Daily Archive: Monday, November 16, 2015

At about 2330h. last night, police say that the body Errol Bowen, 23 years, of Better Hope, ECD, who is a shopkeeper at Bone Yard Backdam, Omai, was found with a gunshot wound to the back of his left ear.

The police say they are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about 2130h.

The police say they are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about 0645h.

The PPP today said that its MPs are expected to deposit their salary increases into an account in the name of the party.

In a formal sign of his separation from the party, the opposition PPP today declared that the Central Committee seat which had been occupied by leading member and former minister Robert Persaud had been declared vacant.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Saeed Jaffrey, one of the best-known faces of British-Indian cinema and television, has died at the age of 86, his family said.

(Trinidad Guardian) There are now 89 T&T nationals—including families—known to Government who have joined the Islamic State of Iraq (Isis) in the last three plus years, T&T Guardian has confirmed.

Businessman Hamley Case has been nominated to be Guyana’s new High Commissioner to the UK while attorney and former Deputy Speaker Clarissa Riehl has been proposed as new High Commissioner to Canada.

President David Granger yesterday announced a village education trust so that the most vulnerable can be provided with support, according to a statement from the Ministry of the Presidency.

Minister of State Joseph Harmon yesterday donated the value of his salary increase for October to the people of Crane, West Coast Demerara, for the installing of street lights in the village and proclaimed that he will donate the same amount from his November and December salaries to communities in Berbice and Essequibo.

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) yesterday defended its Leader, President David Granger over his description in a US diplomatic cable of June 27, 1974, while a GDF Major, as an “anti-East Indian racist”.

Think not of yourselves but of your country and the less fortunate people in it.

A 1973 US diplomatic cable recounts how then Prime Minister Forbes Burnham summoned the US Ambassador to his Belfield, East Coast Demerara residence for a chat during which he defended plans to journey to a non-aligned conference with Cuban President Fidel Castro and argued that this would also help him to undercut opposition leader Dr Cheddi Jagan.

Dear Editor, For months now, I have been hearing about a shortage of HIV testing kits in Guyana.

“I’m just praying that my son will not have any permanent injuries when he gets older and that he will be able to use both of his hands.”

Dear Editor, It is apparent that the proposed renaming of the Ogle International Airport to Eugene F Correia International Airport has opened an ants’ nest.

The 2015 Seaboard Marine CMRC is a wrap, Trinidad and Tobago perhaps wrested the coveted country championship trophy from Guyana but ace driver, Kristian Jeffrey certainly drove off with the individual Group 4 honours again.

Guyana needs every able-bodied person to defend its national security, and in this light, Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo is urging more Guyanese to join the army, GINA said.

Jermin Khan had to be cut out of the truck he was driving along the Itaballi Road, Region Seven on Saturday afternoon only to be pronounced dead hours later at the Bartica Hospital.

  A 24-year-old resident of Vergenoegen, East Bank Essequibo has been hospitalized after he crashed into a shop at Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara around 11:30 pm on Friday.

Spinner Gudakesh Motie’s six wickets helped blow away the Leewards Hurricanes for a first innings 85 but the visitors were steady in their second innings at 215-3, trailing the Guyana Jaguars by 119-runs heading into the final day of round two of the WICB/PCL Regional 4-Day competition played at Providence, Guyana.

Dear Editor, ‘GPL blames lack of access to meters for increase in volume of estimated bills’ (SN, November 14).

The University of Guyana Council has approved the creation of a UG Trans-formation Task Force.

Dear Editor In my less cynical moments, I think elections are a good thing, if only for the tendency they might promise to democracy as an alternative to organized exploitation.

National cyclist, Orville Hinds capped a dominant year on the saddle by winning the 16th Diamond Mineral Water 50-mile road race yesterday at West Demerara.

Dear Editor, Mr Abu Bakr acknowledged my caution of the sterility of polemics in any endeavour to address the challenges confronting our society yet blithely launched one on my supposed activities.(‘The

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Stylish right-hander Shamarh Brooks was targeting his second century of the game as Barbados Pride increased their stranglehold over Trinidad and Tobago Red Force in their Regional First Class Championship contest here yesterday.

Dear Editor,   The recent festival of lights, Diwali, provided an almost perfect opportunity for our enlightenment of the government’s political (il)legitimacy.

PERTH, (Reuters) – Ross Taylor scored the first double century by a New Zealander against Australia to drive the tourists to within 49 runs of the hosts’ tally on 510 for six at the close of play on the third day of the second test yesterday.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) met with Attorney General (AG) Basil Williams at the AG’s Chambers on Wednesday to discuss the Financial Institutions (Amendment) Bill 2015 which seeks to give the revenue authority access to banking information.

BANGALORE, (Reuters) – Steady rain washed out the entire second day’s play in the second test between India and South Africa yesterday with the weather forecast for the next two days casting a cloud of doubt over the possibility of a result.

Dear Editor, I am writing this letter in the hope that someone in the Hindu Society can help me to locate and obtain these books: (1) Panchatantra (2) Vickram and Betaal Stories (3) The Legend of King Vickramaditya.

Dear Editor, The recent WICB press release indicated that the following have been among those appointed for the Australian tour: Mr Simmons, head coach; Mr Williams, assistant coach; Mr Coley, assistant coach; Sir Curtly Ambrose, bowling consultant.

Women of Moraikobai in the Mahaicony River benefitted from free screening for cervical cancer when the Cancer Institute of Guyana (CIG) took its outreach clinic to that area recently.

Defending champions Stella Maris along with South Ruimveldt, St. Angela’s and North Georgetown secured comprehensive wins when the second edition of the Smalta/Ministry of Public Health girls U11 football championships commenced yesterday.

Dear Editor, Mr Anand Boodram’s letter which appeared in the SN on November 3 refers.

To ensure that Guyana’s National Songs are promoted, based on the vision of President David Granger, Gaico Construction Inc.

Defending champs North Ruimveldt, Sparta Boss, North East La Penitence and East Front Road were among the winners on the opening night of the 6th edition of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Georgetown tourney Friday.

Bio: Krystal Ghisyawan is currently a PhD Candidate in Sociology at the University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad.

CENTURION, South Africa, CMC-West Indies T20 all-rounder Kieron Pollard was influential in the field as Cape Cobras romped to a five-wicket victory over Dolphins in South Africa’s Ram Slam T20 here yesterday.

Dear Editor,   There are a plethora of reasons for banning the cane ranging from the moral to the psychological.

RIO DOCE, Brazil, (Reuters) – The collapse of two dams at a Brazilian mine has cut off drinking water for quarter of a million people and saturated waterways downstream with dense orange sediment that could wreck the ecosystem for years to come.

PARIS/BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – French warplanes pounded Islamic State positions in Syria yesterday as police in Europe widened their investigations into coordinated attacks in Paris that killed more than 130 people.

Before beginning today’s article, two issues raised recently in the print media are worthy of comment: the extension of Baishanlin’s State Forest Exploratory Permit (SFEP); and the Presidential Inauguration expenditure.

Old Fort recoded the largest margin of victory in the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) company National Indoor Championships, crushing St Stanislaus by a 12-2 margin in their first division matchup on Saturday at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue.

This week we asked the man and woman in the street whether they were in agreement with the 2 am closure of night clubs or whether they were in support of an extension of the time.

PENAS BLANCAS, Nicaragua, (Reuters) – Nicaragua yesterday closed its border with Costa Rica to hundreds of Cubans headed for the United States, stoking diplomatic tensions over a growing wave of migrants making the journey north from the Communist-ruled island.

NAIROBI, (Reuters) – Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta criticised foreign envoys yesterday, telling them the East African nation was “tired of interference”.

Dear Editor, Following the United States Supreme Court’s 1977 ruling in Ingraham v Wright, corporal punishment is still allowed in schools, and is still legal in 19 states in America.

News that Chinese logging company Baishanlin has requested two more years before fulfilling its mirage-like commitments to begin serious value-adding is not surprising.