Daily Archive: Tuesday, November 12, 2013

A miner died from bullet wounds this afternoon after a two-hour siege in which he shot two policemen and two civilians dead on Middle Street.

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica — Police are continuing a manhunt for the criminal who attacked and stabbed to death a businessman in New Kingston Monday afternoon.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The head of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), John Fahey, says Jamaica has “lost its way” on drug testing for athletes.

At about 1205h. today, police say that Shibikie Pollard, a sales clerk attached to Gizmos and Gadgets, was taking approximately $1M to the bank when she was held up by a man armed with a knife at Republic Avenue, Mackenzie, Linden.

The recently defeated anti-money laundering amendments can be brought back before the National Assembly through  agreement by government and opposition parliamentarians, says House Speaker Raphael Trotman.

Pepsi Sonics won the inaugural Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA)-sanctioned Yolo Entertainment Super Sevens tournament crushing Colts ‘A’ 52-28 at the Burnham Basketball Court on Sunday.

Police Commissioner Leroy Brumell has confirmed that `A’ Division Commander Deryck Josiah has been transferred to a private city hospital after being involved in an early morning accident at Versailles, West Bank Demerara.

(Trinidad Express) THE DOCTOR is in. United States policing expert William Joseph “Bill” Bratton arrived in Trinidad and Tobago around 12.50 p.m.

A man allegedly slit the throat of his visiting lover before he was found hanging from the end of a rope in what appears to be the grisly culmination of an abusive relationship that rocked the West Ruimveldt community yesterday.

The three young men who were slain on South Road last month were all part of the Albouystown based “Hot Skull” group, which, according to Crime Chief Seelall Persaud, has been “disrupted”; with a dozen more of its members charged over serious crimes and several convicted for armed robbery.

The Ministry of Local Government and Natural Globe Inc, a Canadian company, yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for Guyana’s first solid waste recycling plant, even as the country, particularly the capital, lurches from garbage crisis to garbage crisis.

Agriculture Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy yesterday said Guyana has shipped 195,000 tonnes of sugar to the European Union (EU) for the year, raising questions about the figure.

Three policemen are among eight persons detained in connection with the brazen robbery on a gold mining establishment in Port Kaituma Central and according to Crime Chief Seelall Persaud most of the stolen loot has been recovered.

Mayor Hamilton Green and city councillors yesterday passed a resolution to give the proprietor of Jap’s Halaal Meat Market 10 days to correct real or perceived inadequacies in the business’s operations.

Guyana is committed to achieving universal secondary education, Minister of Education Priya Manickchand told the 37th General Conference of UNESCO in Paris, France last week.

The woman who escaped from a shop owner who was holding her against her will at Granny Backdam, at Omai, in Region Seven, has been rescued and is now safely at home in Georgetown.

Prime Minister, Samuel Hinds met with co-founders of the Kashif and Shanghai (K&S) Organization, Aubrey ‘Shanghai’ Major and Kashif Muhammad yesterday and pledged his support for their long standing year-end football tournament.

MUMBAI, India, CMC- Veteran middle order batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul must be promoted to number three or four in the order if West Indies are to fare better in their current tour of India, the former Indian cricket captain Rahul Dravid has said.

A single V-bull separated defending champion Ransford Goodluck from his closest challenger national vice captain Dylan Fields after the first day of competition at the Guyana National Rifle Association (GNRA) 2013-2014 National championships which opened Sunday at the Timehri Rifle ranges.

Alpha United routed Grove Hi-Tech 6-1 compliments of a Manasseh Primo hat trick when action in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Premier League continued at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground, Bourda on Sunday.

As the Christmas season approaches, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) intends to vamp up its efforts to fight the inevitable increase in crime.

(Cricinfo) The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) has decided to sell tickets for Sachin Tendulkar’s farewell Test online and not at ticket counters at the venue, which has left a lot of fans disappointed.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) snared the Best Gym award and police officer, Dennis Thomas arrested the Best Boxer trophy when the curtain came down on this year’s National Open Championships on Sunday at the National Gymnasium.

After experiencing theft of fuel and spare parts amounting to millions of dollars on a weekly basis, BK International Inc was pleased to reward two site supervisors with a cash award of $500,000 for their vigilance in apprehending a truck driver and front end loader operator caught stealing fuel from a company truck at the Soesdyke sand pit on Wednesday.

Otis Jameson, 38, whose reported dangerous driving caused the death of economist and bookshop owner Bholan Boodhoo and seriously injured Bibi Baksh last Friday, was yesterday remanded to prison.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) defeated Santos FC 3-1 as the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Premier League continued on Sunday at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground, Bourda.

Berlin eliminated defending champions Goed Fortuin 3-2 when Mayor Hamilton Green’s 79th birthday Inter-ward/village knockout seven-a-side football tournament commenced on Sunday at the Tucville Community ground.

The Guyana Power and Light said that a vehicle collided with a utility pole at Coldingen at 01:45 hrs yesterday causing damage to the pole and line hardware resulting in widespread power outage affecting consumers from Goedverwagting to Bygeval.

Double murder accused Cyon Collier called ‘Picture Boy’ will have to face a second retrial for the murders of two Victoria brothers after a jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict on his guilt or innocence yesterday.

A man was yesterday placed on $400,000 bail after he was charged with causing the death of sexagenarian Roy Harilall last Thursday night at the Prospect Public Road, East Bank Demerara.

Dear Editor, Many persons have written on the blockage of the trenches in Ruimveldt which causes flooding when there is rain.

(Reuters) – South Africa captain AB de Villiers hit a series top score of 115 not out to lead his side to a crushing 117-run win over Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates  yesterday and a 4-1 series victory.

Up to the start of 2011, the government unit meant to track and investigate signs of money-laundering had only two employees and it was only in the following two years that more staff was hired and its budget significantly increased, according to two reports tabled in Parliament.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Despite the weeks of debate about the make-up of the Australia team for next week’s first Ashes test, captain Michael Clarke is of the opinion that 11 of the 12 players are “no-brainer” selections.

Dear Editor, Please arrange for a reporter to talk to some of the elected representatives of Kwakwani to respond to an article which was recently published.

A vendor was yesterday fined for the unlicensed sale of liquor at the Linden Bus Park.

Dear Editor, Mr Paul Atkinson, in the November 8 edition of Stabroek News in a letter titled ‘Hopefully there will be an Inter-Zones swimming championship in Region One’ states that I “sought to pacify him and failed miserably.”

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia have dropped batsmen Phillip Hughes and Usman Khawaja from the Invitational XI to play England in Sydney this week in the final tour match before the start of the Ashes series.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Vice captain Matt Prior has been ruled out of England’s last tour match before the start of the Ashes series due to a calf tear but the tourists are confident he will be fit to play in next week’s first test in Brisbane.

Dear Editor, I refer to the recent disappearance of international registered airmail letters being sent to three different addressees at three different addresses in Guyana.

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA) is undertaking the development of new housing schemes along the East Bank Demerara (EBD) through a private/public development model.

CAIRO (Reuters) – Arab women played a central role in the Arab Spring, but their hopes the revolts would bring greater freedom and expanded rights for women have been thwarted by entrenched patriarchal structures and the rise of Islamists, gender experts in the countries say.

(BBC) Jamaica’s most senior drug tester says the country’s recent rash of failed tests might be the “tip of an iceberg”.

High and dry: A number of stray dogs on the seawall yesterday.

Dear Editor, Within recent times this society has been terrorized by the loud explosions of firecrackers.

Yesterday, the New Amsterdam Hospital presented new wheelchairs to three children with disabilities, two of whom attend the Special Needs School in Vryman’s Erven, New Amsterdam.

ABU DHABI/LONDON (Reuters) – US Secretary of State John Kerry said yesterday he hoped an agreement on Iran’s disputed nuclear programme would be signed within months and London and Tehran revived diplomatic ties, signs of a warmer atmosphere between the Islamic Republic and the West.

President of the Transparency Institute of Guyana Inc (TIGI) Anand Goolsarran says the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) as a state entity albeit a semi-autonomous one had no business accepting a gift from a commercial entity, one for which it has to administer taxes, since such a move could compromise its objectivity.

Where’s the drain? Persons operating businesses nearby say it’s a norm for passersby to fall into the drain near the Georgetown Public Hospital New Market Street entrance as its hidden when it overflows once it rains, as was the case yesterday.

BEIJING/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A controversy over a child’s remark on an American television talk show that jokingly advocated killing Chinese people to avoid paying down US debt to that country continued to simmer three weeks after the event, as China yesterday sharply criticized the show’s host.

Thunder beat Wizards in OT   (The Sports Xchange) – Forward Kevin Durant scored 33 points to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 106-105 overtime victory over the Washington Wizards Sunday night.

Dear Editor, I find it rather strange that a person can constantly over time be harping on the same note, making some daring allegations and statements for no reason when they have no evidence to substantiate them. 

Politikles

ENTEBBE, Uganda (Reuters) – A ceremony to formally end Congo’s bloodiest conflict in a decade was delayed yesterday by an 11th-hour spat between the government and M23 rebels over whether the document should be entitled a peace agreement or a vaguer declaration.

Dear Editor, Both the constitutions of Trinidad and Guyana ensure that opposition ethnic constituents remain  at the mercy of the ruling ethnic party unless some form of decentralization is enshrined within  them to resolve this.

According to UWSC, Yasmin Steele won the second prize of a trip to Trinidad donated by Caribbean Airlines.

(Reuters) – Acrobatic volleys and long-range shots dominated the shortlist of 10 goals for FIFA’s goal of the year award announced yesterday.

Kissoons Furniture has opened a second outlet in the city. This one is next door to Courts Guyana Inc on Main Street.

TACLOBAN, Philippines (Reuters) – The United States is sending an aircraft carrier to the Philippines to help speed up relief efforts after a typhoon killed an estimated 10,000 people in one city alone, with fears the toll could rise sharply as rescuers reach devastated towns.

A decade or so of the use of drones as a tool in the targeted killing of persons deemed to be terrorists has provided considerable enlightenment on US pursuit of its interests in the post-Cold War era.