Daily Archive: Monday, October 2, 2017

 The police say they are investigating the fatal beatings of two Industry, East Coast Demerara men in separate incidents.

  Sherryanna Balkaran of Region Eight is the new Miss Indigenous Heritage queen; she was crowned at the Miss Indigenous pageant held at the National Cultural Centre on Saturday, the Department of Public Information said.

    LAS VEGAS,  (Reuters) – A 64-year-old man armed with more than 10 rifles rained down gunfire on a Las Vegas country music festival yesterday, slaughtering at least 58 people in the largest mass shooting in U.S.

An end has been declared by the APNU+AFC government to the 165 MW Amaila Falls Hydropower Project (AFHP).

Commentator Christopher Ram has launched a blistering attack on President David Granger over remarks he made while in New York last week and has also raised questions about wider problems in the APNU+AFC government.

A miner from Linden died after the pit he was working in collapsed yesterday morning.

Within the last decade several large housing schemes have been developed along the East Bank corridor and while many are thankful for house lots there are increasing concerns about the police’s ability to respond promptly to reports of crime because of the few signs and their unfamiliarity with the areas.

Temporary refuge and assistance while their homes are rebuilt for their eventual repatriation is what Guyana has offered to victims of the recent hurricanes in the Caribbean, Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Greenidge says.

A stray bullet discharged during a shootout in Agricola on Saturday night, has left a resident nursing a gunshot wound to the leg, and police are hoping that blood found at the scene will lead to the capture of the shooters.

A police constable who was found to be under the influence of alcohol has been placed under close arrest after being involved in an accident with a motorcyclist who is now hospitalised.

Pizza Hut Guyana is set to open up at the Buddy’s Building on Sheriff Street.

Returning to a theme that he has stressed for months, President David Granger yesterday called on churches of all denominations and faiths and all Guyanese to start a new movement to boost living standards According to a statement from the Ministry of the Presidency, he proposed that it be built on the pillars of the Village of Movement.

Court action against errant land developers who were sold swathes of land on the East Bank Demerara corridor will be filed before the end of the year, according to CH&PA’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Lelon Saul.

The Guyana Defence Force rugby team handed the Panthers their second defeat of the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) Bounty Farm XVs tournament yesterday at the National Park Playing Field.

Located 60 to 70 miles from Charity in the Lower Pomeroon River sits the pristine Amerindian Com-munity of Akawini, home to native Caribs, Warraus and Arawaks.

Back Circle, Dave and Celina’s All-Stars, North Ruimveldt and Silver Bullets stormed their way into the group round when the inaugural Street Vibes Entertainment, Futsal Championship continued on Saturday.

Colts clinched the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association GABA League Championship U23 title humbling Pacesetters 85-62 to take an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the three match series Saturday.

Guyana’s medal hopes at the second South American Youth Games in Santiago, Chile, suffered a knockdown when boxers Keevin Allicock and Christopher Moore were ruled ineligible because of a change in the age stipulation, Chef-de-Mission of the Guyana contingent, Godfrey Munroe reported yesterday.

West Demerara’s Uitvlugt Warriors sealed their quarterfinal berth in the Hamilton Green Cup knockout football tournament after edging Santos 2-1 yesterday at the Den Amstel ground, West Demerara.

Dear Editor, The written decision of Chief Justice (ag) Roxane George-Wiltshire on the interpretation of Article 161 (2) of the Constitution of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana was recently handed down.

Chatter There has been much chatter surrounding the establishment of a Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) in Guyana. 

Dear Editor, The preservation of Guyana’s democracy commences with following strictly the articles of Guyana’s Constitution as it relates to the appointment of a chairman of the Elections Commission.

LAHORE, Pakistan, CMC – West Indies players who opt to play matches in Pakistan during next year’s Pakistan Super League will benefit from Pakistan Cricket Board largesse, with foreign players being offered US$10 000 per game.

East Bank, Essequibo and Lower Corentyne were among the winners of the fifth round of the Guyana Cricket Board/Jaguars Franchise League tournament yesterday.

Dear Editor, The Berbice Cricket Stakeholders Committee unequivocally supports Mr Hilbert Foster for the presidency of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB).

BARCELONA,  (Reuters) – Catalonia’s regional leader opened the door to a unilateral declaration of independence from Spain yesterday after voters defied a violent police crackdown and, according to regional officials, voted 90 percent in favour of breaking away.

Dear Editor, I enjoyed reading your editorial (Saturday, September 30, 2017) captioned ‘The future of democracy.’

Grove Hi-Tech, Herstelling Raiders, Highway United and Friendship won their matches when the East Bank Demerara zone in the National Milling Company (NAMILCO) u17 Football League continued yesterday at the Grove Community ground.

(Jamaica Observer) FALMOUTH, Trelawny — The body of late supercentenarian Violet Moss Brown has been donated to The University of the West Indies (UWI) for scientific research.

Dear Editor, I am so sorry to hear Nills Campbell has passed away.

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – Apologising for losing her Conservative Party’s majority at a June election, Prime Minister Theresa May responded to her critics yesterday by saying she had the right strategy to lead Britain and win a Brexit deal.

Sixteen–year-old left-arm spinner Ashmead Nedd grabbed 6–70 while Robin Bacchus and Christopher Barnwell produced attacking second innings knocks to spur Georgetown to a comfortable six-wicket win over West Demerara at the Tuschen Sports Club Ground yesterday in the Guyana Cricket Board/Franchise League tournament.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico,  (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers urged President Donald Trump yesteday to stop sniping at Puerto Ricans and get to work helping them recover from a devastating hurricane, two days before he was to visit the island, where people remained without food, water or power.

POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa, (Reuters) – South Africa need seven wickets on the last day to secure victory in the first test and go ahead in the two-match series as Bangladesh struggled on a rain-curtailed fourth day at Senwes Park yesterday.

Dear Editor, Who is afraid of Venezuela? There has been a constant flow of opinion outside this country that ‘Venezuela has a claim’ on Guyana.

(Reuters) – Jagmeet Singh, an Ontario provincial lawmaker and practicing Sikh, was elected yesterday as leader of Canada’s left-leaning New Democrats, becoming the first non-white politician to head a major Canadian political party.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump yesterday dismissed the prospect of talks with North Korea as a waste of time a day after his own secretary of state said the United States was maintaining open lines of communication with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

Another iceberg about four and a half times the size of Manhattan and measuring some 103 square miles in surface area, has broken off Antarctica.

(Trinidad Express) A Chinese national known as Lee was gunned down during a robbery in San Fernando on Saturday night.

  By Kevin Edmonds   Kevin Edmonds is a graduate student at the University of Toronto, and a member of the Caribbean Solidarity Network. 

(Reuters) – Opening batsman Rohit Sharma smashed 125 to guide India to a convincing seven-wicket win against Australia in the fifth and final one-day international in Nagpur yesterday, for a 4-1 series victory.

Dear Editor, There are these sharp public clashes over who speaks to truth, and who is a liar. 

Interviews and photos by David Papannah and Dreylan Johnson This week, the man and woman in the street shared their views on climate change, the effects it has locally and what can be done to reduce the impact of the phenomenon.

Procurement rectitude was one of the areas the APNU+AFC government was expected to be light years ahead of the former PPP/C government.