Daily Archive: Saturday, October 19, 2013

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) today said it is in full campaign mode for local government elections.

Minister of Finance Ashni Singh tonight renewed the government’s appeal for the opposition to place the passage of the anti-money laundering bill above “partisan politics”.

MILAN,  (Reuters) – A Milan court ruled today that former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi should be barred from holding public office for two years following a conviction for tax fraud.

Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) says a recent statement by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) constituted an attempt by the GRA to give the impression that the company owed $5.3b in consumption tax whereas the opposite was the truth.

(Barbados Nation) Not one, but two Sandals hotels are coming to Barbados in a multi-million dollar investment that will create 1 500 hotel jobs.

Four persons were killed and six others injured when the Mahdia-bound bus they were travelling in collided head on with a truck at Coverden, East Bank Demerara, in the vicinity of Kaylee’s Gas Station yesterday morning.

A bandit was shot dead at Dundee, Mahaicony yesterday afternoon during a confrontation with police, while his accomplice escaped with a bag containing the booty.

The issuance of a “cautionary” letter from the Trinidad and Tobago central bank to its commercial banks regarding doing business with Guyana has caused some amount of consternation by the Private Sector Commission (PSC).

With the future of oil search activities in the offshore Roraima block still uncertain after last week’s seizure by Caracas of a ship in Guyana’s waters, Opposition Leader David Granger yesterday declared that the government’s engagement with Venezuela this week solved nothing.

Ramesh Muniram was yesterday sentenced to 76 years in prison, after he was found guilty of murdering his wife.

Chairperson of the governing board of the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) Bibi Shadick and Managing Director of the National Frequency Management Unit (NFMU) Valmikki Singh handed out several broadcasting licences yesterday at the NFMU’s head office.

Two armed bandits yesterday morning battered and robbed a businesswoman of Chester, West Coast Berbice and her son before turning their guns on a group of residents who chased after them.

Two men were yesterday charged with breaking into the Central Electronics Store and carting off $9.2M in cash and electronics, after allegedly being caught in the act on the store’s security camera.

From Emmerson Campbell in Suriname Suriname’s male volleyball team rallied for a thrilling come-from-behind 3-2 victory over Guyana while their female compatriots grounded the visiting Guyana female team in straight sets when action in the second leg of the Inter Guiana Games (IGG) served off here in Paramaribo, Suriname last night.

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) doctor’s quarters on Waterloo Street, Georgetown is literally falling apart around the doctors still living there but they are refusing to go until they are given alternative housing.

R&B star R. Kelly yesterday touched down and put Guyanese fans on notice to expect the unexpected at his concert tonight.

Former West Indies Under-19 skipper Leon Johnson said that he badly wanted to score a century on the just concluded tour of India in an effort to boost his chances of a West Indies senior team call up in December to play against New Zealand.

Several persons are expected to be charged in Barbados as early as today after illegal drugs and a submachine gun were found aboard the cargo vessel that sailed from Guyana.

Three are now wanted for questioning by the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) after being identified by drug mules as their suppliers.

From Emmerson Campbell in Suriname The second leg of this year’s Inter Guiana Games (IGG) was declared open by Suriname’s Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs, Ismantho Adna here at the Ismay van Wilgen Sporthal in Paramaribo yesterday.

Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Vice President of Competitions Mark Phillips has resigned from his post citing a lack of vision for the sport by the association as the main reason.

Nigerian national David Nduka, who tried to obtain a Guyanese passport under an assumed identity, was foiled in part by his “uncommon” accent during the application process.

Just months after being released on bail on a charge of narcotics possession, Troy Nedd was back before the court yesterday facing a similar charge.

The fourth round of the Petra Organization/Courts Guyana in collaboration with Banks DIH Limited Pee Wee U11 football tourney will get underway today at the Banks DIH Limited ground at Thirst Park with eight fixtures.

After three months of intensive training and competition, Tiffani Pamela Bonner of Peter’s Hall, East Bank Demerara was crowned the 2013 Miss Guyana Talented Teen and Kefa Wesley Smith of Beterverwagting, East Coast Demerara the first ever Mr Guyana Talented Teen last Saturday evening at the National Cultural Centre (NCC).

(Reuters) – An online video of two Boy Scouts of America leaders knocking over a 170-million-year-old rock formation in a Utah State Park has touched off worldwide outrage, state officials said yesterday, and the two men may face charges.

Dear Editor, Please allow me to respond to a letter written by Mr Badal Persaud, and published in your newspaper on October 16, 2013 under the caption ‘Manatee pond filthy.’

Morris Porter, of Laluni Street, Queenstown, was yesterday accidentally shot while “playing around” with a police rank on patrol duty in the city.

There are certain careers where one must display professionalism. No, excuse me, in every career one must display professionalism not just to uphold the goodwill of the company they serve, but because of their own integrity and the need to respect those to whom they provide a service.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – A newly discovered asteroid made a “close” approach to Earth this week – at least in astronomical terms – and it is likely to come back around in 2032, but there is only a miniscule risk of it smashing into the planet, NASA said yesterday.

KARACHI,  (Reuters) – Banned Pakistan paceman Mohammad Amir is praying the International Cricket Council (ICC) will grant him a reprieve to play domestic cricket as he seeks to resume a career that stalled under ignominious circumstances.

Hi Everyone,  Simply put, a sandwich is two slices of bread with some type of filling encased between the slices.

Dear Editor, The journey of micro-management and shades of imperial dictatorship by PPP Ministers continue unabated, Town Clerk (ag), Ms Carol Ryan Sooba being their main instrument.

A carpenter was yesterday accused of stealing two heavy duty engine gears from BK International.

MAPUTO,  (Reuters) – Mozambique’s army launched a retaliatory attack on the mountain headquarters of the opposition Renamo movement yesterday, a day after a rebel ambush in which seven soldiers were killed, senior Renamo and government officials said.

Dear Editor, John Piggott wrote in his condolence to Orin Austin’s family in the UK that Orin was his form prefect when he entered Queen’s College in 1956. 

ZURICH, Switzerland, CMC-Trinidad and Tobago have moved ahead of Caribbean rivals Jamaica in the latest official FIFA World rankings, released on Thursday.

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y., (Reuters) – U.S. officials on Friday arrested a 25-year-old man in a New York suburb and charged him with trying to travel to Yemen to join al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, one of the most active wings of the militant network.

A 12-member jury was on Thursday empaneled for the retrial of Cyon Collier, called ‘Picture Boy, who is accused of murdering two Victoria brothers in 2006.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Americans are visiting Cuba in record numbers despite strict travel restrictions, joining the hundreds of thousands of Cuban Americans who travel home each year, according to Cuban government figures published yesterday.

The West Indies Under-19 team trailing their Bangladesh counterpart 2-3 in their seven-match One Day International series need to win today’s sixth ODI at the Albion Community Centre ground if they are to set up a grand finale in the seventh and final ODI.

BRUSSELS/LUXEMBOURG, (Reuters) – The European Union and Canada agreed a multibillion-dollar trade pact yesterday that will integrate two of the world’s largest economies and pave the way for Europe to clinch an even bigger deal with the United States.

Local police have sent a reminder to Interpol with respect to an earlier request for information on the alleged shooting to death of a Guyanese born father and son in Venezuelan territory, according to Crime Chief Seelall Persaud.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaican entertainer Andrew Davis, better known as ‘Flippa Modella’, has been arrested by New Jersey State Police on allegations that he led an international drug trafficking and money laundering ring.

Dear Editor, As Guyanese cower in fear under the onslaught of another crime wave, the PPP/C continues to suggest ludicrous crime-fighting schemes that clearly will not work.

Dear Editor, I was listening to a televised panel discussion and a member of the panel spoke about the need to put hire purchase regulations in place to protect consumers.

Parika Defenders def. Wellman by 9 runs. Defenders 163 all out in 20 overs.

Guyana’s Marcie De Santos is one of seven Caribbean designers who have been selected by the Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) to attend Dominicana Moda (DM2013) in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from October 21-26.

In an effort to make agriculture an attractive job opportunity, the Agricul-ture Ministry of Antigua and Barbuda is promoting the establishment of various shadehouses across the country.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The St Kitts-Nevis government says it will adopt new measures aimed at improving the treatment of CARICOM nationals living in the twin island Federation.

RIYADH,  (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia turned down a coveted seat on the United Nations Security Council yesterday in a rare display of anger at the failure of the international community to end the war in Syria and act on other Middle East issues.

Small scale farmers won’t be left at the wayside when the sale of the first shipment of fertiliser from Venezuela begins next Monday, according to General Secretary of the Rice Producers Association (RPA) Dharamkumar Seeraj.

Dear Editor, In letter titled ‘Teachers in colonial times had to be members of the particular faith which controlled a school’ (SN, Oct 17), Mr George N Cave claimed that the British Guiana “Education Department paid the salaries of the teachers and provided small grants for equipment and special equipment; gardening; latrine and sanitation; sweeping; needlework, etc, for all primary schools, including Hindu schools.” 

(Trinidad Guardian) When taxi driver Sunil “Bobby” Mathura told his family he was on his last trip, little did they know his life was going to end that night. Mathura,

(Reuters) – Former Democratic speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Tom Foley, who spent 30 years in Congress before a conservative mood shift made him one of the few speakers ever defeated for re-election, died yesterday at age 84, his wife said.

Guyana Fashion Week (GFW) opens tomorrow with a church service at Love and Faith Ministries in Sophia.

Fresh from her victory in the second annual President’s Cup golf tournament female golfer Shanella Wesbter will again be in action this morning along with a number of the country’s top golfers when the Lusignan Golf Club, Demerara Distillers Limited-sponsored tournament gets underway from 11am at the club’s course, Lusignan, East Coast Demerara.

KABUL,  (Reuters) – The Taliban attacked a convoy of foreign vehicles in Kabul yesteriday with gunfire and a suicide car bomb that was heard across the Afghan capital, the first major incident there since July.

(Billboard) Cradling a cherry red guitar and decked in a tartan plaid dress, poinsettia jacket and matching studded, strappy heels, Kelly Clarkson isn’t exactly soft-pedaling her upcoming holiday album, ‘Wrapped in Red’.

The revival of the Arawak dialect in Guyana was examined at a recently-concluded meeting between Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana, Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – A fire yesterday destroyed up to 300,000 tonnes of sugar and much of the Santos Port warehouses owned by Copersucar, the world’s largest trader of the sweetener, the port authority of Santos said.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC- Sagicor West Indies High Performance Centre defied a destructive spell of fast-medium bowling from Nicholson Gordon to clinch a three-wicket victory over the Jamaica Under-23s in their four-day match on Thursday here.

Dear Editor, There are very large bushes on the mud dam between Nandy Park and Republic Park Phase E where thieves hide and then rob residents at nights.

The Trinidad and Tobago Optometrists Association and the Caribbean Association of Optometrists recently donated model eyes to the University of Guyana’s Optometry Department.

The Indian Cultural Centre will screen Awaara (1951) at its Lot 67 New Haven, Bel  Air, Georgetown location today from 5.30 pm.

(Trinidad Guardian) Almost three weeks after her son was shot dead, 54-year-old Zita Wilson was gunned down inside her living room yesterday morning. Wilson’s

FREETOWN, (Reuters) – Sierra Leone has launched a new policy aimed at curbing road accidents that kill hundreds every year – a board game that anyone seeking a driving licence must buy and play before being allowed on the roads.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s multinational companies will have up to eight years to pay taxes on their foreign profits, the country’s top tax official said on Friday, in a rule that will encourage the growth of their investments abroad.

A week after Canadian author Alice Munro won the Nobel Prize for literature ‒ a mild surprise to the literary world, and to the British bookmakers who picked Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami as a 5-2 favourite ‒ her short story collections are reportedly selling faster than most local booksellers can re-stock them.

Dear Editor, Over the past three months, I have been pained by the performance of LIAT and the level of service that it has provided to the travelling public in the Caribbean.

KINGSTOWN, St.Vincent, CMC- St.Vincent and the Grenadines football chief, Venold Coombs, has strongly refuted suggestions that about 200,000 dollars of the federations funds cannot be accounted for.