Daily Archive: Monday, March 31, 2014

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – British singer Elton John will marry long-time partner David Furnish now that Britain’s legalization of gay marriage has been put into effect, the singer said in an interview on Monday.

The police say that at about 1545h. on 2014-03-25, relatives of Ramraj Singh, 19 years, of Foulis, Enmore, reported to the police that at about 1915h.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar this afternoon disclosed that she had accepted the resignation of her Tourism Minister Chandresh Sharma.

(Jamaica Observer) Salman Rushdie, author of the novel, The Satanic Verses, for which Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini issued a death sentence or fatwa against him, is to visit Jamaica in May this year.

In their detailed annual review, accounting firm Ram and McRae says the 2014 budget is a “huge disappointment” and contends that at least one of its provisions makes it “dead on arrival”.

TEL AVIV, (Reuters) – An Israeli court convicted former prime minister Ehud Olmert today of accepting a six-figure sum in bribes linked to a real-estate deal, probably ending any prospects of a political comeback.

Giving Guyana its own law school has climbed higher on Cabinet’s list of priorities in light of the  recent decision against Guyanese and other non-UWI law students gaining automatic admission to the Hugh Wooding Law School, says Presidential Advisor on Governance Gail Teixeira.

By Jeff Trotman The town of Linden is in a state of shock as news of the murder of popular senior citizen Yvonne Adams filters through the town.

The file on Finance Minister, Dr Ashni Singh’s car accident has been sent by the police to the Director of Public Prosecu-tions (DPP) for advice in line with “longstanding tradition” but the Trinidad Top Cop who is now probing an allegation against a minister on the Twin-Island Republic says such matters require no consulting with the DPP.

A 26-year-old man is hospitalized at a city hospital after he was shot outside the Palm Court Night Club in the wee hours of Saturday morning.

Add another Hugh Ross Classic (HRC) Trophy to Kerwin ‘Chisel’ Clarke’s collection.

With debate on the 2014 budget speech set to begin today, Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh yesterday called for serious and civil exchanges.

MIRPUR, Bangladesh,  (Reuters) – Ahmed Shehzad became the first Pakistani batsman to hit a Twenty20 International century as the 2009 champions crushed Bangladesh by 50 runs in a Group Two match to keep alive their semi-final hopes in the World Twenty20  yesterday.

MIRPUR, Bangladesh, (Reuters) – Yuvraj Singh returned to form to help India heap more misery on Australia, steam-rollering them by 73 runs in a lop-sided Group Two match at the World Twenty20  yesterday.

Region 10 Chairman Sharma Solomon has indicated willingness on the part of the region’s administration to apply to the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) to operate the region’s television station.

(Reuters) – South Africa hero AB de Villiers feels his side might be peeking at the right time after qualifying for the semi-finals of the World Twenty20 in Bangladesh.

Annai is one of several Amerindian communities which are now able to measure the carbon contained in their forests and the north Rupununi village hopes to become the first community to join a scheme under the Guyana-Norway partnership and receive funds for protecting its forests.

Dear Editor, The law cannot be a secret, or it will be unfair, and will become a weapon of tyranny available to the minority, who can access the law, to be used against the majority, who cannot.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic tamed world number one Rafa Nadal 6-3 6-3 to claim his fourth Sony Open title yesterday, denying the Spaniard a maiden win on the Miami hardcourts.

Noting that the party has not been officially acknowledged as a participant in the Rodney probe “by the powers that be”, the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) yesterday said that it members should make their own decision on whether to take part in the Commission of Inquiry (CoI).

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Former England stroke-maker Kevin Pietersen is set to showcase his talent in this year’s Caribbean Premier League, after signing up for next month’s draft.

Dear Editor, In February 2010, the Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon had pegged the cost of the ICT project under the Office of the President at $8,800 million and it was expected to be completed at the end of 2012. 

President of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) Carvil Duncan says the federation supports the 2014 national budget as, like those in the past, it continues to focus on the working class, poor and elderly.

The Guyana Power and Light Inc’s (GPL) smart meter pilot programme will be evaluated over the next 30-60 days following which a decision will be made as to whether there will be a wider roll-out of the project.

Dear Editor, Observing what is going around us and the way we are living and how we are forced to live it is either laughable or makes you sad; that is why some of us write or talk about it with the hope that it enlightens others and makes a change.

(The Sports Xchange) – The Philadelphia 76ers ended their NBA-record tying 26-game losing streak with a 123-98 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Saturday.

A business place in Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara was reduced to rubble yesterday following an early morning fire of unknown origin.

Defending champions Charlestown Secondary edged Tucville Secondary 3-2 when the male edition of the Pepsi/Scotia Bank u-15 football tournament continued at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue on Saturday.

Dear Editor, Today, still in a state of daze with regard to the passing of a colleague, comrade and I dare say relative, I stand to pay tribute to Debbs, as I familiarly called her.

Dear Editor, In his latest letter on the subject Eric Phillips again fails to prove that I have written anything against the movement for reparations.

The Monday night fire that destroyed multi-million dollar machinery at Guytrac on Mandela Avenue started in the company’s compound and there is no evidence that it originated from a furnace at a neighbouring business, Fire Chief Marlon Gentle says.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Jason Mohammed struck his maiden first class double hundred to power Trinidad and Tobago on the second day of their Regional Four-Day match against Combined Campuses and Colleges on Saturday.

BEIJING, Reuters) – Chinese authorities have seized assets worth at least 90 billion yuan ($14.5 billion) from family members and associates of retired domestic security tsar Zhou Yongkang, who is at the centre of China’s biggest corruption scandal in more than six decades, two sources said.

Dear Editor, Indians refuse to be brow-beaten into accepting a repeat of the past and until this is clearly recognized the first step in changing ethnic electoral support cannot be taken.

Dear Editor, In 2010 a vehicle breached the traffic lights and hit my vehicle.

World Boxing Council (WBC) CABOFE flyweight champion, Dexter ‘De Kid’ Marques believes his improved mental strength and focus will give him the edge over Jamaican, Rudolph ‘Cutting Edge’ Hedge on Saturday.

ANKARA/ISTANBUL,  (Reuters) – Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan declared victory in local polls that had become a referendum on his rule and said he would “enter the lair” of enemies who have accused him of corruption and leaked state secrets.

Gabrielle Jamela Hosein is a feminist, activist, poet and Lecturer at the University of the West Indies, St.

President of the Guyana Agro-Processing Associa-tion (GAPA), Ramanand Prashad, says the high cost for electricity supplied by the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) has led to local agro-processed products being costly.

The Guyana Rice Produc-ers Association (RPA) says that while the budget had some constraints since Guyana is still a developing state with limited resources, the country is on track and cannot be derailed any longer.

From left are: Rockcliff Christie, Pearl Christie, President Donald Ramotar and Naomi Christie in the transmission studio of Little Rock Radio 88.5FM on Saturday.

Dear Editor, Hindus are currently observing one of our very and perhaps most sacred and auspicious festivals—Nava-raatri.

I was privileged to have been invited to participate in the University College of Cayman Islands Caribbean Anti-Corruption Conference held on 19-21 March 2014.

Sylvan Williams, Chairman, Rockstone Community Develop-ment Council (CDC): `I’m living in Rockstone for twenty four years now and I was elected Chairman on 7 April, 2012.

Very early into his 2014 budget presentation, Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh expressed great pride that the country had experienced eight consecutive years of GDP growth with last year’s being  5.2%.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Senior U.S. lawmakers yesterday said investigators had found no evidence thus far pointing to terrorism in the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 three weeks ago, and that it was critical to find the plane to understand what happened on board.

By Cosmo Hamilton Let’s hear the chant folks…. Sammy! Sammy! Sammy!

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar must fire Tourism Minister Chandresh Sharma if he does not resign, Congress of the People (COP) political leader Prakash Ramadhar said yesterday in a statement.