Daily Archive: Sunday, November 10, 2013

AMSTERDAM,  (Reuters) – Katy Perry won the award for best female singer at the 2013 MTV EMA music awards tonight, pipping Lady Gaga and Miley Cyrus to the post in MTV’s first award ceremony since the launch a week ago of the upstart YouTube Music Awards.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – President Nicolas Maduro’s government announced arrests of both store managers and looters today as part of what it calls an “economic war” in Venezuela between the socialist state and unscrupulous businessmen.

(Jamaica Observer) A Jamaican man, who claims he was locked up in the maximum security section of Her Majesty’s Prison in Barbados for two years without being brought before a court, says he is suing that state for false imprisonment, wrongful arrest and pain and suffering.

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica – Andrew Holness has retained the leadership of the Opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) after defeating Audley Shaw.

Former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran says government is still misusing supplementary financial papers and abusing the Contingencies Fund and pointed to a number of instances in the latest requests made to the House where this trend continues.

At about 0200h today, Gopaulram Dass, 35 years, of Better Hope North, ECD, was struck down by a motor car as he was allegedly attempting to cross the public road at Vryheid’s Lust, ECD.

A Melanie Damishana resident is now dead while another is severely wounded after a man believed to be their business partner shot at them during a confrontation on Friday at Baracara, Canje River, Berbice.

St. Puis were crowned Pee Wee U11 champions after they defeated West Ruimveldt 2-1 in a thrilling final of the Petra Organization/Courts Guyana in collaboration with Banks DIH football tourney concluded yesterday at the Thirst Park ground.

During a visit to Nigg, Corentyne in the scorching mid-afternoon sun, the village appears quiet and empty with hardly any activity, save for vehicles including a horse-cart with passengers, passing through.

A 16-year-old boy was knifed to death and thrown into a canal allegedly by his sister’s reputed husband late Friday evening in Cane Grove, East Coast Demerara, a day after his attacker was released from prison.

A vehicular accident that occurred around 00:10hrs yesterday on the Crabwood Creek Public Road, Corentyne, has left two youths dead and one injured.

Two families lost their homes yesterday after a man set fire to a two-storey building at Industry, East Coast Demerara before he apparently took his own life by ingesting poison.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Usman Khawaja fluffed his Ashes audition with a soft dismissal for just three runs as England’s rain-disrupted tour match against Australia A in Hobart ended in a draw yesterday.

Government Chief Whip Gail Teixeira yesterday accused the opposition of deliberately derailing the efforts to pass the anti-money laundering amendment bill since it was tabled in April, saying its sole focus seems to be to bring down the government at all costs.

Berbice High School crushed Vryman’s Erven Secondary School 3-0 in their semi-final matchup when action in the Hope Football Club Memorial football tournament continued  Wednesday at the Scott’s School ground, New Amsterdam.

After 46 years in the aviation industry, George Alleyne, now 72, says if he had to do it all over again he would do the same thing with no hesitation.

The parties making up APNU are yet to consult on going to local government elections with only three of the four local government bills being assented to by President Donald Ramotar, but as things stand, APNU is unwilling to proceed without the Local Government (Amendment) Bill being signed into law.

A terrified woman yesterday managed to escape from a shop owner who was holding her against her will in Region Seven, where she will have to remain at least until tomorrow because police are unable to make attempts to extract her before them.

LONDON, (Reuters) – When Roger Federer hangs up his rackets his sublime artistry will be his lasting legacy but yesterday’s win over Juan Martin del Potro at the ATP World Tour Finals showed when the chips are down he can also fight like an alley cat.

A teenager of Affiance, Essequibo Coast was on Friday found hanging in her bedroom.

(The Sports Xchange) – Highlights of Friday’s National Basketball Association games.

(Part 1) Choice of Theme Last week the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Guyana held its annual conference under the theme “Focus on Financial Services”. 

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – England batsman Kevin Pietersen will travel to Melbourne for a cortisone injection on his troublesome knee today amid concerns about wicketkeeper Matt Prior’s calf ahead of next week’s opening Ashes test.

A teenaged boy died on Friday night after he was hit by a car while trying to cross the Parika Public Road.

Bibi Baksh, who is currently hospitalised after she was hit by a Guyana Power and Light (GPL) minibus on Friday morning, is slowly recovering at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

In February of this year Cuba’s President, Raul Castro, said that he will step down in 2018.

The third annual Guyana Softball Cup competition is set to conclude today following the semi-final matches yesterday.

President Ramotar has announced his intention to re-examine the Government’s future relationship with the Opposition after its refusal to support the anti-money laundering amendment bill last Thursday in the National Assembly.

There are many reasons why potentially-rich Latin American nations are growing at a slower pace than their Asian counterparts but one of the least noticed factors — and one in need of urgent attention — is that a Latin American may grow old before being able to enforce a business contract in many countries of the region.

Mark Wiltshire, senior organizing secretary of the Georgetown

Serious crimes are up by 5% over the last year, according to the police, who say that while murders are down armed robbery has increased.

By what values should we strive to live in order to achieve a community in which differences are accommodated, a community where there is diversity of discourse but a recognition of the common good regardless of politics, religion, race and personal beliefs?

TACLOBAN, Philippines (Reuters) – At least 10,000 people died in the central Philippine province of Leyte after Typhoon Hai-yan, one of the strongest storms ever to make landfall, lashed the province, swallowing coastal towns, a senior police official said today.

Last week we described how one could ensure that food gets into the stomach of the newborn pup. 

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Cricket fans across the Caribbean, and possibly North America, could see more matches in the 2014 Caribbean Premier League (CPL) Twenty20 Tournament.

An Air Services Ltd aircraft suffered wing damage after swerving to avoid hitting someone as it was about to land at the Kwakwani Airstrip, Region 10.

All and sundry agree: the words “Georgetown” and “garbage” are synonymous.

The Schedule below summarizes the key features of the strategic guideposts for a way forward presented in the two previous columns.

GENEVA (Reuters) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said today they hoped Iran and six world powers would reach an agreement when they gather again in 10 days, adding that the latest round of talks on Tehran’s nuclear programme was something all delegations can build on.

More than any other team, the West Indies have found an assortment of ways of turning wine into water, rather than the other way round that was a specialty of their great predecessors of the 1980s.

The Commonwealth Foundation in London has announced the 2014 Commonwealth Short Story Prize, which is a competition open to all writers across the Commonwealth.

(Reuters) – An earthquake with preliminary magnitude of 5.5 shook eastern Japan, including the capital Tokyo, on Sunday morning, but there were no immediate reports of damage and no irregularities at the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant.

The Local Government Ministry on Friday presented the keys to a compactor garbage truck valued $3.8M to the Mon Repos/Reconnaissance Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) to aid in refuse disposal.

Last year’s most successful cyclist Robin Persaud returned to his triumphant ways yesterday at the National Park by blowing away 24 rival wheelsmen in the feature 35-lap event of the inaugural C.

RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabian police clashed with foreign workers in a poor district of Riyadh yesterday, nearly a week into a visa crackdown in which thousands have been detained and one man killed by police.

In a bold new initiative awards in the form of trophies and vouchers will be presented to outstanding athletes at this year’s National Schools’ Track and Field, Cycling and Swimming Championships set for November 19-22.

Dear Editor, Here we go again! The press has reported that Mr Rohee, newly appointed General Secretary of the PPP, announced at a recent Press Conference the establishment of an internal Integrity and Discipline Commission to, “ensure that members of our Party serving in public offices at all levels, maintain the highest level of integrity in the performance of their duties.”

The World Chess Federation’s rating list, or the FIDE rating list as it is usually called, is a prime indicator of the strength of a chess player in world championship matches.

A Guyana-born woman is now facing life in prison after a hospital visit led to the discovery of almost 50 packets of cocaine inside her stomach.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s socialist government “occupied” a chain of electronics stores yesterday in a high-profile crackdown on what it views as price-gouging hobbling the country’s economy.

The Salvation Army received $5 million from the Government of Guyana on Friday at the launch its Christmas Appeal at the Georgetown Club on Camp Street.

The inaugural Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Premier League continues today with eight encounters across four different venues.

By Derek Bok  CAMBRIDGE – Ever since economists revealed how much universities contribute to economic growth, politicians have paid close attention to higher education.

Dear Editor, In a letter `Notwithstanding the Amerindian Act of 2006, govt’s paternalistic, patronising treatment of the Indigenous Peoples is unrestrained’ (SN 7 November 2013), Mr Da Costa claims that the Minister of Amerindian Affairs can decide who is an Amerindian.

Dear Editor, The resignation by three journalists at TVG 28 exposes a bigger issue that a television or radio licence could not be issued to an entity only for the personal and private agenda of the licensee.

Miss Venezuela Gabriela Isler celebrates with her crown during the 2013 Miss Universe competition in Moscow yesterday.

Sunday Cartoons

Like some other countries on this continent Guyana is a partial democracy, but without the populism which characterizes their forms of government.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan authorities released a Miami Herald reporter yesterday after detaining the American two days ago near the border with Colombia where he was researching a story ahead of next month’s local elections, the paper said.

Caesalpinia pulcherrima commonly called Pride of Barbados or Peacock flower originates from the West Indies.

The stage is set for the 2013-2014 National Rifle Shooting championships which fire off today at the Timehri Rifle ranges at 10:00 hours as the nation’s leading rifle shooters battle for supremacy in the three-day competition.

By John Lloyd  (Reuters) Russell Brand, the British comedian, used a guest editorship of the 100-plus-year-old leftist magazine New Statesman last month to call for a “total revolution of consciousness and our entire social, political and economic system.”