Daily Archive: Thursday, July 17, 2014

(Antigua Observer) ST JOHN’S, Antigua: The Caribbean Premier League (CPL) has downplayed a controversial comment made by Jamaica Tallawahs captain, Chris Gayle, to a female reporter.

By Mario Joseph   The families of the four fishermen who were allegedly attacked by pirates and tossed overboard in Suriname waters on the night of July 8th, suspect that there is more to the men’s disappearance, citing several inconsistencies in the boat owner’s story.

Police are on the hunt for a Mahaica-based businessman who opened fire on a party of Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) enforcement officers while they were carrying out an exercise for smuggled goods last evening at Mahaicony.

Outgoing National Chairman of the Guyana Youth and Student Movement (GYSM), Christopher Jones, MP (left), recently handed over a cheque to the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) General Secretary, Oscar Clarke.

On July 10, 2014 a team of officials from the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) shared out children’s life jackets to schools in Mabaruma, Region One North West District.

Minister of Amerindian Affairs, Pauline Sukhai (left) handing over the keys to a new vehicle to Kamwatta’s Toshao, Peter Nazier.

The Guyana Total (GT) Recyclers Co-operative Society was yesterday officially launched, at the Haags Bosch Landfill, Eccles, East Bank Demerara, to provide “dignified identities and health security to waste pickers”, GINA said.

Staff of the One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) Secretariat yesterday visited the Trafalgar Union Women’s Training Group and Bath Primary School in Region Five and distributed approximately 600 laptops to villagers in those communities.

Colwyn Harding was today placed on $75,000 bail after appearing at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on a robbery charge.

HRABOVE, Ukraine, (Reuters) – A Malaysian airliner was brought down over eastern Ukraine today, killing all 295 people aboard and sharply raising the stakes in a conflict between Kiev and pro-Moscow rebels in which Russia and the West back opposing sides.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Former Prime Minister Bruce Golding has come out swinging against the United States, declaring that nation lacks the moral authority to cite human-rights abuses as reasons to withdraw support to the Jamaican security forces.

A minibus accident on the Linden/Soesdyke Highway last evening claimed the lives of two Lindeners while several others escaped with minor injuries.

AFC leader Khemraj Ramjattan says that the party will today file a police complaint against Minister of Finance Dr.

The Transparency Institute Guyana Inc. (TIGI) last evening added its voice to the call for the holding of Local Government Elec-tions as early as possible.

Former MFK Trading owner, Mohamed Khan was shot in his stomach last Wednesday in what he said was attempted murder in front of a masjid in La Grange, West Bank Demerara.

Facing disciplinary proceedings that could see her missing the PNCR’s 18th Biennial Congress next week, party member Vanessa Kissoon says that actions so far show that she has already been tried and found guilty but under party rules she expects to be accredited for the Congress.

A year after revising an Automatic Promotion policy, the Ministry of Education is reinstating the policy.

Thirteen hundred members of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) were yesterday endowed with $12.3 million in awards for exceptional service as part of the Force’s annual anniversary celebrations.

On the heels of a complaint being lodged against him to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), Minister in the Ministry of Finance Juan Edghill yesterday denied that his remarks during a radio programme on gays and homosexuality were hateful.

An East Coast of Demerara man remains in police custody for questioning into the murder of Lusignan hairdresser Ashmini Harryram.

Over 200 passengers headed to Guyana were forced to return to New York after the Travelspan plane they were on made an emergency landing at the John F.

Providence Magistrate’s court’s matters will now be heard at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court until further notice.

The Guyana Water Inc (GWI) yesterday said that the New Market and Camp Sts junction will remain closed to traffic for the next 14 days for ongoing sewerage works.

Rice farmers in Region Two have begun receiving from millers, the monies they were owed from the last crop.

A Central Rupununi miner caught with nearly 800 grammes of cannabis on his pedal cycle, is now a remanded prisoner after he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts yesterday.

Guyana Amazon Warriors skipper Denesh Ramdin and his Trinidad Red Steel opposite Dwayne Bravo are promising a pulsating clash as the Guyana leg of the Limacol Caribbean Premier League (LCPL) T20 tournament kicks off here this evening.

The main access road leading to the University of Guyana entrance has been resurfaced.

The Berbice Regional Health Authority’s (BRHA) team recently received a boost, with the addition of seven new doctors, who were trained in Cuba.

Global Youth Movement – Guyana hosted a three-day environment camp at the Weldaad Youth Friendly Space, West Coast Berbice, for 25 students from seven secondary schools in Region Five.

A North West District man who was found guilty of stealing a motor blower was yesterday sentenced to prison when he appeared before Magistrate Sunil Scarce at the Anna Regina Magistrate’s Court.

A man accused of threatening to chop his sister and burn down their house was yesterday placed on $15,000 bail when he appeared before Magistrate Geeta Chandan Edmond at the Georgetown Magis-trates’ Court.

Demerara skipper June Ogle scored a scintillating century to propel her side to a record-breaking victory over an inexperienced Essequibo side in the opening match of the Guyana Cricket Board’s (GCB) Women’s Inter-county Competition.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Barack Obama imposed the biggest package of U.S.

The University of Guyana Berbice Campus (UGBC) has resumed its summer reading programme for primary school students after a one-year hiatus.

National Under-15 cricket coach Julian Moore is optimistic about his team chances of winning this year’s Regional tournament after a 16-year absence from the top position.

National Under-19 Cricket Coach Adrian Amsterdam said a good encampment phase combined with a home-field advantage is the ideal blend for a successful outing for his team in this year’s West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Regional U-19 tournaments played in Guyana.

Guyana got their Boys and Girls team title defence’s off to the perfect start, overcoming Bermuda 3-2 and 4-1 respectively when the team section of the 2014 Caribbean Junior Squash Championships commenced yesterday in Hamilton, Bermuda.

GAZA/JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Israeli shelling killed four Palestinian boys on a Gaza beach yesterday, an incident the military called tragic, and Israel and Hamas said they would cease attacks for five hours on Thursday for a humanitarian truce requested by the United Nations.

Digicel Guyana and the Guyana Amazon Warriors as part of the ongoing Limacol Caribbean Premier League (LCPL) T20 tournament brought smiles to the faces of young cricketers and some of the country’s differently- abled children during an interactive clinic yesterday.

Defending Georgetown zone champions St. George’s Secondary continued their spirited title defence, defeating Guyana Industrial Training Centre (GITC) 3-1 in their quarterfinal match-up when the Digicel National Secondary Schools U-18 football tourney continued yesterday at the Beterverwagting ground.

GALLE, Sri Lanka, (Reuters) – Opener Dean Elgar struck a magnificent century for South Africa but Sri Lanka came back strongly with four wickets in the final session to balance the scales on the opening day of the first test yesterday.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil hopes that during a visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping it can boost ties with its biggest trade partner beyond the exchange of commodities for manufactured goods, but that may be wishful thinking.

(Reuters) – The 2022 World Cup will take place as planned in Qatar and the country has nothing to hide over allegations of corruption during the bid process, the tournament communications director Nasser Al Khater said yesterday.

Dear Editor, The ruling party has expressed a lack of confidence in Gecom.

HOYLAKE, England, (Reuters) – Former British Open champion Tony Jacklin took a leaf out of the great Muhammad Ali’s book yesterday by declaring that Tiger Woods could be ready to shock the golfing world at this week’s British Open.

Dear Editor, A citizen commented recently on the growing Guyanese disease called lateness.

LUCERNE, Switzerland, CMC- Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell returned from a doping ban to secure third place in the 100 metres at the International Athletics Meet in Lucerne, Switzerland on Tuesday.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South African Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius’ decision to go to a night club while still on trial for murder was “unwise” but it was done because the 27-year-old is “lonely and alienated”, his family said yesterday.

THE HAGUE, (Reuters) – The Netherlands is liable for about 300 of the more than 8,000 deaths in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, a Dutch court ruled yesterday, pinning some of the blame for Europe’s worst massacre since World War Two on the Dutch state.

Dear Editor, I happened upon a useful reminder recently – a clipping from SN of June 12, 2013: a letter to the editor, headlined ‘Labour minister should delay the state of implementation of minimum wage and 40-hour week to facilitate consultations.’

(Trinidad Guardian) If brothels and drug blocks did not have police protection, they could not flourish, Attorney General Anand Ramlogan said yesterday. 

(BBC) The MCC’s World Cricket Committee has called for the appointment of a new International Cricket Council supremo to lead the fight against match-fixing.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC- A cricket selector in Jamaica, Wayne Lewis, says his country stands a good chance of retaining the Regional Under 19 tournament which bowls off in Guyana on Sunday.

(Reuters) – World number one Serena Williams, coming off a surprise third round loss at Wimbledon, heads the women’s field for the U.S.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC- Trinidad and Tobago Sports Minister Anil Roberts has scolded Red Steel captain Dwayne Bravo for public statements he made protesting a decision to change the name of the Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel for the Limacol Caribbean Premier League (CPL) which began in Grenada last weekend.

Dear Editor, I find it most troubling that your reputable newspaper could keep repeating the incorrect publishing of a person’s name.

ST.JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC- The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has announced plans to recognize outstanding curators around the region.

Dear Editor, Since September 2013 the world market price for sugar was fluctuating between US19 cents a pound and US16.50 cents a pound.

How could we cultivate and foster goodwill in our nation? We see each other through broken lenses of distrust, suspicion and across divides.

OYONNAX, France, (Reuters) – Two days after wearing the yellow jersey, France’s Tony Gallopin claimed the 11th stage of the Tour de France thanks to late attacks in a nervous finale yesterday.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Researchers are to investigate a giant mysterious hole that has appeared in one of Russia’s most isolated northernmost regions, state television reported.

TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – Honduran officials yesterday called for U.S. aid to Central America to reduce violence that has fueled a surge of child migration to the United States, with the foreign minister calling for a “mini-Marshall plan” to attack the broader underlying problems.

(Reuters) – India’s accusation that paceman Jimmy Anderson “abused and pushed” spinner Ravindra Jadeja during the first drawn test at Trent Bridge may be a tactical move by the tourists, England skipper Alastair Cook said yesterday.

  This Ask the Consul article addresses the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) Section 212(a)(6)(C)(i) visa ineligibility for non-immigrant and immigrant visa applicants.

BERLIN, (Reuters) – The head of Germany’s national soccer association said yesterday that German players celebrating their World Cup triumph did not intend to be disrespectful when they performed a dance that poked fun at their defeated opponent Argentina.

Dear Editor, It has become necessary for me to write on an issue which is being used as a political ploy against me.

For at least the last two years of his 21-year-old life, Kevin Fields apparently considered himself a high roller (rich ghetto gangster – Urban Dictionary).

Stabroek News has invited the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance for Change to submit a weekly column on local government and related matters.

Dear Editor, Although a large number of people take issue with some of the points made by Messrs Tarron Khemraj and Gerhard Ramsaroop in their missive ‘Aspects of Burnham’s vision still relevant’ (SN, Jul 11), the writers must be applauded for stating a position and proceeding to defend it with data (examples of Burnham’s achievements), unlike some other writers who make unsubstantiated claims and descend into polemics and personal attacks.

DHAKA, (Reuters) – Zimbabwe will play three tests and five one-day internationals on their month-long tour of Bangladesh starting in October, the local cricket board said yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) Six police officers who appeared in court yesterday charged with setting fire to a teenager were granted a total of TT$300,000 bail by a San Fernando magistrate.