Daily Archive: Friday, January 25, 2013

St Kitts PM Denzil Douglas tonight announced that Senior Minister Timothy Harris had been dismissed for undermining the ability of the government to discharge its

On 22nd January 2013, the Leader of the Opposition and Chairman of APNU, David A.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – If Suriname does not involve a large international accounting firm in the gold deals, it risks losing the profits, since they will be taken abroad, says fiscal jurist Robby Makka.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Eight-times grand slam champion Andre Agassi has been amazed by the soaring quality of men’s tennis since he retired and believes he would struggle to compete in what he believes is a golden age of men’s tennis.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – A supermarket in a posh district of Caracas is barren of wheat flour but well stocked with gourmet cream-filled sweetbread imported from Italy.

TORONTO,  (Reuters) – Toronto’s divisive mayor, Rob Ford, won an appeal today against a ruling that was set to remove him from office, defusing a showdown that has transfixed Canada’s biggest city and allowing him to see out his four-year term.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Visitors to London have marked its hotels as the worst in a list of 100 cities due to overpriced minibars, lousy breakfasts and slow service, according to a survey released today.

SYDNEY, Australia,, CMC-Australian selectors have recalled middle order batsman Aaron Finch for the first two games of the five match One Day International series against West Indies.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates,  CMC-Reigning ICC World Twenty20 champions West Indies could jump to the number one spot on the Reliance T20 Championship Table without actually playing a game.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Barack Obama plans to launch his second-term push for a U.S.

(Reuters) – A federal appeals court ruled today that President Barack Obama violated the U.S.

Guyana’s new envoy to Brazil, Merlin Udho was formally accredited at a ceremony on Wednesday in Brasilia, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

(Trinidad Guardian) Less than a week after Khan’s Gold Designs, Frederick Street, Port-of-Spain, was robbed of more than TT$1 million worth of jewellery during a mid-afternoon robbery, two men appeared in court for the crime. Uriah

The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment will host a strategic review of the Bauxite Sector in Linden tomorrow in the backdrop of higher output last year.

SEOUL,  (Reuters) – North Korea threatened to attack rival South Korea if Seoul joined a new round of tightened U.N.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Andy Murray set up an enthralling Australian Open final against world number one Novak Djokovic after a high-quality victory against Roger Federer today.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica’s newest carrier Fly Jamaica will not take to the skies on its inaugural flight today, January 25, as was announced seven days ago.

The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) yesterday announced that it has tentatively scheduled a West Indies v Pakistan Test match for the Providence stadium in light of progress towards the “normalization” of the cricket situation here.

President of the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP) Leon Belony yesterday won the Scrabble Scramble held at the Malteenoes Sports Club, Thomas Lands.

Slingerz Family, renowned in the entertainment industry, has now ventured into sport, establishing a football club which will be based at Uitvlugt, West Coast Demerara.

Berbice Education Institute and the New Amsterdam Multilateral School will contest the final of the Beef Humphrey Memorial School Football Championship today at the All Saints Ground, New Amsterdam.

The bodies of six more persons from Tuesday’s Mazaruni River boat collision were recovered up to midday today, bringing the death toll to seven and further dimming hopes that there may be any survivors among those still missing.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC-Captain Darren Sammy says West Indies plan to play tough cricket against Australia when they meet in a five match One Day international series starting early next month.

A 38-year-old father of two was gunned down early yesterday morning as he was about to leave the Cool Breeze Guest House in West Ruimveldt and while relatives say it was a robbery, police investigators are working on the theory that he was the victim of a `hit’.

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has advised the police to bring a charge of manslaughter against the captain of the boat in the Pomeroon River crash which claimed six lives.

Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, Robert Persaud said that the report of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission officers who went to Curacao to trace the origins of gold seized from a fishing boat has provided no new insight and that the team was not able to find the Guyanese crewmembers.

The Guyana Volleyball Federation (GFV) will be holding its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Sunday, 27th Jan 2013 at the Albion Sports Complex, Berbice, starting from 10am.

Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman said that he deferred last Monday’s meeting of the Committee of Privileges of the National Assembly – meant to address whether embattled Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee could speak in the National Assemby – yielding to the wishes of APNU and the PPP/C with regard to the unsuitability of proceeding with the meeting.

A man from Enterprise Gardens on the East Coast of Demerara was shot last night by bandits who invaded his premises and made off with jewellery and other valuables.

The Caribbean 20/20 championship in which Guyana placed second was a great experience, according to national fast bowler and West Indies prospect Ronsford Beaton.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Victoria Azarenka brought Sloane Stephens’s Melbourne Park fairytale to an end yesterday, setting up an Australian Open final against Li Na, but the defending champion came under fire for taking an injury timeout just as her nerves appeared to desert her.

When the 2013 cycling season pedals off tomorrow, 2012’s most successful cyclist, Robin Persaud, will look to meliorate the rich form he enjoyed on his saddle last year.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the world’s leading wildcat conservation group Panthera Corporation aimed at conserving jaguars in Guyana.

As far as losses are concerned Ocean View Hotel General Manager Desiree Rambarran would only say that they run into “many millions.”

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – China’s Li Na sent a wayward Maria Sharapova crashing out of the Australian Open semi-finals yesterday and says there will be no repeat of her capitulation to Kim Clijsters in the 2011 Melbourne Park final.

A combination of local and overseas training and recruitment of trained personnel in the diaspora could see Guyanese occupying high-level operational positions in the production phase of the multi-million-dollar Guyana Goldfields, Chief Executive Officer Patrick Sheridan has told Stabroek Business.

Dear Editor, I read the story under the caption ‘City Engineer meets with inspectors to improve processing of building plans’ (SN Jan 23). 

(WICB) St John’s, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board yesterday announced that the semi finals and final of the Super50 Tournament will be broadcast live by ESPN Caribbean in similar fashion to the just concluded Caribbean Twenty20.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Dayron Robles, the 2008 Olympic Games 110 metres hurdles champion and former world record holder, will retire from athletics owing to a lack of attention from Cuban sports officials, his coach said yesterday.

A special technical committee is being set up to put together a file on the City Hall building to facilitate its restoration, which a prominent engineer says needs to begin quickly.

Dear Editor, The Government of Guyana is asking us to return to Guyana and serve our beautiful country.

Time was, almost four decades ago, when the slogan ‘buy local’ was commonplace in Guyana; buying local was regarded as a progressive domestic development designed to encourage Guyanese to consume more of what was produced at home primarily as a means of conserving expenditure on imported foods.

Randy Cameron, 17, is in desperate need of open heart surgery and his sister is appealing to the general public for financial assistance to save his life.

SAN DIEGO,  (Reuters) – While most eyes were on six-times champion Tiger Woods as he briefly moved within a stroke of the lead at the Farmers Insurance Open yesterday, Brandt Snedeker launched his title defence in barnstorming style.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic produced some of the best tennis of his career and wasted little time in advancing to his third successive Australian Open final with a 6-2 6-2 6-1 destruction of fourth seed David Ferrer in 89 minutes yesterday.

TORONTO, Canada,  CMC- Canada’s national cricket team is due to visit Trinidad and Tobago next weekend for a nine day tour.

Digicel last Saturday handed over a refurbished community centre to the residents of Matthew’s Ridge, Region One.

Dear Editor, My name is Abdul Kadir (formerly Aubrey Michael Seaforth), and I was born in 1951, in Guyana, South America. 

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC- Members of the world cup squad of 2006 are threatening to ask the high court here to liquidate the assets of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) so that millions owed to them can be paid.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Crime doesn’t pay is a familiar adage.

An emergency medical team including two members of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Medical Corps and nine medical personnel from the Ministry of Health was dispatched yesterday morning to Waramadong, Region Seven after a reported malaria outbreak.

Benefits for Tax Contributions Undoubtedly, the private sector has seen benefits for the tax contributions that it provides. 

Dear Editor, When I saw the photograph of Akeem Charles, the GDF soldier lying on the concrete floor almost naked some weeks ago, Abu Ghraib immediately raced to my mind.

Two men were remanded to prison on Monday by Magistrate Judy Latchman, after they were charged with breaking and entering popular hangout The Garage twice, carting off over $1.7M in items in the process.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Pentagon yesterday lifted a longtime ban on women serving in front-line combat positions, taking a historic step toward gender equality in the U.S.

Since its launch last year at GuyExpo, Jermin’s Enterprise has been aggressively marketing a product which, in our particular circumstances, ought to attract some measure of interest on the local market.

Dear Editor, From the inception I was pleased with the selection of the Guyana T20 team even though it was done without the inter-county playoffs that would have given the selectors a better insight into its composition.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC-Recently appointed Chief Executive Officer of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Michael Muirhead has declared an end to the once turbulent relationship between WICB and the West Indies Players Association (WIPA).

By Lloyda Nicholas-Garrett Emelda Collins belongs to that hardy breed of Guyanese women who understand only too well that life can sometimes be a prolonged struggle and that survival means waging that struggle on a sustained basis.

Dear Editor, I wish to commend the decision taken by the Ministry of Local Government to come to the rescue of the city council to rid the city of the piles of garbage that have been accumulating in the city.

The Ministry of Health has provided two wheelchairs to the Periwinkle Cancer Club, a release from the Government Information Agency said yesterday.

UNITED NATIONS,  (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council has given a green light for peacekeepers to use surveillance drones in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after weeks of delay over concerns of Russia, China and Rwanda about the use of aerial spy equipment.

OTTAWA,  (Reuters) – Canadian native leaders vowed yesterday to carry on the fight for better living conditions as a chief at the center of a simmering aboriginal protest movement ended her six-week hunger strike.

A man was on Monday charged with assaulting his ex-girlfriend, who he accused of a BlackBerry phone from him.

The migration of skilled workers poses an imminent threat to the growth of the productive sector in Guyana, which can only be overcome by accelerated training programmes designed to replace them, President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) Clinton Urling told the Stabroek Business earlier this week.

Dear Editor, For some time now we have been reading stories of murder, suicide, serious assault on citizens, break and enter, the stabbing of a city constable at Bourda Market as he attempted to prevent three bandits from breaking into stalls and fatal accidents, not to mention the high level of corrupt activity, and conflict of interest in high places – the list can continue.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC-Jamaica has included former youth players Zeniffe Fowler and Yannick Elliott in its 13-man squad for the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Super50 tournament starting next month.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 495’s trading results showed consideration of $18,965,940 from 963,100 shares traded in 37 transactions as compared to session 494 which showed consideration of $14,421,381 from 486,358 shares traded in 27 transactions. 

(Reuters) – People seeking to get a tattoo should be picky about the parlor they have them done at, U.S.

Youman Nabi: Muslims gathered at the Peter’s Hall Masjid yesterday to celebrate the birth of the Prophet Mohammad.

The Health Ministry’s new Materials Management Unit, at Diamond, East Bank Demerara is storing medical drugs and other materials at international standards, according to Health Minister Dr.

Dear Editor, Across North America close to 4000 perfectly healthy people annually die from choking on food.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – After years of gains against destruction of the Amazon rainforest, Brazil appears to be suffering from an increase in deforestation as farmers, loggers, miners and builders move into previously untouched woodland, according to data compiled by the government and independent researchers.

(Reuters) – The Utah Jazz nearly squandered a 21-point lead but recovered in time to hold off the rejuvenated Washington Wizards 92-88 on Wednesday.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) keeps pressing local businesses and consumers to pay Value Added Tax (VAT) Over the last several years, large numbers of Chinese and Brazilian stores and restaurants have been set up countrywide and it would be interesting to know whether all of them collect VAT and pay it over to GRA.

In this week’s issue of the Stabreoek’s Business we publish the first Installment of what we hope will be a sustained series of articles titled Talking Points.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Young fast bowler Chris Woakes was the one new face as England named their squad yesterday for the test series in New Zealand, the 23-year-old replacing injured Tim Bresnan.

Justice Dawn Gregory on Wednesday disallowed a witness’ statement following a voir dire in the trial of murder accused Mortimer Melville at the High Court.

Live strong and live the lie – that is what disgraced American cyclist Lance Armstrong effectively did for more than a decade.

MADRID,  (Reuters) – Spain’s influential El Pais newspaper withdrew what it said was “false photo of Hugo Chavez” that it had published in its on-line and print editions yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Former Clico business magnate Lawrence Duprey has written to the commission of enquiry into the collapse of Clico to say he is unwilling to appear before it to give evidence.

This beautiful day has arrived – today!  This humble, man-in-the-street column has completed twenty (20) years today.

A man from Enterprise Gardens on the East Coast of Demerara was shot last night by bandits who invaded his premises and made off with jewellery and other valuables.