Articles published on Wednesday, April 29, 2009
-Fidelity untouched After a year of investigation, 14 persons, including current and former Customs and Trade Administration employees and two brokers, were yesterday charged over a multi-million dollar ‘Polar Beer’ fraud at customs.
-sees ‘luxurious living at the expense of taxpayers’ A war of words has broken out between the Bharrat Jagdeo administration and the major opposition PNCR over a proposed law that would grant the president special benefits and amenities after he leaves office.
President Bharrat Jagdeo says he successfully lobbied with other Caricom Heads of Government to allow for $3 billion (US$15 million) to come from the regional Petroleum Fund to Guyana to assist in meeting the liabilities of the financially troubled insurance company CLICO.
The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) will from May 4 put into operation a new and standard compliance certificate which it is confident contains enough security features to prevent any corruption.
Two men were on Monday remanded to prison when they appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton charged with trafficking in narcotics.
The Sunburst Camptown team is the inaugural champion of the Georgetown Football Association’s (GFA) Milo Under-21 Competition after they defeated the Pele Football Club in the final at the Tucville Playfield last evening.
Even though no evidence of the deadly swine flu, which has killed more than 150 persons in Mexico, has been seen in Guyana the Ministry of Health has instituted a number of actions to prevent any local outbreak of the flu.
It took defending champions Berbice just six minutes after lunch to defeat hosts Essequibo in their GTM three-day under-19 Inter county cricket match at the Anna Regina community centre ground yesterday.
President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce & Industry (GCCI) Chandradat Chintamani says that his Chamber is seeking to have the issue of tax reform adequately addressed and hinted that this may soon become a reality.
The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) will continue to release perishable goods and any other goods that can be delivered without jeopardising the collection of duty or other tax.
MUMBAI, (Reuters) – A majority of the 2011 World Cup matches will be held in India after Pakistan was stripped of co-hosting rights over security concerns.
In yesterday’s edition on the centre pages a caption to a photograph stated that clearing of the Lamaha Embankment was being done by the Mayor and City Council.
The 5th Victory Valley Royals (VVR) inter-school basketball championship has finally come down to the finals with McKenzie High School (MHS) battling New Silver City Secondary School (NSSS) today.
Camptown, Alpha dominant on opening night Sunburst Camptown and Alpha United began their run in the Georgetown Football Association’s (GFA) 2009 season with emphatic victories when the third annual Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) Cellink Plus Premier League was launched at the Tucville playfield on Monday.
Four dogs belonging to Lamaha Park resident, Roxanne Dowden, died on Monday after they were attacked by a swarm of bees.
A 27-year-old mother of one was on Monday granted bail to the tune of $200,000 when she appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to answer a simple larceny charge.
Corriverton Queens triumph in historic match Scottsburg United, Corriverton Queens, and Vishnu Super Store were the successful teams at the Crabwood Creek cricket ground last Sunday at three softball matches.
The colleague of Visiting Inspector Julian Edmond Embrack, the RK security guard who was discovered dead on a roadway in the Diamond New Housing Scheme Friday night, was released from police custody on Monday morning.
RICHMOND, Virginia, CMC – Guyanese striker Randolph `Black head’ Jerome struck a late first-half goal that helped Pittsburgh Riverhounds draw 1-1 with Richmond Kickers in the United Soccer Leagues (USL) Second Division on Saturday night.
CENTURION, South Africa, (Reuters) – Yusuf Pathan blazed his way to an unbeaten half-century to propel Rajasthan Royals to a five-wicket win over Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League yesterday.
-attacker still on the run Yolanda Brummell, the 22-year-old mother of two who was reportedly slashed in the abdomen by her reputed husband last Thursday, was discharged from the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) yesterday.
Bandits beat and robbed a Parika couple during an attack on Monday night which resulted in the woman being hospitalized.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Growing fears over the outbreak of swine flu in Mexico have forced the cancellation of the remainder of the CONCACAF under-17 championship in Tijuana, the region’s governing body said on their website (www.concacaf.com).
STUTTGART, Germany, (Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has discovered seven more positive drugs results from re-testing samples taken at last year’s Beijing Games, stemming from six athletes, it said yesterday.
Dear Editor, I have just returned from a wasted journey to the GPO building where, as a very busy, yet conscientious and law-abiding citizen, I had hoped to deal with a matter pertaining to Internal Revenue.
A 41-year-old woman who was struck down by an army vehicle on the McDoom Public Road three weeks ago, died yesterday morning at the Georgetown Public Hospital.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Hugh Jackman on Friday slashes his way back to his starmaking role as a razor-clawed mutant in “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” after his glitzy turn hosting the Oscars and starring in romance “Australia” that flopped at U.S.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Paul Collingwood wants to captain England at this year’s Twenty20 World Cup even though he is not considered good enough for a starting place in his Indian Premier League (IPL) team.
MIAMI, (Reuters) – Take the malleable clay of human nature, add greed, deceit and manipulation, and you have the basic ingredients for a Ponzi scheme financial fraud.
Residents and sponsors alike are worried about the Linden Town Week pageant after its Coordinator Leon Roberts was yesterday remanded to prison on a charge of indecent assault of a young woman.
Dear Editor, Recently there was on TV a poultry rearer showing off the extent of his poultry business and stating how lucky he was and how he proposed expanding his business.
More than 30 sugar workers were allocated house lots at the Zeelugt, Phase 11, East Bank Essequibo housing area when an allocation exercise was conducted at Uitvlugt, Community Centre, West Coast Demerara last Sunday by the Sugar Industry Labour Welfare Fund Committee (SILWFC).
Dear Editor, With the collapse of the manganese company at Mathews Ridge in Region One, the community of Port Kaituma suffered from a lack of employment opportunities which made it dreary and run-down.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – New swine flu infections were found around the world yesterday and the spectre of a pandemic began to hit the travel industry as governments warned people to stay away from Mexico where 149 people have died.
(Trinidad Express) Why was 12-year-old Adrian Richards hunted down and killed?
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – The Los Angeles Lakers cruised into the second round of the NBA playoffs on Monday while the Denver Nuggets moved a big step closer to joining them with a record-equalling thrashing of the New Orleans Hornets.
The 64-year-old man, who allegedly stabbed himself following an altercation with his former reputed wife during which he set fire to his Sophia home on April 8, will be charged shortly, a senior police source said yesterday.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva may struggle to get a handpicked successor elected next year after his choice was diagnosed with cancer.
Dear Editor, Some years ago, when I was president of the Guyana Consumers Association, I was invited to a meeting at the UNDP in Brickdam where I met the head at that time, Mr Richard Olver, other officials such as Mr Gopaul Yadav, and the Caribbean head of the UNDP, a Japanese gentleman.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Arlen Specter abandoned the Republican Party for President Barack Obama’s Democrats yesterday, putting them within reach of a 60-seat majority that could give them absolute control of the Senate.
Dear Editor, Situations change, and when they do people are forced to change accordingly.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Joe Calzaghe said yesterday he would not come out of retirement to fight Carl Froch after the English super middleweight demanded an all-British world title showdown.
Cost may be higher than anticipated Residents are happy that President Bharrat Jagdeo has undertaken to rehabilitate the seven-mile long access road to the Mahaicony Creek but it appears it may cost a lot more than first anticipated.
Dear Editor, Earlier, I commented on the good, related to the revival of the Guyana Music Festival.
(Trinidad Express) Four lost guns left five families without shelter after men believed to be gang members set fire to their houses in Phase Four, Beetham Gardens, on Monday.
The Yarowkabra Community Policing Group recently established a youth arm to boost volunteerism in order to tackle social ills such as teenage pregnancy and delinquency in the community.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Supreme Court upheld yesterday a U.S. government crackdown on profanity on television, a policy that subjects broadcasters to fines for airing a single expletive blurted out on a live show.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Asafa Powell plans to honour his obligation at the IAAF World Athletics Tour meeting in Doha, Qatar, on May 8.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, (Reuters) – The Obama administration said yesterday it rolled back a Bush-era rule excusing oil and gas companies in polar bear habitat from special reviews designed to ensure they are not harming the animals.
We have already noted the amount of controversy characterizing the Summit of the Americas to its very end.
-absent army witnesses force discharge Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry has discharged a Guyana Defence Force (GDF) soldier who was accused of bludgeoning a fellow officer to death for playing music loudly, after army witnesses failed to turn up to testify.
Dear Editor, On Wednesday, April 22 – medication distribution day –the usual number of pensioners and myself appeared at the NIS Office Leonora equipped with our appointment cards, booklets and necessary prescription for our monthly medication which covers a range of ailments, viz, diabetes, high blood pressure, glaucoma, etc.
(Barbados Nation) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged the Antigua and Barbuda government to move decisively in response to the challenges presented by the global economic crisis.
LONDON, (Reuters) – England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff has undergone a successful knee operation and expects to be fit for the World Twenty20 in June, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said yesterday.
MILAN, (Reuters) – Juventus will play their Serie A match at home to Lecce behind closed doors on Sunday after losing an appeal.
