Daily Archive: Wednesday, November 13, 2013

At about 1245h. today, the police say they responded to a report that a man who appeared to be mentally unstable was in the Soesdyke Primary School armed with a cutlass and terrorizing students and teachers.

On November 9th, 2013, a quantity of Information Technology equipment, including computers and related equipment was discovered missing from a storage area at the Citizen Security Programme (CSP) Office located at Ogle, East Coast Demerara.

At about 2345h. last night, police say that Rayburn Harvey, 29 years, of Non Pariel Street, Albouystown, was on the roadway at Walker Terrace, East La Penitence, when a man rode up on a motor cycle and fired several shots at him and escaped.

Police say that at about 0010h today, Patrick Forbes, 36 years, of Lance Gibbs Street, Georgetown, was among a group of persons on Orange Walk, Bourda, when shots were discharged in their direction.

A miner died from a bullet yesterday afternoon after gunning down two persons at a Middle Street business and shooting dead two cops who responded to the scene during a hair-raising standoff that drew dozens of cops.

A Partnership for National Unity yesterday said that the one of the three financial papers tabled last Thursday and which will be debated at the next sitting of Parliament is contemptuous since it brings back items cut from the budget and said that Minister of Finance Dr.

Vanessa Vyfhuis, 37, of Lot 385 North Ruimveldt was also pronounced dead at the hospital following yesterday’s standoff at Middle Street which claimed five lives.

When police constable Sherwin Pantlitz, 36, did not show up for the lunch date he made with his wife to celebrate her birthday, she didn’t think much of it because of the demanding nature of his job.

Addressing the nation last evening, Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, performing the functions of President, offered condolences to the friends, families, neighbours and communities which are in mourning following yesterday’s shooting on Middle Street which claimed five lives.

Pandemonium broke out at the Georgetown Hospital yesterday after word spread of the shooting on Middle Street that claimed five lives.

A Guyanese-born Cana-dian businessman who plans to soon start construction of a US$30 million waste recycling facility and with whom Government has inked an MOU has told Stabroek News that his company has so far built only a prototype of a facility similar to what he plans to build here.

The cocaine that was found disguised as “Gold Finger” candy may have been destined for an overseas location but somehow ended up in a shop in White Water, North West District, where it was bought and consumed by three children, according to Crime Chief Seelall Persaud.

Rajesh Jaharan was yesterday placed on $1M bail after he allegedly caused the death of taxi-driver Joel Baynes due to dangerous driving.

The Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) has started the first phase of its Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) pilot programme, which will see 2,000 smart meters being installed in the Georgetown business hub.

The 16-year-old, who was allegedly stabbed to death by his brother-in-law last Friday, died of a punctured heart, an autopsy has found.

The new Norwegian government has proposed a 400 million kroner (US$65 million) cut to the 2014 budget of its Forests and Climate Initiative under which Guyana and several other tropical rainforest countries receive money to protect their forests.

Canadian High Commissioner to Guyana Dr Nicole Giles says Canada is keen to share  experiences in the development of its extractive sector with Guyana.

The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) has rejected the positions advanced by the President for his non-assent to the Local Government (Amendment) Bill and has called for the President to provide in writing,  reasons for withholding assent, in keeping with Article 170 (3) of the Constitution.

An Enmore man was on Friday last sentenced to 18 months imprisonment after a lengthy trial during which he was found guilty of causing death by dangerous driving.

Two Venezuelan women, one of whom claimed she came to Guyana to see her son, were yesterday ordered deported after they pleaded guilty to illegally entering the country.

A clothing vendor was yesterday remanded to prison after he was accused of having cocaine in his possession.

A prison warden was yesterday charged with attempting to smuggle 10 packs of cigarettes into the Georgetown Prison.

MUMBAI, India, CMC– West Indies captain Darren Sammy has applauded the role played by veteran middle order batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul in bolstering the team, especially during shaky innings, on the eve of a major hall mark for the Guyanese cricketer.

Campbellville Health Centre yesterday kicked off World Diabetes Day observances with an awareness drive on the chronic disease.

Georgetown Mayor Hamilton Green on Friday said that the President’s non-assent to the Local Government (Amendment) Bill has effectively left the city council at the mercy of the Minister of Local Government, who he accused of micromanaging the city through the acting Town Clerk Carol Sooba.

MUMBAI, India, CMC- West Indies captain Darren Sammy said his side can resist the groundswell of sentiments that will accompany the second Test against India, starting at midnight East Caribbean Time and find redemption with a victory.

Quest Medical Centre Laboratory was on Friday presented with a Certificate of Compliance by the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) during a simple ceremony held at the lab’s Irving and Laluni Streets, Queenstown office.

After an absence of more than two years former national senior chess champion Wendell Meusa has returned to local chess and has his eyes fixed on regaining the title of national champion.

So, it will be a Christmas without Kashif and Shanghai football, and thanks to uninspired leadership by the new Guyana Football Federation (GFF) administration, bruised feelings are being nursed within the fraternity at a time when Guyanese are accustomed to sharing goodwill.

Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited has announced that 17 persons are the latest beneficiaries of its Commercial Customer Business Programme.

The Ministry of Education is pleased with the Caribbean Secondary Examination Certificate (CSEC) scores recorded by the North West Secondary School and celebrated at its graduation ceremony held on Friday.

The 24th annual end of year Kashif and Shanghai football tournament has garnered further support with Mohammed’s Enterprise donating 44 pairs of uniforms towards the successful hosting of the organization’s two-day coaching seminar billed for today and tomorrow.

Dear Editor, I write about no small matter.  Your headline, ‘No time-frame for 24-hour power supply to Mabaruma – Hinds’ (SN, November 11), has been read by everyone as a quote from me, which it is not;  and I fear that it propagates an altogether different message from what I did actually write. 

The Guyana National Road Safety Council, in partnership with the ministries of Home Affairs and Public Works, the Guyana Police Force and road safety stakeholders, will observe the World Day of Remembrance for road traffic victims with a public awareness walk and concert on November 17.

Co-coordinator of the just concluded Guyana Cup III softball cricket tournament Ricky Deonarine yesterday expressed satisfaction with the staging of the tournament which he said has grown from year to year and calling this year’s tournament a success.

Dear Editor, I refer to Mr Veetal Rajkumar’s letter published in the November 7, 2013 edition of Stabroek News entitled ‘No basis for presuming higher deforestation is due to widespread illegal mining.’

Dear Editor, For five Saturdays now, the Admissions Divisions staff at the University of Guyana Turkeyen Campus has been unable to process my student ID.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The message from Novak Djokovic could not have been more emphatic after the Serb retained his title at the ATP World Tour Finals with a crushing victory over Rafa Nadal on Monday.

Education Minister Priya Manickchand says over 90% of the Information Technology (IT) Laboratories installed in 95 secondary schools countrywide are in use and are functional while works are progressing to establish others by year-end.

Dear Editor, By way of your newspaper I am taking the opportunity to speak to my fellow Guyana Public Service Credit Union (GPSCU) members on the issue of ‘elections’ perception’ and more so, developing a culture of running elections that are perceived to be fair.

A delegation from Guyana, led by Natural Resources and the Environment Minister, Robert recently participated in the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the World Gold Council (WGC) Seminar on Gold and Sustainability.

BEIJING, (Reuters) – China’s leaders pledged to let markets play a “decisive” role in the eco-nomy as they unveiled a reform agenda for the next decade yesterday, looking to secure new drivers of future growth.

Trials for the Demerara squad ahead of the upcoming Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) senior Inter-County four-day competitions which was scheduled to start yesterday will now get underway today instead.

TACLOBAN, Philippines,  (Reuters) – The death toll from Typhoon Haiyan’s rampage through the Philippines is closer to 2,000 or 2,500 than the 10,000 previously estimated, President Benigno Aquino said yesterday as U.S.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC– 39 young footballers from across the region are attending the 2013 Digicel Kick Start Football Academy at Kensington oval in Barbados this week.

Dear Editor, Now that the 2014 budget is in the process of being crafted, it is time to take a serious look at the minimum rate of the pensions being doled out to retired government workers.

Felix Gregoire, Pleni-potentiary Representative of the Commonwealth of Dominica to Caricom has commended Secretary General Irwin LaRocque for the emphasis being placed on the youth.

Dear Editor, Sunday Stabroek recently took the irresponsible step of publishing an article on teen drug use in which the reporter and editors took absolutely no measures to check facts offered by a supposed expert or give opposing viewpoints.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – Legal problems were a distraction which affected his golf this year, former world number one Rory McIlroy said yesterday as he prepared to defend the World Tour Championship title he won in sizzling style last year.

Freya Hoffmeister, the first person attempting to voyage around South America in a kayak arrived on Friday at the Stabroek boat house in the Demerara River.

DUBAI,  (Reuters) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif rejected U.S.

Clyde Anderson Grazette v the Queen [2009] CCJ 2 (AJ)  By Monique Scott, Norman Manley Law School The Caribbean Court of Justice dismissed the appeal of Mr Clyde Anderson Grazette who was convicted for murder in Barbados.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to Mr Ralph Ramkarran’s article ‘No statesman-like discourse is heard above the din’ (Sunday Stabroek, November 10).

TUCSON, Ariz., (Reuters) – Two ex-U.S. Border Patrol agents who forced a group of suspected drug smugglers to chew handfuls of marijuana and flee shoeless into the chilly Arizona desert were each sentenced yesterday to two years in federal prison.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia yesterday included uncapped George Bailey in their 12-man squad for the first Ashes encounter against England next week in a gamble the 31-year-old can replicate his “extraordinary” limited overs form in the test arena.

(Trinidad Guardian) Planning Minister Dr Bhoe Tewarie on Monday said Venezuela’s PetroCaribe initiative, which supplied oil to some countries in the region at discounted prices, was unlikely to be sustainable. 

(Trinidad Guardian) Former Boston, Los Angeles and New York City police chief William Bill Bratton on Monday said the problem of the corruption in the police force is difficult to solve but noted that the process of solving it must begin with the hiring process. 

Politikles

UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – China, Cuba, Russia and Saudi Arabia yesterday won three-year seats on the Geneva-based Human Rights Council, the United Nations’ top rights body, despite concerns about abuses and restrictions on freedoms in all four nations.

Wheels on water: This wheelchair occupant was forced to negotiate the flooded Hunter Street, Albouystown on Monday.

Cheddi Jagan and I were about the start a meeting in Bartica during the 1992 election campaign, when I was approached by a well-known and important Indian businessman, who asked to speak on the platform. 

Dear Editor, If we hold it to be true that newspapers are the mirrors of societies then the photograph of the large accumulations of garbage in the city on the front page of your Stabroek News issue of November 11, 2013, really captured the enormous challenge faced by the Mayor and City Council, and supplied an image of a struggling municipality and an unhealthy environment.

SHANGHAI,  (Reuters) – In the two days after Lucy Yang gave birth at Peking University Third Hospital in August 2012, doctors and nurses told the 33-year-old technology executive that while breast milk was the best food for her son, she hadn’t produced enough.

During the last few weeks, the attention of the Jamaican population has been riveted on a contest for the leadership of the Jamaica Labour Party, brought on by the decision of Deputy Leader and former Minister of Finance, Audley Shaw, to challenge the incumbent Political Leader and Leader of the Opposition, Andrew Holness.

(The Sports Xchange) — – -The San Antonio Spurs ploughed over Philadelphia 76ers  by 109 points to 85  with guard/forward Danny Green scoring 18 points and point guard Tony Parker added 14 points and nine assists on Monday night as the National basketball Association regular season continued.

(Trinidad Express) A woman was killed instantly yesterday when flying lengths of steel penetrated her windscreen and tore off part of her face and head along Saddle Road in San Juan.