Daily Archive: Wednesday, April 10, 2013

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – The honors keep pouring in for 91-year-old actress Betty White, who has been named America’s most appealing celebrity, according to a market research firm.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – An immigration bill being written in the Senate aims to wipe out nearly all illegal crossings along the southwestern border with Mexico while maintaining a 13-year timetable for existing illegal residents to win citizenship, sources said on Wednesday.

LONDON (CMC) — Veteran West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul failed on debut for Derbyshire as the English County season got off to a quiet start today.

Police this afternoon confirmed that they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the deaths of two persons who were found floating in the Berbice River and the disappearance of two more.

OTTAWA, (Reuters) – An eloquent farewell to flamboyant former Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau catapulted his son Justin Trudeau into the public eye 13 years ago, as he riveted Canadians with his emotional “Je t’aime, papa” goodbye.

(Trinidad Guardian) A police constable with 25 years’ service was denied bail yesterday after appearing in court on ten human-trafficking charges involving three Colombian women. It

(Trinidad Express) The State has filed an appeal against the March 12 judgment that ruled in favour of the CLICO Policyholders Group, which awarded the group TT$300 million.

Parliament’s Committee of Supply will begin consideration of the budget estimates on Monday instead of today after a sub-committee meeting yesterday saw the opposition outvoting the government side.

A truck going into Big Creek, North West District toppled yesterday afternoon killing one woman while

The Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) is concerned about reports that employees’ use of cellular phones during business hours is adversely affecting productivity.

Late Education Minister Rev Dale Bisnauth was yesterday cremated following a flood of tributes at a funeral service

AFC Chairman Nigel Hughes returned home last weekend after recently undergoing angioplasty and though still in recovery he has already committed himself to pursuing a 10-point “2020 Plan” for Guyana’s education system and its youth.

A nine-year-old student took a loaded shotgun to the Fort Ordnance Primary School in East Canje, Berbice on Monday, after he found it in a playfield near the school.

Guyana, in April 2013, celebrates its 60th anniversary of cabinet government.

The professionalism of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) and the practices that attend policing in Guyana have long been the subject of intense public discourse.

Piles which were to be used in the controversial siting of the Plaisance signal tower were yesterday removed from the Community Centre Ground and taken to the site of another tower where it will be used in the construction of its foundation.

Forty years ago on the 11th January 1973, the inaugural meeting of the Caribbean Examinations Council was held in Barbados. 

Guyana is now seen as a hub for medical tourism in the area of kidney transplant since it is the only Caribbean country that offers renal transplant surgery, Administrator of Dr Balwant Singh’s Hospital, Dr Madhu Singh said yesterday.

After all of the official fuss and public anxiety that has been expressed over the issue of violence among schoolchildren and in schools in recent years, we were more than a little surprised that both the Chief Education Officer and the General Secretary of the Guyana Teachers’ Union passed up the offer made to them by The Guyana Review to publicly pronounce on these issues and even to say what, individually or together, their respective institutions are doing in order to seek to remedy these problems.

PPP/C MP Gail Teixeira yesterday said that cooperation between the government and opposition is crucial for the country’s growth, while sounding a warning that political instability can threaten its economic gains.

Public discourse over gender issues and more particularly the issue of violence against women rivals and in many cases, exceeds most other items on the national agenda.

By Clifton Ross Guyana’s national cricket team will look to halt their losing streak when they oppose defending champions Jamaica in their final four-day match of the West Indies Cricket Board season.

Shawn Anderson was yesterday remanded to prison on a charge that he harmed his three-week-old daughter.

Today, the Guyana National Council on Public Policy (GNCPP) wishes to launch its print media initiative to introduce itself to the Guyanese (reading) public.

The endorsements have been numerous, the hype bigger than ever and this year’s election for Guyana Football Federation (GFF) president promises to be the most eagerly awaited ever in the sport.

Jamaican billionaire investor Michael Lee-Chin winged out of Guyana yesterday with optimism about future investment here,

Magistrate Judy Latchman yesterday remanded 56-year-old Clifton Thompson to prison after he was charged with assault, which stemmed from him trying to force himself on a 16-year-old girl.

It does no harm for the labour movement to get the occasional reminder about its threatened drift into irrelevance even though fears that it sometimes interprets those reminders quite incorrectly.

From the pioneering work of aviation stalwarts like Arthur James “Art”Williams and Colonel Herman Edgar “Harry” Wendt to the current initiative to transform the Ogle aerodrome into the country’s second international airport, the aviation sector in Guyana owes its growth and development to the cumulative contributions of groups and individuals who

APNU MP Dr Rupert Roopnaraine on Monday urged the creation of a fund from mining royalties to drive development in mining districts.

Alpha ‘the Hammer’ United at a simple presentation ceremony held at the Chambers of City Hall, Georgetown, yesterday were presented with their winner’s trophy and cheque of one million dollars for their triumph in the recently held Mayor’s Cup football tourney.

Guyana’s economic improvement over the past 20 years, has seen a striking parallel in the aviation sector where Air Services Limited, has grown to become  Guyana’s  largest domestic aviation operator in the country.

Guyana is one of the stops on a new leg of a Caribbean campaign by the International Press Institute (IPI) for the repeal of criminal defamation and insult laws.

Declaring that “the education system in Guyana sucks,” APNU MP Amna Ally on Monday suggested that the $3 billon proposed for injection into the sector for this year will not make much difference unless government rethinks its approach.

West Demerara played unbeaten to win the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) Inter Association Under 19 limited overs competition following final round matches on Monday.

 Our Mission: To provide safe and reliable air transport services to our customers in Guyana and around the region Originating in 1956 from a single float plane air service, Trans Guyana Airways (TGA) has grown into Guyana’s premier and

Ogle International Airport is a general aviation Regional Class Airport with a Class2C runway catering to commercial and private operators of aircraft.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC- Cricket legend Brian Lara says his decision in the past to select Darren Sammy as a member of the West Indies team was based more on the player’s passion for the game and his dependability than cricketing ability.

One year old Jabarri Stanford on Monday succumbed to his third degree burns at the Intensive Care Unit of the Georgetown Hospital. 

Christ Church’s male team defeated St. George’s High 3-0 on Sunday as the Scotiabank/Pepsi Schools Football Academy continued at the Ministry of Education Sports Complex, Carifesta Avenue.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Regional Super50 Championship appeared headed for the law courts after the Barbados Cricket Association announced yesterday it would lodge a formal protest over the exclusion of its team from the semi-finals.

The Art Williams and Harry Wendt Aeronautical Engineering School, which is housed in the Hangar of Caribbean Aviation Maintenance Services Ltd.,

The executive members of the Guyana Amateur Body Building and Fitness Federation (GABBFF) will host a meeting with stakeholders, athletes and gym owners to discuss future plans for the year on Saturday on the top floor of the Bank of Guyana.

Curtis Peters, accused of being the unlicensed driver of the car which ploughed into a utility pole and a concrete fence at New Hope last week, was on Monday charged with causing the deaths of two of the passengers who were in the vehicle at the time.

A labourer was refused bail yesterday after he was accused of escaping from police custody.

Walter B. Alexander Let us get back to basics to properly understand the role of the Public Service in Guyana over the first or the last sixty years of ministerial government in Guyana.

Dear Editor, I have no knowledge of the nature of the fatal accident which claimed the life of popular business personality Mr Leon ‘Junior’ Barrett, but as expected, there was once again talk aplenty and many emotional outbursts, such as, how many more accidents and lives must be lost before we know too many have died; before we move positively and resolutely to make the Linden-Soesdyke Highway safer?

Jairam (only name) was elected president when the Guyana Draughts Association held its fourth Annual General Meeting at their venue 185 Waterloo Street,  South Cummingsburg recently.

Dear Editor, I wish to express condolences to the wife, children and relatives of the late Pandit Reepu Daman Persaud who passed away a few days ago.

Lethem residents continue to experience a restricted power supply as they wait for one of the community’s generators, which went down over a month ago, to be repaired.

Steady appears to be the best word to describe the Carib-bean Advance Proficiency Examination (CAPE), both in terms of its growth and the performance of candidates The Encarta Dictionary describes ‘steady’ in these terms: steady: fixed, stable, or not easily moved.

By Duncan Saul Rosignol United coach Keith O’Jeer was returned as president of the Berbice Football Association  (BFA) following elections last evening at the BFA office New Amsterdam defeating Cougar’s FC president Phillip Carrington by six votes to four.

The performance of candidates in the May/June 2012 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) on English A and Mathematics examinations has resulted in a call for action in the region to address deficiencies in the two core subjects.

The great-niece of murder accused Adjodha Persaud testified yesterday that she saw him stabbing her uncle, Chaitram Gooroodiyal, after they had an argument over a piece of land.

Dear Editor, The recent observations by the Director of Public Prosecutions followed by comments from other high officials may indeed serve as the needed catalyst to move the Guyana Police ‘Service’ to a higher level of performance in the criminal justice system from the investigative and prosecutorial standpoints. 

Buxton United and Pele FC recorded wins as action in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Super League continued last Sunday with two matches at the Buxton Community Centre and Wisburg grounds respectively.

These impressions of contemporary Cuba were penned by Guyanese, Dr. David Pollard shortly after he visited the Caribbean island in December 2012.

Small bore Vice captain Gordon Richards won senior category while Duane Duncan was first among the juniors at the  Guyana National Rifle Association (GNRA) handgun section first Practical Pistol match held at the Timehri shooting  ranges Sunday.

Dear Editor, I learnt with great sadness of the death of Pandit Reepu Daman Persaud.

Teenage labourer Akeem Booker was yesterday fined $50,000 with an alternative of spending six months in jail after he pleaded guilty to a simple larceny charge.

Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman yesterday said that he had received a letter from APNU’s Richard Allen indicating that he has resigned as a parliamentarian.

Some institutions in Guyana, for reasons associated with their longevity and the contribution to the growth and development of the Guyanese society engender a special sense of history.

Dear Editor, Once again the power supply in Berbice has descended to an absolutely horrific and atrocious level.

Percival Duncan who admitted to beating his common-law wife, was yesterday sentenced to serve a term of six months imprisonment by Magistrate Judy Latchman at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Dear Editor, I would like to also acknowledge the letter published in SN on Saturday, 6th April, ‘No water in Phase 3 Good Hope.’

SABANETA, Venezuela,  (Reuters) – Sitting under the shade of mango trees in the childhood backyard of late socialist leader Hugo Chavez, Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro kicked off his election campaign with a sentimental chat with members of the ex-president’s family.

Dear Editor, The editorial in SN of April 5, captioned ‘Boys and girls: redressing the balance,’ is extremely relevant.

The recent deaths of Reverend Dr Dale Bisnauth and Pandit Reepu Daman Persaud, who both served as ministers and MPs in successive People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) administrations, represent a “significant loss” to both the governing party and the government.

SEOUL – North Korea intensified threats of an imminent conflict against the United States and the South on Tuesday, warning foreigners to evacuate South Korea to avoid being dragged into “thermonuclear war”.

To many long-time observers, the current behaviour of the government of North Korea now led by Kim Jong-Un, is reminiscent of Winston Churchill’s 1939 comment on the Soviet Union under Stalin.

(Barbados Nation) Don’t believe the hype! That was the message sent to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) yesterday by Barbados’ lead attorney in Shanique Myrie’s lawsuit against the Barbados Government.

Animated:  Attorney General Anil Nandlall making his contribution to the budget debate yesterday.

Dear Editor, I write on behalf of myself, the Board of Directors and Members of the Humanitarian Mission of New Jersey Arya Samaj Mandir, Inc, and its Guyana Chapter, and the Arya Samaj Movement of Toronto and the United States.

If the denudation of opposition-orientated labour organisations is recognised as signifying the initial phase of the march to political/ethnic dominance, the vulgarly partisan 2011 issuing of radio licences and frequencies represents its apogee.

(Trinidad Express) A multi-million-dollar bank card fraud racket in which fraudsters had been stealing millions from unsuspecting victims for more than a year was busted on Monday morning after police swooped down on a home at Millennium Park in Trincity.