Daily Archive: Thursday, June 27, 2013

ST.JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC- The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) today released the schedule for Pakistan’s tour of the Caribbean starting July 14.

Despite Guyana’s economic growth, overall socio-economic developments may not have improved significantly and this needs detailed examination, President of the Caribbean Development Bank Dr.

Amid criticisms of the lyrics of one of his chutney hits, Trinidad entertainer “Ravi B” has apologized to his fans here.

(Trinidad Guardian) Arrested on corruption charges in Panama last month, Dr Arthur Porter once had plans to extend his chain of cancer clinics to T&T. Porter

A notice in today’s Guyana Chronicle says that DIDCO Trading Company limited is in receivership.

The Ministry of Public Works today said that it will begin the demolition and removal of all encroachments on the Public Road Reserve tomorrow, June 28th, 2013.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Michael Jackson’s eldest son testified on Wednesday in the wrongful death lawsuit filed by his family against AEG Live that the late pop star was unhappy with the concert promoter in the run-up to his “This Is It” concert series in 2009.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Broadcaster Wayne Whyte and his co-accused Safari Farr are to be sentenced next month after they yesterday pleaded guilty to gun charges arising from an April 2012 attack on journalist Jody-Ann Gray.

(Barbados Nation) LIAT, with the partial backing of some Caribbean governments, is enhancing and transforming its fleet, with 12 new aircraft over the next two years that will cost investors US$100 million.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – South Africans prayed and waited today after another downturn in the condition of ailing anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela forced President Jacob Zuma to cancel a trip to neighbouring Mozambique.

The government yesterday began paying out compensation to persons who were injured after police fired upon protestors during the July 18, 2012 protest action in Linden, but Region 10 Chairman Sharma Solomon indicated that some victims were dissatisfied with the awards and signalled plans to seek more money through the courts.

President Donald Ramotar yesterday met with Opposition Leader David Granger and sought support for items on today’s parliamentary agenda but AFC leader Khemraj Ramjattan stayed away from the talks, saying the government has not addressed his party’s demands.

Sixty percent of all domestic violence reports made to the Guyana Police Force reach the courts, Deputy Commissioner of Police Balram Persaud recently told members of the Women and Gender Equality Commission, while adding that more support from both victims and the judiciary is needed.

The Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) will be reopening its doors to all sporting fraternities shortly as work on the newly remodeled floor was completed yesterday.

A four-year-old girl of Foulis, West Coast Berbice died after she was struck down by a car, PGG 2527 around 8:30 am on Tuesday.

Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry yesterday recused herself from handling the case involving local cricketer Carlyle Barton, who is charged with the fatal shooting of Shawn Nelson at Orange Walk, Bourda.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC- West Indies Head Coach Ottis Gibson and Captain Dwayne Bravo say they are confident the regional side has the strength in the squad to win the CELKON Mobile Cup tri-nation series which starts here tomorrow.

Guyanese-born American citizen Edward Larry, the 81-year-old who accused police officers of storming into his home and attempting to drag him to a station without any explanation, yesterday said he was returning home and does not expect much to come of his complaints.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Wimbledon king Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova endured jolting second-round losses to opponents outside the world top 100 in a freakishly dramatic ‘Wednesday Wipeout’ that saw seven players withdraw injured and the draw shredded.

Justice Franklyn Holder will sum up the evidence in the trial of the ex-coastguards accused of murdering Bartica gold dealer Dweive Kant Ramdass on Tuesday, after which the case will be handed over to the jury for deliberation and a verdict.

Romario Shepherd-DeJonge’s all-round performance led defending champions GT&T Berbice to victory over Essequibo while Demerara recorded a convincing eight-wicket victory over the President’s XI in the second round of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/GTM Under-19 Inter-County Three-Day competition yesterday.

Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment Robert Persaud and a team which included representatives from the Ministry of Labour visited Bosai Minerals Group, Linden operations yesterday and held talks with its General Manager, George Zhao over the horrific crash that claimed three lives last week.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC- Captain Dwayne Bravo says West Indies will attempt to make amends for their disappointing exit from the ICC Champions Trophy when they battle champions India and Sri Lanka in the Celkon Mobile Tri-Nation Tournament starting tomorrow.

The Women and Gender Equality Commission is calling for the banning of two songs from the local airwaves, including Antigua soca band Burning Flames’ controversial “Kick Een She Back Door,” which it says promotes sexual violence against women.

Two men were yesterday charged with fraudulently changing the chassis number of a stolen car and pawning it.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC- English League One club Walsall FC is to visit Trinidad and Tobago to play a number of matches against local clubs as part of the pro-league pre-season early next month.

Carmel Secondary edged Brickdam Secondary 3-1 on penalty kicks as action in the Digicel/Powerade National U18 Schools Football championships continued at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue yesterday.

The captain of the boat that collided with a stationary vessel at Supenaam Creek, Essequibo River, resulting in a man’s death, has had his licence suspended, pending the outcome of an investigation into the incident by Maritime Administration.

Two weeks after bandits invaded their Festival City, North Ruimveldt home carting off a laptop computer and jewellery, George and Ruth Rodney-Grimes have been discharged from the hospital, relatives said yesterday.

The South Turkeyen Sports Committee (STSC) will host its Post-Fathers Day walk-a-thon and five-a-side football and penalty shoot-out competitions this weekend.

With four days to go before they wing out for international duty, Guyana’s record breaking masters powerlifters, Winston ‘Little Master’ Stoby and John ‘Big John’ Edwards are both in a winning state of mind.

Magistrate Roby Benn fined an Angoy’s Avenue mason $5,000 and sentenced him to 40 hours of community service after he pleaded guilty to having two grammes of cannabis in his possession to treat his head injury.

Following the two-day National Cycling Championships this weekend, the nation’s best cyclists will be on their saddles again on Monday competing for lucrative cash prizes in the 10th annual Roraima Bikers Club and NAMILCO Caricom Day ‘Wheat-Up’ Cycling Classic.

An Essequibo Coast businessman was on Tuesday sentenced to four years in prison after being found guilty of trafficking in persons.

A security guard, accused of beating and robbing a man in a wheelchair, was yesterday remanded to prison by Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

(BBC) Brazil scraped into the final of the Confederations Cup with victory in an emotional and highly-charged encounter at the Estadio Mineirao yesterday.]

A pilot was yesterday charged with threatening his ex-wife. Lyndon Dorway, 46, of Lot 483 Republic Park, East Bank Demerara, denied using threatening language towards his ex-wife Donella Dorway and causing a breach of the peace, when he appeared before Magistrate Fabayo Azore at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Dear Editor, I recently returned from a long-anticipated trip to Berbice with my elderly father.

New Silvercity Secondary in their final preliminary game defeated Mackenzie High School by a 63-41 margin as action in the Linden Secondary Schools U19 Basketball Championships continued at the Mackenzie Hard-court on Tuesday.

Amid growing concerns about the number of fatalities in riverain accidents, the Leader of the Opposition, David Granger is to ask Minister of Works, Robeson Benn about deaths as a result of collisions between January, 1999 and April, 2013 and whether inquiries have been done.

Dear Editor, Last Saturday, I accompanied a friend and two-year-old child to the Linden Hospital.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC- Sports administrator Michael Fennell has stretched his unbroken run as president of the Jamaica Olympic Association to 36 years following Tuesday’s general election.

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) stands poised to complete regional Disaster Risk Management (DRM) training in the four remaining regions after having completed the first of these sessions in Region Eight on Sunday.

(Reuters) – Tiger Woods did not express confidence about being 100 percent fit for next month’s British Open but said yesterday his injured left elbow would be “good enough” for the year’s third major championship.

Dear Editor, David Casavis’s book documenting the mafia-like criminal connections between an American Embassy official and Haleem Khan, exposes the development of a criminal enterprise that has grown to encompass virtually every aspect of our lives in Guyana.

A man and two women were taken into police custody yesterday and 250 grams of cocaine and six kilograms, 870 grams of cannabis sativa (marijuana) were seized in separate raids carried out in two Georgetown communities.

Dear Editor, Very often we hear that children are tomorrow’s generation, nevertheless there is not much or no emphasis at all being placed on the wellbeing of these children.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – It was a disgrace to have associated Argentina’s 1978 World Cup-winning players with the military dictatorship of the time, former coach Cesar Luis Menotti has said.

Magistrate Fabayo Azore on Tuesday imposed a two-year suspended sentence on a 52-year-old man who was found guilty of fraudulently converting $360,000 worth of circumference pipes.

Dear Editor, The latest announcement regarding the Caribbean Premium League (CPL) has left me more than confused as to what the real situation is regarding the sponsorship.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Cycling sponsors can enjoy great value for money if they are willing to trust that the sport is finally leaving its dark doping days behind.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court delivered a landmark victory for gay rights yesterday by forcing the federal government to recognize same-sex marriages in states where it is legal and paving the way for it in California, the most populous state.

Some of the victims of the July 18, 2012 Linden protester shootings as they exited the Office of the President yesterday after they received their compensation.

Magistrate Roby Benn remanded a 30-year-old vendor of Angoy’s Avenue charged with possession of 87 grammes of cannabis for the purpose of trafficking when he on Monday appeared in court.

Dear Editor, Your article yesterday on the results of the elections of the Private Sector Commission stated that the post of Treasurer was vacant and Mr John Willems was temporarily functioning as Treasurer.

VATICAN CITY,  (Reuters) – Pope Francis set up a special commission of inquiry yesterday to reform the Vatican bank, his boldest move yet to get to grips with an institution that has embarrassed the Catholic Church for decades.

Dear Editor, Caribbean Airlines has increased its airfare for Guyanese to an all-time high of US$1400 for the New York trip.

(Reuters) – Discarded England opener Nick Compton scored a fluent 81 as Australia suffered another mixed day in an Ashes warm-up against Somerset yesterday.

A Stanleytown man was fined $5,000 and ordered to complete 40 hours of community service when he on Monday pleaded guilty to possession of narcotics in the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court.

LONDON, (Reuters) – England stand-in skipper Eoin Morgan is backing Kevin Pietersen to help turn around his side’s fortunes in the second Twenty20 international against New Zealand.

CANBERRA,  (Reuters) – Kevin Rudd was sworn in as Australian prime minister for the second time yesterday, a day after toppling Julia Gillard and three months out from scheduled elections with polls suggesting the ruling Labor Party is staring at a devastating defeat.

AChenapau village (Potaro/Siparuni) yesterday received an aluminum boat and a 40- Horse power engine, handed over through the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs, the Government Information Agency said.

Dear Editor, Please allow me space in your newspaper to express my profound gratitude to the doctors and nurses of the Anamayah Memorial and Balwant Singh Hospitals for the special care they took of me during my recent illness.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Banned Pakistan pace bowler Mohammad Asif was robbed of cash and valuables at gunpoint in Lahore yesterday.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – South African President Jacob Zuma cancelled a trip to neighbouring Mozambique yesterday, intensifying speculation about a deterioration in the health of anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela, who remains critically ill in hospital.

(Trinidad Express) Baby Persia Meleigh Lee Foon-Cummings, the last of the sextuplets still warded at the Mount Hope Women’s Hospital, died Tuesday night.

Dear Editor, Our politicians in Guyana need to emulate the political behaviour of Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard of the Labour Party. 

(BBC) Kent have confirmed the signing of South Africa bowling all-rounder Vernon Philander on a short-term deal.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A US federal judge yesterday threw out a 2011 gun conviction against reggae star Buju Banton.

Caribbean Airlines (CA) sponsored the prize for the captain of the winning cricket team at last week’s Guyana Independence Festival and Trade and Tourism Exhibition at Centennial College (Progress Campus) in Toronto.

BRASILIA/BELO HORIZONTE,  (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Brazilians took to the streets yesterday in new demonstrations calling for a crackdown on corruption and better public services, just a day after Congress ceded to some of the key demands galvanizing protests across the country.

Past students of veteran educator Shirley Jordan yesterday paid tribute to her as she celebrated her 89th birthday.

Earlier this month, this newspaper published a photograph of a man shoulder-deep in a muddy drain along Mandela Avenue.

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Nursery goodbye: Bartica’s Precious Gems Nursery School yesterday held a farewell function for its over 30 children at the Leanna’s Kiddies Park, Bartica.

CAIRO, (Reuters) – President Mohamed Mursi offered opponents a say yesterday in amending a controversial new constitution and a forum to seek “national reconciliation”, as he sought to avert a violent showdown in the streets.

(BBC) Darren Lehmann’s appointment as Australia coach should give England cause for concern, according to Ashes-winning bowler Matthew Hoggard.

Dear Editor, On Monday, June 24, I accompanied my wife to the Port Mourant Ophthalomo-logy Hospital, where she was scheduled to undergo cataract surgery.