Daily Archive: Sunday, April 28, 2013

At about 2200h. last night, Mohamed Khalid, 22 years of Dryshore, Essequibo Coast, was riding a motor cycle along the roadway at Fairfield, Essequibo Coast, with pillion rider Garbadan Whadan, 19 years, of Aurora, Essequibo Coast, when they collided with a dog that ran across the road.

TRIPOLI, (Reuters) – Gunmen surrounded Libya’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday, calling for a ban on officials who worked for deposed dictator Muammar Gaddafi holding senior positions in the new administration.

Residents of several coastal communities today woke to find their yards and homes under several inches of muddy seawater after windy conditions in the Atlantic propelled 1.5 metre swells, riding on 3.11 metre tides over various sea defence structures.

(Trinidad Guardian) The failure of the T&T Government to get any official information from the United States pertaining to a Reuters report that Daryan Warner was assisting the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) with their investigations can be seen as a lack of trust by the US.

At about 1520h. yesterday, police say that porter Mukesh Mangar, 38 years of Pigeon Island, ECD, was travelling in the tray of a motor canter vehicle along the Hope Public Road, ECD, when he fell out of the vehicle as it was negotiating a turn.

(Jamaica Observer) LITTLE under a year since its launch, the Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Task Force (MOCA) has seized cash and drugs worth at least J$357 million, as it makes steady headway in taking the profits out of organised crime in Jamaica.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A group of nations should get troops ready to invade Syria in order to secure possible stocks of chemical weapons, a senior US senator said today.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s electoral authority said yesterday the opposition created false hopes about a vote audit being prepared after President Nicolas Maduro’s narrow election win, adding that his rival had failed to present compelling proof of foul play.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Western Bureau:The international charity Food For The Poor is to probe claims that some of the houses it has constructed in southern Trelawny have gone to political activists who are not financially destitute and who were already homeowners.

ROME, (Reuters) – Two Italian police officers were shot and wounded on Sunday outside the prime minister’s office in Rome just as new premier Enrico Letta’s government was being sworn in just a kilometre (mile) away.

A policeman was last evening shot dead and two others were injured after a lone gunman opened fire on their patrol vehicle on Avenue of the Republic between Regent and Charlotte streets, moments after the ranks noticed a suspicious number plate on a motor  car.

Story by Tifaine Rutherford with photos by Arian Browne Originally called ‘Plantation Leonora’, this village on the West Bank of Demerara got its name in colonial times.

The unavailability of local DNA testing continues to handicap the police force’s crime solving efforts and while the new forensic lab is due to be completed later this year, there has been no move to train persons, particularly the staff at the police crime lab, in this field.

Why is that airlines in the Caribbean, unlike those in Central America, seem incapable of providing consistent, well managed and profitable air services across the region?

An elderly woman yesterday appeared in a Barbados court charged in connection with the alleged trafficking of five Guyanese women.

President Donald Ramotar’s statement that he has not yet seen the two opposition-sponsored bills passed by the National Assembly despite the fact that they were sent to his office over two months ago does not protect him from the requirements of the law, APNU spokesman on Finance Carl Greenidge has said.

Air Services Limited yesterday held its annual open day at the Ogle International Airport and gave participants the opportunity to have an aerial view of the capital.

Arson is suspected to be the cause of a fire that completely flattened a two-bedroom house at Farm, Mahaicony around 11.45 pm on Friday.

Senior Project Manager of what will be Guyana’s first synthetic track Patrick Pitt, Director of Design and Construction Services Limited, said yesterday that the facility was almost two thirds completed.

Viburn Herbert, who lost her home to a fire of unknown origin on Thursday at Bare Root, East Coast Demerara, says her children are in the care of the Child Care and Protection Agency (CC&PA).

A Board of Trustees has been formed by the regional administration of Region 10 in order to be eligible to apply for a television licence to the Guyana National Broadcast-ing Authority.

Guyana Football Federation (GFF) President Christopher Matthias said yesterday that an Integrity Committee will be established to look into the issues surrounding both the FIFA Goal Project and the switched Mexico World Cup Qualifier.

A field demonstration on reclamation/reforestation techniques for mined-out gold areas was recently conducted at Mahdia for miners and other industry stakeholders.

The association of the year, the Guyana Amateur Power lifting Federation (GAPF) says it has received favourable response from Minister of Sport, Dr.

Omadai Devi Gossai is worried about the condition of her six-month-old daughter, which she says is worsening after repeated treatment at the New Amsterdam Hospital.

MADRID, (Reuters) – Barcelona must wait at least another week to wrap up the La Liga title after conceding a late goal to draw 2-2 at Athletic Bilbao  yesterday before second-placed Real Madrid won 2-1 at city rivals Atletico.

The government, through the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA), will be will be working to develop the infrastructure of the Karanambu Lodge, which President Donald Ramotar last week hailed as a pioneer of sustainable development.

(BBC) Amir Khan demonstrated new-found maturity and tremendous powers of recuperation to come through a stormy encounter with Julio Diaz in Sheffield yesterday.

Harvesting of the spring crop of rice is 70 per cent complete and export to date is over 61,000 tonnes at a value of over US$35 million.

(SportsDirect) – Carmelo Anthony scored 26 points as the visiting New York Knicks took a commanding 3-0 lead in the Eastern Conference playoff series against Boston winning 90-76 Friday night and coming within one game of sweeping their Eastern Conference rivals.

In any given situation we assume that people, including ourselves, will act sensibly.

Action in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) National Super League 2012/2013 season is set to continue today with three fixtures programmed to commence at 16:00hrs respectively at three different locales.

For 2011, when it recorded a deficit of $371 million, the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) has also reported 653 new registered employers and 12,600 new registered employed persons in its system.

While many of us were focused on the Boston bombings, Venezue-la’s dubious elections and North Korea’s war noises in recent weeks, the world’s biggest nations took a potentially historic step — they launched a system to detect secret offshore bank accounts.

A Tripartite Committee, comprising the three political parties represented in the National Assembly, was appointed last year during the Budget controversy and is now revived.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Five-time champions Jamaica made a clean sweep of the preliminaries of the Regional Four-Day Championship when they defeated Combined Campuses and Colleges by five wickets in their final round match here yesterday.

Revealed public investment strategy Last week’s column identified source documents from which the PPP/C’s public investment strategy might be revealed, thereby providing the basis for an assessment of its management.

Dear Editor, As a former member of the University of Guyana Students’ Society, I would like to address the “borrowing” of the society’s monies by its President, which was highlighted in a report done by an online news agency on April 24.

After three days of searching in the Konawaruk River there is still no sign of the two West Ruimveldt brothers, who reportedly fell out of a boat after a number of missiles were allegedly thrown at them on Tuesday.

Every time I meet a foreigner in place in Guyana, I’m curious about (a) what led them to our country and (b) their impressions after being here a while.

A Mackenzie man was granted $50,000 bail on Friday after he denied having a gramme of cocaine in his possession.

Ronald Wong, who was charged with raping a woman at Kara Kara, Linden, was found not guilty and freed in the High Court on Friday.

 (Reuters) – Robiul Islam claimed five wickets as Bangladesh took control of the second test against Zimbabwe at the close of day three at Harare Sports Club yesterday.

Government is the only party yet to submit the names of its nominees for the long-delayed Public Procurement Commission (PPC) to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the National Assem-bly, Committee Chairman Carl Greenidge revealed yesterday.

DHAKA (Reuters) – Two factory bosses and two engineers were detained in Bangladesh yesterday, three days after the collapse of a building where low-cost garments were made for Western brands killed at least 352 people.

 (Reuters) – Rafa Nadal moved to within one victory of an eighth Barcelona Open title in nine years when he thrashed Canadian fifth seed Milos Raonic 6-4 6-0 yesterday to set up a final against fourth-seeded Spanish compatriot Nicolas Almagro.

Dear Editor, Please allow me to use your letter columns to comment on the continued abuse of the state owned National Communications Network (NCN) by the Government of Guyana.

Introduction Following this column’s review of the 2012 Annual Report on the Demerara Tobacco Company Limited in which I stated that I am a small shareholder (500 shares) in the company, a colleague of mine criticised me for profiting from a company whose product is now known to be a killer.

The Association of Regional Chambers of Commerce (ARCC) in Guyana said that the slashing of the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) budget will have serious repercussions on business and commerce should power failures begin.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama chided Republicans yesterday for approving a plan to ease air-traffic delays caused by federal spending cuts while leaving budget cuts that affect children and the elderly untouched.

(Trinidad Express) A quantity of cocaine was found aboard a Caribbean Airlines (CAL) jet bound for Miami, Florida, on Friday morning.

The reaction to Chris Gayle’s bombardment in Bangalore last Tuesday was global and suitably awe-struck.

Dear Editor, I have taken the time to peruse your editions from Friday, April 19, to Monday, April 22, 2013, in effort to read what I believe would have been expected coverage of two press releases sent by the Government Information Agency (GINA).

ANKARA (Reuters) – If you are looking for one sure way to split public opinion in Turkey, just bring up the word alcohol.

MUMBAI, India, CMC – Dwayne Smith smashed a half-century and then snatched two wickets in a Man-of-the-Match outing, to help lift Mumbai Indians to an impressive 58-run victory over Chris Gayle’s Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League here yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) In the face of questions about the propriety of the arrangement, former permanent secretary in the ministry of works, Cheryl Blackman, maintained on Friday she broke no rules when she allowed her minister, Jack Warner, to pay for the expenses for herself and other members of staff to travel to Jamaica.

Dear Editor, As an Amerindian living in Lethem for many years, I am appalled at the ruthlessness and eyepass demonstrated to the residents who are indigenous to this area in relation to housing. 

Woman power: Two men and a woman hard at work on a concrete block forming part of the barrier outside the wall of the Russian Embassy yesterday (Photo by Arian Browne)

Several years ago Mary (not her real name) an American citizen met a man and like many women before her she finally thought she had met the man of her dreams.

(Trinidad Express) The police investigation into bribery allegations against former national security minister Jack Warner was submitted to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) on Thursday afternoon.

Tupelo, Miss (Reuters) – A Mississippi martial arts instructor arrested early yesterday was charged with possession of the biological agent ricin and with attempting to use it as a weapon, the US Department of Justice announced.

Mr Yesu Persaud shakes the hand of Mr Harry Ramsaroop on the occasion of the 92nd anniversary observance of the Dharm Shala held in the Albouystown Hindu temple yesterday.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter in the Stabroek News of April 24, captioned ‘If a new Demerara Bridge cost US$300M to build and 5300 cars use it in a day $31,000 would have to be charged for each vehicle to break even’ written by Malcolm Alli.

JAIPUR, India,  CMC – West Indies captain Darren Sammy wasted little time in making his mark on the Indian Premier League, blasting a high tempo half-century in a losing effort for Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Continued Last week, emphasis was placed on the nutritional regimes of bitches during pregnancy. 

(Reuters) Thirteen people were killed and some 65 injured in a prison riot yesterday in the central Mexican state of San Luis Potosi, local officials said.

Since Kojo Parris was the beneficiary of a sound education, he wanted to create an avenue to help students achieve this as well, and so together with likeminded persons he has created the Roraima Learning Trust (RLT).

Sunday Cartoons

Cleaning up in the cemetery last week (Arian Browne photo)

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica – A Sergeant and a Constable assigned to Police Area One and a businessman were taken into custody Friday following a sting operation by members of the Anti-Corruption Branch.

Dear Editor, Simona Broomes and the Guyana Women Miners Association (GWMA) should be commended for their sustained and successful efforts to address the issue of trafficking in persons in Guyana.

LONDON, England, CMC – Discarded West Indies batsman Brendan Nash stroked his 13th first class century and passed fifty for the fifth time in his six innings this season, as Kent drew with Lancashire on the final day of their County Championship clash here yesterday.

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica – A Sergeant and a Constable assigned to Police Area One and a businessman were taken into custody Friday following a sting operation by members of the Anti-Corruption Branch.

A mere matter of weeks after the family of the late President Forbes Burnham had been informed that he was to be given the Order of the Companions of O R Tambo by South Africa, persistent reports began to circulate that the award had been withdrawn. 

At about 1840h tonight, police say ranks of a mobile police patrol came under fire from the occupants of a motor vehicle in the vicinity of Regent Street and Avenue of the Republic, Georgetown.