Daily Archive: Monday, December 23, 2013

HAMILTON, New Zealand,  CMC-Newly appointed director of cricket Richard Pybus and Coach Ottis Gibson have begun discussing plans to rebuild the stature of the regional side following a series of embarrassing defeats overseas.

The government can afford more than 5% for public servants, former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran says following an analysis of the government’s finances.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – Most of South Africa’s cricketers might have expected to wake up this morning to headlines praising their valiant batting effort in saving the first test against India at the Wanderers.

A 38-year-old mother of four was found murdered in her home early this morning and her former reputed husband is the prime suspect.

Eight persons suffered serious injuries when a shed at the No 66 Fish Port Complex, Corentyne came crashing down with heavy winds around 5:45 am today.

(Trinidad Express) Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine has indicated that international assistance will be required to assist in cleaning up the oil slick along the coastline of the south-western peninsula.

Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr. Roger Luncheon says that the continuation of a USAID-funded $300 million democracy project here is an “affront” to Guyana’s sovereignty and the issue is engaging the highest levels of government.

Flood insurance might have to be ended if the authorities don’t take drastic action to prevent a recurrence of the deluge that swept the capital on November 27th, 2013 an industry advertisement said yesterday.

Two houses located in the same yard at Rosignol Village, West Bank Berbice went up in flames around 3:15 am yesterday apparently by arson and a 24-year-old suspect is in custody.

A push cart operator was stabbed to death on Saturday night following an altercation with a woman over $1,000.

A 37-year-old Cotton Tree man died in an accident yesterday morning after he had left a wedding party.

The Lethem Power Company was yesterday forced to import fuel from neighbouring Brazil to prevent blackouts as a collapsed bridge on the Georgetown to Lethem trail which has fuel tankers stalled has still not been repaired.

Dear Editor, On Saturday, 14th instant, I travelled from Tortola to Guyana on the LIAT service.

Dear Editor, This is a note to Mr. Kempton France, Operations Engineer of the Guyana Power and Light Company, and all the other apologists at said company.

It will be Christmas in the ghetto after Queen Street Tiger Bay were crowned the Guinness Greatest of the Streets Georgetown champions, defeating Stevedore Housing Scheme 2-0 in the final on Saturday at the National Park Tarmac in Thomas Lands.

Despite its assurances to the public of reliable service for Christmas, the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) experienced a series of technical problems on Saturday and yesterday, including a total shutdown of the Demerara system,  leading to frequent blackouts which left citizens up and down the coast and in the city fuming.

Dear Editor, The ideas we have proposed in the paper justifying Unity and Human Development (UHD), can be downloaded at http://bit.ly/18odYmG.

Tournament heavyweight, Waramadong along with Charlestown Secondary booked quarterfinal berths when the Chico/Kashif & Shanghai Elite Next Generation Football Tournament continued yesterday.

The Ministry of Home Affairs is reviewing laws which regulate the granting of firearm licences in light of recent incidents where licensed firearm holders have irresponsibly used their weapons.

JUBA, (Reuters) – South Sudan’s government said yesterday rebels had seized the capital of a key oil-producing region and fears grew of all-out ethnic civil war in the world’s newest country.

Dear Editor, Heartiest congratulations to the management and staff of DTV-8 on the splendid achievement of 20 years of broadcasting today.

Priyanna Ramdhani defeated Ambika Ramraj in straight sets to clinch the girls’ U19 title when the Woodpecker Products annual Christmas singles badminton tourney concluded at the Queen’s College Courts on Friday.

The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Associa-tion (GGDMA) on Thursday said there was nothing sinister about the survey permit accorded to Muri Brasil Ventures in the south east of Guyana.

By Dacia Whaul   Christmas has so many traditions. There’s the food: pepperpot, garlic pork, black cake; sorrel, ginger beer, chocolates; the fixings: Christmas tree, decorations, curtains, gifts and of course the family.

BK Western Tigers defeated Milerock 3-1 in their round of 16 matchup when the Georgetown Football Association (GFA)/Banks Beer Cup continued on Saturday at the Tucville Community ground.

ANKARA,  (Reuters) – Thousands took to the streets of Istanbul yesterday to protest against the government over a corruption scandal that has led to multiple arrests and exposed a rift between Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and an influential U.S.-based

Dear Editor, Race and corruption are perhaps the most publicized problems in Guyana and too often these are labelled as anchors of our underdevelopment.

Dear Editor, The Foreign Minister of Guyana,  Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett was absent from the recent 40th  Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers Meeting in  Conakry, Guinea, on December 9 – 11. 

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – Two foreign investments in Chinese financial institutions this month suggest China will not turn away cash from countries it has taken diplomatic or trade measures against after blaming them for interference in its domestic affairs.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A lobby group in Trinidad and Tobago is making another appeal for the completion of the controversial Brian Lara Stadium.

The private sector earlier this month held separate meetings with APNU and the AFC to urge support for the anti-money laundering bill and proposed that the parliamentary select committee on the bill holds its hearings in public and it also forwarded a compromise for the procurement commission.

Diaspora Column Editor’s Note:   Jamaican Richard Hart, historian, trade unionist, lawyer and teacher, died in the UK on Saturday at the age of 96.

COTUI, Dominican Republic, (Reuters) – Little more than a decade ago, one of the world’s largest known gold deposits sat abandoned in the foothills of the Dominican Republic’s Central Cordillera mountain range.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The police have arrested four men and killed three others in connection with the seizure of seven guns in three separate incidents across the island on the weekend.

Last week, we discussed a number of issues relating to the five per cent increase for public servants, arbitrarily agreed upon by the Government after talks broke down with the Guyana Public Service Union.

The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) says that there is evidence of dualism existing in Guyana and called for an end to it.

HAMILTON, New Zealand, CMC – New Zealand beat West Indies by eight wickets in the third and final test in Hamilton yesterday, to claim the three-match series two-nil.

Dear Editor, On the 20th day of December, 2013, I went to a lawyer’s office to notarize a power of attorney.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – South Africa gave up on the chance to set a new world record in chasing down 458 for victory against India on day five of the first test at the Wanderers yesterday, falling eight runs short as they settled for a draw in the closing overs.

What could have led to the government’s decision to terminate its participation in the USAID-funded Leadership and Democracy (LEAD) project?

Valerie Amos would probably have dismissed the suggestion had it been made four or five years ago that the end of 2013 would find her engrossed in performing one of the least enviable tasks in international diplomacy, and yet that is precisely the position in which the 59-year-old international civil servant from Wakenaam  finds herself.

In a news item in the October 28th, 2013 edition of Stabroek News headlined ‘President remains mum on NCN scandal despite promises’, it was stated in part that “Goolsarran was suspended during the scandal which saw the resignations of NCN’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mohammed ‘Fuzzy’ Sattaur and Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) CEO Yog Mahadeo and the firing of several GT&T officials”.

Dear Editor, Please allow me space in your newspaper to thank the Guyana Power and Light for assisting me in cutting costs this Christmas.

Interviews and photographs by Kenesha Fraser With Christmas just days away, we asked the man/woman in the street on the Essequibo Coast about their plans for this most-anticipated holiday and whether they had completed their Christmas shopping.

SINGAPORE, (Reuters) – Every day, through eyes clouded by glaucoma, Peter witnesses the spending power generated by Singapore’s economic success, knowing he can only afford to look.

  (Jamaica Observer) Red  Stripe sold its minority stakes in two breweries located in the Caribbean for US$9.3 million ($982 million).