Daily Archive: Friday, November 22, 2013

(Jamaica Gleaner) Minister with responsibility for sport Natalie Neita-Headley has reported that the entire board of commissioners at the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) has resigned effective December 31 as the government moves to restructure the doping organisation.

Defending champion athletes from North Georgetown lighting the torch at the Schools National Athletics Championships on Wednesday.

The Fire Advisory Board Georgetown in collaboration with Guyana Fire Service, the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) and Hand in Hand, held a Fire Safety Training session for the business community in Guyana on Thursday at the Everest Cricket Club Pavilion, according to a press release from the GCCI.  

Three hundred and ninety-eight persons on Wednesday walked away with their laptops through the government’s One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) Programme, GINA reported.

SANTO DOMINGO, (Reuters) – Haiti and the Dominican Republic have launched talks aimed at resolving a thorny immigration dispute triggered by a Dominican court ruling stripping citizenship from hundreds of thousands of people of Haitian descent, the Caribbean neighbors said today.

ACCRA, (Reuters) – Four citizens of Guyana and one Ghanaian pleaded guilty today to charges related to the seizure of a ship carrying tens of millions of dollars’ worth of cocaine, a senior legal official said.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil opened two of its busiest airports to private investors on Friday, awarding $9 billion worth of contracts in a hotly contested auction as the country overhauls crowded terminals ahead of the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics.

Head of Delegation of the European Union to Guyana Ambassador Robert Kopecky (standing third from right) and staff from the Delegation joined the Mangrove Restoration Project team members in a Mangrove planting exercise at Wellington Park, East Berbice today.

Venezuela’s CONVIASA Airline will be operating a non-commercial inaugural flight into the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri tomorrow, to signal the beginning of their once weekly commercial flight on the Puerto Ordaz/Georgetown route.

A Partnership for National Unity today warned the government of the prospect of a renewed economic blockade by Venezuela against Guyana.

LAS VEGAS,  (Reuters) – Two U.S.-born Puerto Rican artists, Marc Anthony and Draco Rosa, and the Colombian singer Carlos Vives yesterday won the top Latin Grammy music awards in a night that rewarded comebacks and long careers.

Chartered accounting firm Ram & McRae says the most significant impact from yesterday’s ruling by the CFATF on Guyana’s anti-laundering laws will be on time sensitive transactions as more questions will be raised about the source and destination of funds.

Government Technical Institute Valedictorian, Colin Quintyn collects one of his many trophies from Chairman, GTI/GITC Board of Governor Norman McLean.

The Government Technical Institute (GTI) staged its 2013 graduation exercise last evening at the National Cultural Centre at which 394 received their diplomas.

(Trinidad Express) There is a big business behind bars in prisons where a hot seller is cigarettes at TT$600 a pack.

BRISBANE, (Reuters) – Australia shattered England’s batting with six wickets for nine runs in a stunning mid-afternoon spell before dismissing the tourists for 136 and taking a lead of 224 on day two of the first Ashes test on Friday.

The Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) has urged its members to consider implementing measures to insulate themselves against financial risks emanating from Guyana, after finding that the country has failed to take sufficient steps to reform its anti-money laundering deficiencies.

While no investors have been identified as yet, Minister of Agriculture Dr Leslie Ramsammy and his Trinidadian counterpart Devant Maharaj are confident that Trinidadian farmers will be seizing the opportunity to utilise lands in Guyana for commodity farming.

APNU Member of Parlia-ment Joseph Harmon has moved to introduce a slew of amendments to the Broadcasting Act to strip away some of the powers exercised by the president in the appointment and functioning of the National Broadcast Authority.

Jahora Ramnauth, 76, accused of murdering her partner, was freed yesterday after the prosecution was unable to tender the post-mortem report to establish the victim’s death.

The opposition last evening approved a motion for the establishment of a National Veterans Com-mission, while government withheld support and its members said that it has been doing everything possible to improve the lives of those who have served in the disciplined forces.

Skipper Christopher Barnwell bludgeoned an unbeaten century yesterday against the Leon Johnson-led XI in the first day of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Senior Inter-county 3-day trial match held at the Everest Cricket Ground.

-Abbensetts, Caesar, Sampson, Griffith also blaze to wins One of the fastest men in Schools Track and Field history, Kevin Abbensetts claimed his second gold medal of this year’s 53rd Championships yesterday with an emphatic victory in the Boys 200m under-20 final.

Guyana’s first Spirometry lab was launched yesterday, along with an asthma education programme, at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation.

Local conglomerate Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) under its Gatorade and Pepsi brands will continue to refresh pugilists competing in the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) Under-16 tournaments.

A man is in police custody assisting with investigations into the murder of Brazilian miner Danderlei Kienen who was fatally stabbed during a robbery on Wednesday evening at his Mahdia business place.

Former Guyana Football Federation (GFF) President John Yates was elected President of Pele FC at its AGM yesterday after which he revealed plans to return the club to football dominance through a programme whose foundation is based on discipline.

Two murder accused were yesterday found not guilty in two separate trials in the High Court.

The 2013 Trophy Stall Doubles Tennis Tournament will commence on Thursday November 28 at the National Park and Non Pariel racquet facilities.

Key and imminent operational changes that target the provision of enhanced services to potential investors are part of a menu of measures aimed at the modernisation of the Guyana Office for Investment (Go-Invest).

Gold miners in the North West say they will now spend less time travelling to the capital to acquire equipment or receive training with the opening of a Machinery Corporation (Macorp) branch at Port Kaituma.

KOCHI, India,  CMC- Darren Bravo carried the batting with a well-played half century but India’s spinners made sporadic inroads as West Indies lost by six wickets in the first One Day International (ODI) here yesterday.

The Auditor General’s Report for 2012 has fingered at least four state agencies in various multi-million dollar irregularities in transactions with the state-run GuyOil relating to the purchase of fuel and lubricants.

Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited yesterday awarded its top five RightStart account holders for their excellence at this year’s, Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Examination.

A labourer was jailed for two months on Wednesday for stealing a dress from a city business.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The Indiana Pacers came out ice cold against a revenge-minded New York Knicks team on Wednesday but showed their class and put the NBA on notice with a hot finish that produced another notch in the win column.

BRISBANE, (Reuters) – England’s destroyer Stuart Broad ended up with figures of six for 81 after helping dismiss Australia for 295 in the opening session on day two of the first Ashes test last night.

While the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry is to be commended for the unfailing focus on fire prevention in its promotional and public relations initiatives that target mostly the urban business community, one wonders just how much impact its efforts are having and, indeed, whether those efforts are attracting the attention of what one might call critical audiences.

A match-winning half-century from Kandasammy Surujnarine and a five-wicket haul from Veerapen Permaul guided Albion Community Centre to a 91-run win over Big Star to secure a spot in the semi-finals of the Elizabeth Styles Under-19 50-Over Cricket Competition in Berbice.

Dear Editor, The judiciary is gradually being taken over by women, so much so, that an Association of Women Judges has been formed in Trinidad and Tobago and moves have been initiated to establish a Caribbean Associa-tion of Female Judges.

Two Venezuelan women, who claimed they came to Guyana on vacation, were on Wednesday both fined for illegally entering the country.

PALLEKELE, (Reuters) – Tillakaratne Dilshan and Kusal Perera slammed quick half-centuries to steer Sri Lanka to an eight-wicket win over New Zealand yesterday and take the two-match Twenty20 series 1-0.

What was advertised as a consultative forum designed to engage stakeholders on the decision by government to impose a ban on the use of polystyrene containers and packaging from June 2014 turned out to be an animated exchange on several more issues amongst different interest groups which, by the end of the discourse, raised as many questions as it answered.

Dear Editor, My perception of the GRA in its new location was one of expedition and reliability relative to matters of the public.

A seaman was yesterday placed on $50,000 bail on an armed robbery charge, while the virtual complainant, who allegedly stabbed him with a pair of scissors during the robbery, was placed on $10,000 bail, last Thursday.

KABUL (Reuters) – President Hamid Karzai triggered uncertainty about a vital security pact with the United States yesterday by saying it should not be signed until after Afghanistan’s presidential election next April, prompting the White House to insist on a year-end deadline.

A man was on Wednesday accused of breaking and entering the home of his neighbours and robbing them of hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of jewellery.

Dear Editor, I extend the very best of good wishes to all those young people and their teachers who have come from the four corners of Guyana to engage one another in healthy rivalry at the Castellani Pool, on the roadways, and in the National Stadium at Providence.

LONDON (Reuters) – Three women enslaved for 30 years have been rescued from a house in London including one who has spent her entire life in domestic servitude, police said yesterday.

(Reuters) – Mining in space is moving from science fiction to commercial reality but metals magnates on this planet need not fear a mountain of extraterrestrial supply – the aim is to fuel human voyages deeper into the galaxy.

Dear Editor, A large portion of a thoroughfare which in the past was used to provide ingress and egress to the Lima sideline dam and which is under the control of the Anna Regina Town Council, has now been converted into rice lands, vegetable garden plots and is even being used for the construction of a dwelling house in violation of the law.

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(Jamaica Gleaner) – The Jamaican Government has placed Trinidad and Tobago on notice that it has become alarmed that several of its citizens have been denied entry into that eastern Caribbean nation over recent weeks.

The Kuru Kuru Cooperative College is among the list of local institutions identified to provide training for small business owners who will benefit from material and technical support under the US$5 million project, ‘Building Alternative Livelihoods for Vulnerable Groups’.

Dear Editor,   I hate to disagree with a focused and determined patriot.

Police are investigating a possible homicide after the body of an unidentified man was found wrapped in tarpaulin on the roadway at Cane View Avenue, South Ruimveldt.

Dear Editor,   I am responding to a letter from Mahendra Hariraj in response to a letter I wrote which stated that I agreed with the cuts to NCN and GINA.

GENEVA (Reuters) – Iran and six major powers have made some progress toward an interim deal to curb Tehran’s nuclear programme in exchange for sanctions relief, but both sides said yesterday they still have significant differences to overcome.

Mercury poisoning has occurred in a number of places around the world.

BRISBANE, (Reuters) – England paceman Stuart Broad ignored the jeers, chants and catcalls of a hostile Gabba crowd to take five wickets and leave Australia clinging on at 273 for eight on the first day of the first Ashes test yesterday.

WASHINGTON/ATLANTA (Reuters) – The US Federal Communications Commission is considering allowing airplane passengers to use their cellphones for calls and text messaging during flights, setting up a challenging debate over technical and social implications.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 538’s trading results showed consideration of $6,397,190 from 210,208 shares traded in 10 transactions as compared to session 537 which showed consideration of $9,591,410 from 181,448 shares traded in 13 transactions. 

Dear Editor,   There has been much debate surrounding the long overdue Public Procurement Commission (PPC), so well enshrined in the Constitution of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana (with amendments to 12th August, 2003).

BRISBANE,  (Reuters) – Australia coach Darren Lehmann’s demand that his compatriots harass Stuart Broad “so he cries and goes home” backfired in spectacular fashion yesterday when the England paceman took five wickets in the first Ashes test at the Gabba.

Businessmen-cops, the “lessons industry” Except for the comments on the Procurement Commission, I’m again wearily exploring that which has attracted repeated commentaries and analyses elsewhere.

KOCHI, India, CMC- Captain Dwayne Bravo says the loss of opening batsman Chris Gayle is a severe blow to the West Indies against India in their One Day International (ODI) series currently underway.

Dear Editor, It seems as if I have been hasty in switching my support from the PPP/C to the AFC.

Lethem is not what it used to be. The Rupununi’s largest township, with a population of approximately 7,000, lies on the Takutu River where it forms a border with Brazil.

(Reuters) – Victoria captain Matthew Wade, the first Australian cricketer to be banned for pitch tampering, lost his appeal yesterday and will serve a one-game suspension in the domestic Sheffield Shield.

The West Indies team were the most accommodating of guests in the two Test series in India to mark the retirement of Sachin Tendulkar, by allowing their hosts to dominate them as never before, losing twice by an innings and within three days.