Daily Archive: Friday, April 15, 2011

Canadian online publication The Spec is reporting that a second suspect in the shooting death of Hamilton, Canada teen Brandon Musgrave was held in Guyana and flown back to Canada where he is expected to appear in court on Saturday.

Presidential candidates representing the PPP/C, the PNCR and the AFC are to meet the business community at separate luncheons beginning later this month.

The police have issued bulletins for two more persons wanted in connection with a fraud at the Accountant General’s Department.

The police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred at about 11 pm yesterday at Bella Dam, WBD, during which businessman

The police are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about 0930h today at Orangestein, East Bank Essequibo, which resulted in the death of

At about 0340h today an armed robbery occurred at Latchman Singh Street, Mon Repos, ECD, during which overseas-based Guyanese Loreta Mapura, 55 years, and her husband Kadar Mapura, 56 years, were attacked and robbed by two men, one of whom was armed with a handgun.

SANAA/AMMAN, (Reuters) – Mass protests spread to  the capital of Syria for the first time today and looked  closer than ever to driving out the leader of Yemen, nearly four  months since unrest erupted across the Arab world.

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO — President Bouterse does not want police to act like Hitler’s Gestapo.

(Trinidad Express) Works and Transport Minister Jack Warner said yesterday he was in the dark as to how new Caribbean airline REDjet got the go-ahead to operate in Trinidad and Tobago.

One of the ten persons, for whom bulletins were issued by the police in relation to alleged fraud committed at the Accountant General’s Department, was today remanded after appearing before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates Court.

(Barbados Nation) The Launch of the Caribbean’s newest airline Redjet has been met with a deluge of early bookings for its US$9.99 fares and CEO Ian Burns yesterday declared “the war on high air fares has truly begun”.

(St Vincent Searchlight newspaper) Flash flooding in parts of St Vincent has left millions of dollars in damage, the National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) has reported.

Local Government Minister Kellawan Lall has appointed Yonette Pluck-Cort as Town Clerk—a move that some councillors fear will result in “a total breakdown in respect.”

Essequibo businessman Ganesh Jaigobin was shot twice yesterday on Regent Street in the city and the lone gunman fled with a bag containing an undisclosed amount of cash.

An employee of Bobby Noel’s General Store was crushed to death yesterday when a sand pit caved in on him at the Wisroc One Mile junction.

Anna Catherina resident Balram Teekaram, who was attacked by bandits on Wednesday morning, suffered a gunshot wound in the eye and a broken jaw and doctors have told his family that his condition is deteriorating.

President Bharrat Jagdeo toured a $400M five-storey complex at Charity, Essequibo Coast during a weekend visit to Region Two while lauding the recent upsurge in private sector investment countrywide.

President Bharrat Jagdeo, members of the private sector and other stakeholders met on Tuesday to continue dialogue at the Seventh Session of the National Competitiveness Council (NCC).

A vendor yesterday appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry for allegedly slapping and threatening to kill a woman with whom he has had an intimate relationship for four years.

A man who was accused of robbing another of $248,000 while being armed with a broken bottle, and who claimed that he was in a scuffle with the said complainant over $1,000, was yesterday remanded to prison by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

Should PPP presidential candidate Donald Ramotar win office there are unlikely to be any sweeping changes to the country’s constitution but advice may be sought on altering the immunity from prosecution afforded to presidents.

A young couple has been left traumatised after the “police” tried to search their Subryanville home on Wednesday night, saying they were searching for a missing child.

The State Forest Exploratory Permit (SFEP) granted to Simon and Shock International Logging Inc (SSI) in 2007 expired last December, according to documents released by the government last evening on a much-questioned forest deal.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Ernest Hilaire has tried to allay fears that senior members of the West Indies team have been sidelined permanently.

Apart from disappointment among some local cricket officials about the omission of experienced West Indies batsmen Chris Gayle, Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Ramnaresh Sarwan from the one-day team, there is dismay that a cogent justification was not given by WICB selectors.

The Georgetown Football Association continued its push to be regularized and duly constituted under its umbrella body, Guyana Football Federation, when they submitted the relevant documents yesterday to facilitate this process.

LONDON, (Reuters) – London’s crowded transport  system is one of the biggest risks to the smooth running of the  2012 Olympics, local politicians said yesterday.

The Mayor and City Council’s Constabulary has beefed up security surveillance around the Stabroek Market area following reports of persons there facilitating the sale of stolen items under the pretext of doing business.

Old basketball foes will collide tomorrow night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall when  Courts Pacesetters and Ravens basketball clubs clash in the finals of the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) National Club Championships.

HYDERABAD, India, (Reuters) – Bharat Chipli smashed  an unbeaten 61 off 35 balls to power Deccan Chargers to their  first victory in the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League  (IPL) yesterday.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has suspended the sale of motor vehicle licences at two of its offices to better facilitate activities for the submission of income, property and corporation tax returns.

The requirement for Guyanese and Jamaicans to have visas before entering St Maarten came into  effect from last Monday and according to one report the new requirement has left travellers already booked to visit the country in the coming days in limbo because no notice was given.

CHUNCHEON, South Korea, (Reuters) – Embarrassing  revelations about Tiger Woods’s personal life and the golfer’s  subsequent decline in form have done little to quell Asia’s  adulation for the former world number one, Nike’s head of golf  has told Reuters.

President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) Komal Ramnauth is predicting a significant increase in prices unless fuel prices go down quickly.

Annjee’s Fashions announced yesterday that it will be sponsoring the upcoming Twenty/20 Arrival Cup Tournament which will be held on May 1 at the Albion Sports Complex Ground, Berbice from 09:00hrs.

As the preliminary inquiry (PI) into the treason matter against Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Major Bruce Munroe, his wife Carol Ann Munroe and ex-soldier Leonard Wharton continued yesterday, Quincy Critchlow once again took to the witness box and continued his testimony.

Ask local businessmen their opinions on the biggest threats to the growth and development expansion of the private sector in Guyana and many of them are likely to tell you that at least one of those threats is the scarcity of management skills to keep the wheels of industry turning.

Dear Editor, I thank Dr Roger Luncheon for his attempt by way of a press release issued through his office to educate me about the Amaila Falls Hydro-Electric Project (AFHEP).

The preliminary inquiry (PI) into the attempted murder of Police Constables Rajindra Singh and Damintra Intrapaul for which Colin Jones, Randy Mars, Jafar Simpson, Anthony Watson and Basil Morgan are accused had to be adjourned until April 28 due to the absence of Sergeant Mitchel Caesar.

Team One, the Guysuco Training Centre (GTC) volleyball team of Port Mourant, Corentyne, proved its dominance when it carted off Trophy Stall’s seniors volleyball title.

TRIPOLI,  (Reuters) – Leaders of Britain, France and  the United States vowed yesterday to keep up their military  campaign in Libya until Muammar Gaddafi leaves power, and rebels  said his forces pounded the city of Misrata with missiles.

Dear Editor, Mr Donald Ramotar is very much an insider and has no other sensible choice but to stand by the record of the PPP/C government.

Not a few owners and Chief Executive Officers of business houses in Guyana have complained from time to time about the challenges which they face in running their enterprises respectively in the face of a scarcity of skills, particularly though not exclusively at the senior management level. 

The longstanding cricket rivalry between the Rose Hall Town, Youth & Sports Club and the Albion Cricket Club will continue on Sunday at the Area ‘H’ Ground when the two teams meet in the finals of the 2010 Berbice Cricket Board/Spready’s Under-19, 50-Overs Cricket Tournament.

A man accused of stealing a quantity of underwear from his mother and threatening to burn down his grandmother’s house was on Wednesday admitted to bail in the sum of $50,000 after appearing before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

Dear Editor, I refer to Christopher Ram’s letter of April 11 in SN, captioned ‘Serious questions remain about the LCDS including the wisdom of putting Norway funds into the Amaila project.’

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CUETZALA DEL PROGRESO, Mexico,  (Reuters) – Mexican  drug cartels greedy for new sources of revenue are targeting  the country’s rich mines, pushing up companies’ security costs  and prompting at least one project to be halted.

SANYA, China,  (Reuters) – The BRICS group of  emerging-market powers kept up the pressure yesterday for a  revamped global monetary system that relies less on the dollar  and for a louder voice in international financial institutions.

Dear Editor, After performing my morning chores on April 7, that included tending to my kitchen garden (it is flourishing) I placed some coffee to ‘perk’ and realized that nothing was happening. 

Shevin Sampson who is accused of murdering miner Shane Jacobs was on Tuesday remanded to prison when he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magis-trates’ Court.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies Under-19 coach Roddy Estwick said that his side’s upcoming series against Australia Under-19s in the United Arab Emirates gives some of the players a head start towards gaining a place in next year’s Youth World Cup on home soil.

Happy Not too long from now Sterling Products Limited (SPL) will convene its Fifty-Sixth Annual General meeting to consider the performance of the company in 2010 and deliberate on plans perhaps already underway for 2011. 

Dear Editor, Minibus drivers and conductors provide an invaluable service to Guyanese.

By Hallam Hope Would you like the option to change your cellular or landline service provider and still keep what might be a cherished telephone number?

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition  coalition on Wednesday fixed an election for next February to  choose its candidate to challenge President Hugo Chavez in a  presidential vote at the end of 2012.

The Stray Catcher Unit captured and impounded 15 animals from along the East Coast Demerara roadway when its officers travelled to the area on Wednesday.

CHICAGO, (Reuters) – Health officials should  collect blood from workers at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi  nuclear power plant in case they are accidentally exposed to  high levels of radiation and need a stem cell transplant,  Japanese researchers said yesterday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Head coach Brian Wickham said that Trinidad & Tobago has enough depth of talent to capture the CARIFTA Championship title for a third straight year.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Bermuda were relegated to Division 3 of the ICC World Cricket League, after crumbling to a 43-run defeat against unbeaten the United Arab Emirates yesterday.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – A senior figure in Russia’s  ruling party said yesterday it wants Prime Minister Vladimir  Putin to return to the Kremlin next year, countering President  Dmitry Medvedev who is showing stronger signs he wants a second  term.

(Trinidad Express) Police Commissioner Dwayne Gibbs will get an opportunity next week to prove exactly why he is still the right man to be top cop, newly-appointed chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Prof Ramesh Deosaran, has said.

Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) President Komal Ramnauth says the registration of 99 new companies last year, including the creation of 3,246 new businesses during the first six months are evidence of significantly increased business activity.

The prosecution yesterday closed its case in the matter against Ravi Mangar and Mark Reid who were  arraigned on witness tampering charges in the CN Sharma case.

Dear Editor, I read with interest in the Stabroek News that a Guyanese couple has been granted refugee status in Canada.

(Barbados Nation) The Supreme Court of Barbados has officially appointed Deloitte Consulting Ltd, represented by Oliver Jordan and Patrick Toppin, as judicial manager of CLICO International Life Insurance Limited, pursuant to Section 57 of the Insurance Act.

Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Dr. Frank Anthony yesterday accepted four newly-built chess tables, just outside the ministry’s Main Street location,

Dear Editor, With regard to your news item and letter on the selection of the WIndies 20/20 team, I don’t think the WIndies management and selection committee is serious about turning around the team to make it world class.

The Guyana Telephone & Telegraph Company’s (GT&T) E-magine broadband service will not likely be available to West Coast Demerara residents until some time next year, according to a report from the telecoms provider.

TORONTO, (Reuters) – The Miami Heat completed their  regular season with a confident 97-79 win over the Toronto  Raptors on Wednesday, the star-studded lineup now able to shift  their focus to a tilt at the NBA championship.

AMSTERDAM,  (Reuters Life!) – Rachel de Boer  finally told some friends a secret she’d kept for years: She  slept with stuffed socks sewn between the cups of an old bra to  prevent cleavage wrinkles and smooth out her neckline.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters Life!) – ABC television said  yesterday it was canceling its long-running daytime soap  operas “All My Children” and “One Life to Live”.

Dear Editor, The scenes from India’s triumph in the World Cup final were a spectacle to behold.

Eating out In Georgetown

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Mini bus operators

(Jamaica Gleaner) The public sector is to receive a state-of-the-art procurement system, as the Government on Tuesday inked a deal with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).

LONDON, (Reuters) – Manchester City would ease some  of the hurt inflicted on them over the last four decades by  Manchester United if they were to win their FA Cup semi-final at  Wembley Stadium tomorrow and end United’s treble hopes.

What happens if you ask coastlanders – especially our under-20s – what and where is “Region Eight” in Guyana? 

CARICOM and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Secretariats recently concluded three days of fruitful discussions on issues of common interest to the two organisations and the regions they serve, the CARICOM secretariat said in a release.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 403’s trading results showed consideration of $583,900 from 25,700 shares traded in 6 transactions as compared to session 402 which showed consideration of $887,422 from 60,225 shares traded in 7 transactions. 

Beyond the diplomatic rapprochement sealed by the summit meeting between Colombia’s new President, Juan Manuel Santos, and President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela last weekend in the Colombian city of Cartagena de Indias, there were signs that another festering sore in Latin American relations might soon be healed.