Daily Archive: Tuesday, November 26, 2013

People’s Progressive Party/Civic, Member of Parliament (MP), Bibi Shadick today visited Sasha Bharrat of Block 8, Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara to hand over a laptop thorough the One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) Programme, GINA reported.

(Jamaica Observer) TRINIDAD & TOBAGO– Miss Trinidad and Tobago World 2013 Shereece Villafana who represented the twin-island republic in the Miss World pageant a month ago in Bali Indonesia, has been stripped of her crown.

MIAMI,  (Reuters) – At least 10 Haitian migrants were killed and rescuers scrambled to save about 100 more who clung to the hull and mast of an overloaded freighter that capsized in the Bahamas, the U.S.

(Trinidad Express) Months after his mother, father and brother were gunned down, fate did not spare another relative when he was shot dead on Sunday night in the same area his relatives were killed in May.

Miss World/Trinidad and Tobago 2013 Shereece Villafana has been stripped of her crown.

The body of a young man was early this morning found on the roadway at Port Mourant, Corentyne and it is believed that he was beaten to death.

(Trinidad Express) The requirements for the award of Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) degree to House Speaker Wade Mark were satisfied, The University of the West Indies (UWI) stated last night.

In the wake of recent tragedies where licensed firearm holders have used their weapons to kill others and themselves, Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee yesterday said he may be approaching the president on reviewing the gun laws while expressing concern about the demand for weapons.

The Muslim scholar accused of sexual misconduct involving nine minor boys was yesterday committed to stand trial in the High Court by Magistrate Alex Moore, who found that a prima facie case was established against him.

The Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) is investigating a Sunday night boat collision which saw Captain Dale Duggin, 28, of Muritaro Village and Williamson Felix perish as a result of injuries sustained during a two-boat collision.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand,  CMC- Daniel Vettori has ruled himself out of the forthcoming series against West Indies saying that it was too early to guarantee his fitness.

Following the scrapping last Tuesday of a Memo-randum of Understanding (MOU) signed between Natural Globe Guyana Inc and the Ministry of Local Government on November 11, government is to restart the procurement process for a waste management and recycling facility, but not through the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board.

Guyanese long distance athlete Lionel D’Andrade was crowned the Suriname Marathon open champion on Saturday.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Premier League fixture between Beterverwagting (BV)/Triumph United and Riddim Squad at the Georgetown Football Club ground on Sunday was called off without a ball being kicked, following the latter’s refusal to play over the non-eligibility of their player Kester Alleyne.

A state witness yesterday testified that one of the women on trial for the murder of US-based Guyanese Motilall Singh had paid him US$700 to murder the man.

BRISBANE,  (Reuters) – England’s calamitous start to the Ashes continued yesterday when batsman Jonathan Trott walked out on the squad with a stress-related illness which ruled him out of the remainder of the series Down Under.

Thirty young Guyanese entrepreneurs are being trained to create their own niche in the cultural industry.

National darts champions Sudesh Fitzgerald successfully defended his crown against Anil Lachman when the Guyana Darts Association (GDA) national darts championships concluded on Sunday evening at the Malteenoes Sports Club on Thomas Lands.

BK Western Tigers led by a Hubert Pedro hat trick defeated New Amsterdam United 3-1 when action in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Premier League continued on Sunday at the No.5 community ground in Berbice.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC- Two of the region’s leading cricketers, Adrian Barath and Ashley Nurse, smashed unbeaten centuries in the Super Cup championship in Barbados over the weekend.

Police yesterday said they have found no evidence that three ranks were involved in the recent multi-million dollar robbery at Port Kaituma and as such they have resumed their duties.

National middle-order batsman Vishal Singh was yesterday named skipper of the Guyana Cricket Board’s (GCB) President’s XI 14-man team ahead of the Senior Inter-county four-day tournament which bowls off on Thursday.

Alpha United disposed of Linden side Winners Connections 4-0 in the feature matchup when action in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) National Premier League continued at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground, Bourda on Sunday.

The National Insurance Scheme (NIS), last Friday took two Brazilian businesswomen to court after they both allegedly failed to provide necessary documentation.

Albert Rajaram will be spending the next three years in jail after he admitted to breaking and entering the AmeriJet storage bond and stealing over $800,000 in office supplies belonging to the United States Embassy.

LONDON, (Reuters) – George Groves said yesterday he was robbed of the chance to be a world champion, something he had worked for all his life, after he was controversially stopped by double champion Carl Froch.

A miner will make his second appearance at court today, after being remanded yesterday over the murder of Brazilian national Vanderlei Kienen during a robbery after which his two alleged accomplices carted off $17 million.

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, CMC- Some of the players on the West Indies Test team will get a feel of the conditions in New Zealand when they play a warm-up match, starting here tomorrow.

As International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women was observed yesterday, the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) called for more to be done regarding the elimination of violence against women in Guyana, saying that despite the tendency to cite legal improvements intended to secure women’s rights, the gulf is widening between politics and the lived reality of women and girls.

BRISBANE,  (Reuters) – Australia coach Darren Lehmann has warned England that paceman Mitchell Johnson could fire again in the second Ashes test next week, even if the Adelaide Oval serves up a relatively docile surface.

The trial of Junior Bourne who is accused of killing Canada-based Guyanese Rawle Harding in 2010 began yesterday before Justice James Bovell-Drakes in the High Court.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Mahela Jayawardene has been rested for the limited-overs leg of Sri Lanka’s series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates starting next month.

After receiving a call from the relevant Trinidadian authorities that 17 Guyana-registered vessels were abandoned in that country’s jurisdiction, Minister of Public Works Robeson Benn is urging the Mari-time Admiration Depart-ment (MARAD) and the Fisheries Department at the Agriculture Ministry to share information more freely.

BRISBANE,  (Reuters) – Australia captain Michael Clarke has been fined 20 percent match fee for using offensive language against England paceman James Anderson during the first Ashes test at the Gabba, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said yesterday.

ZURICH, (Reuters) – Detested in some countries and regarded as act of cunning in others, the practice of diving and feigning injury to win penalties and get opponents sent off has become ingrained in football almost everywhere.

Dear Editor, Curiouser and curiouser are the ways of management (or risk-management) of the state-owned Guyana Sugar Corporation.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Former Manchester United central defender Bill Foulkes, a survivor of the 1958 Munich air crash, has died aged 81, the club announced yesterday.

Dexter Hopkinson, who was on October 3, charged with illegal possession of a 9 mm Kel-Tec rifle and 10 matching rounds, is now a free man.

Dear Editor, I read with great interest the letter written by Kaniemo Alphonso under the heading ‘Wilson, broken window theory can solve crime problems’ (KN, October 22).

(Reuters) – Future Hall of Famer Kobe Bryant signed a two-year contract extension with the Los Angeles Lakers yesterday, the team announced.

Dear Editor, As we join the world in observance of International Day for the Elimination of all forms of Violence Against Women (IDEVAW), we also celebrate another year of dedicated and committed service to the populace of Guyana through our range of services from counselling/support for victims/survivors, to counselling of perpetrators, public education programmes and shelter for women and children affected by domestic violence and other human rights violations.

Cobbler Brian Haywood was yesterday charged with the attempted murder of his sister, who he is accused of setting on fire after an argument over a missing shoe.

Dear Editor, The Town Clerk of the Anna Regina Town Council has issued letters to all labourers, tractor operators, rangers and the clerk of markets about new working hours.

Legal Affairs Minister Anil Nandlall yesterday said that the government will initiate measures to take the Anti-Money Launder-ing Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Amendment Bill back to the National Assembly.

KABUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Afghanistan and the United States appeared even farther from a deal today that would allow US troops to remain in Afghanistan after 2014 as a meeting between President Hamid Karzai and a senior US official revealed new differences over the controversial agreement.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – All season long, Los Angeles Clippers head coach Doc Rivers has been preaching his mantra that NBA championships can be won only with good defense and his new team finally came up with the goods for all four quarters.

The business community fears that crime may be surging once again in Upper Corentyne, Berbice.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – President Barack Obama took on critics of a newly brokered nuclear deal with Iran yesterday by saying their tough talk was good for politics but not for US security.

Dear Editor, I recently made another visit to Guyana, the third in as many years and as usual, upon my return to Florida where I now reside I have been inundated with the familiar “How is Guyana?”

(Reuters) – Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose will miss the rest of the National Basketball Association (NBA) season after undergoing knee surgery yesterday, the team said.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Youth unemployment is a major threat to peace and security in Liberia which, unless addressed, could see the return of conflict to the West African country following a decade of peace, the president said.

As its winding up proceeds, Didco Trading Company Ltd’s poultry plant and feed mill, among other assets, are up for sale.

BASEL, Switzerland,  (Reuters) – Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho is relishing the prospect of a Premier League Christmas, a period he said on Monday that only the brave could survive.

Dear Editor, I am just writing to say thank you to the GWI for their speedy action on my sewage problem.

Dozens of children turned up on Saturday at the Kitty Seawall to be part of a mural painting exercise to observe Universal Children’s Day which was celebrated on Wednesday.

Riding out with a bird… Two young men were captured riding along the Railway Embankment at Lusignan, East Coast Demerara, rolling a second bike along and with a seeming prized possession – a fowl.

SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – A Singapore-based defense contractor accused of plying US Navy officials with cash, travel, concerts and prostitutes in a bid to win business for his firm was ordered held without bail yesterday pending trial.

Diplomacy prevailed encouragingly in Geneva last weekend. The small but highly significant breakthrough in talks between Iran, on the one hand and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany, on the other, may well have reaffirmed a measure of faith in the diplomatic option as a mechanism for settling differences.

Dear Editor, The recent announcement that rice production has surpassed last year’s production by over 100,000 tonnes and keeps increasing on a yearly basis can be attributed to the competent management of Guyana’s rice industry by the PPP/C Government and also to our rice farmers.

In a news item, headlined ‘Avoid scaremongering over CFATF finding – anti-money laundering specialist, Ram and McRae,’ carried on page three in last Saturday’s edition, Stabroek News incorrectly attributed the following quote to Toussant Boyce: “There will be effects, but the scaremongering going on is unfounded.”

The sixth edition of the Petra Organization/Banks DIH Limited Guinness Greatest of the Streets Georgetown leg football tourney will commence today at the Demerara Park tarmac with eight slated fixtures.