Daily Archive: Wednesday, July 31, 2013

A man went on a chopping rampage at Zeelugt North, Squatting area, East Bank Essequibo this evening killing two children and badly wounding his reputed wife.

Presidential Advisor on Empowerment Odinga Lumumba was today freed of a charge that he assaulted a presiding officer on Election Day in 2011, after the

Essequibo lies picture perfect under the warm sun, presenting a landscape of breathtaking beauty, of serene sweetness, to the world.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Denzel Washington was looking for something light after his role as an alcoholic airline pilot in “Flight” and found it in “2 Guns,” an action buddy film that showcases the two-time Academy Award winner’s flair for comedy.

The police say they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Terry Inverary, 65 years, of Silvertown, Wismar, whose body was found on the roadway at Half Mile, Wismar, at about 2250h last night.

(Trinidad Guardian) Former junior national security minister Collin Partap was convicted yesterday of failing to submit to a breathalyser test. Partap,

Region 10 officials were on Monday flayed for a second time this year by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament for overpayments and the sitting also saw an overseer and an audit office official get into a muddle over an abandoned West Watooka project.

MUMBAI/BEIJING,  (Reuters) – Agriculture in China and India will be the biggest winner after Russia’s Uralkali walked away from one of the world’s two big potash cartels, paving the way for consumers to demand hefty price cuts.

(Jamaica Observer) Minister of Health Dr Fenton Ferguson bowed to increasing pressure from within and outside the ruling People’s National Party (PNP), yesterday, agreeing to let Parliament review the ban on smoking he implemented on July 15.

PPP/C nominated Commis-sioner at the Guyana Elections Commission, Dr. Keshav ‘Bud’ Mangal has come out in defence of axed Chief Election Officer (CEO) Gocool Boodoo and supported the latter’s suggestion that Chairman of the Commission Dr.

The police force remains silent on the role of one of its ranks in the fatal shooting of Elvis Fernandes, whose father says the conflicting accounts about his death suggest that there is more to it than anyone is saying.

Vanessa Davis, the aunt of Lusignan massacre accused James Hyles, testified yesterday that on the night of the attack, which claimed 11 lives, he was home with her and several other family members.

Former People’s National Congress member and Minister of Works and Transportation, Steve Naraine passed away yesterday in Canada.

The Limacol Caribbean Premier League (LCPL) party comes to Guyana at the National Stadium located at Providence later tonight and features two of the Caribbean’s most familiar opponents, Guyana’s  Amazon Warriors and the Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel.

A teacher was yesterday read a charge of having sexual relations with a minor girl.

Captains and coaches of Guyana’s Amazon Warriors and Trinidad and Tobago’s Red Steel, who will engage in T20 battle later on tonight, are optimistic about the outcome of their first match of the Limacol Caribbean Premier League (LCPL), played tonight at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

Today, government and the developer, Sithe Global will hold a forum on the Amaila Falls Hydro Project as critics continue to blast the scheme as one that will be a burden to the economy with dangerous debt levels.

Guyana will receive the first shipment of urea from Venezuela under the PetroCaribe regional energy agreement in September and Agriculture Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy says farmers will be paying cheaper prices.

The pitch and field of the Guyana National Stadium located at Providence on the East Bank of Demerara is in superb condition and is set to accommodate a mass of cricket enthusiast, fans and die-hard lovers tonight as the Guyana Amazon Warriors battle the Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel under floodlights.

National squash coach Carl Ince said yesterday that while the recent 31st Junior Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) Championship in Trinidad and Tobago was much more competitive than expected, team Guyana performed outstandingly to clinch their ninth consecutive overall team title.

The family of Camp Street prisoner Brian Blount, who was found hanging in his cell on Sunday night, believes that there was foul play in his death.

Gasoline was in supply at several service stations around the city and along the East Bank of Demerara yesterday, although motorists continued to find long lines at GuyOil stations.

Vendors at the intersection of the Kitty Pump Station and Carifesta Avenue were yesterday given seven days to remove from the location by the Ministry of Public Works.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC-Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce have been named in a 45-member Jamaica squad for the IAAF World Championships in Athletics, set to begin within a couple weeks in Moscow, Russia.

Guyana’s swimmer Earlando McRae yesterday failed to advance to the next round of the men’s 50m breaststroke event in Barcelona, Spain at the 15th FINA World Swimming Championship despite a new personal best effort.

While the Celina Resort, east of the Kitty pump station, remains closed until sometime in September its proprietor has opened  another restaurant and bar a few metres east at another building.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) is determined to crack down on drug-taking in the sport after two leading sprinters tested positive this month, the ruling body’s vice-president Sebastian Coe said yesterday.

The man accused of beating miner Refford Williams to death with a piece of metal pipe was yesterday remanded to prison after being arraigned at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on a murder charge.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Blaming limited overs cricket for the struggles of Australia’s test batsmen is wrongheaded, according to former wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist, who says their problems in the Ashes are mental rather than technical.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) officer, for whom the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) had asked the public for assistance in locating, yesterday afternoon turned himself in as investigations continued into the cocaine find at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri on Saturday.

The start of the second annual 12/12 softball cricket tournament organised by the Guyana Softball Cricket League Incorporated (GSCL) has been postponed.

Dear Editor, The recent disclosure in the print and electronic media does require some comment by me on the performance and renewal of the contract of the Chief Executive Officer of Gecom, Mr Gocool Boodoo.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – The Melbourne Cricket Ground will host the final of the 2015 cricket World Cup, with New Zealand’s Christchurch to kick off the one-day tournament four years after being devastated by an earthquake.

A 20-year-old man accused of stealing a $2.5M Allion motor car was on Monday remanded to prison when he appeared before Magistrate Fabayo Azore at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Wesley Duncan, accused of verbally abusing his wife because she stays out late at nights, was placed on self-bail on Monday after telling a court that he was the one on the receiving end of the ‘tongue-lashing.’

Dear Editor, I have been in the First Federation Life building since 1973 and I do not like the impression the public is getting ‒ only hearing from one side.

A six-month jail sentence was yesterday handed down to a man who hit his wife, after she intervened while he was allegedly beating a 13-year-old about the genitals with a broom.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka have named two uncapped players in their 15-man squad to face South Africa in the fifth and final one-day international in Colombo today.

Dear Editor, Pope Francis continues to impress the international public not only with his humility and simplicity but also by his courage to pronounce on controversial issues, such as the attitude of the Church towards gays.

COLON, Panama  (Reuters) – Panamanian investigators unloading the cargo of a seized North Korean ship carrying arms from Cuba under sacks of brown sugar yesterday found 12 engines for MiG-21 fighter jets and five military vehicles that officials said resembled missile control centers.

Bryan Singh, who yesterday pleaded guilty to assaulting his father, will learn his fate next month when he is due for sentencing, pending a probation report.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – Egypt allowed Europe’s top diplomat to meet deposed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi yesterday, flying her after dark to Mursi’s secret detention facility but ruling out any role for him in ending the turmoil convulsing the country.

Dear Editor, The Constitution and Standing Orders of the University of Guyana Students’ Society (UGSS) are very clear when it comes to disciplining a member.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Israeli and Palestinian negotiators yesterday gave themselves about nine months to try to reach an agreement on ending their conflict of more than six decades in U.S.-brokered

Two men will each spend the next 18 months in prison after being found guilty of snatching a woman’s gold chain.

FORT MEADE, Md./BOSTON, July 30 (Reuters) – A military judge yesterday found U.S.

Dear Editor, In ‘Future Notes’ of July 24, I made the following request for information: “… it must have been realised that, Member’s Day or not, attempting to question the government’s traditional right to set the order of business in the National Assembly would have been  controversial.

The National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) has begun the process of inviting bids for low-cost breakwaters at Anna Regina, Essequibo Coast, Region 2 to facilitate mangrove survival.

Dear Editor, I have chosen to remain on the Guyana political sidelines since 2000, and to focus on my law practice.

A Jamaican who said he entered Guyana illegally on the advice of a Guyanese who told him he could go through the `back track’ was on Monday fined $40, 000 by Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – The International Cricket Council (ICC) will strike agreements with law enforcement agencies in Australia and New Zealand to guard against corruption blighting the 2015 World Cup, chief executive David Richardson told Reuters yesterday.

Dear Editor, I live in the USA and I do go home every year to Middle Street, Vryheid’s Lust, ECD.

Stretching on the beach: Students of Esmerelda Cricket Coaching School from Trinidad and Tobago doing stretch exercises on the beach near the Kitty Seawalls yesterday.

Dear Editor, The West Coast and West Bank Demerara main roadways are quickly deteriorating, and it seems as though there will be no improvement any time soon.

A 27-year-old man who robbed a woman of her gold band was last Friday sentenced to four years imprisonment after being found guilty of the offence at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

It is regrettable when a group of young people attempt a venture that they believe will further their interests and the responsible government ministry, having been invited and expected, fails to show up. 

LONDON, (Reuters) – England will look to leave Australia in a spin and retain the Ashes by taking a 3-0 series lead at Old Trafford from tomorrow with team selection seen as key on the famously dusty track.

Unfolding events in Egypt since the removal of President Mohammed Morsi from office have provided a textbook example of the central role which the military plays in the political affairs of states, even in some of those countries which possess a façade of democracy.

Dear Editor, I always love to visit my home in Kwakwani; it’s such a beautiful place to relax and a place that holds lots of wonderful memories.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Agriculture in Cuba remains in crisis and the country is still dependent on imports five years into Raul Castro’s presidency and efforts to reform the sector, according to a government report released this week.

(Barbados Nation) The exodus of a number of non-nationals from Barbados in recent times has affected the economy in a negative way.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados Tridents, beat Saint Lucia Zouks by 17 runs in their Caribbean Premiere League opening match at the Kensington Oval here Tuesday .