Daily Archive: Saturday, October 12, 2013

Two men were killed this evening and another is fighting for his life after they were shot by the police.

Guyana’s and Venezuela’s foreign ministers are to meet in the coming week on the arrest by the Venezuelan navy of a US-contracted vessel doing seismic work in this country’s Exclusive Economic Zone.

ICHAPURAM/BHUBANESWAR, India, (Reuters) – A fierce cyclone tore into India’s coast, killing at least five people, forcing half a million into shelters and threatening to devastate farmland and fishing hamlets.

Minister of Finance, Dr Ashni Singh today signed a bilateral debt relief agreement to cancel around US$2.9M of Guyana’s debt owed to Bulgaria.

LIMA, (Reuters) – A truck plunged 300 metres (980 feet) down a ravine in the Peruvian Andes, killing at least 50 people aboard, local media reported on Saturday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Government’s auction of two licences for use in the 700 megahertz band ended yesterday with no takers.

(Trinidadian Guardian) Gang leaders use money from government contracts to provide food for members of their community and buy expensive tickets for them for concerts with Jamaican dancehall artistes.

The Cameron & Shepherd Book Prize for the best Guyanese graduating student of the Hugh Wooding Law School was won by Delicia Helwig, 23, who was admitted to practice on Wednesday last by Justice Dawn Gregory.

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Digicel for sponsoring the National Drama festival.

During a simple ceremony attended yesterday afternoon, Minister within the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development, Regional Chairman Clement Corlette and other Local Government Officials including Unity / Vereeniging NDC Chairperson Anoopwattie Vereen and several dozen vendors; the Minister officially handed over the $ 83 million Mahaica Market to the NDC.The

The construction of a warm-up pool at the National Aquatic Centre, Liliendaal will ensure that Guyana will comply with international standards, enhancing its capacity to host internationally- sanctioned swimming meets.

(Trinidad Guardian) Veteran promoter Roy Maharaj is threatening to stop Ne-Yo from performing in T&T next month.

A Venezuelan naval vessel on Thursday intercepted a research boat for a US oil explorer in Guyana’s waters and later forced it to the Venezuelan island of Margarita, sparking a strong protest from the Government of Guyana (GoG).

Leader of the Opposition David Granger yesterday condemned Thursday’s actions by a Venezuelan navy vessel in Guyana’s territorial waters and called for a strong diplomatic response by the Government of Guyana.

Parts of Guyana shook last night in the aftermath of a 6.0-Richter scale earthquake just offshore Sucre, Venezuela and about 87 kilometres west of Port of Spain, in neighbouring Trinidad and Tobago.

The Guyana Elections Commis-sion (Gecom) is in elections mode as local government elections may be held by mid-2014, Local Government Minister Ganga Persaud yesterday announced.

Andre Gustav, found guilty of supplying an American drug mule with four kilogrammes of cocaine for drug trafficking, will be spending the next five years in jail.

A fruit exporter was yesterday remanded to prison for allegedly smuggling over 20 kilos of cocaine in hollowed star apples to Canada.

Two men were yesterday read drug trafficking charges after being held during the alleged transfer of eight kilos of marijuana found in the trunk of a car on the premises of the La Familia Hotel.

A fisherman will be spending over 10 years in jail after being found guilty of robbing a Bounty Meat Centre security officer of his gold band, gun and car, but has been spared a conviction over the $6.5M stolen during the ambush.

A young Guyanese woman, held at the Dubai International Airport officers with 3.013 kilos of cocaine in her handbag in May, was sentenced to ten years in jail and fined Dhs50,000 (Gy$2.7M) on Thursday.

Guyana has signed on to a new international pact to control mercury emissions and has won the support of Japan in its call for discontinue use through gradual phasing out.

A fire ripped through the Beepat’s bond and a house at Temple Street, Ogle, East Coast Demerara yesterday morning, leaving untold losses in its wake, though firefighters managed to rescue two rabbits.

The police are investigating the death of Chris Allicock, 30, of Aruka River Mouth, North West District, who succumbed in hospital on Sunday after being struck by a brick during an altercation.

Khodesh Daljit, 22 of No 4 Settlement, Blairmont, West Bank Berbice was yesterday charged with the murder of a Hosanna Street, Rosignol, West Bank Berbice teen, who succumbed in hospital days after a fatal blow.

Leader of the Opposition David Granger said he does not regard the statement by Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon about wanting to run off snap elections as serious and he called it piscatory.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) on Thursday announced that it has instituted wind-up proceedings against the holding company for the local KFC and Pizza Hut operations and security company COPS (Guyana) over large outstanding taxes.

Construction of the 25-metre warm up pool at the National Aquatic Centre has started and is scheduled to conclude in March next year.

The New Testament Church of God (NTCOG) is inviting men to its National Men’s Convention 2013 next Wednesday, when it plans to address issues that affect boys and men nationally.

A hat trick by Zubair Likhon along with half-centuries from Sadman Islam Anik and Jashim Uddin propelled Bangladesh U19s to a 198-run mauling of their West Indies counterparts yesterday in the third of the seven-match Under-19 One Day Internationals played at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

The Avon Community Help Fund on Friday donated $350,000 to the Cancer Institute of Guyana to pay for mammograms for uninsured and low-income women.

Co-founder of the Kashif and Shanghai (K&S) Organization, Aubrey ‘Shanghai’ Major is adamant that some executives of the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) are envious and instead of carrying out their mandate, they are devoted to red carding the long running tournament.

Much of the core engineering work needed for the US$24 million project that will transform Sheriff Street/ Mandela Avenue corridor is moving apace as the Works Ministry draws closer to completing the Final Design of the project.

John Lewis Styles celebrated its 10th anniversary on Thursday by donating $1M to seven non-governmental organisations.

A subcommittee within the National Sports Commission is currently working on a policy on how to reward athletes for their outstanding achievements.

Junior Local Government and Regional Development Minister Norman Whittaker yesterday handed over the $83M Mahaica market to the area’s Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC).

The Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) held the official launch of the annual South American 10km Road Classic yesterday at the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) building.

  The Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) yesterday apologised for the extended outage experienced by its customers within South Ruimveldt Gardens, Roxanne Burnham Gardens and East & West Ruimveldt areas on Thursday, which it blamed on technical difficulties.

RIYADH,  (Reuters) – When Saudi Arabia’s veteran foreign minister, Prince Saud al-Faisal, made no annual address to the United Nations General Assembly last week for the first time ever, his unspoken message could hardly have been louder.

High Commission of Canada has announced that sections of the mission will be closed on Monday in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday in Canada.

In a letter published in Stabroek News yesterday captioned ‘What are our national objectives in relation to agricultural research and why can’t the ministry liaise with CARDI?’

ADDIS ABABA,  (Reuters) – African nations have agreed that sitting heads of state should not be put on trial by the International Criminal Court, where Kenya’s leaders are in the dock, Ethiopian Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom said at a ministerial meeting.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – “God Bye” screamed the front page of India’s largest selling newspaper yesterday reflecting the depressive mood of the cricket-crazy country after its favourite son, Sachin Tendulkar, announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Of all the uncertainties facing the Los Angeles Lakers as they prepare for their season opener later this month against the Clippers the biggest is the timetable for Kobe Bryant’s comeback from injury.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Barack Obama and congressional Republican leaders inched toward resolving their fiscal impasse yesteriday, but struggled to agree on the length and terms of a short-term deal to increase the U.S.

The Guyana Wado-Ryu Karate Associa- tion (GWRKA) has received a donation of mats to enhance training techniques of members for local competitions.

It was a night that clearly was meant to thrill. There was music, dance, beauty, fashion, suspense, tension, shock, disappointment and nervousness.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s three main political parties reached agreement yesterday on a new set of rules to govern the country’s newspapers following months of haggling over how the often raucous industry should be policed.

Dear Editor, The Protected Areas Commission would like to bring your readers, especially National Park users, up to date with the work on resurfacing the athletics track at the National Park, an activity under the Three Parks Initiative.

The Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) has renewed its partnership with GT&T.

Dear Editor, The Ministry of Agriculture continues to be clueless about how to solve a mystery soil disease affecting my vegetable crops on my residential plot of land at Suddie, Essequbo Coast.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – South Africa have recalled top guns Hashim Amla and Dale Steyn for the two-match Twenty20 series against Pakistan to be played in the United Arab Emirates next month.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. forces in Afghanistan have captured senior Pakistani Taliban commander Latif Mehsud in a military operation and detained him under a law authorizing use of force against al Qaeda following the 2001 attacks, the Pentagon said yesterday.

PALERMO, Sicily,  (Reuters) – Dozens of people died yesterday when a boat carrying around 250 migrants capsized between Sicily and Tunisia, in the second such shipwreck this month, the Italian coastguard said.

I can tell you for sure that Guyana was surprised at the results of the Miss Guyana Universe pageant, not because Ms Katherina Roshana captured the crown – many of us in the entertainment industry who followed the pageant saw this coming – but we were surprised at Ms Ayana Whitehead’s placement.

Dear Editor, As a Guyanese I am totally fed up with the condition of the city and the country as a whole, not only with the crime, the schools protesting, the run-down police stations, non-functioning street and traffic lights, etc, and the lack of professionalism in most government places when you go to transact business.

HUBLI, India, CMC-A triple century from captain Cheteshwar Pujara has given India A control over West Indies A and a chance to force an outright win in their third unofficial test here yesterday.

(Reuters) – Top seed and defending champion Novak Djokovic rallied to see off Frenchman Gael Monfils 6-7(4) 6-2 6-4 in the Shanghai Open quarter-finals yesterday and world number one Rafa Nadal also booked his place in the last four.

Dear Editor, In reference to Tendulkar quitting after 200th Test match next month, it is hard to imagine following cricket without inquiring how Tendulkar did in a match he played. 

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KALINGAPATNAM/BHUBANESWAR, India,  (Reuters) – Tens of thousands fled their homes in coastal areas of eastern India and moved to shelters yesterday, bracing for the fiercest cyclone to threaten the country since a devastating storm killed 10,000 people 14 years ago.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC- West Indies Women’s captain Merissa Aguilleira says a post match assessment of their defeat to New Zealand in the first game of their three-match series helped to trigger the regional side into staging a come-from-behind effort to claim the series.

(Reuters) – Mominul Haque’s fine knock of 181 took Bangladesh close to New Zealand’s first-innings total of 469 on the third day of the first test in Chittagong yesterday.

Dear Editor, Family and friends are affected by alcohol. Alcoholism is a family disease.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC- President of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Dave Cameron says the two-one, One Day International (ODI) Series by the regional women’s team over their counterparts from New Zealand is a “tremendous triumph and a true show of character”.

OSLO,  (Reuters) – The global chemical weapons watchdog working to eliminate chemical arms stockpiles around the battlefields of Syria’s civil war won the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize yesterday.

(Barbados Nation) After being hit by a massive bank card heist last week, commercial bank say they will unilaterally and immediately block credit and debit card accounts on which they suspect suspicious activity.

The shutdown of the US government and the brinkmanship of the Republican Party are a useful reminder that advanced democracies also have serious political dysfunctions.

  OSLO,  (Reuters) – Norway has suspended budget aid to Malawi, one of the poorest nations in Africa, because of alleged corruption and embezzlement, the foreign ministry said yesterday.

Dear Editor,   We, the four undersigned Guyanese descendants of enslaved Africans have been approached separately by Mr.

Not just local designer clothing, but local food as well as a superb international performer with local roots will be in show at Guyana Fashion Week (GFW), now just a week away.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC- Trinidad and Tobago senior netballers are due to leave here on Wednesday for South Africa to take part in a four-nation series involving England, Wales and hosts South Africa.

By Jim Yong Kim At this moment, more than a billion people live on less than $1.25 a day.