Daily Archive: Sunday, September 18, 2016

Pageant veteran Soyini Fraser won the Miss Guyana Universe 2016 title after stiff competition from thirteen other beauties on Saturday night at the Marriott Hotel.

Construction work will commence on the Groenveldt Bridge, West Coast Demerara tomorrow and to facilitate these works, the West Coast Demerara Public Road in the vicinity of the Groenveldt Bridge will only be opened to one alternating lane of motorised traffic.

A few months ago, I wrote about poor customer service. Not much has changed.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – An explosion rocked the bustling Chelsea district of Manhattan on Saturday night, injuring at least 29 people in what authorities described as a deliberate, criminal act, while saying investigators had found no evidence of a “terror connection.”

A driver attached to the MMC security firm was shot dead by a colleague, who also wounded another co-worker during a confrontation outside the company’s headquarters at Happy Acres, East Coast Demerara yesterday morning.

To get to Sandpit, Onderneeming on the Essequibo Coast one has to travel to Suddie and take a car from the car park.

Regional educational officials in Region One are investigating an incident involving female students of the Santa Rosa Secondary School in the Moruca Sub-region, being strip-searched over accusations of stolen money in the presence of male police officers.

Retired Judge Winston Lennox McLennon Moore, who was the serving Ombudsman, passed away last Friday night.

Lower Corentyne continued its dominance as they crushed East Bank Demerara by an innings and 38 runs to maintain their number one spot in the ongoing Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Jaguars Franchise League three-day tourney.

Two persons died while four others were injured after the car they were travelling in collided with a pick-up truck along the Unity Public Road, East Coast Demerara on Friday evening.

Guyana’s Golden Jaguars, as the national senior men’s football team is called, has moved 10 places up the FIFA world rankings.

DNA testing capacity at the Guyana Forensic Laboratory is more than a few years off, according to Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure yesterday announced potential sites for the proposed oil and gas industry onshore support base have been identified and it will be presenting its report to the Cabinet’s oil and gas subcommittee shortly.

Wales Football Club secured its second win in the Stag Beer sponsored West Demerara Football Association (WDFA) Senior League edging Jetty Gunners 1-0 yesterday at the Den Amstel ground.

Golden Grove and Bachelors/Adventure Paradise Sports Club clinched lopsided wins yesterday when the National Milling Company (Namilco) Thunderbolt Flour U17 national championships continued.

In keeping with a CXC directive that from 2017 all School Based Assessments (SBAs) will have to be submitted online, the EGovernment Unit has started a project to link all secondary schools via the internet.

Fitness enthusiasts and competitors mark your calendars. On November 19, the ‘Stage of Champions’ mega event will be held at the Theatre Guild with many incentives on offer.

Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) President Patrick Yarde yesterday said that the union’s executive council will decide on the way forward on public service salary negotiations by the end of this week, while maintaining that its demand for a 25% increase is both feasible and sustainable.

Conclusion Labour productivity As noted in the first part of this article, six inputs based on physical units or items of expenditure were selected to form an opinion of the stewardship of the previous administration over the affairs of the nation. 

Minister of State Joseph Harmon says there is no division within Cabinet on the Specialised Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) remaining under the ambit of the Guyana Police Force (GPF).

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Iranian cyclist Sarafraz Bahman Golbarnezhad has died after crashing in the C4-5 event at the Rio de Janeiro Paralympics, the first such death at the games since they began in 1960, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has said.

The government yesterday urged bidders for contracts for the provisions of goods and services to the state to use the Bid Protest Committee to address any concerns about the tendering process.

SINGAPORE,  (Reuters) – World champion Lewis Hamilton faces the prospect of losing his lead in the Formula One title race to Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg after the German qualified on pole for the Singapore Grand Prix yesterday.

The question I respond to in today’s column is: Does the prevailing world energy outlook offer useful policy lessons for Guyana’s benefit, in anticipation of its oil and gas production coming on stream in the early 2020s?

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC- West Indies Test and ODI skipper Jason Holder says the regional team remains a powerful force despite the absence of some top players heading into the series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates.

Consider yourself fortunate if you are right 51% of the time.

18% percent of Guyana’s children between the ages of 5 and 17 are engaged in child labour, according to statistics provided in a recently conducted survey done by Guyana in collaboration with the United Nation Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

For over 50 years state authorities have continually lamented that Guyana has one of the highest percentages of road deaths in the world.

Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs Sydney Allicock has said that more work needs to be done before certificates of title are finally handed over to ten indigenous communities.

BERLIN, (Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee has met Brazilian judicial authorities investigating a case of alleged ticket scalping during the Rio de Janeiro Olympics and provided information, an IOC official said yesterday.

ZADAR, Croatia, (Reuters) – Croatia took a big step towards securing a Davis Cup final spot when Ivan Dodig and Marin Cilic beat Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert 7-6 (6) 5-7 7-6 (6) 6-3 in the doubles to take a 2-1 lead yesterday.

I didn’t know him when I lived in Guyana, but in my years in Toronto I became very close to Terry Ferreira from New Amsterdam who had migrated there.

The 36-year-old single mother whose 13-year-old daughter was beaten by her neighbours and whom the police had threatened to charge decided to drop the matter after the child expressed fear about going to court.

Part 2 How should we regard the Caribbean’s future? Should it be with pessimism as some commentators suggest, or with optimism?

The decomposed body of a pensioner was found last night at her home at Fyrish Village, Corentyne.

LONDON, CMC- The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has recruited the services of former Middlesex and Sussex batsman Toby Radford as batting coach for its series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates.

The play Ti Jean and His Brothers is one of the new texts prescribed on the CXC syllabus in its new cycle. 

BARCELONA, (Reuters) – Barcelona’s attacking trio of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar were all on target as the champions roared back into life in La Liga by thrashing promoted Leganes 5-1 away yesterday, while Atletico Madrid thumped visitors Sporting Gijon 5-0.

A woman and her mother are now hospitalised after they were brutally chopped by her abusive ex-husband, who later committed suicide.

The Red-breasted Meadowlark, formerly known as the Red-breasted Blackbird, is common near rice cultivations and countrysides here. 

An employee of the Survival Supermarket was on Friday afternoon attacked by two bandits and robbed of a $2M payroll while returning from a city bank.

GLASGOW,  (Reuters) – Britain kept their hopes of retaining the Davis Cup alive thanks to a terrific backs-to-the-wall effort from brothers Andy and Jamie Murray yesterday.

BEIRUT/MOSCOW (Reuters) – US-led coalition air strikes killed dozens of Syrian soldiers yesterday, Russia and a monitoring group said, putting a US-Russian brokered ceasefire in jeopardy and prompting an emergency UN Security Council meeting.

OCHO RIOS, Jamaica, CMC- A second restaurant celebrating the success of sprint super star Usain Bolt has opened in Jamaica.

Government is giving the holder of the controversial Red House lease time to make “reasonable decisions,” failing which action will be taken, Attorney General Basil Williams said on Wednesday.

I get told a lot that my writing is hugely based on losing weight.

Cuban-Guyanese Maria Varona-Thomas has become the first Woman FIDE Master (WFM) from Guyana, following her successful participation at the 42nd Chess Olympiad in Baku, Azerbaijan.

MARGARITA ISLAND, Venezuela (Reuters) – Only a handful of leaders have travelled to a meeting of a large Cold War-era bloc in Venezuela this week, in an embarrassment for the crisis-hit socialist government.

Six months after Minister of State Joseph Harmon travelled to China to settle the matter of $5M owed for the purchase of 20% of Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) shares, the outcome of the trip remains unclear.

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – New Zealand fast bowler Tim Southee has been ruled out of the three-match test series in India with an ankle injury and will be replaced by paceman Matt Henry.

Dear Editor, The Minister of Education in his recent address to the Education Day rally called on teachers to “take the stick and the wild-cane out of the school” and deal with discipline in a humane and a modern fashion.

YARI PLAINS, Colombia (Reuters) – Colombia’s Marxist FARC rebels will continue their fight for social justice under a peace deal with the government, its top commander said yesterday at the opening of the group’s final congress as an armed group.

Dear Editor, I am a student at the University of Guyana, and I would like to express my frustration at what can only be perceived as callousness and ineptitude on the part of the university administration.

Whenever I go out to breakfast or brunch, I ignore the bread, bagels and pancakes and head straight to the breakfast potatoes.

LONDON.  CMC – England all-rounder Ben Stokes has launched a scathing attack on West Indies middle order batsman Marlon Samuels in the newest twist of a lingering feud between the two players.

The government is still considering setting up a law school here, according to Attorney-General Basil Williams, who says that its recent financial contribution to the Hugh Wooding Law School is temporary.

No convictions yet (Trinidad Guardian) Between 2011 and 2015 the Financial Intelligence Unit analysed 2,341 suspicious activity reports with a dollar value of approximately TT$3.7 billion.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC- Discarded West Indies captain Denesh Ramdin smashed 70 from 76 balls to set the tone for West Indies Maroon to beat West Indies Blue by 20 runs in an exciting 50 overs a side practice match here on Friday.

Dracaena fragrans commonly called corn plant originated from Africa and has adapted well in the tropics.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Portia Simpson Miller has been returned as president of the People’s National Party (PNP) following a landslide victory over her challenger, Dr Karl Blythe.

Police are currently searching for the suspect in the murder of a Brazilian gold miner, who was fatally chopped at Sourie Backdam, Puruni, on Friday evening.

The vendors’ story is well-worked terrain. The issues go back a long way, and the arguments in relation to them have not changed over the years.

Dear Editor, The appointment by President David Granger of a tribunal consistent with Article 225 of the Guyana Constitution to inquire into the conduct of Carvil Duncan who holds a constitutional office is noted.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A 17-year-old has committed doctor-assisted suicide in Belgium, the first minor to do so under rules adopted in 2014 allowing euthanasia for people of all ages, the head of the national committee for euthanasia said yesterday.