Daily Archive: Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Three months after they were passed by the National Assembly, President Donald Ramotar today assented to three of four Local Government Bills.

KOLKATA, India, CMC- A day that started with much promise ended in an anti-climax for West Indies, after a half-century from Marlon Samuels failed to ignite their batting, as newcomer Mohammad Shami triggered a collapse to give India an early advantage in the first Test today here.

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company around midday resumed internet operations following a complete loss of service earlier this morning.

Villagers once living in deplorable conditions are now new homeowners in the Swan Amerindian community, along the Soesdyke/Linden highway.

PPP/C MP Manzoor Nadir is to present a petition to Parliament tomorrow on behalf of the Private Sector Commission (PSC) appealing for the urgent passage of the anti-laundering bill.

Police are investigating a report that three children over the weekend fell ill after consuming what appeared to be cocaine-laced gold finger sweets which they had purchased from a shop at White Water, Region One, Crime Chief Seelall Persaud has confirmed.

Murder accused Kisean Azore, who was on trial for murdering Kurtland Kendall in 2008, was yesterday sentenced to 10 years in prison on a lesser charge by Justice Diana Insanally in the High Court.

Stakeholders yesterday drubbed government’s past efforts to combat the drug trade, saying there has been a misdirected emphasis on penalising users instead of  rehabilitating them and a failure to go after the “big fish” responsible for the supply.

Two children are among the six persons who lost their home yesterday afternoon in a fire at Crane Housing Scheme, West Coast Demerara.

Sullivan Niles will be spending the next week in prison after his wife’s denial that she made a report to the police that he threatened to kill her prompted a city magistrate to order an investigation.

Three TVG Evening News/ Guyana Times reporters tendered their resignations yesterday after they were allegedly pressured by superiors to broadcast reports on the ongoing feud between Guyana Times owner Ranjsinghi (Bobby) Ramroop and Kaieteur News owner Glen Lall.

Prominent Linden teacher Eric Baird was found dead in his home in Linden around 07:30 last evening.

Two bids were received for consultancy services for the design of a hazardous water management facility under the Ministry of Local Government.

Momentum continues to build in the annual F&H Printing Establishment million dollar plus countrywide dominoes competition with play in all the regions at the elimination stage.

Former West Indies leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo and Berbice Under-17 all-rounder Balchand Baldeo weaved their magic with the ball in guiding Albion Community Centre to the semi-finals of the 2013 Namilco/Bakewell first division T20 competition in Berbice with a nine-wicket win over Police.

A woman was yesterday fined $30,000 for selling explosives. Magistrate Sunil Scarce imposed the fine on Surswattie Wazeer, of Affiance on the Essequibo Coast, when she appeared at the Anna Regina Magistrates’ Court.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Roger Federer showed flashes of his best but Novak Djokovic exposed the Swiss maestro’s fading powers with a three-set victory at the ATP World Tour Finals yesterday.

Students and staff members of the University of Guyana (UG) Turkeyen Campus were sent home early yesterday owing to the persistent pungent smell of rotting beetle carcasses which has saturated the campus since last week.

The selection committee of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) has called up 32 cricketers for a three-day trial match which will be used to identify the Berbice squad for the upcoming senior four-day Inter-County Competition scheduled to start later this month.

Lower East Coast Bulls are at the top of the points standings after two rounds of the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) O40 20 overs-a-side competition sponsored by Raj Singh Insurance Brokers and Trophy Stall.

A strike by LIAT pilots yesterday left passengers here and in the eastern Caribbean stranded and fuming.

Days after allegedly spitting on a man and threatening to kill him, a plantain chip vendor was hit with assault and threatening language charges.

LONDON, (Reuters) – A union representing British sportsmen and women has launched legal action in Switzerland to try to ensure more sympathetic treatment for athletes caught using recreational drugs.

Minister of Works Robeson Benn says government may consider fixing a toll for use of sections of the Amaila Falls access road and he thinks it would be a mistake to abandon it even though the Amaila hydroelectric project is dead.

Sudesh Fitzgerald emerged the overall champion when the Guyana Darts Association (GDA) Trophy Stall Pre-Diwali tournament concluded on Friday at the Malteenos Sports Club pavilion, Thomas Lands.

Dear Editor, The Winifred Gaskin road on the Wismar shore of the Demerara River in Linden, has for a number of years served the community satisfactorily in providing the most suitable route for vehicles of all form to access neighbouring communities and to go over to Mackenzie and those coming to have access to the hinterland areas and the interior.

DURBAN, South Africa, CMC- West Indies opening batsman Chris Gayle will return to Sunfoil Dolphins for the Ram Slam T20 competition in South Africa 2013-2014.

D’Edward opening batsman Lakeraj Sookra slammed the highest individual score of 93 to help his team defeat Shieldstown by eight-wickets as the 2013 Norman Singh Memorial second division 20-overs knockout competition continued recently in West Berbice.

With Linden residents disgruntled about their inadequate telephone and internet coverage, Region Ten Chairman Sharma Solomon recently urged them to lobby the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) to introduce Wi-Fi hotspots in their communities.

Slingerz FC clinched their inaugural West Demerara Football Association (WDFA) Stag Beer Senior League, crushing Seawall FC 3-0 in their final fixture at the Den Amstel Community Ground on Monday.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Obama administration, under pressure over the botched opening of its healthcare website, scrambled yesterday to try to appease hundreds of thousands of people whose coverage is being cancelled as insurers prepare for reforms in 2014.

Dear Editor, I refer to your editorial titled `Great Garbage Game’ (Nov.

MONACO, CMC – Triple gold medallist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica tops a list of three shortlisted for the 2013 IAAF Female World Athlete of the Year.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India launched its first rocket to Mars yesterday, aiming to put a satellite in orbit around the red planet at a lower cost than previous missions and potentially positioning the emerging Asian nation as a budget player in the global space race.

The Progressive Youth Organisation (PYO) copped the prize for the overall best float in the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha’s annual Diwali Motorcade, which was staged last Saturday.

KOLKATA, India, CMC- West Indies captain Darren Sammy says the key to victory against India in their two test series here is to combat the spin bowlers.

Dear Editor, The Diwali celebrations have evolved in Guyana over the 175 years or so since the first Hindus landed in Guyana.

A soldier was yesterday charged with stealing a fellow rank’s phone at army headquarters, Camp Ayanganna.

Dear Editor, A letter written by Mr. Paul Atkinson in the November 4th 2013 edition of SN `Moruca’s swim team for nationals hit by $$ shortage’ captured my attention.

Trinity Grid Pacesetters booked their semi-finals berth by defeating Eagles 49-37 when the inaugural Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA)-sanctioned Yolo Entertainment ‘Super Sevens’ Basketball tourney continued on Monday at the Burnham Court.

(Reuters) – As Jimmy Carter approaches 90, he is reaching for victory in a 15-year war against an infection spread by houseflies that blinds millions in developing countries and posed a threat to his own family and neighbors as a child on a Georgia farm.

Dear Editor,   The Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (Amendment) Bill, currently the subject of intense speculation and national debate, was being considered by a Select Committee prior to the National Assembly proceeding on its two- month recess.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – The Indian government stepped up its criticism of leading opposition prime-ministerial candidate Narendra Modi  yesterday, painting him as a dangerous extremist and comparing his rise to the birth of Nazi Germany in the 1930s.

The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) recently presented equipment valued $3.6M to the Education Ministry’s TVET programme.

More than 300 scouts assembled at the Scout Association of Guyana’s Woolford Avenue headquarters over the weekend to honour 19 long-serving members at a series of activities held on Sunday in honour of the group’s 104th anniversary.

TORONTO,  (Reuters) – Toronto Mayor Rob Ford admitted yesterday he has smoked crack cocaine, probably “in one of my drunken stupors,” but insisted he’s not an addict and said he would stay in office and run for reelection next year.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC-The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) is said to be pleased with the state of preparations for the staging of the Caribbean Super50 in Trinidad in January.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Pakistan recalled veteran allrounders Abdul Razzaq and Shoaib Malik yesterday for the team’s two Twenty20 internationals against South Africa in Dubai next week.

  Dear Editor,   In his letter to Stabroek News published on Sunday November 3, 2013, `Contrary to Minister Manickchand’s statement, the AFC did congratulate top performers’, Mr.

OTTAWA,  (Reuters) – The Canadian Senate suspended three of its members for “gross negligence” yesterday in a scandal over expense claims that has damaged the reputation of Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

PALO ALTO, California, (Reuters) – Revelations about the scale of U.S.

(Jamaica Observer) MUNICH, Germany — ‘Jamaica’, ‘Blue Mountain Coffee’, ‘Cannabis Sativa’ (ganja); ‘Jamaica Rum’, ‘Jamaican Patties’, ‘Boston Jerk’, ‘Jamaican Ginger’ and ‘Trelawny Yellow Yam’ are among names and brands that Jamaica is moving to protect against misuse or false use.

The Women’s Progressive Organisation (WPO) remembers educator Anoopwattie Veeren as a teacher and mentor who served her country in myriad capacities with dignity, patience, commitment and courage.

Dear Editor, I read with shock the contention of Mr. Bryn Pollard, SC, in the October 24 edition of the Stabroek News, that defence counsel had no ethical obligation to disclose an association with members of the jury.

(The Sports Xchange) – – – – -Shooting guard Andre Iguodala scored 32 points against his former team, and point guard Stephen Curry had a triple-double as the Golden State Warriors rolled to a  110-90 victory over the previously unbeaten Philadelphia 76ers.

“A nation is an imagined political community. … imagined because the members of even the smallest nation will never know most of their fellow-members, meet them, or even hear of them, yet in the minds of each lives the image of their communion.

Dear Editor,   When I listened to Police Superintendent Watts assuring the public on television that sellers and users of squibs/mini bombs during Diwali, if caught, will be dealt with condignly, I felt comforted.

The Cummings Lodge Secondary School will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary Saturday, November 9, with a fund-raising anniversary dinner at the Guyana International Convention Centre, under the theme ‘Building Excellence on Proud Traditions.’

  DUBLIN, (Reuters) – Ireland will hold a referendum on same sex marriage in 2015, just over two decades after the once stridently Catholic country legalised homosexuality, the government said yesterday.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has declared an official day of “loyalty and love” for late President Hugo Chavez, seeking to keep the messianic socialist leader in the public eye.

For many years, with the exception of its relations with revolutionary clerical Iran, the United States has had a diplomatic dominance in relation to developments in the Middle East that for years has almost made that area seem a privileged preserve.

Introduction The Stabroek News reported on October 24 that the Private Sector Commission (PSC) is deeply troubled about APNU’s statements regarding the Marriott project.

A Karasabai, Region Nine resident showing President Donald Ramotar (centre) the art of cassava bread making last weekend.(