Articles published on Monday, April 8, 2013
(Barbados Nation) PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago: Jamaican Shanique Myrie has asked the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) to pay her almost Barbadian $1 million (US$500,000) in punitive damages for the treatment she received on her first-ever trip to Barbados three years ago.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Acting President Nicolas Maduro may struggle to advance the late Hugo Chavez’s socialist policies if he wins Venezuela’s election on Sunday, lacking both his predecessor’s iron grip on a disparate ruling coalition and the robust state finances that cemented his rule.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Loved or loathed in death as in life, Margaret Thatcher left no one indifferent, finding some of her most ardent admirers among her political opponents.
The final rites and cremation for the late Pandit Reepu Daman Persaud, OR will take place on Thursday April 11th 2013, his family said today.
The police say they are investigating the murder of Jamal Harris, 19 years, of D’Urban Street, Lodge, which occurred at about 0230h today at the Kitty Seawall, Georgetown.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Margaret Thatcher, the “Iron Lady”, was a towering figure in British 20th century politics, a grocer’s daughter with a steely resolve who was loved and loathed in equal measure as she crushed the unions and privatised vast swathes of industry.
PAJU, South Korea, (Reuters) – North Korea suspended its sole remaining major project with the South today after weeks of threats against the United States and South Korea, as Russian President Vladimir Putin said any nuclear conflict may make Chernobyl look like a fairy tale.
Revered Hindu priest and former government minister Reepu Daman Persaud passed away yesterday morning at the age of 77 after decades building one of the largest religious organisations in the country and playing a leading role on the political stage.
Four persons died after a bush truck lost power and fell into a ravine while travelling along the Barama Road (Barima/Waini) headed to an interior mining camp yesterday before noon.
A meeting between a government representative and residents of Plaisance to discuss the controversial erection of a signal tower was aborted after perturbed villagers sent the proceedings into disarray.
Tens of millions of dollars was yesterday lost after a fire tore through a storage bond on the southern side of Duncan Street, between Stone Avenue and Bel Air Road, despite the efforts of city firemen.
As much as 35% of this year’s budget can be cut without affecting the efficiency with which government services are delivered, according to chartered accountant and attorney Christopher Ram who also said it is a “travesty” that the budget cuts case is still in court.
This week Stabroek News spoke to taxi drivers and men/women in the streets about their views on the code of ethics for taxi services and drivers which was recently agreed by the Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce and the Guyana Taxi Service Association.
Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Dr Frank Anthony says there will be a renewed push this year to get citizens to take up a sport in order to combat a rise of chronic non-communicable diseases.
The Guyana Revenue Authority’s (GRA) Law Enforcement and Investigation (LEID) arm continues to enforce programmes aimed at promoting compliance with VAT and other taxes and warns that persons who attempt to obstruct the process will be prosecuted.
Although resource rich hinterland communities are contributing to the economic growth in Guyana, the government proposed $208.8B national budget has ignored them, AFC MP Valerie Garrido-Lowe told the National Assembly last Thursday.
Police say that at about 0730h yesterday, the body of miner Robert Hunter, 48 years, of Paratown Settlement, Im baimadai, (Cuyuni/Mazaruni) was found along a trail at Imbaimadai with suspected stab wounds to the neck and chest.
Police say that two suspects were held yesterday after bandits attacked a Palmyra, East Canje businessman on Saturday.
One-year-old Jabarie Stanford remains in critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation after sustaining third degree burns when the mattress the boy was sleeping on caught fire in his ‘D’ Field Sophia home on Saturday.
President of the West Indies Cricket Board yesterday ended speculation that he would intervene in the Guyana situation by reiterating the WICB’s support for the Guyana Cricket Board.
Joint cooperation efforts of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) and Australia have contributed to the achievement of a globally binding arms treaty being concluded by the United Nations General Assembly.
The Guyana cricket team let a possible semi-final place slip from their grasp last night when they lost a last ball thriller to Jamaica by two wickets as the Regional Super50 competition continued at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.
One hundred and nine single parents graduated from the National Training Programme for Youth Empowerment (NTPYE) of the Board of Industrial Training (BIT) on Wednesday.
Newly accredited Plenipoten-tiary Representative of Chile to Caricom Luis Fernando Ayala said his country is committed to deepening its cooperation with Caricom, as it has demonstrated over the years.
Guyana’s laws need broader interpretations to extend anti-discrimination protections to Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (LBT) women, who in many cases don’t seek legal redress out of fear that they will be denied justice.
NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – West Indies off-spinner Shane Shillingford yet again proved his weight in gold, bowling Windward Islands to a 36-run victory over Leeward Islands, and into the semi-finals of the Regional Super50 here yesterday.’
A garbage collector was remanded to prison after he pleaded not guilty to accosting a woman and snatching her phone, when he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Friday.
Bronze medals were the order of the championships for Guyanese racquet wielders when the curtain came down on the Caribbean Junior and Cadet table tennis championships at the Jean Pierre Sports Complex, Wrightson Road, Mucurapo, Trinidad and Tobago last night.
Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment Robert Persaud said on Saturday he had no comment to make on the latest revelations that several relatives of his are linked to a broadcasting company.
The Police Progressive Youth Club yesterday afternoon dominated its annual Relay Festival, winning seven relays while Running Brave Athletics Club and Mercury Fast Laners captured four and one respectively at the Eve Leary ground.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad CMC – Captain Denesh Ramdin put in danger Barbados’ hopes of a semi-final berth when he stroked his maiden Regional Super50 century to lead Trinidad and Tobago to a convincing 41-run win and a clean sweep of their preliminary round matches here yesterday.
Hikers’ compliments of a Jamal Assanah hat trick defeated Saints 6-2 as the John Fernandes Insurance Service (JFIS) second division hockey league continued at the Saints Recreational ground Carifesta Avenue yesterday.
Incumbent president of the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) Peter Green was yesterday voted unopposed to the top post of the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) when the union held its annual general meeting at the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) building.
Presidential Advisor on Empowerment and President of Alpha United Football Club Odinga Lumumba on Saturday said that he was supporting Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Aubrey Shanghai Major to be the new president of the GFF.
Reepu Daman Persaud (left) at one of the Deepavali motorcades
Newcomers School of the Nations hammered Campbellville Secondary 9-0 when the Scotiabank/Pepsi Schools Football Academy resumed in Georgetown at the Carifesta Sports Complex, Carifesta Avenue on Saturday.
Dear Editor, I refer to the letter in the April 6 edition of SN headed `Residents of Coldingen, Non-Pareil, Enterprise being exploited by mini-buses’ The writer of that letter is a resident and public servant who travels each day to and forth from the East Coast (Enterprise/Non-Pareil/Coldingen).
DELHI, India, CMC – West Indies power hitter Kieron Pollard and fellow Trinidadian Kevon Cooper played crucial roles to help their teams to victory in the Indian Premier League on Saturday.
Chairman of the Oversight Committee for Constitutional Reform, Moses Nagamootoo (right) handing over the final report to Minister Reepu Daman Persaud in August, 2000
Dear Editor, I was floored when I received the call from my mother that my guru Panditji Reepu Deman Persaud had passed.
Dear Editor, The gist of Mr. Lincoln Lewis’s letter, `TUC sought dialogue with the groups in the National Assembly to arrive at a consensus position on the right to work’ is an indication that he did not understand my questions, or he is merely skirting around the issue.
Pandit Reepu Daman Persaud (left) with former President Bharrat Jagdeo at a religious event
Reepu Daman Persaud (right) holding the mike for businessman Yesu Persaud at a religious event
BEIJING/SEOUL, (Reuters) – China’s leaders issued thinly veiled rebukes to North Korea for raising regional tensions, with the president saying no country should throw the world into chaos and the foreign minister warning that Beijing would not allow mischief on its doorstep.
(SportsDirect) LeBron James returned from a three-game hiatus with a game-high 27 points to help shorthanded Miami pull away late and beat visiting Philadelphia.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan opposition supporters rallied in a staunchly pro-government part of the capital yesterday, answering a call by their candidate Henrique Capriles and showing strength a week before the presidential election.
Dear Editor, I cannot help casting my mind back to the air of expectancy on the one hand and the cloud of doom and despair on the other which blew over Guyana in October 1992 with the ascension of the PPP to power after 28 years.
COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka have named five uncapped players in their provisional 30-man squad for the ICC Champions trophy in England and Wales in June.
LIMA, (Reuters) – A helicopter chartered by French oil company Perenco has crashed in a remote northern part of Peru, killing all 13 Peruvians aboard, including one Perenco employee and representatives of three contractors, a company source told Reuters.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – To crack the code of the human brain, Cori Bargmann figures it’s best to keep an open mind.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – This is a golden era for political consultants – well, except for those Republicans still smarting from the November elections.
(Reuters) – Chelsea, galvanised by the second-half introduction of Fernando Torres, capped a successful week by coming from behind to beat Sunderland 2-1 to leapfrog Tottenham Hotspur into third place in the Premier League yesterday.
By Selma James Selma James is founder of the International Wages for Housework Campaign and author of The Power of Women and the Subversion of the Community, and Sex, Race, and Class – the Perspective of Winning Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in the London Guardian, April 2, 2013.
Freedom of expression – in particular, freedom of the press – guarantees popular participation in the decisions and actions of government, and popular participation is the essence of our democracy.
One of the enduring failures of PPP governance in its now 20-year tenure is its inability or unwillingness to draw appropriate lessons from missteps and to find ways of ensuring that there is no recurrence.
Enraged residents removed the tables set up for the meeting and encircled Minister in the Ministry of Finance Juan Edghill.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – An accident at a Mexico City brewery killed seven people early yesterday, Corona beermaker Grupo Modelo said.
Dear Editor, It took Fidel Castro, now retired and out of the public view for quite some time to come out and issue the strongest warning against North Korea’s increasing threats of a nuclear attack against its neighbour South Korea and the United States.
