Daily Archive: Saturday, April 6, 2013

The police say they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Altaf Mohamed Ali, 45 years, of Annandale South, ECD, who succumbed at the GPHC on April 05, 2013.

The police say they are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about 1700h yesterday on the Canefield Public Road, East Canje, Berbice, and which resulted in the death of motorcyclist Ganesh Persaud, 25 years, of Strand Road, New Amsterdam.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – A Brazilian federal prosecutor has opened an investigation into allegations that former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was involved in a vote-buying scheme in Congress that led to the conviction of close aides for corruption.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan,  CMC- The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has accused the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) of reneging on an agreement to facilitate a tour of the Caribbean this year.

ALMATY,  (Reuters) – World powers and Iran failed again to end the deadlock in a decade-old dispute over Tehran’s nuclear programme in talks that ended in Kazakhstan today, prolonging a standoff that could yet spiral into a new Middle East war.

HYDERABAD, India,  CMC – West Indies middle order batsman Marlon Samuels lost a battle with pacer Thisara Perera as his Pune Warriors went down by 22 runs to debutants Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Friday.

At about 0700h yesterday, acting on information received, police ranks from the Yarakita Police Station went to `Bruck Up’ Landing, NWD, where the body of miner Randy Rafael, 23 years, of Kamwatta Village, NWD, was found lying in a hammock with a suspected gunshot wound to the head.

(Trinidad Express) Justice Mira Dean-Armorer’s judgment is a “resounding answer” to those who questioned whether passage of Section 34 was Government’s attempt to create a loophole to benefit United National Congress financiers Ish Galbaransingh and Steve Ferguson.

Micro and small scale businesses stand to see their capacity and productivity increase through a non-reimbursable US$5 million agreement signed yesterday between the Ministry of Finance and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).

Despite facing increased threats from climate change it would be difficult to move Georgetown inland but it would be pragmatic to encourage new development to take place elsewhere, according to Guyana’s lead negotiator to the UN climate change convention, Andrew Bishop.

On the heels of praise from the Minister of Health, 76 staffers walked off the job at the Linden Hospital Complex yesterday.

Police Corporal Nafaste Morris, who was caught on camera beating persons along a trail at Marudi Mountain, South Rupununi last month, was yesterday charged with four counts of assault, including on a 10-year-old boy.

The police force is facing another accusation of brutality by a miner, who is calling for justice for the beatings he says he endured at the hands of cops at Imbamadai, in Region Seven, during questioning about missing gold mats.

Red Dragon Hotel manager Raymond “Clement” Ali was yesterday charged with keeping an underage Brazilian girl for exploitation, as a result of a joint investigation by police in Guyana and Brazil.

Could the rude taxi driver soon be a thing of the past?

APNU MP Deborah Backer yesterday cautioned that in the aftermath of the death of President Hugo Chavez, Venezuela has to be closely watched as it relates to the border controversy with Guyana and trade ties but Foreign Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett was confident of continuing good relations.

APNU MP Volda Lawrence has dubbed the government’s proposed budget “anti-poor,” saying that while it signals growth in some areas, it has little to help the most vulnerable in society.

A GuySuCo worker died yesterday after a fatal fall from a truck that was transporting workers to the Albion Sugar Estate.

Slingerz Football Club,a compliments of goals on either side of half time defeated the Guyana Defence Force 2-1 to book their spot in the Mayor’s Cup final as the semi-final round concluded at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground Bourda on Thursday.

By Juanita Hooper Coach of the 2013 CARIFTA Games Team which returned home yesterday after participating at the XLII CARIFTA Games in The Bahamas, Mark Scott, said some members of the local team were approached by Jamaican and American scouts to attain scholarships.

Quick work by police and alert residents yesterday resulted in the arrested of three teenage boys who had hours earlier stolen a car from outside a city bank.

About 316 students in Buxton and the surrounding communities are expected to benefit from three internet-ready computers donated by the Canadian High Commission and the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T).

Rugby fans will be in for another treat today when the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) stages another double header at the National Park’s rugby field.

A couple will exchange their vows today at the Roraima Group of Companies’ fifth annual Wedding Expo, which opened last evening.

National Cycling Coach, Hassan Mohamed with the help of sponsors pedaled off 10 successful races in the first quarter of the season, five of which were won by the teenage trio of the newly formed Coco’s Cycling Club.

St George’s Cathedral is requesting that its parishioners wear blue on Sunday as it continues to demonstrate its support for Autism Awareness month.

The Guyana Sports Development Foundation (GSDF) Scotiabank/Pepsi Schools Football Academy is being hailed as the centre of the development of female footballers, with its members winning several tournaments and even qualifying for the CONCACAF World Cup.  

Sixteen-year-old Amanda Lloyd is now responsive after the crash at New Hope, East Bank Demerara that left two men dead on Thursday morning.

Beacon Ministries Inc. as part of its 15th Anniversary will host today’s Medal/Stoke Play Golf tournament at the Lusignan golf Club.

Three men, who were allegedly found with 724 grammes of cannabis in a car they were travelling in, were remanded to prison yesterday on a charge of narcotics possession for the purpose of trafficking.

The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Noble House Seafoods second division two-day competition comes alive this weekend when the top four teams meet in the semi finals.

Action in the John Fernandes Insurance Service (JFIS) second division hockey league continues today at the Saints Recreational ground Carifesta Avenue with two slated fixtures beginning at 14:30hrs.

Miner Darrel Gilkes was remanded yesterday on charges of attempted murder and armed robbery.

The Ministry of Labour is not an enforcer of laws but a mediator except in critical cases, according to Labour minister Dr.

By Neil Barry Jr., Guyana’s leading military men will clash on the cricket field this weekend in the Hadi’s World Incorporated division one, two-day competition when the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) hosts the Police Sports Club at Camp Ayanganna.

Dear Editor, Kindly publish this letter as a formal complaint on the plight we are suffering concerning transportation to and from work.

Dear Editor, Here in Saxacalli malaria is never under control, for instance during last year only two homes were not hit by this dreaded disease. 

(Reuters) – A bowler clattering into the non-striker’s wicket will now be no-balled under new playing conditions, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said in a statement on Thursday.

The state-owned Guyana Chronicle has “unreservedly” apologised for an article published on Wednesday which deliberately altered statements by APNU parliamentarian Keith Scott during his contribution to the debate on the proposed 2013 budget.

APNU parliamentarian Richard Allen remains a patient of the Georgetown Hospital, where doctors are closely monitoring his blood pressure.

Dear Editor, In yesterday’s SN page 16, the Honourable Minister of Human Services during the budget debate is reported as saying “increases may warrant government devising some mechanism of verifying the need and income levels”.

After seven rounds of gruelling competition in the Brainstreet Under 15 100 overs cricket tournament the bowlers have been dominant evidenced by the seven five wicket hauls.

Former national basketball player Aubrey Chalmers is lamenting the absence of proper fundamentals by t young and up and coming basketball players.

Cultivation of rice and soya beans as well as aquaculture and cattle rearing will be expanded in the hinterland this year, according to Junior Agriculture Minister Ali Baksh.

Former national basketball player Aubrey Chalmers is lamenting the absence of proper fundamentals by t young and up and coming basketball players.

Dear Editor, Today one can easily tell that the popularity and intellectual fortitude of the PPP is rapidly slipping away. 

Brazilian Anna Caroline Parker last weekend bested three of her countrywomen and five Guyanese contestants to take the 2013 Miss Rupununi Rodeo title.

Dear Editor, Please grant me  space in your newspaper to kindly ask someone in authority at GWI or the Ministry of Housing and  Water to please look into the reason why the residents of Good Hope Phase 3 (new scheme) cannot get potable water.

Minister of Finance, Dr Ashni Singh has announced that the full set of documentation on the 2013 Budget is available on the Ministry of Finance’s website at www.finance.gov.gy,

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Africa is rising not only on the growth charts of economists.

New York registered group Hearts of Linden, will host their annual ‘Best of the Ward’ basketball competition this afternoon at the Mackenzie  Sports Club Hard Court.

(Trinidad Express) Justice Mira Dean-Armorer yesterday afternoon dismissed all the arguments raised by the Section 34 applicants, which include businessmen Ish Galbaransingh, Steve Ferguson, and Ameer Edoo.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC– Trinidad and Tobago women’s cricket captain Merissa Aguilleira says one of the aims of the team’s tour of South Africa, which begins this weekend, is to help groom younger players.

Dear Editor, I have had the honour and privilege of being afforded the opportunity to listen to all of the  candidates aspiring to be head of the Guyana Football Federation except  for  Mr.

The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) over the Easter weekend embarked on a campaign in Region Nine to educate residents and visitors on the issue of Trafficking in Persons (TIP).

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – A federal judge yesterday ordered the U.S.

Once you’re a true Guyanese you have that instinctive attachment to the earth and you have that innate feeling of adventure – a certain fire within you is set ablaze, not so?

A man is in police custody following the death of a pedal cyclist on the Tuschen Public Road, East Bank Essequibo.

GUATEMALA CITY,  (Reuters) – Guatemalan President Otto Perez on Friday labeled as “a lie” testimony given during the trial of former dictator Efrain Rios Montt that implicated Perez in atrocities carried out by the military during the country’s 1960-1996 civil war.

Dear Editor, I write to express belated heartfelt condolences on the passing of the dharam patni of AFC Member of Parliament Dr.

Hi Everyone, Serve a Guyanese a fish cake that doesn’t look like the fish cakes they are accustomed to and they fight hard to hide their shock as they reluctantly reach for it.

(Trinidad Express) Caribbean Airlines flight BW484 from Port of Spain to Miami had an unexpected delay yesterday morning when, just before take off, a routine cabin check found that someone had pasted 9/11 on the aircraft’s bathroom mirror, using liquid soap.

(SportsDirect) – Russell Westbrook scored 27 points and Kevin Durant added 25 as host Oklahoma City defeated San Antonio to pull within a half-game of the Spurs in the battle for the No.

British national Julian Dere, 77, was pronounced dead at the Georgetown Hospital on Thursday afternoon after he was found motionless in the swimming pool at the Pegasus Hotel.

Dear Editor, Frederick Kissoon’s letter `Brothers in struggle for human rights under the PNC should have their history written’  SN – 5th March, 2013, was a reminder to me of many the likes of Adeshina who died in semi-poverty. 

BANGALORE, India, CMC- Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) captain Virat Kohli has praised his big-hitting opener Chris Gayle for an outstanding innings which setup a thrilling victory over Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Thursday.

LONDON/SEOUL – North Korea warned on Friday it could not guarantee the safety of diplomats after next Wednesday and asked embassies to consider moving staff out of the country, European diplomats said, amid high tension on the Korean peninsula.

(Trinidad Guardian) Three years after he was charged with beating his two-year-old stepson Etean George Smith to death, Guyanese national Kamaldeo Singh has been committed to stand trial at the Port-of-Spain Assizes. Singh,

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Acting President Nicolas Maduro said yesterday that Venezuelan authorities have arrested several people suspected of plotting to sabotage one of his campaign rallies before an April 14 election by cutting the power.

In a 1998 Gallup survey, 51% of American women between the ages of 50 and 65 who had reached menopause said they were happiest and most fulfilled at this stage of their lives, as compared to when they were in their 20s (10%), 30s (17%) or 40s (16%).

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – Former test captain Daniel Vettori and top order batsman Martin Guptill have been recalled for New Zealand’s tour of England in May and June after recovering from injury.

MADRID,  (Reuters) – Spain’s embattled royal family has agreed to open its affairs to more public scrutiny under a new transparency law intended to restore confidence in a political establishment sapped by corruption and economic crisis.

Last month the Lancet, an authoritative and prestigious medical journal, reported on air pollution in China.

A 14-year-old girl has disappeared from her home in Supenaam, Essequibo and her relatives are pleading for her safe return.

Dear Editor, A few letters ago, I suggested that instead of frequently criticizing Guyana’s parliamentary opposition, President Ramotar might be better off following the example of America’s President Barack Obama who is on a charm-offensive that is aimed at arriving at compromise(s) with republican senators and congressional representatives.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – R&B singer Chris Brown must return to court in June after a Los Angeles judge said today information was still being collected on allegations that the singer cut corners on his community service requirements.