Daily Archive: Thursday, May 16, 2013

(Trinidad Express) Vice-chairman of Caribbean Airlines (CAL) and WinTV executive chairman Mohan Jaikaran was hospitalised in New York, USA, following “heart complications.”

Police have detained “someone very close” to cambio dealer Totaram Mohotoo and are hoping that this person can provide some clues about who murdered the businessman and his wife before setting fire to their Turkeyen, East Coast Demerara home.

DERBYSHIRE, England, CMC- West Indies middle order batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul has taken his place among batting greats by playing his 300th first-class match.

MIAMI,  (Reuters) – A shipment of gold with a declared value of $625,000 has gone missing in a suspected heist at Miami International Airport, authorities said today.

GRANBURY, Texas,  (Reuters) – At least six people were killed when a powerful tornado ripped through a neighborhood including a Habitat for Humanity low income housing area in the north Texas town of Granbury on Wednesday, marking the deadliest severe storm outbreak in the United States this year.

A truck transporting an excavator broke the St Ignatius Bridge this morning.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Armed with legislation under the Proceeds of Crime Act, plus intelligence provided by their overseas counterparts, the Financial Investigations Division (FID) has targeted more than J$300-million worth of high-end properties in western Jamaica, which investigations suggest were acquired through an international drug and money-laundering network.

Television broadcaster CN Sharma will now have to face trial in the High Court for carnal knowledge he allegedly committed against a then 13-year-old girl after Magistrate Susanna Lovell yesterday found that a prima facie case was made out against him.

The driver of this bus ended up in the section of the canal at the corner of Garnett and Vlissengen Road this morning.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Former India test bowler Shanthakumaran Sreesanth and two other players have been arrested by Delhi police on suspicion of spot-fixing in the Indian Premier League, sports officials said today.

The Alliance For Change will not support government’s proposed amendments to the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Amendment Bill (AML/CFT) until the establishment of the Public Procurement Commission and the President’s review of two vetoed bills.

The man believed to be responsible for the stabbing to death of 30 year old Maryann Sunita Nauth was yesterday arrested in Essequibo, while a Post-Mortem Examination (PME) carried out revealed that the woman was stabbed a total of 35 times.

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) yesterday called for an independent investigation into the “misuse of polygraph tests” by the Guyana Energy Agency to dismiss employees and noted that polygraphs are unreliable indicators of lying.

Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh yesterday said that he was shocked at the position by the AFC that it will withhold support for amendments to the anti-money laundering bill unless the government sets up the procurement commission and President Donald Ramotar reverses his decision not to assent to two bills.

A concerted effort is being made to dramatically increase food production in Region Ten.

The quartet accused in the fatal beating of miner John Darwin McPherson in Cuyuni/Mazaruni appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Referring to the behaviour of Acting Town Clerk Carol Sooba as “mischievous”, Georgetown Mayor Hamilton Green yesterday urged citizens not to be influenced by her actions.

Teachers involved in remedial classes for slow learners throughout the country say they have not been paid since January and some have become very frustrated and are calling on the Ministry of Education to provide them with answers instead of having them “running around in circles”.

Notwithstanding the promise of the bailout they had requested, Essequibo rice farmers yesterday declared that if their demands for certain changes in that region are not met they will once again take to the streets to protest.

The New Building Society has responded to a request from the management committee of the Blairmont Crematorium and Memorial Gardens Society for assistance by donating $1M for the facility which will be located south of the Blairmont Sugar Estate.

Officials of BK International and Bulkan Timber Works yesterday attended a meeting with the Environmental Assessment Board on BK’s planned sand mine at Yarrowkabra on the Soesdyke/ Linden Highway and its possible effects on its neighbours.

Head of Delegation of the European Union in Guyana, Ambassador Robert Kopecký has said that the core of the Caribbean sustainability lies in its more profound economic, financial and even political cooperation.

Three employees of Ground Structures Engineering Consultant Company on Tuesday took soil samples from the area where Bai Shan Lin has been controversially mining laterite at Moblissa on the Linden/Soesdyke Highway.

Guyana’s rifle shooters retained the long range title while Lennox Braithwaite remains the West Indies individual shooting champion as the West Indies rifle shooting championships continued yesterday at the Paragon ranges in Barbados.

KARACHI, Pakistan,  CMC– West Indies opening batsman Chris Gayle is again being singled out as a player for intense scrutiny as momentum builds ahead of next month’s ICC Champions trophy.

The Ministry of Home Affairs has advertised vacancies for three Forensic Support Officers (Technical) to be attached to the Guyana Forensic Science Laboratory, University of Guyana Compound, Turkeyen.

LONDON, England, CMC– West Indies opening batsman, Kieran Powell, has sealed a deal with the exclusive Pinneys Plantation Resort in Nevis.

The pontoon that plies the Rosignol/New Amsterdam route has been down for three weeks and although other systems have been put in place, some passengers are still being affected, especially in the afternoons.

“Age is just a number, I’m fit, I’m flexible and I could do a lot of things some young fighters can’t do.”

ST.JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC-Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Baldwin Spencer says he is backing new West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) President Dave Cameron to advance the sport in the region.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Undefeated boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. is the highest-paid professional athlete in the United States with expected earnings of at least $90 million this year from just two bouts, according to Sports Illustrated magazine.

Dear Editor, There has been much public comment on the matter of the Oliver Tambo Award to late President Forbes Burnham.

(Reuters) – FIFA backed down from its warning that 2014 World Cup matches could be moved away from Sao Paulo, saying yesterday it was “out of the question” to stage the tournament without South America’s biggest city.

Dear Editor, From the press release of Sunday, May 12, 2013 adverting to the appointment of “civilians” to the newly created Department of Strategic Management in the Guyana Police Force, it is well understood that the appointees are already at work, having been chosen by a select committee on which, reportedly, there was private sector representation.

On a slightly surreal night, Rahul Dravid lost his cool and shouted at the umpire, Kieron Pollard mocked Shane Watson so much he made him leave the dugout and go into the dressing room, Pollard was run out for the first time in the IPL, Mumbai Indians scored just 34 in the last five overs, but their bowling might won them the match comfortably and all but sealed a place in the top two.

Dear Editor, I write in reply to yesterday’s letter in SN written by J Hughes and titled ‘Women should begin to look at themselves.’

Yusuf Pathan ended his three-year IPL fifty drought, but the day was meant for the end of another barren spell.

Dear Editor, I moved into Non Pareil, East Coast  Demerara, four years ago and am always amazed at the narrow bridge which leads into Dr Carter’s Road from the public road.

Dear Editor, With GuySuCo’s first crop amounting to a paltry 48000 MT, it seems uncertain the corporation will reach the lowest yearly output of 129,000 tons recorded in 1985.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Washington’s top tax official was fired yesterday as Presi-dent Barack Obama sought to stem a rising tide of criticism in a scandal over the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of conservative groups for special scrutiny.

Beterverwagting United/Triumph United (BV/TU) was crowned East Coast Demerara Football Association (EDFA) Stag Bear League Champions at the conclusion of the competition held at the Buxton Community ground on Sunday.

(Jamaica Observer) The parents of LIME and Flow have partnered to build out their underwater fibre-optic network and international wholesale capacity business.

(Reuters) – The San Antonio Spurs routed visiting Golden State 109-91 on Tuesday to grab a 3-2 lead in the Western Conference second round series.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Two health workers in Saudi Arabia have become infected with a potentially fatal new SARS-like virus after catching it from patients in their care – the first evidence of such transmission within a hospital, the World Health Organization said.

Dear Editor, I am at the end of the tunnel. For over a month I have not been able to retrieve messages left on my GT&T phone.

CAVE HILL, Barbados, CMC- A new squad of young players has been selected to receive training at the Sagicor West Indies High Performance Centre for the 2013-2014 programme.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaican authorities have imposed duties on the importation of lubricating oil from Trinidad and Tobago in another round of trade wars between the Caribbean territories.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Socialist leader Nicolas Maduro and the billionaire boss of Venezuela’s biggest private company have buried the hatchet after a war of words over food shortages and other economic problems in the South American nation.

Dear Editor, Politics, as History, is rarely treated to objective analysis.

LONDON, (Reuters) – England have been left in no doubt about what will be required of them in the first test against New Zealand starting at Lord’s today.

New Masjid taking shape

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A rash of scandals discrediting the U.S. military’s efforts to stamp out sexual assault is putting unprecedented pressure on Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to consider options that once appeared off limits to address sex crimes in the armed forces.

Dear Editor, As a youngster a popular song was ‘Dem Bones’:  “Dem bones, dem bones, dem dry bones, and ya head bone connected to ya neck bone and ya neck bone connected to ya shoulder bone,” etc.

Making a difference

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A wave of immigrants is set to become the principal driver of U.S.

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica,  (Reuters) – Costa Rica’s President Laura Chinchilla came under pressure on Tuesday after the government admitted she had used a private jet owned by a foreign oil company, prompting an investigation by the attorney general’s office.

Politikles

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – South Africa hope to give coach Gary Kirsten the perfect parting gift by winning next month’s Champions Trophy, and have no fears that his replacement, Russell Domingo, is up to the job of guiding the world’s best test team to further success, pace spearhead Dale Steyn has told Reuters.

Raphael Trotman’s call for a Council of Elders to mediate decency and good sense in our nation, as inspiring as the idea is, does not consider the contribution, talent and wisdom of our gifted young.

Thursday’s Cartoon

“Families hold societies together, and intergenerational relationships extend this legacy over time” – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon    If families hold societies together, then what happens to societies when families disintegrate?

Dear Editor, The annual audited reports of all the major business enterprises in Guyana are showing higher levels of returns on investments.