Daily Archive: Sunday, October 21, 2018

(TRINIDAD GUARDIAN) Af­ter­noon rains in West Trinidad brought land­slides in Care­nage and flood­ing in Diego Mar­tin and Mar­aval.

(JAMAICA GLEANER) Sections of Jamaica was rattled by what is believed to be an earthquake a short while ago.

 (Reuters) – Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma both hit centuries and combined in a stand of 246 to help India chase down a difficult target against West Indies for a convincing eight-wicket victory in the opening one day international in Guwahati on Sunday.

The Police say they are investigating the murder of Christopher Swamy, 30, a handyman of 161 Mon Repos Pasture, ECD which occurred about 1.30 am today in front of his yard .

(TRINIDAD GUARDIAN) More Caribbean Air­lines do­mes­tic flights con­tin­ue to be dis­rupt­ed by the ad­verse weath­er con­di­tions at both Pi­ar­co and Arthur NR Robin­son In­ter­na­tion­al Air­ports.

(TRINIDAD EXPRESS) More than 800 people who attended the 150th Anniversary National Presbyterian Convention 2018 at the Centre of Excellence in Macoya were stranded at the hall on Saturday night.

(JAMAICA OBSERVER) It happened four years ago, but she would only speak publicly about it now.

(JAMAICA OBSERVER) A Canadian man has been reported missing in Rosehall, St James. 

RIYADH,  (Reuters) – As Saudi Arabia faced intensifying international scepticism over its story about the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a senior government official laid out a new version of the death inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul that in key respects contradicts previous explanations.

(Trinidad Guardian) Me­te­o­rol­o­gist Seigo­nie Mo­hammed says cit­i­zens should pre­pare for river­ine flood­ing to­day.

In the coming days, the Pan American Health Organisation and World Health Organisation (PAHO/WHO), with input from the Public Health Ministry and stakeholders, will begin developing a policy for the prevention and control of use of alcohol in Guyana.

A fire of unknown origin gutted the Shaheed Girls Orphanage at Oleander Gardens, on the East Coast of Demerara early yesterday morning, displacing 18 girls and causing millions of dollars in losses.

A security guard is currently in police custody after he fatally shot a young man, who allegedly attacked him with a knife at a Vergenoegen, East Bank Essequibo (EBE) poultry farm in the wee hours of yesterday morning.

Almost a year after the contract was signed, the construction of the new head office for the Public Health Ministry is at a standstill despite an advance payment of $71.365 million, the 2017 Auditor General’s report states.

Attorney General Basil (AG) Williams SC yesterday called on the Guyana Bar Association to condemn comments directed at the judiciary by attorney Anil Nandlall following the recent ruling in the challenge to the appointment of the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).

The Conservancy Dam is the last of all the communities in Canal Number One Polder and is situated approximately seven miles from the Bagotville junction on the West Bank Demerara.

According to the latest Auditor General’s Report, 58% of the more than $34 million worth of overpayments discovered within the Ministries and Departments in 2017 were made by the Guyana Defence Force (GDF).

Certain words are beloved of bureaucrats; words like monitor, check, regulate, review, classify, and control. 

Auditor General Deodat Sharma has expressed concern at the low rate of implementation of recommendations made in his 2016 report on the public accounts and urged government to put measures in place to correct the situation.

With a preliminary study saying that a four-lane highway is most feasible, works on the road link between the East Coast and East Bank of Demerara are expected to begin in the final quarter of 2019, according to the Ministry of Public Infrastructure’s Technical Services Manager Nigel Erskine.

President Granger’s address to the National Assembly completely omitted any reference to constitutional reform.

Food remains a need for Venezuelan immigrants in Mabaruma, Region One, as the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) has exhausted its resources.

Over my 50-plus years in the business of popular music, I cannot count the times I have heard the question, “How do you come up with these songs?”

Guyana’s male and female national U18 basketball teams have qualified for today’s quarterfinals of the International Basketball Foundation (IBF) Antilles 3×3 tournament after enduring mixed fortune last evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH).

A key member of the Berbice Masters football team will be absent this afternoon when the Ancient County’s side line-up for a feature over 50 contest against the Rastafari Patriarchs at the Scotts school ground, beginning at 4 pm.

It was a night of upsets Friday as Georgetown heavyweights Sparta Boss, Back Circle and Bent Street were dumped out of the inaugural ‘Bragging Rights’ Beach Football Championship following opening night losses.

Growing up on what she described as an ‘island’, there was little doubt that Stephanie Fraser would learn to swim, but becoming one of the best-known swimming coaches in Guyana and cementing her place in a male-dominated arena, happened literally by accident.

The International Pharmaceutical Agency [IPA] has joined the growing list of sponsors to support the Hamilton Green 9-a-side Inter-Ward football tourney set to commence today at the Den Amstel ground.

The Alliance For Change (AFC) is going to initiate proceedings to enable it to respond to the allegations made in an ongoing court action that claims its candidates fraudulently procured the names of persons listed as their backers for the upcoming Local Government Elections (LGE), party chairman Khemraj Ramjattan says.

A shrub can be described as a small to medium version of a tree.

“I was not prepared for it but I knew that something was wrong and then the doctor broke the news and I started to reach out to my aunts and other people.

Among the new contestants at the upcoming local government elections is James Hermanstein, who is running as an independent candidate on behalf of the South Liliendaal Progressive Development Group in Constituency 5 (Sophia/Liliendaal North & South/Pattensen/Turkeyen North & South/ Turkeyen Central & Sophia/Pattensen Central).

As the second annual Prime Ministers Softball T20 Cup entered the penultimate day, defending champions Ariel Speedboat XI (open category) and Regal Masters (Masters Category) marched into the finals yesterday.

The Golden Jaguars U20 Boys team continued  preparations for the CONCACAF Championships on a positive note edging the ‘Elite League’ All-Stars 1-0 yesterday at the Georgetown Football Club [GFC] ground, Bourda.

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) will decide on its presidential candidate for the 2020 polls after the upcoming local government elections, General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo says.

Vendors who have been ordered to temporarily move from the collapsing Stabroek Market wharf will be able to sign the relocation agreement with the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) this week and begin the construction of their stalls, acting Town Clerk Sharon Harry-Munroe says.

PALLEKELE, Sri Lanka, (Reuters) – England beat Sri Lanka by 18 runs via the Duckworth Lewis method in the rain-marred fourth one-day international yesterday to take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series.

Dear Editor, The Berbice Bridge Company Inc (BBCI) has held both the PPP and APNU responsible for not honouring increases in tolls pursuant to the Berbice Bridge Act and the Concession Agreement.

TECUN UMAN, Guatemala, (Reuters) – Hundreds of mostly Honduran migrants began the long trek home yesterday, some using free bus tickets from Central American authorities, while many more members of a stalled caravan remained in Guatemala at a tense border crossing with Mexico.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has declared that the flooding nightmare that has left thousands marooned is a “national disaster.”

A 76-year-old cancer survivor is currently hospitalised after she was allegedly struck down by a driver on Friday afternoon while returning home from a cancer awareness event.

Dear Editor, Some things are best described as senseless or insensitive, plainly lacking any commonsense. 

KUALA LUMPUR,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The world’s largest collection of rice varieties has secured indefinite funding in what officials say will be crucial for the development of seeds resilient to the effects of climate change.

GUWAHATI, India, CMC – All odds appears stacked against the West Indies as they look to redeem themselves from a wretched outing in the just-concluded Tests, when they face powerhouses India in the opening One-Day International of the five-match series here today.

An operating theatre at the Suddie Public Hospital, in Region Two, is now closer to reality as Cabinet recently noted the award of a $40.9 million contract for its construction.

ELKO, Nev./ISTANBUL, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump joined European leaders yesterday in pushing Saudi Arabia for more answers about Jamal Khashoggi after Riyadh changed its story and acknowledged that the journalist died over two weeks ago at its consulate in Istanbul.

(Antigua Observer) The police are probing what appears to be a murder/suicide following the discovery of the bodies of two adults who had reportedly not been seen or heard from by relatives since Tuesday.

It may be said that Guyana’s newest feature film was released last week.

GUWAHATI, India,  CMC – Attacking opener Evin Lewis’s late withdrawal for the one-day series against India was a “tough” blow to the team’s plans, captain Jason Holder conceded yesterday.

Introduction Having previously dealt with 1) aspects of the organizational and legal framework of Guyana’s intended Natural Resources Fund (NRF) (October 7, 2018) and 2) the fiscal rules governing its operations, today’s column turns to its overall assessment and evaluation.

A few days ago, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) warned all financial institutions that many citizenship by investment (CBI) programmes that offer passports in exchange for large sums of money create the potential for misuse. 

The Lucas Stock Index (LSI) rose 0.48 percent during the third period of trading in October 2018. 

Dear Editor, I enjoy reading Dave Martins’ column “So it Go” in your Sunday edition every week. 

If you want to lose fat, your first consideration should be your nutrition.

Guyana shone brightly at the 2018 Chess Olympiad in Batumi, Georgia.

In a letter published in this newspaper on Thursday captioned ‘It makes more sense trying to sort out the mosquito problems to eradicate filaria’, Dr Mark Devonish took the WHO to task over the method used in its campaign to eliminate filariasis from the country.

PRAGUE, (Reuters) – The Prague Zoo showcased five newly-born earless monitor lizards on Tuesday as part of a European breeding program aimed at boosting numbers of the nocturnal reptiles rarely observed in the wild.

The Carib Grackle (Quiscalus lugubris) can be found in the Lesser Antilles and northern South America among other places.