Daily Archive: Friday, August 16, 2013

(Trinidad Express) Bollywood stars Rani Mukherjee and Arjun Rampal will not be coming to Trinidad.

President Donald Ramotar tonight made another plea to the main opposition APNU on outstanding concerns over the Amaila hydropower project and invited the coalition to a meeting to thrash out these matters.

Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment Robert Persaud (centre) with Jeffrey Barrus (right), Economic and Commercial Officer of the US Embassy (right) and Dr.

(Reuters) – With her music and film career expanding outside of Bollywood, Priyanka Chopra says she is now in a position to change common misconceptions that people may have about India.

(Trinidad Express) State carrier Caribbean Airlines (CAL) has severed its chief financial officer Shiva Ramnarine from the Company.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce completed a remarkable sprint double today as she added the 200 metres world championship gold to the 100 she won earlier in the week.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – Muslim Brotherhood protests plunged into violence across Egypt today, with around 50 killed in Cairo alone on a “Day of Rage” called by Islamist followers of ousted President Mohamed Mursi to denounce a police crackdown.

A couple was yesterday sentenced to five years each by Magistrate Adele Nagamootoo at the Reliance Magistrate’s Court, Corentyne after they were found guilty of conspiracy to traffic in persons.

During the early morning of today, the police say they  carried out raids in Albouystown, Alberttown, Sophia, Meadow Bank, Charlestown and West Front Road during which twenty- three men and five women were arrested pending investigations  into possession of narcotics, armed robbery and break and enter and larceny.

(Barbados Nation) Prime Minister Freundel Stuart suggested last night that free tertiary education was never intended  to last forever.

With grinding pushed back yet again at the Skeldon factory, the Guyana Sugar Corporation is falling significantly behind on the crucial second crop target.

An armed gunman yesterday robbed employees of Toolsie Persaud Limited of $16.9M as they were heading to a city bank during a well-planned attack which comes despite repeated pleas to the business community to be cautious when transporting large sums of money.

Former President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday laced into analysts who he charged used “charlatan economics” to kill the Amaila hydropower project and he said that the country had lost a major chance to advance its economic development.

The fears of the mother of Quincy Oliver Sooklall, whose body was pulled from the Demerara River with visible marks of violence and what appeared  to be a gaping hole through his chest, were confirmed when an autopsy last Friday revealed that he died of a gunshot wound.

A family of seven of Cotton Tree, West Coast Berbice is now homeless after fire of unknown origin destroyed their two-flat, two-bedroom wooden home last evening.

Rice farmers in  Regions  2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 are faced with paddy bug infestation in the current crop and the  Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB), under the purview of the Ministry of Agriculture has initiated a $25M plan to address the issue, GINA said last evening.

The AFC has no intention of accepting the resignation of its Chairman Nigel Hughes, says party General Secretary David Patterson.

Sixteen-year-old Lisa Maria Thakurdin travelled every day from Pomeroon to attend school at the Anna Regina Multilateral School and sometimes after only sleeping for two hours.

Driver Suraj Ram, who allegedly struck and killed a pedestrian after losing control of his vehicle, was yesterday remanded to prison.

Caldron Daly was on Wednesday sentenced to serve three years in prison for stealing clothing and other articles, including the sneakers he wore as he stood before the court.

Laparkan Financial Services Limited (LFSL) is continuing to operate its money transfer service.

A radio and television broadcaster is alleging that he was assaulted by police officers as he was making his way out of the International Conference Centre at Liliendaal on Wednesday afternoon.

Six months have passed since St Margaret’s Primary School student Joshua Hubbard died after he was pushed down in the school’s compound by a classmate and the Education Ministry is still to release the findings of the investigation that was launched into the case.

Maurice Amres, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GEB Security Services Inc.,

The woman who allegedly beat her partner to death outside their Plaisance, East Coast Demerara home remained on the run up the press time last night.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC– Christopher Barnwell kept his nerve conceding just four runs and picking up two wickets in the final over of the match as Guyana Amazon Warriors pulled off a tense five run victory over Jamaica Tallawahs, in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) at Sabina Park here yesterday.

A Stabroek Market stall holder was yesterday remanded to prison on a narcotics trafficking charge after police raided his shop and allegedly found a quantity of narcotics.

Guyana swept Jamaica 5-0 in their female team playoffs and the men drubbed Barbados 4-1 as action in the Digicel 2013 Senior Caribbean Squash Championships continued at the Georgetown Club Squash Courts yesterday.

An argument over window curtains landed a man before the court yesterday on a charge that he took a cutlass and chopped his neighbour.

A real estate agent was yesterday charged with threatening to slit an employee’s throat during a row over money.

Twenty-two of the country’s best under-18 sportsmen and women have been shortlisted to compete in seven disciplines of the inaugural South American Youth Games slated for September 20-29 in Peru.

Concerns over the future of the PetroCaribe oil deal brokered between Venezuela and Guyana and other Caribbean countries during the presidency of the late President Hugo Chavez were raised here during this week’s two-day National Economic Forum.

By Jairo Rodrigues in Suriname The City of Smiles … at least that is what the locals call it, Paramaribo, the Capital City of the Dutch-speaking South American nation, Suriname opens its doors today for the eleventh celebration of the Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA).

Alpha ‘the Hammer’ United mauled Grove Hi-Tech 4-0 when action in the Slingerz/National Association for Women Football (NAWF) ‘Goal for Gold’ tournament continued on Wednesday.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Kenyan Ezekiel Kemboi refused to buckle and allow teenage team mate Conseslus Kipruto to threaten his dominance of the 3,000 metres steeplechase by powering to a third consecutive world title yesterday.

If it was altogether predictable that the Amaila Falls hydropower project would dominate the discourses at the August 14-15 National Economic Forum, the fact that the role of the small business sector in the country’s wider economic ambitions failed to even make the cut as a key issue for discourse at the opening of the forum was a considerable disappointment.

Grenadian athletes Kenisha Pascal and Reon Radix arrived in Guyana Wednesday morning prepared to battle for victory in the fourth edition of the Boyce/Jefford Track and Field Classic set for this weekend.

Senior government and private sector officials on Wednesday used the opening session of the August 14-15 National Economic Forum to continue to express concern over what they say may be an irretrievably lost opportunity to secure a hydropower energy source for the country.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Sweden’s Ethiopian-born Abeba Aregawi learned from her Olympic mistake and produced a devastating final 300 metres to deny defending champion Jennifer Simpson a second 1,500 metres gold at the world championships yesterday.

The University of Guyana congratulates all the successful students who wrote the 2013 CSEC examinations, on completing this first step of their future careers.

This newspaper first learnt of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) Security Seminar several weeks ago on the day that several sections of the media reported a spate of robberies in the city.

Dear Editor, Recognizing that Guyana has more to lose than to gain by the derailing of the Amaila Falls Hydro Project, the AFC displayed a sense of patriotism by extending its support.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Pakistan-born Fawad Ahmed is likely to make his full Australia debut over the next month after being named as the specialist spinner in the squad for six one-day and two Twenty20 internationals against England yesterday.

Securing and sustaining external markets and ensuring the overall health of the local population “in both the short and long term” are challenges that require Guyana to be particularly mindful of its food safety standards a United States-based Guyanese food science technology expert has told Stabroek Business.

Dear Editor, It came as a great shock and later a greater disappointment to me when I learned of the conflict of interest position in which Chairman of the Alliance For Change (AFC) found himself regarding the Amaila Falls Hyropower Project.

More than 300 young people will be taking part in a three-day Bahá’í Youth Conference slated to begin today as part of a drive to encourage the youth to contribute to the well-being of their communities.

Dear Editor, Mr Gocool Boodoo was never given due process ‒ not even a hearing.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Leveraging its parent’s manufacturing capacity for filets, breaded nuggets and other menu items, Fish Pot restaurant, a wholly owned subsidiary of Rainforest Seafoods, has rented property in the heart of Half-Way Tree formerly known as Skateland for its second seafood-oriented quick-service eatery.

Caribbean Boxing Federation (CABOFE) and local super middleweight champion, Lennox ‘2 Sharpe’ Allen still has it together as a fighter.

The sea defence work on Wakenaam. The road damage is evident in the background.

(Barbados Nation) From next year, Barbadian students at campuses of the University of the West Indies across the region will be digging into their pocket for their tuition fees.

The Albion Community Centre Cricket Club will be staging their 2013 cricket academy from August 19 to 24 in Berbice, with aims of developing the ancient county’s next stars.

Dear Editor, My mother always had her eyes on me as I played in the backyard.

Dear Editor, The 2013 CSEC numbers for Marian Academy are inspiring. 

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC– Trinidad and Tobago sports minister Anil Roberts has questioned the decision by the National Amateur Athletics Association (NAAA) to lift a provisional ban on sprinter Semoy Hackett after she tested positive for a banned substance.

(Reuters) – Network equipment maker Cisco Systems Inc is cutting 4,000 jobs, or 5 percent of its workforce, as it makes a fresh attempt to reduce costs and refocus on growth areas in the face of uncertain demand for its networking equipment.

MOSCOW, Russia, CMC- Jehue Gordon gave the people of the Twin Island Republic of Trinidad & Tobago reasons to smile with a golden 400m hurdles run yesterday’s 6th day of the 14th World Athletics Championships here at the Luzhniki Stadium.

It may not be a game-changer as far as foreign investment in the Guyana economy is concerned but the recent announcement that coconut water imported into the United States from Guyana could be used in the manufacture of an energy drink that will target the high-end US market has already set tongues wagging in the region.

Dear Editor, With the Guyana government and the opposition’s recent agreement on local government reform, the way has now been cleared for the holding of local government elections in Guyana after an extended period.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC– Three of the world’s leading Twenty20 players are to join the Limacol Caribbean Premier League (LCPL) replacing injured players and those leaving because of other professional commitments.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – Deeply polarised Egypt braced for renewed confrontation today after the Muslim Brotherhood called for a nationwide march of millions to show anger at a ferocious security crackdown on Islamists in which hundreds were killed.

Fully loaded: These boys were having fun at Annandale yesterday but this is not a safe way to enjoy a bike. 

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Dear Editor, The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) it appears does not have the confidence of the cricketing fraternity in its present form since it is devoid of two thirds of its constituent members (Berbice Cricket Board and Demerara Cricket Board).

Dear Editor, I’m at lost and perplexed by the conduct of Kaieteur News to which I have been a regular contributor for many years over the manner in which it has unceremoniously terminated publishing my letters.

(Prepared by the Guyana Marketing Corporation and published by Stabroek Business as a public service)

CINCINNATI, (Reuters) – Having realised a lifelong dream by claiming the Wimbledon title, Marion Bartoli decided she had nothing left to give on Wednesday, shocking the world of tennis by bidding a sudden and poignant farewell to the sport.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A small creature that looks like a cross between a house cat and teddy bear has become the first new carnivore species discovered in the Americas in 35 years.

Paltry government investment in the promotion of Guyana abroad compared to the “millions” being invested in the same pursuit by other Caribbean countries has been a key factor in the retardation of the local tourism industry, according to a presentation made by stakeholders in the industry at this week’s National Economic Forum.

BEIRUT,  (Reuters) – A powerful car bomb struck the southern Beirut stronghold of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group yesterday, killing 20 people, wounding 120 and trapping many others inside damaged buildings, witnesses and emergency officials said.

A couple of weeks ago, Ian McDonald penned a heartfelt tribute to a dearly departed friend and colleague from the world of sugar.

Dear Editor, The Region 2 Administration cannot be exonerated from shirking its responsibility to enforce the law in relation to unscrupulous vendors by giving short weight, especially in the meat section of the markets in the district.

With respect, I repeat my own view that the typical working-class citizen of this big beautiful, but blighted land makes little time to consider the role of the National Assembly and its chairpersons, described as speakers.

ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada,  CMC-The Grenada Government says it will make an initial cash payment to Olympic gold medalist Kirani James when he returns to the island for a brief stint early next month.

  Crime and business ‘think in’: Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee addressing the recent Crime and Business ‘think in’ at the Pegasus Hotel organized by the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

 By Gerhard Ramsaroop (This is the fourth part of five on the traffic situation.