Daily Archive: Sunday, April 20, 2014

Catholics at the Church of the Ascension in New Amsterdam participating in the Easter Vigil Midnight Mass observances in New Amsterdam on Saturday evening.

Catholics at the Church of the Ascension in New Amsterdam participating in the Easter Vigil Midnight Mass observances in New Amsterdam on Saturday evening.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – A man who has sued filmmaker Bryan Singer, the director of the upcoming blockbuster action film “X-Men: Days of Future Past,” for allegedly raping him as a teenager said on Thursday that his claims of sexual abuse went unheeded by authorities.

This GINA photo shows a section of those gathered

The Sri Krishna Mandir at Gay Park, Greater New Amsterdam, Berbice (GINA photo)

This GINA photo shows President Donald Ramotar and First Lady Deolatchmee Ramotar (centre) arriving for the event.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Pop star Rihanna has agreed to settle a lawsuit with her former accountants accusing them of mismanaging her finances and costing her millions of dollars, lawyers for the parties told a federal judge on Thursday.

President Donald Ramotar with two patrons of the Rupununi Rodeo, replete with their head-dresses.

President Donald Ramotar (left) presents a symbolic cheque for $500,000 to   John Macedo,   Chairman of  the Rupununi Rodeo Committee as Minister of Tourism Irfaan Ali, Minister of Amerindian Affairs Pauline Sukhai, Minister of Sports Dr Frank Anthony and other members of the committee look on. 

A cowboy being ditched by a bronco at the annual Rupununi rodeo yesterday.

The police say that at about 0540h today, the body of Terrence Robin James, 23 years, of Kwatamang Village, North Rupununi, was found on the Tabatinga Public Road, Lethem, with suspected stab wounds to the chest.

(Reuters) – Hollywood has embraced God in a big – and lucrative – way.

Investigations are still ongoing into the alleged breaches of procedure involving inspection and surveying for the Santa Fe mega farm in the Rupununi, the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment has said.

(Jamaica Observer) Jamaicans yesterday reacted with anger to last Thursday’s announcement in Parliament by Finance and Planning Minister, Dr Peter Phillips that new taxes will be slapped on Automated Teller Machine (ATM) withdrawals, as well as on all electronic banking transactions.

Access to phone records were key in the recent arrest of suspects in the murder of kidnapped Enmore businessman Rajendra Singh and sources say the success rate of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) can be much higher if the two local telephone providers are more cooperative.

Story and photos by Desilon Daniels and Samaria Deonauth   Sandwiched between Washington and Seafield/Number 42 Village, the small village of Rising Sun on the West Coast of Berbice is a community of close familial ties.

Four days before the Commis-sion of Inquiry (COI) into the death of political activist Dr Walter Rodney is due to begin, the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) has announced that it will not be a participant in the proceedings.

– GuySuCo official GuySuCo Company Secretary Frederick Singh says breaches of the restrictions over the use of land at Leonora, which was sold to South American Woods Incorporated, will have to be investigated.

Guyana won two gold medals on day one of the 43rd Carifta Games yesterday at the Pierre Aliker Municipal Stadium in Fort-de-France, Martinique.

– to make way for Troy Resources mine The Region Seven gold mine to be built by the Australian firm Troy Resources Guyana Inc would see the 14 Mile Issano community, a mining settlement which according to one estimate comprises some 100 persons, having to relocate.

A worker yesterday afternoon fell from the five-storey building which is under construction at the corner of Robb and Camp Streets and is now a patient in the Intensive Care Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital.

Attorney General Anil Nandlall has rejected suggestions that the jury system should be abolished and while he stands firm that reform as he had proposed recently in Parliament is the better option, legal sources say this would only work if the isolation of jurors and shorter trial times are taken into consideration.

As large amounts of garbage continue to be dumped into the Port Kaituma River, residents are fearful that a new outbreak of water borne infections and diseases is looming unless the situation is addressed quickly.

  IT is the season of special anniversaries for two of cricket’s true giants, kindred spirits, both West Indian, both left-handers.

The power supply in Lethem has been stable for the past two weeks and Chairman of the Lethem Power Company (LMPCI) John Macedo says the best is yet to come.

The Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) has named 25 players to prepare for the Guyana Amateur Basket-ball Federation (GABF) Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) Championship squad evaluation trials.

This week’s column concludes consideration of the sugar industry’s land productivity measure; that is tonnes cane (TC) per hectare (HA) of harvested land.

The Nabaclis East Coast Demerara home of a mother of four was last evening destroyed by fire and she is now pleading with the public for assistance especially with school items to enable her children to return to school.

The Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) will kick start its local season with the annual Novices Championship on May 2-3.

I listened intently to a television discussion last Sunday on Channel 28 sponsored through the auspices of the USAID LEAD Programme.

A few weeks, it seems, since the last one, a new birthday has come along – the 81st no less, hardly believable when one thinks how not so long ago one could joyfully spring up stairs three at a time if the occasion demanded it or party until dawn (very possibly celebrating another West Indies victory as No.

The family of seven left homeless after fire flattened a one bedroom shack in Good Hope on the East Coast Demerara on Tuesday has been given a place to stay by a resident in the village.

North East La Penitence defeated East Ruimveldt 2-0 in their quarterfinal matchup when the first annual Grassroots Foundation inter-ward knockout football tourney continued at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground, Bourda on Thursday.

The Ministry of Natural Resources (MNRE) in collaboration with the Protected Areas/National Parks Commission advises that nominal fees will be charged for vendors and patrons wishing to take their vehicles into the Botanical Gardens and the northern side of the Joe Vieira Park today.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Jamaica defied a half-century from Shane Dowrich to grab an early advantage over Barbados in their Headley/Weekes Trophy semi-final here yesterday.

A dislike for injustice is what led to Danuta Radzik becoming a women’s activist, and after more than 30 years in the field she cannot turn a blind eye to people abusing power especially in relation to persons who are vulnerable.

JINDO/MOKPO, South Korea (Reuters) – Some relatives of the more than 200 children missing in a sunken South Korean ferry offered DNA swabs yesterday to help identify the dead as the rescue turned into a mission to recover the vessel and the bodies of those on board.

WASHINGTON AND NEW YORK (Reuters) – In September 2001, as the US reeled from the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Vladimir Putin supported Washington’s imminent invasion of Afghanistan in ways that would have been inconceivable during the Cold War.

Clive McWatt puts the case for preserving East Lothian House in East Berbice as a heritage plantation farm museum East Lothian House continues to intrigue me and there has been a recent surge of correspondence on FaceBook of other persons who are curious about its history and current demise.

After Chief Justice Ian Chang discharged an injunction filed against the Guyana Cup Fever on Thursday, the meet got the green light and will go ahead today.

Wortmanville/Bent Street edged Charlestown by a 2-1 score line in their quarterfinal match when the first annual Grassroots Foundation inter-ward knockout football tourney continued on Thursday at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground, Bourda.

A section of the gathering yesterday at the annual Rupununi rodeo.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) has expressed gratitude for the support it has received since the Impact Albouystown Project (IAP)—through which it is working towards making the community safe—was launched.

Transport Sports Club (TSC) defeated Bel Air Rubis by 46 runs despite an excellent bowling performance by Alex Chunilall, when action continued in the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)/Brain-street Group Under-15 Cricket Competition on Thursday.

North/South Ruimveldt battles Sophia from 19:00hrs when the final match in the quarterfinal round of the first annual Grassroots Foundation inter-ward knockout tourney concludes today at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground, Bourda.

Forty-seven years ago this month Martin Luther King Jr. uttered the words: “We are now faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Dwayne Smith’s boundary-studded half century was in vain as Chennai Super Kings went down by six wickets to Kings XI Punjab on Good Friday here.

A patient half century by Darian Dickson guided Demerara Cricket Club ‘A’ to a seven-wicket victory over hosts Gandhi Youth Organisation (GYO) when the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)/Brainstreet U-15 limited overs tournament continued yesterday.

A letter in Kaieteur News this week, by Mr M Maxwell, made the trenchant point that our forefathers came to Guyana already imbued with the racial prejudices of their ancestral homelands; that those ethnic divides, while recognized and exploited by the British for their own advantage, were a pre-existing condition; it was certainly used but just as certainly not created by the colonialists.

With baseball in the United States blasting off its 2014 season the Guyana Baseball League is pushing on with its quest to popularise the sport here.

What’s most interesting about the World Bank and International Monetary Fund economic projections released last week was not that they forecast a slower-than-expected growth in Latin America for 2014 — we already knew that — but that they foresee a rebound in 2015 and 2016.

A Blue-chinned Sapphire (Chlorestes notatus) drinking from cashew nut flowers at the Pandama Winery in Madewini, Linden/Soesdyke Highway.

SYDNEY/PERTH, Australia (Reuters) – The current underwater search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, focused on a tight 10 km (6.2 mile) circle of the sea floor, could be completed within a week, Australian search officials said yesterday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – West Indies A pacer Delorn Johnson produced a sharp, late burst, to rock Trinidad and Tobago and give Windward Islands the advantage on the opening day of their Headley/Weekes Trophy semi-final here yesterday.

In good taste This is my mom’s favourite cake. When she says that she is giving up sweet for Lent, she means that she is giving up this cake for Lent.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies fast bowler Kemar Roach escaped serious injury following a car accident here early yesterday, the Barbados Today online newspaper has reported.

Easter is a religious festival that exhibits the regular characteristics of the large festivals of its type.

President Donald Ramotar and several other members of the Cabinet, including Tourism Minister Irfaan Ali yesterday participated in the Annual Lethem Rodeo festivities in Rupununi, Region Nine, where the Head of State pledged his administration’s commitment toward continued development of the region.

“Iwokrama’s mission is to develop strategies for conservation and sustainable development of the tropical rain forest system for local people in Guyana and the world at large.

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran yesterday criticised a US government move to seize a Manhattan skyscraper owned largely by a foundation that promotes its language and Islamic culture, saying this violated the right to religious freedom in the United States.

Norwegian chess superstar, world chess champion and ambassador extraordinaire for chess, 23-year-old Magnus Carlsen, visited Moscow’s Institute of Physics and Technology, the equivalent of MIT, where he conducted two simultaneous exhibitions recently.

KIEV/DONETSK (Reuters) – A mediator from Europe’s OSCE security body headed to eastern Ukraine yesterday seeking the surrender of pro-Russian separatists as the Kiev government declared an Easter truce following a peace accord with Moscow.

Tomorrow the Dharm Shala will observe its 93rd anniversary.  A release from the institution said that there would be no celebration, but prayers would be offered by representatives of all the faiths.

Dear Editor,   I wish to highlight to your readers another senseless trapping which resulted in unintended cruelty to a shy member of our voiceless wildlife.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis yesterday led Easter rites commemorating what Christians believe was Jesus’ resurrection from the dead, and urged people to rediscover direction in their lives.

KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Rescuers recovered the body of one mountain guide yesterday after an ice avalanche swept the lower slopes of Mount Everest, bringing the death toll to at least 13 in the deadliest accident on the world’s highest mountain.

Sometimes one wonders whether the bureaucrats who sit in Georgetown really know anything about the basic geography of this country.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Peter Moores was named England coach for the second time yesterday as the cricket board continued its overhaul following the humiliating 5-0 Ashes rout in Australia at the start of the year.

Just look at the beautiful flowers in bloom and you can tell it is that time of the year – Easter or Spring as they say in northern climates.

Dear Editor,   The decision of President of Ukraine Victor Yanukovych to take time to analyze the proposed Association Agreement with the EU on the EU conditions and not to sign it right away, because it would dramatically worsen the socioeconomic situation in Ukraine and affect Ukrainians, provoked public unrest that eventually culminated in an unconstitutional coup.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation has surpassed its 2013 first crop target with over 58,000 tonnes of sugar produced so far and has another 17,000 tonnes to reach the target for the 2014 first crop.