Daily Archive: Sunday, January 27, 2019

(Trinidad Guardian) Ras­tas chant­ed for equal rights and jus­tice af­ter po­lice ar­rest­ed a man for pos­ses­sion of cannabis dur­ing the ral­ly or­gan­ised by the All Man­sions of Rasta­fari on Sun­day in San Fer­nan­do.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Big-game hunters from the United States are trying to get permission to head to Jamaica to hunt the white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), which is reportedly breeding at an alarming rate and emerging as a major threat to the natural environment and agriculture, especially in the eastern parish of Portland.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – White House national security adviser John Bolton warned today against violence or intimidation of American diplomats in Venezuela or opposition leader Juan Guaido, saying such action would trigger a response from the United States.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration today lifted sanctions on three firms, including aluminum giant Rusal, linked to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, despite a Democratic-led push in the U.S.

(Jamaica Observer) Freed reggae artiste Buju Banton has been given a resounding vote of confidence by retired Jamaica Prime Minister PJ Patterson.

ISTANBUL,  (Reuters) – Venezuela’s embattled President Nicolas Maduro rejected an international ultimatum to call elections within eight days and said opposition leader Juan Guaido had violated the country’s constitution by declaring himself leader.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic claimed a record seventh Australian Open crown in devastating style today as he condemned Rafa Nadal to the most stinging defeat in their long Grand Slam rivalry.

“Why you deh suh sad all de time man?” “You ain’t talking to nobody… you just deh by yuhself.’’

With first oil expected by year end or early 2020, the Alliance for Change (AFC) yesterday said it supports the use of the expected revenue to provide free education for nursery to university as well as housing for citizens.

Local conglomerate Banks DIH is disputing a tax assessment for an additional $500 million by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) in relation to a subsidiary, Citizens Bank.

Over the past two weeks, miners from Georgetown, Lethem and Brazil have returned to the Marudi Mountain area in the South Rupununi and it is a “a hell hole right now,” according to South Rupununi District Council (SRDC) chairman Nicholas Fredericks.

As a part of the planned 10-year national mineral sector policy framework, miners across the country have proposed that a percentage of the government revenues collects in taxes and royalties from the sector go directly to the regions to cater for community specific projects.

All parties contesting in the next general elections should declare their views on the oil and gas sector, including if they support the re-negotiating of the controversial contract signed between government and ExxonMobil and its partners in the Stabroek Block, says former presidential advisor Jan Mangal.

Commissioner of Police Leslie James escaped unhurt yesterday afternoon after the force vehicle transporting him collided with a truck along the Covent Garden Public Road, on the East Bank of Demerara.

Vancouver, Canada-based gold exploration company Goldsource Mines Inc has announced a new high-grade discovery from the first two diamond core hole results based on its ongoing exploration programme at the Salbora target, Eagle Mountain Gold Project in Guyana.

A group of Guyana Goldfields Inc (GGI) shareholders – including its former Executive Chairman Patrick Sheridan – who are seeking to have the board of the Canadian company removed are disappointed that the meeting to address the matter has been fixed for May 22, months after the request.

Residents of Central Rupununi, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo in Region Nine will soon benefit from government’s plan to construct a road directly linking the North to the Central Rupununi into Lethem.

With his latest nude calendar, local photographer Brian Gomes has turned his focus to the male figure and he admits that the results were not what he expected.

A few years after she got married Karen Mohamed-Dias decided it was time to have children, but she knew she had a hormonal condition and that it might pose some difficulty in her getting pregnant.

A cash prize of $250,000 will be given to the winner of the King of the Band prize at this year’s Mashramani celebrations in memory of Neil “Mr Solo’ Chan, a former costume designer and Mash Day and Mash Nite Convener.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) Apprentice Training Centre at Port Mourant will re-commence its training programme next month, according to its Corporate Communications Manager Audreyanna Thomas.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – A series of vote-catching measures planned by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he braces for a difficult general election may cost more than 1 trillion rupees ($14 billion), two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said.

The Palms Geriatric Home and the Mahaica Children’s Home on Tuesday received one Special Needs minibus each, at a total cost of $11.4 Million, from the Ministry of Social Protection, according to the Department of Public Information.

Attorney General Basil Williams SC on Friday maintained that the resolution certifying the passage of the December 21st no-confidence motion against the government is invalid as it required the support of an “absolute” majority of the 65 members of the National Assembly, even as the attorney for opposition leader Bharrat Jagdeo pointed out that there is no such qualification in the constitution.  

The Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) has filed civil forfeiture proceedings against a Venezuelan woman, who was found in possession of a large amount of cash, suspected to be the proceeds of drug trafficking, at her East Bank Demerara residence in January last year.

Lennox Shuman, presidential candidate of the Liberal and Justice Party (LJP) says he has met with the Canadian High Commissioner to Guyana on his intention to give up his Canadian citizenship in order to meet the criteria for entering the Guyana Parliament and to vie for the office of the President in upcoming general and regional elections.

A police constable who has been identified as the rider of the motorcycle that was involved in the accident last Wednesday which claimed the life of pillion rider John Walcott along the Sisters Village, West Bank Demerara Public Road, is currently under close arrest.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Off-spinner Roston Chase’s career-best eight-wicket haul propelled a dominant West Indies to their second largest win ever over England, as they crushed the hapless visitors by 381 runs inside four days of the opening Test to take a shock 1-0 lead in the three-match series here yesterday.

SAN FRANCISCO,  (Reuters) – Top U.S. universities are ditching telecom equipment made by Huawei Technologies and other Chinese companies to avoid losing federal funding under a new national security law backed by the Trump administration.

Investigators probing the murder of taxi driver Kelvin Walters, who was fatally shot on the Eccles, East Bank Demerara public road last Tuesday night, are still to question the suspects in police custody.

Three-time defending champion Showstoppers, ESPN and Bagotstown Warriors secured their quarterfinal berths, following hard-fought wins on Friday in the 5th edition of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ West Demerara/East Bank Demerara zone.

NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO,  (Reuters) – Detained in a California lockup with hundreds of other immigrants seeking asylum, Duglas Cruz faced a choice.

Berbician, Balram Narine kicked off his 2019 campaign on the most positive note, sprinting to victory in the feature 35-lap event of the Ricks and Sari 11-race programme yesterday at the National Park.

James Harden extended his streak of consecutive 30-point games to 22 but had plenty of help as the Houston Rockets claimed a 121-119, wire-to-wire victory over the visiting Toronto Raptors, who dropped back-to-back games for the first time since mid-December.

Dear Editor, Dr Mangal is generally acknowledged in Guyana as a leading authority on oil and gas issues, specialising in off-shore geotechnical engineering, but also having experience in project management in the oil industry.

Health Minister Volda Lawrence and Dr William Adu-Krow, PAHO/WHO Representative in Guyana on Monday appealed to the local media for help in popularising the SMART Hospital initiative currently being undertaken.

The Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) has completed its investigation of a recent rejected rice shipment to Panama and will soon seek legal advice.

Dear Editor, We live in a bountiful country where daily, people stand by and criticise which government is underperforming, who is corrupt, and are constantly berating the current members of society who are politically involved.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Naomi Osaka overcame nerves, tears and a spirited challenge from double Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova to claim the Australian Open title with a 7-6(2) 5-7 6-4 win yesterday.

Power Producers Distributors Incorporated (PPDI), Chief Executive Officer, Aaron Fraser says that the company’s achievement of the ISO 9001 certification “marks a significant milestone.”

Dear Editor, I note with dismay the cartoon by Paul Harris depicting the Georgetown Public Hospital as a meat grinder sending out coffins.

The NBA’s Curry brothers will take part in the All-Star Weekend 3-point contest.

UNITED NATIONS/CARACAS, (Reuters) – The United States yesterday called on the world to “pick a side” on Venezuela and urged countries to financially disconnect from Nicolas Maduro’s government, while European powers signaled they were set to follow Washington in recognising Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as the country’s rightful leader.

(Trinidad Guardian) Jus­tice Pe­ter Ja­madar is to be ap­point­ed a Judge of the Caribbean Court of Jus­tice (CCJ) by the Re­gion­al Ju­di­cial and Le­gal Ser­vices Com­mis­sion (RJLSC).

Unprecedented amounts of seaweed which surfaced on Caribbean shores last year has seen the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM)  initiating a regional fact-finding study to document the impacts this phenomenon has been having on countries in the region since 2011.

Dear Editor, I am writing in response to Jan Mangal’s recent letter (SN: 23/01/2019) criticising the views of Mr Timothy Jonas.

(Reuters) – Wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav tormented New Zealand again as India coasted to a 90-run victory in the second one-day international at Bay Oval in Mt.

In two of the main centres of democracy, America and Europe, democracy is rapidly failing.

“I am so scared, but I know I have to find out what is wrong.

“Musings of A Poet” is a theatrical performance to be staged at the National Cultural Centre on Saturday, February 2 at 8 pm.

Aberdeen is a small community on the Essequibo Coast bordered by Columbia and Three Friends villages, the Atlantic Ocean and rice fields.

Last Wednesday. Juan Guaidó, the President of Venezuela’s National Assembly, took an informal oath of office and declared himself the country’s interim President.

BRUMADINHO, Brazil, (Reuters) – Brazilian rescue workers searched for hundreds of people missing and feared dead under a sea of mud after a tailings dam burst at an iron ore mine owned by Vale SA, killing at least 34 people and halting mine operations.

Recognition is customarily accorded to a country’s government on the basis that it is a de facto government.

The story of 2019 chess in Guyana began modestly yesterday with a one-day, semi-rapid tournament.

India and the CARICOM Development Fund (CDF) signed a Contribution Agreement on January 19th, 2019, in Paramaribo Suriname which provides for a grant allocation of US$1m to the CDF’s capital fund.

Dear Editor, The Charrandass Persaud affair has highlighted Guyana’s very real constitutional crisis, namely, that in breach of the Constitution, many politicians and presidential aspirants possess dual citizenship and are citizens of the so-called ABC countries. 

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

The Yellow-headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima) is a bird of prey. It is found in tropical and subtropical South America and the southern portion of Central America.

Introduction Today’s column commences my first systematic delineation of a Strategic Road Map for getting and spending Guyana’s expected Government Take from the petroleum sector.

This week I had a few visits and calls from gardening friends and new customers, who are still confused about the difference between annual and perennial plants.

Last Update: 506.88                                                          Movement:-0.00%         Currebt Update: 506.88                                                    YTD Movement: -1.55%The Lucas Stock Index (LSI) remained unchanged during the third period of trading in January 2019. 

In my previous two columns before the one last week, “Dr.

By virtue of the now familiar Article 106(7) of the Constitution of Guyana, elections are due to be held within three months of the passage of a no-confidence motion in the National Assembly on December 21, 2018, that is, by the end of March.

Growing up in Guyana, or coming here to live, our waterways are part of your life.