Daily Archive: Sunday, March 13, 2016

Former President Bharrat Jagdeo’s sister was this afternoon found dead in a house on his property at Pradoville 2 on the East Coast of Demerara.

A bouncer was beaten to death yesterday at a Queens, New York Guyanese restaurant and bar and two men have since been taken into custody.

(ICC) Darren Sammy hit a blistering half-century, smashing 50 not out off just 28 balls, to seal a thrilling three-wicket win for the West Indies over Australia in a warm-up match ahead of the ICC World Twenty20 2016 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata today.

The Steel Workers Union (SWUTT) is not accepting ArcelorMittal’s claims that it was incurring losses since 2009, which subsequently led to the company being forced to close its Point Lisas plant on Friday.

Local government expert Vincent Alexander says independent councillors and a functioning Local Government Commission will be crucial for establishing accountability and autonomy in the local government bodies that will be elected at the impending polls.

Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) recorded an after-tax profit of $1.89 billion for 2015, down 1% from the previous year and for the first time ever the export value of branded rums was greater than the value of bulk rum exports as the latter was hit by low prices and currency issues.

Alliance is one of the villages situated in Canal Number Two.

Seven months after government promised action having discovered that the historic Red House was leased to a private company associated with the PPP/C for next to nothing, there has been none.

The controversial sale of land at `Pradoville 2’ is still engaging the attention of the police and Attorney General Basil Williams favours a criminal investigation which will allow for all the evidence to be reeled in.

The opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) on Thursday accused the government of using state resources to campaign ahead of this week’s local government polls.

Introduction As indicated, the coming presentations on the forest sub-sector (a strategic segment of the non-mineral extractive sector) utilize the FAO’s definition of the forest.

On June 23 voters in Britain will decide whether they wish to remain within the European Union (EU).

Slingerz FC solidified their position atop the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League, downing Fruta Conquerors 2-0 on Friday at the Camp Ayanganna ground.

Since living in Guyana again I have seen first-hand the need for us to hold up our own achievers, to shout about them, not only for the praise that is due but, more pivotally, for the powerful information about our worth that is passed on to the new Guyanese wending their way, here and abroad.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Embattled Leeward Islands Hurricanes pivoted on Montcin Hodge’s maiden first class century to flourish against leaders Guyana Jaguars on the second day of their ninth round game in the Regional four-day championship here yesterday.

Candidates for Bartica’s historic municipal elections are stepping up their campaigning for Friday’s vote amid heightened public interest over a group of independents challenging the governing APNU+AFC and the opposition PPP/C.

The Department of Culture, Youth and Sport of the Ministry of Education has retracted statements by Head of the Mashramani Secretariat Lennox Canterbury on a final decision having been made regarding the new route for the May 26 float parade.

With only eight teams remaining following the end of the group and round of 16 stages, the quarterfinal round in the 4th Annual Milo Schools U20 football championships will commence today at the Ministry of Education ground.

There are approximately 2,000 prisoners in the five facilities in Georgetown, New Amsterdam, Mazaruni, Lusignan and Timehri.

The annual E-Network Fitness Challenge is not associated with the Crossfit Games Inc.

A mini totem pole, which will be used as a symbol of Guyanese unity, was unveiled on Friday at the National Art Gallery, Castellani House.

Many Tucville residents are now breathing sighs of relief as works are underway to upgrade the community’s roads.

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria’s government yesterday ruled out any discussion of the presidency or presidential elections at peace talks and criticised the UN envoy overseeing next week’s negotiations.

When I was a boy there was an old, tall, craggy-faced priest from Scotland who used to preach on Sundays at the parish church in Tunapuna in Trinidad.

(The Sports Xchange) – Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson dominated their matchup with the Portland backcourt of Damian Lillard and C.J.

Confidence This article is intended to share this writer’s understanding of the Caricom Single Market and Economy (CSME) and to begin the process of considering how it could be made to work better for Guyana.

Those of you who have been reading me over the years know that breakfast is always a struggle for me.

KOLKATA, India, CMC – Head coach Phil Simmons says West Indies will use their final official warm-up match of the Twenty20 World Cup today against Australia, to allow players to streamline their roles for the group campaign beginning next week.

A city policeman escaped serious injury when the vehicle he was driving suffered a blowout and toppled several times on the Bamia Public Road, Linden/Soesdyke Highway yesterday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) –The Islamic State is using several forms of contraception to maintain its supply of sex slaves, the New York Times reported yesterday, citing interviews with more than three dozen Yazidi women who escaped from the militant group.

(Continued) Last week, within the context of the series on ailments of the mouth and nearby organs, we discussed the various possible causes of pharyngitis, for example: the consequence of infectious diseases, inflammation of nearby tissues, extension of rhinitis, air pollutants, unskilled administration of oral medicine, the eating of hot food or genetic defects.

Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo yesterday said the six-week adjournment of the National Assembly could have been avoided if the opposition had chosen to nominate a candidate to be Deputy Speaker.

DAYTON, Ohio (Reuters) – Secret Service agents rushed to protect US Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on stage during a disturbance at a rally yesterday, a day after rowdy protests shut down his event in Chicago.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Afghanistan roared into the main draw of the World Twenty20 with an emphatic 59-run victory over Zimbabwe in a first round Group B match yesterday.

Guyana’s Narayan Ramdhani and Jonathan Mangra won a bronze medal in the boys U19 doubles at the II Peru Junior International World Ranking tournament at the Regatas Club Badminton Courts in Lima, Peru.

[Frank Birbalsingh, Guyana: History and Litera-ture, United Kingdom: Hansib, 2016. 324p.

Up in the air: Members of the Euphoria Dance Crew practicing a routine in the Promenade Gardens yesterday.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition launched a new protest campaign today to oust President Nicolas Maduro, but support was thin and the ruling Socialists countered it with their own “anti-imperialist” rally.

Last week the topic of training smarter rather than harder was discussed.

TUNIS (Reuters) – Libya’s UN-backed Presidential Council yesterday called on the country’s institutions to begin a transfer of authority to a unity government, and appealed to the international community to stop dealing with any rival powers.

LIMA (Reuters) – Thousands of Peruvians marched in downtown Lima on Friday to demand the electoral board bar presidential frontrunner Keiko Fujimori from next month’s vote after it disqualified two of her rivals in an unprecedented move that has shaken the race.

Defending champions Pacesetters survived a fourth quarter rally to seal a place in the semi-final downing Half Mile Bulls 88-79 when the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation Road to Mecca National Club Championship continued on Friday.

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s main coalition partner served notice yesterday that it could break from her embattled Workers’ Party government in 30 days and join opposition efforts to unseat the leftist leader.

Dear Editor, I refer to the article ‘PM favours more broadcast licences over rescinding those wrongly given out’ in your Stabroek News’ edition of 12th March.

The electronic chess competition which will determine a challenger for world champion Magnus Carlsen began on Friday in Moscow.

COUVA, Trinidad, CMC – Roston Chase and Kevin Stoute completed half-centuries to put Barbados Pride in a strong position but fellow Barbadian Kyle Hope stroked one of his own to help Trinidad and Tobago Red Force fight back on day two of their ninth round encounter here yesterday.

Save for the 1994 poll, this country has not really been acquainted with local government elections for two generations.

The White-crowned Manakin like others in its family is a small, compact bird and is found throughout the Guianas.

By Jim Yong Kim Since the Zika outbreak gained global attention earlier this year, photos of babies with microcephaly have appeared on television screens and newspapers around the world.

In this week’s edition of ‘In Search of West Indies Cricket,’ Roger Seymour examines one of the most popular cricket calypsos of all time.

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Roosters running rampant in an Australian city were rounded up yesterday in a campaign to curb the crowing cocks.

Dear Editor, I do not think that Mr Dale Erskine should be a sitting member of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) that is now impanelled to investigate the recent riots in the Camp Street Prison.

Optique Vision Care collaborated with Rotary Club of Stabroek in an eye care project in observation of World Glaucoma Week during which 17 children from two orphanages and four public schools were provided with free spectacles.

Ceiba pentandra commonly called Kapok tree in Asia and Silk Cotton tree in the Caribbean originated from the American tropics, Asia and Africa Silk Cotton trees can be found in many Caribbean countries and here in Guyana too.

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The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) confirmed at its annual general meeting in Jamaica last weekend that its name was to be changed to Cricket West Indies.

A report in yesterday’s edition of the Stabroek News titled ‘Sales rep in police custody after $3M robbery’ erroneously stated that the incident occurred at the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry, while the sales representative was sitting in the bank located at the Ramada Princess Hotel waiting to transact business.

This Region Ten trio, comfortably seated on some dead branches alongside a road in Rockstone, seemed bashful when they saw the camera.

As the 1970s began, India’s cricket was on the rise under the astute captaincy of the Nawab of Pataudi Jnr.

(Trinidad Guardian) – The jubilation that hundreds of steel workers experienced on Thursday when the Industrial Court granted them victory over ArcelorMittal turned to grief on Friday, after the company terminated the employment of its 700-plus work force.