Daily Archive: Friday, November 15, 2013

Prime Minister Samuel Hinds last night turning on the lights on the trees in Main Street Avenue.

Santa Claus and his entourage arrive at the Courts Main Street light-up last night.

President Mahinda Rajapaska (left) of Sri Lanka welcomes President Donald Ramotar and First Lady Deolatchmee Ramotar at the opening of the CHOGM 2013 ( Pic courtesy CHOGM website)

A total of 1029 house lots were distributed today at the Central Housing and Planning Authority’s (CH&PA’s)  One Stop Shop exercise for 2013 for Plantation Covent Garden, East Bank Demerara, according to the Government Information Agency.

Toshao of Batavia Eyon Boyer (second from left) collects from Permanent Secretary in Local Government and Regional Development Colin Croal, a new outboard engine and fogging machine for his village.

Minister of Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh (right) and Bank of Guyana’s Deputy Governor, Dr.

The Bank of Guyana today launched the $5000 note  and it will come into circulation on December 9, 2013.

St Cuthbert’s schoolchildren during a visit yesterday to the village by Minister of Amerindian Affairs, Pauline Sukhai along with Liaison to her Ministry, Yvonne Pearson.

Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment,  Robert Persaud (second from right) along with technical officers from the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission inspecting NABI Oil and Gas Inc.’s

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) and the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) today inked an agreement paving the way for a four per cent wage/salary hike retroactive to January 01, 2013.

Minister of Amerindian Affairs Pauline Sukhai handing over the keys of the Hilux pick-up to Toshao of St Cuthbert’s Mission, Luke Simon during a visit to the community yesterday.

(Reuters) – The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency is collecting records of international money transfers under the same law that the National Security Agency uses to collect Americans’ phone and Internet records, the New York Times and Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.

(Jamaica Observer) OCHO RIOS, St Ann — The Ocho Rios police are now awaiting DNA results to confirm if a baby boy found in a travelling bag in the Bonham Spring community of St Ann, Wednesday night, is the six-week-old child who was kidnapped from his home in Beecher Town on Monday night.

(BBC) Sachin Tendulkar was dismissed for 74 in what could prove to be the final innings of his record-breaking career.

(Trinidad Express) The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) wants Government to ramp up its procurement legislation and include mechanisms for review of tenders, complaints and disputes.

The Ministry of Local Government yesterday defended a solid waste recycling MoU with a Canada-based Guyanese but did not address concerns that investor has never operated or built the type of plant that is envisaged.

Digicel handed over the new building for the Mahaica Children’s Home to the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security yesterday, during a simple ceremony at the Unity, Mahaica location.

Proprietor of the South Central Hotel, Joseph Jagdeo (an earlier edition of this news item had incorrectly reported the name as Jagan)  was found dead underneath a bed in one of the hotel’s rooms yesterday morning.

Taxi driver Paul Reman, the first person shot in Tuesday’s deadly rampage by miner Deryck Kanhai that left five persons dead, said that the gunman would frequently fire shots off in the area.

Joint Services ranks stationed at Guyana’s Eteringbang border outpost have been put on alert following a visit by Venezuelan legislators to the area earlier this week.

Trinidad-based American Stores Ltd will begin its regional expansion with the opening of two furniture stores in the city in two weeks alongside plans to offer commercial services in four other key locations across the country.

The accident on the Zeelugt Public Road on Wednesday afternoon which ended in the death of a traffic cop was caused by a U-turn.

After covering 106 miles and outpedalling their rivals in the first two stages, Team Coco is destined to again ride away with the spoils of the annual ‘Ride For Life’ five-stage event.

Autopsies will be conducted today on the bodies of the persons killed in Tuesday’s Middle Street shooting, where five persons including the gunman who took on police died.

MUMBAI, India,  CMC- Spin bowling sparked another typical West Indies batting collapse as India took control on day one of the second test at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai yesterday West Indies crumbled for 182 before tea, eroded by left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha, and India in reply reached 157 for two at the close, well within sight of first innings lead.

Former Golden Jaguar and current Caledonia AIA head coach Jamal Shabazz says that he is disheartened to know that the Kashif and Shanghai Organization will not be hosting their traditional senior yearend football tournament this year.

Moblissa residents have been advised to establish a toll point for lumber trucks that pass through the community.

A fine all-round performance from Travis Williams led the Courtland All Stars to a spot in the final of the inaugural 2013 Raffik and Sons Second Division 20-Overs Cricket Competition, organised by the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) for teams in the Lower and Central Corentyne areas.

Dr Enrique Mendoza-Salazar, a Mexican zoo expert, is visiting Guyana to assist the Protected Areas Commission (PAC) in improving Guyana’s Zoo.

Cotton Tree Die Hard defeated Bath in their last Zone B match, cruising the last 16 play-offs of the 2013 New Building Society Second Division Cricket Competition in Berbice due to an Asim Ibrahim half-century.

While reiterating government’s commitment, through the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), to explore ways to improve current mining practices with more efficient and environmentally safe technology, Natural Resources and the Environment Minister, Robert Persaud has called for greater collaboration between Amazonian South American countries in sharing suitable experiences and technologies for environmentally safe mining practices.

The Berbice Volleyball Association (BVA) presented several pieces of volleyball gear to two Skeldon volleyball groups as part of its ongoing efforts to develop the sport.

Dear Editor, As we collectively mourn the deaths of two of our men in uniform and citizens of Guyana there is disdain for the failure of the security services’ method of approach in containing and defusing a situation that caused the death of five Guyanese citizens.

Dear Editor, Thank you for the opportunity to respond to the letter captioned, ‘No answer from the Guyana Post Office,’ as carried in your letter column on Tuesday, November 12, 2013.

The seventh round of the Demerara Cricket Board/Raj Singh Insurance Brokers/ Trophy Stall over-40 20-overs competition continues today with four highly anticipated matches.

Dear Editor, The recent rampage of a licensed firearm owner resulting in the loss of five lives again brings to the fore the need for better gun oversight in Guyana.

Potential investors in value-added forestry products are being encouraged to examine some of the manufacturing options that might be available to the private sector under an initiative launched by the Forest Products Development and Marketing Council (FPDMC).

Closing arguments were heard yesterday in the trial of Geoffrey Ward, who is accused of murdering his wife Donette Ward in 2010.

The growth and development of Roraima Airways has been a function of the focus and commitment of a man who concedes that he was not “born a businessman” and that he has “never really become preoccupied with measuring profits.”

Dear Editor, The news circulating regarding the credibility of Mohamed Osman’s recycling business that will be costing taxpayers/workers millions, reinforces the need for the immediate establishment of the Public Procurement Commission (PPC).

An East Ruimveldt man has opted to spend the next three weeks in prison for stealing six concrete blocks belonging to a pastor.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – The Los Angeles Clippers will no longer be pushed around and their latest dustup with a Western Conference nemesis proved it once and for all.

By Clinton Urling All is not lost in the wake of the government’s failure to secure the passage of the Anti-Money Laundering Bill in the National Assembly though it will require mature and adaptive leadership on the parts of both the government and the opposition if we are to avoid the drastic economic consequences that could well accrue to the country’s economy.

Dason Joseph, 24, was yesterday placed on $10,000 bail and a bond to be on good behaviour after denying a charge that he assaulted his 17-year-old girlfriend.

Dear Editor,     The Private Sector Commission (PSC), through its chairman, Ronald Webster, was reported as angry that its petition to parliament on the anti-money laundering bill through the very partisan PPP/Civic MP Manzoor Nadir was rejected by the joint opposition. 

A bus driver was yesterday accused of assaulting a policeman who tried to get him to unload his passengers.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Cycling has a difficult process of soul-searching to get through if it is to restore its reputation after years of doping scandals, new International Cycling Union (UCI) president Brian Cookson said yesterday.

Dear Editor, On behalf of my wife and family, councillors and staff of the Georgetown Municipality, I wish to offer profound condolences to the families of Police Officers Michael Forde and Sherwin Pantlitz, as well as to civilians Hugh Rowland and Vanessa Williams. 

Typically, the Credit Bureau operates at full functionality in developing markets with the primary goal of facilitating access to finance for small and medium-scale enterprises.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 537’s trading results showed consideration of $9,591,410 from 181,448 shares traded in 13 transactions as compared to session 536 which showed consideration of $13,360,923 from 322,086 shares traded in 14 transactions. 

(BBC) The United States’ Anti-Doping Agency (Usada) has offered to help Jamaica’s anti-doping team because they feel the island’s athletes have been “let down”.

Dear Editor, Based on the media reports, several days have passed since Minister Rohee fell ill, and the government has not officially confirmed or denied the illness or the reports.

Government in collaboration with the US Government, the Caricom Secretariat and the Caricom Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS) will be hosting the 4th Meeting of the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative Commission (CBSI) early next week.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – A defiant Misbah-ul-Haq has ruled out stepping down as Pakistan cricket captain despite the team’s poor performance in recent times and strong criticism of his leadership.

A Jamaican businessman is now recovering at a private city hospital after he was shot early Wednesday morning in what has appeared to be an execution attempt.

At a time when the high costs associated with delivering free health care at state-run facilities continues to place a strain on the public purse, the Report of the Auditor General continues to reflect grave misgivings about the management of pharmaceuticals and other medical supplies being held in various state-run bonds and storehouses under the control of the Ministry of Health.

Dear Editor, Is hydropower the best solution for Guyana? Every Guyanese looks forward to cheaper and more reliable electricity.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela’s socialist government has arrested more than 100 “bourgeois” businessmen in a crackdown on alleged price-gouging at hundreds of shops and companies since the weekend, President Nicolas Maduro said yesterday.

Dear Editor, I am happy to report that efforts to have a full team of swimmers from Region 1 compete at the Nationals 2013 have paid off.

Stabroek News has confirmed that an ambulance that was down for some time was returned to the Mabaruma hospital and is back in service.

Third Instalment The Shaking Table is very common in the mining industry in French Guiana.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Jonathan Trott believes everything is coming together for England a week before they embark on their bid for a fourth successive Ashes triumph in Brisbane.

This newspaper has grown accustomed to revelations contained in the Reports of the Auditor General, some, indeed many of which set out with considerable clarity the cavalier manner in which public funds are spent and the absence of accountability that attends the process.

Members of the Guyana Public Service Cooperative Credit Union were on Sunday notified that the entity has been able to recover 50 per cent of the amount it had invested in the ill-fated Clico.

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According to a release from the United States Department of Justice, two US District Judges have authorised the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to issue summons for records relating to US taxpayers with offshore bank accounts by directing five banks to produce records for accounts.

The conversational encounter described hereunder is very much taken from my imagination. 

Shivnarine Chanderpaul is this weekend playing in his 150th Test match, the only West Indian to do so.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – Lance Armstrong’s promise to come clean about doping is “a little late”, the head of the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) said yesterday, accusing the disgraced cyclist of trying to use events to “gain advantage”.

Dear Editor, What is absolutely clear today, after two years under President Ramotar, is that he is not in charge of his government. 

(Barbados Nation) Three senior employees of the Nation Publishing Co. Limited in Barbados were arrested and charged yesterday  after weeks of public debate on a photograph of two students and a story about them having sex in a classroom were published.