Daily Archive: Saturday, August 10, 2013

Sometimes it is easier to hold on to the past than to address the present; for elites to interact only with each other, to repeat the same actions, and to lose touch with those whom they seek to help.Recently,

At about 0930h. yesterday, the police searched a building at King Edward Street, Albouystown, where two unregistered motorcycles, suspected to have been smuggled into the country via Lethem, were found.

BAGHDAD,  (Reuters) – A series of car bombs in mainly Shi’ite areas of Baghdad killed 57 people and wounded more than 150 today, in what appeared to be coordinated attacks on people celebrating the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.

The police today said that up to the end of July this year, there had been 72 murders and 61 deaths on the roads.

(Trinidad Express) Kelly-Ann Baptiste has tested positive for a banned substance, and has left the IAAF World Championships, here in Moscow, Russia.

(Barbados Nation) LIAT CHAIRMAN  Jean Holder is admitting the airlines’ failure to adequately make the public understand  its challenges.

Sithe Global yesterday made good on its threat to exit the Amaila Falls Hydro project over the lack of political consensus on the venture but President Donald Ramotar last night vowed to continue working to make the nearly US$900 million project a reality.

Chief spokesman on economics and finance for the main opposition, APNU, Carl Greenidge says the government failed to persuade legislators on the merits of the Amaila hydro project after prospective developer Sithe Global set the condition of political consensus for continuing with it.

The AFC says that its decision to support the Hydro Electric Power (Amendment) Bill and the debt ceiling motion for the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project (AFHP) was intended to give “a new lease on life” to the venture, which has since lost sponsors Sithe Global.

A woman was yesterday arrested during an alleged attempt to mail cocaine to Canada.

Charles Anthony Woolford, who is accused of killing his wife after an argument, will have to face a new trial after a jury failed to agree on a verdict yesterday.

Scores of indigenous people protested outside the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs yesterday calling for a revision of the 2006 Amerindian Act and for their rights to be respected even as government supporters said that much has been done to advance the rights of Amerindians.

A petition calling for revision of the 2006 Amerindian Act was launched on Thursday, with activists proposing several changes to the legislation, including “recognition of rights to ancestral land, territories and resources.”

Several Amerindian vendors, who ply their trade outside of the Amerindian Residence on Princes Street, say they are being targeted for removal because of their participation in a protest on Wednesday outside of Parliament Building.

The shortlist for the 2012 Guyana Prize for Literature, due to be announced within the next two weeks, will not include entrants for the regional award, which has been suspended because of a lack of funding.

The Audit Office will investigate discrepancies flagged in Region 10’s accounts, including overpayments to contractors that have led to a call for the sacking of the region’s Senior Superintendent of Works Patrice Johnson.

Teenage mothers will soon benefit from a partnership between Women Across Differences (WAD) and international volunteer organisation CUSO that aims to reduce gender discrimination through economic and social empowerment.

Main opposition APNU believes that President Donald Ramotar will assent to the four local government bills passed in the National Assembly on Wednesday.

Local Government Minister Ganga Persaud says that the passage of four long-delayed bills on Wednesday paves the way for elections to local government bodies to be held in around six months.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC –A half century from Irishman Kevin O’Brien and disciplined bowling from the Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel carried them to their first win in the CPL T20 tournament as they defeated Guyana Amazon Warriors by three runs at Queen’s Park Oval last night O’Brien hammered 70 off 47 balls in helping the Red Steel to post 159 off their 20 overs before their bowlers then restricted the Warriors to 156 for four to pull-off a narrow victory.

Attorney General Anil Nandlall yesterday assured that the five government bills passed during the last sitting of the National Assembly would be treated with “convenient speed” when received by his office for assent certification.

Suriname’s Education Minister Ismanto Adno said yesterday that there has been an improvement in relations and cooperation between the two nations because of the annual Inter Guiana Games.

The Georgetown Softball Cricket League Incorporated (GSCL Inc) organized second 12/12 tournament gets underway today at the Everest Cricket Club ground featuring some of the best teams from the country.

Having won the Guyana Prize for Literature three times, Harold Bascom has nothing to prove.

Dawn Da Silva, diagnosed with a brain tumour, is appealing for assistance to raise the money she needs to undergo brain surgery in Cuba next month.

A thief, who snatched another man’s chain from round his neck and then swallowed it after he was caught, was yesterday sentenced to 18 months in prison.

This review was done in January, a month where perhaps all business is slow, crash except for the restaurant business; we’re always hungry.

After experiencing mixed fortunes earlier in the day in the team time trials in the National Park, the national junior riders later took their talents to the open road and dominated their Surinamese counterparts to retain their Inter Guiana Games (IGG) cycling title.

A scrap metal dealer, accused of having an improvised utensil for smoking cocaine, yesterday told a court that the instrument was planted on him.

Guyana’s Inter-Guiana Games (IGG) football team went down 1-2 to Suriname yesterday afternoon on a damp Police Sports Club ground, Eve Leary as the visitors mainiatned their superiority in the discipline.

Hi Everyone, A few weeks ago I was visiting some friends up North.

Dear Editor, The Parliamentary Select Committee (SC) on the Cricket Administration Bill has failed miserably to fulfil its mandate, which, initially, was to provide for the legalization of the Guyana Board which could only have been completed by granting the Board corporate status.

Forty-six children, between the ages of eight and 14 years, were yesterday awarded certificates after completing the seventh annual Guyana National Museum Children’s Taxidermy summer camp.

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Dear Editor, Do you know a way to paint pictures without using paint?

Shaun Dietz Coach of Guyana’s 400m phenom Kadecia Baird says that he would not be surprised if his athlete qualifies for the finals of the 400m at this year’s IAAF World Championships in Russia.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Usain Bolt will need to guard against complacency as he begins his bid to win the 100 metres crown while double Olympic champion Mo Farah goes for gold in the 10,000 on the first day of the world championships today.

The Guyana Responsible Parenthood Association (GRPA) is holding an outreach on its ‘Youths Promoting Healthy Lifestyles’ campaign today at the City Mall, as it seeks to increase awareness about the initiative and services available for young people.

Witness 

Guyana Hindu Dharmic Shaba’s 18th production of its annual Naya Zamana dance production will take the form of a “riveting drama” titled Tall Dhamaal which promises to entertain and mesmerise the audience who attend its staging on August 24th at the National Cultural Centre (NCC).

Dear Editor, Chairman Surujbally in his response – see SN of August 7 ‒ to my letter of August 6, has stated that most of the deficiencies highlighted should have been directed to the former CEO, Mr G Boodoo.

A huckster was yesterday remanded to prison on a charge that he had cocaine for trafficking.

Dear Editor, The AFC’s change of position to one of support for debating the Amaila Falls Hydroelectric project is puzzling, as other available options would seem to have been more advantageous to the Guyanese majority.

MOSCOW, Russia, CMC- As Grenada’s carnival celebrations head for a climax this extended holiday weekend, their national hero Kirani James is aiming to give the people of his small Caribbean island something special to celebrate.

The father of murdered North West businessman John Jeffrey says that the release of the men identified fleeing in a car from the scene of the crime is a sign that police have failed do a proper investigation.

Dear Editor, Mr Mohamed Akeel seems to be begging the question on the National Minimum Wage Order.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Barack Obama announced plans yesterday to limit sweeping U.S.

CHESTER-LE-STREET, England,  (Reuters) – Nathan Lyon stole the show as Australia produced a tight, disciplined bowling display on a sluggish pitch to reduce England to 238 for nine on the first day of the fourth Ashes test yesterday.

The 12th staging of the Miss Guyana Talented Teen pageant is set for September 28 with an important addition – the first ever Mr Guyana Talented Teen competition.

Guyana’s male and female U19 teams made a clean sweep of the team titles of the annual Inter Guiana Games yesterday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Friday denied he has poor relations with Vladimir Putin after canceling their Moscow talks, but said the Russian president can sometimes appear “like a bored kid in the back of the classroom.”

A 62-year-old man was on Thursday summoned to answer two charges at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, including stoning a woman’s house.

Dear Editor, At its recently concluded congress, the PPP made much about the need to rebuild its decaying structures and shore up its neglected arms.

A company is up and running and is expected to design, market and sell exclusive, culturally rich Caribbean couture, thanks to a partnership of Caribbean fashion and marketing experts, who are behind the recently launched design marketing company MADEIN592.COM.

(Trinidad Express) Govern-ment is seeking legal advice on the possibility of postponing the local government elections, sources said on Thursday.

Dear Editor, Mr Brassington is reported to have said that after one year of the Amaila Falls Hydroelectric Project coming on stream, the demand for electricity will be greater than the supply and Guyana will have to seek additional electricity supplies from another project.

Team Suriname defeated Guyana by three games to one to win the Chess competition of the Inter-Guiana Games ((IGG) at the Ocean View Hotel yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) The State is ready to begin calling witnesses in the five-year-old case against Reshmi Dipnarine, the woman charged with twice raping a 17-year-old boy.

The Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) is trying to identify an accident victim, who succumbed yesterday at the facility.

(Reuters) – A luxury shop owner in Zurich denied that racism was involved when U.S.

Some of the scores of indigenous protestors outside the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs yesterday, where they called for their concerns, including land rights, to be addressed.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Eighteen of the 19 U.S. embassies and consulates closed this month due to worries about potential terrorist attacks will reopen tomorrow, the U.S.

ALGIERS/LONDON  (Reuters) – Inquiries into the bloody assault on an Algerian gas plant are uncovering increasing evidence of contacts between the assailants and the jihadis involved in killing the U.S.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Australia’s Channel Nine TV on Friday defended its reporting of the use of silicone tape on cricket bats to confuse Hotspot technology during the Ashes series, saying they had not made allegations about players cheating.

Dear Editor, In 1992 when the PPP came into office, compliments of the Hoyte/Jimmy Carter formula, they proclaimed loudly locally and abroad that Guyana had experienced a ‘return to democracy.’

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Notorious Mexican drug kingpin Rafael Caro Quintero, convicted of ordering the killing of a U.S.

(Reuters) – The ex-wife of R&B singer Usher is seeking custody of their two young sons after one of them was hospitalized in Atlanta following a swimming pool accident this week, court papers released on Wednesday showed.

(Reuters) – “Cowboy” Jack Clement, who inspired pioneering rock’n’rollers and classic country musicians, sometimes while prancing around the music studio in his bathrobe and playing the ukulele, died on Thursday at his home in Nashville.

In 1960, according to official census data, Detroit was the most prosperous city in America.

Dear Editor, “All oppression is connected!” Those are the words of Jamaican poet and political activist Staceyann Chin. 

Prime Minister Samuel Hinds distributing food yesterday at the Peter’s Hall Masjid, where he joined Muslims in their Eid-ul-Fitr observance that usually follows the month of Ramadan.

Politikles

A Sister sent an email to me and other Sisters this week with a link to an article that was printed in the August 5th Kaieteur News, titled, “Following spate of domestic violence… Don’t leave our men out of the counseling set-up.”

LONDON, (Reuters) – Only months after archaeologists discovered the missing body of Richard III, researchers are about to test human remains to see if they are those of another king, Alfred the Great, a ninth-century monarch.

(Jamaica Gleaner) One-hundred-and-twenty-seven Jamaicans have been allegedly killed by the police between January 1 and June 30 of this year.

ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC-Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago have recorded their third consecutive victory to remain the only two unbeaten teams after third round matches in the West Indies Women Super 50 in Grenada  yesterday Jamaica defeated Dominica by 10 wickets while Trinidad and Tobago rolled over Grenada by 140 runs.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, , CMC – Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel defeated the Guyana Amazon Warriors by three runs in their CPL T20 match at the Queen’s Park Oval last night.