Daily Archive: Thursday, December 5, 2013

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – South African anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela died aged 95 at his Johannesburg home today after a prolonged lung infection, plunging his nation and the world into mourning for a man hailed by global leaders as a moral giant.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – Nelson Mandela guided South Africa from the shackles of apartheid to multi-racial democracy, as an icon of peace and reconciliation who came to embody the struggle for justice around the world.

Government may seek to go ahead with local government elections without the outstanding reforms to reduce ministerial control over local authorities.

BANGUI,  (Reuters) – Rival militia forces fought fierce battles in Central African Republic’s capital today and the U.N.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Celebrity cook Nigella Lawson told a court she had taken cocaine several times including when being subjected to “intimate terrorism” by her millionaire ex-husband Charles Saatchi, in the latest dramatic twist in a trial that has gripped Britain.

(Barbados Nation) Government has not  taken a decision to lay off public sector workers but will take whatever action is necessary to make the Barbados economy stable and viable.

‘It is unfair for the Local Government ministry to set up a criteria and ask for A, B, C and D and applicants came with those requirements and then you have somebody come like a dead horse from way on the outside with nothing at all to be appointed as Town Clerk.

Orin Rodrigues, who is accused of fatally stabbing his step-sister and her son, was yesterday arraigned on two murder charges.

Accountant and financial analyst Christopher Ram says Chinese bauxite company, Bosai Minerals Group has not filed their annual returns for the years 2011 and 2012 and wants the company to explain this in light of its reputed non-payment of royalties to the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) even after the expiration of a moratorium on such payments.

A Guyanese woman was on Monday remanded into custody in a New York Court after she was busted on Thanksgiving Day attempting to smuggle 7.5 lbs pounds of cocaine packed in the false bottom of her suitcase into the United States.

A newly opened store at Lethem was last night robbed by armed men believed to be Brazilians who fled to the border with a large sum of money.

The nude body of an unidentified male was discovered yesterday on the Georgetown Seawall.

GuySuCo is awaiting the arrival of two Indian engineers who have been hired to help with factory adjustments at the Enmore estate.

Taxi driver Fenton Duncan, shot by bandits on Tuesday during an armed attack on a city car wash, has lost a kidney.

‘Unfortunately this is where we are today at a protest with a hope that they would hear us.

A mother and daughter are facing charges of fraud after they allegedly falsely swore about information on a property that they are accused of inhabiting illegally.

Minister of Education Priya Manickchand on Tuesday unveiled a plaque at the Bygeval Secondary School to commemorate its commissioning as an A-List school, before a packed assembly of students and teachers.

Owner of the now defunct EZjet GT airline Sonny Ramdeo has withdrawn his guilty plea to wire fraud in a Florida Court on the grounds that he was not properly represented by counsel.

Representatives of A Partnership for National Unity met yesterday with representatives of the United States Embassy in Guyana.

Eight charities have received early Christmas gifts in the total sum of $750,000 thanks to the contributions of the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI).

(Reuters) – West Indies were struggling to save the first test against New Zealand after lurching to 37 for one in their second innings, still 359 runs from making the hosts bat again, at tea on the third day in Dunedin last night.

Civil society activists are calling for more men to become involved in the response to the escalating gender-based violence in Guyana.

The Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) will be moving against illegal broadcasters, Chairperson of the GNBA board Bibi Shadick announced on Tuesday, while saying that by the end of the year it was expected that some stations will be shut down, while some would be fined.

Mahaica Determinators upset Riddim Squad 5-4 on sudden death kicks following a 0-0 score line at the end of normal and extra time when action in the Georgetown Football Association (GFA)/Banks Beer Knockout Cup continued last night.

ADELAIDE,  (Reuters) – England’s Stuart Broad briefly took the wind out of Australia’s sails by removing opener David Warner but the hosts survived without further loss to be 46 for one at lunch on a rainy opening day of the second Ashes test in Adelaide yesterday.

WELLINGTON,  (Reuters) – New Zealand Cricket had been aware for months of the International Cricket Council investigation into former New Zealand players’ involvement in alleged match-fixing, NZC chief executive David White said yesterday.

A, Bangladesh, CMC – West Indies Under 19s thrashed Bangladesh Under 19s by 114 runs in their only warm-up 50 over fixture of their current tour at Chittagong’s Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium (ZACS) on Tuesday.

(Barbados Nation) President of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), Dave Cameron, was the bearer of bad news on Tuesday night.

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) is to bowl off its 2013 senior four-day Inter-county tournament today with a double header between Berbice and the President’s XI at the Everest Ground and a Demerara versus Essequibo encounter at the Enmore Community Centre.

Former head coach of the Golden Jaguars, Jamal Shabazz presented a quantity of bibs and game balls to co-founder of the Kashif and Shanghai (K&S) Organization, Aubrey ‘Shanghai’ Major yesterday in Trinidad to aid in the preparation of the secondary schools in Linden.

VIENNA/MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexican police have found dangerous radioactive medical material stolen by thieves that the United Nations said could provide an ingredient for a “dirty bomb,” the country’s national nuclear safety commission CNSNS said yesterday.

Former national chess champion Wendell Meusa beat defending champion Taffin Khan when the Vita-Malt Plus 2013 National Senior Chess Championships continued at the Ocean Spray Hotel on Sunday. 

The National Chess Championship concludes this evening at the Ocean SprayHotel with Wendell Meusa still maintaining the lead after four rounds, although he was defeated by Anthony Drayton on Wednesday night.

Director of Sports Neil Kumar and Director of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Baldath Mahabir at the 16th Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Awards ceremony called for unity in resolving the issues surrounding cricket, along with the provision of an enabling environment to nurture talent and preserve the country’s rich cricket history.

SANTO DOMINGO, (Reuters) – Pulitzer Prize-winning author Junot Diaz said a letter from Dominican authors and intellectuals questioning his loyalty to his country of birth was “a ham-fisted attempt to silence” his criticism of a controversial court ruling on birthright citizenship.

Dear Editor, I refer to the article captioned ‘GuySuCo bringing Indian experts to rescue corporation.’

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, visiting China as a dispute over a new Chinese air defence zone rattles nerves around the region, said yesterday that relations between Washington and Beijing had to be based on trust.

Alexander Village upset East La Penitence-Sparta Boss 3-2 on penalty kicks following a 2-2 score line at the end of normal time when action in the Guinness Greatest of the Streets Georgetown Zone continued on Tuesday.

KINGSTON, (Reuters) – It’s been a long time coming, but the birthplace of reggae and legendary pot-lover Bob Marley has announced the launch of its first medical marijuana company.

Dear Editor, For a very long time now we have watched mainly four types of response from government spokespersons to recurrent crises plaguing Guyana; these are arrogance, silence, sophistry as response, or assigning blame to others.

GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – Guatemalan authorities have arrested 21 people suspected of laundering millions of dollars for the powerful Mexican Sinaloa drug cartel led by Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, officials say.

Training: Guyana Defence Force soldiers on a training exercise on David St, Kitty last evening.

Dear Editor, World AIDS Day this year was commemorated with a Ministry of Health commitment to get to zero discrimination, amongst other things.

(Jamaica Observer) Former Tivoli Gardens strongman Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke had amassed J$300 million in assets up to the time of his arrest more than three years ago, the police say.

ADELAIDE,  (Reuters) – England will let their cricket do the talking in the second test in Adelaide after engaging in some “ugly” verbal exchanges with Australia during their opening loss in Brisbane, captain Alastair Cook said yesterday.

Dear Editor, In 1926 when the Father of Trade Unionism, Hubert Nathaniel Critchlow, started the fight for one man one vote, a measure to protect the inalienable right to self-determination, he expected his successors and descendants (ie, citizens/ workers/trade unions) to secure and deepen it, not erode or trample on it.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A man wanted by the Department of Homeland Security was nabbed during a joint operation by members of the Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Task Force (MOCA) and the Custom Department at a business establishment in Kingston on Tuesday.

Mention the names of our parliamentary political parties, anywhere in this country, and watch how citizens react.

(The Sports Xchange) – Highlights of Tuesday’s National Basketball Association games.

(Reuters) – The Green Climate Fund, designed as the United Nations’ most important funding body in the battle on climate change in developing nations, launched its headquarters on Wednesday in South Korea, but uncertainty over finances clouded the event.

Challenging: High tides yesterday challenged the new wave wall along the Kitty Byways seawall.

If the statistics produced by the United Nations are taken at face value, the world should give itself a pat on the shoulder for meeting part of the first target of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) five years ahead of the deadline.