Daily Archive: Saturday, March 1, 2014

The People’s Progressive Party today issued a statement denouncing what it described as “disparaging and insensitive” remarks made about former President Bharrat Jagdeo during his recent illness.

President Donald Ramotar yesterday addressed the opening of the Chinese owned Zhanghao Shipyard in Coverden, East Bank Demerara.

UNITED NATIONS,  (Reuters) – Ukraine today asked the United States and other key members of the U.N.

BEIJING, (Reuters) – At least 28 people were killed in a “violent terrorist attack” at a train station in the southwestern Chinese city of Kunming by a group of unidentified people brandishing knives, five of whom were shot dead, state media said on Sunday.

Minister within the Ministry of Finance, Juan Edghill, presenting IDB’s Country Representative Sophie Makonnen with a copy of the revised Laws of Guyana.

Copies of the revised Laws of Guyana were presented to the Inter-American Development Bank’s (IDB) Representative, Sophie Makonnen, and Chancellor of the Judiciary (ag), Carl Singh yesterday.

KIEV/BALACLAVA, Ukraine, (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin wrested control of the Ukrainian Black Sea region of Crimea from Kiev today citing a threat to Russian citizens and servicemen of the Russian Black Sea fleet based there.

(Trinidad Express) Defending Power Soca Monarch king Machel Montano retained his title despite getting stiff challenges from Hollice “Mr Kill@” Mapp, Neil Iwer George and Destra Garcia at the 2014 International Soca Monarch competition at the National Stadium in Port of Spain yesterday.

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) yesterday repudiated the terms of a consensus agreement in the National Assembly for the restoration of the annual subvention to the Critchlow Labour College (CLC), which had been cut by the government eight years ago over accountability concerns.

The police constable accused of raping detainee Colwyn Harding during an arrest is back on active duty, according to Crime Chief Seelall Persaud, who yesterday said investigators are re-interviewing witnesses and looking into the findings by medical personnel in the case.

A La Grange, West Bank Demerara businesswoman was found dead in her shop at Rock Creek, Cuyuni River, on Thursday and two men who were renting living quarters from her are persons of interest, police said yesterday.

As protocol is different when senior government officials are involved in traffic matters, the Guyana Police Force will now mull from a list of options the way forward as it relates to Finance Minister Dr.

ST.JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC- Former West Indies fast bowlers Andy Roberts and Curtly Ambrose and former Windies captain and batsman Richie Richardson were knighted during the first One-Day International (ODI) between West Indies and England in Antigua yesterday.

The Foreign Affairs Ministry and UNICEF Guyana yesterday signed the Government of Guyana – UNICEF Annual work plan for the year 2014, which targets the development of children’s rights.

The Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) under new president Nigel Hinds will from today stage its first tournament at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall from 6pm.

Patricia Younge, the young woman who was found buried in a shallow grave in the cemetery at Paradise, East Coast Demerara, was strangled, an autopsy found yesterday.

Stabroek Sports’ Emmerson Campbell and Orlando Charles Friday night received their awards for being the best in their respective fields at the National Sports Commission’s (NSC) National Sports Awards ceremony at the National Culture Centre.

A traffic stop on Monday evening for an expired registration and illegal tinted windows in upstate New York, found that the driver, Guyanese Gregory Alistair Ewan Barnes, 32, of George Urban Blvd in Cheektowaga, was wanted by Interpol, Cheektowaga police said Friday.

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) says it is willing to have conversations with a group of people who have held candle-light vigils outside its office for the last three nights to protest against its stance in the case over a babysitter who was given the maximum sentence for assaulting a one-year-old baby two weeks ago.

Mark Wiltshire, Organ-ising Secretary of the Georgetown Dominoes Association, will bring off an 18-team competition at Whyte Bar, Best Road, Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara Sunday.

The National Milling Company (NAMILCO) yesterday injected a whopping five million dollars worth of sponsorship into the 7th Annual NAMILCO/Fruta Conquerors Football Festival which is expected to kick off March 28.

The Guyana Police Force yesterday said that it is making progress in the implementation of recommendations for its improvement from the 2003-2004 Disciplined Forces Commission (DFC) Inquiry.

By Desilon Daniels Throughout Mashramani day, floats followed by revellers proceed through the streets, entertaining as they go.

For the second year, Suriname’s Guyana-based Insurance Company Assuria, will sponsor a three-category, top-four singles tournament to be held later this month.

A vehicle importer is being accused of defrauding a client of almost $1M paid towards the purchase a bus.

Suzette Fraser, facing a $50,000 fine and up to a year in prison for allegedly stealing electricity, was yesterday sent on her own recognisance after appearing before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts to answer the charge.

“Who taking over, Chinese Big business in Guyana, Chinese Cellphones and your TV, Chinese Everything now in the country, Chinese The clothing you wear, Chinese Women check out your false hair, Chinese Ayo look at me, I am an Afro-Chinese”   It was third time lucky for 2014 Junior Calypso Monarch Shontell Gittens, who had previously entered the competition in 2012 and 2013.

The Kitty businesswoman who police accused of conducting an unlicensed bar from the bottom flat of her home was yesterday cleared of the charge.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Barack Obama warned Russia yesterday that military intervention in Ukraine would lead to “costs,” as tension with old foe President Vladimir Putin rose in a Cold War-style crisis.

Some people are arguing that there is no longer a Mashramani, not even in the traditional sense of the word.

A city man is now a patient in the High Dependency Unit (HDU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital, after he was shot in the back after an attempted robbery.

Dear Editor, I am dismayed and disillusioned over three recent incidents involving the judiciary which have brought the administration of justice into disrepute. 

Dear Editor, I have had great difficulty reconciling two articles of our constitution since a situation has developed where they presently conflict with each other, and it is consequently leading to some very serious confusion in this country, violating the constitutional rights of the majority of our people in the process.

The strategic window for enhanced Guyana and Suriname exports to Brazil is the market entry period leading up to the Olympic Games and the World Cup in 2014 and 2016.

PRETORIA, (Reuters) – Michael Hoey sunk seven birdies in a row on his back nine, but finished his second round three shots behind leader Ross Fisher at the European Tour’s Tshwane Open yesterday.

BANGUI,  (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande told the Central African Republic yesterday that his troops would work to stop the country splitting in two and endeavour to disarm rival fighters engaged in months of inter-religious killing.

A last ball six by Sean Paul guaranteed Wales’ Primary a spot in the Demerara district final after they tied with West Coast zone champions Cornelia Ida in the final of the West Demerara Scotiabank/Guyana Cricket Board Kiddy Cricket Festival at Wales ground yesterday.

SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine,  (Reuters) – Armed men took control of two airports in the Crimea region yesterday in what the new Ukrainian leadership described as an invasion by Moscow’s forces, and ousted President Viktor Yanukovich surfaced in Russia after a week on the run.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Anti-government protests in Venezuela have left some 1,500 trucks that distribute about half the country’s vegetables sitting idle in the western city of La Grita, waiting for roads blocked by demonstrators to be re-opened.

  By Timothy Austin With the Winter Olympics over, our television viewing attention now turns to another race for gold, the 2014 Oscars.

  Dear Editor, Thank you for publishing the letter on February 27, 2014 concerning Minister Ashni Singh and the incidents following his accident on February 23 (‘Minister Singh should do the right thing and submit to the justice system’).

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – Shane Warne’s vast test experience has been well utilised by the Australian squad in the lead-up to the series-deciding third test against South Africa at Newlands in Cape Town today.

Guyana’s first structured home care institution, Essential Care, yesterday officially opened its doors to the public at its Barrack Street, Kingston office.

Disabled peoples organisations from regions four, six, and ten, were yesterday presented with several pieces of equipment to aid their sensitisation work in their communities.

Dear Editor, I am a visually impaired senior citizen. In 2013 I fenced my property with the kind assistance of some well-meaning citizens and friends.

Guyanese designer Michelle Cole has been named the Young Gifted and Black Entrepreneurial Awards Designer of the Year.

PANAMA CITY,  (Reuters) – The Panama Canal Authority said on Friday it expects to sign a financing deal next week to finish work on expanding the waterway and end a dispute over cost overruns that has held up the multibillion-dollar project.

(Reuters) – Bayern Munich are offering no apologies for their dominance of the Bundesliga in the last two seasons, chief executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said yesterday.

Top golfer Mike Mangal will be aiming for ta hat trick of wins when he competes today in the Engineering Services (ECI) golf tournament at the Lusignan Golf Course.

TOKYO, (Reuters) – Mt. Gox, once the world’s biggest bitcoin exchange, filed for bankruptcy protection in Japan on Friday, saying it may have lost nearly half a billion dollars worth of the virtual coins due to hacking into its faulty computer system.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has hit out at the Premier League schedule, saying his players have not had a chance to recover from their midweek Champions League match before playing Fulham today.

Dear Editor, Dave Martins could have adopted a more enlightening approach to the issue of ethnic separation.   

HAVANA, Feb 28 (Reuters) – Cuban President Raul Castro and top leaders of the Cuban government and Com-munist Party greeted a Cuban intelligence agent with a hero’s welcome upon his return to Havana on Friday, a day after his release from a U.S.

Beginning tomorrow and continuing every Sunday for the month of March, artist and designer Tracy Douglas will create a wombmyn’s (women’s) circle at Pan-dama Retreat, on the Soesdyke/Linden High-way.

Georgetown’s financial, solid waste, drainage, infrastructural and other woes are the product of concerted efforts by the PPP/C to discredit the Mayor and City Council (M&CC), main opposition APNU yesterday said.

SAN FRANCISCO, (Reuters) – Google Inc yesterday lost its bid to keep an anti-Islamic film on its YouTube video sharing website while it appealed a federal appeals court order that the company said would have “devastating effects” if allowed to stand.

Dear Editor, If freedom of expression were defined by striking, ostentatious images then our recent Mashramani celebrations would be the lodestar of liberty.

CAPE TOWN,  (Reuters) – South Africa captain Graeme Smith expects an even contest between bat and ball to set up a thrilling finale in the series-deciding third test against Australia at Newlands in Cape Town today.

The future of the jaguar was made a little more secure last week with the signing of a critical conservation agreement between the government of Belize, global wildcat conservation organization Panthera, and the Environmental Research Institute (ERI) of the University of Belize.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Colombia’s FARC rebels asked for the United States to join its peace talks with the Colombian government, saying yesterday it would speed up the process because Washington was making all the important decisions anyway.

The post-mortem examination conducted on the body of food vendor Claude McPherson, who died following a hit and run along Mandela Avenue on Wednesday night, revealed that he died as a result of multiple injuries.

After a four-night run at Parc Rayne, the Link Show producers have decided to move back to the National Cultural Centre citing the seating capacity of Parc Rayne.

The Finance Minister’s recent vehicular accident is not the sort of news you would easily dismiss on a hectic day at a newsroom, even if the write-up is just to report the basic facts.

The spouses and dependents of Caricom nationals who are holders of CSME Skilled National Certifi-cate here will be given similar rights under amendments of the Free Entry of Skilled Nationals Act, which were unanimously approved on Thursday by the National Assembly.

(The Sports Xchange) ———-Forward LeBron James returned to the lineup and led the Miami Heat to a 108-82 victory over the New York Knicks.

In mid-June 2013, a search engine that guarantees its users privacy noticed a sudden influx of 500,000 new queries.

Dear Editor, An opinion poll conducted by the North American Caribbean Teachers Association (NACTA) last week found widespread support for passage of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) (Amendment) Bill that has been stalled in parliament over the last several months. 

Guyana is among the few countries in the world where documented professional standards for teachers are yet to be implemented.