Daily Archive: Sunday, November 15, 2015

Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited registered a 20.3% jump in after-tax profit for the year 2015 although interest income rose by just 4.77%.

LOS ANGELES, (Variety.com) – James Bond is back on top, after “Spectre” led the U.S.

(Trinidad Guardian) The half-a-billion United States dollars injected into the system by the Central Bank to ease the currency crisis in the country has already been used up by the business community.

United States diplomatic cables  from 1973 to 1978 have shed  light on Washington’s views on many Guyana developments during that period, notably the controversial 1973 general elections.

Covent Garden on the East Bank Demerara is a laid back community with an average population of 300.

The European Union (EU) yesterday strongly condemned Friday’s string of terror attacks across Paris which have left at least 129 people dead and more than 300 injured.

Supermarket owner Nicholas Harrinandan is now hospitalised after fighting off three men who invaded his Tucberg, New Amsterdam home early yesterday morning.

Two persons were shot at a Coverden, East Bank Demerara sports bar early yesterday morning, during a scuffle between a patron and a policeman who was trying to make an arrest after a disturbance at the nightspot.

Minister of Governance Raphael Trotman, who has responsibility for Natural Resources and the Environment, has directed a miner halt the operation of a dredge in close proximity to Isseneru’s residential area, at Middle Mazaruni, Region Seven.

Amid controversy within his opponent’s camp, Fruta Conquerors President and Team Integrity leader Wayne Forde was officially elected to the highest office in local football, defeating Nigel Hughes and his ‘Team Unity’ outfit 12-10 when the Guyana Football Federation staged its Electoral Congress yesterday.

Miss World Guyana Lisa Punch wings out to Sanya, China on Friday, where she will join contestants from around the world to vie for the coveted Miss World crown and title.

Chris Barnwell and Gudakesh Motie landed lethal blows minutes before close of play yesterday which left the Leeward Volcanoes in deep trouble at 48-4 in pursuit of the Guyana Jaguars first innings 419-9 declared at the end of the second day of the second round of the ongoing WICB/PCL Regional 4-day match continued at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence, yesterday.

Bail is granted to convicts once the presiding judge or magistrate is able to satisfy him/herself that an appeal hearing will be successful, according to retired Chancellor of the Judiciary Cecil Kennard.

About two-thirds of projects funded via the Amerindian Development Fund (ADF) did not achieve their objectives and Minister of Indigenous Peoples Affairs Sydney Allicock says the ministry is working to build management capacity to rectify the problems.

Resource gap The Bank of Guyana has been reporting for some time now on what it refers to as the resource gap.

In the seven months since they have been appointed, the four independent investigators at the Police Complaints Authority (PCA) have so far looked at 206 complaints made against police ranks including corruption, using unnecessary violence and neglect of duty.

I grew up in Guyana hearing that our capital was labelled ‘The Garden City of the Caribbean’, but it was something that never engaged me.

In geopolitics it is the long game that matters. It is therefore not surprising that Guyana’s President, David Granger, and Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro met separately in Riyadh with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Bin Abdulaziz in Al Saud when they attended recently the fourth summit of Arab and South American Countries.

Aside from the impoliteness of local officials being kept waiting for four hours for the arrival of Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda in April of 1975, a US diplomatic cable related what it saw as a creeping merger of the party and the state which saw the PNC flag flying on all government ministries and the Guyana Court of Appeal building.

A June 27, 1974 US diplomatic cable on the Guyana National Service (GNS) gave an assessment of now President David Granger and the man who became the first head of the organisation, Norman McLean.

As early as June 13, 1974 the US Embassy here was reporting to Washington that the People’s Temple Agricultural Mission in the north west appeared well organised and had a leasing arrangement with the Guyana Government.

By Tony Cozier   ONE conclusion is clear from the West Indies squad chosen for its forthcoming tour of Australia.

By April of 1974, the US Embassy here was reporting back to Washington that fundamental rights were being eroded and journalists were being intimated.

Relocating Guyana’s capital from Georgetown to Matthews Ridge in the northwest was under discussion in the 1970s and was one of the issues that attracted the attention of the US.

For God’s sake, what is going on? Remember: A young Pakistani girl is shot in the head for trying to educate herself and others like her.

Last week we dealt with the symptoms of ailments in the mouth.

Prime Minister Forbes Burnham interceded with the US Embassy in April 1973 to have then PPP Leader Dr Cheddi Jagan denied a US visa.

Berbician cyclist, Andrew Hicks brought his talents to the city yesterday and emphatically carted off the spoils of the feature 35-lap event of the fourth Payless Variety Store 11-race programme.

Daredevils from Guyana, Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad and the Cayman Islands will push their start buttons today as their high velocity machines line up for the final leg of the 2015 Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing Championships (CMRC) at the South Dakota Circuit.

The recent three-day general strike in the sugar industry, called by the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU), protesting the delay by the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) in initiating wage talks, signals a return to militancy of Guyana’s largest and most influential trade union.

Park Rangers, Floodlights Masters play to thrilling tie when the Petama Enterprise/Motor Trend softball competition continued at various grounds in the city.

While in June 1973 the Jamaica Government had begun to lift bans on various individuals who were deemed to be undesirables it remained firmly in place for historian Dr Walter Rodney who would later lead the WPA and be killed in a bomb explosion here in 1980.

The Guyana Prize for Literature reveals an interesting mix of some of the leading writers and previous winners and a wave of very new writers among the contenders, according to the shortlist recently released.

The resignation of Guyana’s Foreign Minister Fred Wills in 1978 prompted speculation by the US Embassy here as to the reasons behind the move.

By Shabna Rahman The recently sworn-in Toshao of Moraikobai, Mahaicony Creek, is pinning the development of the village on tourism, which he hopes will generate income and change the lives of villagers.

Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Public Security Angela Johnson died last Friday in hospital after a brief period of illness, several members of government have confirmed.

(Trinidad Guardian) – A total of 53 illegal immigrants were detained on Friday as a joint task force swooped down on known hideouts along the East/West corridor.

An East Canje teen is dead and another is injured after they crashed into a cow while riding along the Number 19 Village Public Road.

PARIS (Reuters) – French prosecutors said yesterday that three coordinated teams of gunmen and suicide bombers carried out a wave of attacks across Paris that killed 129 people in what President Francois Hollande called an “act of war” by Islamic State.

TORONTO (Reuters) The chief executive of Miss World Canada said on Thursday its finalist in the beauty pageant, a human rights activist, has agreed not to speak about rights abuses in China if she is allowed in for the finals of the competition.

Lukeisha Clarke, who is currently six months pregnant, remains hospitalised more than a month after she and a friend, Althea McPherson, both sustained burns about their bodies after they were shocked by a livewire that was shot by a policeman.

LONDON (Reuters) – World leaders responded to deadly attacks in Paris with defiant pledges of solidarity and Europe tightened security after Islamic State said it was behind an assault by gunmen and bombers that left at least 129 dead in the French capital.

Dear Editor, No one who has seen the graphic images of the refugee crisis in Europe can fail to be unaffected emotionally.

A fire of unknown origin destroyed an unoccupied two-storey house at La Grange, West Bank Demerara, early yesterday morning.

Legumes of all variety are good for us; they are an excellent source of protein, dietary fibre, carbohydrates and micronutrients.

There is no exaggeration in stating that the ever-evolving chess nation, India, came away from the 2015 World Youth and Cadets Chess Championships in Porto Carras, Greece, the absolute victors of the rigorous youth chess festival.

(Reuters Health) – People who have been evicted from their home are four times more likely than average to commit suicide, according to a large Swedish study.

Dear Editor, The University of the West Indies (The UWI), as a sister regional institution, recognises and respects the long and mostly effective service of the West Indies Cricket Board since its establishment in 1927.

PASO CANOAS, Costa Rica (Reuters) – To cheers from a large crowd of Cuban migrants, Costa Rica yesterday re-opened its border with Panama after a sudden tightening in its immigration policy had left more than 1,200 of them stranded there.

Dear Editor, The Deeds and Commercial Registries Authority Act, 2013 came into force on the 30th day of April, 2014 by Order of the then Minister of Legal Affairs Mr Anil Nandlall.

(Continued from last week) Heliconias make excellent table and floor fresh flower arrangements and can be found in hotel lobbies, malls, banks, churches and reception halls.

It happens to all parties eventually, especially those which have been in power for extended periods.

University of Guyana Valedictorian Sachin Ramsuran shakes the hand of President David Granger after being conferred with his Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering last evening at the 49th Convocation ceremony at the Turkeyen Campus.