Daily Archive: Thursday, March 13, 2014

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica – Popular Jamaican Dancehall DJ Vybz Kartel and three co-accused were found guilty of murder in the Home Circuit court today, Thursday, March 13.

The Ministry of Public Works is advising the travelling public that the traffic light located at the Grove/Diamond junction will be turned off from 9 am on Friday March 13, 2014 – for two days.

(Barbados Nation) More marijuana plants have been found by police while conducting a search for a missing person.

In observance of International Women’s Day which is observed every year on March 8, the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) hosted a dinner and show for students and lecturers on March 11.

With expansion of the USAID Skills and Knowledge for Youth Employment (SKYE) programme to youth in Region 5 in January, the scheme now provides services to youth in six of the 10 administrative regions – 3, 4, 5, 6, 9 and 10.

President Donald Ramotar today accused the opposition of shifting the goalpost on the stalled anti-money laundering bill as he led the first stakeholders’ consultation on the contentious legislation in the city.

The AFC today accused the government of strangling the sugar industry and it denied calling for its closure.

(Trinidad Express) Within the space of 18 hours, the deaths of a 53-year-old singer, a 33-year-old jeweller, and a 31-year-old recovering mental patient, pushed the murder toll in this country to 95.

KUALA LUMPUR/HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam,  (Reuters) – Malaysian authorities said today there was no evidence that a jetliner missing for almost six days flew for hours after losing contact with air traffic controllers and continued to transmit technical data.

The union GAWU yesterday called again on the government to give the troubled sugar industry all of the estimated $31.5b which the European Union (EU) has disbursed to Guyana since 2007 to offset the impact of sweeping reforms to the EU sugar regime.

Two men were remanded to prison when they appeared at the Reliance Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with murdering a woman at Fyrish, Corentyne.

Two ex-policemen were yesterday brought before a city court to answer charges of illegal possession of a pistol and ammunition charge and threatening language charges.

A Guyanese crewman died onboard a vessel en route to St Lucia, another is hospitalized and eight others have been quarantined as medical personnel from both countries try to determine  the source of the illness.

Chief Parliamentary Coun-sel Cecil Dhurjon has delivered awaited draft amendments for the anti-money laundering bill to the special select committee working on the legislation even as government hopes to broker a consensus for needed opposition support.

The case against Alana Taylor, the single mother of three implicated in a robbery on Lime Street last week, is going full steam ahead following the advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

A Buxton cane cutter was yesterday found dead aback the Buxton cane fields and it is believed that he ingested poison after chopping his wife.

The Guyana Elections Commis-sion (Gecom) has unanimously chosen Keith Lowenfield to be the new Chief Election Officer.

Vehicles using the state-run ferry services increased by 44 percent in 2013 compared to the previous year and passenger movement saw a 17 percent rise when compared to 2012, according to a statement yesterday from the Ministry of Public Works.

A new Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) survey has found that fewer city businesses recorded profits last year, amidst concerns about increased costs, corruption and a lack of political compromise nationally.

Civil society and human rights activist, Zenita Nicholson was last evening awarded the  Woman of Courage Award by the United States Embassy here in recognition of her courageous works.

Ashmins Trading officially launched a supermarket at its High Street, Werk-en-Rust department store last Saturday.

Natton Anthony Stoute is wanted by the police for questioning in relation to the murder of shopkeeper Bibi Shaniza Bhola which occurred on 2014-02-26 at Rock Creek, Cuyuni, Mazaruni.

A 12-member jury has been empanelled for the re-trial of accused wife killer Ganesh Narine in the High Court.

—-Boxers, athletes getting ready for competition Guyana’s contingent of boxers and track and field athletes which arrived in Santiago, Chile on March 5 for the South American Championships have acclimatized and will spring into action today.

Caricom Heads of Government have mandated the establishment of a Commission on Human Resource Development to shape a ‘Regional Education and Human Resource Development 2030 Strategy.’

Joel Ferreira, who was on trial for murdering a man who tried to aid the police in arresting him, was on Tuesday sentenced to 10 years in prison by Justice Navindra Singh after pleading guilty to manslaughter.

A miner was yesterday charged with forging and uttering a gold declaration in order to obtain a duty-free concession for a vehicle.

-All 11 batsmen fail to score; team crash to 13 all out By Delvon Mc Ewan   Yesterday was definitely a poor day for the youngsters from West Demerara as Georgetown and East Coast teams emerged victors in the opening round of the Demerara Cricket Board limited overs Under 15 inter-zone competition.

Residents of Black Bush Polder (BBP) are to benefit from expanded services by the Mibicuri Community Developers (MCD) which was presented with $20M from Japan’s Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP).

The Shadehouse Vegetable Production Project, which aims to use hydroponic and natural/organic vegetable cultivation for income generation by the poor in rural and coastal communities, was officially launched yesterday.

The inaugural Hadi’s Worldwide Incorporated Medal Play Golf tournament will commence this Saturday at the Lusignan Gold Club on the East Coast of Demerara.

The Mayor’s All-Star Youth team will depart local shores Monday for their Suriname football tour.

The two-day Caricom inter-sessional meeting in St Vincent and the Grenadines saw  Heads of Government agreeing to a “high level” consultation with leaders of commerce and industry in the region in July.

Dear Editor, With respect, I think your headline: ‘Lower criteria proposed for entry to teachers’ training college -during consultation on new standards’ somewhat misses the mark.

After sending a successful team of amateur pugilists to the Horace Phillips Memorial Boxing Tournament in Barbados, the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) is now planning to send a team to St.

The Belize–Guatemala and Guyana-Venezuela border issues were among agenda items discussed at the recent Caricom summit, according to a communique yesterday from the St Vincent meeting.

Dear Editor, I had almost forgotten Mr Malcolm Alli’s letter (‘Issue with the Marriott Hotel would be the type of foundation,’ SN, Feb 27).

More than 100 pieces of new legislation were drafted and passed and the Laws of Guyana were revised after a 34-year hiatus under the US$35M Justice Modernisation Project which formally came to an end at a re-commissioning ceremony held at the Wales Magistrate’s Court on Friday.

Port of Spain, Trinidad – This is part three of a series about the life and times of one of cricket’s most famous commentators and writers, Tony Cozier….

(Reuters) – Hobbled five-time NBA champion Kobe Bryant has been shut down for the season, the Los Angeles Lakers said yesterday in a crowning blow to an abysmal year for the storied franchise.

Dear Editor, Kindly refer to my correspondence in SN dated March 6 (‘Can’t get $5,000 from GPL that was awarded by PUC’).

The Puran Brothers Disposal Inc Essequibo Branch along with some other groups conducted a clean-up campaign on Sunday in Charity, Essequibo Coast.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – With his slight 6-foot-3, 190-pound frame, Goran Dragi and his boyish facial hair are unassuming.

Dear Editor, For a Russian diplomatic representative in Guyana  to say to Guyanese that it is “up to the court to determine whether there were any violations of Guyana’s law”  is rude and smacks of presumptuousness. 

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC- Olympic and World Indoor champion Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce leads a talented field of athletes already booked for the IAAF Jamaica International Invitational in May.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – An Indian diplomat charged in New York with visa fraud and making false statements about a domestic worker she employed has won dismissal of a federal indictment, ending a chapter in an dispute that frayed U.S.-Indian

Presidential Advisor on Governance Gail Teixeira announced that Cabinet has offered no objections to 10 contracts in the education and housing and water sectors, at a post-Cabinet media briefing on Friday.

MONTEVIDEO,  (Reuters) – Uruguay is considering growing marijuana on plot of land controlled by the military to avoid illegal trafficking of the crop, which it legalized in December, the defense minister said yesterday.

Guyanese women assembled for the seventh annual Vital Voices Global Mentoring Walk on Saturday, part of a global movement to inspire a rising generation through mentorship.

Cumberland and St. Aloysius Primary schools yesterday won their latest matches of the Guyana Cricket Board/ Scotiabank Kiddy Cricket Festival played at All Saints ground, New Amsterdam.

Introduction Stabroek News has invited the People’s Progressive Party/Civic, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance for Change   to submit a weekly column on local government and related matters. 

Dear Editor,        With reference to an interview on Wednesday, March 5, 2014 on Prime News with Ms Eulene Josiah Tanner on her views about my withdrawal from the South American Championship in Chile, my coach and I were not aware of my selection until February 8, 2014 so due to inadequate preparation we made the decision not to take part.

(The Sports Xchange) -Kevin Durant scored 42 points to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 106-98 victory over the Houston Rockets.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC- Barbados is preparing to host a major table tennis tournament involving teenagers from at least four continents later this year.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – With the World Cup in June and July and a presidential election in October, many Brazilians aren’t thinking beyond 2014.

 Dear Editor, I read, listened and watched numerous reports in the print and electronic media in relation to an armed robbery that took place at my home on February 20.

(Reuters) – Veteran Brad Hodge smashed two sixes in the final over to propel Australia to a five-wicket victory over South Africa in a second Twenty20 international reduced to seven overs a side in Durban yesterday.

West Berbice scored an outright victory over New Amsterdam/Canje despite losing first innings, in the first round of the Berbice Cricket Board/ National Communication Network Under-15 Inter Zone competition at Cumberland ground yesterday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC- Captain Darren Sammy says defending World T20 champions West Indies have found favourable momentum with less than a week to go before the start of the tournament in Bangladesh.

BRUSSELS/SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine,  (Reuters) – The European Union agreed on a framework yesterday for its first sanctions on Russia since the Cold War, a stronger response to the Ukraine crisis than many expected and a mark of solidarity with Washington in the drive to make Moscow pay for seizing Crimea.

Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says that the Region must continue to stand in solidarity on free movement, trade and security which are vital to its sustainability.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Protesters battled soldiers in the streets of Caracas again yesterday as three more fatal shootings raised to 25 the death toll from a month of demonstrations against Venezuela’s socialist government.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC- Lycamobile, Europe’s largest Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO), has given up its ownership of Trinidad and Tobago Red Steele franchise, four months before the start of the second edition of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL).

(Reuters) – England limited-overs coach Ashley Giles is searching for the right “formula” ahead of the Twenty20 World Cup in Bangladesh after his side suffered a series defeat against the West Indies.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Police Force is responding to an article published  in the Kaieteur News on Tuesday, March 11, under the caption ‘Transferred police crime lab boss holds on to critical forensic exhibits’ and wishes to say from the outset that the thrust of the article is misleading and is apparently intended to create mischief with the administration of the Police Force.

Assistant Director for the Youth Entrepreneurial Skills Training (YEST) Programme in the Ministry of Culture and Youth and Sport, Davanand Ramdatt recently participated in a US-embassy sponsored exchange on `Children in the U.S.

KUALA LUMPUR/PHU QUOC, Vietnam, (Reuters) – Search planes were flying today to an area where a Chinese satellite has seen objects that could be debris from the Malaysian airliner missing for almost six days, but those waters had been checked before and nothing found, officials said.

BASSETERRE, St.Kitts, CMC- Warner Park in St.Kitts has been chosen as the venue to host the final in the 2014 Caribbean Premier league (CPL), officials have announced.

TRIPOLI,  (Reuters) – Former Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan sought refuge in Europe yesterday after parliament voted him out for failing to stop rebels independently exporting oil in a challenge to Libya’s fragile unity.

PRETORIA, (Reuters) – Double amputee Oscar Pistorius was standing on his stumps when he smashed down a locked toilet door to reach his shot girlfriend, a South African police forensic expert said yesterday, countering the Paralympic star’s assertion he was wearing his prosthetic legs at the time.

A farmer was on Tuesday remanded to prison when he appeared before Magistrate Sunil Scarce at the Anna Regina Magistrates Court charged with attempted murder.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Teachers’ Union biennial election of 2014 has now reached a pivotal position.

Following a two-day summit in St Vincent and the Grenadines, Caricom Heads yesterday issued a statement calling on all “relevant parties” to enact long-stalled anti-money laundering legislation here and warning of the consequences of failure to do this.

The realisation that at age 14, Andy (other name unknown) was so drunk or so high or both that he never heard the engine of the truck under which he slept start up has caused consternation.

Dear Editor, It is almost four years since the brutal killing of young Sheema Mangar and no one has been charged in connection with this crime.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,CMC- Jamaican seamer krishmar Santokie says he hopes to become a permanent member of the West Indies cricket team after an impressive bowling performance that inspired the regional side to a five wicket win over England in the second T20 International on Tuesday.

Rice farmers walk their fields today with worried wrinkles on their faces, as they face poor paddy prices, uncertain international markets and hefty bank loans.