Daily Archive: Sunday, September 10, 2017

Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) ranks conducted a raid at about 6 am today at a house on the corner of Camp and Norton streets Georgetown and uncovered bulk parcels of suspected marijuana contained in two barrels and two boxes, a release from CANU said.

A 30-year-old male suspect is being sought for the murder of farmer Menie Xavier, 49, of Karaudarnau Village, South Rupununi which occurred about 11 pm  on September 8,2017 at the said village.

The Police say they are investigating a fatal accident that occurred about three this morning on the Met-en-Meerzorg Public Road, West Coast Demerara which resulted in the death of cyclist Kevin Richard, 20, of 73 Halley Street, Wortmanville, Georgetown and also the hospitalisation of the pillion rider Verna Wells, age and address presently unknown.

  HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Waves of up to 36 feet (11 meters) smashed businesses along Havana’s sea side drive this morning in the wake of Hurricane Irma, pummeling famous hotels such as the Copacabana, which were evacuated along with flooded neighbourhoods.

                (Reuters) – Hurricane Irma knocked out power to more than 3 million homes and businesses in Florida today, threatening millions more as it crept up the state’s west coast, and full restoration of service could take weeks, local electric utilities said.

  YANGON/SHAH PORIR DWIP ISLAND, Bangladesh,  (Reuters) – Myanmar today rebuffed a ceasefire declared by Muslim Rohingya insurgents to enable the delivery of aid to thousands of displaced people in the violence-racked state of Rakhine, declaring simply that it did not negotiate with terrorists.

(CPL T20) A stunning late surge from the Trinbago Knight Riders turned a helter-skelter match on its head right at the death to seal their second Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) title and deny St Kitts & Nevis Patriots in a thrilling final.

Experienced first class all-rounder, Christopher Barnwell recorded a pugnacious second innings fifty, his second of the match to power Georgetown to a five-wicket victory over Lower Corentyne in the latest round of the Guyana Cricket Board/Jaguars three- day franchise league at the Lusignan Community Centre Ground, East Coast Demerara, yesterday.

Kemuel Moses kicked off cycling activities for the month of September on a positive note yesterday at the National Park, bettering break away mate, Silvio Inniss in thrilling two-man sprint finish to take the spoils of the feature 35-lap event of the Degree multi-race programme.

The Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) ground in Linden will come alive tonight when an exciting doubleheader kicks-off at 19:00hrs in the Hamilton Green Cup football tournament.

The Gandhi Youth Organization ended day one of the Star Party Rental/Trophy Stall GCA first-division, two-day competition on 133 for six, still trailing the University of Guyana by 139 runs at Malteenoes Cricket Club ground, yesterday.

Introduction Last Sunday’s column (September 3) marked one year of uninterrupted weekly articles addressing the topic: ‘Guyana in the coming time of its oil and gas industry, circa 2020’.

Following the award of contracts to impugned Trinidad and Tobago company Western Scientific, the Ministry of Public Health has put on hold the company’s bids for two other contracts.

Stages of development Reflecting on Rostow’s stages of economic growth, one realizes that economic development starts with agriculture. 

Fresh off back-to-back sevens club championships, the Panthers rugby outfit switched seamlessly into the longer format of the game and demolished the Police Falcons 67-7 in the opener of the Bounty Farm XV’s yesterday at the National Park.

Before I went to live in Grand Cayman in 1980, I felt that I had some idea of what a hurricane would be like – high winds, plenty rain, houses boarded up, stores closed, and, in the case of low-lying islands such as Grand Cayman, a few feet of sea-water coming ashore. 

Pacesetters Basketball teams secured hard-fought wins in the first and U23 divisions when the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) League Championship continued on Friday at the Burnham Court on Carmichael and Middle Streets.

Three persons, including one who has admitted his involvement with the illegal airstrip and abandoned aircraft discovered near Santa Fe, in Region Nine last month, have been taken into police custody.

It is tragic to see a great nation bringing itself to its knees.

League leader Cougars FC slipped to an unlikely 1-0 loss to Hopetown Rangers, when the Berbice zone in the National Milling Company (NAMILCO) U17 Football League continued on Friday Staged at the Burnham Park ground in New Amsterdam, Dave Torrington was the difference on the day in the reduced 60 minute affair, uncorking a right foot shot into the roof of the net in the 29th minute.

Despite a recent recommendation from the Carter Center that campaign financing legislation should be updated and strengthened, neither of the two governing coalition partners, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance for Change (AFC), seems to have any interest in taking action.

In Canal Number One, West Bank Demerara approximately six miles from the Vreed-en-Hoop Police Station is a busy little village called Recht door Zee.

Grove Hi-Tech, Agricola Red Triangle and Diamond United secured easy wins, when the Ralph Green/East Bank Football Association U11 League continued yesterday.

Every day on the streets of Georgetown, Cuban shoppers can be seen carting along garbage bags full of clothing and other items.

The government is silently leaning the economy towards Burnham’s socialist control system, to cooperativism and poverty, where the sugar workers suffer and the private sector has no influence.

A year from now, negotiations will begin for a successor agreement to the Cotonou Convention.

All roads tonight will lead to the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground, Bourda, when Western Tigers battles Guyana Police Force (GPF) and GFC tackles Northern Rangers, in the Corona Beer Invitational Football Championship semi-final round.

FORT MYERS, Fla (Reuters) – Hurricane Irma turned its menacing sight toward the Florida Keys on Saturday as it completed a destructive march along Cuba’s northern coast and set off an 11th hour scramble for safety by Americans who may have ignored warnings to evacuate.

Guyana proved itself a major force in Carifesta XIII. The performances and exhibitions commanded attention and made a notable impression upon all, it seemed, in Barbados last month.

LONDON, CMC – West Indies’ dream of ending their near three-decade drought without a series win in England ended here yesterday, when they collapsed to a nine-wicket defeat in the decisive third Test at Lord’s.

The Ministry of Public Telecommunications (MoPT) will be working along with the winning developer of an app which would allow local farmers to sell their produce in a global online market place.

Ron Pilgrim’s day job starts around 9 am and ends at 3 pm, giving him three hours before he has to get to his night job which commences at 6 pm; in those three hours, he has to ensure that his children are fed and prepared for bed.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Sloane Stephens stayed composed throughout an all-American U.S.

If I had $5,000 for every time I was asked if someone can burn fat and build muscle simultaneously, I would probably be a rich guy.

Now aged 14, Sasha Bharrat will finally have the opportunity to attend school as she is receiving treatment for a skin condition, which for years barred her from attended classes; the young teenager says she is anxiously awaiting that opportunity as she hungers to learn.

LONDON, CMC – A year ago, seamer Kemar Roach was having serious doubts he would ever return to international cricket.

By Noelle Smith Learning to swim was always on Jaime Skeete’s bucket list and it was while doing work study at was then the Guyana Television Broadcast Company (GTV) in 2000 – now the National Communications Network (NCN) – that he became involved with swimming.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The death toll from the massive earthquake that struck Mexico on Thursday night has risen to 65, as more victims were registered in the poor southern states hardest hit by the disaster, authorities said on Saturday.

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea braced for a possible further missile test by North Korea as it marked its founding anniversary on Saturday, just days after its sixth and largest nuclear test rattled global financial markets and further escalated tensions in the region.

BARCELONA, (Reuters) – An insatiable Lionel Messi hit a hat-trick as Barcelona hammered Espanyol 5-0 in a local derby yesterday to make it three wins from three and take full advantage after Liga champions Real Madrid were held to a 1-1 draw at home to Levante.

You explain deep mysteries, because even the dark is light to you.

This year’s Indigenous Art Exhibition, which was officially declared open last Wednesday at Castellani House, is paying tribute to the late Sister Theresa La Rose and the pivotal role she played in promoting Indigenous art and craft in Guyana.

MEDELLIN, Colombia (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Saturday visited Medellin, epicenter of Colombia’s narco wars of the 1980s and asked that God convert the hearts of the “drug assassins” who cut short so many young lives.

“I was just 15 when me mommy tell me she sending me for a better life.

Ram and McRae Chartered Accountants and Christopher Ram and Associates on Friday launched the second edition of their Companies Act Handbook at the Georgetown Club.

(Reuters) – The powerful Hurricane Jose was moving away from the northern Leeward Islands on Saturday, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said, giving some relief to the Caribbean archipelago battered by the massive storm Irma earlier this week.

(Reuters) – English champions Chelsea ground out their third successive Premier League win after goals from Alvaro Morata and N’Golo Kante helped them to a 2-1 defeat of Leicester City on Saturday.

Although we get a wide variety of fruits throughout the year because of our tropical climate, there are certain times of the year when some fruits plentiful more than others.

HOUSTON (Reuters) – Angry Houston residents shouted at city officials on Saturday over decisions to intentionally flood certain neighbourhoods during Hurricane Harvey, as they returned to homes that may have been contaminated by overflowing sewers.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Hurricane Irma’s deadly tear through the Caribbean will hobble the region’s multi-billion dollar tourism industry for months, just as hotels, airlines, and cruises were gearing up for the region’s peak winter season.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – The next time Darren Lehmann sends out a team will be in the Ashes opener against England and the Australia coach already has some firm ideas of who will be playing in Brisbane after a mixed tour of Bangladesh.

Kellon King, the man who was the victim of an acid attack that was allegedly carried out by his ex-girlfriend, remains hospitalised in a serious condition.

MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) – Uruguay’s Vice President Raul Sendic resigned on Saturday amid accusations that he misused public funds while heading state oil company Ancap.

Dear Editor, The current Venezuela crisis is causing Venezuelans particularly the Indigenous Waraus to enter Guyana through the border at Mabaruma in the North West District (NWD) to seek medical attention and to buy foodstuff.

The marathon meeting of the Georgetown City Council on Thursday ran the gamut from the rational to the risible. 

BANGKOK/COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) – Rohingya insurgents declared a month-long unilateral ceasefire, starting on Sunday, to enable aid groups to help ease a humanitarian crisis in northwest Myanmar.

(Reuters) – Chris Froome virtually secured his first Vuelta a Espana victory by coming third in the decisive stage 20 yesterday as Alberto Contador took the stage victory with a typically brave attack on the Alto de L’Angliru, a dream finale to his eventful career.

Years ago, climbing roses were among the most precious flowers to adorn a garden.

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) will today begin a series of consultations with residents of Sophia on the reformulation of the Road Network Upgrade and Expansion Programme.

SANTIAGO,  (Reuters) – Chilean President Michelle Bachelet officially created a 740,000-square kilometer (286,000-square mile) marine reserve on Saturday around remote Easter Island, a move that will protect dozens of species found nowhere else.