Daily Archive: Sunday, October 9, 2016

President David Granger is confident that the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) will be established this month and in a bid to ensure high-quality work his government will for the first time be looking at the previous performance of contractors.

Defending champs St. Angela’s along with former winners St. Pius, Stella Maris and Marian Academy won their matches yesterday when the fifth edition of the annual Court’s Pee-Wee Primary Schools football Championship commenced yesterday.

ADDIS ABABA, (Reuters) – Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn declared a state of emergency today after weeks of protests that have resulted in deaths and damage to mostly foreign-owned factories and flower farms.

(Trinidad Guardian) Taxpayers have spent more on vacation travel for His Excellency, President Anthony Carmona and his family, than for official travel.

Guyana’s High Commissioner to Canada Ambassador Clarissa Riehl and her husband are the owners of one of the Carmichael Street lots being compulsorily acquired by government but sources close to her say that the move has caught her off guard and she had made it clear to Attorney-General (AG) Basil Williams that she was not prepared to relinquish the property.

West Indies youth Captain Shimron Hetmeyer and Surujnarine Kandasammy struck double centuries as Lower Corentyne amassed 649/ 5 declared on the second day of their three-day Guyana Cricket Board/ Cricket Guyana Incorpo-rated Franchise League final round encounter.

Whitewater, the largest Indigenous settlement in the Mabaruma sub-region, got its name from a crystal stream that runs through it, though over time it has become less transparent.

Guyana’s third round campaign in the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Caribbean Cup qualifiers got off to the worst possible start when the national senior team went down to hosts Suriname 2-3 in extra time yesterday at the Andre Kamperveen Stadium.

Beavers FC secured their maiden win while second placed Pouderoyen FC was held to a draw when another round in the exciting Stag Beer sponsored West Demerara Football Association (WDFA) Senior League continued yesterday.

Trade unionist Carvil Duncan yesterday said that he was asked by President David Granger in February to resign as Chairman of the Public Service Commission (PSC) and from other constitutional commissions.

Former auditor-general Anand Goolsarran believes there is no need for witnesses to pursue a case against former finance minister Dr Ashni Singh for alleged financial wrongdoings while in office, but Attorney-General Basil Williams insists that no case can hold up in court without witnesses.

SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Darren Bravo and Kraigg Brathwaite posted half centuries to fuel West Indies first innings res-ponse to Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Patron’s XI on the second day of their three-day tour game at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium here yesterday.

As a youngster growing up in Guyana and going to Saints, my friend Stanley Greaves (yes, the painter) had introduced me to (I hope I have the name right) the British Council Library in Georgetown. 

INDORE, India, (Reuters) – The normally free-scoring Virat Kohli showed the other side of his batsmanship to score the first century of the series against New Zealand and steer India to 267 for three on the opening day of the third and final test yesterday.

A 75-year-old motorcyclist succumbed to his injuries on Friday morning, just hours after he was involved in a collision with a minibus along Sheriff Street.

The Investiture Ceremony at the National Cultural Centre on Wednesday last was an uplifting event.

As private cane farmers sat under a shed at the Wales Estate waiting for their cane to be discharged from trailers, they contemplated their future knowing that their main source of income is about to crumble.

TRELAWNY, Jamaica, CMC- West Indies Women suffered a narrow five run defeat to England women in a thrilling opener to their five match One Day International series at Florence Hall here yesterday.

Introduction Today’s column is primarily aimed at amplifying those references, which were made last week to the dynamic features of Guyana’s ‘potentially massive’ oil and natural gas discovery.

If you think about it carefully it seems impossible to reconcile two things which most people would very much like to believe – one, that they enjoy free will and in some ultimate sense are masters of their fate, and, two, that the God of all creation is omnipotent and has a master plan for us all.

Three days ago when he officially donned the black robe and was accepted as a lawyer by Justice Sandra Kertizious young Mandel Moore knew that he had not only fulfilled his dream but that of his now deceased father who was his main motivator to use his brain to be equal to others.

Demerara Queens and New Amsterdam Warriors secured hard-fought wins when the National Association for Women’s Football (NAWF) Developmental League continued yesterday at the Esplanade ground in New Amsterdam (NA), Berbice.

Summary information In the Annual Report of the Bank of Guyana, readers can find a series of tables, one of which is entitled ‘Balance of Payments’. 

KARACHI, Pakistan, CMC- Fast rising Pakistan batsman Babar Azam has been included in a 14-man squad announced yesterday for the first of three-Test series against West Indies.

For a young expectant mother, who already has a daughter, the news of government’s plan to increase maternity leave from three months to six months sounded like sweet music to her ear, but soon reality stepped in and she immediately thought about the country’s economy and the affordability of such a move.

After a period of uncertainty, it has been confirmed that the Paris Agreement on Climate Change will enter into force on November 4.

Parents of students attending a Berbice secondary school are calling for the Ministry of Education to investigate the school, after their children claimed that a drug-using teacher had given them “a pull.”

HAMBURG, Germany, (Reuters) – Thomas Mueller scored twice for the second World Cup qualifier in a row to lead dominant Germany to a comprehensive 3-0 win over Czech Republic yesterday.

The Guyana Medical Relief donated medical supplies on Tuesday last valued at $18 million, whilst Food for the Poor Inc, provided a truck load of goods, to Region Six Health Services.

(Reuters) – Top seed Andy Murray continued his pursuit of Novak Djokovic in the race to end the year as number one in the ATP rankings with a crushing 6-2 6-3 defeat of Spain’s David Ferrer to reach the final of the China Open yesterday.

(Reuters) – Britain’s Johanna Konta withstood a fightback by Madison Keys and third seed Agnieszka Radwanska beat Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina yesterday to reach to the China Open final.

Work is expected to commence on the East Bank Berbice main access road before month end  according to Region Six Chair-man David Armogan.

A play, Brixton Stories by Biyi Bandele, was performed at the Theatre Guild Playhouse recently under special circumstances.

Members of a Laing Avenue family were forced to find alternative living arrangements yesterday after their home was flooded when a sudden shower of rain disrupted roof repairs being done by their neighbour upstairs.

Over 60 horses have been entered for the inaugural Nand Persaud Karibee Rice Mega Sprint Classic Horses race meet today at the company’s race track at Macedonia, Corentyne, Berbice.

The police have released the two persons who were held earlier this week in connection with the murder of Cornelia Ida pensioner, Bibi Keneiz.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Teams from four Caricom countries and an overseas nation have confirmed their participation in the World Road Tennis Championship to take place in Barbados next month.

You might not think of lamb when it comes to making a quick dish but you should because it totally works; and if you have a pressure cooker, even better.

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Russia vetoed a French-drafted United Nations Security Council resolution yesterday that would have demanded an immediate end to air strikes and military flights over Syria’s Aleppo city and called for a truce and humanitarian aid access throughout Syria.

 Attack on mourners in Yemen SANAA (Reuters) – Saudi-led warplanes killed at least 82 people when they struck mourners at a hall in the Yemeni capital Sanaa yesterday, the acting health minister in the Houthi-run administration said, but the coalition denied any role in the incident.

Last week I disclosed that I consume the amino acid Citrulline Malate to help maintain cardiovascular health, blood flow and other health benefits.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, (Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) wants to give more power to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in the fight against drug-cheating by athletes, it said yesterday.

For the next two months, the eyes and minds of the chess world would be focused on the world chess championship title match.

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With his campaign in crisis, US presidential candidate Donald Trump vowed yesterday to stay in the race despite calls from more than two dozen prominent Republicans for him to drop out following the release of a recording of him making lewd comments about women.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Gareth Southgate’s plea for England to play with adventure and style was answered only fitfully as his reign as caretaker manager began with a 2-0 win over Malta in a World Cup Group F qualifier  yesterday.

TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) – The havoc wreaked by Hurricane Matthew has strengthened the resolve of thousands of Haitians stuck on the US-Mexico border to make it to the United States even though new rules mean they will likely be deported to their shattered homeland.

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

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Venezuela  is courting a deeper economic collapse and hyperinflation that could spark an exodus of its people into neighbouring countries, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Friday.

LONDON/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – When Ines Chou was planning her “Golden Week” holiday, it was Britain’s history and heritage rather than its high street shops that lured her to the country.

PORT-AU-PRINCE/LES CAYES, Haiti (Reuters) – Cholera has killed at least 13 people in southwest Haiti in the wake of Hurricane Matthew, government officials told Reuters yesterday, as health workers sought to reach the epicenter of one outbreak.

When my childhood friend was called to eternal rest in Canada, the funeral home offered the family to plant a tree in her memory at a park and the family took up the offer.

Venezuela suffers from something of a Lewis Carroll syndrome where conducting diplomacy with this country is concerned: everything is upside down.

Dear Editor, A few days ago I visited the General Registrar Office (GRO) in Georgetown at 8 am.