Daily Archive: Saturday, August 24, 2013

Lendl Simmons with 40 guided Guyana to 128 for 5 in the Caribbean Premier League final in Trinidad tonight.

BEIJING, China (JIS) — Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, on Friday (August 23), outlined the mutual benefits which Jamaica and the People’s Republic of China can derive from Jamaica’s Global Logistics Hub Initiative.

 The Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) Rajendra Singh has told Stabroek News that his contract has not been renewed although he will be returning to the state-owned corporation in another capacity.

The decomposed body of Richard Lord was today found hanging at Zeelugt North, East Bank Essequibo.

The body of a man was found at Westminster, Parfait Harmonie this morning with injuries about his body, Crime Chief Seelall Persaud has confirmed.

Surendra Engineering Corporation has said it has a successful track record of managing and completing projects similar to the US$18M specialty hospital it has been contracted by government to build at Turkeyen and that opposition concerns about its capacity are misguided.

Plans for a four-lane highway for Sheriff Street have been shelved after objections were raised by businesses but sidewalks and other improvements remain part of a US$24M project that will also greatly transform Mandela Avenue.

President Donald Ramotar has approved the promotion of Colonel Mark Phillips to Brigadier and he is the new designated Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Chief-of-Staff.

Leader of the Opposition David Granger yesterday sounded the main opposition’s alarm that thousands of children are failing exams amid falling teacher training standards and has called for a Commission of Inquiry into the education system to arrest the situation.

President Donald Ramotar yesterday asserted that the Amaila Falls Hydro Project would move ahead and he reiterated that the government would look at other partners to make the project possible following the withdrawal of developer Sithe Global.

Magistrate Fabayo Azore yesterday issued an arrest for Police Corporal Huford David after he failed to appear at court to answer a charge of sexual assault of a minor.

In the midst of an outpouring of tributes for his contributions to Guyana’s political, social and cultural landscape, elder statesman Eusi Kwayana on Wednesday called for action to improve the way women are being treated in the society.

A project to teach the Arawak language to children in the hopes of ensuring that it remains a living language spoken by the next generation of Amerindian people is among the activities planned for Amerindian Heritage Month 2013.

The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) is lobbying the government to allow miners to retain up to 50% of the value of gold they sell in foreign exchange.

Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) yesterday announced that the water supply to nine West Bank Demerara areas will be disrupted for five days next week to facilitate urgent maintenance at the L’oratoire Well Station.

Essequibo rice farmers are frustrated that the assistance being doled out by the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) while good-intentioned is doing very little to actually combat paddy bugs.

Andre Russell removed the lid of doubt, smashing three consecutive sixes to catapult the Jamaica Tallawahs into today’s final of the Limacol Caribbean Premier League last night at the Queen’s Park Oval in the second semi-final of the inaugural tournament.

Quick action by workers of the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) prevented flooding at Friendship, East Bank Demerara after the koker suffered damage during high tides. 

Four brothers, Leonard, 27, Orlando, 23, Kevin, 22, and Chavez Allicock, 21, were on Tuesday each sentenced to five years in jail after they were found guilty of the armed robbery of an Albouystown shopkeeper.

Top junior players, Chelsea Edghill and Shemar  Britton have been selected by the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) to represent Guyana in table-tennis at the South American Youth Games in Lima, Peru next month end.

Courtney Farley, who was accused of killing his wife, was freed yesterday after a jury found him not guilty of murder at the High Court.

The Guyana Tennis Association has sent a congratulatory message to Sachia Vickery who recently qualified to participate in the upcoming US Open lawn tennis tournament.

A 13-year-old boy lost his life after he was struck down by a car on the No.

Overnight showers washed out yesterday’s three scheduled first round matches of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)/ Banks DIH-sponsored Malta Supreme Under-13 tournament in Georgetown.

President Donald Ramotar on Thursday announced that Guyana will appoint Dr Odeen Ishmael, Ambassador to Kuwait as non-resident representative to the State of Palestine.

The US Embassy in Georgetown has announced that Bryan D Hunt will be assuming duties as the Deputy Chief of Mission.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Serena Williams may be the overwhelming favorite but the world number one is anything but a sure bet to win a U.S.

Guyanese Jamaali Homer walked away victorious in the girls’ U14 Consolation final of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Wilson Junior Open tournament  at the Grassroots Tennis Centre Thursday night, Kingstown St.

Seventy-five girls from across the country participated in the third annual Camp Glow organised by the US Peace Corps Volunteers at the Kuru-Kuru Cooperative College on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC-The Jamaica Anti-doping Commission (JADCO) is disputing a claim by a former official that its drug testing programme was inadequate.

Vendors have been barred from the compound of the Amerindian Residence on Princes Street in order to facilitate the upgrade of the building and its surroundings, according to Ministry of Amerindian Affairs Permanent Secretary Nigel Dharamlall, who signalled that the structure will be rebuilt.

She is an actress and has even won theatre awards, but Abigail Brower began her career in the arts behind the scenes learning stage management in the run up to Carifesta in 2008.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC-Jamaica’s Minister with responsibility for sport Natalie Neita-Headley says the country’s drug testing programme can stand up to scrutiny in the face of threats from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

Minister of Local Government Ganga Persaud on Thursday said that a solution is on the horizon in the standoff over the toll instituted by Linden’s Interim Management Committee (IMC) for travelling through the municipality en route to interior locations.

Dear Editor, I wish to respond to Minister Pauline Sukhai’s statement and Mr Peter Persaud’s letter published by the Guyana Chronicle in relation to the picketing exercises staged by the Indigenous people from all over the country.

Done in the month of March, this was a short mission since there are only two prominent sandwich shops in Guyana: Quiznos and Subs and Salads.

BEIRUT,  (Reuters) – President Barack Obama called the apparent gassing of hundreds of Syrian civilians a “big event of grave concern” but stressed yesterday he was in no rush to embroil Americans in a costly new war.

Hi Everyone, I have an obsession with bakes. Not exclusively with the eating of bakes but with the cultural and historical significance of this food of fried dough found across the length and breath of Guyana, and indeed, up and down the entire Caribbean.

MEXICO CITY, Mexico, CMC- Trinidad and Tobago’s senior men’s volleyball team failed in their bid to reach the quarterfinal stage of the eight Pan American Cup at the Juan de la Barrera Gymnasium, Mexico City, Mexico.

Dear Editor, My telephone number is 444-8287 and I reside at Lot 114 Second Street, Silvertown, Wismar, Linden.

Proprietrix of Safari Inn, Yvonne Correia says she is of the view that Victor Ramsabad called ‘Tun-Tun,’ whose battered body was found on Tuesday in a passageway of the compound, had climbed up the shed to peep into the rooms of tenants and in a drunken haze, had probably fallen to his death.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – Mass protests called by Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood mostly failed to materialise yesterday as the movement reels from a bloody army crackdown on followers of ousted President Mohamed Mursi.

HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC — St George’s batsman Treadwell Gibbons, Jr has been hit with a suspended two-year ban from playing Cup Match — Bermuda’s premier domestic fixture — and fined 50 per cent of his match fee following an embarrassing outburst after he was given out in the second innings of a drawn match earlier this month.

Toolsie Persaud security guard Julian Winter returned to court yesterday charged with stealing a gun and ammunition from his work place.

Dear Editor, Someone has said that talk is cheap. I want to say that writing brings out the truth and in the process complicates other issues.

The Guyana International Relief Organisation (GIRO) in partnership with the Islamic Relief Organisation (IRO) yesterday donated a quantity of medical supplies to the Georgetown Public Hospital.

TRIPOLI, Lebanon,  (Reuters) – Bombs hit two mosques in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli yesterday, killing at least 42 people and wounding hundreds, intensifying sectarian strife that has spilled over from the civil war in neighbouring Syria.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, CMC– World 400 metres champion LaShawn Merritt has described the former champion Kirani James as a great competitor and expects him to be back for the title.

Dear Editor, Although I dislike writing letters to newspapers I couldn’t neglect sending these thoughts after reading two recent letters in Stabroek News of August 19: ‘Anti-violence must become…’ by Annan Boodram and ‘We are moving back to an era when education…’ by Clarence O Perry.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Australia chiselled out four key wickets in an ultra-cautious England batting display to take control of the fifth and final Ashes test on an absorbing third day at the Oval yesterday.

BAGHDAD,  (Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed 25 people and wounded more than 50 in Baghdad yesterday when he detonated his explosives inside a busy cafe near a park popular with families, police and medical sources said.

Overseas-based Berbician, Dr. Tulsi Dyal Singh of Texas, USA, recently rewarded Region Five’s top students at this year’s National Grade Six Assessment for their achievements, Stationery hampers were handed over to the students on Wednesday at the Region Democratic Council through the Lions Club of New Amsterdam.

(Trinidad Express) A war will be waged against crime, with a wide range of initiatives from the top to the ground, which include finding a new method of selecting a commissioner of police (CoP) to deploying more law-enforcement manpower on the roads.

(Reuters) – Actor and screenwriter Wentworth Miller, best known for his leading role in Fox television drama “Prison Break,” came out as a gay man on Wednesday in a letter declining an invitation to attend a Russian film festival in light of Moscow’s recently adopted anti-gay laws.

Dear Editor, I work away from home during the fasting month of Ramadan, and I came home to attend church.

Dear Editor, The Amaila Falls Hydro Project is for the benefit of the people and the nation because, as we know, the motto is ‘One People, One Nation One Destiny.’

(Reuters) – Opener Ahmed Shehzad struck 70 from 50 deliveries to help Pakistan cruise to a 25-run victory over Zimbabwe in the first Twenty20 international played at Harare Sports Club yesterday.

(Reuters) – Actor Ben Affleck will play Batman in an upcoming Superman sequel that will see the two caped crusaders face off against each other, film studio Warner Bros Pictures said on Thursday.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said yesterday he was calling home his team of negotiators from peace talks in Cuba with the Marxist FARC rebels, after the guerrilla group said earlier it was suspending its participation in the talks.

(Trinidad Express) Less food has been imported for this year because of an increase in local food production, according to the Ministry of Food Production.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has restarted the operations of its “Tax Hotline,” allowing members of the public access to tax specialists.

Traffic along Sheriff Street yesterday afternoon. Plans for a four-lane highway for the street have been shelved after objections were raised by businesses but sidewalks and other improvements remain part of a US$24M project that will also greatly transform Mandela Avenue.

(BBC) Former world 100m champion Tyson Gay tested positive for a banned steroid, the BBC has learned.

Jamaica Observer) BEIJING, China — JAMAICA became China’s top trading partner in the Caribbean in 2012 and the communist country is committed to forming deeper business alliances with the island going forward, says Chinese President Xi Jinping.

TACOMA, Wash., (Reuters) – A decorated American soldier was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole yesterday for killing 16 unarmed Afghan civilians, mostly women and children, in two bloody nighttime forays from his military post.

(Reuters) – Country singer Luke Bryan’s latest record stormed straight to the top of the Billboard 200 album chart on Wednesday, while pop singer Katy Perry scored her biggest digital song debut to date with new single “Roar.”

Dear Editor, Mark Benschop will one day be given his due to play an integral role in the reshaping of democracy in Guyana.

National volleyball coach Levi Nedd has shortlisted 18 U19 volleyball players to commence training with a view towards representing Guyana at the Inter Guiana games set for October in Suriname.

The baffled outrage produced by the recent bloodshed in Cairo is indicative of deep confusion at the heart of the West’s political attitude to Egypt.

LA PAZ,  (Reuters) – Violent clashes between inmates in a maximum-security prison in Bolivia killed at least 29 people, including one child, officials said yesterday.

(Reuters) – A stalker lived in the pool house of Jennifer Lopez’s Southampton, New York, mansion for a week while the entertainer was away, according to authorities.

I have seen it too many times for my taste. It saddens me to the core to think that a woman–a mother–could use her own child as an instrument to harm the child’s father.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Following harsh criticism from a Canadian gay rights group, Queen Ifrica has been removed from the line-up of the Rastafesta International Reggae Concert to be held at Downsview Park, Canada today.

Dear Editor, Thank you for permitting me space in your newspaper to highlight the royal runaround I am having with GT&T. 

Members of Guyana’s Carifesta delegation in Suriname preparing for a cultural performance in Paramaribo yesterday.