Daily Archive: Tuesday, April 13, 2010

-first conviction under new law A former Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) employee was yesterday found guilty of money laundering and sentenced to seven years in prison by Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton, becoming the first person convicted under the new law.

Fifty workers from GuySuCo’s Blairmont Estate were injured early yesterday morning, after the truck they were travelling in hit two horses at Bohemia, Corentyne and ended up in a canal.

A Federal Court Judge in Canada has denied a bid for refugee status by a Guyanese man, who claimed he would face discrimination and ethnic violence if he returned here.

Howard Eastman, the Former British, Commonwealth and European middleweight champion, was yesterday remanded to prison, after he was charged with trafficking in narcotics.

-Canadian company emphasises environmental, worker safety Guyana may soon be one of the world’s uranium suppliers if a Canada-based company finds at least 50 million pounds of the radioactive material in Region Eight, a spokeswoman for the company said yesterday.

Wainwright Telford, 48, called ‘Baker,’ of Angoys Avenue, New Amsterdam, was remanded to prison yesterday, following an appearance before Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo, at the New Amsterdam Court on a charge of murder.

Two cousins were yesterday charged with attempted murder and placed on $250,000 bail.

The proprietor of Caribbean Temptation Restaurant has been placed on bail after being charged with giving false information last Friday.

Steps are underway to increase the fee to be paid for taking stray animals to the pound.

A man was refused bail yesterday when he appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton charged with robbery-under-arms.

Commissioner-General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Khurshid Sattaur is urging businesses and members of the public who are dissatisfied with the service received when clearing goods at Customs to seek redress.

-another still in custody One of the two East Coast Demerara businessmen held in connection with last week’s execution of salt fish exporter Rajendra Motilall Sonilall was released from custody yesterday.

A Woodley Park, West Coast Berbice grocer was held at gun point on Saturday by three men who posed as customers.

The Guyana Elections Com-mission (GECOM) is refuting allegations of internal corruption, saying that procurement of items is done in accordance with statutory procedures.

An autopsy conducted yesterday on Devi ‘Tina’ Mangal, the six-year-old girl who West Canje, Berbice girl who died last week, but pathologist Dr.

By Tiffny Rhodius An accident along the Linden/Soesdyke Highway on Sunday night left a man dead and his family worrying where it will come up with the money to bury him.

By Marlon Munroe Plans are moving ahead for the 11th International Shotokan Federation (ISKF) Pan American Karate Championships scheduled for Guyana from August 15 to August 19, according to Sensei Jeffrey Wong.

-Blackmoore By Marlon Munroe Local boxing icon Lennox Blackmoore believes that more resources need to be put into the sport if it is to return to the high level it once was.

-audit office At the end of 2008, some 117 advances totaling $25.543 million were not cleared by officials travelling on the public purse, the Auditor General’s report for that year reveals.

A replica of a giant sloth, re-created from old fossils, is now on display at the National Museum.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and the Republican Boxing gyms dominated the GABA National Novices Boxing Championships that concluded on Sunday night at the National Gymnasium.

Dear Editor, Two things are shocking about the reports in Stabroek News and the Guyana Chronicle of the address which President Jagdeo made at the fund-raising event organised by the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha on Saturday, April 10.

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport in collaboration with the Education Ministry, West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and the International Cricket Council (ICC) yesterday distributed 4,800 free tickets for the upcoming ICC World T20 Championship to 245 schools across Guyana.

Sterling Products Limited (SPL) signed a Collective Labour Agreement that will see key employees benefiting from salary increases over the next two years.

Dear Editor, With respect to the press conference on Sangeeta Persaud’s mystery death, it’s unfortunate that the Chairman of the Ethnic Relations Commission would choose to make a remark to the effect that persons who know better should not use Sangeeta Persaud’s mystery death to their advantage.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – West Indies head coach Otis Gibson believes pacer Jerome Taylor is still not ready for competitive cricket, less than three weeks before the start of the World Twenty20 Championship.

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) plans to mount an aggressive public education programme to engage and educate citizens on public health issues.

Dear Editor, I thank Stabroek News for sending my recent letter to Synergy Holdings principal, Mr Motilall, for his response (‘Synergy, the company’s partners and the lenders will be spending US$500-600M on the Amaila Falls hydro project, not the government,’ April 8).

-Luncheon The government will be moving to reconvene talks with the PNCR shortly so that a Chairman for the Integrity Commission could be named, Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon says.

The Mackeson Super Ward Basketball Championships continued last night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall with a thrilling feature game between Central Mackenzie and Wortmanville/Werk-en-Rust with scores 67-58 in Mackenzie’s favour at the final buzzer.

HAVANA (Reuters) – Communist Cuba is turning over  hundreds of state-run barber shops and beauty salons to employees  across the country in what appears to be the start of a  long-expected revamping of state retail services by President Raul  Castro.

Deccan Chargers 151 for 6 (Rohit 51, Steyn 3-18) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore 138 (Dravid 49, RP 2-21, Ojha 2-22, Harmeet 2-24) by 13 runs Deccan Chargers survived three huge blows in the first two overs of the match, and some more towards the end by Robin Uthappa, to keep alive their hopes of a semi-final berth.

The University of Guyana Students’ Society (UGSS) “will be engaging in several actions of civil disobedience” at the Turkeyen Campus on Wednesday, to bring attention and action to the challenges facing students.

Dear Editor, Since the beginning of the year GGMC has been advertising the requirement for claim-holders to pay a reclamation bond on all valid claims, irrespective if there is any mining activity on these claims.

Bandits relieved a man of gold jewellery during an armed robbery early yesterday afternoon at McDoom, East Bank Demerara.

Dear Editor, It is an established fact that Guyanese motorists sound their vehicles horn much more than those in neighbouring countries.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Deaths of women in and  around childbirth have gone down by an average of 35 per cent  globally, according to a study using new methods, but are  surprisingly high in the United States, Canada and Norway.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US President Barack  Obama stressed to Chinese President Hu Jintao yesterday the  need to act urgently against Iran’s nuclear programme, and Hu  agreed that Beijing would help craft a UN resolution, a US  official said.

Guyanese all rounder Royston Crandon was the star performer for Moosai Sports but they still lost to University of T&T by 14 runs in the final preliminary round of the Carib Shield T20 competition on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and  Brazil signed an agreement yesterday meant to bolster military  ties, but Brazil’s Defence Minister Nelson Jobim did not offer  any hint about a key defence contract sought by US-based  Boeing Co.

Dear Editor, We the residents of Bartica were happy to see the many thousands of persons who visited the town to view the power-boat races and pageant, and were also happy about the visit of President Bharrat Jagdeo, Dr Westford and Minister Manniram Prashad.

Police Complaints Authority (PCA) Chairman, former Chancellor of the Judiciary Cecil Kennard will be receiving complaints in Linden on Wednesday and Thursday.

Constantly overlooked cricketer Travis Blyden currently has the most runs for his professional team Rousillac United in Trinidad & Tobago in all forms of the game.

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai anti-government  protesters marched in Bangkok yesterday, carrying empty coffins  in memory of comrades killed at the weekend, as the country’s  worst political violence in 18 years sent the stock market down  5 percent.

Dear Editor, A number of letter writers to the daily newspapers seem to be confused about the protocol prepared by the International Institute for Environment and Development (Edinburgh, UK) for the consultations on the President’s Low Carbon Development Strategy.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Criminal gangs have duped  al Qaeda with offers of bogus nuclear material, hampering the  group’s efforts to build a nuclear bomb that would allow them  to “threaten world order,” the White House said yesterday.

Tracy Douglas was elected the new president of the Guyana Arts and Craft Producers Association when the body held its third elections on March 30.

Guyana’s top junior players put on quite a show in the final round of the 2010 SMALTA Easter Junior Team Tournament at the Georgetown Club courts as the Different Strokes team held off a surprisingly tough challenge from Be Aggressive to claim the title.

WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland moved yesterday to fill  key state posts after a weekend plane crash in western Russia  killed President Lech Kaczynski and dozens of other top  officials, plunging the country into mourning.

This bridge is the only way rice farmers can access their Melville, Cane Grove rice fields with their tractors.

Dear Editor, Only a fool or a die-hard party supporter with tunnel vision, would conclude that the name ‘PNC’ as a political party brand, has not been badly damaged over the years.  

Stabroek Market continued their dominance over Fashion Store of Robb Street in the Golyn and Sons T20 softball cricket competition, when it came out on top by six runs in their semi-final match on Friday evening.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ukraine will get rid of  its stockpile of highly enriched uranium by 2012, the White  House said  yesterday in the first tangible result from a  47-nation summit aimed at preventing nuclear terrorism.

Trinidad oppostion parties unite The Trinidad and Tobago opposition is promising a solid alliance that’ll work to defeat the governing Peoples National Movement (PNM) in the yet to be announced general elections.

Introduction In my column last week, I indicated that I will start outlining our latest economic blueprint for Guyana. 

The nexus between narco-trafficking and murders is unquestionable. In certain cases, according to comments made to this newspaper by Head of the Police Criminal Investigation Department Assistant Commissioner Seelall Persaud, some ‘execution-murders’ have been “drug-related.”