Daily Archive: Thursday, February 7, 2013

(Trinidad Express) State carrier Caribbean Airlines has cancelled a number of flights today and tomorrow because of a snowstorm that was making its way up the Atlantic coast yesterday and which was expected to hit New York and other cities in the northeast United States.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Police swarmed a California ski area today in their search for a fired Los Angeles policeman accused of killing three people and declaring an all-out war on law enforcement officers and their families in a rambling Internet manifesto.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Summarised results from day/night matches in the opening round of the Regional Super50 today: Scores: At Kensington Oval: Jamaica beat Barbados by 75 runs.

The third man who was fatally shot during an armed confrontation with the police yesterday February 06, 2013, in Prashad Nagar, Georgetown, has been identified as Quincy Alexander called ‘Mac’, 32 years, of Meadowbrook Gardens, Georgetown, police said today.

CANBERRA, Australia, CMC-A scan has revealed no major damage to West Indies opening batsman Chris Gayle who sustained a thigh injury during the third One Day international against Australia Wednesday.

The GDF today announced that 95 officers have been promoted. The release from the army follows: Ninety-five Officers of the Guyana Defence Force have been promoted.

Former Auditor General of Guyana Anand Goolsarran has written to the Alliance For Change (AFC) asking that it consider replacing him as the party’s nominee to the yet-to-be established Public Procurement Commission citing reasons such as Government ridicule and vicious attacks since his name was put up as a nominee some months ago.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt and other overseas athletes will be able to compete tax-free in this year’s London Diamond League event at the Olympic Stadium after the British finance minister agreed to a “one-off” exemption.

AMSTERDAM,  (Reuters) – International Criminal Court judges ordered Libya today to hand over Muammar Gaddafi’s former spy chief and let him see his lawyer, raising the stakes in a dispute over who has the right to try the deposed strongman’s top lieutenants.

TUNIS,  (Reuters) – Tunisia’s governing Islamists rejected today a plan by the prime minister to replace the government after unrest erupted over the killing of an opposition leader, deepening the worst crisis since the country’s 2011 revolution.

(Jamaica Observer) Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart yesterday urged Jamaicans to stop sitting around waiting for an International Monetary Fund (IMF) deal and to get on with the job of moving Jamaica forward through export earning.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica has been given the green light to train aviation professionals for the global markets, which will need 350,000 pilots and 480,000 mechanics by 2026.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Three of the country’s leading private-sector groups have given Energy Minister Phillip Paulwell and the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) 30 days to lay out a clear road map to secure massive reductions in electricity rates.

CANBERRA,  (Reuters) – The use of performance enhancing drugs is “widespread” among professional and amateur athletes in Australia, a government report which rocked the sports-mad country said today.

Three suspected robbers were shot dead by police yesterday morning at the Prashad Nagar residence of a popular Bartica businessman that they were believed to be targeting.

A four-year-old boy was stabbed to death yesterday by a man he knew well moments after the killer had sexually assaulted a woman in a Wismar, Linden home.

Teenager Gidram Rasiawan, who was behind the wheel of the pick-up truck involved in a fatal head-on collision with a minibus at Mon Repos on Sunday, was yesterday arraigned and granted bail on death by dangerous driving charges.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) yesterday announced that an agreement has been signed with the Brazilian Navy for a range of assistance and in particular for the flagship GDFS Essequibo.

In wake of a blackout at the New Amsterdam Hospital during surgery on a woman who later died, the Central Corentyne Chamber of Commerce (CCCC) yesterday called for a thorough investigation while urging President Donald Ramotar to address the power situation in Berbice.

A 13-year-old student of the Patentia Secondary School is now a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital after another student threw a scissors at him and it lodged in his head.

Sections of Kingston, Georgetown were flooded yesterday after the koker at Kingston was left open but the situation is under control, the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) said.

The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) is calling on the Government to ensure that the country’s workers are not shut out from jobs and registered its displeasure at reports that Guyanese workers are not part of the labour force on the site of the Marriott Hotel now under construction in Kingston.

The trial of murder accused Yogeshwar Shivdyal, who is accused of fatally stabbing another man at a wedding house, began yesterday in the High Court and the statement he gave to the police, in which he claimed he stabbed men who were attacking him, was admitted as evidence.

GPL is starting conversion of its 50Hz network to 60Hz in Georgetown on February 17, in keeping with its plan to standardize the supply frequency at 60Hz.

Magistrate Judy Latchman remanded a landlord accused of stealing a sum of money from his tenant and threatening to burn her with acid, when he yesterday appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Despite a 50% increase in murders recorded at the end of January 2013, the Guyana Police Force says there has been an overall decrease of 3% in serious crime compared with the same period in 2012 and road fatalities were also down.

The sod was turned on Monday for the new local Honda headquarters along Charlotte Street.

The East Coast of Demerara would soon have another drainage pump station and bids

Following the warning that government’s proposed spending may face difficulties, Minister of Finance Dr.

The Roadside Baptist Skills Training Centre recently concluded 30 hours of intensive training for 24 adults to equip them with the knowledge and skills to share information on gender-based violence (GBV) and HIV/AIDS.

CANBERRA, Australia,  CMC – Up tempo half-centuries by the Bravo brothers, Darren and Dwayne, were not enough to prevent West Indies falling to a 39-run defeat in the third One-Day International, as Australia took a winning 3-0 lead in the five-match series here  yesterday.

Friends of Eusi Kwayana are pleased to announce the republication and launch of his book The Bauxite Strike and the Old Politics at Moray House tomorrow.

A group calling itself the Stakeholders of Guyana’s Cricket yesterday condemned the verbal assault on Guyana Times sports reporter Rajiv Bisnauth and is calling on the relevant authorities to prosecute the recently installed Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) president Drubahadur.

CANBERRA, Australia,  CMC – A scan is to be carried out on West Indies opening batsman Chris Gayle  today to determine the extent of an injury sustained during the third One Day international against Australia  yesterday.

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) on Monday held a consultation with stakeholders concerning the restoration of City Hall and several organisations have pledged their support towards the initiative.

The Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce (MINTIC) has issued a statement saying that no fare increases have been approved for buses plying the number 40 and 48 routes.

The passing of the long awaited Cricket Bill in Parliament could see new elections of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) being called and a new executive elected to manage the affairs of cricket in Guyana.

Troy Mendonca, PETRA Co-Director yesterday said that he hopes that the inaugural staging of the East Coast Demerara Guinness Greatest of the Streets football tournament would be as successful as similar ventures held in Georgetown.

The Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) yesterday apologised for inconvenience caused by the power outages to sections of Georgetown, East Bank and East Coast Demerara on Tuesday.

Minister of Housing and Water Irfaan Ali says the Building and Construction Expo 2013 will focus on new and innovative approaches in the construction sector, as plans move apace to host the event in July.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados. CMC – A new format will herald the start of the West Indies Cricket Board’s first class season which bowls off across the region  today.

A man who allegedly broke and entered the dwelling house of another and stole $518,000 in items was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Dear Editor, The moribund PPP continues to target me for character assassination.

Nicholas Ali and Narayan Ramdhani will meet in the men’s singles final of the GUMDAC badminton tournament following play in the semi-finals on Monday at the Queen’s College badminton courts.

A plantain chip vendor who said he felt like smoking a joint was on Monday sentenced to two years jail and fined $5000 after he pleaded guilty to the charge of possession, in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

CANBERRA, Australia, CMC- Captain Darren Sammy has lamented the failure of the West Indies to exploit potential match winning moments in their current One Day International series against Australia.

Dear Editor, A very close look at what Guyanese have become can be narrowed down using these two words − greedy and selfish.

In a report carried in Stabroek News on Tuesday, February 6, 2013, captioned ‘Gov’t willing to assist in probe of gold smuggling to Curacao, Persaud says – women miners complain of being shut out’ the impression was inadvertently conveyed that the Guyana Women Miners Organization was in possession of specific information about the smuggling of gold.

Newly elected president of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) Aubrey Hutson remains upbeat in the face of an injunction filed by former president Colin Boyce against the AAG and after discovering that the national track and field body over which he now presides is in a financial debacle of momentous proportions.

Dear Editor, I watched in amazement at the vigour, tenacity, and effort exerted by the Minister Irfaan Ali as he mustered up every ounce of his being to criticize and flay the Former Presidents (Benefits and Other Facilities) Bill, during the January 25, 2013 sitting of Parliament.

President of Net Rockers Football Club Jermaine Figuiera has thrown his hat into the ring in the race to become president of the Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA).

Dear Editor, I wish to thank those media houses which saw the merit of publishing my letter of Saturday, February 1, 2013 and also those readers whose e-mails and phone calls indicated that the contents had resonance with them.

TUNIS, (Reuters) – Tunisia’s ruling Islamists dissolved the government and promised rapid elections in a bid to restore calm after the killing of an opposition leader sparked the biggest street protests since the revolution two years ago.

Global Technology, the sole authorised reseller of Apple products in Guyana, has issued an advisory to consumers to only purchase Apple products from authorised resellers due to the high risk of counterfeiting and product tampering on the international and local market.

OSLO,  (Reuters) – The Amazon rainforest is less vulnerable to die off because of global warming than widely believed because the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide also acts as an airborne fertiliser, a study showed yesterday.

Orgainser Lyall Gittens is promsing lucrative cash prizes for the fifth annual Inter-Corporation doominoes competition which gets cracking next Friday at the Banks DIH Limited, Thirst Park venue.

Dear Editor, Bartica is one of the richest regions in terms of natural resources yet we are plagued with the following: 1)  The road from One Mile to Five Miles is repaired twice yearly.

KIDAL, Mali – French and Malian troops are fighting Islamist rebels in the Sahara outside northern Mali’s biggest town, France’s defence minister said yesterday, describing the desert campaign against al Qaeda as a “real war” that was far from won.

Guyana’s Minister of Legal Affairs and Attorney General Anil Nandlall last Friday said that the proliferation of development in Caribbean countries, including Guyana, has brought with it the unprecedented increase in demand for legal services.

        Aerial: Sophia Special School students showing off their talents during their performance of ‘Fete’ in the Group Dance category of the Children’s Mashramani Competition at the National Cultural Centre yesterday.

        Preparation: Students and teachers of the Selman Fraser Nursery School in Albouystown getting ready for this year’s Children’s Mashramani Float Parade Competition yesterday.

MCALLEN, Texas, (Reuters) – U.S. authorities seized $2.2 million from a bank account they said was controlled by a former Mexican official-turned-fugitive who is accused of stealing public funds in a scheme that involved hundreds of millions of dollars in fraudulent bank loans, according to court papers released yesterday.

Dear Editor, Although Saxacalli is in Region 3, because it is only ten miles north of Bartica, residents of Saxacalli have always looked to  Region 7 for certain amenities. 

The three-member Electoral Committee of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) on Tuesday convened its first meeting and elected K.

LIBREVILLE, (Reuters) – Poachers have killed more than 11,000 elephants in Gabon’s Minkebe National Park rainforest since 2004, Gabon’s government said yesterday, with the massacre fuelled by increasing demand for ivory in Asia.

          High-flyers: Richard Ishmael Secondary students’ high-flying performance of ‘Celebrating as One’ in the Group Dance category of the Children’s Mashramani Competition at the National Cultural Centre yesterday.

Dear Editor, First, as a concerned citizen of the town of Linden, I must congratulate the police traffic department for painting and highlighting the traffic signs around our town, that must be interpreted as a plus for them.

Former national cricketer turned businessman Lennox Cush, through his Star Part Rental Service is continuing its support of sporting activities.

We used to be a generous, kind, friendly nation. Today, however, we harbour a sort of cynical hardness of heart, with economic exploitation for personal gain, sadly, an accepted norm.

President of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) K. Juman-Yassin has expressed his disappointment with the present situation of the Athletics Association of Guyana.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Postal Service is planning to drop Saturday delivery of first-class mail by August, a congressional source said yesterday.

The Tourism Ministry is hosting a pre-Mash street jam -“Masharama” on the eve of the Republic anniversary (February 22, 2013), under the theme of “Rediscovering Home – Celebrating our Diversity.” 

Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of the individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country. 

Two days ago, a man who pleaded guilty to beating his wife to death, after which he gruesomely degraded her corpse was sentenced to 22 years in prison, but will serve just 14 years.

Dear Editor, ‘The enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being without distinction of race, religion, and political belief, economic or social condition.’

        One People: Central High School girls performing ‘One People, One Nation’ in the Group Dance category of the Children’s Mashramani Competition yesterday at the National Cultural Centre.