Daily Archive: Friday, August 30, 2013

(Jamaica Gleaner) Described as a “strong lobbyist for the music inside and outside Jamaica”, veteran singer Freddie McGregor is nothing but honest about the current state of Jamaica and Jamaica’s music industry.

(Trinidad Express) Parts of central Trinidad were hit by extreme weather today, with some resident’s reporting seeing a tornado-like phenomenon during an intense rainstorm that lasted less than an hour.

PANAMA CITY, (Reuters) – A son of Suriname’s president has been arrested in Panama and sent to New York to face charges of smuggling cocaine into the United States, U.S.

Qualfon will on Wednesday have a groundbreaking ceremony for what it is describing as one of the world’s largest contact centres and which it says will bring an estimated 6,000 jobs to the country.

JUBA,  (Reuters) – Norway will help South Sudan build a hydropower plant with work expected to start early next year, diplomats said, raising hopes of ending an era of dark nights at least in the capital.

The proposed contractor for the CJIA airport expansion is now embroiled in a controversy in Jamaica over plans for a shipping hub in an environmentally sensitive area, underlining concerns in the region about the lack of transparency in dealings with big Chinese firms backed by Beijing.

Minister of Education Priya Manickchand takes a photo with a President’s College student during yesterday’s orientation ceremony.

Parents, teachers and students at President’s College 2013 Orientation ceremony yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) Local Government elections are to be held on Monday, October 21, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar announced yesterday.

Creditinfo Guyana was yesterday licensed as the country’s first ever credit bureau and Bank of Guyana (BoG) Governor Lawrence Williams said it will usher in an era where the lack of collateral will no longer be a barrier to citizens and businesses trying to access credit financing.

Guyana and China yesterday signed an agreement which will see China providing $50 million Renminbi ($1.7B or US$8.2 million) in grant financing.

Amid stinging criticism that the government had deliberately neglected President’s College, Education Minister Priya Manickchand yesterday pointed to the $241M set aside for the institution in this year’s budget and pledged that it will remain a school of excellence.

The government has approved measures to restrict the importation and use of styrofoam products, GINA said last evening.

By Jeff Trotman Bus drivers on the Linden/Kwakwani route and residents of Ituni set up two road blocks yesterday at Ituni in protest at the deplorable state of the road.

The Guyana Sugar Corpora-tion has produced just over 4,000 tonnes for the week, bringing the total sugar production for the year to a poor 81,000 tonnes, far from the 240,000 that had been projected at the start of the year.

Guyana won their first gold medal of the 51st annual Caribbean Table Tennis Championships when Chelsea Edghill and Trenace Lowe  won the women’s doubles title at the Beausejour Indoor Facility here in St Lucia last night.

By Orin Davidson Beaten but unbowed, was Sachia Vickery’s disposition after  suffering  elimination   in the  women’s singles of the U.S.

Muammar Jabbar is wanted by the police for questioning in relation to the murder of Tolasicy Marshall called ‘Talo’, which was committed on August 20, 2013, at James Street, Albouystown.

A minibus driver was charged yesterday with killing an elderly Bagotville cyclist through dangerous driving.

The Ministry of Public Works is refuting claims that it offered some residents of Timehri North compensation or a transportation allowance for their relocation at a meeting that was held on Wednesday.

Ganesh Narine, who is accused of killing his common law wife, is now on trial in the High Court before Justice James Bovell-Drakes and a jury.

President Donald Ramotar is scheduled to join his colleague South American Heads of State in Suriname for the Summit of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) today.

A man was yesterday charged with damaging two wheels belonging to the Ministry of Public Works.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC- West Indies opener Chris Gayle says he is mentally fatigued as a result of a hectic playing schedule and is eagerly looking forward to a three- month break from cricket.

As victims of a recent fire at Cotton Tree, West Coast Berbice try to rebuild their lives, they received a cash donation from the University of Guyana Berbice Campus (UGBC) yesterday.

A husband and wife now face charges of assaulting each other after a row turned physical.

The Lady Jaguars’ performance at the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Women’s Under-17 World Cup qualifier was one of the worst showings in the history of the sport in Guyana.

ZURICH, Switzerland, CMC- Usain Bolt recovered from a poor start before sprinting to victory in the 100m at the Zurich Diamond League at the Letzigrund Stadium yesterday.

A dispute between a landlord and a tenant landed both of them in court yesterday on abusive language charges.

Buoyed by four doubles, the female ball weavers of Georgetown thrashed their Berbician counterparts, nine-nil on Wednesday night at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground in their semi final fixture of the Slingerz/National Association for Women Football Goal for Goal tournament.

Dear Editor, The jury is in and has been in for a long time.

By Donald Duff in St Lucia Traditional powerhouse, the Dominican Republic prevented Trinidad and Tobago from making a clean sweep of the team events by winning the marquee men’s final at the 51st annual Caribbean Table Tennis Championships in St Lucia here on Wednesday night.

Years of feverish negotiations between government and the local mining community over enhanced protection for the sector from an increasingly bold and ruthless criminal element is yet to pay any major dividends, according to some miners who attended the discourses on the industry during the Mining Week think-in held at the International Convention Centre at Liliendaal.

Guyanese artists, craftsmen and women who travelled to Suriname to display and market their art and craft at the recently concluded 11th Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA) were required to pay a non-refundable fee on their respective consignments, contrary to what they understood to be the conditions under which they were participating in the regional festival.

Dear Editor, The Sisters of The S4 Foundation (Stella’s Sisterhood of Support & Service Foundation) resolutely stand in solidarity with Simona Broomes, President of the Guyana Women’s Miners Organisation (GWMO), and the members of the GWMO as they face off with extreme measures to counter the good work they are doing for women and girls who are being trafficked in Guyana.

A day is much too brief a period in which to undertake any substantive discussions and sign on to any new, significant agreements so that, in large measure, tomorrow’s  one-day visit here by Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro simply follows a symbolic pattern between the two countries in which the respective Heads of State put in a presence in each other’s capitals.

Action in the Slingerz/National Association for Women Football (NAWF) Goal for Gold tournament continues today at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground in Bourda with the respective third place playoffs.

Dear Editor, Today [Thursday], on the East Coast at Beterverwagting, I witnessed a heart-breaking situation.

Coach for the Guyana T20 squad, Esuan Crandon, yesterday said that the back-to-back matches against the Trinidad Red Force beginning today at the Guyana National Stadium, is a good opportunity to get some of the players ready for the upcoming senior inter-county season.

Dear Editor, With the passage of the recent local government reform bills, there seems to be more interest in local government elections.

By Donald Duff in St Lucia   Trinidad and Tobago continued to stake a strong claim for top honours at the 51st annual Caribbean Table Tennis Championships here in St Lucia when their France-based pair of Dexter St Louis and Rheann Chung combined to win the mixed doubles title yesterday afternoon.

(Reuters) – Record-breaking batsman Aaron Finch thinks a first win in any format in six months will give Australia a huge dose of much-needed confidence after the disappointment of the Ashes defeat.

(Reuters) – An unbeaten 136 from Mohammad Hafeez laid the platform for Pakistan as they beat Zimbabwe by 90 runs in the second one-day international in Harare yesterday.

(Jamaica Observer) “There is an expected return to positive performance for most industries reflecting a resurgence in output following the impact of Hurricane Sandy,” said Colin Bullock, director general of the PIOJ, at the organisation’s quarterly press briefing held on Wednesday.

Dear Editor, We are deeply concerned about the arrest of Simona Broomes, President of the Guyana Women Miners Organisation (GWMO) and a champion in the fight against trafficking in Guyana, for the alleged theft of a gold chain from and assault against Ann Marie Carter, an alleged human trafficker, who has been arrested, detained and charged with the trafficking of children who were forced into sexual slavery.

The Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce has told Stabroek Business that arising out of concerns expressed in the local poultry sector that artificial shortages are being created to force price increases, permits have been granted to eighteen importers to secure chicken from the United States and Suriname.

MONTE CARLO, (Reuters) – Bayern Munich winger Franck Ribery won the UEFA Best Player in Europe award for 2012/13 ahead of the usual contenders Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Dear Editor, I live on First Avenue Block X Great Diamond facing west.

Severe downpours on Tuesday night that increased in intensity early on Wednesday morning provided Georgetown’s established merchants with a head-start on the pavement vendors.

Dear Editor, I received a letter from the Guyana Post Office on Saturday last, telling me to go to the post office to retrieve the package my sister sent to me.

The vulnerability of small, fragile Caribbean economies to money laundering associated with narcotics and the laundering of illegally gotten funds makes it imperative that their governments ensure strict adherence to anti-money laundering measures and international benchmarks, a former United States banking regulator has said.

(Trinidad Express) A revenge attack was blocked by the police on Wednesday, about an hour after a Laventille schoolboy was murdered while walking out of a trade school on the first day of school.

Dear Editor, I refer to Minister of Finance Dr Ashni Singh’s comment that the Inter-American Bank (IDB) has ceased the due diligence work on the Amaila Falls project. 

LONDON/BEIRUT,  (Reuters) – Britain will not join any military action against Syria after a stunning parliamentary defeat yesterday of a government motion on the issue, dealing a setback to U.S.-led

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 526’s trading results showed consideration of $915,134 from 30,908 shares traded in 8 transactions as compared to session 525 which showed consideration of $9,412,050 from 480,625 shares traded in 20 transactions. 

(Reuters) – China’s senior leadership has agreed to open a corruption investigation into Zhou Yongkang, one of China’s most powerful politicians in the past decade, stepping up its anti-graft campaign, the South China Morning Post reported yesterday.

BOGOTA,  (Reuters) – Thousands of Colombian farmers and state workers marched through Bogota yesterday, banging pots and pans as they converged on the capital after 11 days of increasingly violent protests against agricultural and trade policies they say have left them impoverished.

Dear Editor, Work on the Potaro Road started a few days ago, but they seem to be repairing the road instead of constructing a proper heavy-duty road with an asphalt surface.

I concede, I confess, I admit: it is, perhaps, the third time in eighteen years that I’ve employed today’s caption to explore, most briefly, a favourite provocative theme of mine.

When President Barack Obama delivered his speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, on Wednesday, on the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and the Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr’s historic “I Have a Dream” speech, he was standing, symbolically, in the shadow of Abraham Lincoln and in the footsteps of Dr King.

Alfonso de Armas Mitchell and his wife Margarita have come a long way from twenty-one years ago when they first came to Guyana where he had been offered a job as a Marketing Executive with the Subryanville-based French firm, Amcar, that packages and exports Heart of Palm.