Daily Archive: Wednesday, April 3, 2013

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A women’s rights organization will protest outside Reebok’s Manhattan store today, demanding the athletic goods retailer cut ties with rapper Rick Ross over a song whose lyrics it says boasts about drugging and raping a woman.

During yesterday, police say that the relatives of miner Gavin Mc Neil who was shot and killed during an armed robbery at his home at Mc Doom Village, EBD, on February 20, 2013, and who were also victims of the robbery, refused to attend an identification parade arranged by the police for a second suspect.

Engineer with the Ministry of Public Works and Communications Walter Willis today said that the tower which was slated to be erected at the Plaisance/Industry Community Centre Ground for the government’s e-governance project will be relocated.

MADRID,  (Reuters) – Spain’s Princess Cristina, daughter of King Juan Carlos, was charged today with being an accomplice in an embezzlement case against her husband, the latest high-level graft investigation to anger Spaniards suffering a severe recession.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition presidential candidate tore into government leaders today as false revolutionaries lining their pockets while professing faith to the late Hugo Chavez’s radical socialism.

ST.JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC-Barbadian batsman Jonathan Carter and Jamaican fast bowler Sheldon Cotterrell have been named in a preliminary 30 man West Indies squad in preparation for the ICC champions’ trophy.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Government spends more than $1 billion annually on the Defence Force, comprising the Regiment, Coast Guard and the Air Guard unit, and it is simply not practical to have them on standby, idly waiting for something to happen, that may not happen, says Attorney General Anand Ramlogan.

(Trinidad Guardian) An employee at the Cove power plant in Tobago is being investigated for an “operator error” in relation to the nationwide blackout across T&T on Good Friday. The

(Jamaica Observer) CONTENT, St James — Up to yesterday, a thick cloud of gloom cloaked this quiet community which has been rocked by news that one of their own, his two daughters and their mother died in a four-vehicle collision near the Falmouth overhead bypass bridge in Trelawny, Monday night.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – A Chinese diplomat has met ambassadors from the United States and both Koreas to express “serious concern” over the situation on the Korean peninsula, China’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday, following a spike in tension.

Carl Greenidge, Shadow Finance Minister for the main opposition APNU, yesterday wrote off the proposed national budget as one that has ignored severe national problems, such as high unemployment, poverty and high taxation, and he questioned how government could expect any support while it continues to break the law.

Minister of Housing and Water Irfaan Ali yesterday defended the retention of the Value-Added Tax (VAT) at 16% in the government’s proposed budget, while challenging the opposition’s contention that it is not focused on poor and vulnerable groups.

A Lethem, Region 9, businesswoman was yesterday afternoon robbed of over $6M in cash and raw gold by two men minutes after she left the Ogle airport and one of the suspects was later caught by police after the getaway car crashed.

A former police lance corporal was yesterday fined for obstructing the course of justice after she admitted to burning two firearm licence record books.

At about 0025 h yesterday, police say that licensed firearm holder Andrew Forrester, of Tuschen, EBE,

An Irish volunteer was yesterday released on $60,000 bail after he was charged with threatening President Donald Ramotar.

A teenager was yesterday remanded on a charge that he committed a multi-million-dollar armed robbery at the Electronics City store.

A resident of the Amerindian reservation community of Capoey, on the Essequibo is Guyana’s latest maternal death and her family is seeking answers from the Suddie Hospital.

The Demerara Tobacco Company Limited registered a profit after tax of $1.68B for 2012 and also paid out dividends during the year of $1.67B.

Guyana’s junior racquet wielders will swing into action this morning when the 18th Caribbean junior table tennis championships serve off at the Jean Pierre Sports Complex, Wrightson Road, Port of Spain.

Kolkata Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir has asked his side to play “fearless cricket,” ahead of the opening game of the IPL 2013 season, against Delhi Daredevils at Eden Gardens.

Lethem’s rapid growth is putting pressure on the government to improve its infrastructure, according to President Donald Ramotar, who says that it will soon be necessary to formally recognise it as a town.

A man was released on self-bail after he was charged with throwing powder on a police inspector, when he yesterday appeared in court before Magistrate Judy Latchman.

The Demerara Habour Bridge will have to remain in operation for at least the next six years and the pre-feasibility study to choose the best location for a new bridge is scheduled to be completed in June, Transport Minister Robeson Benn told the National Assembly during his Budget debate presentation last evening.

Guyana stormed to a 46-run win against Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC) shortly after lunch on yesterday’s fourth and final day of the West Indies Cricket Board’s Regional four-day competition at the Providence National Stadium yesterday.

Runner-up Junior Sportswoman of the Year, Priyanna Ramdhani secured Guyana’s only gold medal when the Suriname International Easter badminton tournament, played at the Walter Amo Sports Hall, concluded on Sunday.

Residents of West Berbice have been experiencing a spate of blackouts in recent days and became worried when it started again around 1 am yesterday with power being restored about 15 hours later.

Over two dozen residents of Plaisance, East Coast Demerara yesterday returned to the Plaisance/Industry Community Centre Ground to protest the erection of a tower at the site for the government’s e-governance project without their knowledge, while a community meeting to address their grievances is still being considered.

Port of Spain, Trinidad  – West Indies cricket players, a Boeing 767 jet, Trinidad Carnival dancers, several musical artistes and a monkey named Chico all feature in the Caribbean Premier League’s TV advertising campaign which will be unveiled shortly and aired around the world in the lead up to the tournament which takes place in July and August.

In the wee hours of yesterday, a person unknown launched an arson attack on a Campbellville house gutting it and in the process scorching the sides of the homes of neighbours.

Jamaica Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has congratulated fellow Jamaican Whycliffe ‘Dave’ Cameron on being elected president of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB).  

Noble House Seafoods yesterday made a donation to the Amateur Athletics Association of Guyana.

At about 1415h yesterday, police say that an armed man discharged rounds indiscriminately in the vicinity of the ‘Blacka’ at Guyhoc Squatting area, hitting Leon Daniels, 21 years, of Tucville Squatting area, to his right arm.

A Mahaicony resident accused of two armed robbery attacks in which he allegedly stole over $4 million in property, including a car, was remanded to prison yesterday.

(The Sports Xchange) – Since the Grizzlies won a 2011 Western Conference series over the Spurs, San Antonio has been virtually perfect against Memphis.

Dear Editor, It is a unanimous decision of GECOM that all appointments/renewals of contracts for Senior Level Staff must come before the full commission for its evaluation and appointment.

Dear Editor, The recent public address by the new Vice Chancellor of the University of Guyana, Professor Jacob Opadeyi, has brought into focus the business of tertiary education.

(BBC) New Zealand cricketer Jesse Ryder has told police that he has no recollection of being attacked outside a bar.

A 15-year-old boy has been questioned in connection with the murder of the male sex worker found dead in an open field behind the Carnegie School of Home Economics in January.

Jermaine Alexander was yesterday charged with obstructing a policeman acting in execution of his duties.

Easter garbage along the Subryanville seawall yesterdayLeaning: The leaning pole of PlaisanceCables down:  Telephone cables in Third Street, Alberttown fell on this car yesterday

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – Stephen Mangongo will coach Zimbabwe in their home series against Bangladesh this month and has promised sweeping changes from the side who lost in West Indies.

Dear Editor, It is with much sadness and personal grief that I have learnt of the death of Mr.

Seven families who lost their homes in recent fires in Albouystown and Tiger Bay yesterday received donations from the Guyana Relief Council.

Dear Editor, Two Golds, two Silvers and two Bronzes for the Guyanese contingent at the just concluded 2013 CARIFTA Games in The Bahamas deserve applause.

NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – Local hero Shaunae Miller ran a Championship record to complete the impressive 200/400 metres double on yesterday’s final day of the 42nd CARIFTA Games here at the Thomas A Robinson Stadium.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts,  CMC – Barbados needed less than two hours on yesterday’s final day to crush Leeward Islands by an innings and 31 runs and storm into the semi-finals of the Regional Four-Day Championship.

Dear Editor, Whenever it rains it pours. We’ve been getting a lot of these in Guyana, it seems like forever.

NASSAU, Bahamas,  CMC – Powerhouses Jamaica again topped the medals table for yet another year when the 42nd edition of the CARIFTA Games ended here at the Thomas A Robinson Stadium last night.

You may recall that, like today with President Ramotar and Mr.

Dear Editor, I read in the Stabroek News edition of April 2nd the story on cable licences.

SEOUL,  (Reuters) – North Korea said yesterday it would revive a mothballed nuclear reactor able to produce bomb-grade plutonium but stressed it was seeking a deterrent capacity and did not repeat recent threats to attack South Korea and the United States.

Over the last fortnight or so, the small, offshore country of Cyprus in the Aegean Sea has preoccupied the decision-makers of the European Union and the IMF on a daily basis.

The final of the third annual Camptown Football Classic hosted by Gordon Van Rossum will take place today at the Camptown Football Ground, Campbellville with tournament hosts Camptown FC engaging Pele FC at 20:00hrs.

Dear Editor, I read the letter by Dr David Hinds in yesterday’s Stabroek News titled `Kwayana’s principal demand was for Joint Premiership’.

Introduction GINA makes sure we are reminded that the G$208.8 billion budget is the largest ever presented in Parliament.

SABANETA, Venezuela,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan acting President Nicolas Maduro made a pilgrimage to late socialist leader Hugo Chavez’s birthplace yesterday and pledged to win the April 14 election in his honor.

KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia,  (Reuters) – The island of Borneo may be all that stands between Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and an unprecedented election defeat within weeks for his ruling coalition.

(Barbados Nation) Rihanna’s mother Monica Fenty will not be appearing in a court in Barbados to give her deposition in the lawsuit which her daughter has brought against her former accountants.