Daily Archive: Monday, August 1, 2016

After six months of conflict, Region Five Chairman Vickchand Ramphal and councillor Carol Joseph shook hands yesterday to end a standoff at council meetings.

President David Granger today inspired a reconciliation at the Region Five council which had been riven by six months of protests over an alleged snubbing of the Head of State by Chairman Vickchand Ramphal.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Rain and bad light have forced the abandonment of play on the third day of the second Test between West Indies and India at Sabina Park here Monday.

The outage of internet connectivity to airlines in Guyana is due to the failure of the Americas 11 cable system near the shore of Martinique, GTT said today.

(Trinidad Guardian) There are over 200 confirmed cases of the Zika virus in T&T.

A freak storm roared through the tiny community of Swan on the Linden/Soesdyke Highway on Saturday flattening fragile homes, toppling trees and ripping roofs off buildings, leaving several residents including some with young children, traumatised and without a roof over their heads.

Comments by Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo that the PPP is going to “take back Guyana” for its supporters marks the transformation of the PPP into an “ethnic party representing exclusively ethnic interests,” former PPP stalwart Ralph Ramkarran says In his column in the Sunday Stabroek yesterday, Ramkarran, who also served as Speaker of the National Assembly during Jagdeo’s presidency, said the charges of discrimination which Jagdeo and the PPP have made before are

The University of Guyana (UG) has submitted a supplementary budget request to government to underwrite critical maintenance, health and safety, and instructional needs, even as the new Vice-Chancellor Professor Ivelaw Griffith has begun to undertake a number of initiatives to improve the institution.

Residents of Plaisance and the surrounding areas on the East Coast are complaining about the condition of the railway embankment road and other streets in area, while calling on the relevant authorities to repair them.

A Guyanese man, Rajendra Ramrattan was on Wednesday sentenced to time served after being held at the JFK Airport in New York on April 6th  this year with  550.7 grammes of cocaine in a pair of jeans.

Republic Bank (Guyana) Ltd notched up an after-tax profit of $2.1b for the nine-month period which ended on June 30, 2016 – $188m higher than for the corresponding period last year.

Dear Editor, I wonder if it is possible that any of your readers have not heard of the Tina Insanally Foundation?

The National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) yesterday announced that the bidding process for the rehabilitation of its pump at Trafalgar, West Berbice has been nullified.

Dear Editor, My heart goes out to the Venezuelans; they were always a proud, dynamic, powerful and successful people.

Andrew Christopher Garnett of the Guyana Local Government Officers Union has been identified as the nominee from trade unions to be appointed to the Local Government Commission which is still to be operationalised even though several deadlines have passed.

Dear Editor, After a long while taking a hiatus from writing letters to your newspaper, I am sending this letter in these moments of grief and sorrow in order to let the readers be acquainted with a man who passed away on Thursday, 28th July, just a week short of his 72nd birthday.

A 24th minute goal from Jobe Caesar ended a dynasty as Chase Academy edged four time champion Wismar/ Christianburg Secondary 1-0 yesterday in the Digicel Schools Football Championships grand finale at the National Stadium in Providence.

Dear Editor, The upcoming November elections in the USA are as critical to the people of America as they are to people the world over.

There will be more forceful implementation of Trafficking in Persons (TIP) legislation in the country, Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan has said.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – West Indies were facing a pivotal third day of the second Test against India after opener Lokesh Rahul struck his third Test century to help the tourists tighten their grip on the contest at Sabina Park here yesterday.

The PPP on Friday accused Region Four Chairperson Genevieve Allen of arbitrarily rejecting motions submitted by PPP/C and AFC councillors at the last statutory meeting of the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) on Thursday.

Dear Editor, Emancipation 2016 is here. And 2016 is Guyana’s Jubilee year.

Dear Editor, The election campaign has started and race is already the pivotal issue highlighted. 

LAUDERHILL, Florida, CMC – Denesh Ramdin hammered an unbeaten half-century as Trinbago Knight Riders celebrated their spot in the Caribbean Premier League playoffs by defeating St Kitts and Nevis Patriots by eight wickets here yesterday.

The Guyana Responsible Parenthood Association and the Young Women’s Christian Association on Tuesday launched their ‘Still I Rise: Reintegration of Teen Mothers in Education’ project.

The Bartica Town Council has initiated a business network with the aim of providing a catalyst for economic growth.

HOCKENHEIM, Germany, (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton cruised to an unchallenged victory in yesterday’s German Formula One Grand Prix to extend his lead over Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg at the top of the world championship standings.

Dear Editor, I should like to salute James Patterson, Chairman of the Commission of Inquiry into the Camp Street Prison riot that claimed the lives of 17 prisoners.

PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa,  (Reuters) – A metal sculpture overlooks the ocean on South Africa’s southern coast, showing Nelson Mandela with his fist triumphantly thrust into the air and a sweeping line of diverse figures waiting to vote.

(Reuters) – Australia have dropped out-of-form limited overs specialist  Glenn Maxwell from the squad for the one-day international series in Sri Lanka next month, the country’s cricket board announced yesterday.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – China’s leadership is resisting pressure from elements within the military for a more forceful response to an international court ruling against Beijing’s claims in the South China Sea, sources said, wary of provoking a clash with the United States.

National footballer Rensford Coleridge, who was stabbed about his body less than two weeks ago, allegedly by his neighbour, has been released from the hospital even though he sustained significant lung damage.

Dear Editor, The organizing Committee of Voices Against Violence National Candlelight Vigil acknowledges the support of Dr Carl Niamatali: “The GCPS will be pleased to attend the candlelight vigil because we believe that it is better to light a candle than lament the darkness.

An entertainment promoter was on Thursday granted $80,000 bail by a city magistrate after he denied wounding another man in a fight.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Rio de Janeiro will deliver a successful Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said yesterday, despite delays in preparations, lack of funds and the country suffering from its biggest political and economic turmoil in decades.

Dear Editor, It is to me a ludicrous situation that in this ‘civilised’ age we should even have a debate about the justification of the death penalty.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said yesterday that Russian intelligence services hacked into Democratic National Committee computers and she questioned Republican rival Donald Trump’s overtures to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

A row between the Linden Mayor and Town Council and a man who constructed a washroom at the Wisroc car park has been settled.

By Cynthia Barrow-Giles Cynthia Barrow-Giles is Senior Lecturer in Political Science at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados.

Public and private sector stakeholders on Tuesday engaged in consultations on institutional strengthening of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and the need for adequate financing was raised.

BULAWAYO, (Reuters) – Sean Williams scored a maiden test century in vain as New Zealand clinched a comprehensive innings and 117-run victory over hosts Zimbabwe on day four of the first test yesterday.

Dear Editor, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov has advised the leadership of the US Democratic Party not to go over the edge while trying to discover Russia’s involvement in the hacker attacks on its computers.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s Foreign Minister Jose Serra labeled the possibility of a Donald Trump presidency a “nightmare” and urged all Americans to vote for Democratic contender Hillary Clinton.

President David Granger and First Lady, Sandra Granger on Saturday evening attended the ‘Jubilation Concert’  hosted by the Tina Insanally Foundation at the Theatre Guild of Guyana’s Playhouse.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – The risk of Zika virus infections at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro is low and has been overcome, health officials in Brazil said yesterday, five days before South America’s first Games are due to begin.

Dear Editor, There is nothing new under the sun. Man has walked the face of the earth for thousands of years, and we as humans beings never seem to learn from the history of human achievements or inhuman behaviour.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan authorities over the weekend admonished the opposition-run National Assembly for reinstating three lawmakers banned over fraud accusations, heightening the power conflict in the crisis-hit OPEC nation.

Two cars were involved in an early morning crash yesterday after the driver of one of the vehicles refused to stop while crossing Croal Street.

Corporate governance broadly refers to the mechanisms, relations, and processes by which a company is controlled and directed.

Selina Ramotar, the woman who was stabbed several times by the father of her child, has been discharged from the hospital, a city court was told on Friday.

(Trinidad Express) The pace of Government borrowing has surged exponentially, according to Central Bank reports and interviews with academics and bankers.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Belgian Tom Boonen of the Etiix-Quick Step team won the 202-km Ride London-Surrey Classic in a dramatic sprint finish yesterday.

Thirty-five students were on Friday presented with certificates of participation after completing a one-week Annual Children’s Heritage Awareness Pro-gramme that was conducted by the National Trust of Guyana.

The 14th Caribbean Cuboree was held in Guyana from Sunday to Friday at the Scout Association of Guyana’s (SAG) Headquarters on Woolford Avenue.

(Reuters) – A gunman killed a woman and seriously wounded three others in Austin early yesterday when he shot into a crowd as people streamed out of nightclubs in the Texas capital’s downtown area, police said.

Given the entrenched ethno-political polarisation in the country and the willingness of any number of politicians to exploit this, it is no surprise that there have been shrill declarations recently about discrimination against Indo-Guyanese and other ills.

Dear Editor, I write on the issue of a recent statement made by the Minister of Agriculture on the electronic media that rice farmers across the country suffered only a paltry 4% losses following the El Niño dry-weather rice crop.