Daily Archive: Wednesday, June 25, 2014

The students of the Carnegie School of Economics today hosted a presentation of food and garments which reflected Caribbean countries they would have chosen in their Commercial Food Preparation Programme.

As announced recently by the Guyana Power and Light, the IDB and the EU have put together a US$64M financing programme to cut the utility’s losses among other areas.

ATVs and navigation and communication equipment were today handed over to the Guyana Police Force (GPF) by the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment’s Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) along with the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA).

(Trinidad Express) Today marks 53 days since senior counsel Dana Seetahal was shot and killed while driving her Volkswagen SUV in Woodbrook and, to date, no one has officially been arrested for her death.

The Guyana Police Force today said it recorded a 5% drop in total serious crimes when the period January 01 to May 31, 2014, is compared with the corresponding period in 2013 however murders were up by 12% and armed robberies by 33%.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Eli Wallach, an early practitioner of method acting who made a lasting impression as the scuzzy bandit Tuco in “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”, died yesterday at the age of 98, the New York Times reported.

AFC Vice-Chairman Moses Nagamootoo on Monday stated that the party is seriously contemplating a no-confidence motion against the Ramotar government.

Former policeman and current prisoner Robert Allan Gates yesterday said he believes senior members of the army and police aided and abetted serviceman Gregory Smith in killing Dr Walter Rodney.

Miners have scaled down operations – in some cases by as much as 40%, a high-level meeting on lower gold declarations heard yesterday and the government emphasised at the forum that its efforts to enforce the law was not meant to criminalise the industry.

A consultation between administrators and students of the University of Guyana (UG) degenerated into a yelling session of sorts for several moments when Vice-Chancellor Jacob Opadeyi found himself facing an interrogation over the proposed hike of tuition fees and his assurances that the institution would deliver better.

The absence of local government elections is robbing communities of vital relationships with their political representatives, according to United States Ambassador to Guyana Brent Hardt, who believes that once this gap is bridged it will be transformative for the country.

Bandits yesterday attacked Muneshwar’s Hardware Store at Good Hope, East Coast Demerara, where they robbed customers and escaped with a large sum of cash from the business.

(This is the sixth part in a series on local government) By Mario Joseph After retiring as a Chief Inspector of the Guyana Police Force upon completion of 35 years of service, Ewart Bowen turned his hands towards endeavouring to rescue his community, Mocha/Arcadia from its current path of degradation.

The Ministry of Finance is defending the use of the Contingencies Fund to restore $4.6 billion of the $37.4 billion slashed from the originally proposed $220 billion 2014 budget.

National Communications Network (NCN) yesterday obtained an interim injunction in the High Court against MovieStar restraining it from broadcasting any content from the FIFA 2014 World Cup games.

An unidentified man found dead in Le Repentir Cemetery yesterday is suspected to have committed suicide, the police say.

Devanand Singh has been charged with the murder of his brother Devendra Alfred, at an Essequibo mining camp on June 16th.

Previously charged with chopping his partner about her body and face, Dexter Stewart, 44, yesterday appeared in a city court to answer a new charge that he assaulted the woman.

The Ministry of Education is notifying parents and guardians of the St.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Uruguay forward Luis Suarez faces a lengthy ban after Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini accused him of biting during the South Americans’ 1-0 Group D victory yesterday, overshadowing a day of emotional extremes at the World Cup.

The Kuru Kururu Farmers Crops and Livestock Association (KKFCLA) is implementing a project to address the impacts of climate change which will see rooftop and ground catchment facilities for rainwater among other initiatives.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Rafa Nadal and Maria Sharapova led a parade of former champions into the Wimbledon second round yesterday after Marion Bartoli briefly lit up Centre Court without swinging her racket.

Former President, Dr Bharrat Jagdeo was on Monday elected as the Chairman of the Food and Agriculture Organisation’s (FAO’s) 22nd Session of the Committee on Forestry (COFO) for the period 2014-2016.

(Reuters) – LeBron James has told the Miami Heat that he will exercise an early termination option in his contract and become an unrestricted free agent in a move the team said was “fully expected.”

University of Guyana Senior Staff Association (UGSSA) President Patsy Francis says the union will support the proposed increase in tuition fees only if it is accompanied by an at least 60% increase in the staff’s wages and salaries in the first year.

The Institute of Business Education (IBE) led by a seven-goal haul from Jason Cromwell and a five-goal burst from Shemar Scott, steamrolled Shivitas Business College 25-0 when the fourth annual Digicel National Under-18 Knockout Football Championship continued yesterday.

Following stern words from the magistrate on the need to curb domestic violence in Guyana, a Kitty man was yesterday sentenced to prison after admitting to slapping his wife.

The trial of Devin Singh and Rosel Tilbury-Douglas, the constables accused of assaulting detainee Colwyn Harding late last year, is scheduled to begin on July 17.

New Amsterdam Technical Institute (NATI) squeaked past Berbice Educational Institute (BEI) by a 2-1 score line when the fourth annual Digicel National Under-18 Knockout Football Championship continued yesterday at the Skeldon ground, Berbice.

Two cosmetologists, charged with cocaine possession earlier this year, will have their separate trials commence on July 31 at the Providence Magistrate’s Court.

SPANISH TOWN, Jamaica, CMC –Technical Director of netball in Jamaica, Jill McIntosh, says the final match of a three-game series against Barbados tested the fortitude of the squad in training for the Commonwealth games starting next month in Glasgow, Scotland.

Head of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), Winston Brassington is denying that the final value of the Marriott Hotel Project could balloon to around US$100 million as recently suggested by former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran.

Guyana and Ex-West Indies wicket-keeper/batsman Derwin Christian says that he will not be hanging up his gloves anytime soon despite missing out in this year’s Regional competition while stressing on his desire to once again represent his country at the highest level after a prolific season in Trinidad & Tobago.

Chethan Nararyan advanced to the third round after comfortably defeating Rudy Grant on Sunday as the Guyana Lawn Tennis Association (GLTA)/ Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) Open Tournament continued over the weekend at the GBTI Recreational Facility in Bel Air.

Health Minister Dr Bheri Ramsaran has said that Caribbean nationals undergoing training in medicine will be expected to complete their final year of tutelage here as plans are in train to make Guyana a ‘hub’ for the Region.

The Overseas Medical Assistance Team (OMAT) is set to conduct its annual medical mission to Linden from June 30 to July 6, 2014.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC– West Indies Under 19 pacer Preston McSween blasted a match winning half century to help Premix and Precast Yorkshire beat Ince Transport MTW by 81 runs in the Barbados Cricket Association’s Sagicor General Super Cup Championship at the weekend.

By Jeff Trotman Pharmacists in Region Ten, most of them attached to the Linden Hospital Complex, were showered with commendations for their enthusiasm during a symposium on Friday at the Egbert Benjamin Conference Centre.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC– Jamaican fast bowler Jerome Taylor, who has been riding the waves of a triumphant return to international cricket, is eyeing a significant milestone when West Indies play New Zealand in the third and deciding test match starting in Barbados tomorrow.

ARBIL, Iraq, (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged leaders of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region yesterday to stand with Baghdad in the face of a Sunni insurgent onslaught that threatens to dismember the country.

Over twenty-five companies yesterday submitted multimillion dollar bids for the upgrading of roads in Regions 2, 4, 5 and 6.

SANTO DOMINGO, (Reuters) – The percentage of cocaine flowing to the United States through the Caribbean has more than tripled in the past three years, an Obama administration official said yesterday, adding weight to claims that criminal organizations are shifting back to a route they abandoned years ago.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Attorneys for Donald Sterling told a probate court judge on Monday that the Los Angeles Clippers co-owner had been duped into taking medical examinations that determined he lacked the mental capacity to have a say in the $2 billion sale of his team.

Dear Editor, Those who should be concerned would wish to know that in a conversation on Dr Grantley Walrond’s ‘Spotlight’ on Thursday, June 19, 2014, the interviewees, Dr Pat Francis and Dr Mellissa Ifill of the University of Guyana, revealed they welcomed the news that the administration had approved raising the retirement age of lecturers (and presumably other categories of staff) from sixty years to sixty-five years.

Matthew Jack, who was stabbed several times about his body by a cousin on Friday night, has regained consciousness and is now in a stable condition at the Georgetown Hospital, his sister said.

BEIJING, China, CMC- Multiple World and Olympic champion Veronica Campbell Brown won a major race for the first time this season when she clocked a season’s best 11.14 seconds to win the women’s 100m at the IAAF World Challenge Meeting held in Beijing yesterday.

(Jamaica Observer) After a frustrating eight-month wait, Shanique Myrie has finally been paid by the Barbadian Government.

Dear Editor On Tuesday, June 17, I had the opportunity to visit the National Assembly as part of the four-week Blue CAPS’ Building Communities through Leadership Training & Service (BCLTS) programme.

MOSCOW/VIENNA, (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin asked Russia’s upper house yesterday to revoke the right it had granted him to order a military intervention in Ukraine in defence of Russian-speakers there.

The first stone depot in Georgetown opened with an initial shipment of 1,000 tonnes of stone at its Battery Road, Kingston location, even as the Ministry of Natural Resources is reviewing over a dozen applications for stone quarry operations.

LEEDS, England, (Reuters) – England crashed to their first home test series defeat by Sri Lanka as the tourists claimed a thrilling win off the penultimate ball yesterday, ensuring a valiant maiden century by Moeen Ali went unrewarded.

Dear Editor, With reference to the letter penned by Mr Roshan Khan which was published on Wednesday, June 18, 2014 in Kaieteur News captioned ‘GPL Main Street – a definite nightmare worse than the US Embassy’ and in Stabroek News on the same date titled ‘It is easier to get a visa from the US Embassy than service from GPL,’ the Guyana Power and Light Inc wishes to state the following.

President Donald Ramotar said humanitarian assistance has become an important aspect of China’s aid to Guyana and welcomed the 11th batch of doctors from that country here to serve for two years.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Rebekah Brooks, the former boss of Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper arm, was acquitted yesterday of orchestrating a campaign to hack into phones and bribe officials in a case that has shaken the British political establishment.

The ceiling from this business place between South Road and Charlotte Street, along King Street is falling.

SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – President Michelle Bachelet yesterday announced a plan to buy and return disputed ancestral lands to Chile’s indigenous communities as part of a strategy to better incorporate them into the country’s political process and economic development.

LEEDS, England, (Reuters) – A defiant Alastair Cook vowed to fight on as captain after England slumped to another defeat in the second test against Sri Lanka at Headingley yesterday, losing the two-match series 1-0.

Nothing exemplifies more clearly the difficulties of doing politics in Guyana and the need for clear strategic thinking than Mr.

Caricom governments and the United Kingdom government, represented by their foreign ministers, met last week in the latest of a series of such meetings held periodically since 1998.

Not a good example for youngsters: Garbage on Camp Street between Robb St and North Road yesterday.

Politikles

Dear Editor, I would like to make a special appeal to the Canadian High Commission in Guyana and, to an extent the Government of Canada, to establish a visa centre here, where interviews can be done.

MADRID, (Reuters) – Spain returned to Colombia yesterday 691 archaeological pieces including 3,000-year-old ceramics that were seized in 2003 in a drug-trafficking and money-laundering case.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Annual property losses from hurricanes and other coastal storms of $35 billion; a decline in crop yields of 14 percent, costing corn and wheat farmers tens of billions of dollars; heat wave-driven demand for electricity costing utility customers up to $12 billion per year.