Daily Archive: Friday, June 20, 2014

Guyanese entertainer Lisa Punch is to appear on the US television network ABC’s singing programme `Rising Star’ on Sunday.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Another European heavyweight fell to Latin American opposition today as Costa Rica shocked Italy 1-0, putting the four-times champions’ qualification in peril, but France thumped Switzerland 5-2 in an imperious World Cup display.

The gathering at the launch of the World Wildlife Fund Biodiversity Assessment Report of the Kaieteur National Park at Moray House, Camp and Quamina Streets, Georgetown today.

Gold prospectors are mobilizing in the face of what they see as an unwarranted crackdown on them by the government over the 20% decline in declarations and high on the agenda for a miners association meeting on Thursday is the planned enforcement of a law which could see jail time for the hoarding of the precious metal.

The police say they are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about 2230h.

(Barbados Nation) A former REDjet airline director admits that the carrier’s management made some mistakes, but he insists that sabotage played a role in the airline’s demise.

Twenty-six presidential trips by President Donald Ramotar and his entourage have cost around $95M since he took office in November 2011.

The Environmental Prote-tion Agency (EPA) has refuted claims by South American Woods Incor-porated (SAW Inc) that an application was denied for the establishment of a wood processing facility at Leonora, West Coast Demerara.

A fire suspected to be electrical in origin destroyed an operating room and an excimer laser at the National Ophthalmology Hos-pital in Port Mourant, Corentyne yesterday.

Government yesterday once again failed to provide answers to questions on the benefits drawn down by former President Bharrat Jagdeo since demitting office in 2011.

President Donald Ramotar says Opposition Leader David Granger has refused a compromise offered by government for his side’s support of the passage of the AML/CFT (Amendment) Bill but Granger is saying no compromise was offered.

Government holding company, the National Indus-trial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) has confirmed that land has been gifted to China Railway First Group (Guyana) Inc (CRFG) at Liliendaal, as part of a deal for a fixed contract price for the Amaila Falls Hydropower Station and construction of a crucial section of the access road.

Long demanded by child rights advocates, corporal punishment has been dropped as a method of discipline in schools under the Education Bill 2014 which was tabled in the National Assembly by Minister of Education Priya Manickchand yesterday.

Government has spent more than $4.5 billion of the $37.4 billion cut from this year’s $220 billion national budget and Minister of Finance Ashni Singh yesterday tabled Financial Paper 1 of 2014 seeking the approval of the House for the extra-budgetary spending.

Police in Maryland are treating the deaths of the Guyanese mother and her two infant children, who were found dead in a car in front of a US middle school on Monday, as a possible murder-suicide.

The Trinidad and Tobago government has informed local financial institutions and businesses of Guyana’s deficiencies in the area of anti-money laundering and combatting the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) through notices in the media.

Guyana Water Incorpora-ted (GWI) spokesman Timothy Austin yesterday said the intermittent bad weather has delayed the repair of roads that were excavated during the rehabilitation of the sewer system.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Uruguay’s lethal striker Luis Suarez scored twice including a dramatic late winner to earn a 2-1 victory over England in a pulsating World Cup Group D match yesterday.

Sybil Bookey on Sunday celebrated her 100th birthday. Born and raised at Victoria Road, Plaisance, East Coast Demerara, Bookey now resides at the Palms Geriatric Home.

Addressing concerns over government’s computerized accounting system due to the non-implementation of two modules, Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh said last Thursday that the non-activation of these do not diminish the system’s ability to safeguard the integrity of transactions.

Ronald Sookraj, who was asked by one of the victims of a house fire at Delph Street, Campbellville, to help clean in its aftermath, is being accused of stealing $1M in gold and silver jewellery during the exercise.

By Mario Joseph   A new parking system is in place for route 41, 45 and 46 minibus operators at the Stabroek Market Square but compliance remains a problem.

A pointer broom vendor yesterday found himself in a city court facing the accusation that he assaulted his mother’s common-law husband.

The Caribbean Association of Industry and Commerce (CAIC) says Caribbean Community trade negotiators must “stand firm and leverage the good relationship that Canada has had with the Caribbean to secure a fairer free trade agreement.”

A Brazilian national was yesterday handed a 12-month prison sentence after he admitted to stealing a quantity of gold and diamond jewellery and other items worth in excess of $2M from his roommate.

National Men’s Basketball Coach Mark Agard says the Guyana players continue to give a good account of themselves which he attributes to the added momentum of having several overseas-based players on the team, as preparations move apace for the Caribbean Basketball Championship 2014.

The change in official policy position on used car imports some years ago may have created a window of vulnerability that increases the risk of consumers being sold defective vehicles, Consumer Affairs Officer at the Competition and Consumer Affairs Commission Clifford Zammett has said.

Amid concerns about significantly reduced gold production in the face of falling world market prices, Stabroek Business has learnt that the sector will almost certainly have to effect a downward adjustment in its projection for gold production this year.

Up until now, little if anything has been said in the media here about Guyana’s planned hosting of the Caribbean Association of Home Economists (CAHE) 22nd Biennial Conference in March/April next year.

South Ruimveldt Secondary walloped Christ Church Secondary by a 9-1 margin when the fourth annual Digicel national u-18 knockout football championship continued at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue yesterday.

St. John’s College led by a Tyrese Forde helmet trick crushed Sophia Special School by a 7-0 score line when the fourth annual Digicel national u-18 knockout football championship continued at the Eve Leary ground yesterday.

WASHINGTON/TIKRIT, Iraq, (Reu-ters) – President Barack Obama said yesterday he was sending up to 300 U.S.

(The second and final instalment)   One of the more attractive things about GuyExpo 2013 was the more than usual number of Amerindian vendors who had set up stalls displaying their strong drinks and wild-meat based dishes.

Dear Editor, Could the relevant authorities please either say how a heavy-duty machinery rental company got permission to not only set up but spread out in a residential area, Delhi St in Prashad Nagar, or else investigate?

Demerara and Berbice will compete for the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) under-17 limited over title tomorrow after the second round match between Essequibo and Berbice planned for the Wales Community Development Centre Ground yesterday was abandoned due to a damp pitch and wet outfield caused by overnight rain.

NATAL, Brazil, (Reuters) – A desperate rearguard action from 10-man Greece held Japan to a 0-0 draw that suited neither side in a match which ended with boos ringing around the Dunas arena and sent Colombia into the last 16 of the World Cup on Thursday.

Dear Editor, So we have learnt from the media that the government will be conducting another fogging exercise in Georgetown.

SANTO ANDRE, Brazil, (Reuters) – Germany will be looking to silence Ghana’s Kevin-Prince Boateng in their World Cup Group G match tomorrow after the German-born midfielder accused Joachim Loew’s team of lacking a “tough-guy” leader to carry them through tight matches.

By Haopei Yang   Introduction From its inception in the 1960s as a small number of connected computer systems, to the introduction of the World Wide Web (WWW) by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the internet has grown and evolved into one of the most depended-upon facilities in mankind’s history.

MADRID, (Reuters) – Felipe VI was sworn in as Spain’s new king yesterday and immediately sought to knit together a nation threatened by a growing separatist movement in Catalonia.

Dear Editor, Can the authorities say what the latest status is on the vessel that was seized and detained in Curaçao with 10,000 ounces of gold with a street value of US$12 million?

There is an air of expectancy amongst Home Econo-mists as their umbrella organisation, the Guyana Association of Home Economists (GAHE) prepares to host the March/ April, 2014, 22nd Biannual Conference of the Carib-bean Association of Home Economists (CAHE).

LONDON, (Reuters) – When Andy Murray walks into Wimbledon on Monday to begin what he hopes will be the successful defence of his title he may be feeling a little lighter than usual at this time of year.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Gritty New Zealand defied a purposeful West Indies bowling performance with a battling display at Queen’s Park Oval, staving off defeat, frustrating the hosts and forcing the second Test into its final day today.

By Renata Chuck-A-Sang   Women’s ability to multitask and adapt to unfavourable circumstances help them to climb the business ladder with confidence.

BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil, (Reuters) – Having already bettered his last World Cup with a nerve-easing first goal in Argentina’s opener, Lionel Messi should lead his countrymen to an easy win against unheralded Iran in Belo Horizonte tomorrow.

Dear Editor, I have noted with interest the recent media releases about the Guyana Police Force’s intent to go after touts in the various minibus parks and would like to draw attention to a situation that exists in the La Parfaite Harmonie bus park.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States yesterday dropped sanctions on 308 individuals and entities that had been tied to the Cali drug cartel in the single largest delisting in the history of the U.S.

  ABUJA, (Reuters) – Nigeria will recover US$228 million of funds looted by former military dictator Sani Abacha, the finance ministry said yesterday, after a 16-year battle to retrieve the stolen money from Liechtenstein.

Dear Editor, In recent times there have reports of sex scandals involving government officials, but none of these officials were called to account.

At 32, Astell Collins still seeks to hone his evident talents to meet the demands of a multi-faceted market.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The lack of a front-line spinner to replace Graeme Swann continues to vex English cricket but captain Alastair Cook insists their four-man pace attack remains the best option heading into the second test against Sri Lanka today.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Barack Obama spoke on Thursday with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto about a strategy to deal with a flood of children coming from Central America to the United States, the White House said.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, CMC- Jamaican sprinters Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson have been cleared to compete again pending the outcome of their doping appeals.

Dear Editor, On Wednesday, June 4, I could not stay for the entire first session of the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry (COI).

Howard ‘Battersea Bomber’ Eastman suffered a controversial loss to Jamaican, Tsetsi ‘Lights Out’ Davis when the Wray and Nephew Contender Series continued on Wednesday in Kingston.

Like so many other bakeries in Guyana, Nedd’s Sons & Daughters Bakery, situated at Garnett & Campbell streets in Campbellville has a rich history.

Juan Manuel Santos was re-elected president of Colombia on Sunday in the narrowest election race in the country’s history.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Colombia moved to the brink of their first appearance in the World Cup knockout round in nearly a quarter of a century when they beat Ivory Coast 2-1 in another action-packed World Cup clash yesterday to take firm control of Group C.

Dear Editor, It was interesting to read and listen to the dramatic outbursts of Cabinet Secretary Roger Luncheon and PPP General Secretary Clement Rohee when the West Indies Cricket Board moved their Test match to Barbados.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States yesterday cut aid to Uganda, imposed visa restrictions and canceled a regional military exercise in response to a Ugandan law that imposes harsh penalties on homosexuality.

These ought to be good times for Wayne Garraway. He has spent almost half of his 38 years in the hollow block business.