Daily Archive: Monday, January 14, 2013

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Music and DVD retailer HMV said it was calling in the administrators after a last-ditch attempt to secure funding failed, bringing the curtain down on one of Britain’s best-known high street retail stores.

The northern carriageway of the East Coast Highway this afternoon as waves overtopped.

These brave folk got close up to the waves that were coming over the seawall this afternoon.

This minibus braved the deep water on the northern carriageway of the East Coast road this afternoon.

Rogue waves crashing over the East Coast Seawall this afternoon flooded the Ocean View Hotel and Convention Centre.

Waves that overtopped the seawall had begun surging down the UG Road in a most unusual development this afternoon. 

Waves surging over the East Coast sea defence this afternoon. (Arian Browne photo)

High tides this afternoon swamped the East Coast Road between the Kitty Byways and Turkeyen creating traffic havoc and leaving residents agape at the ferocity of the waves.

Congratulations are extended to Sydacia Bunbury, who was awarded a Master of Science Degree with distinction in Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling from Hofstra University, Long Island, New York in December 2012.

(Trinidad Express) Unit holders of the Clico Investment Fund are giving away their investments, Republic Bank chairman Ronald Harford has said.

(WICB) St John’s, Antigua – Starting on Tuesday, January 15, legendary former West Indies, Leeward Islands and Antiguan fast bowler Curtly Ambrose will join the Windies Cricket Radio commentary panel for the St Lucia leg of the Caribbean Twenty20.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC- All-rounder Kevon Cooper will miss Trinidad and Tobago’s remaining matches in the Caribbean T20 tournament due to professional commitments overseas.

Radha Krishna Sharma has been appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Telephone & Telegraph Company (GT&T) and Justin Nedd, Chief Financial Officer, a release from GT&T today said.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO — Several big businesses in downtown Paramaribo, including Lucky Store, Kirpalani, HSDS, Uniqa, Beyrouth Bazaar and Steps have united to fight the competition by Chinese mega investors.

Police say that investigations are being conducted into a fatal accident that occurred at about 0215h today on the Public Road at Houston, East Bank Demerara, and which resulted in the death of Rudolph Anthony Ward, 42 years, of TucVille Housing Scheme, Georgetown.

BEVERLY HILLS, California (Reuters) – Iran hostage drama Argo scored a sweet double victory at the Golden Globe awards yesterday, winning best movie drama – the night’s top prize – and best director for Ben Affleck on a night that left front-runner Lincoln with just one trophy.

Gros Islet, St Lucia – At the end of the action-packed first phase of the Caribbean T20 at Queens Park Oval, defending champions Trinidad and Tobago lead the points table.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Grenadians will go to the polls in a General Election on February 19.

(Barbados Nation) Before the week is out, close to 25 000 Barbados Workers’ Union (BWU) members will be involved in a general strike, in protest against giant telecommunications company, LIME (Cable & Wireless).

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – UN human rights chief Navi Pillay called today for an international investigation into what she said were decades of serious violations in North Korea.

Banks DIH registered a historic after-tax profit of $2.5B for 2012 and the group as a whole also had robust results.

Top officials of the Ministry of Health have committed to investigating the sudden death of 15-year-old Shemar Miggins  on Saturday after being hospitalized three days earlier for a fish bone puncture of his left foot.

Chairman of the Special Select Committee of Parliament – which is to look at four local government bills and pave the way for elections – Basil Williams yesterday said that the committee will be meeting on Wednesday afternoon where he will propose that they first look at the Local Government Commission Bill.

Chairman of the Alliance For Change (AFC) Nigel Hughes on Saturday left the Linden meeting to update residents on talks with the government after he was told that he could not speak as part of the official proceedings.

As Central Government and its agencies battle to save thousands of acres of rice lands from dry conditions in Region 5, there has been some measure of relief to a number of farmers and they have expressed their willingness to cooperate on the rationing efforts.

Industry shop owner, Shellon Kandhai, says that the driver of the Toyota Runx, licence plate PLL 7179, which demolished her place of business, told her on Saturday morning that he had imbibed alcohol prior to driving.

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Chambers has said 46 cases were completed in the Demerara, Berbice and Essequibo criminal assizes last year.

Minister of Natural Resources, Robert Persaud has welcomed the announcement by Guyana Goldfields Inc on the feasibility of its Aurora Gold Property but has urged it to look at ways of reverting to its original production start-up of 2014 instead of the recently announced 2015.

Fifty schools across Guyana will have the opportunity to have real artifacts/specimens in their classroom with the introduction of the mobile museum programme.

Eight young Guyanese professionals who successfully completed a five-day ISO-9001 Lead Auditors course on Wednesday received their certificates from the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS), a release from the Government Information Agency (GINA) said.

Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry remanded a vagrant accused of stealing items valued $260,000 from a Rahaman’s Park residence when he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Friday.

The Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce and the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) recently hosted two representatives from ‘Adventure Life’ on a Media Familiarisation (Fam) Trip, with the hope that Guyana will be featured at upcoming American Travel Shows.

By Ralph Ramkarran (This column first appeared on Mr Ralph Ramkarran’s blog at www.conversationtree.gy

The Guyana Telephone & Telegraph (GT&T) Berbice cricket team yesterday completed an innings victory over the President’s XI at the Demerara Cricket Club ground in Queenstown in their four-day Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Inter County tournament despite a fighting innings of 96 from Anthony Bramble.

A man accused of converting to his own use $40,000 given to him by a woman to purchase phone cards, was on Friday remanded to prison when he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court charged with fraud.

Last December, the Republic Bank Rose Hall Branch held its annual Christmas party for orphans and also supported the Port Mourant Turf Club’s final horse race meet.

A first half strike from the precocious Omari Glasgow in the 10th minute enabled a well-drilled BV Primary School to defeat Uitvlugt Primary 1-0 as the Kashif and Shanghai Chico U13 tournament recommenced at the Georgetown Football Club on Saturday.

N and S Mattai, ‘the food warehouse’ on Friday announced the names of the 13 winners in the grand draw of its ‘Enter to Win Christmas Promotion’.

Women’s International Boxing Association (WIBA) bantamweight champion, Shondell ‘Mystery Lady’ Alfred, who found out that she was three weeks pregnant a day before her world title fight against Mexican Zulina Munoz last November said that even though her pregnancy resulted in an opportunity missed and a “slap in my face, she is still happy and excited to become the mother of her second child.

Now that the impasse between the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) and the Georgetown Football Association has been resolved  following the visit of a high powered CONCACAF and FIFA delegation the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) said it will immediately begin the process of reconciliation as they attempt to bring the various affiliated clubs under its umbrella.

The defence is expected to cross-examine the second witness who gave evidence against Arif Mohammed and his father Latiff Mohammed on Friday, when the trial into the murder of Jairam Balgobin continues on Thursday before Justice Navindra Singh in the High Court.

Scoreboard for Saturday night’s match between Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago at the Queen’s Park Oval which Trinidad won by 80 runs.

Dear Editor, In a letter in Kaieteur News on December 29, 2012 titled `Let’s help our Devons’ penned by Dr Sewnauth Punalall, I was disheartened to read his attempt to manipulate a shocking case of murder to launch an offensive attack on our Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Guyanese sisters and brothers.

Last year, 74-kilogramme Masters Two deadlift World record holder, Winston ‘Little Master’ Stoby, won gold medals and smashed Commonwealth and World records to cap his most successful year in powerlifting.

Dear Editor, The decision of Sachin Tendulkar, arguably the greatest batsman of any era, not to retire from Test cricket at present is a great boost to the survival of the longer version of the game, following his retirement from one day cricket which he also dominated with consummate precision.

Sport Minister Dr. Frank Anthony yesterday said he is pleased that the impasse between the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) and the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) has been resolved.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic takes his first steps towards entering the history books today and the two-time defending Australian Open champion is taking nothing for granted in his first round clash.

Dear Editor, Interesting letters join the discussion on sexual violation and Islam.

(Reuters) – Luis Scola and the fast-paced Phoenix Suns heaved a collective sigh of relief after snapping a 12-game road losing streak with a rousing 97-81 win over the Chicago Bulls on Saturday.

BAMAKO/PARIS,  (Reuters) – French fighter jets pounded Islamist rebel strongholds deep in northern Mali yesterday as Paris poured more troops into the capital Bamako, awaiting a West African force to dislodge al Qaeda-linked insurgents from the country’s north.

Dear Editor, For someone like Ms Doreen Nelson, General Manager of the National Insurance Scheme, with reportedly more than 25 years of service, to be accused of being disrespectful to the Board of which she is deputy Chairperson, there has to be a plausible reason for the resignation in apparent anger.

(Jamaica Observer) Crime is on the decrease in the island’s deadliest police divisions, but popular culture continues to hamper government’s efforts.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – President Mahinda Rajapaksa removed Sri Lanka’s chief justice from office with immediate effect yesterday, defying a Supreme Court ruling that the impeachment process was illegal and setting the stage for a possible constitutional crisis.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Windward Islands eliminated Leeward Islands from the Caribbean Twenty20 when they dealt the struggling side their fourth straight defeat here Saturday.

Dear Editor, January 9, 2013 is a watershed day in Guyana’s history.

(Trinidad Guardian) Detectives are investigating two separate incidents of attempted fraud against high-profile clients at RBC Royal Bank (RBC). Sources

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Cancer-stricken Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s lung infection has been controlled and his medical condition is developing positively, more than a month after his latest surgery in Cuba, the government said yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) The Emperor Valley Zoo now has four lions. Three new lions arrived in the country last Friday morning to join the 18-year-old called “Simba” at the zoo.

Let’s hear about the progress: A section of the gathering at the Region 10 meeting with residents on Saturday at Linden.

Five persons are now mobile, after being presented with wheelchairs from the St.

Dear Editor, I cannot refrain from writing a short note on behalf of the Humanitarian Mission of New Jersey Arya Samaj and the members of its Guyana Chapter after I heard of the sudden demise of a dear friend of the organization, Mrs Ismay Spooner, Guyana’s oldest living person.

PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa, (Reuters) – New Zealand fought bravely to move to 157 for four in their second innings, following on and still 247 runs behind South Africa, at the close of the third day’s play in the second test yesterday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Six fatal shootings by the police in the past 24 hours have pushed the number of police killings since the start of this year to 18.

By Kevin Edmonds Kevin Edmonds is a freelance journalist and doctoral student in Political Science at the University of Toronto.

TORONTO,  (Reuters) – Canada will spend C$330.8 million over the next two years to improve water systems on aboriginal lands, as the Conservative government tries to deal with growing unrest on native reservations.

ADELAIDE, (Reuters) – Lahiru Thirimanne struck his first one-day century as Sri Lanka levelled the one-day series against Australia with a convincing eight-wicket win yesterday.

This morning, the Ministry of Agriculture is convening a conference to move the coconut industry forward and to review a work plan for 2013.

The New Amsterdam Secondary School was last evening adjudged the winner of the National Song Festival.

This week we asked the man/woman in the street for their thoughts about the rise in food prices. 

Dear Editor, Someone needs to take note of the prehistoric signs shown on the bridge separating La Penitence from Charlestown.