Daily Archive: Tuesday, April 2, 2013

(Trinidad Express) Caribbean Airlines is not cash-strapped, the airline’s vice-chairman, Mohan Jaikaran, said yesterday.

The police say that at about 1640h today, businesswoman Shireen Sheik, 26 years, of Vreed-en-Hoop, WCD, was in a motor vehicle which had stopped at the traffic lights at Turkeyen Railway Embankment, ECD, when she and the driver were confronted by two men, one of whom was armed with a firearm.

 Spectators at the Rodeo (Photos by Jairo Rodrigues )A Brazilian man selling cowboy hats (Photos by Jairo Rodrigues ) Konrad Farius speaking to Stabroek News after his close encounter with the bull.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana,  CMC – Guyana won their first match of the Regional Four-Day Championship when they brushed aside Combined Campuses and Colleges by 46 runs here today.

Dexter Andrew John is wanted by the police for questioning in relation to Trafficking in Narcotics.

At about 0025 h today, police say that licensed firearm holder Andrew Forrester, of Tuschen, EBE, went home and found a man in his house and who attacked him with a claw bar.

(NBC) A prominent Democratic state senator and a Republican city councilman from Queens were arrested today in an alleged plot to get the senator onto the New York City mayoral ballot by paying off GOP county chairmen, authorities said.

UNITED NATIONS,  (Reuters) – The 193-nation U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved today the first-ever treaty on global arms trade that seeks to regulate the $70 billion international business in conventional arms ranging from light weapons to battle tanks and warships.

SEOUL,  (Reuters) – North Korea announced plans today to restart a mothballed nuclear reactor that has been closed since 2007, but emphasised it was seeking a deterrent capacity, rather than repeating recent threats to attack South Korea and the United States.

(Barbados Nation) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned Caribbean countries, including Barbados, they face an uphill battle fighting the debt crisis that has them in a stranglehold.

The Interim Management Committee (IMC) of Plaisance is in the dark about the erection of a tower for government’s e-governance project on the community centre ground which was initiated at the direction of the Office of the President (OP).

Opposition-nominated commissioners on the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) will not be supporting Chief Election Officer (CEO) Gocool Boodoo’s bid to extend his contract beyond its April 30 expiry date as a result of an incorrect calculation that could have resulted in the PPP/C being declared the outright winner of the November 28, 2011 polls.

The award of premium services cable licences in 2010 to two operators – ahead of others – has raised again the question of favouritism.

The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) yesterday came out strongly against any lottery of mining parcels for prospectors who had been caught operating illegally at Marudi.

Finance Minister Ashni Singh says government is to embark on an ambitious plan this year to improve the business environment with over 60 actions to be implemented.

The work of the Special Select Committee reviewing proposed local government reform legislation is progressing steadily despite disagreements, according to members, including Chairman Basil Williams, who say they are currently considering the third of the four bills they have been mandated to examine.

Sea and river defences have been allotted $1.9B in the 2013 budget.

One Friday in October last year, a blast from a horn shattered the quiet of Kako village and Nelvie Williams dashed to her boat and rushed to block a pontoon carrying gold-mining equipment from proceeding further up the Kako River.

Guyana will have to determine if it will be cost-effective to take up Trinidad and Tobago’s offer to aid the country in regaining its Category 1 aviation status, according to Director-General of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) Zulfikar Mohammed.

The Guyana Police Force will be requesting assistance from neighbouring countries in locating Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) worker Levoy Taljit, who last seen on December 23 last year, in light of reports that he may be in nearby Paramaribo.

Middle distance star Cassey George and junior sprint sensation Tirana Mitchell won medals on yesterday’s final day of the XLII CARIFTA Games at the Thomas Robinson Stadium in The Bahamas enabling Guyana to walk away from the meet with a total of six medals.

Georgetown’s skies were a kaleidoscope of colours yesterday as kites in all shapes and sizes took flight.

Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC) chasing 240 to win slumped to 114 for six at the close of play on the third day of their sixth round match in the Regional Four-Day Championship against Guyana at the National Stadium at Providence.

The prospects for cricket in the Caribbean are now excellent following the election of Dave Cameron to the post of president of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) says a former WICB Director.

Tiniest: This kite was in the running to be the tiniest yesterday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Five-time champions Jamaica shot to the top of the Regional Four-Day Championship standings when they inflicted a humbling 93-run defeat on Trinidad and Tobago here  yesterday.

(BBC) Australia captain Michael Clarke was hospitalised on Sunday, suffering with gastroenteritis.

This little man at left was doing a good job raising his kite yesterday.

  Monster kite: Bush Lot, West Coast Berbice resident, Mark Shivrattan posed with his creation of a ‘triangular ‘T’ kite yesterday just before sending it soaring.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Hundreds by opener Kraigg Brathwaite and all-rounder Kevin Stoute, followed by a lethal burst from left-arm spinner Sulieman Benn, left Leeward Islands in danger of an innings defeat in the Regional Four-Day Championship here yesterday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Unprecedented levels of skill, intensity and endurance have transformed global sport into spectacular mass entertainment and handsomely rewarded its leading exponents.

A plastic bag kite (right) at the National Park yesterday.

KOLKATA, India, CMC – Delhi Daredevils’ West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell said Monday he hoped to play a bigger role in latest edition of the Indian Premier League starting tomorrow, after hardly featuring his first stint in the multi-million dollar Twenty20 tournament last year.

No sweat…this is easy.

This kite flier got into a bit of a tangle here yesterday at the National Park.

A Shivnarine Chanderpaul in the making?

KARACHI,  (Reuters) – The Pakistan Cricket Board will not press the panic button after the team’s test series whitewash in South Africa and has no plans to sack captain Misbah-ul-Haq or coach Dav Whatmore, PCB chairman Zaka Ashraf said yesterday.

Dear Editor, This perspective does not necessarily coincide with those of several stakeholders who are asking, and indeed shouting, for early Local Government Elections.

 Kite fliers on the way to the Everest Ground yesterday.

The Guinness Greatest of the Streets Linden Edition continued on Saturday evening at the Amelia Ward Bus Park with eight slated fixtures.

Dear Editor, Article 170(2) of the Constitution states “When a Bill is presented to the President for assent, he shall signify that he assents or that he withholds assent.”

This kite pulled ferociously at the flier on the Kingston Seawall.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) edge Fruta Conquerors 1-0 in a physical encounter to book their semi-final spot as quarterfinal action in the Mayor’s Cup Football Tourney concluded at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground Bourda Sunday night.

SEOUL,  (Reuters) – The United States has positioned a warship off the Korean coast as a shield against ballistic missile attack as South Korea’s new president vowed swift retaliation against a North Korean strike amid soaring tensions on the peninsula.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter by Mayor Hamilton Green in the March 28, 2013 edition of Stabroek News (`What must be debated is the need for Justice, Equity and Decency to be all-pervasive’).

Hotels view: This large kite yesterday  had as a backdrop the Pegasus Hotel and the Marriott Hotel now under construction.

Dear Editor, I thank my friend and mentor Mr. E.B. John for bringing to my attention his rejoinder (SN, 29/3/13 which I had missed) to my letter on migrant workers (SN, 23/3/13).

LONDON, (Reuters) – Chelsea’s love affair with the FA Cup continued when a brilliant goal by Demba Ba gave them a 1-0 win over Manchester United in a sixth-round replay at Stamford Bridge yesterday.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States yesterday accused Egypt of muzzling freedom of speech after prosecutors questioned the most popular Egyptian television satirist over allegations he insulted President Mohamed Mursi and Islam.

MUMBAI/NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – India’s top court dismissed Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG’s attempt to win patent protection for its cancer drug Glivec, a blow to Western pharmaceutical firms targeting India to drive sales and a victory for local makers of cheap generics.

Dear Editor, Continuing the excellent work of his immediate predecessors, Mr. Clinton Urling in his first year as President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) brought youth and vibrancy to the organisation. He

  This mega kite in the National Park would have posed a major challenge to go up and stay up.

(The Sports Xchange) –  Chris Bosh hit a 3-point bucket with one second on the clock to give the Miami Heat an 88-86 win over the San Antonio Spurs Sunday night at the AT&T center.

The commendable debut performance of three of the players of the Guyana Squash Association’s (GSA) afterschool squash programme during the Toucan Industries Kool Aid Junior Skill Level tournament may have catalysed the further development of those players.

SAN FRANCISCO, (Reuters) – A popular U.S. visa program for skilled workers is likely to hit its quota within days after its application period opens, triggering a lottery and signaling that companies feel confident enough about the economy to hire more foreign workers.

A family picnic in the National Park yesterday.

Dear Editor, I am an overseas-based Guyanese, who has an account with the NBS, Georgetown branch.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff appointed a new transport minister on Monday, extending a Cabinet shuffle that has so far left her economic team unchanged.

Tennis and cricket in full swing yesterday at the National Park during the traditional Easter picnic.

Four players, Priyanna and Narayan Ramdhani and Ambika Ramraj and Jea Ramsammy are through to the semi-finals of singles and mixed doubles competition at the Suriname International Easter badminton tournament currently underway at the Walter Amo Sport Hall.

(Trinidad Express) Trinidad and Tobago should be ashamed that, for its level of development, the mortality rate for children under five is still so high, Planning Minister Dr Bhoe Tewarie has said.

When –as appears likely, at least at this juncture – general elections are held in Zimbabwe later this year under a new constitution Robert Mugabe will, in all likelihood, be running for office as President of the Southern African country again.

We could have named this article just as well “The value of thin air”.

Dear Editor, Inspire Inc. held a grand Phagwah Festival, 2013 at the National Stadium on March 27th, 2013.