Daily Archive: Sunday, October 20, 2013

(Jamaica Observer) BERES Hammond was still in the stages of a comeback when he first met music producer Donovan Germain in 1990.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – The 3-D outer space thriller, “Gravity,” continued to rocket past its box office competition over the weekend, eclipsing newcomer “Carrie,” to maintain its tight grip on the U.S.

Leave it to Robert Sylvester Kelly to tantalize the crowd with his musical foreplay.

(Jamaica Observer) The United States Embassy on Friday revoked the 10-year visa of a Kingston pastor, five days after the Sunday Observer published an interview in which he said he was having a hard time becoming a justice of the peace due to his manslaughter conviction over 23 years ago.

R Kelly in performance last night

Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited yesterday opened a $185m branch at Lethem.

Republic Bank’s new branch at Manari Road, Lethem(GINA photo)   

Near pandemonium outside the City Mall yesterday after R Kelly made a stop there.

Minister of Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh (second from left) being taken on a tour of Republic Bank’s Lethem branch, by the bank’s Managing Director, John Alves (left), Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nigel Baptiste and other officials.

(Trinidad Express) Austin Jack Warner, the once powerful football figure who boasted of having deep pockets before his entry into politics, has been operating outside this country’s tax laws with impunity for more than a decade in what tax experts say is a deliberate scheme to evade the payment of personal and corporate taxes.

It is unlikely that US oil company Anadarko will be able to continue any exploration work as Guyana and Venezuela begin to explore a process to address maritime delimitation following the recent arrest and subsequent release of the seismic survey vessel Teknik Perdana, according to a source within the Natural Resources and the Environment Ministry.

By Marcelle Thomas with photos by Arian Browne  Maybe it’s because every time it rains the village is flooded, that it got its name.

Four of the Guyanese found aboard a cargo vessel in Barbados with illegal drugs and a submachine gun yesterday made their first appearance before a magistrate on a total of ten charges.

Water tumbles over the ancient brownish-gray rocks of the Kumu falls in a never-ending white spray, splashing on the Portuguese-speaking tourists, swimming  in the clear, cold stream at the bottom.

Bosai Minerals Group has applied to start mining at Block 16, Kara Kara, north of Richmond Hill, in Linden, and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is facing serious questions over its conclusion that the activity does not warrant an environmental impact assessment (EIA) prior to the granting of an environmental permit.

From Emmerson Campbell in Suriname  The gusts whipping through the Andre Kamperveen Stadium here in Suriname yesterday was Guyana’s biggest competition as the visitors dominated the host on day one of the Track and Field segment of the Inter Guiana Games (IGG).

Three of the survivors of Friday morning’s accident at Coverden, East Bank Demerara, which claimed four lives, are in stable condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

The PNCR, the main constituent of opposition coalition APNU, last evening announced that it has formally launched its campaign for local government elections.

From Clifton Ross at Albion   Contrasting half-centuries from Shimron Hetemyer and Fabian Allen allowed West Indies to level the seven match Under-19 One Day International series 3-3, after a 36-run win over compatriots Bangladesh at the Albion Sports Complex ground, yesterday.

Family members of the dead Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) officer Patrick Ramkellawan say that a post-mortem examination (PME) was conducted on his body without their knowledge.

The Guyana `A’ table tennis team currently participating in the French Guiana League tournament yesterday secured two wins to be in a strong position for title honours.

There have been several high-profile killings since the start of the year and as the list of unsolved cases grows, Crime Chief Seelall Persaud says that the force is facing a shortage of experienced investigators.

By Tony Cozier THE imminent retirement of Sachin Tendulkar after 24 years accumulating more runs and more hundreds in more international matches than any cricketer in history has revived the constant debate over who is the greatest batsman of his generation.

In the light of the death of maternal patient Sadhna ‘Christine’ Dutchin from a rare pregnancy complication, the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) says it is gearing medical staff to undergo training to detect symptoms early.

Wednesday night’s semi-final encounter between Retrieve Raiders and  Amelia’s Ward Jets was marred by a dispute over whether former national centre Dwayne `Brown Sugar’ Roberts should play.

Residents of Mahaicony who witnessed the shooting death of the bandit on Friday afternoon have reported that the police shot at the bandits as they were escaping.

In December 2001 Vincent Griffith then 12 years old was shot in his left leg by police as he hid in a wardrobe in what was said to have been an abandoned house in New Amsterdam.

Late former president Janet Jagan worked for the development of both women and men, according to PPP General Secretary Clement Rohee, who says her contributions to the country continue to be felt.

Imran Khan’s match-winning century led Unity to a seven-wicket win over opponents Dundee in the East Coast Cricket Board’s (ECCB) competition, which continued last Sunday at grounds on the East Coast.

(BBC) James Faulkner steered Australia to an unlikely victory, smashing 64 from 29 balls as they won another high-scoring one-day international against India yesterday.

A man was struck down by a truck and died on the spot at the Rupert Craig Highway, in Georgetown yesterday afternoon.

Former foreign service officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Riley Abdelnour died on Friday in Florida after a period of illness following a brain tumour operation.

Last week’s column carried a brief description of the current situation of Guyana in regard to the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF).

As police continue their hunt for a suspect in the brutal murders of two policemen in Region Eight, their families say that with one year already gone they have no confidence that the case will be solved.

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – Batsman Jesse Ryder will return to top-level cricket in New Zealand next week, ready to put behind him a year in which he served a six-month doping ban and survived an assault that left him in a coma with serious head injuries.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC- A career best five wicket haul from 17- year old leg break bowler Shaquana Quintyne disrupted an encouraging start by England who plunged to an 11 run defeat against West Indies in the third match of the Women’s Twenty20 International Tri-Series on Friday at Kensington Oval.

Thirty years ago this coming week American and Caribbean forces landed in Grenada.

Dear Editor, This is our first, immediate response to the news of Jessica Huntley’s death.

Dear Editor, In the absence of a commentary from either the Guyana Bar Association or its female counterpart the Guyana Association of Women Lawyers, I am sending this communication for publication in response to Mr.

Self reliance On Monday last, the administration launched the Micro and Small Enterprise Development (MSED) Project. 

Continued from last week Hand-rearing of newborn puppies The advice given below is to pet owners who are faced with the challenge of hand-rearing part or all of a litter of newborn puppies. 

Dear Editor, My good friend and colleague, Minister Priya Manickchand has recently found tremendous form in writing in defence of Ms Geetanjali Singh, our hard-working and most qualified Deputy Auditor General, whilst in the process assailing myself and Anand Goolsarran.

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards on Friday held its  16th long service awards ceremony.

The US government’s recent signing of a first-of-its-kind bilateral deal with the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo makes me wonder whether Washington will start a new strategy in Latin America — by-passing not-so-friendly national governments, and signing agreements with more amicable local authorities.

CHENNAI, India (Reuters) – India has charged 33 men aboard an armed ship operated by a US maritime security firm for failing to produce papers authorising it to carry weapons in Indian waters, police said yesterday, a move that could trigger diplomatic tensions.

MOGADISHU (Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed at least 16 people on Saturday in an attack on a cafe in a Somali town close to the Ethiopian border frequented by local and foreign soldiers fighting al Qaeda-linked rebels.

Most people are cowards.  Most people don’t want to trouble trouble lest trouble troubles them. 

Dear Editor, It is a rare privilege not merely to have Rashleigh Jackson take an interest in what I write (‘Compromise is not a four letter word’, SN October 18) but to seek enlightenment on the period between 1989 and 1992, presumably from me.

After years of practising lab science the former country lab director Yvette Irving has opened her own laboratory as she sees the needs for lab results in Guyana to be on par with those in other countries.

Garry Kasparov has long been accustomed to hovering easily above his human opponents at a board game that he felt perhaps, was designed for him.

Dear Editor,   On June 19, 2009 Stabroek News carried a letter written by yours truly under the caption `Volunteering to man ‘Barbados bench’’. 

By Ralph Ramkarran Unlike any other profession, law is practised in the glare of publicity and this is the season of admission of lawyers to practise their profession in open court.

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian rebels blew up an army checkpoint outside Damascus yesterday and more than 30 combatants from both sides died in the blast and ensuing clashes, a monitoring group said.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Times newspaper in its Monday, October 14th, 2013 edition carried an article captioned, `Govt awaits M&CC proposal to restore Kitty Market’, and quoted the Regional Development and Local Government Minister, Ganga Persaud as saying, “What we need to see from the municipality are their plans and ideas documented for the Kitty Market and then maybe how the council intends to achieve these plans”.

Semipalmated Plovers are migratory and winter in the coastal areas of the southern United States, the Caribbean and much of South America. 

I have no idea how many read it, but following the recent Guyana Prize awards, a lady from the University of Leeds in the UK, Lori Shelbourn, herself part of the jury deciding on the awards, wrote a review of the collection of poems by Cassia Alphonso that won the Guyana Prize for Poetry 2012. 

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A gunman in a clown costume shot and killed the oldest brother of one of Mexico’s most notorious drug trafficking families in the resort of Los Cabos, authorities said yesterday.

The absence of some of the country’s top cyclist including the inform Alanzo Graves means that today’s Janet Jagan Memorial 50-mile road race is an open affair.

ROME (Reuters) – Demonstrators clashed with Italian police yesterday as tens of thousands marched through Rome to protest against unemployment, government cuts and big construction projects they say take money away from social services.

When it comes to breakfast, hold the muffins, cakes, sweet breads and jams, bring on the potatoes, sausages, eggs, salt fish, bakes and whatever savoury offerings you have.

Adiantum commonly called the Maidenhair fern originates from tropical Brazil. There are approxi-mately 200 species.

On Monday, October 7, Mr Clement Rohee, in his capacity as General Secretary of the PPP informed the media corps dutifully assembled in Freedom House, that his party wanted to regulate the local press.

Dear Editor,   “I am happy they [the three suspected bandits killed by the Police on South Road] are dead and I don’t care about the details of a post-mortem.