Daily Archive: Friday, July 19, 2013

President Donald Ramotar this evening in a national address described the opposition’s defeat of two matters related to the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project as an act of terrorism against the development of Guyana.

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(Reuters) – West Indies number 11 Jason Holder smashed 14 runs off the final over to earn his side a dramatic tie with Pakistan in the third one-day international at Beausejour Stadium in St Lucia today.

AFC MP Trevor Williams has submitted a series of questions to Culture Minister Dr Frank Anthony about the local publishing house, Caribbean Press which are down for Parliament’s Order Paper on July 25 according to a Notice Paper.

(Barbados Nation) Police have formally charged Guyanese national, Feroze Rafikh, age 42 years, of 2nd Avenue Amity Lodge, Christ Church for the offence of murder in relation to the stabbing death of Tito Gill, which occurred on 17 July 2013.

(Trinidad Express) A father and two of his children were stabbed to death at their home at Ackbar Trace, South Oropouche last night, by a man who was later shot and killed by police when he attempted to kill a third child.

National squash tactician Carl Ince says that team Guyana will be attempting to clinch their ninth consecutive overall junior team title when the Junior Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) Championships commences from July 22nd – 28th in St.

KINGSTON,  (Reuters) – Olympic discus thrower Traves Smikle yesterday became the fourth Jamaican athlete in four days to reveal a positive doping test but said he did not knowingly ingest a banned substance.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica’s two-time Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and American Carmelita Jeter walked out of a press conference in Monaco today after reporters insisted that they would ask about this week’s doping revelations.

By Johann Earle    Last evening’s rejection of a bill and debt motion by the opposition has been described by the government as the “funeral” of the ambitious US$840M Amaila Falls Hydropower Project.

Over the last 18 months, 42 persons have died in riverain and coastal accidents  and the death toll of 25 last year was highest in the last decade.

(BBC) A young Sri Lankan cricketer has been fined and given a warning by the country’s cricket board for trying to open an aeroplane door during a flight.

GuySuCo has announced that the Skeldon factory will start processing canes on August 5, more than a week after its scheduled start, due to “extremely wet conditions” at the estate.

“We are prepared to wait until hell freezes over,” House Speaker Raphael Trotman declared, after Local Government Minister Ganga Persaud yesterday remained silent when asked to take the reins on the four local government bills brought back to the National Assembly.

As part of its initiative to continue to develop the fistic sport locally, the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) and Cuban Coach, Francisco Hernandez Roldan will conduct monthly two-day coaching seminars beginning this weekend at the Andrew ‘SixHead’ Lewis Gym.

By Shakisa Harvey   Almost eight years after 13-year-old Trishanna Debidayal was struck down at a pedestrian crossing on her way home from school, her mother laments the painful reality that instead of celebrating her 21st birthday today with her in the flesh, she is left to reflect on memories.

The reconstruction of the One-Mile Primary School, Linden is at a stand-still as government has not yet released the $60 million it promised for the project and other major backers have pulled out because the government was welcomed on-board.

Two cousins yesterday found themselves in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on charges of attacking each other and one of them answered a separate charge for allegedly assaulting his grandmother.

With the presentation of a generator by the Weldaad Station Management Committee (WSMC), the Weldaad Police Station is now equipped to deal with blackouts.

Secretary of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB), Anand Sanasie says the GCB takes full responsibility for the fiasco involving young Berbice cricketer, Sylus Tyndall who was left at the airport after a mix up involving the Board and team management.

A team from the Guyana Horse Racing Authority (GHRA) along with veterinarian Dr.

The validity of official assertions targeting potential investors that Guyana is “open for business” cannot be sustained in circumstances where, so often, the authorities demonstrate “a lack of capacity to protect the local business community from vicious criminal attacks,” Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) President Clinton Urling says.

HOUSTON,  CMC – Assistant coach Hutson Charles has credited new head coach Stephen Hart and Director of Football Leo Beenhakker for improving the fortunes of Trinidad and Tobago which has advanced to the quarter finals of the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC- The former head coach of the African nation of Cameroon, Winfried Schafer, is the man handed the responsibility of reviving Jamaica’s bid to qualify for next year’s World Cup in Brazil.

“Tenderpreneurs are people who (ab)use power, influence and their network of contacts to win state contracts for their personal enrichment.

The 6th Annual Berbice Cricket Board (BCB)/Scotiabank Academy for youngsters will bowl off on Monday at the Area “H” Ground in Rose Hall Town.

  The Ministry of Home Affairs has said stakeholders have identified a number of criminal ‘hot spots’ and have advised the police to find an appropriate response to address the recent spike in armed robberies and other violent crime.

Tournament fifth and six seeds Khalif Gobin and Oswin Coggins respectively were eliminated in their opening men’s singles encounters as action in the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) Open commenced at the company’s Recreational Club, Kaieteur Street, Bel Air Park on Wednesday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC- Barbados Tridents Captain Kieron Pollard has received a ringing endorsement from head coach Desmond Haynes and all-rounder Carlos Brathwaite as the countdown continues to the start of the inaugural Caribbean Premier League (CPL) Haynes, a former West Indies opening batsman and Braithwaite have identified Pollard as critical to the success of the franchise in the CPL set to get underway in Barbados July 30th.

It was clear from the tone of Tuesday’s Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) media release that the chamber is pretty sore over what it believes is the evidence provided in Monday’s spate of robberies that the police are not doing enough to protect the business community.

Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry yesterday issued a call for better security in the courtrooms and the compound of the current Georgetown Magistrates’ Court complex.

The nation’s best cyclists will be on their saddles again on Sunday competing for lucrative cash prizes when Roraima Bikers Club (RBC) and Bryden and Fernandes team up to pedal off their inaugural 10-race programme at the Seawall Bandstand.

DETROIT,  (Reuters) – Detroit filed the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S.

The trial of James Anthony Hyles called ‘Sally,’ and Mark Royden Williams, called ‘Smallie,’ the duo accused of the 2008 Lusignan Massacre continued yesterday before Justice Navindra Singh in the High Court with a second voir dire.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Leading Chinese sportswear brand Li Ning has suspended its sponsorship deal with Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell after he failed a drugs test.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Sports medicine expert Dr Paul Wright has indicated that there could be serious sanctions for the two Jamaican athletes who tested positive for the stimulant oxilofrine.

(Jamaica Observer) American tech expert JJ Geewax has set up a business incubator in Jamaica that will invest in local start-ups and aspiring entrepreneurs interested in the global technology industry.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Ian Bell joined an elite trio yesterday with his third Ashes century in successive tests after England had lost three cheap wickets on the opening day of the second test against Australia at Lord’s.

Attorney Nigel Hughes yesterday moved to have US-based Guyanese professor Dr.

An international energy management specialist has told a local workshop organised by the Guyana Manufacturing & Services Association (GMSA) that the business sector must take energy management to the very top of the totem pole if it is to prosper.

WELLINGTON,  (Reuters) – Former New Zealand batsman Jesse Ryder has recovered from a vicious assault and is eager to resume playing cricket, hoping that a move to Otago from Wellington will reinvigorate his international career, his manager said yesterday.

Dear Editor, I returned home last Sunday after a visit overseas and have read the National Minimum Wage For Regular Working Hours (For All Workers in Guyana) Order No 5 of 2013 signed by the  Minister of Labour and would like to make a few comments and observations and seek some clarifications.

KIROV, Russia,  (Reuters) – Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was sentenced to five years in jail for theft on Thursday, an unexpectedly tough punishment which supporters said proved President Vladimir Putin was a dictator ruling by repression.

(Barbados Nation) Barbadian athletes are not using any performance enhancing drugs.

By Anatole Kaletsky (Reuters) – The bull market in global equities that started in the dark days of early 2009 passed a historic milestone this week.

The Ministry of Home Affairs has announced that a number of police officers have been participating in training programmes overseas including on the topic of financial investigation.

Members of the New Amsterdam Constabulary recently came in for heavy criticism from Deputy Mayor Harold Debydeen, who accused them of facilitating a culture of lawlessness in the town through their lax approach to carrying out their duties.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC- An Irishman who launched his international career in the Caribbean says he is relishing a return to the region where it all started for him.

Just a few weeks after the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) promulgated its Competitiveness Manifesto which included a recommendation on strengthening economic diplomacy there have been soundings elsewhere in the Caribbean about the need for diplomatic missions to play a more central

Dear Editor, On Tuesday, 2nd of July I presented a petition to the Beterverwagting and Triumph Neighbourhood Democratic Council.

GULLANE, Scotland, (Reuters) – American Zach Johnson bucked the trend at bone-hard Muirfield yesterday, snatching the driver out of his bag as often as possible to grab the early first-round lead on five-under 66 at the British Open.

Dear Editor, The residents of the Manchester/Ulverston area would like to express our disgust at the incompetence of the Guyana Cricket Board that affected our young villager, Sylus Tyndall, from travelling to Jamaica to represent his county in the West Indies Cricket Board Under-15 tournament.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana,  CMC- West Indies off spinner Sunil Narine, who recaptured his best form with a four wicket haul against Pakistan on Tuesday, is aiming to extend his wicket taking momentum to the third ODI which bowls off in St.

Up to two weeks ago the local banking sector remained tight-lipped on the progress it is making in meeting the conditionalities imposed by the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) enacted by the US Congress in 2010.

Safraz Rahaman, who said that he was taking one gram of cannabis home to boil for his asthmatic daughter to drink, was on Tuesday fined $3,000 and ordered to do six months community service when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro demanded the United States apologize yesterday after the Obama administration’s nominee for envoy to the United Nations said there was a crackdown on civil society in the South American country.

(Trinidad Express) The Integrity Commission today issued a statement indicating that at the first meeting of the new Integrity Commission two weeks ago, Chairman Kenneth Gordon said he would recuse himself from participating in any deliberations or investigation related to the emailgate probe.

ATLANTA,  CMC- Columbus Crew midfielder Kevan George has been called up ahead of Trinidad and Tobago’s CONCACAF Gold Cup quarter-final against Mexico at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta tomorrow.

A landlord was yesterday placed on bail after she denied charges that she disconnected her tenants’ water supply and hurled abuses at them.

Dear Editor, I refer to a recent letter written by Mr Hydar Ally who extols Guyana as a model country when it comes to human development (SN, July 7).

(Trinidad Express) – CLICO Investment Fund (CIF) unit holders will receive their second semi-annual dividend payment on August 21.

Flipped: High winds flipped this single-engine private aircraft at Ogle International Airport early yesterday afternoon.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Two men and a woman are now dead after an early-morning shooting on Fort George Road, Annotto Bay in St Mary yesterday.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Even by the standards of North Korea’s dilapidated shipping fleet, which often carries contraband and sails vessels until they sink, the recent failed attempt to transport Cuban arms through the Panama Canal was a risky business.

Dear Editor, My brother, Elijah, is the funniest person I know. 

At a remembrance ceremony by the People Progressive Party commemorating the 1973 Ballot Box Martyrs Jagan Ramessar and Parmanad Bholanauth,

GULLANE, Scotland,  (Reuters) – World number two Rory McIlroy suffered a “brain dead” moment at the 15th hole and felt he was generally “unconscious” as he stumbled his way to an ugly eight-over 79 in the British Open first round yesterday.

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The European Central Bank moved yesterday to get more money to the euro zone’s struggling small businesses, letting banks use more of the assets once blamed for triggering the financial crisis as collateral for cheap loans.

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s reference, in her opening remarks at the recent meeting of Caricom Heads in Port of Spain, to the view that “Caricom, as it was originally envisioned, has reached its political, socio-economic and ideological limits,” may have its genesis in the thinking of her foreign minister, Winston Dookeran.

GASCI reports that session 520’s trading results showed consideration of $1,175,126 from 44,632 shares traded in 8 transactions as compared to session 519 which showed consideration of $2,117,516 from 17,190 shares traded in 6 transactions. 

Solidarity with Linden: Scenes from the vigil last evening at the People’s Parliament in memory of the victims of the July 18, 2012 protest in Linden.

Dear Editor, I am in total agreement with Syeada Manbodh in her letter captioned ‘Birds should not be in cages’ published in Stabroek News dated 15th July, 2013.

A couple accused of assaulting each other but who opted against pursuing the matter was yesterday placed on a 12-month bond to keep the peace.

L’ALPE D’HUEZ, France, (Reuters) – Chris Froome showed rare signs of weakness yesterday despite extending his overall lead on the Tour de France in the 18th stage, won after two epic ascents of l’Alpe d’Huez by France’s Christophe Riblon.

(Trinidad Express) TRINIDAD and Tobago has been named among 34 Caribbean and Latin American countries that participated in an Interpol-led ope­ration that netted nearly 30 tonnes of cocaine, heroin and marijuana, with an estimated value of US$822 million.