Daily Archive: Sunday, January 28, 2018

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Twenty20 freelance Chris Gayle found a team at the third time of asking while seam bowlers Jaydev Unadkat and Andrew Tye earned big on the second and final day of the player auction ahead of this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) on Sunday.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – U.S. supporters of improved relations with Cuba joined the top leadership of the Caribbean country today to inaugurate a replica of a New York statue of its independence hero Jose Marti.

The body of a male who about 6 last evening left his Cummings Lodge home in the company of some female friends to attend an entertainment show at the Ogle Community Centre, ECD , was later discovered in a pool of blood on the northern half of the Oleander Garden Public Road, ECD, the police said today.

Two East Coast Demerara residents are currently hospitalised at the Mahaicony Cottage Hospital in stable condition nursing several gunshots wounds while investigators are making efforts to apprehend the alleged shooter who is known by the victims, the police said today.

(Trinidad Guardian) Immigration officers have taken a vote of no confidence in T&T’s acting Chief Immigration Officer (CIO) Charmaine Gandhi-Andrews.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Roger Federer fought off a fierce challenge from Croatia’s Marin Cilic to claim a record-equalling sixth Australian Open title with 6-2 6-7(5) 6-3 3-6 6-1 victory today.

Former president Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday voiced his willingness to testify if a Commission of Inquiry (CoI) is set up to investigate the deaths of hundreds of persons during the unprecedented crime wave that began his tenure.

The Caribbean Agricultural Research Development Institute (CARDI) plans to roll out a mega stock feed project this year using some 5,000 acres of land that it has been granted by government to set up a farm and factory, sources say.

Buck Hill, in Wismar, Linden, is a haven for its more than 100 residents—including a large percentage of children.

Cognisant of the impact that diabetes is having on the local population, the Banks DIH Ltd Group is working assiduously to ensure that no linkages are drawn between its products and the disease so that it can continue to avoid any possibility of a “sugar tax.”

Curtis ‘Chappy’ Dey kicked off the 2018 cycling season in fine style yesterday, winning the feature 35-lap event of the 25th annual Ricks and Sari Agro Industries multi-race programme.

Although stressing that there is “no rift” between the PPP and the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers’ Union (GAWU), Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday criticised the cooperative stance taken by union leader Komal Chand following a recent meeting with government on restructuring the sugar industry and managing the impact on workers.

Two-defending champions Showstoppers, Police-B, Mocha, Up-Like-7 and West Side Ballers won their matches when the fourth Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ West Demerara/East Bank Demerara zone commenced Friday.

The Guyana Hockey Board will officially kick off their 2018 season today with the annual Bounty/Antonio’s Grille one day tournament at the Providence National Stadium.

Social Cohesion Minister Dr. George Norton says he authorised the rehabilitation of State House in the absence of a constituted board of the National Trust and that despite the public outcry, he sees no problem with the green colour it was repainted in.

Part 2 The role of corporate governance The previous essay established the developmental context under which we address the essential question of this series: could Guyana escape the natural resource curse?

Three-time defending champion Chase Academy got their title defence off to the perfect start after they mauled Carmel Secondary 11-0, when the 6th edition of the Milo U18 Secondary Schools Football Championship, commenced yesterday.

President David Granger on Friday evening said that Guyana is heartened by the support from the Indian government for the reformation of the sugar industry in Guyana and the development of the country’s renewable energy resources in accord with the country’s ‘Green State Develop-ment Strategy.’

With over 4,000 ex-sugar workers now without a job, the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is hoping to complete the training of 2,000 of them by the end of the year.

Quite often I am told – reprimanded even – for writing columns seen as deeply depressing because they deal with death, its inevitability, the fact that what we enjoy in a lifetime is gone in a blink of history never to return and soon to be forgotten.

A seven-goal blitz from Sheron James propelled Herstelling Raiders to a crushing 13-0 victory over Diamond United when the East Bank Demerara zone in the Frank Watson Memorial U15 League continued yesterday.

Merundoi Incorporated is working to produce a television mini-series as part of an initiative to raise awareness about suicide in Guyana.

The Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) will begin their 2018 season with the Endurance Race Meet at the South Dakota Circuit today.

Bharrat Jagdeo’s incumbency as General Secretary of the PPP and Opposition Leader makes him the most authoritative figure within the PPP.

Medic Lorlene Ramsundar is on a mission to ensure that every woman she meets knows the importance of having a Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid (VIA) or a pap test done, both of these reveal whether cancerous cells are present on the woman’s cervix.

Who will be running for President and other posts within the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) when the body holds its AGM today at the National Resource Centre?

I cannot recall who invited me, but approximately a year or so ago I was in the audience when Trinidadian Dr Keith Nurse gave a sterling presentation here dealing with regional issues relating to Caricom. 

Unexpected overnight showers forced the highly anticipated recommencement of the three tournaments run by the Georgetown Cricket Association to be shelved.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Former West Indies manager, Omar Khan, believes the latest selection fracas involving key senior players, reflects a continued breakdown in the relationship between players and Cricket West Indies.

Works for the rehabilitation and expansion of the Shelter belt Water Supply Facility, at the Guyana Water Incorporated, are expected to be executed soon following the award of a contract, which will be funded through an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) programme, Minister of State Joseph Harmon announced on Friday.

Ed Caesar was returned unopposed for the third consecutive year as President of the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) when the body held its AGM yesterday.

WASHINGTON(Reuters) – Las Vegas casino mogul Steve Wynn resigned as finance chairman of the Republican Party’s fundraising arm on Saturday, a day after a newspaper reported that he routinely subjected women who worked for him to unwanted sexual advances.

Although noting that his recent appointment prevents him from speaking definitively, Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) Chairman Justice (retired) James Patterson says that he does not see the entity’s procurement practices as a major issue.

It is bacchanal season.  It is the official season of carnival in Trinidad (and in Rio, Brazil), and the unofficial season of Mashramani in Guyana.

National Coordinator of the Guyana Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (GY-EITI) Dr.

BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany wants to acquire the legal means to take a closer look at bids from Chinese companies to acquire German and European companies in order better to protect technologies, a German minister told newspaper Welt am Sonntag.

She sat across from me, shaking. It was hard to decide whether it was because she was cold from the air-conditioner in the room, or fearful.

BENGALURU, India,  CMC – Explosive Barbadian all-rounder Jofra Archer has landed a million-dollar deal in the lucrative Indian Premier League, after he was snapped up by Rajasthan Royals on the opening day of the auction here yesterday.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Superb seam bowling allowed India to rip through South Africa’s batting line-up and seal a 63-run consolation victory on day four of the third and final test at the Wanderers yesterday.

CARACAS Reuters) – The Venezuelan opposition announced on Saturday it would attend talks with the government in the Dominican Republic, though it will protest President Nicolas Maduro’s “totalitarian vision.”

Dear Editor, A recent article in the Stabroek News ‘No plans to revisit Exxon deal’ (Jan 26) suggests that the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) was involved in the drafting of the Petroleum Commission Bill: “…the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), International Monetary Fund and the Commonwealth had helped with the drafting of the proposed legislation and stakeholders consulted had asked for a revisiting of the bill.”

Relatives and friends of those who lost their lives during the Lusignan Massacre were on Friday afternoon encouraged to remain resilient and strive for continued unity as a community.

A Clifton, Corentyne businessman says he is now counting over $80 million in losses after a fire of unknown origin destroyed his home and business during the wee hours of Friday morning.

KABUL (Reuters) – A bomb hidden in an ambulance killed at least 95 people and wounded about 158 in the Afghan capital Kabul on  Saturday when it blew up at a police checkpoint in a busy part of the city that was crowded with pedestrians.

KARACHI, Pakistan,  CMC – Financial concerns have forced the Pakistan Cricket Board to cancel its proposed five-year agreement with West Indies but has confirmed the Caribbean side will still tour Pakistan in March for a three-match Twenty20 series.

Dear Editor, Due to the ongoing dispute between the small miners of Rupununi, Mining District 6 and Romanex Guyana Exploration Ltd, the small miners have merged to form the Rupununi Mining Association so that we can have one voice. 

Dear Editor, This week I had the misfortune of being forced to use the services (so-called but quite absent!)

Mashramani in Guyana and Trinidad’s carnival are right around the corner.

BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s FARC  political party, made up of former members of the rebel group, on  Saturday launched its campaign for this year’s legislative and presidential elections with a promise to fight poverty and corruption.

Dear Editor, On the 17th of January 2018, Dr Arif Bulkan was appointed by President David Granger as a temporary Justice of Appeal.

RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, one of the kingdom’s top international businessmen, was released from detention on Saturday, more than two months after he was taken into custody in a sweeping crackdown on corruption.

(Reuters) Anthony Davis had 27 points and 11 rebounds, and the New Orleans Pelicans won their season-high fourth game in a row by holding off the Houston Rockets, 115-113, on Friday night at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans .

A security guard on duty at the Department of Culture, Youth and Sport’s Training Centre at Vrymen’s Erven, New Amsterdam, Berbice was robbed by armed bandits in an early morning attack yesterday.

Introduction: Catalogue The catalogue of desirable features energy economists promote for effective PSAs are that 1) ownership of the petroleum wealth should remain within the domain of the country in which it is discovered; 2) the State/Principal should maintain managerial control of this wealth, but 3) the Contractor/Agent (in Guyana’s case Exxon and its Partners) should maintain operational control of contract-assigned petroleum activities.

An autopsy has confirmed that Irvin Rodriguez, who was found dead at Conservancy Dam, Canal Number Two, West Bank Demerara, died as a result of injuries he sustained during a fall and two men who were arrested in connection with his death have since been released.

Once in a while President Granger takes the populace off guard.

Texas Sage commonly called Texas Ranger or Barometer Plant originated in Texas, the southwest of the USA, and Mexico, where the temperatures are warm and conditions dry.

The Bat Falcon (Falco rufigularis) is a resident breeder in Mexico, Central and South America and Trinidad and Tobago.

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez called for unity on Saturday after a bitterly disputed election last year as he was sworn in for a second term, while police skirmished with protesters in the streets.

  MOSCOW(Reuters) – A Russian human rights activist who helped to expose the Stalin-era Great Terror and found mass graves of thousands of the victims was freed from jail, while pending trial on child pornography charges, local media reported on Saturday.

Just over two weeks ago Caricom issued a statement that was probably without precedent in its long relationship with the United States. 

One of the things that first attracted me to chess is that it brings you into contact with intelligent, civilized people – men of the stature of Garry Kasparov, the former world champion, who was my part-time coach.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Caroline Wozniacki held firm to edge a brave Simona Halep in a classic Australian Open final yesterday, claiming a long-awaited grand slam title after two heart-breaking near-misses.