Daily Archive: Thursday, April 11, 2013

Former government minister Reepu Daman Persaud was cremated today following ceremonies at Freedom House and the Guyana National Convention Centre at Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Athletic goods retailer Reebok today terminated its relationship with rapper Rick Ross, whose song featuring lyrics that seem to boast about drugging and raping a woman has caused an uproar.

Pall bearers, including family and close relatives of the late Reepu Daman Persaud bearing his casket at the Guyana National Convention Centre at Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara (ECD) where a funeral service was held today before his body was cremated at the Good Hope Cremation Site, ECD.

Chief Executive Officer and Medical Superintendent of the Woodlands Hospital Dr.

(Trinidad Guardian) Former corporate secretary of CL Financial (CLF) Gita Sakal is being sued by the Central Bank and insurance giant Colonial Life Insurance Company (Trinidad) Ltd (Clico). The

(Jamaica Gleaner) Musicologist and social anthropologist Dr Olive Lewin, founder of the Jamaica Folk Singers, died last evening at the University Hospital of the West Indies.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Visitors to Brazil for the 2014 soccer World Cup will not be able to use the latest wireless technology operating on a frequency used widely in the United States and Europe, the head of telecom regulator Anatel told Reuters.

The Police say they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of miner John Mc Pherson, 25 years, of Plum Park, Sophia, which occurred yesterday at Oko Backdam, Cuyuni.

The funeral procession for Pandit Reepu Daman Persaud made a stop at Freedom House on Robb Street this morning where tributes were paid to him after which the procession made its way to the International Conference Centre, Liliendaal for the official ceremony and viewing of the body.

(Trinidad Express) Identical twin sisters, Louise Pierre and Louisa Danzel, celebrated their 100th birthday yesterday in the scenic north coast fishing village of Blanchisseuse.

(Trinidad Express) In the middle of the payout of more than TT$200 million in contracts, said to have been awarded without proper tendering, Seebalack Singh, chief executive officer (CEO) of the Estate Management Business Development Company (EMBDC), has tendered his resignation.

Two persons, including a 14-year-old boy are dead, while two others remain missing a week after they left in a boat from the Canje Creek for Morgenstond.

The opposition yesterday used its majority to break a deadlock with government to push the consideration of the proposed budget estimates for this year to next Monday, in a move that Finance Minister Dr.

Jamaica, reeling at one stage at 12-4, recovered to post a competitive 204-9 on the first day of the final round preliminary match of the West Indies Cricket Board regional four-day tournament at the Providence National Stadium yesterday.

Berbice residents took to the streets in protest yesterday after President Donald Ramotar announced that it is unlikely that the deteriorating East Bank Berbice Public Road would be reconstructed before next year.

The Chairman of the Beterverwagting (BV)/Triumph Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) says that his office never received any documentation in relation to the erection of the E- Govemance signal tower in the Regional Democratic Council storage complex.

Linden nurses yesterday protested outside the National Assembly for their gratuity payments from the Ministry of Health and accused their union of abandoning them, something the GPSU later denied.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – New President of the West Indies Cricket Board Dave Cameron said he was overjoyed about the announcement that West Indies batsman Marlon Samuels had been chosen as one of the five Wisden Cricketers-of-the-Year.

AFC leader Khemraj Ramjattan on Tuesday defended the opposition’s scrutiny of the government’s proposed budget as necessary to ensure public spending is beneficial to all.

There has been an increase in the number of road fatalities so far for the year, compared to the January-March period last year, while an overall decrease of 3% in serious crimes has been recorded at the end of March 2013 in comparison to the same period in 2012, data released by the Guyana Police Force (GPF) yesterday revealed.

The government’s proposed budget has nothing for the poor, according to APNU MP Jaipaul Sharma, who says the benefits forecast from some of the announced measures are illusionary.

A Baramita, Region 1 villager was yesterday afternoon buried in a mining pit and had to be air- dashed to the city last evening for medical attention.

Former national captain Earl O’Neal is throwing his support behind current Georgetown Football Association (GFA) secretary Christopher Matthias when the Guyana Football Federation elects a new president tomorrow.

Guyana’s junior and cadet racquet wielders placed fourth out of 10 teams at the just concluded 18th Caribbean Cadet and Junior championships held in the twin island republic of Trinidad and Tobago.

“Caribbean Airlines did their best to put on I think four additional flights, but we still did not have enough flights to bring persons back into Guyana” for Easter, Minister of Tourism Irfaan Ali made this pronouncement during a press conference held at Freedom House on Monday.

Former Golden Jaguars coach, Jamaal Shabazz and current national captain, Chris Nurse have both endorsed Aubrey ‘Shanghai’ Major as the best choice to become president of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) at tomorrow’s annual general meeting.

The Toshao of Omanaik, an Amerindian village near the mining community of Imbaimadai, is concerned that the wrong persons might have been held in connection with the murder of 48-year-old Robert Hunter.

Moruca resident Rennita L Williams was earlier this afternoon sworn in as the new Region One Member of Parliament for main opposition APNU.

The scheduled Hewley Robertson versus Elton ‘The Bully’ Dharry national bantamweight title fight on the April 20 mega card dubbed ‘Fire Storm’ is off due to a shoulder injury sustained by Robertson during training on Tuesday.

Top seed Carlos Adams defeated Rudy Grant 6-1 6-0 in the lone fixture of the men’s over-35 singles in the Assuria Classic lawn tennis competition 

A woman is now dead following another  truck accident at Big Creek on Tuesday.

The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) has postponed its Youth/Junior Championships scheduled for this weekend at the Police Sport Club ground, Eve Leary.

Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry yesterday granted bail in the sum of $650,000 to a 23-year-old woman charged with stealing millions of dollars from the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GL&SC).

Five men are in custody after they were caught red-handed yesterday at Rosignol, West Berbice while soliciting money under false pretence on behalf of the Mortice Mandir at Mahaicony. 

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Fast bowler Miguel Cummins snatched career-best figures to fire Barbados to first innings points over Trinidad and Tobago, as 17 wickets tumbled on the opening day of the final round Regional Four-Day contest here  yesterday.

The prosecution has closed its case in the Ramchand Persaud murder trial, which will be handed over to the jury for deliberation today after Justice Navindra Singh has summed up the evidence in the High Court.

Dear Editor, It has been brought to my attention that some schools at the just concluded Grade Six examination had their students do all the optional questions on paper 2.

Dear Editor, The Stabroek News front page of Thursday, April 4, shows a photograph of another parking lot on Camp Street.

ST.JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC Off spinner Shane Shillingford destroyed the Leeward Islands batting on his way to a significant milestone and spurred Windward Islands to first innings advantage on the opening day of their regional four-day seventh round match at the Vivian Richards Cricket ground yesterday.

The Help and Shelter non-governmental organisation, in an effort to meet their financial shortfall,  is hosting their annual ‘Salute to Mothers’ fundraiser brunch on April 21, 2013 at Georgetown Club, Camp Street.

Dear Editor,    The passing of Pandit Reepu Daman Persaud, simply known as  ‘Reep,’ is a milestone in Guyana’s history, for it is a real rite of passage in the sense that he represented the goodness which can be found in the narrow confines of Guyana’s political world.

The University of Guyana (UG) is launching a preliminary clean-up campaign on Friday as it embarks on a roster of activities planned to observe its 50th anniversary.

(SportsDirect) – Russell Westbrook scored 25 points and Kevin Durant had 21 points, 12 rebounds and nine assists as visiting Oklahoma City knocked off Utah Jazz 90-80 Tuesday night.

The decomposing body of Mohamed “Reds” Raffie Safi, 59, was on Sunday night found in his home.

CHANDIGARH, India, CMC – Medium pacer Dwayne Bravo helped derail the Kings XI Punjab innings and lay the platform for Chennai Super Kings’ emphatic ten-wicket win in the Indian Premier League here yesterday.

Dear Editor, I have heard it said that if there is nothing good to say of the dead, then say nothing. 

Dear Editor, For the last three weeks the pressure of the water supply at Chateau Margot has been very low indeed.

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.

An open invitation from the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) in association with the Private Sector Commission (PSC) has been extended to technician-type persons to participate in a number of fully sponsored training programmes in China.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Government’s decision to construct a billion-dollar new port facility at Sea Lots is being met with strong condemnation by Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley who described it as “ill conceived” and “unnecessary.”

SEOUL/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – South Korea said yesterday there was a “very high” probability that North Korea, after weeks of threats of war, would test-launch a medium-range missile at any time as a show of strength.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC- The Barbados Government says it has approved the implementation of a high performance centre as part of an “ambitious” five-year plan for sports in the country.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) on Tuesday said that Corporal Jerome Gomes of the Sports Corps, a deserter, has surrendered to the Military Police Department.

Dear Editor, The rush is on these days it seems to deal with businesses and persons found selling pornographic videos, as per the newspaper articles ‘Three held over porn’ (Stabroek News, April 5), and ‘Police crack down on pornographic movie sales’ (Kaieteur News, April 9).

(Jamaica Observer) The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) has launched a one-year bond it hopes will draw speculators away from the US currency.

MONTEVIDEO,  (Reuters) – Uruguay’s Congress passed a bill yesterday to allow same-sex marriages, making it the second country in predominantly Roman Catholic Latin America to do so.

Dear Editor, The Sunday Chronicle earlier in March carried the following notices, vacancies and advisories: 1.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan opposition candidate Henrique Capriles denied on Wednesday accusations from acting President Nicolas Maduro that he would scrap popular welfare policies if he wins Sunday’s election.

Police say they have retrieved yet another illegal gun, this time from a man in Festival City.

A report headlined `Taxi service owner remanded on attempted murder charge,’ published in our April 9 edition, misstated that Kwame Anderson pleaded not guilty to the charge.

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

Dear Editor, It is immensely distressing to learn that our Amerindian community had to resort to writing the UN – their last refuge ‒ to seek redress for mining-related incursions into their customary traditional lands.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, (Reuters) – Haiti’s Minister of Economy and Finances Marie Carmelle Jean-Marie resigned abruptly yesterday, accusing her cabinet colleagues of not cooperating with her attempts to clean up public finances.

Clear signs abound that our nation’s development is steaming ahead. But the picture may not be as rosy as it looks.

Victor Kippins, 40, of No 28 Village, West Coast Berbice suffered impaired vision and multiple cuts and bruises about the body when his motorcar turned turtle at Lovely Lass around 10 am yesterday.

Last but not least: This little puppy was born last Tuesday with two extra legs.

In our ‘World Beyond Georgetown’ feature last Sunday we focused on Providence, East Bank Demerara, a once small village, which is currently growing by leaps and bounds physically, being the location of the Guyana National Stadium, the Princess Hotel (formerly Buddy’s) and now a new housing scheme.

The AFC has paid tribute to the late Dale Bisnauth as a voice of conscience against authoritarianism at a time when many were fearful and Guyana was described by author George Lamming as a “dangerous land.”

BEIJING, (Reuters) – China formally charged former railways minister Liu Zhijun with corruption and abuse of power yesterday, state media said, the latest step in a graft investigation into the scandal-plagued railways.