Daily Archive: Sunday, December 15, 2013

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Actor Peter O’Toole, who shot to international fame in the film classic “Lawrence of Arabia”, has died aged 81 in London after a long illness, his agent said today.

Scenes from Nelson Mandela’s funeral    

Scenes from Nelson Mandela’s funeral        

At about 1430h yesterday, police say that a mining pit caved in at Warrenbu, NWD, killing miner Seckou Adams, 33 years, of Den Amstel, WCD.

At about 2345h. last night, the police responded to a report received that a man was at the Kumaka Waterfront, NWD discharging rounds from a firearm and threatening to kill persons.

At about 0730h. today, police say that the body of Jamaludin Sattar, 56 years, of Stewartville, WCD, was found in his home with suspected marks of violence to his head.

Guyana has yet to see a figure emerge to bridge its racial divide like late former President Nelson Mandela managed to do in South Africa.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Montego Bay, St James, is on the edge again.

Four months after its launching here, government has pulled out of a USAID-funded $300 million project aimed at boosting citizens’ engagement with local parliamentarians and improving overall governance.

The Permission for Geological and Geophysi-cal Survey (PGGS) issued to Muri Brasil Ventures Inc should be revoked since any mineral activity in the pristine southern tip of the country, whether actual mining or just surveying, could have ecological and security implications, according to APNU MP Joseph Harmon.

A drunk teenage boy died on Friday night after crashing his friend’s car, which he had taken without the friend’s knowledge or consent, early Friday morning to visit his girlfriend at Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara.

A joint operation to curb illegal hunting and fishing has been successful with three hunters held and wild meat confiscated during a river patrol at Burro– Burro, the Ministry of Natural Resources said yesterday.

A Guyanese was among five men who pleaded guilty and were convicted on Friday of smuggling cocaine off the coast of Ghana, West Africa.

With the grant to Muri Brasil Ventures Inc of the right to apply for as many as 18 prospecting licences for rare earth elements and other minerals in a pristine area that covers 2.2 million acres, chartered accountant Christopher Ram is warning that the country’s territorial integrity and national security could be compromised and he is urging President Donald Ramotar to scrap the agreement.

City Council Public Relations Officer Royston King has moved to the court to challenge the controversial selection of Carol Sooba as Town Clerk.

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – West Indies coach Ottis Gibson pulled no punches in the dressing room after his team capitulated to New Zealand inside three days in the second test at the Basin Reserve.

A family at Paradise, West Coast Berbice has been displaced after their four-bedroom wooden house collapsed yesterday during heavy winds and rainfall.

One of Guyana’s premier bodybuilding events, the Hugh Ross Classic (HRC) will return to the National Cultural Centre for its fourth staging on March 29, 2014.

(Trinidad Express) TWO women were shot about the body early yesterday morning resulting in the death of one, a mother of three.

BK Western Tigers led by a Hubert Pedro helmet trick mauled Kwakwani Strikers 6-1 when the Georgetown Football Association/Banks Beer Cup continued on Friday at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) ground in Linden.

Georgetown’s Town Clerk Carol Sooba has been given one year to complete her Law Degree at the University of Guyana (UG) or face expulsion from the institution.

Guyanese pet owners have the ability to electronically track their lost animals using microchip technology, being made available by Pets 2000 animal clinic, says Dr Nicholas Waldron, veterinary specialist of the clinic.

Akeila defeated Larissa in the battle of the Wiltshire siblings when the Guyana Squash Association (GSA) Farfan and Mendes Junior tourney continued on Friday at the Georgetown Club squash courts.

A Berbice man is claiming that a “too tight” bandage around the neck of his 27-year-old son was what caused his death after he underwent surgery for goitre at the New Amsterdam Hospital last month.

Seven-year-old Sadelle Britton was among six students who were successful in their Shodan (First Degree Black Belt) examinations when the Guyana Wado Ryu Karate Association (GWKA) held its final 2013 grading at the Mae’s Primary and Banks DIH Sports Club Dojo recently.

The Flourishing Place Ministry in collaboration with the Regional Welfare Committee held an event of appreciation for the Police Department of E Division last Tuesday at the Mackenzie Police Station Mess Hall.

In a historic move last year the first ever Guyana Police Force Women’s Association was formed with a view to empowering the female ranks and providing another avenue for them to seek help if they need it.

The World Trade Organisation announced recently that a deal has been reached to which all 159 member countries have given their assent.

WHERE do the shocking three-day, innings defeats in India and New Zealand leave West Indies cricket?

Persons in Region Five suffering from various forms of abuse can now go to seek help at the desk that was recently set up at Fort Wellington, West Coast Berbice.

With the deadline for the completion of the $3.6 billion Hope Canal fast approaching, Courtney Benn Contracting Services Ltd (CBCSL), the contractor responsible for the high level outfall sluice, which is way behind schedule, is making arrangements to speed up the work but no sub-contracting as urged has been done as yet.

BERLIN,  (Reuters) – Iran’s world champion Amir Aziz Ali Akbari, who won the 120kg-weight class title in September in Hungary, has been banned for life after a second doping offence, the International Wrestling Federation said yesterday.

WELLINGTON,  (Reuters) – New Zealand coach Mike Hesson conceded that at times in the past 12 months he had felt the cricketing gods were conspiring against his side winning a test match after putting themselves in a position to do so.

Introduction   If perchance any reader might have had doubts about the serious intent of the United States as it opens a new front against tax evasion and money laundering, under its Foreign Account Tax Compli-ance Act, 2010 (FATCA), he or she should ponder the pointed remarks made by a Senior United States Treasury official (Robert Stark) on September 2013: “Offshore tax evasion is a significant contributor to the tax gap.”

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – Captain Brendon McCullum is unlikely to pull on the wicketkeeping gloves again for New Zealand, coach Mike Hesson said yesterday.

PERTH,  (Reuters) – Australia wrested control of the third test back from England for the second day in a row yesterday, reducing the tourists to 180 for four at the close of play and taking another step towards reclaiming the Ashes.

Frustration at the political gridlock which obstructs all progress now pervades our politics.

Guyana’s foray into bone fide tourism was recently given a boost within a fortnight by two developments – one from abroad and one from home. 

Solution The solution to last week’s puzzle is as follows: ….exf3.

PERTH,  (Reuters) – While England’s batsmen can fairly be accused of frittering away their wickets on this Ashes tour, the first innings of the third test in Perth has proved just how much credit needs to go Australia slipper Michael Clarke and his bowlers.

Part 2   Customer behaviour   As was noted in Part 1 of this article, the management of DDL is in control of the economic resources of the company and has little to fear from shareholder activism. 

(Trinidad Guardian) Chief Justice Ivor Archie has taken full responsibility for his failure and that of other judges to deliver justice in a timely manner.

Continued from last week   So far, we have discussed some of the common problems that incapacitate puppies within the first few weeks of their lives. 

DUBAI, UAE, CMC – West Indies will play South Africa at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, in one of four matches on the opening day of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Under-19 Cricket World Cup on February 14.

(David Dabydeen Johnson’s Dictionary (Leeds, UK: Peepal Tree Press, 221 p.) 

QUNU, South Africa, (Reuters) – South Africa held a state funeral for Nelson Mandela on Sunday, closing one chapter in its tortured history and opening another in which the multi-racial democracy he founded will have to discover if it can thrive without its central pillar.

WASHINGTON — Extending an apparent olive branch to Venezuela, Secretary of State John Kerry suggested Monday that Sunday’s much-awaited local elections there failed to rattle the country’s populist authoritarian government, and said the United States is “ready and willing” to improve bilateral ties.

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China landed an unmanned spacecraft on the moon yesterday, state media reported, in the first such “soft-landing” since 1976, joining the United States and the former Soviet Union in managing to accomplish such a feat.

 Dear Editor,   I refer to Mr Eusi Kwayana’s letter (‘There was never any approach from the PPP to the WPA for a discussion on the post-election situation’ SN, December 15) and seek to clarify.

(Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee has set up a $10 million anti-doping fund to boost detection methods and will hold an extraordinary session next year to push through changes for sports at the Olympic Games, its president said yesterday.

(Jamaica Observer) MONTEGO BAY, St James — President of the Court of Appeal Justice Seymour Panton has accused some journalists of promoting criminal activities.

AGADIR, Morocco  (Reuters) – Jubilant Raja Casablanca fans shook the normally tranquil tourist resort of Agadir out of its slumber yesterday after their team reached the Club World Cup semi-finals with a shock win over Monterrey.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says there is now an increased sense of unity and purpose in T&T, thanks to her visit to South Africa with Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley.

Dear Editor, There will be many tributes on the death of Asst Commissioner Derrick Josiah.

Poinsettias evoke the holiday spirit and have become the symbol of Christmas.

BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Social Democrats voted overwhelmingly in favour of joining a “grand coalition” with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives yesterday, clearing the way for a new right-left government that will take office on Tuesday.

David Dewar, Russell Lancaster, Gem Rohlehr-Vogt and the Georgetown Chamber Chorus were among the performers last Thursday when Moray House Trust hosted an evening of Guyanese and Christmas music.

Pacers 99, Bobcats 94 Lance Stephenson scored 20 points to help the Indiana Pacers defeat the Charlotte Bobcats 99-94 on Friday.

Dear Editor,   A friend of mine on seeing my letter to the media concerning alternative agricultural operations and especially aquaculture asked me how growing a few fish can be a bigger industry than the massive sugar cane industry with all of the capital and other infrastructure sugar represents as an industry.

Last week the Stabroek News drew to public attention the fact that Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment Robert Persaud had signed a Permission for Geological and Geophysical Survey (PGGS) in the New River Triangle in favour of a company called Muri Brasil Ventures Inc.

CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptians will vote on a new constitution on Jan.

Seemingly out of the blue, trade ministers, meeting just over a week ago in Bali, formally agreed for the first time in nearly 20 years, a new multilateral trade agreement.