Daily Archive: Sunday, November 3, 2013

Thursday’s new session of Parliament has a packed agenda but the centre of attention will be occupied by the government’s attempt to have the anti-money laundering bill passed despite warnings from the opposition majority that the legislation is unacceptable in its present form.

(Barbados Nation) An air of sadness enveloped the Pinder household at Cypress Street, The City, yesterday as family and friends grieved over the death of 14-year-old Andgan Smith, who was stabbed several times to the chest, allegedly by a 12-year-old playmate.

(Trinidad Express) Former football powerhouse and the man who up until April this year had the political back of Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Austin Jack Warner used a complex network of companies to help build the family fortune and dodge scrutiny of several financial institutions, the national tax authorities and the state watchdog agency, the Integrity Commission (IC).

Both the main opposition APNU and the AFC say are still waiting to hear from government on talks for next year’s budget.

By Erika Williams with photos by Arian Browne   A village described by its residents as peaceful and quiet, Brickery is located on the East Bank Demerara sandwiched between Garden of Eden on the one side and Supply on the other.

Marijuana smoking by the country’s teenage male population has reached a dangerous stage, according to Chief Counsellor at the Salvation Army, Steve Sookraj who says that many are being introduced to this gateway drug by friends or in school.

A large plot of land at Leonora remains unoccupied and undeveloped following its purchase from the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) by Guyanese-born real estate fraudster Edul Ahmad under the name of one of his companies.

A 21-year-old trafficking in persons complainant has been removed from her home, putting the case against the accused at risk, and the young woman’s grandmother is afraid that she and her 17-month-old daughter could come to harm.

The 15-year-old girl, who was rescued from an interior location earlier this year where she was being forced to work as a sex worker, is yet to be assisted by the state agency and while she accused officials of being unhelpful she in turn has been accused of having a bad attitude.

Even as her mother’s alleged killer remains on the run the daughter of Maharanie Parmanand is calling on the police hierarchy to intensify training for officers dealing with domestic violence cases.

Marriott International has inspected a number of completed sample rooms at the Kingston, Georgetown edifice under construction, CEO of Atlantic Hotels Inc Winston Brassington has said.

– Sukhram tipped to retain female title United States of America-based golfer Jaipaul Suknanan yesterday turned in a superb performance to grab a share of the lead on the opening day of the Digicel-sponsored Guyana Open golf tournament held at the Lusignan Golf Course.

This week I shall address the two remaining strategic guideposts in designing a road map for the way forward in dealing with money laundering and related challenges in Guyana.   Guidepost 3: Dimensionality   Fully aware that the Special Select Committee might have focused primarily on the legislative amendments before it, I urge Members however to recognise that the reform of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Act 2009 cannot be reduced to a task of legal drafting.

Since June, the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs has worked with hinterland communities to implement the Youth Entrepreneur-ship and Apprenticeship Programme (YEAP) aimed at developing young Amerindians in the various villages and communities through the creation of job opportunities and building capacity, and strengthening their individual interests and skills.

Gavin Hope, Digicel’s Sponsorship and Events Manager yesterday praised the initiative by the Guyana Table Tennis Association to include a novices category in the annual schools table tennis teams’ championships which is sponsored by the telecommunications giant.

My heart hurts to see the sad and deteriorating state of the Guyana sugar industry.

Murshid (leader) of the Guyana Islamic Trust (GIT) Haseeb Yusuf and two foreign nationals were severely injured early yesterday morning when the car they were travelling in collided with a truck at Skeldon, Corriverton in Berbice.

Members of the Guyanese community last evening came out in large numbers to witness the annual Diwali motorcade.

The independent auditors engag-ed by Guyana Stores Limited (GSL) to audit its 2009 financial statements were unable to express an opinion on them because of the absence of adequate documentation and procedures.

HPS and Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon on Wednesday announced that Cabinet green-lighted several contracts at its statutory meeting on Tuesday, including one valued over $46M in the security sector.

By Ralph Ramkarran The late Forbes Burnham could never have imagined that in 1980 when he enforced a constitutional arrangement which, as his opponents assert, would indefinitely extend his political longevity and that of the PNC,  that it was the PPP which was going to be the beneficiary.

The South Florida Softball Cricket League (SFSCL) will be arriving in Guyana on Tuesday to play in the Guyana Softball Cup 111 tournament.

Upper East Coast Tigers, East Coast Bulls and Upper East Bank Colts, on Friday registered second round wins in the 2013 Demerara Cricket Board (DCB)/Raj Singh Insurance Brokers and Trophy Stall Over-40 20 overs-a-side tournament across grounds in Guyana.

It is often the case, if you have your eyes open, that you’re engaged in an encounter on one level and you suddenly find an awareness on a completely different level that is so strong and so vivid that it makes you draw a sudden breath, as from a fright.

Pandit Suresh Sugrim extends Shub Deepavali to the nation and calls on devotees to remember the less fortunate and to share their blessings with them.

St. Puis Primary sealed their berth in the final of the Petra Organization/ Courts Guyana in collaboration with Banks DIH Limited Pee Wee U11 football tourney yesterday by defeating East La Penitence 2-0 on penalty kicks in their semi-final fixture.

Caribbean Cargo DC, a shipping company based in Washington DC, United States of America says it will donate two desktop computers to the Kashif and Shanghai Organisation for its upcoming Secondary Schools football championships.

Unmistakable   The draft Anti-Money Laundering Bill has replaced the Bill on Amaila Falls as the talk of the town. 

The opening round of the 2013 BCB Namilco/Bakewell T20 knockout cricket tournament got underway last Sunday with four matches.

Three schools and an agrochemical supplier were awarded by the Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control Board (PTCCB) of the Ministry of Agriculture during its 2013 pesticide awareness award ceremony on Tuesday even as the call was sounded for better storage of the chemicals.

Dear Editor,   After being bitten by my neighbour’s two dogs, I subsequently visited the New Amsterdam Hospital at 20:30hrs on Monday [October 28].

The recent performance of the Dance Season 2013 of the National Dance Company titled Suites –Revista choreographed and directed by Vivienne Daniel, in some ways underlines a number of significant factors in the place and state of the company at the present time.

A few scenes from this year’s Diwali Motorcade.

Former Berbice U19 all-rounder Kevin Ramdeen slammed a match-winning century to guide Young Warriors of Cumberland Canje to a 110-run win over Police in their final Zone F preliminary match of the 2013 New Building Society second division  limited overs competition in Berbice Ramdeen slammed 101 with seven fours and three sixes and together with 42 from the former Guyana all-rounder, Hubern Evans helped Warriors to 242 for 5 in 40 overs.

Dear Editor,   I have just been on my first visit to Guyana in 40 years. 

Over the last two weeks we have been discussing the formula which we could use as a substitute for the dam’s milk.

DERA ISMAIL KHAN/WANA, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani Taliban fighters secretly buried their leader yesterday after he was killed by a US drone aircraft and quickly moved to replace him while vowing a wave of revenge suicide bombings.

By Tony Cozier From the era when cricket’s first superstar, W.G.

Dear Editor,   I rather suspect that Minister Priya Manickchand is hardly celebratory these days in view of the questions she has to answer as asked of her by a letter-writer, Mr.

In the early part of October governments attending the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Assembly in Montreal reached an outline agreement on a basis on which all civil aviation emissions will be regulated in future.

Forty years ago, India had one FIDE titled chess player. His name was Manuel Aaron, and people actually remember him since he was the only entrant on the rating list for years.

Nerium oleander commonly called Oleander or Rose bay originates from the Mediterranean region and the Middle East and comes from the Apocynaceae family.

LIMA — When I interviewed Peruvian President Ollanta Humala last week, he struck me as a less articulate leader than most of his South American colleagues —but one who may be doing a better job than his more loquacious counterparts.

LONDON (Reuters) – Spy agencies across Western Europe are working together on mass surveillance of Internet and phone traffic comparable to programmes run by their US counterpart denounced by European governments, Britain’s Guardian newspaper reported yesterday.

KOLKATA, India, CMC – Half-centuries from Chris Gayle and compatriot Marlon Samuels rounded off a reassuring performance from West Indies, as they drew their tour match against Uttar Pradesh (UP) here yesterday.

Dear Editor,   I posted a mail to London, on behalf of my wife, on the 12th of September, 2013, using the Guyana Post Office’s EMS express mail service.

(Reuters) – US and Brazilian authorities are investigating whether Embraer SA bribed Dominican Republic officials in exchange for a $90 million contract for light attack planes, the Wall Street Journal said, citing legal documents and people familiar with the case.

One of the dangerous things about Netflix is that it encourages binge watching.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Indian opposition leader Narendra Modi is building the world’s tallest statue at a cost of almost $340 million in honour of one of the country’s founding fathers, a project he is using to undermine his chief rivals, the Gandhi-Nehru political dynasty.

Dear Editor, In your SN edition Nov 01/13 I read Commissioner of the Protected Areas Commission, Damian Fernandes is planning to have a petting Zoo in the compound of the National Zoo and that most of the animals housed will be rescued animals.

(BBC) Rohit Sharma became only the third man to score a double century in one-day international cricket, smashing 209 from 158 balls as India beat Australia by 57 runs to win the ODI series 3-2 yesterday.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to a letter published in yesterday’s edition of Stabroek News captioned  ‘A horrid experience at the Republic Bank car park on Robb Street’, where we note with concern, the unfortunate experience shared by M.

LONDON (Reuters) – British lawmakers condemned today the conduct of police officers involved in a bizarre scandal that forced a cabinet minister to resign after being accused of calling a policeman a “pleb”.

(Reuters) – Ian Bell and Jonathan Trott warmed up for the Ashes series against Australia with fluent centuries before England collapsed on the final day of their drawn practice match against a Western Australia Chairman’s XI yesterday.

As part of its programme of enhancing Information Technology in the Education System, Food for the Poor (Guyana) Incorporated donated a computer kit to the Gibson Primary School located at Lancaster Village, East Coast Demerara, on Thursday 24th October, 2013.

We are coming up to the Christmas season and the central government has decided in its wisdom to inflict on the city another of its periodic garbage crises, this time primarily in the Bourda and Stabroek Markets areas where citizens purchase their food (among many other commodities). 

HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba closed dozens of home-based movie theatres yesterday and reaffirmed its plans to end the private sale of imported goods as communist authorities pressed for “order, discipline and obedience” in the growing small business sector.

(Reuters) Brooklyn snapped a 13-game losing streak to Miami and overcame a furious Heat charge in the final three minutes for a 101-100 victory in their home opener Friday night in New York.