after telling a city court it was physically impossible for him to carry all the items he was accused of stealing.

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) yesterday said that it was frustrated by the omission of left arm-spinner Veerasammy Permaul from the West Indies touring team to Sri Lanka.

The meeting between President Granger and Opposition Leader Jagdeo yielded only a minor concession from the latter.

A Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Special Forces team yesterday concluded a search of the Kaieteur Gorge but was unable to locate tourist Gyaneshwarie Laleta Sivanand, who went missing at Kaieteur National Park (KNP) last Tuesday.

The single round swiss-system 2015 Forbes Burnham Memorial Chess Tournament ends this afternoon.

I have been re-reading, slowly and with renewed love and admiration, all of Martin Carter’s poems.

(Continued from last week) As we continue to focus on Carifesta XII which was held in Port au Prince, Haiti, from August 21-30 and closed its curtains exactly one week ago, we find ourselves still confronting the persistent and overriding significance of Haiti as a venue for this Caribbean festival.

Guyana’s first Commonwealth boxing champion, Lennox Blackmore is elated that the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) has decided to honour him by naming its Intermediate boxing championships after him.

William Nurse, 53, and Lisa Khedoo, 37, who were struck off a bicycle by a driver a week ago, both remain patients of Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

Top teams West Front Road-Gold is Money, Queen Street Tiger Bay, Bent Street, Festival City and Mocha Ballers were among the winners when the knockout round of the inaugural RDE Vibes and Sparta Boss ‘King of the Streets’ football tournament began Friday.

Should one believe the message of the financial markets that the global economy is on the edge of another downturn?

An animal can be born deaf (congenital deafness) or it could acquire the deafness during the course of its life.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Serena Williams flirted with grand slam danger once again but kept her calendar-year Grand Slam bid on track by beating a battling, 101st-ranked Bethanie Mattek-Sands 3-6 7-5 6-0 at the U.S.

(Trinidad Express) “I’m really really sorry”. Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has apologised for the controversial appointment of Reshmi Ramnarine as head of the then Security Intelligence Agency (SIA).

In preparation for the visit of Suriname number one veteran unit Flamengo, tournament coordinator Godfrey Norville is seeking the presence of all ex-national and current veteran players today at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) for a practice game at 10:30hrs.

In this their sixth conversation, artists Stanley Greaves and Akima McPherson examine Dudley Charles painting, River Spirit. 

HEGYESHALOM, Hungary/ MUNICH (Reuters) – Austria and Germany threw open their borders yesterday to thousands of exhausted migrants from the east, bussed to the frontier by a right-wing Hungarian government that had tried to stop them but was overwhelmed by the sheer numbers of people.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Rafa Nadal ended a sub-par grand slam season on a heartbreaking note when he fell 3-6 4-6 6-4 6-3 6-4 in the third round of the U.S.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Secretary of State John Kerry expressed US concern over reports of Russia’s enhanced military build-up in Syria in a telephone call yesterday with his Russian counterpart, the State Department said.

Breakfast potatoes along with sunny-side eggs, drizzled with hot pepper sauce is a plate of food that I can easily enjoy at any mealtime.

Thunbergia erecta commonly called King’s Mantle, originated from tropical West Africa and comes from the Acanthaceae family.

Activist Mark Benschop protested the “exorbitant” Berbice Bridge toll yesterday and called for a return of the ferry service.

(Reuters) – An annual pillow fight among freshman at the United States Military Academy turned violent and left 30 cadets injured, the school’s superintendent said yesterday.

(Trindiad Express) With undecided voters factored in, the national race between all voters is a statistical tie, with 38 per cent leaning toward the People’s Partnership, 36 per cent to the People’s National Movement (PNM), one per cent to the Independent Liberal Party (ILP) and 25 per cent undecided.

LONDON (Reuters) – A majority of Britons now favour leaving the European Union amid concerns over immigration, an opinion poll showed yesterday, signalling a shift in views ahead of a referendum on Britain’s membership of the bloc.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Australia thumped England by 64 runs to go 2-0 ahead in the five-match series of one-day internationals although victory came with a large slice of controversy at Lord’s yesterday.

SANDY, Utah, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago surrendered a two-goal lead as Mexico hit back to steal a 3-3 draw in their international friendly at the Rio Tinto Stadium on Friday night.

A man crosses a dilapidated bridge connecting Irving Street and Vlisengen Road.

Dear Editor, It was less than 2 years since I had visited the Essequibo Coast.

Dear Editor, Many years ago the late Forbes Burnham, when faced with an economic crisis told the nation that it needed to sacrifice wheaten flour for electricity.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz made a nightmare start to their 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign when they suffered a shock 3-2 defeat to lowly-rated Nicaragua at Independence Park here Friday night.

Little has been heard about culture in the narrow sense since the new government took office.

Not a water taxi: The driver of this hire car ended up in the canal near the junction of the University of Guyana access road after he tried to overtake another vehicle and lost control.