Daily Archive: Sunday, March 20, 2016

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Romantic comedy “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” is back with a sequel, looking for more laughs about family antics some 14 years after the original won over audiences.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Guyana Jaguars defeated Jamaica Scorpions by an innings and 54 runs on the penultimate day of their final round game in the Regional four-day championship at the National Stadium here Sunday.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in Cuba today on a historic visit, opening a new chapter in U.S.

Under continuing criticism over the low turnout at Friday’s Local Government Elections, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) today again defended its public awareness work saying that it had been extensive.

BENGALURU, (Reuters) – West Indies brushed aside Sri Lanka by seven wickets in their World Twenty20 Super 10 match today, with opener Andre Fletcher, brought into the side after the injured Chris Gayle was pushed down the order, smashing an unbeaten 84.

(Trinidad Guardian) The T&T Police Service has initiated a criminal investigation into allegations of fraud and misconduct levelled against Port-of-Spain South MP Marlene McDonald.

The ruling APNU+AFC coalition won 25 of the 30 seats that make up the Georgetown City Council in the local government elections contested on Friday, which saw less than 40% of registered voters casting their ballots countrywide.

Story and photos by Joanna Dhanraj   Le Ressouvenir is a lively little village situated on the East Coast Demerara.

The opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) yesterday claimed that it secured over 60% of the votes that were cast in the 70 local authority areas in which it contested at Friday’s local government elections.

A Smyth Street man was shot dead, execution-style, as he was about to enter his premises during the wee hours of the morning yesterday and the police have since arrested two men for questioning.

Having endured four weeks under appalling conditions at the New Amsterdam Women’s Prison, former inmate Felicity Benjamin wants to highlight the atrocities she endured so that change can be wrought, while also urging young women to stay out of trouble to avoid being sent there.

Today’s column concludes the ongoing presentation of background information on the global forest environment.

The ruling APNU+AFC coalition has won 15 of the 16 seats on the new Linden Town Council, according to results from last Friday’s polls in the mining town.

Conclusion   Never easy Given the experience and frustrations over the years, many in the Caribbean are surprised that Caricom was able to see 43 years and seemed poised to, and capable of, reaching its golden jubilee in seven years.

Despite just winning one seat at the just-concluded local government elections, the Bartica Independent Green Alliance (BIGA) plans to continue working towards achieving the goals outlined in its manifesto, according to Chairman Holbert Knights.

For devoted sports watchers like me, it is often fascinating to see an athlete possessed with some singular ability in one area of his/her game that is so striking that it sets that individual apart; it puts him/her above the crowd.

– Granger says will seek explanation from Lawrence Even though the government has publicly declared its non-support for its Local Government Elections (LGE) candidate Winston Harding after it was reported in the media that he had been charged with child molestation, it was yesterday revealed that there is no legal barrier to him taking up a seat on the City Council.

Campaigning for local government elections started too close to polling day and this may have contributed to the low voter turnout at last Friday’s historic Local Government Elections (LGE).

The saddest sight in Guyana is the children you see on the pavements begging, idling, cursing, selling cigarettes and sweets, most of them on their way to perdition of one sort or another.

President David Granger yesterday admitted that some candidates were victorious at last Friday’s local government polls because of the political endorsements they would have received from the governing APNU+AFC coalition.

The US Embassy, the British High Commission and the Canadian High Commission yesterday said that they believed that the voting and counting processes at Friday’s local government elections were “free, fair, and credible.”

Several vendors who ply their trade along the Merriman Mall have registered their dissatisfaction with the recent hike in rent imposed on them by the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC).

Last time we discussed PSA screening – that is, checking to see if you may have prostate cancer.

This week in Guyana there is going to be the most intense activity in spoken word poetry, performance poetry, rap and hip-hop than there has ever been.

In the face of dwindling donor funds for HIV programmes, partners of the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) on Thursday committed to implementing high impact, cost effective interventions that would sustain national and regional responses.

Jamaica Scorpions, replaying to the Guyana Jaguars’ first innings score of 420 all out were 171-5 in their first innings, heading into day three of 2015/16 Professional Cricket League (PCL) Regional 4-Day tournament.

Director of Sports Christopher Jones says that sports associations have not been submitting yearly calendar of events to the National Sports Commis-sion (NSC) and, as such, the NSC is unable to fully fund sports teams competing in regional tournaments.

Tomorrow (March 21) President Obama will become the first US President to visit Cuba since 1928.

Laryngitis The larynx is the organ (really a cavity) in the upper part of the windpipe (trachea) which has cartilaginous (elastic, flexible tissue) walls, and which when moved by associated muscles will vary the tension of the vocal cords, and hence the quality of the sound produced.

MOSCOW/DUBAI (Reuters) – All 62 people aboard a passenger jet flying from Dubai to southern Russia were killed when their plane crashed on its second attempt to land at Rostov-on-Don airport yesterday, Russian officials said.

Chris Gayle warmed up, so to speak, for the West Indies’ opening match in the World T20 at a Mumbai disco in the company of Bollywood starlet Sneha Ullal.

Over the last two days, ranks of the Guyana Police Force arrested two men on separate occasions after they discovered two guns and a quantity of ammunition.

Last week I discussed rest and recovery and their importance to one’s fitness goals.

Male Blue-tailed Emeralds are mostly brilliant green with a dark blue metallic tail that appears black. 

First place trophies for Team Gillette Evolution (TGE) just keeps on piling up.

After five games of the 14-round Candidates Chess Tournament, the 25-year-old Russian grandmaster Sergey Karjakin had accumulated a total of 3½ points (a win = 1 point, a draw = ½ point; a loss = 0).

One of the things I like about brunch—apart from being able to serve foods that straddle breakfast and lunch—is the opportunity to serve crisp, sparkling fruity cocktails such as the Mimosa.

Guyana’s quest to qualify for the Rugby World Cup 2019 starts on April 23 with a match up versus arch rivals, Barbados.

Agricola Red Triangle downed Herstelling Raiders 3-1 when the Ralph Green sponsored East Bank Football Association (EBFA) Under-11 League continued yesterday at the Grove Playfield.

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – A senator accused of involvement in Brazil’s biggest corruption scandal said President Dilma Rousseff and her predecessor Lula were both aware of it and tried to block prosecutors from investigating, Veja magazine said yesterday.

In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket, Roger Seymour looks towards the tiny island of Montserrat.

Once upon a time, during the colonial era, Guyana had a local government system that functioned.

Euphorbia milli commonly called Crown of Thorns or Christ of Thorns originated in Madagascar and comes from the Euphorbiaceae family.

Benjamin Mekdeci continued his unbeaten run in the Guyana Squash Association (GSA) sanctioned Kraft Toucan Industries Junior Skill level tournament, defeating Taylor Fernandes 3-1 Friday.

BANGALORE, India, CMC – West Indies will look to separate themselves from the crowd while taking a giant step towards the next round, when they clash with Sri Lanka in their second game of the Twenty20 World Cup here today.

  BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Leeward Islands Hurricanes, trailing Barbados Pride by 317 on  first innings, reached 18 for one at the close on the second day of their final round game in the Regional four-day championship at Warner Park here yesterday.

Dear Editor, Many observers, including the government and the opposition PPP, framed the recent local government elections (LGE) as a referendum on the APNU+AFC coalition’s performance in government.

COUVA, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago Red Force, trailing Windward Islands Volcanoes by 78 runs on first innings, were 33 for one in their second innings at the close on the second day of their final round Regional four-day championship game at the National Cricket Centre here yesterday.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Bangladesh’s World Twenty20 campaign suffered a body blow yesterday when paceman Taskin Ahmed and left-arm spinner Arafat Sunny were suspended from bowling in international cricket with immediate effect because of illegal actions.

Local government elections were finally run off on Friday after a wait of nearly nineteen years.

Dear Editor, US$4 million was spent on the spanking new Massy supermarket at Providence and your front page picture of March 18, of suited dignitaries walking through the well-stocked aisles also showcased Guyana’s pervasive illiteracy.