Daily Archive: Sunday, July 30, 2017

Acting Police Commissioner David Ramnarine this evening said that Lusignan Prison escapee Kerry Cromwell is back in police custody.

CARACAS/SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela, (Reuters) – Deadly protests rocked Venezuela today as voters broadly boycotted an election for a constitutional super-body that unpopular leftist President Nicolas Maduro vowed would begin a “new era of combat” in the crisis-stricken nation.

Acting Police Commissioner David Ramnarine today confirmed to the Department of Public  Information (DPI) that acting on information provided by the public the Joint Services executed an operation at approximately midday today in the East Ruimveldt ward of Georgetown which led to a confrontation with Lusignan Prison escapee Clive Forde aka El Sinkie.

(Trinidad Guardian) If further attacks continue on Chinese people living in T&T there may be a second exodus of this group of people from the country similar to what occurred during the Black Power revolution in 1970.

The USA South Panthers held on late to escape with a 23-19 win against a spirited Guyana outfit in a thriller yesterday at the National Park.

HARARE, Zimbabwe, CMC – Impressive half-centuries from Keagan Simmons, Emmanuel Stewart and Man-of-the-Match Bhaskar Yadram underlined a strong West Indies Under-19s batting display as they beat Zimbabwe Under-19s by 70 runs to seal a 2-1 series win here yesterday.

GALLE, Sri Lanka, (Reuters) – Spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja shared six wickets to help India to a thumping 304-run win against Sri Lanka on the fourth day of the first test yesterday for a 1-0 lead in the series.

Guyana suffered its fourth consecutive loss in the Central American & Caribbean Basketball Championships (CentroBasket) U17 Tournament, going down to Jamaica 57-81 in the 5-8 playoffs yesterday in Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Sixteen prisoners in the new holding area at the Lusignan Prison were shot with rubber bullets and pellets by members of the Joint Services yesterday afternoon as part of efforts to quell a violent unrest, including attacks on security officials, at the facility.

In excess of $900,000 will be up for grabs when the Guyana Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation Inc (GBBFFI) stages its National Seniors Championship on August 6 at the Marriott Hotel.

New Forest is one of the last villages you get to when heading into East Canje, Berbice. While many claim that New Forest is located directly after Gangaram Village, residents of the area told the World Beyond Georgetown that New Forest is actually located further down; after Gangaram there are several other villages with just a few houses before New Forest.

East Canje, Berbice was yesterday afternoon plunged into a state of shock and disbelief, after a 17-year-old resident was found murdered in her home and police launched a manhunt for her 25-year-old reputed husband, who is suspected to have killed her.

After several reported sightings in Berbice, murder accused Stafrei Alexander, who was one of the six inmates who broke out from the Camp Street Prison on July 9, was recaptured in the county last evening by police, who credited information received from the public for the fugitive’s arrest.

Following the admission by a Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited staffer earlier this month that he participated in a failed plot to rob the Water Street branch of its night deposit bags, the private sector is to seek a meeting with the bankers’ association on a range of security issues.

Cheddi Eshwar Sawh, the 24-year-old farmer who was attacked and beaten allegedly by a gang of men last Sunday, died at the Georgetown Public Hospital yesterday morning.

In a recent column I mentioned Nick Hammond who was my tutor at Cambridge.

Several financial analysts will by September begin a US-funded training programme in the use of intelligence data management software, which will improve Guyana’s efforts in detecting money laundering and terrorist financing.

With the fifth annual Caribbean Premier League (CPL) set to take centre stage in a few days’ time, the Guyana Amazon Warriors bowling unit seems poised to do their bit in an effort to push the South American franchise over the line.

Since assuming office the David Granger administration has ordered 15 Commissions of Inquiry (CoI) and the opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) would like to know how much they have cost the country and what action has been taken in relation to their findings.

Being away for the past six weeks allowed me the luxury of leisurely contemplating Guyana from afar.

Fruta Conquerors rising star Martin King, overcame several other participants to win the Nestle Milo/FC Barcelona Football Skills Tournament, in the process earning a two-day trial with the Catalan giants.

Local broadcasters were yesterday urged to self-regulate or have the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) regulate them, with the warning that this would come with consequences.

Several years ago, at a Tradewinds night in Orlando for the Guyanese American Cultural Association of Central Florida, I gave a speech on ‘Being Guyanese’ that went around the world online and appeared in the Chronicle here.

Claude Blackmore, former President of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG), has been officially honoured by the Municipality of Trujillo, Peru for his sterling contribution to sport.

The Ministry of Public Telecommunications and the National Frequency Management Unit (NFMU) hosted a one-day consultation for licensed television broadcasters on the procedures and road-map for Guyana’s transition from Analogus to Digital Terrestrial TV (DTTV) Broadcasting by 2020.

Last week’s column debunked the myth of spot reduction in problem areas.

Small Guyana is developing the Green State Development Strategy (GSDS) to promote the development of the country. 

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Christian Thurton was holding Trinidad and Tobago together after they lost cheap wickets to find themselves under pressure on the second day of their second round clash in the Regional Under-19 Championship against Guyana here Saturday.

The combination of bread and cheese is one of life’s culinary pleasures.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif announced plans yesterday for his brother Shahbaz to take over as leader of the country and lashed out at the Supreme Court ruling that barred him from office.

On a night that featured wins for Pele and Santos FC, Northern Rangers secured a 1-1 result with Riddim Squad when the Corona Beer Invitational football tournament continued on Friday.

During 2016, Guyana’s gold sector was able to weather the impact of global politics and record a whopping 712,707 ounces in declarations.

To Toussaint L’Ouverture TOUSSAINT, the most unhappy man of men!       Whether the whistling Rustic tend his plough      Within thy hearing, or thy head be now               Pillowed in some deep dungeon’s earless den;—               O miserable Chieftain!

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump threatened yesterday to end government payments to health insurers if Congress does not pass a healthcare bill.

As she stood on the public byway and shared condoms to passersby, Juanita Burrowes was in earshot of a ‘cuss out’ between two neighbours and shockingly heard one accuse the other of allowing her partner to sexually abuse her young son.

Three suspects, including a former murder accused, have been arrested in relation to the robbery/murder of Dhanpaul Dookie and they have since admitted to the crime.

Fresh from winning the annual Independence/Legends Cup softball cricket tournament in the United States of America earlier this month, `Floodlights’ the official named softball team representing the Guyana Floodlights Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA) will turn their attention to winning another North American softball cricket competition when they participate in the “Toronto Cup 2” August 4-6 in Canada.

In the two weeks since its opening, the Centre for Local Business Development, set up by ExxonMobil affiliate ESSO Exploration & Production Guyana Ltd and United States-based development company DAI Global, LLC, has already registered 40 businesses, according to Director Patrick Henry.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition said it is ready to change tactics in its bid to bring down President Nicolas Maduro after today’s election of a legislative super-body that they say is designed to tighten the socialist’s already strong hold on power.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Dubbed the “sweetheart” of Venezuela’s socialist revolution more than a decade ago by former President Hugo Chavez, American lawyer Eva Golinger accompanied him to eat lunch with Bashar al-Assad, dine with Muammar Gaddafi and drink cocktails with Vladimir Putin.

Dear Editor, The National Insurance Scheme holds 8% of the issued shares in Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) while Secure International Finance Company Ltd owns 18.49%, a combined percentage of 26.49 of the company’s issued shares.

All roads today will lead to the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora, where defending champion Chase Academy will battle Region 9 winner Annai Secondary for the ‘Holy Grail’ of junior football tournaments, the Digicel Schools Football Championships.

The Hamilton Green Cup football tournament got off to the worst possible start Friday when rain washed out the opening night fixtures at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) ground, Linden.

Following a six-month period of non-activity in tangible chess playing, the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) is back on stage in the local limelight.

Today’s column concludes the coverage on the economic characteristics of mini-oil refineries, started last week.

Dear Editor, It is with some measure of regret that I join in the debate on whether President David Granger should require the resignation of the Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan in the wake of the latest prison escape.

CHINHOYI, Zimbabwe (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe said yesterday that he was not stepping down nor dying and that there was no one with his political stature who could immediately take over from him.

Yellow-throated Flycatcher (Conopias parvus) is a medium-sized songbird widespread in the lowlands of northern South America. 

CARACAS (Reuters) – Diphtheria, a serious bacterial infection that is fatal in 5 to 10 percent of cases, appears to still be spreading in Venezuela amid unsanitary living conditions and shortages of basic medicines, rarely available data suggested this week.

Members of the Parliamentary Sectoral Committee for Social Services on Friday urged more collaboration between the Guyana Police Force and other stakeholders to curb the illegal sale of alcohol and its consumption by minors.

In Guyana, avocado (Persea Americana) is in season. The fruit is bountiful in the markets in different sizes depending on where they were grown.

“Only the pillow can tell how many tears I shed. It has not been easy you know but I would not give up and even though they pay late and the money is small I bless God for it.

By any measure, the Caribbean’s infrastructure requirements are substantial. If the region is to be able to increase its competitiveness and give citizens the quality of life they desire, its transformation has become a matter of urgency.

As is very well known, it was US President Harry Truman who first introduced the world to the novelty of having a plaque on the desk which read, “The buck stops here”.