Daily Archive: Friday, May 23, 2014

(Trinidad Express) The founders of Universal Concerts Ltd wish to make it clear that their company is in no way whatsoever associated with the Asha Bhosle concert at the Samar Entertainment Centre in Penal on June 18.

As the Ministry of Education (MOE) intensifies efforts to have Portuguese taught in all schools across the country, it today launched the “Training for Teachers of Portuguese” programme in a simple ceremony held at the Theatre Guild in Georgetown.

An additional river defence structure will be built on Fort Island by the Ministry of Public Works (MPW) to preserve one of Guyana’s historical landmarks – Fort Zeelandia – which is located 16 kilometers from the mouth of the Essequibo River, the Ministry of Public Works said today.

Two packages of cocaine weighing 2.2 kilogrammes were discovered on a Caribbean Airlines flight less than an hour after it touched down here this afternoon, the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) said today.

The Central Corentyne Chamber of Commerce (CCCC) and the Ministry of Tourism launched the 10th Berbice Exposition and Trade Fair on Wednesday at the Port Mourant Turf Club, Region Six, under the theme “Exploiting Science and Technology for Economic Development”, GINA said.

The Ministry of Culture yesterday officially opened its annual independence exhibition at the Guyana National Museum that will run up to June 6, GINA said.

The Ministry of Culture yesterday officially opened its annual independence exhibition at the Guyana National Museum that will run up to June 6, GINA said.

The Ministry of Culture yesterday officially opened its annual independence exhibition at the Guyana National Museum that will run up to June 6, GINA said.

President of the Guyana Bar Association, Ronald Burch-Smith (left) stands in solidarity with the 15 year old victim, Alex Griffith — In a protest last week, in front of the office of the Minister of Home Affairs) —-  Justice delayed, is Justice denied.

The following is a statement by Fred Mitchell,  Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration of The Bahamas in relation to reports of US spying: On 19th May, at a routine lunch with US Charge d’Affairs John Dinkelman, he flagged the possibility of a story being released based on the leaks of the former US government employee Edward Snowden and that they would involve The Bahamas and the use of monitoring apparatus in The Bahamas.

The ruling PPP today took aim at their former longstanding stalwart Moses Nagamootoo on the question of media regulation, charging that he was exhibiting double standards and supporting “gutter journalism”.

CANNES, France, (Reuters) – A film that breaks with Bollywood and delivers an atypical dose of social realism that left its leading actor feeling depressed during shooting is India’s only contender at this season’s Cannes festival.

The police say they are investigating the murder of Davanand Daniels, 37 years, of Moblissa, Soesdyke/Linden Highway, which occurred at about 1645h.

Justice Diana Insanally yesterday ordered that government’s Town Clerk appointee Carol Sooba show cause why she should not be removed from the post.

Representatives of the Council of Legal Educa-tion (CLE) will meet with Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Chairman Ralph Gonsalves on July 31st to discuss the council’s decision to deny law graduates from Guyana and other non-UWI campuses admission into the Hugh Wooding Law School in Trinidad.

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

The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for an Albouystown man after a quantity of cocaine and cannabis was discovered in a woman’s suitcase at the Ogle International Airport on Wednesday.

A 15-year-old boy who went missing on May 16, after he took the wrong trail in a forested area in the Pomeroon, managed to find his way back to civilisation on Wednesday and was taken to the Suddie Public Hospital where he was admitted in a weak, dehydrated state.

  Government has withdrawn its non-approval of the USAID-funded Leadership and Democracy (LEAD) project as part of its re-engagement with the United States.

Severe erosion of a well meant to service residents in Paramakatoi has made the task of accessing potable water onerous.

Appeals to government for repairs to the eroded Mahdia access road are being ignored, according to Region Eight Councillor Mohamed Naieem Gafoor, who says three ministries have been alerted about the situation but have not acted.

By Mario Joseph   The Caribbean Develop-ment Bank (CDB) will be awarding a youth group with a US$10,000 grant towards the implementation of a viable climate change mitigating project proposal.

Accused of robbing a ‘wake house,’ a 19-year-old man was yesterday remanded to prison after pleading not guilty to two counts of robbery.

Mechanisms are not in place for the handing out of $10,000 grants to parents with children in public schools according to Minister of Education Priya Manickchand, “but the Ministry is presently working on making sure our children receive this benefit.”

Justice Sandra Kurtzious on Wednesday granted an injunction barring the entire Executive of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) from operating.

The claim that he had a “change of heart” was not enough to save a would-be thief from jail after he admitted to stealing an $800,000 camera from the Guyana Learning Channel’s Kingston headquarters.

An autopsy report has revealed that 24-year-old Stanleytown hairdresser Marissa La Gourdoue died from a blood clot disorder after giving birth to a premature baby at the New Amsterdam Hospital.

A young Blygezight man was remanded to prison after denying he stole over $200,000 worth of jewellery from his neighbour.

With just one day remaining before the Berbice Cricket Board’s (BCB) 2014 Independence T20 Cup, BCB executive Anil Beharry confirmed that the board is in dialogue with West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) President Dave Cameron about the welfare of the national players who might face penalties for participating in the Cup.

Nineteen-year-old Kelston Richards was yesterday granted $100,000 bail after he denied stabbing another man.

Junior John, 29, of East La Penitence was brought before the courts yesterday charged with the illegal possession of a firearm.

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 on Wednesday night.

The Georgetown Foot-ball Association (GFA) U-17 league recommences tomorrow at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground with a tripleheader featuring GFC and Fruta Conquerors.

Kitty resident Leon Hope was sentenced to serve two consecutive 12-month prison terms on Tuesday after he was found guilty of assaulting his mother and the mother of his child.

Melanie-A will battle Beterverwagting (BV)-B for the title of East Coast Champion when the semi-final and quarterfinal final round of the Guinness Greatest of the Streets concluded at the Haslington Market Place Tarmac on Wednesday.

By Jeff Trotman   “When the people in the (Victory) Valley see policemen early morning or late in the afternoon, or at night, they mustn’t hide or duck.

BEIJING/HONG KONG, (Reuters) – Liu Han seemed to thrive in the company of officials.

A week after Agriculture Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy publicly announced that the country’s rice industry had produced a record 300,000-tonne first crop for this year, Stabroek Business has learnt that many of the more than 1,500 rice farmers in Essequibo are displeased over the long-standing and seemingly insoluble problem of protracted payments for paddy delivered to the mills.

Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) is poised to host an action packed Independence anniversary weekend with a number of competitions including a six-a-side football match starting today at Thomas Lands.

Christianburg Wismar Secondary and Wisburg Secondary clinched the Boys U-15 and Girls U-17 title respectively, when the Guyana Sports Development Foundation (GSDF) Pepsi/Scotiabank Linden zone concluded on Saturday at the Wisburg Secondary School ground.

Difficulties associated with concluding a deal with a brand name airline to fly to Guyana continues to be the single major barrier to the growth of Guyana’s tourism industry.

It was heartening to hear from the Guyana Manufacturing & Services Association (GMSA) earlier this week that a group of Canadian businessmen who had come to Guyana on a mission to check out the prospects of buying local farm produce and agro-processed foods, had expressed the view that what they saw in Guyana would probably meet the expectations of the Canadian market.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo was sentenced to five years, 10 months in prison yesterday after admitting to taking $2.5 million in bribes from Taiwan and laundering funds through U.S.

Dear Editor, Depending on the background and interest of who one asks, their responses to identify the principal challenges facing the legal system could include the length of time cases take to conclude; the non-pursuit of cases because the victims don’t want to proceed; the unscrupulousness of some lawyers, especially when dealing with “vulnerable” clients; for groups who deal with women and child victims of violence, the willingness of many lawyers to defend their client by subjecting the victim to a second abuse; and access to justice.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Westmoreland taxi operator Ivan Taylor has been found guilty of the murder of Trinidadian schoolteacher, Michelle Coudray-Greaves.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Serena Williams can match Steffi Graf’s record of 22 grand slam titles and is favourite to take another step towards that milestone at next week’s French Open, according to fellow American Chris Evert.

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, CMC – Rookie off-spinner Mark Craig says he is not intimidated by the prospect of bowling at aggressive West Indies opener Chris Gayle in the upcoming series.

By Mark Jacobs   These are exciting times for the science of farming.

(Reuters) – The San Antonio Spurs put the Oklahoma City Thunder to the sword with a spectacular exhibition of shooting in the second half to tighten their grip on the Western Conference finals with a 112-77 win in Game Two on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Scientists seeking a vaccine against malaria, which kills a child every minute in Africa, have developed a promising new approach intended to imprison the disease-causing parasites inside the red blood cells they infect.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Former New Zealand batsman Lou Vincent and Pakistani Naveed Arif have been charged by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB)under its Anti-Corruption code, the ruling body said yesterday.

Dear Editor, On May 18, 2014 Kaieteur News and Stabroek News carried a letter, written by me, in which I called for the luminaries and scholars to enlighten the populace in relation to the President’s non-assent to the Local Government (Amendment) Bill and the Attorney General’s (AG’s) statements in support.

    WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The military takeover in Thailand drew swift international condemnation yesterday, with the United States saying it was reviewing its military aid and other dealings with its closest ally in Southeast Asia.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, CMC- Pacer Trent Boult says he is not expecting wickets friendly to fast bowlers in the Caribbean when New Zealand take on the West Indies in a three-test series starting next month.

KOLKATA, India, CMC – Off-spinner Sunil Narine was superb but his West Indies teammate Chris Gayle proved ordinary, as Kolkata Knight Riders produced a clinical all-round performance to surge to a convincing 30-run victory over Royal Challengers Bangalore and into the playoffs of the Indian Premier League here yesterday.

By Joycelyn Williams   Joycelyn Williams is a Lecturer in the Economics Department at the University of Guyana and a Programme Management Consultant.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Jaime Lusinchi, Venezuela’s former president who left office in 1989 with high ratings despite an economic crisis and love affair with a secretary, has died aged 89 of a lung infection.

Dear Editor, I welcome the range of responses to my article, The Modi Disaster for Ordinary Indians, and I especially welcome Mr.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – The prospect of a long awaited mega-bout between Floyd Mayweather Jr.

(Trinidad Express) Viewers may have observed the sudden absence of CCN TV6 senior investigative journalist Mark Bassant from television over the past week in a time when he was working on sensitive investigative pieces and news stories which have all peaked national interest. This

Dear Editor,   This letter is in regards to the outrageous treatment by Caribbean Airlines meted out to passengers travelling from the Cheddi Jagan International Airport in Guyana to the Lester B.

LONDON, (Reuters) – English county side Essex have agreed in principle to play T20 cricket at the London Olympic Stadium from 2016.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Former South Africa captain Graeme Smith is set to miss the rest of the English county season with Surrey after suffering a fractured knee, the club said yesterday.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 564’s trading results showed consideration of $4,729,698 from 128,610 shares traded in 28 transactions as compared to session 563’s trading results which showed consideration of $1,837,858 from 29,414 shares traded in 12 transactions.

(Reuters) – A combination of brutal batting and aggressive bowling ensured England beat Sri Lanka by 81 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis method in a rain interrupted first one-day international at the Oval yesterday.

Dear Editor,   `In the Diaspora’ opinions facilitated in Stabroek News are in overwhelming imbalance weighed in favour of pro black culture.

The Law and Karan’s Nose So the world is now a Global Village?

The Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry (CoI) will continue on Tuesday, May 27th with evidence being taken over a nine-day period.

When President Lula da Silva’s government won Brazil the right in 2007 to host the 2014 FIFA World Cup, the idea was to capitalise on the country’s post-1994 economic boom and to move from the status of a rapidly growing, emerging economy to that of a developed country.

Dear Editor,   Reference is made to Mr Khemraj Ramjattan’s recent statement: “We now know that with the Modi government (Prime Minister elect Narendra Modi) they are going to stop that contract because (Indian contractor) Surendra doesn’t know to build a building much less a specialty hospital.”

(Reuters) – Landon Donovan, the United States’ all-time top scorer, has been surprisingly left out of their 23-man squad for next month’s World Cup, U.S.

Last week a group of around 20 Home Econo-mics teachers from across the country gathered at the Carnegie School of Home Economics (CSHE) to receive instructions from an Ecuadorean woman named Paulino Valenzuela on the various ways in which breadfruit can become a greater part of the local culinary culture.

RANCHI, India, CMC – West Indies batsman Dwayne Smith missed out on another half-century but eclipsed the 500-run mark here yesterday, as his stellar season in the Indian Premier League continued.

The problems with animals roaming the roadways and posing a threat to motorists continue and residents of West Berbice were happy to see stray-catchers, employed by the Ministry of Home Affairs, taking these cows to a pound at Fort Wellington.