Daily Archive: Saturday, July 12, 2014

Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee, on Friday handed over three vehicles to the Guyana Prison Service (GPS), GINA said.

Five employees of BK Group of Companies are in police custody this afternoon after stealing Mack Trucks spare parts from the company valued approximately $40 million, a release from the company said.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Another ragged defensive display by Brazil allowed the Netherlands to stroll to a 3-0 victory in the World Cup third-place playoff match today as the hosts ended the tournament in depressing fashion.

At about 1700h yesterday, police say that Oliver Mohamed, 42 years, of ‘D’ Field, Sophia, was on the roadway at Sophia when he was attacked by a man armed with a firearm, who took away his jewellery and $300.00 and escaped.

With the government under immense pressure to call local government elections, the three GECOM commissioners representing the ruling PPP/C today urged caution with respect to the holding of these polls.

The $10,000 grant per child in public schools is to be paid out in September, the Ministry of Education said today.

Three persons were killed in St Kitts-Nevis today in what police said seemed to have been targeted killings.

(Trinidad Guardian) Sparrow turned 79 on Wednesday but also turned back the hands of time with a riveting performance when his milestone was celebrated with a concert at De Nu Pub (The Mas Camp) in Woodbrook.

A nineteen member team from the Department of Behavioral and Social Science Department of the Northern Caribbean University, Jamaica, is visiting Guyana on a three week study tour.

(Jamaica Observer) FOR the first time in years, the Tribute to the Greats Awards Show and Dance will not be held at Curphey Place in St Andrew.

A move towards full mechanisation could cut GuySuCo’s production cost per tonne of cane sugar by over 75%, company Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Rajendra Singh yesterday told a parliamentary committee, while saying that the company is exploring varying means to reduce its operational costs while upping efficiency and mechanisation was one of them.

A day after pleading his innocence, Dexter Daniels yesterday claimed ownership of the more than one tonne of narcotics found at a Grove, East Bank Demerara house and he was sentenced to three years in jail.

The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for an Eccles resident in relation to narcotics found at Diamond, East Bank Demerara last Monday.

Guyanese now have access to more than 66 destinations with the launch of Copa Airline’s non-stop service between Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) and the airline’s Hub of the Americas in Panama.

Accused of acting outside his authority by suspending Vanessa Kissoon, PNCR leader David Granger yesterday maintained that his actions were within his powers.

The findings of a population decrease during the last census should immediately propel changes in governance arrangements to foster a deepener sense of national unity and belonging, according to the Indian Arrival Committee (IAC).

The police yesterday continued to collect statements from the family of Ashmini Harriram, the 18-year-old who was fatally shot during a suspected robbery on Thursday morning.

AFC leader Khemraj Ramjattan is proposing that a revolving fund be created for rice farmers in Region Two so as to ensure they are not kept waiting for their money from rice millers in the future.

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Captain Denesh Ramdin struck a Man-of-the-match half-century but Guyana Amazon Warriors were forced to overcome some late innings jitters before disposing of Antigua Hawksbills by two wickets in the opening game of the 2014 Caribbean Premier League here yesterday.

Though over $35 million is being spent on the improvement of a number of markets throughout Guyana, Georgetown markets were noticeably missing when Local Government Minister Norman Whittaker gave an update on the ministry’s “financial situation.”

National Chess Champion Wendell Meusa was yesterday cleared of the charge of assault with intent to rob instituted against him on June 15, after the complainant testified that he was not her assailant.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – It might not be the way Brazilians wanted the World Cup to end but tomorrow’s final between Argentina and Germany will provide a nerve-jangling climax to the best tournament in history – even though the goals that have lit it up may not flow.

Two juvenile inmates of the New Opportunity Corps (NOC) were taken for medical attention at the Georgetown Public Hospital in shackles on Thursday, raising concerns about the procedure in light of the facility’s aim to rehabilitate and not criminalise young offenders.

NOTTINGHAM, England, (Reuters) – Joe Root and James Anderson fought back from an England collapse with a stubborn last wicket stand on the third day of the opening test at Trent Bridge yesterday to put them within reach of India’s first innings total.

SCARBOROUGH, Tobago, CMC – Contrasting half-centuries from Sherfane Rutherford and opener Adrian Sukwah, powered Guyana to a handsome 62-run victory over Trinidad and Tobago, in the third series of the Regional Under-17 Championship here yesterday.

Four months after the passing of APNU MP and Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister Deborah Backer, members of the National Assembly on Thursday moved a motion to honour the contributions she made and have their tributes to her recorded in the Hansard.

Two years after a barber was forced to deliver a baby after no one at the nearby CC Nicholson Hospital could aid a woman in labour, the Ministry of Health has announced that the hospital would soon have around the clock maternity services.

The Guyana Squash Association will be sending the Junior National Squash Team to the 32nd Junior CASA Championships scheduled for July 13-19, 2014 in Bermuda, where they will be defending their title.

Legal Affairs Minister Anil Nandlall says the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) requires Guyana to pass legislation which would apply additional taxes to local manufacturers so as render taxes applied to Caricom manufacturers non-discriminatory, but AFC leader Khemraj Ramjattan is accusing him of misrepresenting the CCJ, while arguing that abolishing the tax altogether is also an option.

Beterverwagting Secondary crushed the Institute of Business Education (IBE) by a 6-1 score line when the Region Four zone of the Digicel National Secondary Schools U-18 football tourney continued yesterday at the Beterverwagting ground.

Mackenzie High School swamped St. Stanislaus College by a 52-13 score line in their U-16  matchup when the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) 9th National Schools Basketball Festival (NSBF) continued on Thursday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

With the inaugural Guyana Festival slated to kick off next month, the Tourism Ministry yesterday launch-ed its “Generation Next” concert and also received $2M from Digicel Guyana to support the festival.

Guyana suffered their fourth consecutive defeat, losing to Bahamas 113-27 in their reclassification matchup when the women’s section of the 2014 Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) championships continued yesterday in the British Virgin Islands.

Dear Editor, Many of our senior artists from the Guyana United Artists (GUA) have already departed from Guyana and others are following in their footsteps on account of the rank discrimination and demoralizing conditions artists are faced with.

East Canje police swooped down on a camp at Sheet Anchor, East Canje yesterday and found 178 shotgun cartridges and over four kilos of marijuana.

The development of the 1.8 billion youths in the world was brought to the forefront when World Population Day was observed yesterday and though Guyana is yet to implement a National Youth Policy, Minister Frank Anthony has promised that one was “in the works”.

Dear Editor, The stretch of laterite (bush road) between Linden and Mahdia is in a most deplorable state – the worst I have seen in years.

(Reuters) – LeBron James is returning to the Cleveland Cavaliers four years after he left his home state to join the Miami Heat, he said yesterday.

A Guyanese woman and her partner were arrested in Antigua on Wednesday after a raid uncovered an astounding 482 kilos of cocaine.

Dear Editor, Out of a group of discussants about the spate of road deaths across the country on almost a daily basis, there were at least three affected persons who spoke angrily about the residual indispositions – physical, financial, psychological – of those who are left to grieve.

You can expect to see Delroy Walcott promoting male pageantry and youth empowerment.

A Surinamese man fell off a truck and died after he became entangled in wires yesterday along the public road at No.

Two of the prize winners of the Courts’ Win a Football Lime for You and Your Crew pose with their cheques yesterday with Relations and Promotions Officer, Roberta Ferguson (second from left).

Dear Editor, I am writing to raise an issue with whoever in the PPP government wants to hear, since it seems only public lobbying of one’s plight brings about a solution.

A seven-time convicted labourer who admitted that he stole several bars of Cadbury chocolates has been sentenced to 14 days jail and has been remanded to prison while he awaits trial for allegedly threatening to kill a Bounty Supermarket employee.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Argentina and Germany have appeared collectively in nine previous World Cup finals and two against each other.

For nearly a month now, as part of my ambition to explore the culture and art of dear old Guyana and dive into vacation season I started attending theatre classes after weeks of consultation and advice from dramatists.

(Reuters) – Federal health officials yesterday disclosed a new safety breach at a high-security U.S.

Despite his failed bid to capture the title of the Wray and Nephew Contender Series, third place finisher in the annual Jamaican tournament, Howard ‘Battersea Bomber’ Eastman vowed to bounce back and continue his career.

Hi Everyone, This week begins a 2-part series about Black Pudding.

Former bartender Leon Abrams yesterday appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry to face charges that he embezzled approximately $30, 000 from his employer.

Dear Editor, I note with much indignation, albeit disgust that Regional Chairman, Region 8, Mr Mark Crawford has been cajoled into joining the small group of protagonists who appear hell bent on persisting in their personal attacks on one of the hardest working of our cabinet ministers, Ms Priya Manickchand whose success story in education over the relatively short period of her stewardship as Minister of Education has incurred the envy of some from among opposition elements.

GAZA/JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – An airstrike outside a family home early today pushed the Palestinian death toll past 100 in four days of cross-border fighting as Israel showed no sign of pausing despite international pressure to negotiate a ceasefire with the militants.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) -They like their goalkeepers in Germany and that is good news for Manuel Neuer, the athletic and imposing last line of defence whose string of outstanding performances have helped Die National Mannschaft to their first World Cup final in 12 years.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged to help revive Cuba’s struggling offshore oil exploration yesterday at the start of a six-day tour of Latin America as Russia aims to reassert its influence on the communist-ruled island.

BERLIN, (Reuters) – Germany’s decision to ask the CIA station chief in Berlin to leave the country was an inevitable response to fresh allegations of U.S.

The Rotary Club of Demerara installed their board for 2014-2015 at a ceremony held last Tuesday at the Pegasus hotel.

Dear Editor, Many believe that corruption – the use of public office for private gain – is a major problem in Guyana.

The issue of gay equality remains unresolved and contentious here despite the vigorous efforts of activists and supporters to promote a more open and equal society.

(Jamaica Gleaner) ALUMINIUM GIANT UC Rusal says it is seeking the Jamaican Government’s “support” to reopen the Kirkvine and Alpart plants, but Mining and Energy Minister Phillip Paulwell said he has lost patience with the Russian company and has signalled that he is prepared to go even further to revoke its licences for mining at Ewarton.

Dear Editor, The TUC’s Mr Lincoln Lewis indulges in frequent letters to the press in competition with the Mayor of Georgetown.

BAGHDAD/KIRKUK, (Reuters) – Kurdish forces seized two oilfields in northern Iraq and took over operations from a state-run oil company yesterday, while Kurdish politicians formally suspended their participation in Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s government.

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KARACHI, (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Supreme Court reinstated Najam Sethi as chairman of the country’s cricket board yesterday, a day after he was removed from the post.

A week may be a long time in politics, but Germany needed only six minutes to seal the fate of Brazil in their 7-1 rout of the World Cup hosts earlier this week.

Last Sunday I left for Trinidad and Tobago to review a pop-up shop hosted by Emma Forster Hiscock, Stephanie Rydle and Ain Earle.

A visiting Commonwealth Secretariat delegation got an earful this week from the opposition on how the government is refusing to accept its minority status in Parliament.