Daily Archive: Sunday, April 13, 2014

(Trinidad Express) While Eastern Division police were on a crime scene in which a father killed his two children before killing himself in Matura yesterday morning, they received reports that a young couple had been gunned down in broad daylight at their fruit stall in Valencia.

(Trinidad Express)  “What kind of a person could do this? Only a demon!

GEORGETOWN, Guyana,  CMC – Devendra Bishoo’s brilliance once again proved to be Trinidad and Tobago’s undoing, as he once again undermined the visitors and left Guyana with a chance of winning their Regional Four-Day match here Sunday.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – At least 36 people were killed and four injured today when a bus crashed into the back of a truck in eastern Mexico and caught fire, the government of the state of Veracruz said.

VALPARAISO, Chile, (Reuters) – At least 11 people were killed and 500 houses destroyed over the weekend by a fire that devastated parts of the Chilean port city of Valparaiso, as authorities evacuated thousands and sent in aircraft to battle the blaze.

OVERLAND PARK, Kansas,  (Reuters) – Three people were killed in shootings at Jewish centres in Kansas today, and a suspect was in custody, police and local media said.

The police have denied a report in today’s Sunday Stabroek that they had received a tip that kidnapped man Rajendra Singh was in an abandoned Goedverwagting and acted too slowly in searching for him.

Thirty children on Saturday marched around a section of the city displaying Easter-themed hats when the National Library held its second annual Easter Hat Parade.

Thirty children on Saturday marched around a section of the city displaying Easter-themed hats when the National Library held its second annual Easter Hat Parade.

Thirty children on Saturday marched around a section of the city displaying Easter-themed hats when the National Library held its second annual Easter Hat Parade.

Thirty children on Saturday marched around a section of the city displaying Easter-themed hats when the National Library held its second annual Easter Hat Parade.

Thirty children on Saturday marched around a section of the city displaying Easter-themed hats when the National Library held its second annual Easter Hat Parade.

Thirty children on Saturday marched around a section of the city displaying Easter-themed hats when the National Library held its second annual Easter Hat Parade.

Local Government Minister Norman Whittaker has signalled his intention to appeal the recent ruling by Chief Justice (ag) Ian Chang quashing Carol Sooba’s appointment as Town Clerk.

KIEV, (Reuters) – Ukraine’s authorities plan to launch a “full-scale anti-terrorist operation” involving the army against pro-Russian separatist militants, the acting president said today.

LAS VEGAS,  (Reuters) – Manny Pacquiao scored a unanimous decision win over Timothy Bradley to regain the WBO welterweight title yesterday and avenge a highly controversial loss to the American in June 2012.

(Jamaica Observer) Convicted entertainer Vybz Kartel told the police the whereabouts of several wanted men in Portmore, St Catherine and provided the authorities with information that led to the recovery of 17 illegal firearms, a highly-placed police source has disclosed.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Government has agreed to compensate a St Andrew woman with just under J$9 million for a misdiagnosis that she was HIV-positive.

(Trinidad Express) Investigations conducted by the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) and the Police Complaints Authority (PCA) have both confirmed that the New Flying Squad Investigations Unit (NFSIU) was operational.

Police had been informed that murdered car dealer Rajendra Singh was being held captive in an abandoned house at Goedverwagting, East Coast Demerara but ranks only visited the location hours later when he had already been removed by his kidnappers, well-placed sources say.

Story and photos by Dacia Whaul Drawn by the hope of a better life, approximately fifty-four farmers and their immediate families migrated from across the three counties of Guyana, to the Belle Vue Pilot Scheme, a co-operative venture, which is now known as Belle Vue Village.

Mala Persaud who was left disfigured after being doused with acid in June last year says that she has lost the will to pursue the matter as the police are continuing to show no interest.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is successfully producing energy at the Skeldon Cogeneration Plant and supplying to the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) grid, according the Agriculture Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy.

Guyana is far away from paper production, but that has not stopped the Agriculture Ministry from looking ahead at managing the future intellectual property rights of established germplasm through a US$100 million investment with China Paper.

Police yesterday identified the man killed at Puppy Show Landing, Mazaruni on Friday after the truck he was travelling in toppled down a hill, as Robby Kopper, 27, of Canal No 2 Polder, West Bank Demerara.

Mayor Hamilton Green said there will be no sale of spots for Easter Monday activities along the seawall and the public is free to utilise any section of the area in keeping with tradition.

The consideration of the $11.8 billion allocation for the Ministry of Home Affairs was completed in “record” time last Thursday night and the combined opposition opted to remain silent throughout the exercise.

Devendra Bishoo’s nine-wicket haul reinforced by half-centuries from Leon Johnson and Chris Barnwell kept Guyana’s chances of first innings points  alive as they trail the Trinidadians by 47-runs heading into day three today in the final round of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Regional 4-day tournament played at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

A former professor of late Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez has just published a report on Venezuela’s political crisis, and his conclusions are disquieting — he says the most likely scenario in that country is a military coup.

AFC Region 10 Regional Democratic Council (RDC) member Audwin Rutherford has voiced concern about the composition of the region’s team that is continuing negotiations with government for implementation of August 21, 2012 agreement brokered to end unrest in Linden.

I have written twice over the past year urging that the jury system should be abolished.

Some residents of Orealla village on the Corentyne River are calling for the removal of the current Toshao alleging that he has been mismanaging the village’s assets and not properly accounting for its finances.

The need for adequate government support, better relationships with the corporate community and embracing technology were hailed as avenues to improve disciplines when the GOA held a Public Consultation on “the Way Forward for Sport in Guyana.”

WHILE the high-flying T20 stars were in Dhaka, mounting their eventual anti-climatic defense of the world title joyously won in Colombo two years earlier, Darren Bravo and Keiran Powell were back in the Caribbean, watched by a couple of nut-sellers and a smattering of diehards in the understated first-class tournament, seeking to restore long held expectations that they are two future pillars of West Indies batting.

The fatal flaw in the Duckworth/Lewis formula for deciding unfinished cricket matches is that it makes no allowance for genius, flair and sheer, joyous inspiration.

The Bishops’ High School, led by two goals each from Joel Morrison and Imran Khan crushed Tucville Secondary 4-2 in an U15 match when the Guyana Sports Development Foundation (GSDF) Pepsi/Scotia Bank tourney continued yesterday.

Teachers of schools across the Deep South Rupununi have written to the Ministry of Local Govern-ment saying that they cannot comply with a directive that they open bank accounts in order to receive their salary citing the distance, time and cost it would take to travel the 200 km to the bank in Lethem.

Pollution, believed to be the result of mining activities in tributaries of the Kako River, last month discoloured the water, leaving villagers worried that their only source of water could be contaminated.

Culture of losses GuySuCo is a state-owned corporation. Readers already have in their possession firm details of how deeply mired it is in what I have termed “a sea of losses and indebtedness” (annual losses of about $6 billion and outstanding debt of $90 billion in 2013).

Continued from last week I had promised last week to continue the discussion on the different types of commercial dog food on the market.

For each of us there is the memory of a particular performance of a song at a particular time that stirred us deeply in some way, creating such an impact, for different reasons, that the memory stays and stays.

Riddim Squad overcame Sunburst Camptown by a 3-1 score line in their quarterfinal showdown when the Namilco sponsored Fruta Conquerors One Love football festival continued at the Tucville Community Centre ground on Friday.

Grief and anguish The budget debate might be over but not the grief and anguish of the Guyanese people. 

Catching the breeze:  This man was seen getting some fresh air on top of a flamboyant tree in Avenue of the Republic yesterday.

Team Guyana led by a Jamarj Assanah hat trick defeated Uruguay by a 5-1 score line in their fourth group matchup, when the Pan American Indoor Hockey Cup continued on Wednesday in Montevideo, Uruguay.

The Police Narcotics Branch at the Cheddi International Airport found 644 grams of cocaine on a plane bound for New York on Friday afternoon.

By Delvon Mc Ewan An impressive spell of fast bowling by Sherfane Rutherford inspired Georgetown to victory over East Coast in the final round of Demerara Cricket Board (DCB)/ Diamond Fire and General Insurance Incorporated U-19 Inter-Zone competition played yesterday at the Everest Cricket Club Ground, Carifesta Avenue.

A number of very important works of literature in the Caribbean that might have been out of print became available in Klaus Reprint, and were republished in Germany in 1970. 

The quarterfinal round of the Namilco-sponsored Fruta Conquerors One Love Knockout Festival will continue today at the Tucville Community Centre ground with a mouthwatering doubleheader.

KIEV/SLAVIANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Armed separatists took control of a city in eastern Ukraine yesterday and Kiev prepared troops to tackle what it called an “act of aggression by Russia”, pushing the conflict between the neighbours into a dangerous new phase.

PERTH (Reuters) – The search for a missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner resumed yesterday, five weeks after the plane disappeared from radar screens, amid fears that batteries powering signals from the black box recorder on board may have died.

Tournament hosts Fruta Conquerors defeated Pele FC by a 2-0 score in their quarterfinal showdown when the Namilco sponsored One Love football festival continued at the Tucville Community Centre ground on Friday.

Dear Editor, I read every day of minibus operators who behave in a vulgar manner on the roads or in the parks of Guyana.

The Georgetown Prison tested its response capacity yesterday, in the event of a prison break, fire or some other crisis.

In what is their most ambitious programme yet, the Guyana Baseball League in association with E-Networks Incorporated will be staging nationwide baseball camps throughout the Easter school holidays.

India’s eighth woman grandmaster and International Master of chess, Tania Sachdev, 27, has produced a chess video primarily to popularize the noted board game among young girls in India.

HAVANA (Reuters) – France’s foreign minister arrived in Cuba yesterday for a brief but historic visit, the first by such a high-ranking French official in 31 years and a sign of the quickening pace of improving ties between the European Union and Havana.

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran yesterday rejected a US decision to deny a visa for its newly appointed ambassador to the United Nations, pledging to take up the case directly with the world body in a dispute that has reopened old wounds dating to the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

The lone private radio station in Region Ten, 104.3 Power FM, has been threatened with being taken off the air because it has not paid broadcasting licence fees.

Pedestrians negotiate their way through the loose wires on North Road last week (Photo by Arian Browne)

President Donald Ramotar said the passing of Professor Norman Girvan is an immense loss for the Caribbean as the region has benefited from his sharp analyses spanning myriad issues.

Dear Editor, Please permit me to respond to a letter published in the Stabroek News on Friday April 11, 2014, entitled, ‘The Ministry of Education should put more emphasis on girls’ education,’ in which the writers questioned the ministry’s ability to competently address – through policies and programmes – the empowerment  of females within the education system.

How others see us is sometimes hard to accept. Despite this, what they say when we are not present, can play a significant role in creating reputation and identity.

Dear Editor, Several articles have been written recently about our increasingly endangered wildlife and the need for enforcement.

Asks Emmerson Campbell Boxing superstars are not born into the role; they earn that title by paying their dues usually in the amateur ranks then onwards and upwards to the pay-per view arenas that holds the sport’s true riches.

One of the victims in the recently dismissed hu-man trafficking cases against shop owner Ann Marie Carter has called upon the authorities to re-open the case and give her a chance to testify against the woman whom she alleges brutalized her.

Cartoons

Vulgarity is part of life; in this country, some might say, too much part of it.

(Jamaica Observer) Caribbean Airlines (CAL) pilots in Jamaica on Friday joined their colleagues in Trinidad in registering disgust at the company’s failure to pay them their full salaries over the past four years.

VIENNA (Reuters) – The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra will return to a French family a valuable painting that was looted by the Nazis and given to the orchestra as a gift in 1940 by a Viennese secret police official.

by Leon Moore The Black-bellied Cuckoo (Piaya melanogaster) lives in the rainforests of the Amazon as well as Guyana.

Garbage hut? An old storage unit for the Kitty Pump Station has been transformed into a garbage dump (Photo by Arian Browne)

Over the past few weeks I have spoken about several species of Bromeliads as decorative potted plants and pineapples which are planted for their commercial value and because they are rich in Vitamin C.

Correction In last week’s editorial it was incorrectly stated that the oil exploration vessel which was forced from our waters by the Venezuelans was called the Anadarko.