Daily Archive: Thursday, May 22, 2014

(Trinidad Express) Sport Minister Anil Roberts did not confirm or deny yesterday that he was the man in the “ganja video” but blamed Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley for trying to bring him down.

A donation of two million dollars was made on Monday by Co-Chairman of oil exploration company CGX Inc.

Global Youth Movement – Guyana; a non-profit registered youth organisation yesterday donated over $500,000 worth of agriculture tools and equipment to seven secondary schools in Region 5 at the launch of a $23 Million dollar Community Health, Environment and Recycling Project that will be implemented in the region over the next year.

Global Youth Movement – Guyana; a non-profit registered youth organisation yesterday donated over $500,000 worth of agriculture tools and equipment to seven secondary schools in Region 5 at the launch of a $23 Million dollar Community Health, Environment and Recycling Project that will be implemented in the region over the next year.

Desiree Jeffers, who was on trial for the murder of her former partner Igris Bob-Blackman, was found not guilty today by a 12-member jury.

With ticket prices to destinations in the United States and Canada averaging in the US$700-range, new airline entrant Copa Airlines hopes to offer introductory rates from as low as US$230 for return flights from mid-July to November of this year.

BANGKOK, (Reuters) – Thailand’s army chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha seized control of the government in a coup today, two days after he declared martial law, saying the military had to restore order and push through reforms after six months of turmoil.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has charged former Sussex players Lou Vincent and Naveed Arif under its Anti-Corruption code, the ruling body said today.

Guyana’s Howard ‘Battersea Bomber’ Eastman 49(38)-12(2)-0 unanimously defeated Jamaican, Kevin ‘Bus Boy’ Hylton 5(3)-4(1)-0 when this season’s Wray and Nephew Caribbean Contender Series continued last night.

BEIJING, (Reuters) – Explosives hurled from two vehicles which ploughed into an open market in China’s troubled Xinjiang killed 31 people today, state media reported, the deadliest act of violence in the region in years.

(Trinidad Express) A video showing a man who looks like a Government minister partying with ganja and women has circulated on various social media websites over the past few days.

  The National Assembly last evening approved a motion which called for the setting up of a Commission of Inquiry (CoI) to investigate the torture of persons by the Guyana Police Force between the years 2006 to 2013.

Lloyd Britton was yesterday committed to stand trial for the murder of Elvis Fernandes, who was shot dead on Mandela Avenue last year during an argument between two motorists.

Dexroy Brown, the prisoner who escaped from the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) over two months ago, yesterday said that he paid a policeman $60,000 for his freedom.

Guyana Fire Service (GFS) and public hospital officials yesterday confirmed that the failure of the Qualfon Call Centre’s mechanical ventilation system in the aftermath of a power outage led to nearly 20 workers being rushed for treatment after suffering fainting spells on Tuesday.

Chairman of the Police Complaints Authority (PCA), retired Justice Cecil Kennard has completed his review of the file on the Colwyn Harding baton rape case and has recommended that criminal charges be brought against two ranks and that at least five be disciplined.

One of APNU’s proposed amendments to the stalled anti-laundering legislation is not compliant with international-standard recommendations, according to the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF), which took a neutral stance on the coalition’s other proposals.

Just a month after completing a two-year prison term for illegal possession of a gun and ammunition, a Bel Air Village pork-knocker was yesterday sentenced to two 56-month sentences for similar crimes.

By Jeff Trotman   The Guyana Water Inc. (GWI)  has engaged a contractor to identify all the phantom pipelines that are taking away water from the residents of Blueberry Hill, Linden.

  After completing two years of rigorous postgraduate studies at Lesley University in the USA, 13 local school welfare officers, guidance counsellors and social workers graduated on Saturday with Master of Arts Degrees in Counselling and Psychology, Expressive Therapies and Mindfulness Studies.

Advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) must be sought before the preliminary inquiry into the murder charge against the five men accused of killing kidnapped Enmore businessman Rajendra Singh can begin.

Steve Bacchus and Randolph Marks, the two murder accused who escaped with two others from the city magistrates’ courts complex on Monday, were yesterday sentenced to two years in jail after stating that their “frustration” with the court system pushed them to take a chance for their freedom.

Officers from the Child Care & Protection Agency (CCPA) in Region Five are trying to locate the relatives of a 23-year-old woman who has been deemed unfit to care for her three-month-old baby.

Five local chefs will this year showcase Guyanese food at the Jamaican Epicurean Escape Festival.

Drowning was listed as the cause of death when an autopsy was performed yesterday on the body of   Marcel Cummings, the Craig, East Bank Demerara resident who was found dead in a drain last Sunday morning.

  Housing and Water Minister Irfaan Ali last week Wednesday commissioned 16 roads at Bath-Woodley Park that have been upgraded under the Community Roads Improvement Programme (CRIP).

As the Guyana Water Inc (GWI) continues upgrades countrywide, bids were on Tuesday received for the construction of a gravity filter sub-structure at Rose Hall in Berbice, Region 6.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett called on Caricom member states to optimise their “14 voices” and focus on joint diplomatic representation during foreign policy negotiations, in her address at the opening ceremony of the 17th Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR).

It’s fight week for Clive ‘The Punisher’ Atwell and the fighting pride of Guyana is oozing with confidence.

A truck driver was on Tuesday crushed to death under the tray of his truck in Parfait Harmonie, West Bank Demerara while he was carrying out maintenance work.

The four teenagers, who have alleged being sexually abused at the New Opportunity Corp (NOC) were expected to give official statements to the police yesterday detailing the allegations.

Guyanese Challenger Clive “The Punisher” Atwell (12-0-1, 7 KO’s) met face-to-face with World Boxing Council (WBC) featherweight champion Jhonny Gonzalez (55-8, 47 KO’s) in Mexico.

Kellon Carmichael, the Malteenoes all-rounder is hoping that fruitful performances during his stint in England with the Hadleigh and Thundersley Cricket Club in the 2014 Essex county Division One League, will pave the way for a debut call up to the Guyana national side for the 2014/15 season.

President Donald Ramotar on Sunday commissioned the recently renovated Burnham Park Pavilion in New Amsterdam, Berbice.

A pork-knocker was remanded to prison on Tuesday after a city magistrate heard that he allegedly stabbed a co-worker in the neck in an attempt to regain a borrowed cellphone.

By Delvon Mc Ewan   Discarded national opening batsman Shemroy Barrington promises to remind the national selectors of his presence by scoring heavily in domestic cricket.

The Demerara Cricket Board (DCB), yesterday complimented the Demerara U-19 cricketers for their performances in the GCB U-19 Inter-County three-day and one-day competitions.

Leon Williams struck his second century of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)/Noble House Seafoods second division two-day competition to guide the University of Guyana (UG) to an innings victory over the Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC) at the UG ground, Turkeyen last weekend.

The fourth annual Mackeson Keep Your Five Alive knockout football tourney will officially commence on Saturday at the California Square Tarmac in East Ruimveldt.

Darcelle Harris, head coach of the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) side says that he is confident his charges will reverse their fortunes against the Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) side on Sunday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Dear Editor, This is in connection with the little boy Satyanand Balkaran who was accidently shocked to death by a wire.

The Guyana Boxing Association’s (GBA) decentralizing drive of the fistic sport will continue on Saturday with the staging of a card dubbed ‘The Mahdia Independence Showdown’.

Dear Editor,   The children sent to the New Opportunity Corps (NOC) need love not a ‘Quiet Room’ where they’re stripped of their human dignity and worth!

The second round of the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) first division league commences today at the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) ground on Carifesta Avenue and Vlissengen Road with a doubleheader.

Dear Editor,   Next Monday, May 26 Guyana will celebrate its 48th anniversary of independence.

LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigeria’s military knows where the more than 200 girls abducted by Boko Haram are but has ruled out using force to rescue them, the state news agency quoted Chief of Defence Staff Air Marshal Alex Badeh as sying yesterday.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Impatience with the Venezuelan government is growing over its “total failure” to show good faith in talks to resolve the country’s political crisis, U.S.

  Dear Editor, A few weeks ago, the Minister of Culture committed, in Parliament, to undertake a more expansive, consultative and cooperative approach in managing the cultural policy aspect of his portfolio.

CHANDIGARHLN, India, CMC- Inform West Indies batsman Lendl Simmons smashed the first century of the Indian Premier League (IPL) yesterday to give Mumbai Indians a slim chance of advancing to the play-off stage of the competition.

MANILA, (Reuters) – Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said his government was considering various “defence options” against China, including legal action, following the deployment of a Chinese oil rig to disputed waters in the South China Sea.

(Trinidad Guardian) Former Justice Minister Herbert Volney says he accepts full responsibility for the proclamation of Section 34 of the Administration of Justice (Indictable Proceedings) Act, which caused a scandal that might have allowed a number of people, including two United National Congress financiers, to avoid facing the courts on serious criminal charges. He

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC-West Indies allrounder Dwayne Bravo says he is close to making a full recovery from injury as he heads to Barbados today to join a training camp ahead of the home series against New Zealand which bowls off next month.

Dear Editor,   In tune and tandem with the recent upsurge in interest on Indian indentureship in Guyana, I would like to ask the Indian High Commissioner in Guyana to answer the following question.

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Anthony Hylton, has announced plans to construct a film studio in St Thomas, Jamaica.

BAMAKO, (Reuters) – Tuareg separatists repulsed an attempt by Mali’s army to take control of their stronghold of Kidal and seized another northern town yesterday, setbacks that could potentially embarrass President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita’s government.

INDIANAPOLIS, (Reuters) – Beating the Miami Heat once is difficult enough but taking two playoff games in a row from the defending National Basketball Association champions is mission impossible as the Indiana Pacers found out on Tuesday.

Dear Editor,   For over a decade, Congress and the western media have conducted a well-orchestrated “Get Modi” campaign, that evokes the all the lessons of the Goebbelsian propaganda principles: create the big lie and tell it so often and so widely, it gradually bludgeons the minds of the unwary into accepting it as “truth”.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – The Supreme Court yesterday restored Najam Sethi as chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) just four days after the Islamabad High Court (IHC) had reinstated his predecessor, Zaka Ashraf, as head of the organisation.

SHANGHAI, (Reuters) – China and Russia signed a $400 billion gas supply deal yesterday, securing the world’s top energy user a major source of cleaner fuel and opening up a new market for Moscow as it risks losing European customers over the Ukraine crisis.

Dear Editor, I appreciate the fact that the US Embassy has responded to my suggestion for informing the public about the LEAD project.

  JACKSONVILLE, Fla., (Reuters) – U.S. Army veteran Mario Hernandez, 58, was sworn in as a citizen yesterday, decades after he believed he had been naturalized when he enlisted during the Vietnam War era.

Dear Editor, There is no shortage of lengthy academic analyses of Guyana’s political landscape.

Next week we celebrate 48 years of Independence. Ours is yet a young nation, still growing up.

Earlier this month, on May 10, this newspaper carried an article on maternal mortality, based on a report produced by the World Bank, the World Health Organisation, UNICEF and the United Nations Population Division.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Court of Appeal has quashed the sentence of a mother of four from Chaguanas who was jailed for three years in 2012 after admitting to burning her daughter’s hand on a tawah.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC-Trinidad and Tobago’s foreign based players have begun arriving here as the country begins preparations for international football friendlies against Argentina and Iran next month.

New Amsterdam is a historic, honourable and proud community long regarded as the ‘capital’ of the ancient county – Berbice.