Daily Archive: Friday, April 19, 2013

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has admitted to being shocked by the revelations regarding National Security Minister Jack Warner contained in a report presented yesterday in Panama by the head of Concacaf’s Integrity Committee, Sir David Simmons.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Mike Denness, the only Scotsman to captain England, has died of cancer at the age of 72, the BBC reported today.

(Reuters) – Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev posted links to Islamic websites and others calling for Chechen independence on what appears to be his page on a Russian language social networking site.

PANAMA CITY,  (Reuters) – CONCACAF’s former leaders Jack Warner and Chuck Blazer were slammed as “fraudulent in their management” of the soccer confederation’s affairs by the head of the regional body’s Integrity Committee today.

(CMC) The coach of the Dominica national football team, Kurt Hector, and player Nornan Jno Hope were killed this morning, after the vehicle in which they were travelling plunged down a 100 foot sink hole at Pond Case, south east of here.

At about 2350h last night, police say that taxi-driver Elvis Albert, 47 years, of ‘B’ Field, Sophia, was attacked and robbed of motor car HC 1720 by three men, two of whom were armed with handguns, at Cane View Avenue, South Ruimveldt.

Anthony Alexander Collymore, 39, is wanted by the police for questioning in relation to fraud.

(Trinidad Express) Special Reserve Police officer Bernadette Fraser-Bailey, of King’s Peter Bay Road in Moriah, was stabbed in the head yesterday during a domestic dispute with her common husband, a Guyanese national.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela’s election authority said on Thursday it would audit the remaining 46 percent of electronic votes that have not been checked since President-elect Nicolas Maduro won Sunday’s presidential election.

WATERTOWN, Mass.,  (Reuters) – Police killed one suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing during a shootout and were engaged in a house-to-house search for a second man today in the Boston suburb of Watertown after a bloody night of shooting and explosions in the city’s streets.

ISLAMABAD,  (Reuters) – Pakistani police took former president Pervez Musharraf into custody at their Islamabad headquarters today, hours after a court had ordered him placed under house arrest, Musharraf’s spokesman said.

(Trinidad Express) A trade quarrel over toilet paper between Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica is heading to Caricom for a solution.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) may face challenges in the running of its operations in 2013 after the combined opposition yesterday slashed the $10.2 billion intended for the company by more than half to $5 billion.

The combined opposition yesterday voted to cut proposed allocations in the national budget for the National Communications Network (NCN) and the Government Information Agency (GINA) down to $1, repeating a measure it took a year ago over concerns about bias in their operations.

Prime Minister Sam Hinds says government takes nothing from cable operators for the licences granted to them, since the size of the country’s population would not allow for viable cost recovery through cable service tariffs.

The National Assembly and all parties represented therein have to show courage in standing up for the rights of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) communities and move to revamp antiquated laws, says US Ambassador to Guyana, D Brendt Hardt.

The Government of Guyana and CM Power Company, a subsidiary of Sandspring Resources/ETK Inc, yesterday inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for a feasibility study for construction of a hydropower plant at the Kumarau Falls on the Kurupung River.

A woman died yesterday in an accident on the Walton Hall Public Road, Essequibo Coast, while travelling with others to a funeral.

By Shabna Ullah and Pushpa Balgobin Essequibo famers yesterday announced plans to up a protest over the “low prices” being offered for rice paddy by millers in the region.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Combined Campuses and Colleges powered their way into Sunday’s final of the Regional Super50 when they stunned odds-on favourites Trinidad and Tobago by 140 runs at Kensington Oval here yesterday.

Late Guyanese President Forbes Burnham is to be honoured by the South African government with the Order of the Companion of OR Tambo, established in 2002, which is conferred on foreign citizens who have “promoted South African interests and aspirations through cooperation, solidarity, and support.”

Police are checking to see if the AK-47 found during a search of a motor lorry at a Buckhall checkpoint on Tuesday, is one of those stolen from the army several years ago, according to Crime Chief Seelall Persaud who said that the 11 men detained remain in police custody.

The planned expenditure for the Ministry of Public Service was approved on Wednesday but not before Minister Jennifer Westford explained the priorities for scholarships and training under her ministry.

Education Minister Priya Manickchand says that universal secondary education has been achieved in six of the country’s ten administrative regions.

If the verbal jabs thrown at yesterday’s press conference were the calm before the storm, tomorrow night’s mega card dubbed ‘Fire Storm’ will set the Princess Hotel ablaze.

Mayor of Georgetown, Hamilton Green, has written to the Minister of Local Government asking for the immediate removal of Acting Town Clerk Carol Sooba because of her “strange” behaviour.

Despite intense grilling on monies for a single employee being paid over $1M per month and for security services, the $2.1B budget allocation proposed for the Ministry of Legal Affairs was on Tuesday evening approved unanimously by the Committee of Supply.

More renowned for their 7s rugby exploits, the six-time NACRA 7s champions are hard at work preparing for the NACRA senior men’s 15s Caribbean championships home game against Barbados on May 18.

An Albouystown resident was yesterday remanded to prison after he was twice charged with robbery under-arms, when he appeared before Magistrate Judy Latchman.

Defending champions GT&T Berbice scraped to a draw with only one wicket in hand against the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) President’s XI yesterday in the second round of the GCB-sponsored U-15 tournament at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground.

A Mocha Arcadia businesswoman and her son yesterday lost their bottom flat apartment to a fire believed to be of electrical origin.

A Letter Kenny, Corentyne family on vacation was robbed late Wednesday night.

Investigators have managed to identify two suspects in Sunday’s murder of city businessman Orin Joseph and are looking for them, according to Crime Chief Seelall Persaud.

PANAMA CITY, (Reuters) – A detailed account of serious financial mismanagement within CONCACAF, the governing body for soccer in North and Central America and the Caribbean will be presented to the sport’s leaders today.

BOSTON,  (Reuters) – Investigators released pictures and video of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing yesterday, enlisting the public’s help in identifying two men wearing backpacks and baseball caps in the crowd minutes before bombs exploded near the finish line.

Confronted for the first time in almost two years with a sudden, sharp downward movement in gold prices, local stakeholders, the government, investors as well as the hundreds of employees ranging from skilled workers to labourers can do no more than keep their fingers crossed for the survival of what, up until now, has been a lucrative love affair with the precious metal.

LIMA, (Reuters) – South American leaders were to make a collective show of support for Venezuelan President-elect Nicolas Maduro  in Lima yesterday, officials said, as the United States and his opponents call for a recount of the disputed vote.

Dear Editor, In the wake of former President Bharat Jagdeo’s claims that there has been a recent upsurge in anti-Indian racism, we’ve had President Donald Ramotar himself who is reported to have said that he saw nothing wrong with what was said.

WEST, Texas, (Reuters) – Rescuers searched yesterday for survivors in the rubble of homes destroyed by a fiery fertilizer plant explosion in a rural Texas town that the mayor said had killed at least 14 people.

The Guyana Squash Association’s  ANSA McAl Senior Easter Tournament commenced at the Georgetown Club on Wednesday evening with dominant wins being recorded by the trio of Ashley Khalil, Allan Downes and Ashley deGroot.

Dear Editor, I would like to clarify something my former colleague, Dr Henry Jeffrey, says in his ‘Future notes’ of Stabroek News of April 17.

The Micro and Small Enterprise (MSE) Development and Building Alternative Livelihoods for Vulnerable Groups project, the first project to be administered through the institutional framework created by the Small Business Act of 2004 has been tasked with ensuring that a total of 2,200 jobs are either created or sustained within the first two years of the project.

Dear Editor, Thank you Stabroek News for speaking for us in your editorial on what happened at the Pandit’s funeral; I was there and I fully share your opinion.

Sustained Path The Guyana economy continues to place too much dependence on gold and remittances. 

DAKAR, (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice has accused Guinea-Bissau’s top military official of plotting to traffic cocaine to the United States and sell weapons to Colombian rebels, according to court documents seen by Reuters yesterday.

The Brickdam-based Business School has announced that having entered into separate agreements with two external academic institutions it intends to add two more training courses to its curriculum in the course of this year.

Christianburg/Wismar Multilateral, compliments of Terron Welch’s game-high thirty-eight-point haul thrashed Linden Foundation Secondary (LFS) 88-10 as action in the Linden Secondary Schools U-19 Basketball Championships continued at the Mackenzie Hard Court on Wednesday.

A 24-year-old Guyanese craftsman who has won both national recognition and high marks from the Institute of Private Enterprise Develop-ment (IPED)  for his dedicated entrepreneurship, is hoping to secure the support of the public and private sectors to facilitate his participation in the June 27-30 Barbados Manufacturers Exhibition (BMEX) at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre in Bridgetown.

HARARE, (Reuters) – Brendan Taylor carved his way to a career best score as Zimbabwe posted 389 in their first innings on day two of the first test against Bangladesh at the Harare Sports Club yesterday.

Dear Editor, The indications are that the rice industry is slowing down as a result of both internal and external factors as well as mismanagement.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – An estimated 1 million Argentines marched yesterday in one of the biggest anti-government protests in years, highlighting public anger over a deteriorating economy and President Cristina Fernandez’s efforts to reform the media and courts.

Starr Computer is partnering with the United States firm BioTrack in a move to significantly upgrade the security culture in both the public and private sectors here by introducing a range of biometric solutions.

ISLAMABAD,  (Reuters) – Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf was forced to flee a courtroom yesterday moments after judges ordered his arrest, dealing a fresh blow to his fast-fading hopes of reviving his political career at next month’s general elections.

Dear Editor, I would appreciate the opportunity to share a passing thought, or several, on leadership and leading people here.

GRACE ROAD, Leicester, CMC – West Indies stroke-maker Ramnaresh Sarwan stroked a half-century but fell to the day’s last ball to leave Leicestershire still well adrift of their target, on the second day of their Division Two County Championship game against Kent here yesterday.

 (SportsDirect) – Heat 105, Magic 93 Dwyane Wade collected 21 points and 10 assists in 23 minutes as Miami closed out the regular season with its eighth straight victory.

Onika Beckles’ preoccupation with completing a degree in Economics at the University of Guyana (UG) is matched only by her fixation with ensuring the social, material and intellectual welfare of her five-year-old daughter.

GUATEMALA CITY,  (Reuters) – A judge suspended the genocide trial of former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt yesterday, saying all actions taken since November 2011 are void in the case of the retired general charged with war crimes.

NEW DELHI, India, CMC-West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo was not called upon to do much with ball and bat as his Chennai Super kings handed Delhi Daredevils a moral shattering defeat in the Indian Premier League (IPL) yesterday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Six-times Olympic champion Chris Hoy, who spearheaded a golden period of British track cycling dominance, announced his retirement yesterday content that he had nothing left to prove after a long and stellar career.

Dear Editor, I recently visited my homeland and was shocked to learn that the party to which I pledge my allegiance is not doing well at all. 

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 507’s trading results showed consideration of $3,192,633 from 148,093 shares traded in 19 transactions as compared to session 506 which showed consideration of $197,368 from 5,750 shares traded in 5 transactions. 

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KARACHI, (Reuters) – Pakistan pace bowler Umar Gul has been ruled out of the Champions Trophy one-day tournament scheduled for England in June due to a knee injury.

Margaret Thatcher and Hugo Chávez came from opposing ends of the political spectrum but, in a curious way, they shared a common trait: both were capable of arousing, in death as in life, great admiration and devotion, on the one hand, and deep loathing on the other.

BAGHDAD, (Reuters) – A suicide bomber blew himself inside a Baghdad cafe popular with young people using the Internet, killing at least 27 and wounding dozens more in one of the worst single attacks in the Iraqi capital this year.

(Reuters) – England batsman Kevin Pietersen may consider quitting test cricket after this year’s back-to-back Ashes series against Australia, his former team mate Andrew Flintoff said yesterday.

Dear Editor, While I have highlighted the subject of floodlights before, I feel compelled to reinforce what I believe is a legitimate claim by the residents of the Essequibo Coast.

Recent slippages in the price of gold, particularly those that occurred between two Mondays ago and last Friday have been sufficient to raise eyebrows and, in some cases, even to trigger a hint of nervousness.

Oh dear me… It’s not only because Guyana’s four major newspapers now feature about a “hundred” columnists, analysts and commentators that makes me unsure, intimidated sometimes, of what new issue to confront.

(Trinidad Express) Former CL Financial (CLF) chairman Lawrence Duprey and its former financial director Andre Monteil must testify at the Commission of Enquiry into the failure of CLICO and several CLF companies when the eEnquiry resumes on April 29.