Daily Archive: Saturday, November 2, 2013

The Guyana Human Rights Association has expressed concern about reports that the government may be considering licensing of Chinese fishing vessels in this country’s waters.

(Jamaica Observer) HIGHGATE, St Mary — Shock! That was how residents of Dean Pen in this parish greeted the beating death of 22-month-old Eshauna Gardner, allegedly by her grand-uncle.

(Jamaica Observer) MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica — Two teenage brothers were killed by the police during a confrontation Friday afternoon in Mount Salem, St James.

Guyana will lose out on around US$20M of the payment it would have received under its forest protection agreement with Norway for last year, once increased deforestation is confirmed by independent verification exercises to be completed by month end, according to Natural Resources Minister Robert Persaud.

APNU executive Joe Harmon yesterday declared that Guyanese doing legitimate business had nothing to fear from the deadlines set for the passage on the anti-money laundering bill.

The PPP yesterday called on the parliamentary opposition to “stand on the side of law and the law abiding” by supporting the anti-money laundering amendments, which the party is hoping to pass ahead of a critical country review later this month.

A Guyana Defence Force (GDF) died last evening, succumbing to injuries he sustained in a vehicular accident along Mandela Avenue.

Guyana has the second highest rate of adolescent pregnancy in both the Caribbean and South America, with 97 out of every 1,000 girls between the ages of 15 and 19 giving birth, according to the State of the World Population 2013 report.

An 11-month-old baby boy was rescued early yesterday morning from a rum shop where his 31-year-old mother was drinking when officers from the Child Care and Protection Agency (CC&PA) in Region Five made a sweep of the area.

The National Assembly must be taken out of the control of government as is demanded by the doctrine of the separation of powers if it is to effectively execute its mandate as the law making arm of government, says House Speaker Raphael Trotman.

Chief Executive Officer of telecommunications giant Digicel Gregory Dean will this morning tee off the annual Digicel-sponsored Guyan Open golf tournament.

A richer democracy can be achieved by creating a stronger parliament through constitutional reform, Trinidad’s Speaker of the House Wade Mark says.

Star Party Rentals became the first corporate establishment to throw its support behind the Georgetown Football Association (GFA)/Banks Beer Cup, donating a undisclosed amount to the association at a simple handing over ceremony at the entity’s Campbellville location yesterday.

Security guard Shanta Devi Persaud, who was stabbed on October 19 near her Sophia home, succumbed on Thursday last to injuries from the multiple stab wounds she received allegedly at the hands of her ex partner.

Anoopwattie Vereen, educator and former Head teacher of the Helena Primary School at Mahai-ca, died yesterday after a brief period of illness, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported last evening.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC- England Women defeated West Indies Women by seven wickets to take a one nil lead in their three match One Day International series (ODI)  yesterday after their opening encounter on Tuesday was abandoned because of rain.

The Guyana Police Force has announced that trucks and other large vehicles would be restricted from using the East Bank Public Road during rush hour on weekday mornings and afternoons.

The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) and the Hadi’s World Incorporated & City Mall yesterday launched their 2013/2014 First Division tournament, along with honoring the current winners of this year’s leg of the competition.

The opposition has to find creative ways of engaging with the government to lift the country out of the present impasse, according to former PPP/C Minister Henry Jeffrey, who says that the apparent belief by APNU and the AFC that the governing party will lose its plurality anytime soon is “farfetched.”

Queen’s College `A’ led by top player Shemar Britton easily defeated West Demerara in the U18 category as the Digicel-sponsored schools table tennis tournament commenced yesterday afternoon at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

KOLKATA, India, CMC- West Indies bowlers got a boost of confidence in unforgiving conditions before relative unknown Parvinder Singh crafted a stylish half-century to lead an Uttar Pradesh fight-back in their tour match yesterday.

Ryan Chow, a sales clerk at Game Express, was yesterday accused of stealing $2.6 million in games from the store.

A man was yesterday remanded to prison on a charge of narcotics possession for trafficking after her was caught by police allegedly transporting marijuana in a wine box.

(Reuters) – Joe Root could not make the most of a flat Perth track but England’s other batsmen dusted off the cobwebs in the opening warm-up match of the Ashes campaign against Australia yesterday.

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – Swing bowler Kyle Mills will captain New Zealand for the first time on his country’s limited overs tour of Sri Lanka later this month after Kane Williamson was ruled out with a broken and dislocated thumb.

Kerwin Estwick, of Amelia’s Ward, Linden, was yesterday charged with the gunpoint robbery of a vendor, who he is accused of holding up just minutes after buying bananas from her.

(Reuters) Derrick Rose still has it. Playing his first regular season game at the United Center since suffering a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee on April 28, 2012, Rose scored with 5.7 seconds remaining to send the Chicago Bulls past the New York Knicks 82-81.

A post-mortem examination done yesterday on the remains of freed murder accused Dexter Marshall revealed that he died from a condition associated with the inflammation of the brain.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Former world number one Roger Federer looked like his old self when he beat Argentine Juan Martin Del Potro 6-3 4-6 6-3 at the Paris Masters yesterday to set up a semi-final clash with Novak Djokovic.

As part of its celebration of 30 years of service in Guyana, the Georgetown Central Rotary Club yesterday received a cheque for $8 million from Courts (Guyana) Inc to help fulfil its ‘Sophia Promise.’

(Reuters) – Pakistan’s wily spinners gave a masterclass in slow bowling to bamboozle South Africa’s batting lineup and lead their side to a 66-run victory in the second one-day international in the United Arab Emirates yesterday.

National Road Safety Month kicked off yesterday with a small ceremony at the junction of Avenue of the Republic and Brickdam, under the theme, ‘Alcohol, Speed, and Inattentiveness Cause Accidents; Drive Wise and Save Lives.’

The Natural Resources Ministry is endeavouring to commission a Mining School whose programmes will enjoy local, regional and international accreditation.

The cream of the nation’s wheelsmen will light up the Seawall Bandstand as well as the open roads tomorrow (Deepavali) and Monday when the 16th annual Troy Humphrey Memorial and the Carlton Wheelers 55-mile cycling events pedal off.

Physical upgrades of several of the buildings at the University of Guyana (UG) could begin by the end of the year, according to Vice-Chancellor Jacob Opadeyi.

A softball team representing the Ontario Softball Cricket League (OSCL) is all set to throw down the gauntlet to the other teams participating in the third annual Guyana Floodlights Softball Cricket Association’s (GFSCA) Guyana Cup softball tournament which bowls off next week.

The launching of the Caribbean Association of Professional Statisticians (CAPS) was held on Monday in Basseterre, St.

A flurry of punches will be thrown next weekend when the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) stages its annual national Open championships at the National Gymnasium.

Kefa Wesley Smith is the first ever Mr Guyana Talented Teen and it is a title he is proud to hold.

Cotton Field Wild Oats softball cricket team said they are looking to put the disappointment of losing to last year’s champions behind them and win this year’s third Guyana Cup tournament.

The Immigration ‘B’ team won the Guyana Police Force’s annual First Aid competition for the Smellie Cup yesterday and also captured the ‘Best First Aider’ award.

There is something awfully sad about the entertainment industry in Guyana.

Hi Everyone, While Phagwah is all about savoury snacking, Diwali is about sweet meats – sweet snacks and desserts.

Cellink consumers on the West Coast Berbice will now enjoy strengthened cellular coverage as a result of the activation of a new GT&T cell site at Bush Lot, the company has announced.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – A lone gunman stormed into a crowded terminal at the Los Angeles International Airport and opened fire with an assault weapon yesterday, killing a security agent and wounding six other people before he was shot and captured, authorities said.

Dear Editor In late September 2013,  the Constitutional Court of the Dominican Republic made a ruling to deny citizenship to thousands of children, women and men of Haitian origin, many of  whose parents were brought to work in the Dominican Republic’s sugar industry,  and who would have been registered as Dominican.

Dear Editor, Within the structures of the school system, football is emerging as a very popular and well supported sport. 

Witness

The Sea and River Defence Department is advising the public to take all necessary precautions as the predicted spring tide period has indicated above normal tides until Thursday.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – The Mexican government is ready to waive 70 percent of a debt worth nearly $500 million Cuba owes it, Finance Minister Luis Videgaray said yesterday, as Mexico seeks to improve ties with the communist island.

Dear Editor, I recently had a very unfortunate incident at a Republic Bank branch car park which has left me very dissatisfied with the service and I sincerely hope that management reviews its principle of operation of these parks.

The Scene Cartoon

National junior champion Narayan Ramdhani along with national senior champion Nicholas Ali has been selected by the Guyana Badminton Association to participate in the seventh annual Suriname International badminton tournament in neighbouring Suriname.

UNITED NATIONS,  (Reuters) – Central African Republic is at risk of spiraling into genocide as armed groups incite Christians and Muslims against each other in the virtually lawless country, senior U.N.

The Guyana Police Force has announced that a number of roads will be closed today to vehicular traffic to facilitate the Annual Diwali Motorcade 2013 from 7pm.

Dear Editor, For some time now I have been pondering the apparent lack of connectivity locally between the print media and the audio-visual, specifically the private media.

ISLAMABAD/PESHAWAR, Pakistan, (Reuters) – The head of the Pakistani Taliban was killed by a U.S.

Members of the Immigration ‘B’ team got a helping hand as they completed their task yesterday in the accident simulation during the Guyana Police Force’s annual First Aid competition, which they won.

A light plane crashed as it tried to take off from Wakenaam yesterday afternoon, almost two years after it crash landed on the island en route from Trinidad to Timehri.

(Reuters) – Australia captain Michael Clarke has been reprimanded for showing dissent at an umpire’s decision in a Sheffield Shield match, the country’s cricket board said yesterday.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – For Chinese investors, Brazil is no longer the promised land.

Dear Editor, I write in response to Dr. Asquith Rose’s letter `PPP propagandists must be exposed for their distortions’ (Kaieteur News, October 30, 2013) and Dr.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Andy Coulson, an editor of Rupert Murdoch’s now defunct News of the World newspaper, instructed a journalist working on a story about a celebrity to “do his phone”, a jury trying Coulson and three others for conspiring to hack phones was told on Friday.

It will a clash of the titans when the sixth round of the Petra Organization/Courts Guyana in collaboration with Banks DIH Limited Pee Wee U11 football tourney continues today at the Thirst Park ground with eight slated matches.

A look back at the runway fashion last Saturday and Sunday night as Guyana Fashion Week ended

A generation ago the New York Times was for most Americans, and for a large foreign readership, the final arbiter of the news that was “fit to print.”

The spectre of extra-judicial killings continues to cast a wide shadow over a significant number of recent police shootings, which have left several young men—mostly from deprived communities— dead.

Politikles

(Jamaica Observer) Jamaica’s importation of wigs and weaves is set to hit $1 billion this year based on growth over the last four years.

(Billboard) – Katy Perry’s new ‘PRISM’ album debuts at No 1 on the Billboard 200 this week, selling 286,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO — The authorities have imposed easier procedures for illegal aliens to legalize their stay in the country.