Daily Archive: Thursday, April 24, 2014

LONDON, (Reuters) – Legendary rockers Led Zeppelin said on Wednesday they will include previously unreleased songs in the first batch of reissues of their nine studio albums, including a version of their pulsating “Whole Lotta Love” The reissues, remastered by guitarist Jimmy Page, will be launched on June 3 with deluxe editions of “Led Zeppelin”, “Led Zeppelin II” and “Led Zeppelin III”.

At about 1440h today, police say that Bharrat Ramjattan, of Enterprise, ECD, a driver/salesman attached to Patsan Trading of John Smith Street, Campbellville, was attacked by two men, one of whom was armed with a firearm, as he was entering his place of work.

The police today said that the file in the Colwyn Harding matter which was resubmitted by the police to the Director of Public Prosecutions on April 11, 2014, has now been forwarded to the Chairman of the Police Complaints Authority for his further perusal and comments.

(Trinidad Guardian) Police are investigating three Members of Parliament for sexual offences and assault and the investigations will be completed shortly, acting Commissioner of Police Stephen Williams said during yesterday’s weekly police press briefing. The

At about 2240h last night, police say waitress  Jagwandai Ramnauth, known as  “Selena”, 46 years, was involved in an argument with a group of patrons at a night spot at Chateau Margot, ECD, during which one of the men pulled out a firearm and fatally shot her to the head, after which they escaped.

(Trinidad Express) In the aftermath of the posting of a video on Facebook showing her beating her 12-year-old daughter, Point Fortin mother Helen Bartlett says she is “prepared to go to jail” to set her child on the right path.

Government has approved over $200 million for the rehabilitation of City Hall, Cabinet Secretary Dr.

A labourer is now dead after being crushed by a pile of glass panes that came crashing down on him inside a container that he was offloading at the construction site for the Giftland OfficeMax Mall at Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) yesterday said that over the Easter weekend there were four complete shutdowns in the Demerara System.

Jamaicans Tamara Douglas and Benjamin Carrington, who were apprehended at the Cheddi Jagan Inter-national Airport, Timehri with almost 28 grammes of compressed marijuana in their luggage, were yesterday charged with possession of narcotics for drug trafficking.

The Caribbean Association of Industry and Commerce (CAIC) is looking for an overhaul by strategizing an integrated public-private partnership within Caricom in the slipstream of what has been described as the failed Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between Cariforum and the European Union.

-signals negotiations with opposition Government will not call early elections over its present gripe that the opposition slashed more than $37B from its national budget for this year.

A government delegation will today again meet with United States Ambassador to Guyana Brendt Hardt to discuss the contentious USAID-funded Leader-ship and Democracy Project (LEAD), just days after the Donald Ramotar administration said it would not discuss the project while it was being implemented.

Almost half of the money stolen during a break-in at a Tuschen grocery store was yesterday recovered buried in a yard and police have detained several occupants of the house including a man said to have been a participant in the theft.

-Luncheon says auditor exceeded mandate Government has concerns about the recommendations made by the auditor who uncovered financial irregularities at the state-owned National Com-munications Network (NCN), Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon revealed yesterday.

Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon yesterday announced that Keith Burrowes has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Office for Investment (Go-Invest) .

-some stellings for repair The Transport and Harbours Department (T&HD) of the Works Ministry plans to spend $422 million rehabilitating various transport vessels around Guyana and $62 million revamping the Parika, Leguan, Wakenaam and Supenaam stellings this year.

A family at Low Lands, Hope, East Coast Dem-erara was devastated after returning home after a kite flying exercise on Monday evening to find it ransacked and over $700,000 in cash and jewellery stolen.

Four couples were on Tuesday bonded to keep the peace when they appeared in a city magistrate’s court to answer separate assault charges.

The persons responsible for the recent drive-by attack on four transgender persons, who were shot with pellets while standing on the street, are seeking to reach a settlement with the victims.

A Sophia man is now nursing severe burns about his body after coming into contact with a live wire while trying to retrieve a kite on Wednesday.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC- West Indies opening batsman Dwayne Smith top scored with a belligerent half century that set the stage for Chennai Super Kings to register a narrow seven run win over Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier league (IPL) here yesterday.

This huge eight-foot. kite, created by Shazaad Mohood, 29, of Bush Lot Village, West Coast Berbice, was the centre of attention on Easter Monday.

Guyanese-born journalist Rawle Nelson was on Wednesday granted EC$100,000 bail by a magistrate’s court in Grenada on charges of stealing, forgery and uttering a false document, the Caribbean Media Cor-poration reported yesterday.

By Staff Reporter   The Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) is preparing for its biggest challenge yet that of sending a male and a female team to this year’s Caricom Basketball Championships in Tortola, British Virgin Islands.

Several persons who turned up for dental treatment at clinics in Region Five over the past three weeks have been turned away due to a shortage of drugs.

Larceny accused Sherwin Benjamin, known as ‘Cash Money,’ was granted a bail reduction yesterday after telling a city magistrate that he was unable to afford the $10,000 at which it was originally set.

Two men were remanded to prison on Tuesday after they denied committing separate robberies.

An unbeaten innings of 48 from Zachary Jodah led Grade 4C to a nine-run victory over Grade 6A in the final of the School of the Nations sponsored inter-class cricket competition played recently.

The memorial tournament for Orin Joseph former president of the Georgetown Dominoes Association is set to conclude this weekend with three days of what promises to be fast paced dominoes action featuring the best teams in the country.

Auditor General Deodat Sharma has been asked to investigate City Hall Public Relations Officer Royston King for allegedly signing a tax waiver without the legal authority to do so, according to acting Local Government Minister Norman Whittaker.

Two men were remanded to prison on Tuesday after they denied committing separate robberies.

By Delvon Mc Ewan   A scintillating century by Joshua Persaud assisted hosts the Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC) to demolish the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ‘B’ team yesterday in the Georgetown Cricket Association/ Brainstreet Group under-15 tournament.

Dear Editor, It seems as though the building under construction at the junction of Camp and Robb Streets (the City Food Court) is causing some degree of discomfort for citizens, visitors and labourers.

Days after a man reported that his CD and DVD decks were stolen from his car, the cousin with whom he shares an address was placed before a city court for the theft.

The Georgetown Football Association (GFA) First Division league continues today at the Tucville Community Ground with an exciting doubleheader.

Dear Editor,   This letter is a heart-rending appeal to residents and businesses located in Drury Lane and Sheriff Street and surrounding areas, to desist from dumping garbage in Drury Lane where it adjoins Sheriff Street.

A Haslington, East Coast Demerara resident was struck down by a canter truck on his way to work yesterday morning.

ANKARA, (Reuters) – Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan offered what the government said were unprecedented condolences on Wednesday to the grandchildren of Armenians killed in World War One by Ottoman soldiers.

A woman was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital last evening where she was eventually admitted after she was struck down by a motor vehicle in the vicinity of Muneshwers on Water Street.

(Reuters) – Five-division world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. says he will take his time and “be smart” when he faces Marcos Maidana of Argentina for their welterweight title unification in Las Vegas next week.

Dear Editor, In the newspapers of Sunday, April 13, GWI took out full-page notices, in colour, updating the population affected by their laying of sewer pipes, that work is in process to fix the damaged roads.

-brother to face murder charge A post-mortem examination performed on the remains of Jairam Teekaram has found that he died of internal bleeding caused by severe lacerations, his son said yesterday.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to the letter carried in your April 22, 2014 edition captioned, ‘What systems do banks have in place to assist a customer whose card remains stuck/lost in the machine during a non-working day?’

Dear Editor, Dancehall music is like that ‘secret weapon’ in cartoons, that if it ever fell into the wrong hands, it would destroy the world.

UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – Russia and China have blocked a proposal by the United States and France to impose U.N.

-but denies holding cocaine A Lodge man, allegedly nabbed with both cocaine and marijuana in his possession, was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with drug possession.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff praised the United States yesterday for its decision to ease control over the Internet and called for a more democratic, transparent network following the U.S.

BARCELONA, (Reuters) – Four-time finalist David Ferrer crashed out in the second round of the Barcelona Open yesterday, producing a rusty performance to lose 6-4 6-2 to Georgia’s Teymuraz Gabashvili.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos yesterday signed a decree to restore Gustavo Petro as mayor of Bogota, just weeks after a judicial authority dismissed him for mismanagement of waste collection.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC- A popular sports commentator and a high profile entertainment lawyer are among speakers chosen to address this year’s Business of Sports International Conference in Jamaica early next month.

Dear Editor,   Will the Rodney Commission of Inquiry (RCOI) be televised and video streamed live on the internet for worldwide viewers?

KINSHASA, (Reuters) – At least 63 people were killed and 80 were seriously injured in Democratic Republic of Congo’s Katanga province when a train speeding too fast round a bend derailed, a provincial minister said yesterday.

(The Sports Xchange) — – – -Paul George scored a game-high 27 points and the top-seeded Indiana Pacers recovered from their first game loss to tie their first-round playoff series against Atlanta at 1-1 with a 101-85 points win Tuesday night.

We need human development. Our society lacks two fundamental tenets of a 21st century society: focus on developing a knowledge society, and action to cultivate human development.

Dear Editor, As a concerned Guyanese, the debate on the Budget, televised on NCN, gave me an opportunity to assess the efforts of the current members of the National Assembly and, without undue modesty, I was amazed that more attention was paid to their personal sartorial image than the special skills and savoir-faire required for membership of that august body.

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica — Opposition Spokesman on Finance and Planning, Audley Shaw, says that the increase in the special consumption tax (SCT) on alcoholic beverages will work against the competitiveness of Jamaica’s tourism industry, which will be hard hit from the taxes.

Dear Editor, Over the Easter holidays there was a high number of power outages on the Essequibo Coast, due to kites falling on the power lines, mostly in the township of Anna Regina.

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.

(Reuters) – Phoenix Suns guard Goran Dragic, whose breakout campaign helped his team to a 23-win improvement, was named the National Basketball Association’s most improved player, the league said yesterday.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro offered the private sector access to financing via state investment funds during a meeting with business leaders yesterday meant to stimulate the struggling economy and ease historic tension with industry.

Finally, obviously frustrated by the inane and groundless statements being made with regard to the 911 service, if it could be called that, the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) has fired back a salvo that hit the target.

  At about 1900h on Tuesday night, the police say that Baijnauth Niwaz, 58 years, and his wife Kalawattie Niwaz were in their home at Yakusari North, Black Bush Polder, when two men, one of whom was armed with a firearm, entered through an open door.

(Barbados Nation) BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: International Business Minister, Donville Inniss, says Barbados will use the May 6 to 10 Council of Trade and Economic Development (COTED) to resolve a possible trade dispute with St.

  WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Scientists are monitoring an iceberg roughly six times the size of Manhattan – one of the largest now in existence – that broke off from an Antarctic glacier and is heading into the open ocean.

DONETSK/SLAVIANSK, Ukraine, (Reuters) – One is a dapper former croupier and promoter of Ponzi scams run by “Russia’s Bernie Madoff”; the other is a burly Soviet Navy veteran turned soap factory boss, with a shifting gaze and a glint of gold teeth.

…as national science fair opens Chief Judge of this year’s National Science Mathematics and Technology Fair Lois Oliver yesterday praised students for the projects they have created, most of which are implementable and urged that corporate sponsors chip in to help make them a reality.