Daily Archive: Sunday, November 18, 2018

(Jamaica Observer) The Government of the People’s Republic of China is looking to import some US$10 trillion in goods and services from Latin America and the Caribbean over the next five years, China’s Ambassador to Jamaica Tian Qi has disclosed.

(Trinidad Guardian) Po­lice have ar­rest­ed the imam of a Cara­po mosque in con­nec­tion with an al­leged as­sault, kid­nap­ping and rob­bery in­ci­dent last week.

(Trinidad Guardian) Po­lice are now seek­ing the pub­lic’s as­sis­tance in iden­ti­fy­ing the body of a woman found by hunters in San­ta Cruz on Sat­ur­day.

The police say they are searching for the driver of a 212 motor car who last evening abandoned his vehicle on the Number Six Village Public Road on the West Coast of Berbice after he allegedly crashed into the rear of another vehicle which resulted in extensive damage to both.

The Police say they are investigating the murder of Desmond Seeodat, 29, a labourer of Auchlyne Village, Corentyne, Berbice which occurred at about 4 pm yesterday in the said village, allegedly by a fourteen-year-old who has been detained.

Lusignan Prison escapee Sudesh Dyal was recaptured this morning at Tuschen Squatting Area, EBE, the police said today.

PORT MORESBY,  (Reuters) – Tonga has signed up to China’s Belt and Road initiative and has received a reprieve from Beijing on the timing of debt payments shortly before an onerous schedule to repay loans was due to start.

(Trinidad Guardian) A se­nior po­lice­man who was on su­pen­sion was fa­tal­ly shot at his busi­ness place at Wa­ter­loo Road, Cara­pichaima, yes­ter­day.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Students at 18 educational institutions will have to pay more for meals tomorrow as the concessionaire for their canteens, Tastee Limited, introduces higher prices.

(Trinidad Newsday) Thirteen people including officials at the Ministry of Social Development will appear in court tomorrow after they were charged by the Fraud Squad for offences relating to the distribution of grants to flood victims.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Residents of Cocoa Walk, south Manchester, are up in arms over the shooting of a man in the community yesterday by a member of a police team.

(Trinidad Guardian) Res­i­dents af­fect­ed by the dev­as­tat­ing floods a month ago are strug­gling to re­build their lives and men­tal health ex­perts are ap­peal­ing to the au­thor­i­ties to en­sure there are mech­a­nisms to pro­vide emo­tion­al and psy­cho­log­i­cal sup­port.

On the heels of an announcement by Guyana Goldfields Inc. (GGI) that it has started underground work at its Aurora gold mine in Region Seven, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued cease orders to the company as the necessary permit has not yet been granted.

The PPP/C now controls more Local Authority Areas and it picked up over twice the number of PR seats as its main competitor APNU.

A 22-member Public Accountability and Oversight Committee has been proposed to ensure the transparent spending of the funds.

A Chinese brand of mosquito coil has been officially banned for possessing cancer causing compounds.

Outgoing United States (US) Ambassador Perry Holloway was on Friday credited with being instrumental in helping to solidify Washington’s support for the acceptance of the 1899 arbitral award that settled the border between Guyana and Venezuela. 

A United States-based Guyanese family, which had just returned to the country for a vacation, was robbed of millions worth of jewellry and gadgets during a stop at a restaurant in Alberttown, Georgetown on Thursday.

The Cancer Institute of Guyana has treated several patients with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma and according to its Medi-cal Director and Consultant Onco-logist, Dr Sayan Chakraborty many of the patients are still alive.

When the great grandfather of iconic businessman Yesu Persaud, CCH, took the decision to escape poverty in Uttar Pradesh, India and come to British Guiana as an indentured labourer, he was placed on the Diamond Sugar Estate.

No Minister in the present government has been granted a licence to process, sell or export gold, Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman has declared.

The Ministry of Communities should not be blamed for low voter turnout at this year’s local government elections, Social Protection Minister Amna Ally said on Friday, while also noting that the failure by the former government to hold the polls for over two decades denied citizens knowledge of their rights and responsibilities in local governance.  

Chelsea Park is a tiny village in Mahaica, so pictures-que that it has a park-like atmosphere and its villagers are health conscious, mannerly and friendly people.

When you write a column for the media, you’re drawing on nudges, intimations, angles from everywhere you can use; sometimes an idea comes in the middle of something else and you make a note of it in your “to do” book, which you resort to on the occasional week when no particular topic has already engaged you.

A career-best knock from India’s vice-captain, Smriti Mandhana followed by stifling bowling from their spinners was enough to flatten Australia yesterday by 38 runs and propel the subcontinent powerhouse to the top of Group B in the Women’s World T20 tournament.

After only receiving a total of 31 votes in her constituency in the Whim/Bloomfield local authority area, Alliance For Change (AFC) candidate Mavis Nagamootoo has said she believes that some of her supporters were intimidated by persons from other political parties.

A family is pleading for justice for a Moruca, North West District man, who was savagely beaten by a career criminal early last month, resulting in him having to undergo facial reconstructive surgeries.

A destructive spell of chinaman spin bowling by former national youth player, Totaram Bishun, along with their batsmen, lifted the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) to day-one honours over the Police Sports Club (PSC) in the final of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA), GISE, Star Party Rental and Trophy Stall first division two-day tournament at PSC, yesterday. 

I apologise if this appears to take the form of a health and fitness page in this newspaper.

Fly Jamaica Airways yesterday said that it was investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Rookhia Kalloo, the eighty-six-year-old passenger who reportedly suffered a fractured skull as a result of the crash-landing of a company plane at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport just over a week ago.

The Guyana Police Force [GPF] and Santos fixture in the Turbo Energy Drink Football Championship was abandoned by the referees, after a gunshot was discharged by an unknown fan standing in close proximity to the fourth official. 

Firemen are first responders who are required to help and protect victims and their property.

Shomari Wiltshire and Nicholas Verwey remained unbeaten and looked set to capture the category A and B individual titles in the 2018 edition of the Farfan & Mendes Junior Skill level squash tournament after the duo recorded triumphs on Friday evening as the tournament winds down at the Georgetown Club Squash Court. 

“It came to a point where I wish I had the strength to commit suicide. 

CARICOM has expressed concern about the pace of implementing steps for the sustainable development of  Small Island Developing States (SIDS). 

Unbeaten Eagles set up a championship-deciding clash with fellow undefeated side Net-Rockers today following a narrow 3-2 victory over Amelia’s Ward Panthers on Friday in the Upper Demerara Football Association [UDFA] Senior League.

The French/German period piece “Angelo” and the lurid British pop-film “Farming,” both premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in September, exist on starkly different ends of filmmaking but come together to ask a similar question: What does it mean to be black in a world that sees your skin as a curiosity?

Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GLSC), Commissioner, Trevor Benn has called for the greater use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS).

A 27-year-old miner has allegedly confessed to the murder of his common-law wife, whose body was discovered buried in a shallow grave near a mining camp on Thursday, police have reported.

-Joyce twins, Shillington, Metcalfe bow out of international cricket New Zealand finished their play in the Women’s World T20 on a high yesterday, condemning Ireland to a win-less run in the competition by  nine wickets with 75 balls remaining, the largest margin of victory in terms of balls in the tournament’s history.

A 79-year-old man is in police custody after he allegedly threatened a male nurse attached to the Palms Geriatric Home with a gun.

Dear Editor, The Caribbean has been a hotspot for the European colonial powers for many centuries.

(Jamaica Gleaner) KINGSTON − The West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA) and Cricket West Indies (CWI), having secured a health insurance plan for retained players from all six regional franchises and all CWI contracted international players (men and women), held a handing-over ceremony, at the WIPA office at Sabina Park on Friday.

Dear Editor, Amidst the celebration by the respective parties after the local government elections it is important to note that every party or group can smile but would still find themselves between a rock and a hard place.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – South African bowling once again dominated Australian batting as the tourists won a truncated one-off Twenty20 international by 21 runs on the Gold Coast yesterday.

PORT MORESBY,  (Reuters) – The United States and China swapped barbs over trade, investment and regional security at an Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) summit yesterday, as growing fault lines among members suggested little prospect of consensus at the weekend meeting.

Three persons were arrested on Friday morning following reports of gunshots being fired in front of a bar along the Essequibo Coast.

PALLEKELE, Sri Lanka,  (Reuters) – England’s left-arm spinner Jack Leach led a strong spin bowling display that put the tourists within three wickets of a series-clinching victory against Sri Lanka on an intriguing fourth day of the second test yesterday.

PORT MORESBY,  (Reuters) – The United States, Australia, New Zealand and Japan yesterday said they would work together to ensure most of Papua New Guinea had access to electricity by 2030 as Western allies respond to China’s growing presence in the Pacific.

By Dionne Frank Just over six weeks ago, Guyanese were captivated by the circulation of a series of videos on social media platforms showing a young lady, who despite appearing to withdraw her consent continued to be sexually abused by two men.

Dear Editor, I tuned into the Live broadcast of APNU+AFC’s press event, I hesitate to use the word ‘conference’ as it seemed to have been held in a mini-rally format.

TAMPA, Fla., (Reuters) – Democrat Andrew Gillum, who had sought to become Florida’s first black governor, conceded yesterday, after a recount showed he had no way of catching his Republican rival Ron DeSantis, an ally of President Donald Trump.

Police in ‘F’ Division on Friday morning discovered an improvised 12-gauge shotgun and 10 live cartridges.

Dear Editor, It is said that famous men are usually the product of unhappy childhoods.

(Reuters) – New Zealand fast bowler Trent Boult claimed four wickets to spark a recovery as they restricted Pakistan to a first innings lead of 74 on day two of the first test in Abu Dhabi yesterday.

Two of the most common species of Bou-gainvillea are Bougain-villea glabra and Bougainvillea specta-bilis, which was cross-bred and hybridised giving rise to numerous varieties in the most amazing colours.

Three men, including a member of the Joint Services, are now in police custody after allegedly stealing a motorcycle from a businessman.

At the time of writing, the full results of the local government elections had not been declared; there were, it is true, quite a number which had been, primary among which was Georgetown.

Using the same weights or machines all of the time can become monotonous.

Introduction A number of readers have indicated to me I should have placed much more emphasis on the great extent to which the Permanent Income Hypothesis (PIH) fiscal rule for natural resources revenue management,no longer finds favour, even among its most ardent initial supporters.

The Aplomado Falcon (Falco femoralis) is mostly found in South America  Its upperparts are dark blue-grey, with the usual falcon “moustache” contrasting sharply with the white throat and eyestripe.

Chess contains the concentrated essence of life. In chess, as in life, when people cannot figure out what you are doing, they are kept in a state of terror — waiting, uncertain, confused – Robert Greene, The 48 Laws of Power The World Championship of Chess is riddled with suppositions.

Dear Editor, It is hoped that it was not the ailing President that told the head table, which included the PM cum acting President among others  to issue a statement of apology to the media for the dastardly behaviour and display at the press conference.

It is hard to avoid the conclusion that the United Kingdom, a once clear-minded and largely unified nation, is engaged in a process of self-harm over the issue of Brexit.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic produced a masterful display to outclass South Africa’s Kevin Anderson 6-2 6-2 yesterday to set up an ATP Finals title showdown with Alexander Zverev.

Home These days when I’m away too long, anything I happen to clap eyes on, that red phone box, somehow makes me miss here like nothing I can name.

MALE, (Reuters) – The new president of the Maldives took office yesterday, declaring the state coffers to have been looted and warned that the country was in financial difficulty after racking up debt with Chinese lenders in an infrastructure boom.

BUENOS AIRES,  (Reuters) – The Argentine Navy submarine that went missing a year ago off the country’s Atlantic Coast was found by a private company involved in what had been a massive search for the vessel and its 44-member crew, the defense ministry said in a news conference yesterday.