Daily Archive: Saturday, August 31, 2013

A businesswoman was this morning found dead in her Diamond Housing Scheme home which was partly burnt, police said.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Barack Obama today backed away from an imminent military strike against Syria to seek the approval of the U.S.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Former South African President Nelson Mandela, who has been receiving medical treatment for three months for a lung ailment, is still in hospital in Pretoria in a critical but stable condition, the government said today.

At about 0115h. yesterday, police say that Brazilian miner Jose Alves Silva, 43 years, was driving an ATV along the trail at Buckhall, Essequibo, when he swerved from an oncoming vehicle and crashed.

(Jamaica Gleaner) London, England:A Jamaican pastor, gospel artiste and gospel-festival winner, Elder Oliver Ashley, who arrived in Britain 13 years ago to be with his wife, is now in a detention centre facing deportation next Wednesday.

Trinidad and Tobago’s Red Force last night defeated Guyana by 12 runs by virtue of a superior all-round performances at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence as they tuned up for the Champions League T20 next month.

…after ousting favourites in quarterfinal By Donald Duff in St Lucia   Trenace Lowe and Chelsea Edghill were not surprised that they won the women’s doubles title at the 51st annual Caribbean Table Tennis Championships in St Lucia.

Minister of Finance Dr Ashni Singh yesterday reported that the economy grew by 3.9 percent in the first half of 2013 but with sugar contracting by 32.5 percent, the projected growth for the entire year has been revised downward from 5.3 percent to 4.8 percent.

By Tifaine Rutherford  A 17-year-old sugar worker was killed and seven others injured in separate lightning strikes at the Wales and Blairmont estates yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) Talented 17-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman Nicholas Pooran has forced his way in the Trinidad and Tobago Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20) squad after creating a buzz with his big hitting in the recently concluded Limacol Caribbean Premier League T20.

On the eve of the visit of Venezuelan President, Nicolas Maduro, teams from the two countries held a series of meetings here yesterday on areas of cooperation and Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh lauded the PetroCaribe fuel programme.

Thirteen police and customs officers underwent training over the previous five days in how to detect fraudulent documents at ports of entry, among other areas, in a drive to tighten security.

The main opposition APNU yesterday sounded a warning over youth unemployment, saying that the country is sitting on a “time bomb” and charging that the government’s delay in dealing with the “jobs crisis” could have dire consequences.

Aubrey Hutson, President of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) said Guyana is keenly eyeing next year’s inaugural International Association of Athletics (IAAF) World Relay Championship.

A man was on Thursday charged with the murder of Mahaica farmer Omadat Persaud, after ballistics tests on bullets recovered at the scene and from the man’s body allegedly linked him to the crime.

Alpha United led by a Marvin Joseph helmet trick thrashed Black Pearl 6-0 as action in the inaugural Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Players Cup recommenced on Thursday at the GFC ground, Bourda.

National cycling coach Hassan Mohamed, dubbed the eight-week 37th annual ‘Teach Them Young’  Cycling Programme which concluded yesterday “arguably the best ever” while the participants told Stabroek Sport  that the imparted knowledge improved their riding skills.

A businessman was yesterday refused bail and remanded to prison after being charged with conspiring to defraud a bank of $75M.

A minibus driver was yesterday charged with causing the death of a man who succumbed to injuries months after he was struck by him.

A former prison officer was yesterday charged with assaulting an eight month-old-child and threatening his 19-year-old stepson.

By Donald Duff in St Lucia   Despite her exceptional play in the women’s team event where she led Guyana to a silver medal, Trenace Lowe was surprisingly seeded ninth for the individual women’s singles competition which served off yesterday afternoon at the Beausejour Indoor Facility here in St Lucia.

This 24-year-old Uitvlugt born and bred singer dedicates his life to one purpose, and that is to praise and glorify God through music.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) wishes to respond to the Stabroek News’ August 30, 2013, letter published under the caption, ‘Protracted process, high charges to retrieve package at GPO.’

Dear Editor, We continue to witness systems and institutions which are in place to serve us, disappear, but this is nothing new.

April was the final of six consecutive months of reviewing city restaurants and visiting Cafés was the ideal way to close this mission.

An unidentified man was found dead with injuries about his body along the Little Diamond Public Road, East Bank Demerara early yesterday morning.

The Caribbean Sex Workers Coalition (CSWC), a regional collective of sex worker-led civil society organisations and sex worker advocates, is calling on Caribbean states to end discrimination against sex workers, recognise transgender people and create laws to protect them from stigma and discrimination.

Hi Everyone,  One of the thrilling things about cooking with spices and herbs is that you can use them in many combinations and on each occasion be totally surprised by the flavour.

Dear Editor, I would like to draw your attention to the shortage of fuel for the past three weeks on the Essequibo Coast.

Dear Editor,    Another school term will commence shortly and disappointingly, as far as can be seen, a young child only about four years old, will still remain at the Anna Regina car park in Essequibo, instead of being in school.

Guyanese doctors who recently returned from Cuba and who have not been registered with the  Medical Council of Guyana are being asked to produce the requisite certificates to facilitate their registration before they are assigned to  posts across the country.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia will trial day-night matches in the domestic Sheffield Shield competition later this year with a view to playing tests against New Zealand under lights in 2015-16, Cricket Australia (CA) said yesterday.

The Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) yesterday announced that it will run off a new cycle of Continuous Registration, running from Monday, September 2nd, 2013 to November 23rd, 2013.

WASHINGTON/PARIS,  (Reuters) – The United States made clear yesterday that it would punish Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for the “brutal and flagrant” chemical weapons attack that it says killed more than 1,400 people in Damascus last week.

Dear Editor, Each year I watch about 70% of our young graduates leaving our shores.

“I’ll mash it up.” This was the thought in Miss Trinidad and Tobago Breige Wilson’s mind just moments before she took the stage last Tuesday to answer the final question of the Miss Jamzone International Pageant at the National Cultural Centre, where she walked off with the crown.

(Reuters) – Zimbabwe players are considering whether to play the final one-day international against Pakistan in Harare today as they protest against the non-payment of salaries by their country’s cricket board.

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.

The Ministry of Culture in collaboration with the Walter Roth Museum of Anthropology yesterday launched this year’s Amerindian Heritage Month and Culture Minister Dr.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – Thousands of supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Mursi marched through Cairo and cities across Egypt yesterday to demand his reinstatement, in the movement’s biggest show of defiance since hundreds of protesters were killed two weeks ago.

“I stand before you as a testimony that little small-town girls can have dreams and pursue them and make them a reality.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Australia’s Lleyton Hewitt won an absorbing late-night thriller against sixth seed Juan Martin Del Potro at the U.S.

PRAGUE,  (Reuters) – Bayern Munich gained some revenge for the 2012 Champions League final defeat by Chelsea when they beat the Premier League club 5-4 on penalties after a thrilling UEFA Super Cup ended 2-2 at the end of extra-time yesterday.

Dear Editor, The residents of Jonestown Mahaica would like to thank you for assisting them in getting their road (Lima Road) repaired.

(Reuters) – Fergie, the singer of pop-rap group the Black Eyed Peas, has given birth to a boy in Los Angeles on Thursday, a representative for her actor-husband Josh Duhamel said.

Dear Editor, I wish to debunk the explanation provided by the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) in relation to its ‘mutual-benefit’ support for the appointment of the acting Commissioner of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), Mr Rickford Vieira as Commissioner, which was published by Stabroek News on August 29 (‘The GGDMA has two representatives sitting on the Board of the GGMC’).

  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.

HAVANA (Reuters) – Retired Cuban president Fidel Castro blasted on Wednesday a report in a Russian newspaper that his country buckled to U.S.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC-All-rounder Andre Russell says he plans to carry his success in the just ended Caribbean Premier League (CPL) into the West Indies A tour of India in September.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Andy Murray experienced his first little hiccup at the U.S.

A number of local Muslim organisations are holding a ‘Peace and Solidarity Walk and Rally’ today to pray for peace and unity of the Muslim Ummah (Global Muslim Nation) and to call for an end of the bloodshed and massacre of innocent people, especially children in Syria, Egypt, Burma, Palestine and other countries plagued by sectarian conflicts.

Dear Editor, I am a pensioner of Lot 199 ‘D’ Bush Lot Village, West Coast Berbice and I’d like to report a problem I am facing with my telephone service: no 232-0199.

  (Reuters) – Country singer Luke Bryan topped the Billboard 200 album chart on Wednesday for the second consecutive week, denying singer-songwriter John Mayer’s latest album the No.

The renovation of the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court Complex, ongoing for more than two years, is scheduled to be completed within a few days, Minister of legal Affairs Anil Nandlall has said.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia paceman Ryan Harris suffered yet another injury blow on Thursday when he was sidelined for up to two months by a hamstring problem.

ACCRA,  (Reuters) – Ghana’s Supreme Court on Thursday rejected an opposition challenge to President John Mahama’s victory in presidential elections, a ruling that should ease political uncertainty in the booming African oil- and cocoa-exporting country.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – A Venezuelan man has been sentenced to 5 1/2 years in prison for shooting and wounding two U.S.

(Reuters) – Sandra Bullock put in a call to the astronauts on the International Space Station for tips on how to play her latest role in space drama “Gravity”, but America’s “Miss Congeniality” says she will never give up playing comic roles.

Dear Editor, There have been a lot of comments, both in the press and in the streets, about the situation with regard to air travel, in particular, to North America, and the lack of good fares and service for Guyanese who are eager to visit their loved ones as much as possible.

ANSA McAL Trading Limited through its Smalta brand has sponsored badminton players Abosaide Cadogan and Nadine Jairam to attend the Caribbean International Open Championships organised by the Caribbean Regional Badminton Confederation (CAREBACO) in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

An interesting question has been floating around this past week that I would like to help answer.

Local theatre aficionados will soon be treated to a performance of ‘Deaf Expressions’ by members of Deaf Theatre Guyana, who recently returned from performing at Carifesta XI in Suriname.

(Reuters) – Sheryl Crow has spent the past seven years living the country life in country music’s capital with her country music friends, but the Grammy-winning rocker has only now come around to recording a country music album.

The Caribbean is the ‘home of hybridity’ but this legacy does not necessarily underpin our regional culture and identity.

The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) has announc-ed the appointment of Dr Charles Mayenga of Kenya as the Senior Assistant Registrar for the Examinations Deve-lopment and Production Division.

After two months of inactivity, the local rugby season is scheduled to recommence today at the National Park rugby field.

Dear Editor, I crave your indulgence in allowing me space to ventilate my anger and displeasure at Guyana’s substandard performance in the final CPL match against Jamaica.

BOGOTA,  (Reuters) – Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos sent troops to patrol the streets of Bogota yesterday after violent protests caused havoc across the capital, killing two people and leaving parts of the city in shambles.

(Trinidad Express)  “It’s amazing.” This was the response of Trinidad and Tobago’s 400-metres hurdler Jehue Gordon to Thursday’s announcement by Minister of Sport Anil Roberts that he would be the recipient of the Chaconia Gold Medal as a reward for bringing glory to T&T with his gold medal run at the 2013 IAAF World Championships in Moscow, Russia, earlier this month.

Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr. Frank Anthony (right) presents the book entitled Wapichannao Kuwaa – Wapishana stories to the Coordinator of the Wapishana Literacy Association, Adrian Gomes from Region 9.

The St. Cuthbert’s Mission dance group doing the cassava processing dance at the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport yesterday.