Daily Archive: Monday, November 2, 2015

Guyanese rice farmers could be soon benefitting from the new, Mexico market, as the country has signalled its intention to fast track a paddy deal with Guyana, even as Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo continues to seek buyers for local farmers’ rice, GINA said today.

Two bodies were this afternoon found lodged between the rocks on the seawalls behind the Pegasus Hotel.

The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) is currently investigating reports of ‘fake’ seed paddy being shared to farmers within the rice growing regions.

On Saturday, the Commissioner of Police Seelall Persaud and a team on behalf of the Guyana Police Force invited the visiting members of the New York Police Department to be guests of honour at the Police Officers Mess, Eve Leary.

Schools in the riverain areas of Region Ten were the most recent to benefit from a life jacket distribution campaign by the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) of the Ministry of Public Infrastructure, GINA said.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Kansas City ended a 30-year wait for a World Series title as the Royals reigned over Major League Baseball with a 7-2, 12-inning victory over the New York Mets on Sunday.

Former President Donald Ramotar says he is sorry for his decision to pardon child killer Ravindra Deo and although he knows it might not be enough to extinguish the hurt the child’s parents feel, he regrets not consulting with them before his decision.

The badly decomposed body of Hyde Park taxi driver, Sherland Dalloo, 37, who was missing since last Monday was discovered at Onverwagt Backdam, West Coast Berbice around 8 am yesterday.

In the wake of lingering perceptions that former president Bharrat Jagdeo wants to make another bid for the presidency, his successor Donald Ramotar insists that the two-term presidential term limit is best for Guyana.

They might be someone’s sister or brother or even parents. Some are professionals, others can be found on the streets begging.

Guyana has experienced the bulk of the region’s negative environmental impacts from mining but is not enjoying the benefits, according to a study led by the French Forestry Agency (ONF).

Former President Donald Ramotar yesterday justified the now scrapped Guyana Sugar Corporation’s (GuySuCo) Strategic Plan 2013-2017 saying the plan focused on industry-wide diversification that would have eventually led to ethanol production and has urged greater investment in the sector.

Milton Eastman, the accused burglar who was apprehended in the Survi-val Supermarket earlier this year, was on Friday cleared of a robbery charge by Magistrate Fabayo Azore.

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Presi-dent David Granger yesterday declared that Novem-ber 1, this year and every year hereafter will be observed as ‘Defence Force Day”.

Government is hoping to receive feedback from civil society on the Code of Conduct proposed for government ministers and public officials in the coming weeks, Minister of Governance Raphael Trotman says.

LOS ANGELES, (Variety.com) – Illustrat-ing the limits of star power, “Our Brand is Crisis” and “Burnt” were both roundly rejected by audiences despite the presence of Sandra Bullock and Bradley Cooper.

After several months of uncertainty as to when they would be employed, the 92 Cuban-trained doctors who completed their final year internship and graduated in August have finally seen a development in their case.

The owner of Street Styles Boutique, Carl Innis who was shot on Saturday night in front of his business and robbed is in stable condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

Dear Editor, In a SN article of Oct. 30, it was reported that the Celina Atlantic Resort (CAR) has been cutting down Courida and other trees growing on the Kitty foreshore to expand its facilities.

Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit officers on Saturday intercepted a Guyanese male (46 years old ) at CJIA with 4.1 kilos of cocaine hidden in the false wall of his suitcase .

Dear Editor, I love my fellow Guyanese, but let’s raise the bar a little…this is not to insult anyone.

A mason was on Friday arraigned on four counts of armed robbery where more than $2.2 million in cash and cellphones was taken.

Avinash “Ganguly” Persaud retained his title while Shanella Webster won her first title as the Digicel Guyana Open Golf Classic concluded its two-day tournament yesterday at the Lusignan Golf Course.

Claude Peters, the taxi driver who was charged in July with misusing money given to him by a Nigerian national to buy an engine, has been fined $100,000 by a city court after being found guilty.

Team Coco’s Carlos Ospina was a winner on the road but a loser before he entered the drug testing room.

Dear Editor, Although I managed to read the entirety of Dr.

Effective October 30, customers of Digicel can register free of cost to access the services of Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company Limited (GTT)’s mobile money.

A young mother was on Friday accused of stealing over $100,000 in jewellery from another woman.

Regal Masters trounced Floodlights XI by six wickets to clinch the title of the Masters category of the Guyana Cup 5 three-day tournament which concluded last evening.

Dear Editor, I was impressed by Mr Ralph Ramkarran’s Manu-like pronouncement on the Divali date issue.

Raymond Samaroo, the man who was previously charged with stealing the same car twice, has been accused of stealing another vehicle, just one day after he was granted bail by a city court.

On October 26, Caricom Secretary General Irwin LaRocque made an official visit to Brazil at the request of Brazil’s Foreign Minister, Mauro Luiz Vieira.

Dear Editor, The Editors and Directors of The Arts Journal wish to offer our sincerest congratulations to Henry Muttoo on his award of an Honorary Doctorate by the Univer-sity of the Cayman Islands on Wednesday, October 29, 2015.

(Reuters) – Triple Crown winner American Pharoah won the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic at Keeneland Racecourse in Lexington, Kentucky on Saturday to end his career as horse racing’s first-ever Grand Slam champion.

A joint charge is expected to be instituted against the five men accused of robbing Land Court Judge Nicola Pierre and her husband.

Dear Editor, Harking back to Diwali during childhood days in Guyana, one recalls a celebration that was about fostering community, camaraderie and caring relationships.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – Tail-ender Ajantha Mendis swatted part-time medium pacer Johnson Charles over long on for six to break West Indies’ hearts and hand Sri Lanka a dramatic one-wicket victory with seven balls remaining, in the rain-shortened opening One-Day International here yesterday.

ANKARA, (Reuters) – Turkey’s Islamist-rooted AK Party swept to an unexpected victory in elections yesterday, returning the country to single-party rule in an outcome that will boost the power of President Tayyip Erdogan but may sharpen deep social divisions.

Dear Editor, Now our garden city’s drains are de-silted and clean and parapets are cleared of bushes and we now have a free flow of the waste, stagnant, smelly, putrid water, I wonder if consideration would be given to the concrete pavements which were raised selectively and unofficially without permission, in front of some businesses in America Street.

A workshop was held two Fridays ago to improve the delivery of technical and vocational education in Guyana.

(Reuters) – James Anderson claimed four wickets as England made a good start to the third and final test in Sharjah by bowling out Pakistan for 234 yesterday.

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – West Indies Women came from behind to stun Pakistan Women in a nerve-jangling super over and make a clean sweep of their three-match Twenty20 International series here yesterday.

Dear Editor, There is no moral defence to a claim for reparations for the damage done to enslaved people and their descendants.

Honor Ford-Smith teaches at York University, Toronto, Canada, in the Faculty of Environmental Studies.

CAIRO/MOSCOW, (Reuters) – A Russian airliner that crashed in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula broke up in mid-air, an official of a Moscow-based aviation agency said yesterday after visiting the disaster site, but stressed it was too early to draw conclusions from this.

(Trinidad Guardian) The former People’s Partnership government spent TT$250 million on travel.

Last week, we began a discussion of the Auditor General’s 2014 report which was laid in the National Assembly two Thursdays ago.

Facing the effects of a prolonged dry season and the depletion of the forest as well as a poor price for lumber, residents of Moraikobai, Region Five share what life is like for them in their community: Havan Smith, logger, ‘At this time the logging business slow up a lot, especially in the market area with the price.

Soon it will be crunch time again for rice farmers who will be expecting payments for their bumper output.

ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC-West Indies Women romped to a comfortable 11- run victory over Pakistan to secure the T20 International series, taking an unassailable two –nil lead at the National stadium here on Saturday.

BERLIN, (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel failed yesterday to fully resolve differences within her ruling coalition over how to deal with the huge refugee influx, leaving open a row that has rocked her government.

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SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – For nearly three decades after Veronica de Negri’s 19-year-old son Rodrigo Rojas was burned to death by Chilean soldiers during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, her hunt for justice had been fruitless.

Dear Editor, The United Nations and the Red Cross have jointly issued a statement reprimanding world leaders for their inaction and accusing them of “disturbing paralysis” in the face of serious conflicts.