Daily Archive: Wednesday, February 5, 2014

St Joseph High School students in a social commentary group dance entitled `Our Plea’ at the Children’s Mashramani Competition at the National Cultural Centre today.

The large number of students who gathered  for  the Children’s Mashramani Competition at the National Cultural Centre today.

South Ruimveldt students performing `Our Ancestors’ in the Legends and Beliefs segment of the Children’s Mashramani Competition at the National Cultural Centre today.

Melissa Ramroop of Dolphin Secondary performing in the religious beliefs segment of the Children’s Mashramani Competition at the National Cultural Centre today.

Karisma Charles of the Richard Ishmael Secondary performing `Curative Soul’ in the religious beliefs segment of the of the Children’s Mashramani Competition at the National Cultural Centre today.

Devi Ramnarine of St Stanislaus performing `Aaja Nachle’ in the Legends and Traditions segment of the Children’s Mashramani Competition at the National Cultural Centre today.

A group from Bishops’ High performing `Unity Fete’ in the interpretive category of the Children’s Mashramani Competition at the National Cultural Centre today.

Shontel Browne of The Business School performing in the social commentary category of the Children’s Mashramani Competition at the National Cultural Centre today.

The Ministry of Agriculture wishes to advise the public that a high intensity weather pattern, which is presently over the Atlantic continues to develop and as such, Guyana will experience rainfall of 45 to 80mm over a 24hr period.

Abiola Jacobs called `Abby’ appeared in court this morning charged with the murder of Agricola resident Donna Taylor.

(Trinidad Express)  “I WILL NOT DEFEND.” Those were the final words of reigning Chutney Soca Monarch, Raymond Ramnarine, yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) The bill for the December oil spills will cost state-owned oil company Petrotrin upwards of TT$50 million, vice president for exploration and production Jamaludin Khan said yesterday.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – The United Nations demanded today that the Vatican “immediately remove” all clergy who are known or suspected child abusers and turn them over to civil authorities, in an unprecedented and scathing report.

The Private Sector Com-mission (PSC) last night said it was astonished to learn that opposition coalition, APNU  opposed a motion on Monday to grant it observer status at all of the sittings of the Parlia-ment committee which is addressing the anti-money laundering bill.

The founder and administrator of Mae’s School, Mayfield French-Rodrigues  has moved to the High Court to stop  attempts to evict her from a property which houses the secondary wing of her school after an apparent incomplete purchasing arrangement between herself  and attorney at law Nigel Hughes.

Three men were yesterday read multiple armed robbery charges and another was charged with possession of an unlicensed firearm following last week’s  attack at South Amelia’s Ward, where a family was held at gun point and over $5M in cash and valuables were carted off.

A former waitress has alleged that she was a victim of sexual harassment at the Princess Hotel, which is denying the claim and has signalled its intention to move to the court for damages over the harm being caused to its reputation.

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) has hired a private contractor to deliver service bills to customers as it is intensifying its campaign to remove water service for non-payment.

General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Clement Rohee yesterday charged that opposition parties are withholding support for the anti-money laundering bill to protect drug lords and money launderers.

Gavin Marshall, who assaulted his common-law wife after she refused him sex, was yesterday handed a one-year jail sentence at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.

Alleged police rape victim Colwyn Harding is scheduled to undergo a second independent medical examination later this week, according to Melissa Ifill, who said that he is showing signs of improvement and is now walking.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Veerasammy Permaul prized out three crucial wickets in a final spell that earned Guyana a thrilling 22-run win over theWindward Islands and a place in the semi-final of the NAGICO Super50 cricket tournament at the Queen’s Park Oval here  last evening.

Crime Chief Seelall Persaud yesterday said that the suspect who allegedly shot Nigel’s Supermarket owner’s son, Joseph Johnson in January has been released on station bail since the police have been unable to get a statement from the victim.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC– The doping case against Jamaican sprinter Sherone Simpson has been further set back after officials failed to unravel the meaning of a long awaited report from aSports Science Laboratory in Kentucky.

Following a woman and her daughter falling into an open manhole on Monday, the Guyana Water Incor-porated (GWI) yesterday issued an appeal to businesses involved in food preparation to install and constantly clean grease traps.

Residents of Sophia, Region 4 are expected to soon benefit from a potable water well as tenders for a series of Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) contracts countrywide were yesterday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) Main and Urquhart streets.

The Technical Committee of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has recommended Alpha United‘s Wayne `Wiggy’ Dover to be the next national team coach.

(Cricinfo) Even while it stays engaged in negotiations with the BCCI, Cricket South Africa has laid out some fundamental objections to the ICC makeover proposal which includes the permanent membership for representatives from India, England and Australia in the proposed Executive Committee.

(Reuters) – England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chairman Giles Clarke has defended the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) decision to give Australia, England and India more power in the sport.

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) yesterday donated $3,500,000 for the Ministry of Education’s Children’s Costume Parade 2014 which will be held on February 15.

The Lachmansingh Pri-mary School has established what is believed to be the first resource room in Region Five aimed at boosting teaching and learning strategies, rather than depending on “chalk and talk.”

The Guyana Fire Service’s Fire Prevention Department last year conducted inspections of 608 government buildings and 2,476 private buildings and found that 40% of them were not compliant with requirements.

(Reuters) – Kumar Sangakkara thumped his 34th test century for Sri Lanka before Shakib Al Hasan hit back with two wickets to give Bangladesh something to cheer on the first day of the second test in Chittagong yesterday.

The Guyana National Printers Limited (GNPL) registered an after-tax profit $487,000 for 2012, far below the $5.1m figure for 2011.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Kevin Pietersen’s brilliant and controversial international career ended yesterday as the fallout from England’s woeful Ashes campaign claimed the scalp of one of the country’s most mercurial batting talents.

(The Sports Xchange) – – – – – Kevin Durant scored 31 points to lead Oklahoma City to a  86-77 points victory over the Memphis Grizzlies Monday night.

Former parliamentarian Gloria Bancroft on Friday sounded alarm bells over several issues  affecting the two secondary schools in Region 8.

The trial of Junior Henry and Baldeo Seegobin, who are accused of the murder of US-based businessman Ricardo Henriques, started yesterday with a voir dire.

(Reuters) – World Boxing Organisation welterweight champion Timothy Bradley of the United States and his challenger, Manny Pacquiao, will both be seeking redemption when they clash for a second time on April 12 in Las Vegas.

The media release explained it was a decision made “in the best interest of West Indies cricket.”

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Donor nations, rainforest-rich countries and multilateral institutions will have to spend tens of billions of dollars in the next few years to ensure that nations undergoing deforestation will have incentives to halt the practice, a report released on Monday said.

Facing a charge of beating and wounding a man, two men were yesterday granted $100,000 bail each when they appeared before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.

Former West Indies opening batsman Sewnarine Chattergoon said that after not making the final cut for the ongoing NAGICO Regional Super50 tournament his sights are now firmly locked on the upcoming four-day format which is scheduled to bowl off on February 28.

Two of three survivors from the Port Mourant backdam rice field shooting on January 30th are still hospitalised.

Dear Editor, We wish to acknowledge receipt of your letter of January 29 and welcome your invitation to comment on the attached complaint (‘Theft of electricity,’ SN, January 29). 

Coretta Spencer and Cletha Ross, who allegedly used proceeds from the sale of over $400,000 worth of footwear with which they were entrusted, were placed on $100,000 bail each on Monday after denying the charges against them.

 (Reuters) – Ten big rival drug companies have formed a pact to cooperate on a government-backed effort to accelerate the discovery of new drugs, the Wall Street Journal reported.

(Reuters) – A fisherman thought to be from El Salvador who washed ashore on the Marshall Islands said he survived more than a year adrift in the Pacific Ocean, drinking turtle blood and catching fish and birds with his bare hands.

Dear Editor, As reported, there can be no doubt that the rickety 36-year-old bridge crossing the Demerara River has long passed its 10 years of useful life and needs urgent replacement before disaster strikes.

Several persons were injured in a minibus crash that occurred on the Borlam turn, Number 19 Village, Corentyne on Monday.

Mariel Barrow of Smith’s Memorial Primary performing a piece entitled `Proud Guyana’ in the dramatic poetry segment of the Children’s Mash Competition on Monday at the National Cultural Centre.

A post-mortem examination is expected to be performed today on the bodies of the two fishermen who were discovered dead in a seine at De Kinderen, West Coast Demerara on Monday, two days after going missing.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC-Former West Indies pacer Jerome Taylor made an impressive return to regional first class cricket as Jamaica cruised to an easy six wicket win over Ireland in their NAGICO Super50 match at the Queen’s Park Oval here on Monday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Caribbean Association of Banks (CAB) is warning against any attempt by the Jamaican Government to legislate fees, suggesting that market forces should continue to determine fair prices for services delivered by regional banks.

A La Penitence man was yesterday placed on $50,000 bail after pleading not guilty to a narcotics charge.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain secretly helped India plan a deadly assault on Sikh separatists holed up in the Golden Temple at Amritsar in 1984, the government said yesterday, saying London’s influence was limited and there was therefore no need for an apology.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC- Jamaica’s first and highest-ranked international umpire Joseph Clarke has once again placed his country in thehistory books.

Dear Editor, I read with consternation, a statement attributed to Mr John Macedo (‘Lethem electricity rate to go down,’ Sunday Stabroek, February 2).

Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr Frank Anthony last week urged representatives at the Commonwealth Youth Programme (CYP) meeting to review priorities for youth development, with a view to implementing safeguards against substance abuse and other challenges.

Freeburg Secondary’s Gentia Boyce evoking folklore in the dramatic poetry segment of the Children’s Mash Competition on Monday at the National Cultural Centre.

(Trinidad Express) A Couva woman who was a State witness in a court case was shot and killed on the street on Monday, weeks after she received death threats not to testify.

SAN JOSE,  (Reuters) – A centre-left former diplomat who has emerged as the surprise leader of Costa Rica’s presidential race vows if he wins a runoff vote to prepare the ground for eventual tax hikes seen as crucial to preserving the credit rating of Central America’s No.

Dear Editor, Last Thursday Guyana’s Chief Justice (ag) Ian Chang ruled that the Parliament cannot cut a budget presented by the government because the Guyana Constitution mandated the government to present the budget to the parliament.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC- Mystery spinner Sunil Narine has returned to the Trinidad and Tobago team in time for their remaining matches in the preliminary round of the NAGICO Super50tournament underway here.

(Trinidad Express) Finance Minister Larry Howai on Monday said he was concerned about customer confidence in RBC Royal Bank after the bank’s implementation of restructuring strategies, including several layoffs.

‘Ole Higue’ by Nyah Hoppie of J.E Burnham Primary during the dramatic poetry category of the Children’s Mashramani Competition at the National Cultural Centre on Monday.

PROVIDENCIALES, Turks & Caicos Islands, CMC– A renowned footballer from Croatia who now heads the country’s football association is due to pay an official visit to Turks and Caicos Islands this weekend.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – A thief who kissed the owner of a Paris jewellery shop he was robbing was arrested with the help of the DNA he left on her face, a French newspaper reported yesterday.

“The court acting as guardian of the Constitution cannot be accused of seeking to fetter the work of the Assembly since it must be recognised that what fetters the Assembly is not the court but the Constitution itself or the law itself as interpreted by the courts.

Dear Editor, In January, 2014, it was reported that not one of Guyana’s public hospitals is equipped with a CT scanner, a most basic medical diagnostic tool.

What Venezuelan President Maduro, at the Second Summit of ALBA and Petrocaribe, in December last year, described as a set of arrangements designed to “continue advancing the food security and sovereignty of our peoples,” has now been extended to all the smaller islands of the Caribbean.

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OPEN EDITORIAL  By Chiara Liguori, Amnesty International’s researcher on The Caribbean There is one question everybody should be asking today at the United Nations in Geneva, as a panel of experts reviews the Dominican Republic’s human rights record: why are they stripping hundreds of thousands of people of their nationality?

(Jamaica Gleaner) A pre-feasibility study on the prospects for hydropower generation from five of Jamaica’s rivers has indicated the country could nearly double the existing hydropower capacity if investors tap four of those sources.

Dear Editor, On January 29 our Chief Justice (CJ) acting ruled that the majority in the National Assembly has no power to cut the budget estimates made by the government’s Finance Minister.

Tonika Prince of Sophia Primary performing a piece entitled `My Great Grandmother’ in the dramatic poetry segment of the Children’s Mash Competition on Monday at the National Cultural Centre.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC- Ireland allrounder John Mooney is returning home from Ireland’s tour of the West Indies to receive treatment for a stress-related illness.

Politikles

MIAMI,  (Reuters) – The unearthing of the remains of a 2,000-year-old Native American village where downtown Miami meets Biscayne Bay has thrown a wrench into a multibillion-dollar development project that survived the city’s real estate and financial meltdown.