Daily Archive: Saturday, June 7, 2014

Amid concerns about low gold declarations, the miners association today called on its members for ‘aggressive’ declarations.

(Barbados Nation) THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY Fund (IMF) is sounding a note of urgency over Barbados’ economy and calling for fiscal consolidation post-haste.

One time murder accused Clive De Nobegra Gates, who changed his name by deed poll to Robert Alan Gates and who is currently serving a 48-month prison sentence, yesterday testified that after being threatened he was planted as an undercover agent in the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) and was later promised a large sum of money and free passage out of Guyana if he facilitated the killing of party executive Dr.

Veteran broadcaster Roger Moore passed away on Thursday in London after prolonged illness.

Tamesha Latoya Adams, the 14-year-old schoolgirl believed to have been murdered by her adult partner before he killed himself, was stabbed 10 times, a post-mortem examination has found.

The fourth edition of the annual Digicel schools football championships will be bigger, better and more lucrative.

Following the allegation by a 14-year-old that he was sexually abused by a care giver at the Berbice Anjuman Orphanage in New Amsterdam, five boys were removed from the institution and are now in the custody of the Child Care and Protection Agency (CC&PA).

By Delvon Mc Ewan   President of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Christopher Matthias yesterday said that he was willing to work with members of the breakaway faction of the GFF in an effort to execute his federation’s constitutional mandate which is to develop, promote, regulate and control the discipline of football.

Car dealer Kurt Browne, found with 158 pounds of marijuana in vehicles parked in his Norton Street premises, was sentenced to three years in prison yesterday.

Secretary of the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Odinga Lumumba said that he is prepared to work along in the near future with the Christopher Matthias led Georgetown Football Federation (GFF) in order to take football forward.

A seasoned scam artist, charged with defrauding nine persons of nearly $40 million in just over a year, yesterday decided to turn over a new leaf when he pleaded guilty to nine counts of fraud, earning himself a total of 19 years.

A Lodge man will be spending the next 18 months in jail after being found guilty of abusing and threatening his teenage girlfriend.

Following a 48-19 drubbing of Barbados recently the national men’s 15s rugby team will look to continue its winning ways today when it tackles arch rivals Trinidad and Tobago in the final of the NACRA Southern Zone Championships.

A Kitty man, allegedly caught trying to sneak two live cartridges hidden in sneakers to an inmate at the Georgetown Prison last December, was sentenced to two years in jail yesterday, after being found guilty of the crime.

Jennifer Gibson fell in love with Guyana the first time she visited back in 1996.

The inaugural Crown Mining Supplies Golf Tournament will take place today at the Lusignan Golf Club course from noon.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Team manager Sir Richie Richardson believes regional players must make West Indies cricket their top priority.

There are some people who will say and absolutely believe that Georgetown is a boring city with nothing to see, nothing to do and nothing to experience but I say experiences can come out of nowhere; it is a journey you make yourself to explore, to live and always try new things.

Digicel Guyana CEO Gregory Dean is optimistic that the Telecommuni-cations Bill will be passed by July thereby ending the more than 20-year-old monopoly held by GT&T and allowing it to provide additional telecommunications services, as well as improve the services it currently offers.

Blue CAPS kicked off its first leadership training yesterday through which a number of participants from about seven NGOs will receive training that will eventually enable them to articulate, aggregate and address the needs of their respective communities.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – West Indies batting star Chris Gayle on Thursday unveiled the Jamaica edition of his Academy, targeted at inner city communities with the hope of using cricket to address social ills among youth.

There will be no play in the Georgetown Cricket Association’s Hadi’s-World Incorporated first division (two-day) and Noble House Seafoods second division (two-day) cricket competition, the GCA stated in a release yesterday.

Hi Everyone, Every time I come back home for a visit I have to readjust my senses to the abundance of food, especially at the markets.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Stroke-maker Darren Bravo has called on the West Indies batting unit to deliver in both innings, if they are to trounce New Zealand in the upcoming three-Test series.

Several senior Air Traffic Control (ATC) staff at the Timehri Air Traffic Control Tower are expressing deep concern over myriad issues plaguing the tower, including severe management problems and the non-appointment of the newest batch of controllers to the roster.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – West Indies have bolstered their fast bowling options ahead of the first Test against New Zealand, by adding Barbados pacer Jason Holder to the squad.

Staff members of the Bina Hill Institute Youth Learning Centre, in the North Rupununi, Region Nine have been sent home since the organization is unable to pay them, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported last evening.

Dear Editor, Please refer to an article which appeared in Stabroek News of Thursday, June 5, captioned ‘Linden municipality operating illegally as budget not approved -IMC Head.’

Venus Boyz and XXY are the two films that will be screen next week as SASOD’S Painting the Spectrum 10 continues on Tuesday and Thursday.

Main opposition APNU parliamentarians Dr. Karen Cummings and Dr. George Norton have both sounded concern over the growing number of detected Chikungunya cases in Guyana even as health officials have professed that they have the situation under control.

For six days next month, playwright and actress Ingrid Griffith will pull off a gargantuan feat when she plays her one-woman show, Demerara Gold at the Dorothy Strelsin Theatre on West 36th Street, Manhattan, New York.

(Reuters) – World and Olympic champion Usain Bolt will not compete at the Paris Diamond League meeting or the Golden Spike in Ostrava after his training was slowed by a now-healed foot injury, the Jamaican sprinter said yesterday.

COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France, (Reuters) – The leaders of Russia and Ukraine held their first talks yesterday since Moscow annexed Crimea, airing ways to end their four-month conflict in a brief encounter during commemorations in France of the World War Two D-Day landings.

Dear Editor, As all the attention, understandably, is focused on the commencement of the Test series between West Indies and New Zealand, there have been some quiet positives taking place with the A team in Barbados.

PARIS, (Reuters) – The belated appearance of the blazing sun at what had been a cold and chilly French Open until yesterday allowed Rafa Nadal to scorch past Andy Murray and set up a hotly-anticipated final with Novak Djokovic.

Dear Editor, The recent move by the Council of Legal Education (CLE) to deny the top twenty-five Guyanese graduates of the University of Guyana’s law programme automatic entry to the Hugh Wooding Law School (HWLS) is one that has many students uncertain about their future.

Businessman Angad Dalip is now counting over $1M in losses after six men robbed his Eccles East Bank Demerara, Industrial Site business of steel rods.

Local hip hop master Don Gialiani has been hitting the airwaves and social media with his new single “Georgetown” which was officially released on the radio on Independence Day, last week.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. employment returned to its pre-recession peak in May with a solid pace of hiring that offered confirmation the economy has snapped back from a winter slump.

(Trinidad Express) Morvant residents staged fiery protests on Thursday afternoon, blocking several roadways including the Lady Young Road and Mon Repos Road, leaving commuters stranded in standstill traffic as they vocalised their dissent to the death of 21-year-old father of one, Chaquille McCoy.

Horizon Arts Production is preparing to stage its sixth annual cultural extravaganza for Father’s Day on June 15, at 20:00 hrs at the Theatre Guild Playhouse, Georgetown under the theme “Love Vibrations”.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is financing a new 24-hour satellite TV channel in northern Nigeria meant to counter insurgencies by the militant Islamist Boko Haram and other groups in the region, the New York Times reported yesterday.

Dear Editor, I am not a supporter of the PPP government, neither am I affiliated with APNU or the AFC.

Minister of Public Works Robeson Benn yesterday formally handed over eight Honda motorcycles to the Guyana Police Force for use in the traffic department.

PARIS, (Reuters) – One has nothing to lose, the other is expected to win today.

SAN ANTONIO, (Reuters) – Some torrid fourth-quarter shooting led by Danny Green lifted the San Antonio Spurs to a come-from-behind 110-95 victory over the Miami Heat in the opening game of the NBA Finals on Thursday.

(Jamaica Observer) HOTEL developers are expected to spend J$76 billion (US$685M) through to 2015 on projects already in the pipeline for Jamaica.

The National Trust of Guyana (NTG) has started preliminary work to hire a conservation consultant to develop a Preservation Plan for the City Hall building.

X-Men Days of Future Past is the latest entry in the multi-million dollar X-Men franchise starring Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen and Halle Berry.

Under customary international law, Guyana is obligated to prevent torture, and this obligation exists whether we would have signed the UN Convention against torture or attached any reservations.

MONCTON, New Brunswick, (Reuters) – A 24-year-old man was charged with murder yesterday in the slayings of three Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers during a shooting spree in the eastern Canadian city of Moncton.

Dear Editor,   The Time: From the Garden City of colonial days, to the Garbage City of independent/republican Guyana; we have indeed come a long way.

SAN SALVADOR, (Reuters) – The heads of El Salvador’s main street gangs urged the country’s new president Salvador Sanchez Ceren to tackle criminals behind a recent wave of killings, declaring themselves blameless on Thursday for the violence gripping the Central American nation.

Canadian oil exploration company CGX Energy Inc and Japanese company Teikoku Oil (Suriname) Co, have signed an agreement with Japan Drilling Co Ltd (JDC) to rent a rig to drill on CGX’s Corentyne Block next year.

Dear Editor,   The Indo-Caribbean Federation (ICF) will be celebrating its 29th Annual East Indian Arrival Day on June 8, 2014, at Smokey Park in Queens, New York.

(Trinidad Express) A new mapping system to help pinpoint the exact location of children at all times was announced on Thursday morning by Minister in the Ministry of the People and Social Development, Vernella Alleyne-Toppin.

Beginning June 10 and continuing for six weeks, the School of the Nations will offer art classes for persons interested in developing their artistic skills and or pursuing a Cambridge certification in art.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – It has been so long since a horse won the Triple Crown that racing fans across the United States are starting to wonder whether it will ever happen again.

Castellani House, the National Gallery of Art, has extended its current exhibition ‘As New and As Old’ for another week.

Dear Editor,   Dr Walter Rodney was not fully au fait with the intrigues and machinations of politics after he became involved in obtaining devices; he had begun to tread on dangerous ground.

(ICC) The West Indies and New Zealand will kick off a season of high-octane Test cricket when they go head-to-head in a three-Test series that starts in Kingston, Jamaica, tomorrow.

The second issue of makin style is completed and set to hit newsstands in Guyana and New York early next week.

    HARARE, (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s president Robert Mugabe yesterday branded his information minister a “devil incarnate”, accusing him of appointing editors of state-owned newspapers who were sympathetic to the opposition.

For the last fifty years, a book that may well be the most important of the twentieth century has remained largely unread.

As preparations continue for the inaugural Guyana Festival, more corporate entities have come onboard to support the staging of the event.