Daily Archive: Sunday, September 17, 2017

Mashramani 2018 was on Saturday launched in Linden, Region Ten under the theme “Let’s Cooperate and Celebrate Republic 48” at the Georgetown Bus Park.

  WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States could remain in the Paris climate accord under the right conditions, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Sunday, signaling a shift in tone from the Trump administration, which angered allies with its decision to pull out of the agreement.

    (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Maria is likely to reach hurricane strength today, prompting U.S.

The Guyana Police Force is mourning the loss of one of its members who died at about 7.30 pm yesterday on the Unity Old Road, East Coast Demerara.

Sixteen Police Officers from the Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Friday graduated from a ‘Capacity Building Training in Strategic Planning’ course at the GPF Training Centre, Camp Road.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley yesterday said he does not “knowingly associate with crooks except in the Parliament”.

All-rounder Sherfane Rutherford continues to churn out impressive performances in his quest to earn a stable spot in the national side.

Several private developers who have failed to execute infrastructural works on lands allocated by the previous government on the East Bank corridor are on the radar of the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA), which plans to take them to court.

Caribbean Under 15 and national junior squash champion Shomari Wiltshire recently captured his maiden US squash title after competing in two tournaments in the United States of America.

Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan is in favour of raising the legal age for the purchase of alcohol to 21, although he admits it could be a hard sell to the populace.

CHESTER-LE-STREET, England,  CMC — West Indies bowlers — led by their captain Carlos Brathwaite, the irrepressible Kesrick Williams and the clever Sunil Narine — defied cold, wet conditions and proved their adaptability to usher their side to a 21-run victory over England in their Twenty20 International yesterday.

LAHORE, Pakistan, CMC — Cricket West Indies president Dave Cameron said West Indies players will get to decide whether they tour Pakistan for a series of three Twenty20 Internationals in November.

A Guyanese Needs Assessment Team yesterday met with the Guyanese community living on the hurricane-ravaged island of St Maarten, where it was told that basic food items are among the immediate needs.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, CMC — Ottis Gibson prevailed over other candidates for the South Afrcia head coaching job, due to his 2016 World Twenty20 victory with West Indies.

Consultations on the Local Content Policy for the oil and gas industry have urged that existing sectors not be neglected and for a way to be found to build capacity and better all industries.

Goed Bananen Land can be found between Adelphi and Betsy Ground in East Canje Berbice.

Agricola Red Triangle, Sonata Point/Kaneville United and Grove Hi-Tech secured wins when the Ralph Green/East Bank Football Association (EBFA) U11 league continued yesterday.

The Government of Guyana through its Innovation Programme on Friday awarded $40 million in grants to 24 groups and 13 Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) clubs to fund proposals to solve social and environmental problems.

Five days a week, 50-year-old Patsy (not her real name) goes to work and toils for six hours, sometimes more, and at the end of the month she takes home $35,000 which is not sufficient to sustain her and her minor son.

The Police Falcons recorded their first victory of the season albeit by walkover against the Caribs when the Bounty Farm 15s League continued yesterday at the National Park.

Stores successfully defended their Banks DIH Limited Inter-Department 5-a-side football championship edging Berbice Branch 1-0 Friday at the Thirst Park ground.

Jump into 37-year-old Haun French’s car and immediately you recognise that he is a taxi driver with a difference.

SINGAPORE, (Reuters) – Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel put himself on pole position to retake the Formula One lead from Lewis Hamilton with a sensational late lap in Singapore Grand Prix qualifying yesterday.

Firefighters were yesterday forced to put out a grass fire that was lit on the Queen’s College field, resulting in clouds of heavy smoke that covered surrounding areas and affected visibility along nearby roads.

CARACAS (Reuters) – President Nicolas Maduro has predicted a new foreign-led effort to mediate Venezuela’s political crisis would produce a deal soon, but the opposition said on Saturday it would not accept another time-wasting “show”.

Membership of our two main political parties does not necessarily imply that one is a racist or subscribes to an ethnic approach to politics.

With school/college/university re-opened, I am back to making foods that can work as a stand-in for a meal as well as breakfast; teatime eats and light night eating.

TUNIS (Reuters) – Hundreds of Tunisians protested on Saturday in the streets of the capital against a widely contested new law that grants officials from the former regime involved in corruption amnesty from prosecution.

LILLE, France,  (Reuters) – Hosts France took a 2-1 lead over Serbia in their Davis Cup semi-final when Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut beat Filip Krajinovic and Nenad Zimonjic 6-1 6-2 7-6(3) in the doubles  yesterday.

The protracted expansion of the Brickdam Police Station lockup should be done by year-end, according to Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan.

Doctors and nurses at the Suddie Hospital are being forced to carry out emergency surgeries in a “shaky and unsafe makeshift” theatre, where renovations are ongoing following the collapse of the roof last month.

(Reuters) – Marc Leishman wants to raise his profile on the PGA Tour, and he took a step towards doing that when he opened a five-stroke lead in the third round at the BMW Championship outside Chicago yesterday.

This past week I found myself once again being asked to explain to someone in the diaspora why I chose to remain in Guyana. 

ST LOUIS (Reuters) – Activists marched peacefully through a suburban St Louis-area shopping mall on Saturday, hours after police clashed with a crowd protesting the acquittal of a white former policeman accused of murdering a black man.

MADRID,  (Reuters) – Barcelona snatched a late 2-1 win at Getafe with Paulinho’s strike sending them seven points clear of arch-rivals Real Madrid at the top of La Liga yesterday.

HAVANA (Reuters) – After Hurricane Irma wrought havoc on Havana’s decrepit buildings and killed four in building collapses there, city authorities held a rare media briefing to stress they were prioritizing solving the capital’s longstanding housing needs.

Six weeks after they withdrew their services due to City Hall’s failure to pay hundreds of millions in arrears, garbage collection companies Cevons Waste Management Inc.

Dear Editor, I find it incumbent on me, as former Minister of Public Works, to join the discussion unfolding in the media with respect to the national goal of achieving an improved and efficient new Demerara Harbour Bridge.

Dear Editor, A recent article in the Guyana Times ‘Minister’s relatives, friends now applying for oil licences, 2017-09-14’ makes reference to Dr Jan Mangal, Petroleum Adviser in the Ministry of the Presidency. 

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – South Africa all-rounder JP Duminy has decided to quit test cricket but will continue to feature in the shorter formats of the game, the 33-year-old said yesterday.

“I am now waking up from the shock. You know, initially, I was in shock but now reality is stepping in and I am feeling emotional.

(Reuters) – Hurricane Jose is expected to pass east of the North Carolina coast on Monday and remain off the US East Coast from Virginia to New England, while Tropical Storm Maria formed and is forecast to become a hurricane early next week, the US National Hurricane Center said on Saturday.

The Freemasons Hall in Company Path, Georgetown, the largest and oldest of the buildings owned by Freemasons in general in the city and possibly the country, is in a disreputable state.

This week, I want to address flexible dieting and protein shakes.

One of the worst aspects of the self-righteous is that those most guilty of it most vociferously deny that they are guilty at all.

  The Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus) is a common backyard bird, found over nearly the entire Western Hemisphere. This

The Berbice Volleyball Association (BVA) has organized a one-day Open volleyball tournament in East Berbice today from 9am.

HAVANA (Reuters) – The United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) said on Saturday it was launching a $5.7 million operation in Cuba to help feed nearly 700,000 people in areas most affected by Hurricane Irma.

LONDON (Reuters) – Police arrested an 18-year-old man in the departure lounge of the port of Dover on Saturday in what they said was a “very significant” step in the hunt for whoever planted a bomb on a London commuter train that injured 30 people a day earlier.

Flame-Heart   So much have I forgot in ten years, So much in ten brief years.

Routine Sometimes people do not think of things that they see or do, especially when the occurrence becomes routine. 

The Guyana Police Force on Wednesday concluded a two-week equitation training course for ranks stationed in the Rupununi District.

One of the selected aspirations of a chess grandmaster is to become a world chess champion.

Introduction Today’s column aims at walking readers through the Guyana Refinery Study, presented in a talk by Pedro Haas of Hartree Partners, in May this year.

In an age when most in the business of tourism are seeking to increase their income by selling authenticity to millennials and baby-boomers, it is perhaps puzzling that another rapidly growing industry segment now wants to deliver just the opposite.

Over the years, I have experimented with and grown various types of roses: Dutch, English, American and tropical.