Daily Archive: Sunday, March 4, 2018

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure is inviting proposals for a prefeasibility study for the upgrading of the Lethem Aerodrome to a regional airport.

This year’s Ghana Day Celebration was well attended and commenced this morning with a parade moving from the Square of the Revolution proceeding along Durban Street, Lodge and ending at Congress Place, Sophia, for the grand cultural show, DPI said.

(Trinidad Guardian) Mechanic Roddy Ramsingh went to help a friend fix his car on Friday night, but that good deed cost him his life when gunmen opened fire and killed him.

The Government of Guyana yesterday announced that it has received an ‘Oil and Gas Master Plan’ for Guyana, which was developed and submitted by Mitsubishi Corporation and Chiyoda Corporation in collaboration with the Government of Japan.

US oil major Chevron, Brazil’s Petrobras and France’s Total are among nine companies seeking remaining oil blocks here and government is exploring both “direct engagements” and a “select bidding process” in assigning them.

Chief Executive Officer of Source One Supply Oil and Gas Marine Supplies Terry Singh, who is proposing to build an onshore oil and gas facility at Vreed-en-Hoop, says he is still waiting on the government’s approval of the project.

A highly competitive Boys Under-18 semifinal between Miguel Wong and Jamal Nicholas is expected to heat up the Queen’s College Auditorium today after both players had quarterfinals triumphs in the Titans Scotia Bank Table Tennis tournament yesterday.

Three-time defending champion Chase Academy pounded Annandale 4-0 to earn their berth to the knockout round when the Sixth Milo Schools Football Championship resumed yesterday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

ICC Media: In what is undoubtedly the most important men’s tournament of 2018, 10 leading and proud cricket nations will go head to head in a cut-throat ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2018 to fight it out for the remaining two places at the ICC’s pinnacle 50-over tournament – the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 – which will be staged in England and Wales from 30 May to 14 July.

The police in Berbice yesterday arrested a third suspect in Friday’s Potoko Creek, Berbice River ranch house robbery, which left two suspected bandits dead after a shootout with lawmen.

After suffering the devastating effects of spring tides, residents of Uitvlugt, Leonora and Stewartville on the West Coast Demerara were granted a respite yesterday as floodwaters began to recede, leaving many counting their losses and some bracing for more destruction.

DURBAN, (Reuters) – Australia were reduced to 213 for nine in their second innings after a fiery spell of fast bowling by South Africa’s Morne Morkel but the tourists lead by 402 runs after bad light ended play early on day three of the first test on Saturday.

A young mother of Number 59 Village, Corentyne and her one-year-old son are presently hospitalised after ingesting a poisonous substance on Friday.

Turfites get ready; your appetites were whetted for several weeks in anticipation of ground breaking thoroughbred racing in Guyana, now it is time for the main course.

Police ended day one of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) GISE/Star Party Rental/Trophy Stall two-day First Division competition in a precarious position at 44-4, still trailing the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) by 217 at stumps at DCC, yesterday.

With the commissioning of a rehabilitated water supply system, an estimated 95% of the 340 residents of Yurong Paru, in Region Nine, have gained first time access to treated water that has met World Health Organization (WHO) standards, according to the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI).

Government last Thursday signed a US$218,020 grant with the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) for the implementation of a local government reform project.

Buxton United dismissed arch-enemy Victoria 4-1, when the Frank Watson Memorial U15 Football League, continued yesterday in several associations.

Alicea Dias’s life was snuffed out over 20 years ago when an allegedly drunken driver knocked her off of her motorbike, but the years have not lessened her mother’s pain even though the tragedy gave her a voice she never thought she had.

Noble House Seafood Second Division Transport Sports Club finished day one of the Noble House Seafood Second Division 2-day cricket tournament on 139 without loss, trailing Everest by just 61 runs.

Guyana’s development lies not in “being able to produce a billion tonnes of anything” but in being able to provide “skill intensive services” to both the local and international community, Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Greenidge said yesterday.

While Mabaruma has come a long way since receiving township status in 2015, more financial support is needed to ensure that it forges ahead with its plan to become a model hinterland town, according to Mayor Henry Smith.

Orealla Falcons, New Amsterdam (NA) United, Monedderlust and Cougars secured lopsided wins, when the Berbice Zone in the Frank Watson Memorial U15 Football League, continued on Friday.

PRINCETON, NJ (Reuters) – Some 1.8 million customers remained without power throughout the eastern United States on Saturday, and communities on the New England coast faced more flooding a day after a powerful storm snapped trees, downed wires and killed at least seven people.

Success Masters defeated H.S Masters while Ariel Masters overcame Amazon Masters to book places in today’s final in the Guyana Softball Cricket League Republic Cup 2018.

Director of Sport, Christopher Jones along with Miss World Guyana, Vena Mookram, Radio personality, the Remix Chick Macalea Cameron and others will put their bodies on the line in the name of charity next Sunday, when the Kares Engineering Inc Fitness Games is staged at the National Park tarmac.

A rural constable stationed at the Brickdam Police Station is currently hospitalised after he was shot on Friday night as he was rendering assistance to a Guyana Defence Force (GDF) rank, who was injured while providing security at an event in Laing Avenue, Georgetown.

ROME (Reuters) – Italians go to the polls on Sunday in a vote that could bring political gridlock after an election campaign marked by anger over the listless economy, high unemployment and immigration.

Dear Editor, The residents of Region Nine are calling on the government to permanently place a Labour Officer in the Region to address issues of conflict between employers and employees.

BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany will learn on Sunday whether the Social Democrat (SPD) party’s 464,000 members have voted in favour of a coalition with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives, opening the way to a new government for Europe’s economic powerhouse.

Heading into the 2018 edition of the Caribbean Premiere League (CPL), Amazon Warriors’ all-rounder Rayad Emrit believes that retaining a core is crucial.

A Wortmanville youth was shot on Friday evening while celebrating Phagwah in Albouystown.

HARARE, Zimbabwe, CMC – Nikita Miller said getting to the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup in England and Wales was the main objective of West Indies above anything else.

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government have recognised the occurrence of successive major hurricanes as a new norm to which the region must adapt and have, therefore, acknowledged several proposals from the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), which has been tasked with conducting an assessment of the resources needed to operationalise a disaster risk management and mitigation strategy.

PRAGUE (Reuters) – Slovak authorities released all seven people detained in connection with the murder of an investigative journalist, a police spokeswoman said on Saturday.

Dear Editor, The recent announcement by ExxonMobil of a seventh oil discovery offshore Guyana includes a statement by Steve Greenlee, president of ExxonMobil Exploration Company, that “Pacora will be developed in conjunction with the giant Payara field, and along with other phases, will help bring Guyana production to more than 500,000 barrels per day.”

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – England Lions head Coach Andy Flower bemoaned the inability of his side’s batsmen to adapt to conditions on their current tour of the Caribbean.

Dear Editor, I refer to Ms Isabelle de Caires’s missive in SN lamenting that a letter critical of me that she sent twice to Kaieteur News was not published (‘KN did not publish letter seeking to correct columnist’s statement’ SN, March 3).

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government have offered their support to the decision to use the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to resolve the border controversy between Guyana and Venezuela.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Animated “The Emoji Movie” stunk up the annual Razzie awards on Saturday, tanking below all contenders for worst achievements in film, while Tom Cruise and Mel Gibson were also roasted for 2017’s most ignoble performances.

MUMBAI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – An official of India’s Punjab National Bank received gold and diamond jewellery from a billionaire jeweller accused of being involved in a $2 billion bank fraud, the federal police told a court on Saturday.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Greenidge and Haitian Foreign Minister Antonio Rodrigue last Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on behalf of the two countries to deepen cooperation in several areas.

The golden shower orchids in my wife’s garden are particularly lovely just now.

BEIJING (Reuters) – China wants to deepen friendship with Taiwan, the ruling Communist Party’s fourth-ranked leader said on Saturday, a day after state media warned China could go to war over Taiwan if a US bill promoting closer ties with the island becomes law.

Some years ago, a well-liked and highly respected Caribbean Ambassador regularly made the point that the region should follow more closely the issues that the OECD and the G20 were debating.

The hearing of Precision Woodworking’s over five-year-old lawsuit against Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited for alleged breach of contract is now set to begin on March 22nd at 1 pm.

There were three stories on a related topic in our edition yesterday: the first dealing with the pressure being put on Region One’s health services owing to illegal Venezuelans entering and seeking treatment, the second a general story about the numbers fleeing our western neighbour and their destinations on the continent, and the third the fining of a man in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court because he entered Guyana illegally through Eteringbang.

Dear Editor, Atlantic Gardens was created by the Demerara Mutual Life Assurance Society Ltd as a lovely, peaceful ocean-side residential area, but this neighbourhood is constantly and openly violated by lawless persons in and out of the community and the Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) is doing nothing about it.

“It was too overbearing and sometimes you feel like a slave in you own country and one day I just couldn’t take it anymore and me and another girl we just have to stand up fuh we rights.

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – Ben Stokes’ brilliant diving catch proved the catalyst for a spectacular middle-order collapse, while Chris Woakes bowled a superb final over as England beat New Zealand by four runs in their third one-day international on Saturday.

Introduction Last week’s column identified several of the ‘known unknowns’, as these are termed in strategic management.

CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s top court on Saturday dismissed all outstanding legal challenges to a deal transferring two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia, a day before a visit by its crown prince.

You’re sticking to your diet and exercising regularly, but the scale still isn’t budging.

The Lucas Stock Index (LSI) rose 6.148 percent during the fourth period of trading in February 2018. 

Following two recent columns in this space touching on the decline of calypso as popular music, I have heard from several readers in some very interesting exchanges on this subject. 

The opportunity arises after the events of Mashramani have concluded to assess their success and impact.

It is not known whether the post of Commissioner of Police, which has become vacant with the retirement of now former Commissioner, Seelall Persaud, will be advertised to facilitate applicants from Guyana and the Caribbean, or will be ‘selected.’

  Photos by Joanna Dhanraj Good Land is situated in Canal Number One, about seven and a half miles from the junction with Bagotville.

The White-faced Whistling duck (Dendrocygna viduata) is found in freshwater marshes from Costa Rica to northern Argentina and Uruguay. 

Part 6 The previous column explored how the lack of economic research capacity might have contributed to the lopsided contract in favour of ExxonMobil.

Dendrobium Orchids originated in South East Asia, the South Pacific, Australia and India.