Daily Archive: Sunday, May 15, 2016

LOS ANGELES,  (Variety.com) – Disney-Marvel’s “Captain America: Civil War” remains dominant at U.S.

About 2130h. last night, the police say that Lennox Norton, 51 years, of South Sophia, was imbibing with a male cousin at Lodge Housing Scheme, Georgetown, when they became involved in an argument during which Norton was stabbed to his abdomen.

(Trinidad Guardian) A week before he and his best friend were shot dead, 22-year-old Jakan Lezama told his pregnant girlfriend Crystal Ramsaran that he did not want any other man raising their child. 

Financial wilderness Guyanese farmers continue to lament the lack of adequate access to commercial financing for their agricultural activities. 

Once high hopes for the David Granger administration have dissipated after a year in office, with various members of civil society expressing disappointment at the government’s performance, saying it has embraced the system it once criticised and the expected transformation has not been delivered.

Here’s a coincidence: in 2016, as Guyana reaches 50 years as an independent country, the Tradewinds band is also 50 years old. 

A little over a week ago, Caribbean and Central American leaders met in Washington to discuss an extensive programme intended to diversify energy sources in the countries of the Caribbean Basin.

A thrilling 45-minute ride from Parika, passed by thick forested islands, boats bobbing on the Essequibo River or sunken in a corner, brings you to Good Hope on the Essequibo Coast.

Questions have been raised about the recent approval of an application to operate a dredge in the name of Simona Broomes, the daughter of Junior Natural Resources Minister Simona Broomes.

Introduction Last week I indicated that, for a small nation, Guyana has exhibited exemplary ambition in the development of its responses to worldwide environmental challenges, in the face of global warming and climate change.

My wife’s garden is as much a work of art as a painting by a master spirit or a poet’s inspired sonnet or a perfectly composed piece of music.

Three persons are now dead and about 16 others are hospitalised following a head-on collision which occurred late Friday night along the Public Road at Richmond, Essequibo Coast.

Team Evolution’s (TE) Orville Hinds will roll into the hills of Linden this morning for the final leg of the ‘Golden Jubilee Three-Stage’ road race with the yellow jersey and a 29-second lead on club mate, Michael Anthony.

Last Monday General Secretary of the PPP, Mr Clement Rohee, reacting at his press conference to questions about that morning’s SN’s headline ‘PPP executives jockeying for top position – Jagdeo, others seeking to consolidate support before crucial congress,’ deemed the media as “stray dogs, going by the smell of things and rummaging the PPP neighbourhood for new and old juicy inaccuracies and speculations.”

The police yesterday recaptured wanted man and murder suspect Stafrei Hopkinson Alexander who had escaped from custody last December and he is likely to be questioned in relation to another murder which occurred in Berbice some time ago.

Persons suffering with heart disease may no longer have to worry about the cost of travelling abroad for required surgeries as the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) in collaboration with the Caribbean Heart Institute (CHI) yesterday commissioned a new $2.1 billion Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory.

Datura commonly called Devil’s Trumpet originated in Mexico, and comes from the Solanaceae family.

Canada’s High Commissioner Pierre Giroux said that the dream of Guyana-born Canadian Hall of Famer Alex Bunbury to have an international match featuring the nation of his birth and Canada has become a reality.

Thanks to a team of local technological developers and entrepreneurs, access to a full service directory for ‘everything Guyana’ can now be in the palm of your hands with Directory.gy,

The Lineated Woodpecker is a large, black woodpecker with a red crest and a white-barred under belly and chest.

Corentyne fisher folks have welcomed the noticeable decline in pirate attacks but remain fearful that the joint services will be ill prepared to protect them in the event of any possible resurgence.

Last week we discussed the numerous benefits of not skipping ‘leg day’.

The doors of the Tower Suites, rebranded to continue the legacy of the Hotel Tower, were formally opened last evening and Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) Director Indranauth Haralsingh hailed it as both historic and timely.

Undeterred by the quality of Canada’s Olympic team, newly minted Golden Jaguars captain Colin Nelson said his charges will approach today’s international friendly with the same intensity and objective of a competitive outing.

Royal Youths, Classic-6 and Future Stars were among the teams punching their tickets to the round of 16 stage when the Guinness of the Streets Linden edition commenced on Friday at the Mackenzie Market Tarmac.

Pressing matters, including the unrest at the Georgetown Prison, have delayed the finalisation and release of the protocols for the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU), according to Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan.

Any man who tries to be good all the time is bound to come to ruin among the great number who are not good.

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian government forces retook a hospital in Deir al-Zor after Islamic State attacked it yesterday following a dawn offensive by the militants on the besieged eastern Syrian city, a war monitor and state media said.

Dear Editor, When you really come to think about it, Tony Cozier’s voice must have been the best known of any voice in the whole history of the region.

BANGALORE, India, CMC – Superstar Chris Gayle’s wretched form showed no signs of improvement but teammates Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers lashed astonishing centuries to fire Royal Challengers Bangalore to a record 144-run victory over Gujarat Lions in the Indian Premier League here yesterday.

While there has been a kind of cooling off in the offer of plays on the popular commercial market, there has been a stepping up of activity on the Guyanese stage.

Police are likely to reopen the investigation into the two-year-old murder of popular designer and entertainment promoter Trevor Rose, whose family remains convinced that he was killed because of a woman.

CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court sentenced 152 protesters yesterday to between two and five years in prison each after they demonstrated against a decision to transfer two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia, judicial sources and state media said.

In this week’s edition of In Search Of West Indies Cricket Roger Seymour looks at the forgotten scoreboard of the 1975 Shell Shield Match between Trinidad & Tobago and the Combined Islands.

Dear Editor, In the February 16th, 2014 issue of Stabroek News, Evi Paemelaere, from the international Panthera organization (specialized in the protection of wild cats) wrote: “In the land of giants, the jaguar stands strong and proud on the coat of arms and adorns many banners and brochures to attract tourists happy to pay for catching a glimpse of America’s largest cat in Guyana.”

In an effort to increase the viewership of the Guyana and Canadian Olympic team fixture, the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) donated tickets to the St.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – All 10 one-day games of next month’s Tri-Nations Series will be played under lights as the West Indies Cricket Board looks to add some innovation to the tournament.

KAMPALA (Reuters) – Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye was charged with treason late on Friday for declaring himself president and challenging the election victory of veteran leader Yoweri Museveni, officials from both camps said.

Dear Editor, Minister Patterson has kindly undertaken a review of the lease between the Government of Guyana and Ogle Airport Inc (OAI) which will be instructive.

Former Minister of Education Henry Jeffrey has criticised the decision by the Ministry of Education to discontinue using the National Grade Two and Grade Four assessments in the score to decide secondary school placement, saying it is “anti-working class.”

The headline above is not really the name of this dish; it is more representative of the number of steps involved in preparing the dish.

Minister within the Ministry of Education Nicolette Henry (left) receiving a contribution of souvenirs and memorabilia from Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry’s (GBTI) Public Relations and Marketing Manager Pamela Binda.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition on Saturday slammed a state of emergency decreed by President Nicolas Maduro and vowed to press home efforts to remove the leftist leader this year amid a grim economic crisis.

Guyana is a land of mysteries. The problem is that many of them never seem to get solved.

Passengers disembarking the ferry from Essequibo at the Parika Stelling on Sunday.

Sunday Cartoons

Dear Editor, In our endeavour to keep the rice industry alive, we have started land preparation for the autumn crop.

By Satyendra Persaud MBBS DM (Urol) FCCS Registrar, Department of Urology San Fernando General Hospital, Trinidad and Tobago We have already noted that there are several ways in which we can treat prostate cancer confined to the prostate.

LONDON (Reuters) – Boris Johnson, who is leading the “Out” campaign ahead of Britain’s European Union membership referendum, said in an interview that the bloc was following the path of Adolf Hitler and Napoleon by trying to create a European superstate.

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazil’s interim government dismissed criticism by leftist countries in Latin America, including Venezuela, Cuba and Bolivia, over the impeachment process of Dilma Rousseff, who was suspended as president by the senate.

To many Guyanese sportsmen and women of today the name Lynn deCambra McLeod might not ring a bell.