Daily Archive: Sunday, October 30, 2016

The Ministry of Education says that schools nationwide will be in session tomorrow Monday, October 31st, 2016.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) today said that persons who are caught selling or found in possession of firecrackers will be prosecuted.

A policeman is in hospital and another has been treated and sent away after they intervened in an altercation between a female colleague and an intoxicated patron outside a night club in Lethem during the early hours of this morning.

(Trinidad Guardian) An alcohol-fuelled dispute reportedly over politics turned deadly yesterday morning when a man was attacked and stabbed twice with a garden fork allegedly by his best friend in Preysal Village, Couva.

The United States has given a commitment to assist Guyana with the surveillance of its porous borders to help reduce the entrance of drugs and small arms into the country, Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan said.

Developed, yet quaint, Gangaram village is nestled between Betsy Ground and New Forest in East Canje, Berbice.

Introduction Today’s column addresses price, in the cost-price relation that Guyana’s oil and gas ‘discovery’ will likely encounter, after it comes on stream 5-7 years from today.

Up to press time this morning firefighters were battling to contain a fire at a Cummings street building which houses Ram’s Pharmacy and several other small businesses.

Even as a tripartite committee meets to work out the details of City Hall’s container tax, earnings from the interim $5,000 fee have amounted to $12 million for one month.

Defending champion St. Angela’s and West Ruimveldt stormed into the quarterfinals of the fifth annual Court’s Pee-Wee Primary Schools football tournament yesterday.

To be living in Guyana and coping with the daily dysfunctions in this and that, is to notice that while we are aware of the various big projects needing attention, the creeping feeling of despair rather comes from the small malfunctions that seem to confront us – some of them going on for years – on a daily basis.

The second victim in Friday evening’s fatal crash along the Linden-Soesdyke Highway, has been identified as Royston Holder, though his relatives were up to yesterday afternoon still to formally confirm this.

With most of the big names playing ‘cat and mouse’ in the peloton, Raul Leal and Jamal John were able to lap all of the starters and share the spoils of the feature 35-lap event of the Payless Variety Store multi race programme at the National Park yesterday.

It is terrible how easily we bear the suffering of others.

Slingerz FC crushed Beavers 4-1 yesterday at the Den Amstel ground to move into second spot in the West Demerara section of the National Milling Company (NAMILCO) national U17 football tournament.

A West Coast Demerara resident who is accused of raping a mother of four was yesterday morning arrested by the police and is likely to be charged soon.

Minister Winston Jordan’s outburst at Auditor General, Deodat Sharma, a constitutional office holder, was unusual.

The Guyana Defence Force and Fruta Conquerors secured lopsided wins when the National Association for Women’s Football (NAWF) Development League resumed yesterday at the Tucville Community ground.

Flaws in the design for the Brickdam lock-up, which would have rendered it airless, have forced government to set aside money for remedial works, Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan has said.

Just over a week ago Google, Facebook, Amazon, Twitter, Netflix, Visa and many more premium providers of global web services, temporarily went offline.

he Green Honeycreeper is a forest canopy species but it often descends along forest edges and clearings to take fruit and sometimes nectar.

On the heels of a recent estimation that Guyana would have lost over half a billion dollars to Trinidad and Tobago to date because of its lack of onshore oil and gas services, Natural Resources Minister Raphael Trotman says government is swiftly building capacity to ensure that it can compete.

A number of former national players will be in action this morning at the Georgetown Football Club Ground in a specially arranged match between two Masters football teams.

Evolvulus glomeratus commonly called Blue Daze originated in Brazil and Paraguay, in South America.

HAVANA, Cuba, CMC- The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) is seeking to forge stronger ties with Caribbean media houses in an effort to bolster the range of cricket content on regional television.

Government is set to soon commence engagement with Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo for the selection of a new Ombudsman, following the death of Justice Winston Moore last month.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla/GOLDEN, Colo (Reuters) – Hillary Clinton yesterday challenged FBI Director James Comey to provide a fuller explanation of investigative steps he is taking related to her use of a private email server, as the Democratic presidential candidate accused him of “deeply troubling” behaviour 10 days before the US elections.

The Arthur Chung Conference Centre (ACCC), which will be closed for 18 months to facilitate repairs, generated $60 million in revenue from rental during 2015.

SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates, CMC- Captain Jason holder is banking on a coin toss to help setup an unlikely change in fortune and close-off a wretched tour of the United Arab Emirates when West Indies meet Pakistan in the third and final Test match from today.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union and Canada will sign a free trade agreement today that aims to boost jobs and growth after weeks of uncertainty and opposition in part of EU member Belgium that had threatened to scupper the entire deal.

In response to last week’s column about how it’s possible to achieve a slim waistline by shedding extra belly fat while maintaining curves so to speak, I received some emails from concerned women who would like to just ‘tone up’ without lifting.

Consultations are currently being conducted to inform a feasibility study which may see a School of Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation (SEBI) at the University of Guyana (UG) offering classes as early as next August.

Cultural change continues to be a very interesting study. We have from time to time commented on factors of change in Guyana and the Caribbean and have remarked at what has been observed in some cultural traditions.

(Reuters) – Native American leaders vowed yesterday to protest through the winter against a North Dakota oil pipeline they say threatens water resources and sacred lands and are weighing lawsuits over police treatment of arrested protesters.

(Reuters) – Leg-spinner Amit Mishra picked up his second five-wicket haul in one-day internationals as India skittled New Zealand for 79 to win the final match by 190 runs in Visakhapatnam yesterday for a 3-2 series victory.

Acting Police Commissioner David Ramnarine recently said that the police force’s statistics show with the exception of ‘D’ Division, gun robberies are on the decrease, contrary to public fears of an increase.

DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – Tanzania’s president yesterday ordered the security forces to go after top criminals financing organised networks behind elephant poaching, saying no one was “untouchable”.

Dear Editor, Governance is about the people and their business. Any decision, including laws, being made on the people’s behalf must factor in the culture of the society.

HARARE, (Reuters) – Kusal Perera scored a maiden test century but partner Kaushal Silva fell six runs short of a ton as an injury-ravaged Sri Lanka racked up 317 for four against Zimbabwe on the first day of the first test yesterday.

Bobby Fischer, America’s most successful chess player, contested a fair number of chess blitz games in Washington Square Park, Manhattan.

CARTAGENA, Colombia (Reuters) – Venezuela’s fast-escalating political crisis and Colombia’s stuttering peace process dominated discussions at the Ibero-American Summit yesterday, despite an official agenda about youth, entrepreneurship and education.

—Irving hits clutch three-pointer to help Cavs beat Raptors (The Sports Xchange) – Russell Westbrook posted scored 51 points to go along with a triple double to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to an 113-110 overtime victory over the Phoenix Suns Friday at the Chesapeake Energy Arena.

Dear Editor, Guyanese from all walks of life have raised their voices out of urgent concern in relation to the high crime rate that is currently being experienced.

Kiev Chesney, a former sports reporter, was on Friday admitted to the bar before Justice James Bovell Drakes.

PARIS (Reuters) – Iran has kept to a nuclear deal it agreed with six world powers last year limiting its stockpiles of substances that could be used to make atomic weapons, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) told French daily Le Monde.

Guyana is a democracy. It might be a flawed democracy, but it is still a democracy for all of that, and not a militarised state.

If you’re looking for a different way of cooking potatoes this Diwali, then try this South-Indian version that is generally served with Poori (which I talked about yesterday in Tastes Like Home.