Daily Archive: Sunday, October 25, 2015

Grade 5 students of School of the Nations celebrated a Day of Unity last Friday where they dressed to depict the six races of Guyana.

First Lady, Sandra Granger today partnered with the Self Reliance Women’s Group of Lusignan, East Coast Demerara to commence a clean-up campaign in their communities.

Gold production by Canadian firm Guyana Goldfields Inc has narrowed the gap in gold declaration figures which was 317,036 ounces up to October 21 this year, slightly less than the 320, 133 ounces up to October last year.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Quinton de Kock, Faf de Plessis and AB de Villiers all scored hundreds as South Africa crushed India’s bowling attack to post 438-4 and win the deciding one-day international by 214 runs at the Wankhede Stadium.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, , CMC – Sir Garfield Sobers has hailed Clive Lloyd’s all conquering team of the 1970s and 80s as the greatest in the sport, the likes of which will probably not be seen again.

The police say that Gopaul Tawari c/d ‘Omkar’ , 46, is wanted by the police for questioning in relation to investigations into a series of fraudulent activities which occurred on October 19-22, 2015.

(Reuters) Maureen O’Hara, the flame-haired Irish-American actress known for playing feisty women in classics like “How Green Was My Valley” and “Miracle on 34th Street” as well as her on-screen chemistry with John Wayne, died on Saturday of natural causes at the age of 95, her manager said.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – The fourth day’s play in the second and final test between Sri Lanka and West Indies was washed out due to persistent rain today.

After costing over $1 billion, the botched fibre optic cable project—or at least sections of it—might have to be scrapped, as a preliminary evaluation shows major defects.

A journey to the end of Canal Number Two Polder brings you to the conservancy dam where there is a shed and a few boats, which farmers use to access farmlands, tied to bridges.

A city car rental agent was mowed down by a gunman in an attack near the Bourda Market during the wee hours of yesterday morning.

Anguish, frustration, uncertainty and stress have taken over Kerry Emanuel’s life.

Nikacia Allen was a victim of a neglectful system, according to her adoptive father Eric Williams.

A total of just over half a billion dollars was not paid over last year to the Consolidated Fund by 13 Ministries/ Departments as is required by law, the Auditor-General’s report for 2014 has found.

Do you find, as I do, that as time passes you accommodate a vast sludge of useless information which remains stored in the brain for no purpose whatsoever?

President David Granger yesterday sounded a call for a national shift in youth development, which he said must place emphasis on education to ensure that young people are prepared for employment.

Since its inception in 2011, proprietor of Trophy Stall, Ramesh Sunich and Devi Sunich have always reserved the best trophies for the `Guyana Softball Cup’ competition.

One of the things that emerged with renewed vigour during the run-up to the recent elections, and continuing since, is the argument that Guyana must address the dilemma of the ethnic divide that is hanging like a millstone around the country’s collective neck.

Public Outcry Ever since it was discovered that the new administration had increased the salaries of its ministers and parliamentarians, there has been a public outcry and groundswell of criticism for taking the action.

Guyana’s most basic and fundamental economic statistics are its national accounts.

As the hype of making Georgetown a ‘green city’ continues, one can only watch speechlessly as the butchering of trees progresses.

Innovative Systems Incorporated, a local Information Technology company recently launched its new Software as a Service (SaaS) for Human Resource Management Information System.

Guyanese families seeking care for their elderly loved ones now have more options with the opening of the Demerara Paradise Inc’s Nursing Home and Medical Services Facility.

Dear Editor, We all know that hindsight is 20/20 vision and that the dilemma of raising the bridge versus controlling the flood must be confronted from time to time.

Will innovative or new technologies become a threat to vested interests in the Caribbean?

For all its global hype, ‘Back to the Future Day’ last Wednesday might just have escaped your attention.

A newspaper vendor is nursing several wounds about her body after she was chopped several times by her reputed husband with whom she had shared an abusive relationship for the past few years.

As revealed by President Granger in his address to the National Assembly last Thursday, Venezuela has once again attempted to intimidate a foreign investor, the Guyana Goldfields.

A titanic doubleheader will bring the curtains down on the ninth round of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League when Alpha United tackles the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and Fruta Conquerors opposes Pele FC today at the Tucville ground.

Dear Editor, I commend the City Council for the presently sustained cleaning and clearing of Georgetown.

“My citizenship is within me. I drank it with my mother’s milk.

A businesswoman was gun-butted by gunmen who attacked her as she was driving into her Better Hope, East Coast Demerara yard early yesterday morning.

AMMAN/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The United States yesterday proposed steps, including 24-hour video surveillance, to end weeks of violence over a Jerusalem site holy to Muslims and Jews.

ST.JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC- The Caribbean will play host to a three-nation One-day International tournament involving two of the world’s leading teams next June, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) announced Friday.

A Linden teen is now dead after a drunk driver struck him down early yesterday morning.

Dear Editor, It was recommended by my family doctor that I have an angiogram of the heart done since I am suffering from chest pains.

Lesions (wounds) on the lips are fairly common in dogs and cats, especially playful puppies and kittens.

The Commonwealth Short Story Prize is now inviting entries for its 2016 competition.

Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club (RHTYSC) were yesterday crowned champions of the 2015 Berbice Cricket Board (BCB)/Bobby Deonarine/ Tom Gruntzel sponsored Tenelec Inc.,

The Sookram family of Samaroo Dam, Poudero-yen, is relieved that police have arrested five persons who are believed to have terrorised and robbed them during a home invasion on Thursday.

Dear Editor, A recent article in the newspapers titled `Government to review Christian prayers in public schools’ has caught my attention and I must heartily congratulate Minister of Education Dr.

SOFIA/RIGONCE, Slovenia (Reuters) – European leaders traded threats and reprimands yesterday as thousands more migrants and refugees streamed into the Balkans on the eve of European Union talks aimed at agreeing on urgent action to tackle the crisis.

CARACAS (Reuters) – A Venezuelan state prosecutor who helped lead charges against opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez has fled the country and accused the socialist government of pressing him to use false evidence to unfairly condemn Lopez, local media reported.

The administration of Region Three will be focusing on the development of a 5-year plan of action for the advancement of the area, over the following weeks.

I couldn’t think of a name for this dish; it is something I made up as I went along cooking.

Team mates, colleagues, government ministers and friends bade farewell to Steve Camacho at what his wife, Alison, described as ‘a moving and appropriate’ memorial service in Antigua yesterday.

Dear Editor,   You reported that civil society groups are not happy with the state of relations between Guy-ana and Norway in relation to the MoU signed in late 2009 and expiring this year (Stabroek News ‘Civic groups concerned over gov’t posture on future of Norway-Guyana forests pact’, 24 October 2015). 

Winners: Stabroek News journalists walked away with several awards at the United Nations Media Awards last evening.

By Ronald Austin   Bonhomous, witty, intelligent George Stephen Camacho, who died shortly before his 70th birthday, was a Guyanese test cricketer and administrator who distinguished himself in the latter area of activity.

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said today it will go further in its attempts to tackle the gender pay gap by forcing large firms to publish details about the bonuses given to men and women.

For the third time this year President David Granger appeared before the National Assembly to address MPs – and by extension the nation – on the matter of Guyana’s frontiers.

CHAMELA, Mexico (Reuters) – Hurricane Patricia caused less damage than feared on Mexico’s Pacific coast yesterday, but hammered an isolated part of the shoreline dotted with luxury villas and fishing villages, when the storm and its 165 mph (266 kph) winds landed.

 Sunday Cartoon

The Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club will be staging a grand one-day horse race meet on November 1 at the Alness Turf Club in Corentyne.

Dear Editor, I beg your indulgence and that of the newspaper reading public to respond to the letter by Mr Rawle Lucas in SN of Tuesday 2015-10-20 entitled, `Minimum selling price for two-thirds of the Marriott should have been US$30m not US$8m’.