Daily Archive: Saturday, February 8, 2014

A cheering crowd at the Physical Display aspect of the Children’s Mashramani Competition which was held at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall yesterday.

South Ruimveldt Secondary receiving their prize for gaining first place in the Combination category at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, (GINA photo)

(Trinidad Guardian) Clico, the insurance company that the Government saved from collapse four years ago, recorded a 2012 after-tax profit of close to $3.8 billion, which was more than five times greater than the $702 million it declared in 2011.

An overall increase of 7% in serious crimes has been recorded at the end of January 2014 in comparison to January 2013, the police said yesterday.

Attorney General Anil Nandlall today denied a charge by Opposition Leader David Granger that the anti-laundering bill being discussed confers excessive powers on the Executive.

(Jamaica Observer) DANCEHALL entertainer Tommy Lee Sparta spent another night in lockup.

(Trinidad Express) The Ministry of Health has spent some TT$34 million in the past three years bringing foreign nurses from Cuba, Phillipines, St Vincent and other countries, Health Minister Fuad Khan said yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) Last year’s inaugural edition of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) was a success with the public.

(Reuters) – The International Cricket Council (ICC) board passed key structural and financial reforms today, effectively placing India, England and Australia in charge of the game.

Western missions yesterday urged cooperation by all parties to finalise the anti-money laundering amendment bill, while warning that serious consequences would result from the country being black-listed by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).

APNU leader Brigadier (Ret’d) David Granger will be moving for the establishment of a Commission of Inquiry (COI) into police torture.

A logger was found dead yesterday at Kwakwani and his wife is believed to be the person responsible.

Deputy Mayor Patricia Chase-Green is upset at the manner in which fees for vending on Mashramani Day were exorbitantly raised by the Town Clerk Carol Sooba without the council’s permission.

By Jeanna Pearson Link Show producers yesterday announced their exit from staging the annual satirical revue at the National Culture Centre (NCC), after years of struggling with poor lighting, sound and a malfunctioning air conditioning system.

The manager of a Regent Street pawnbrokery was yesterday afternoon shot and relieved of a bag containing $200,000 and $75,000 in gold jewellery during a robbery.

While calling the resignation of former front bencher and Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister Debra Backer a blow, APNU leader David Granger has announced plans to promote MP Ronald Bulkan to its front benches, while efforts are underway to identify the latest addition to its parliamentary roster.

SOCHI, Russia, (Reuters) – Russia’s Winter Olympics got underway yesterday with a grandiose opening ceremony watched by President Vladimir Putin, who will be keen to calm fears of militant attacks and move on from a row over gay rights that has marred the buildup to the Games.

Scholarships to the University of Guyana will be on offer for five exceptional players in the second staging of the Milo U-20 school football competition which kicks off next Saturday at the Ministry of Education ground.

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has extended the deadline for nominations to the Public Procurement Committee (PPC).

Dear Editor, The Chinese have been asked to put up a proposal to design and build the high level concrete bridge across the Demerara River and in my opinion Guyana does not have the population to economically support such a venture.

Transnational organised criminals will be under closer observation thanks to the contribution of 200 fraudulent document detection kits to the Guy-ana Police Force (GPF).

The eight premier football clubs of West Demerara will battle for $500,000 and a trophy when Slingerz FC teams up with Ansa McAl to stage the second annual West Side Stag/ Mashramani Champion’s Cup.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) wishes to take this opportunity to respond to the recent article published in Stabroek News in its February 5 edition, captioned: ‘GWI hires private contractors to deliver bills.’

National opener Trevon “Bugsy” Griffith said that scoring his first regional ODI half-century along with sharing a century opening partnership with the legendary Shivnarine Chanderpaul was a dream come true for him as a young cricketer.

Seeking a speedy relocation to its new headquarters, the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) is inviting bids for the rehabilitation of the $600M High Street facility that has never been occupied due to a range of defects in its construction.

Second-division teams from the East Canje/East Coast Berbice area will have a chance to prove their worth when they collide with each other in the Young Warriors Cricket Club organised second edition Mashramani Cup competition.

Her name is well known in entertainment circles. When someone says the name Leslyn Fraser, mostly what comes to mind are her ferocious moves, the slender legs, daring eyes; all that make her a wonder on stage.

Mayor Hamilton Green says the council does not have full details on the crematorium being built at Le Repentir Cemetery and expressed concern that it is being built in an “unpropitious environment.”

Lift and flip: South Ruimveldt Secondary students who call themselves the ‘Jiro Gymbatics’ perform a routine yesterday during the 14 to 17 years physical display segment of the Children’s Mashramani Competition at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Dear Editor, The replacement for Ms Deborah Backer, arguably one of APNU’s best members of parliament, will be another litmus test of Mr David Granger’s management style and quality of leadership.

Dear Editor, Please refer to an article which appeared in Stabroek Business of Friday, February 7, captioned, ‘Bourda Green “gone to the dogs” – Town Clerk miffed at Stabroek News, refuses to comment.’

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) in collaboration with the United States of America-based Elizabeth Styles cosmetics company, yesterday launched the annual Junior and Senior Elite cricket academy training programmes for zones in Berbice.

To close off three weeks of writing about the local music scene, I am zooming in on a genre that in Guyana at least, seems to have lost its steam.

Leslie Charles was yesterday sentenced to one year in jail after he admitted to slapping his former partner after she hit him.

A street dweller will be taking up residence in a prison for the next nine months after he was jailed for a burglary in which his booty included the kitchen sink.

Dear Editor, Guyana has become an uncaring, selfish and inconsiderate society to say the least.

AUCKLAND, (Reuters) – New Zealand lost four early second innings wickets but still extended their lead to 316 runs at lunch on the third day of the first test against a resurgent India at Eden Park yesterday.

Hi Everyone, A couple of years ago, no, wait almost 4 years ago (where does the time go?!)

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The Fitness Warriors, St George’s High School girls’ team performs a combination yesterday during the 14 to 17 years physical display segment of the Children’s Mashramani Competition at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall yesterday.

A man was held at the Ogle Airport yesterday after he was caught trying to smuggle half a kilogramme of cocaine onto an outgoing flight.

Dear Editor, For the hundredth time, isn’t there anyone in authority, with the responsibility or decency to make a case for something proper to be done to have a much better, less hazardous and accident prone road than this present track which poses for a road leading to Regma Primary School?

(Reuters) – Kumar Sangakkara became only the second cricketer to hit a triple century and a hundred in the same test as Sri Lanka set Bangladesh a huge target of 467 to win the second and final match in Chittagong yesterday.

(Reuters) – Over the last two weeks, Obama administration officials have signaled – sometimes intentionally, sometimes not – that a worst-case scenario is emerging in Syria.

The semi final of the 2014 calypso competition is on tonight at the Bartica Community Centre Ground.

(Trinidad Express) Dr Keith Rowley’s dark skin was cited as the only ground of “objection” to his leading Trinidad and Tobago as prime minister, former senator Fitzgerald Hinds said on Wednesday night.

KIEV, (Reuters) – A top U.S. diplomat tried to play down the damage to Washington’s diplomacy in Ukraine from a leaked telephone callyesterday, but German Chancellor Angela Merkel called an obscene remark about the EU “absolutely unacceptable.”

Dolphin Secondary School students, ‘the Untouchables’ execute a pyramid during the 14 to 17 years physical display segment of the Children’s Mashramani Competition at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall yesterday.

At least three persons were seriously injured after a collision between a minibus and a car at Ruimzigt, West Coast Demerara last night.

(The Sports Xchange) –  – -Reserve forward Alan Anderson scored 19 of his 22 points in the second half and the Brooklyn Nets ended a six-game losing streak against the San Antonio Spurs with a 103-89 victory on Thursday.

Dear Editor, The Suddie Hospital is still to emerge as one meeting the requirements for quality health care.

Dear Editor, It is the right of people to protest against the ills meted out to them, but let us Lindeners not forget to shout out against the badly constructed roads and drains built by local contractors.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO — The government of Suriname will have to defend itself again before the Inter-America Court for Human Rights (IACHR).

By Jeff Trotman Nurses in Region Ten were urged to pay closer attention to the critical area of documentation of patient care, during an awards ceremony hosted by the Health Ministry and the Linden Hospital Complex (LHC) to honour 20 nurses for conscientious service in their vocation.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Former International Cricket Council (ICC) president Ehsan Mani says it would be “sheer madness” for the governing body to effectively hand over control of the sport to India, Australia and England.

Dear Editor, It has been more than a month now since my telephone 327-7334 has been down, and even though a letter was published a few weeks ago in these columns and several reports were made to the GT&T New Amsterdam Commercial Office, there has been no action.

Disajust-Stepa whose real name is Fenton Collins is a Guyana-born reggae and dancehall music artist currently living in the South of France since 1995.

Palancing: Not to be left out, student spectators did their thing in the stands during the physical display contest of the Children’s Mashramani Competition at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall yesterday.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. job creation slowed sharply over the past two months, turning in the weakest performance in three years and raising the prospect that the economy may be losing momentum.

WELLINGTON,  (Reuters) – International cricketers Jesse Ryder and Doug Bracewell are in trouble again for what New Zealand Cricket has described as “totally unacceptable” behaviour the night before the first test against India in Auckland.

The government, acting through its controversial agent National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), has advertised the former Customs House on Main Street as being for sale.

St George’s High School’s boys’ team New Dimension execute a pyramid during the 14 to 17 years physical display segment of the Children’s Mashramani Competition at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall yesterday.

Dear Editor, Sorrow comes in different ways ‒ gradually and suddendly.

(Billboard) – After ascending to the summit last week, “Dark Horse”, Katy Perry’s ninth Hot 100 No 1 (and Juicy J’s first) gains in all metrics.

TUZLA/SARAJEVO, Bosnia, (Reuters) – Protesters across Bosnia set fire to government buildings and fought with riot police yesterday as long-simmering anger over lack of jobs and political inertia fuelled a third day of the worst civil unrest in Bosnia since a 1992-95 war.

(Jamaica Gleaner) KINGSTON, Jamaica:  Opposition Senator Ruel Reid has renewed calls for Jamaica to pursue a mandatory policy restricting the number of children a man or woman can have.

The Tumblers, Dolphin Secondary School’s female team during their combination routine for the 14 to 17 years physical display segment of the Children’s Mashramani Competition at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall yesterday.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO — Former president, Jules Wijdenbosch, says he has no involvement in the bribery scandal rocking Dutch contractor Ballast Nedam (BN).

MADRID, (Reuters) – The Spanish government approved a law yesterday allowing descendants of Sephardic Jews expelled from the country in 1492 to seek Spanish nationality without giving up their current citizenship.

During the last two weeks the United Nations has issued warnings that the Democratic Republic of Congo’s richest province, Katanga, stands at the brink of a “humanitarian catastrophe.”

In Plastic City live those poor and isolated from the progress we often hear about; those without basic facilities like water and sanitation; those who are disempowered and unable to exert their human rights but find comfort in knowing they at least have a roof over their heads.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Former International Cricket Council (ICC) president Ehsan Mani says it would be “sheer madness” for the governing body to effectively hand over control of the sport to India, Australia and England.

Politikles 

(Billboard) – Mariah Carey, Jennifer Hudson and Janelle Monae are among the artists set to perform at BET Honors 2014.