Daily Archive: Sunday, July 10, 2016

GEORGETOWN, Guyana,  CMC – Trinbago Knight Riders defeated Guyana Amazon Warriors by seven runs, in the 11th game of the Caribbean Premier League at the National Stadium at Providence here Sunday.

(Trinidad Express) Trinidad was jolted by an earthquake at daybreak today.

LOS ANGELES, (Variety.com) – “The Secret Life of Pets” dominated the weekend box office, racking up a massive $103.2 million and launching the first new franchise of the summer.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Substitute Eder’s thunderous finish deep into extra time secured Portugal’s first European Championship title after they overcame the early loss of Cristiano Ronaldo to snatch a 1-0 smash-and-grab victory over hosts France on Sunday.

At about 19:20 hrs yesterday, the police say that a fatal accident occurred at Vryheid’s Lust Public Road, East Coast Demerara, involving motor car PRR 530 and Shanti Singh, age 30 yrs of 75 Better Hope, East Coast Demerara.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – St. Kitts & Nevis Patriots left-arm seamer Krishmar Santokie will part with 75 per cent of his match fee after breaching the Caribbean Premier League’s Code of Conduct.

(Trinidad Guardian) Calls are being made to rename the Piarco International Airport to the Patrick Augustus Manning International Airport in honour of this country’s late prime minister for his keen interest in civil aviation.

Several ‘cold cases’ are expected to be reopened by the Major Crimes Unit of the Guyana Police Force, including the murders of Sheema Mangar and Trevor Rose, while the file on the 23-year-old case of Monica Reece will be reviewed, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum announced yesterday.

Story and photos by Bebi Oosman Number 35/Macedonia is located on the Corentyne in the ancient county of Berbice.

A post-mortem examination conducted on the remains of second-year University of Guyana (UG) student Harris Anthony Persaud revealed that he died from drowning.

A single mother made several efforts over the past four years to get her daughter out of an abusive relationship which ended last week when she was chopped to death.

Leg-spinner Adam Zampa’s three wickets reinforced by a scorching 43 from Captain Martin Guptill took the Guyana Amazon Warriors to another hard-fought win, their fourth successive of the 2016 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) when they beat the St Kitts & Nevis Patriots by four wickets yesterday at the Providence National Stadium.

Town Clerk Royston King said the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) was pushing to have an extension for vendors occupying private land at Lombard and Hadfield streets.

The prime suspect behind the lobbing of a grenade outside the Kaieteur News office more than one month ago has fled the jurisdiction and is believed to be in neighbouring Suriname.

I keep jottings of various things I come across in communications with persons or in various readings or observations. 

Unbeaten Bahamas were crowned the Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) Boys U16 champions last night  by after they defeated hosts Guyana 84-57 in the final at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

A Guyanese man who was held at the JFK Airport in New York last September with what was later determined to be cocaine in rum has been jailed for 27 months in what the US said was a long-running narcotics importation conspiracy.

Although an eerie calm may have settled on Europe now that the immediacy of the decision by the United Kingdom to leave the European Union (EU) has sunk in, it should not lull the Caribbean into a sense of false security or inaction.

Part 1 Political condition There has been much speculation about the Guyana economy over the last year or so. 

Defending Region Number Nine champs Annai Secondary School laboured into the zone final of the Digicel Schools Football Championships, squeaking past Sand Creek Secondary 2-1 yesterday at the St.

Georgetown, Guyana – First Lady, Sandra Granger, yesterday lauded the timeliness and the agenda of the Guyana Olympic Association’s (GOA) Women in Sport seminar, which was convened to discuss issues specific to girls and women, who participate in sport and to begin the process of breaking down barriers to equality.

Dilemma Last week’s column revealed what is perhaps a crucial dilemma facing Guyana’s forests.

Further vocational training has been recommended for 50 students who are leaving the Canje Secondary School without Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) qualifications.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Serena Williams put the icing on the cake of another magnificent Wimbledon campaign by teaming up with sister Venus for a sixth doubles crown at the All England Club yesterday.

WARSAW/DALLAS (Reuters) – President Barack Obama urged Americans yesterday not to view the United States as being riven into opposing groups, seeking to soothe raw emotions after a former US soldier killed five policemen in Dallas and high-profile police shootings of two black men in Minnesota and Louisiana.

The report of the Steering Committee on Constitutional Reform (SCCR), appointed by the government and headed by attorney-at-law Nigel Hughes, was handed over to Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo in April.

LONDON, (Reuters) – It was third time lucky for American Serena Williams as she finally matched Steffi Graf’s professional era record of 22 grand slam singles titles by beating Angelique Kerber to claim a seventh Wimbledon crown yesterday.

One of the things I enjoy the most is to browse in good bookstores and buy a stock of books to read and add to my library.

LONDON (Reuters) – Andrea Leadsom, one of two candidates vying to become the next British prime minister, has caused an uproar by suggesting that being a mother means she has a greater stake in the country’s future than her childless rival Theresa May.

The case file in relation to the murder of political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing was recently re-sent to the police and recommendations were made for them to conduct further investigations in order to determine the intellectual authors behind the execution.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Gunmen killed 14 people in northeastern Mexico early yesterday in two attacks likely sparked by gang wars in the state of Tamaulipas, the local government said.

A multi-sectoral approach to the myriad problems facing teenagers in Guyana is needed to ensure that they are properly equipped to assume eventual leadership of the country, according to First Lady Sandra Granger.

PARIS, (Reuters) – The fate of today’s intriguing European Championship final between France and Portugal weighs largely on two men wearing the number seven shirt, one already at the top of the game and the other one getting there fast.

Scenes from the Guyana Police Force’s 177th Anniversary Route March

Fungi are tiny organisms that live in the soil. Plants can contract fungal diseases from water, air and soil, and sometimes via insects and viruses.

SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Isabel Allende, a ruling party senator in Chile and the daughter of deposed ex-president Salvador Allende, said she is considering running for president in next year’s elections, a local newspaper reported on Saturday.

Fitness fans get ready, the highly anticipated Mr. Guyana Bodybuilding and Fitness Show will be staged tonight at the National Cultural Centre.

Investigations surrounding the circumstances that led to a mining accident in the Mazaruni, which claimed the life of a Russian geologist, have revealed that the mining company involved failed to notify the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) in a timely manner.

Moves are on stream to acquire a specialist scrum coach from Argentina to work along with national rugby Coach, Laurie Adonis and his charges from the ‘Green Machine’.

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia said yesterday it had expelled two US Embassy staff members in June after a similar ‘unfriendly’ move by Washington.

Chess is enjoying an unprecedented boom in the capital city much of it because there was open criticism over the manner in which the 2016 Guyana Olympiad chess team was chosen.

(Reuters) – Veteran “Star Trek” actor George Takei may have been the inspiration to make fan favorite character Hikaru Sulu gay in the franchise’s new film, but he called the decision “really unfortunate,” media outlets reported on Friday.

Legal practitioners from around the Caribbean will this week be educated on the ways in which international private law can be used to protect families and business across borders when Attorney General Basil Williams in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) hosts The Hague Convention Conference here from July 13 to 15.

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) of Georgetown would be decentralising their operations from mid July 2016.

KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi, revered as a “living saint” in the South Asian nation, was buried on the outskirts of Karachi yesterday after a state funeral attended by thousands of people.

The ‘summer’ season or as we Guyanese say the July/August holiday is here and like I stated last week, this means more outdoor activities.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – West Indies left-arm spinner Jomel Warrican made a definite impression but India still gathered precious batting practice on the opening day of their two-day tour match against the WICB President’s XI here yesterday.

(Reuters) – Three members of the Spice Girls hinted at a reunion as they released a video on Friday marking 20 years since their band’s debut single “Wannabe” stormed the charts worldwide.

Caricom fever: Students dressed for the culture day of the Institute of Business Education (IBE), a private secondary school on the East Coast of Demerara on Friday.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The four lead actresses of the new Ghostbusters are out to prove that women can fight supernatural entities just as well as their male predecessors.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Since Andy Murray’s memory is as razor sharp as his service returns, he will not have forgotten the parting shot he received from Milos Raonic when they last played.

The theatre is built on traditions, some with historical significance, some arising from the formal nature of the profession, others because of its prevailing sense of nobility, though several of those origins are unknown, hazy and speculative.

TAMPA, FLA (Reuters) – A federal grand jury indicted US Representative Corrine Brown of Florida and her chief of staff on fraud charges and other crimes, accusing them of funnelling money for a bogus education charity to personal use, US prosecutors said on Friday.

Dear Editor, Please allow me the opportunity to respond to two letters posted in your publication by GHK Lall on June 14 and June 30 entitled ‘Where have all the ministers gone?’

HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba is drastically cutting electricity, imports and investment, as well as reducing fuel consumption by 28 per cent through the end of the year, its economy minister said on Friday in a closed-door speech to the National Assembly published by official media yesterday.

(Reuters Health) – Many people in a recent study said they’d tried to find out what chemicals are in tobacco products or smoke, but most were not familiar with components other than nicotine.

Even though we live in a tropical environment all year round, we do feel the effects of the changing weather systems throughout the year.

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SEOUL (Reuters) – A North Korean ballistic missile fired from a submarine yesterday likely failed in the early stage of flight, the South’s military said.

(Reuters) – Venezuelan authorities have arrested a representative of the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca at the center of the Panama Papers scandal on accusations of seeking clients interested in investing “illicit funds”, state prosecutors said.

After winning back to back cycling races last weekend, the wheelsmen of Team Evolution returned to the National Park yesterday to continue their dominance on the local circuit.

SEOUL (Reuters) – Hollywood star Matt Damon on Friday promised some “great action” in the highly-anticipated upcoming Jason Bourne film, citing fight scenes and a huge car chase as he reprises the role of the super spy.

ISTANBUL/KUALA LUMPUR – Last September, world leaders made a commitment to end hunger by 2030, as part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Border crossing: Riding across the Takutu Bridge (Photo by Keno George)

(Reuters) – Two Houston police officers fatally shot an African-American man who pointed a gun at them despite their commands that he lower his weapon, authorities said yesterday, two days after five Dallas policemen were slain by a black military veteran.

More than fourteen thousand students sat down to write the Grade Six Assessment this year, only a small percentage of whom qualified for entry into the nation’s better secondary schools.

Dear Editor, I am responding to a letter published in Kaieteur News on July 9, 2016, entitled ‘Mr.

The Crimson Topaz is among the largest of all hummingbirds, second only to the Giant Hummingbird found in the Andes.