Daily Archive: Sunday, July 1, 2018

The APNU+AFC government today sent its strongest signal yet that the current Demerara Harbour Bridge would be retained even after the new crossing is built.

(Trinidad Guardian) Minister of National Security Edmund Dillon yesterday admitted that there are major issues affecting the smooth running of the Immigration Detention Centre in Aripo, chief among them being the repatriation of detainees who have been there for several years.

With the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) nixing the possibility of another run for the presidency by Opposition Leader and former president Bharrat Jagdeo, his influence on the selection of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) candidate for the 2020 polls is now under close scrutiny, party sources say.

First Vice-Chairperson of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Volda Lawrence yesterday afternoon officially announced her intention to challenge for the post of Chairperson when the party holds its Biennial Delegates’ Congress in August.

After the National Toshaos Council (NTC) Conference this month, outgoing NTC Vice-Chairman Lenox Shuman and his partners will begin to build, network and put structures in place to establish a political party that will be grounded in Indigenous Peoples’ communities.

Adventure on the Linden/Soesdyke High-way is a mixed community with a large percentage of Amerindians.

In a social situation recently, I heard one of our senior citizens relate an incident early in her life where she gained, as she described it, “a lesson I never forgot.” 

Police ranks came under fire last Friday when an intelligence-led operation led them to the discovery of a farm at Onderneeming, West Bank Demerara, where over 15 kilogrammes of dried cannabis and about 11,500 plants under cultivation were found. 

During the lifetimes of Cheddi Jagan and Janet Jagan, the PPP twice, unanimously, decided to support a two-term presidential limit.

Former Olympic and World champion Kirani James brought his talents to the 592 and claimed the marquee 400m event at the third Aliann Pompey Invitational (API), clocking a winning time of 44.99 seconds.

Charles Ramson Jr, who recently announced his interest in being the presidential candidate for the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) at the 2020 elections, yesterday denied that his public declaration is a deviation from party norms, as has been claimed by the party’s General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo.

The title I gave to my fourth collection of poems is Between Silence and Silence. 

Action in the 2018 edition of the Guyana Squash Association (GSA) Banks DIH – Rainforest Waters Senior National Championships will conclude today with some exciting finals billed for the Georgetown Club Squash Courts.   The men’s category will see a repeat of last year’s final with Richard Chin and Alex Arjoon expected to present yet another treat for the sport’s followers.   Chin, en route to the final, displayed his superiority and experience over a younger competitor in Nyron Joseph to take the first set 11 – 5.  His reflexes were something to admire and his superior skill level wore out Joseph who surrendered the next set 8-11. 

Members of a Kuru Kururu, Soesdyke-Linden Highway family, including an 11-month-old toddler, are now traumatised after three masked bandits invaded their home in an attack, assaulted two of the occupants and carted away almost $600,000 in cash and electronics.

I recently visited the women’s psychiatric ward of the Georgetown Public Hospital and I felt that were it not for the Grace of God I could have become mentally ill from just the appearance of the area and the depressing conditions under which its two patients were housed.

President Trump and his ultra-rich government have crudely appropriated some old ideas from progressive development economists.

– to face Better Hope in final Regal Masters turned the tables on rivals Floodlights Masters to advance to the final of the 12th annual New York Softball Cricket League (NYSCL) Independence Cup in New York yesterday.  Regal Masters, sent in, got excellent contributions from their top order to post 213 for 3 from their 20 overs.

The two minibus drivers accused of causing the deaths of brothers Shemon West and Shalum Allen have each been released on $200,000 station bail as the police await legal advice on possible charges against them.

Your overall health follows cycles and you can take control of those cycles.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has dissolved the Georgetown Football Association (GFA), paving the way for the installation of an Interim Management Committee (IMC).

By Ras Wadada When it was announced, in March of this year, by FIFA that the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) will be a new innovation at Russia 2018 there were mixed reactions from around the world with most of the skeptics citing that the flow of the game would be interrupted as well as the suggestion that the new technological idea should be given more time before being introduced at the quadrennial showpiece.

Acclaimed story-teller and poet Paul Keens-Douglas recently returned to Guyana for a comedy show after several years.

There is no doubt that it was the love of it that kept Country Manager of World Wildlife Fund Guianas (WWF) Aiesha Williams in the field of biodiversity and conservation.

If you were a regular visitor to the zoo in the Botanical Gardens, you would have noticed the decrepit-looking pens in which some of the animals were kept, but as of recent your eyes could not have missed the sprucing-up of those very pens and other areas which has given the zoo a colourful and cheerful atmosphere.

Headquartered in Yupukari, North Rupununi, décor company Wabbani has embarked on a social mission by helping indigenous artisans to produce “culturally-authentic” accessories for customers across the world and it has set its sights on establishing a partnership with global furniture retailer IKEA.

Dear Editor, Teachers who have earned a degree in Public Management should be recognized in the teaching system.

Asif Hamid, who is currently awaiting trial for murder, was on Friday charged with being an accessory in the murder of his father, missing Crabwood Creek, Corentyne pensioner Saeed Hamid, whose suspected burnt remains were discovered at Rosignol Village, West Coast Berbice.

Guyana’s female hockey yesterday suffered its first defeat in the Barbados Hockey Federation (BHF) 2018 International Women’s Hockey series going down 1-3 to Trinidad and Tobago.   It was a sweet revenge for the Twin Island Republic who were defeated by Guyana 0-1 in the earlier round. 

Dear Editor, As the 2020 elections campaign picks up speed, I would like to reiterate that the agenda must be about ‘creating more value from Guyana for Guyanese’.

Consistent showers failed to dampen the spirits of the young cyclists who turned out for the fifth Hassan Mohammed organized Olympic Day cycling meet yesterday.

(Jamaica Gleaner): Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke has advised Jamaicans to take their business elsewhere if commercial banks fail to follow the lead of the central bank in reducing their interest rates.

Dear Editor, I refer to the slight storm in a ‘tinnin cup’ surrounding the presidential ambitions of Charles Ramson, Jr, granted that the young would-be lion’s fervour seems to have been effectively quelled after a dismissive intervention by his superior, Bharrat Jagdeo.  

KAZAN, Russia, (Reuters) – Teenager Kylian Mbappe scored two goals in four minutes to send a youthful France charging into the World Cup quarter-finals with a thrilling 4-3 win over Argentina  yesterday that sent Lionel Messi’s team home.

The setting up of five community radio stations in hinterland communities, the rolling out of the Hinterland Employment and Youth Services (HEYS) programme and the sundried tomato project at Paramakatoi in Region Eight (Potaro/Siparuni) are among the achievements of the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, according to Senior Minister Sydney Allicock.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – Iran is studying ways to keep exporting oil and other measures to counter U.S.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of protesters marched in cities across the United States on Saturday to demand the Trump administration reverse an immigration crackdown that has separated children from parents at the U.S-Mexico

BERLIN,  (Reuters) – Bavaria’s premier welcomed deals on migration brought back from Brussels by Angela Merkel, giving the clearest signal yet that his party was prepared to back down in a standoff with the German chancellor that has risked bringing down her government.

(Trinidad & Tobago Guardian): Immigration Officers yesterday said that while the situation at the Immigration Detention Centre (IDC) in Aripo is a very sensitive one they added that “their hands are tied” with respect to speeding up the repatriation process.

The Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) has gazetted an application for a Hydro-Electric Power Licence made by the Hinterland Electrification Company Inc/Mabaruma Power Company.

Dear Editor, Charles Ramson, Jr. for president has a new and different sound with a fresh appealing flavour to it. 

SOCHI, Russia,  (Reuters) – Uruguay forward Edinson Cavani scored a stunning brace to lead the South Americans to a 2-1 win over European champions Portugal in the World Cup round of 16 yesterday and set up a quarter-final against France.

Introduction: Top Ten Last week’s column wrapped-up my evaluation of Open Oil’s financial modeling of Guyana’s 2016 Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) with the local ExxonMobil subsidiary and its partners.

ISLAMABAD,  (Reuters) – China has lent Pakistan $1 billion to boost the South Asian country’s plummeting foreign currency reserves, two sources in Pakistan’s finance ministry told Reuters, amid growing speculation of another International Monetary Fund bailout.

In the coming days, CARICOM Heads of Government will meet in Montego Bay.

The Lucas Stock Index (LSI) rose 0.45 percent during the fourth period of trading in June, 2018. 

TORONTO, Canada, CMC – Exiled Test left-hander Darren Bravo struck an explosive half-century while older brother Dwayne Bravo shone with the ball, to guide Winnipeg Hawks to a 46-run victory over Montreal Tigers in the second match of the Global T20 Canada here Friday.

Dear Editor, Sri Lanka on their tour of the West Indies lost the First Test match, came from behind to be in a dominant position when the Second was drawn, and won the Third.

Attorney Joann Bond has been appointed to the position of Deputy Chief Parliamentary Counsel, the Attorney General’s Chambers and Ministry of Legal Affairs announced yesterday.

On June 18 through a post on Facebook, the former Toshao of Pakuri, Mr Lenox Shuman, announced the likely formation of a new political party.

(Barbados Nation): Barbadian fishermen stand to reap real rewards from the influx of the Sargassum seaweed plaguing the beaches.

Syngonium Podophyllum commonly called Arrowhead Vine and Butterfly Plant originated in Mexico and America and has adapted well in the Caribbean.

India’s child chess player, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, became the world’s second youngest Grandmaster in the history of the ancient game at the age of 12 years, 10 months and 14 days on June 24, in Italy.

The swallow-winged puffbird is a very distinctive and fairly common bird, most often encountered perched high on a dead branch along a riverbank, or on a telephone wire, and is typically observed in pairs, which are sometimes found in direct proximity to the neighbouring pair.