Daily Archive: Monday, May 12, 2014

President Donald Ramotar with Pastor Allison Albert and Pastor Carol George of the Jesus Deliverance Mission International Church.

Agriculture Minister Dr. Leslie Ramsammy this morning witnessed the harvesting of the first batch of carrots and beets from demonstration plots at the Guyana School of Agriculture (GSA) and the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI), a release from the Ministry of Agriculture said.

The Police say they are investigating the murder of miner Gregory Gibson, 50 years, of Bush Lot, Essequibo Coast, which occurred at about 0530h.

The book: ‘Coolie Woman: The Odyssey of Indenture’ is now available at the National Library in New Amsterdam after the author, Gaiutra Bahadur made a presentation on Saturday.

The Guyana Human Rights Association today assailed the police over its failure to charge the officers involved in the shooting of 15-year-old Alex Griffith nearly two weeks ago.

(Barbados Nation) The Central Bank of Barbados issued the following release today in response to the issue which has arisen between the Bank and The Nation Publishing Co.

The police say they are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about 2215h yesterday at De Kinderen Public Road, WCD, and which resulted in the death of pedestrian Shameer Mangal, 53 years, of  De Kinderen.

Carol Ann Lynch was today freed of the charge of murdering her husband.

(Trinidad Guardian) Professor Liam Teague said T&T has only scratched the surface in discovering the potential of the national instrument the steelband. Teague,

From May 15th this year, Guyanese who are interested in obtaining a Schengen Visa – giving them visa-free access to 26 European Union countries – will face new requirements.

(Trinidad Express) Senior officials in the Police Service and the Ministry of National Security yesterday denied media reports that suspects had been arrested on Saturday night in connection with the death of senior counsel Dana Seetahal.

By Delvon Mc Ewan Demerara retained the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Under-19 three-day title after the President’s X1 collapsed to an innings and 49 runs defeat on the third and final day at the Georgetown Cricket Club ground yesterday.

The transcript from the 2012 inquiry into the mass breakout and fires that rocked the New Opportunity Corps (NOC) that year suggests several staff members knew of plans to create disturbances but either kept it to themselves or took insufficient steps to prevent same from happening.

-US biofuels company in Kwakwani venture A US-based biofuels company has begun to cultivate the fast-growing Giant King Grass in the intermediate savannahs here for export to a renewable energy company in St.

Five months after eight-year-old Javier Anderson was diagnosed with cancer, his left leg was amputated due to the dreaded disease but the little swimmer and cricketer’s only wish for his birthday next month is for someone to give him a prosthetic leg so he can be active again.

—Says he is living testimony of God’s might International radio cricket commentator Guyanese Sean Devers is set to make his international return to radio in next month’s New Zealand three-Test series against West Indies.

South American Woods Inc followed the required procedures when it embarked on a housing development project instead of the wood processing facility at Leonora according to proprietor Ed Ahmad.

Head of the Guyana Bar Association, Ronald Burch-Smith says that having attorneys apply to the Office of the Chancellor of the Judiciary to be elevated to Senior Counsel is long overdue and welcomed.

—Flores Guyana Volleyball Federation (GVF) President Colonel John Flores expects Guyana to excel in this week’s Vargas beach volleyball competition in Venezuela following simulations carried out yesterday at the Bayrock Community Center, Linden.

After months of waiting, the mother of the four-year-old boy who died late last year while being treated at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) for a bitten tongue, was finally able to speak to Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr Shamdeo Persaud concerning the findings of the investigations launched into the boy’s death.

Members of the Guyana Trans United (GTU) took to the area outside the Brickdam police station last week picketing against the inaction of the police in delivering justice to the four transgender sex workers who were victims in a drive-by shooting.

Says Sammy DELHI, India, CMC – Darren Sammy says his decision to quit Test cricket came after he realised he was no longer part of the future plans of the West Indies team, in the game’s longer version.

By Jeff Trotman   Midwives at Linden Hospital Complex achiev-ed a target of zero maternal deaths in 2013 and their work “has not gone unnoticed or unappreciated”.

Mike’s Wellman won the exhibition softball competition held at the Demerara Cricket Club Ground on Friday last after defeating Floodlight by eight wickets in the final.

-event organisers silent over security hole Two weeks after popular disc jockey Curtis ‘Casual’ Armstrong was shot following a concert at the Providence National Stadium, the police are yet to make any headway in investigations while the concert’s promoters remain mum on lax security at the event.

BARCELONA, (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton won the Spanish Grand Prix for Mercedes yesterday to chalk up his fourth victory in a row and wrest the Formula One championship lead from ‘gutted’ German team mate Nico Rosberg.

Army Chief of Staff Brigadier Mark Phillips and US Ambassador Brent Hardt discussed the strengthening of security co-operation and partnership between the Guyana Defence Force and the US Military, when he received the diplomat during a courtesy call late last month.

Ricardo Adams on Saturday blasted a half century to guide Police to a five-wicket upset win over tournament favourites the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC), in the Georgetown Cricket Assoc-iation (GCA)/ Carib Beer T20 semifinals at the Demerara Cricket Club Ground (DCC) in Queens-town.

-AG files claims for $186M Government is seeking a total of $186M from performance guarantees issued for three projects, including a section of the Amaila Falls Access Road.

Berbice on Saturday defeated Essequibo by an innings and two runs in their final round match of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Under-19 Inter-County tournament at the Everest Cricket Club ground, Thomas Lands.

— Mike Findlay PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Former West Indies chairman of selectors Mike Findlay says there is no guarantee the change of captain will result in a turnaround in the Test fortunes of the regional team.

(The Sports Xchange) – Guard Tony Parker scored 29 points as the San Antonio Spurs whipped the Portland Trail Blazers 118-103 on Saturday to move to the cusp of the Western Conference finals.

Seon Blair’s “mistakes” yesterday earned him a two-year prison sentence. Blair recently admitted to stealing more than $70,000 in clothes and electronics from a Kitty home, for which he was sentenced on Friday by Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

BANGALORE, India, CMC – Chris Gayle failed again as Royal Challengers Bangalore plunged to their third straight loss and sixth of the Indian Premier League season with a five-wicket defeat to Rajasthan Royals here yesterday.

Twenty less fortunate elderly women in West Berbice felt special on Saturday when officers from the Fort Wellington Police Station presented them with food hampers for Mother’s Day.

(The Sports Xchange) – The NBA champion Miami Heat lost for the first time in the playoffs this season when they were soundly beaten by the Brooklyn Nets 104-90 in Game Three of their Eastern Conference semi-final series on Saturday.

DONETSK/SLAVIANSK, Ukraine, (Reuters) – Pro-Moscow rebels declared a resounding victory in a referendum on self-rule for eastern Ukraine, with some saying that meant independence and others eventual union with Russia as fighting flared in a conflict increasingly out of control.

Dear Editor, What is increasingly clear to me is that the PPP is institutionally and irredeemably corrupt.

Born in Port Mourant, Guyana and living in the US since 1985, Dr.

Dear Editor, For those who intently follow Bollywood movies and music, which might possibly be half of the native Indo-Guyanese population, the song Kal Ho Na Ho is hauntingly melodious.

(Trinidad Guardian) The University of the West Indies (UWI) vice chancellor, Prof E Nigel Harris is stepping down one year ahead of schedule. Harris

NAIROBI, (Reuters) – East African leaders and China formally signed agreements yesterday for the construction of a new multi-billion dollar railway linking the Kenyan port of Mombasa to Nairobi and running on to neighbouring states.

(Barbados Nation) Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados, Dr DeLisle Worrell, has banned THE NATION, including all its journalists, from attending any of his Press conferences or other Central Bank media events.

Hours before the deadline of 30 April 2014 for the Presidential assent to the Appropriation Bill that the National Assembly had approved in relation to the 2014 budget, Prime Minister Sam Hinds, in his capacity as acting President, signed the Bill authorizing amounts totaling $183.3 billion to be withdrawn from the Consolidated Fund to meet public expenditure.

VARANASI, India, (Reuters) – India’s general election reaches a climax today as opposition challenger Narendra Modi seeks a personal mandate in Varanasi, the holy city on the river Ganges, to govern by his modernised brand of Hindu nationalism.

Dear Editor, Once again we have observed that the PPP’s phantom propaganda is at it again, this time trying their utmost to tarnish the unenviable political reputation of a political hero in Guyana; Moses Nagamootoo.

This week, we asked New Amsterdamers: What would you like to see improved in your environment?

Pressed at Wednesday’s Europe Day event on why local government elections have not been held, President Ramotar had this to say: “As far as local government elections is concerned I cannot be oblivious to the political situation that exists in this country and further I say not.”

Dear Editor,   It is with profound sadness that I received the news of the passing of Governor Lawrence Williams while at work at the Bank of Guyana last Wednesday.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela said yesterday it had freed most of the 243 youth activists arrested in raids last week on street camps set up to protest against President Nicolas Maduro’s socialist government.

  ABUJA, (Reuters) – Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said yesterday international military and intelligence assistance made him optimistic about finding 200 schoolgirls abducted last month by Islamic militants in an attack condemned globally.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The curtain fell on one of the most dramatic Premier League title races for years yesterday with Manchester City acclaimed as champions while Liverpool looked on from the wings dreaming of what might have been.

The cast of the Tribute to Mothers show at the National Cultural Centre yesterday.

Prime Minister Samuel Hinds (left), Yvonne Hinds and Producer of Tribute to Mothers, Winfield James at the National Cultural Centre yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) Over 20 specially outfitted armoured vehicles will arrive in Trinidad and Tobago soon to assist the country’s law enforcement in the fight against crime.