Daily Archive: Thursday, August 21, 2014

A Guyanese father of three was gunned down in Cayenne, French Guiana on Monday night as he rode home on a motorcycle and his relatives are calling for swift justice.

This East Ruimveldt resident had to push her stroller through floodwaters today.

This makeshift cart ferried members of the public along rain-flooded Genip Lane, East Ruimveldt today.

This youngster was helped through Albouys St, Albouystown on a bike.

Residents trying to clear drains in Albouys Street, Albouystown after heavy rain today caused water to run into homes and businesses.

Today’s heavy rain forced pedestrians onto the middle of Camp Street because of flooding at the sides.

This was one of the ways of navigating James Street, Albouystown today after flooding.

The police say they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a so far unidentified man, whose body was found at about 2130h.

The People’s Progressive Party/Civic today expressed concern over the circumstances which led to the dismissal of the case against Linden Primo who was recently charged with threatening behaviour following the staging of the controversial People’s National Congress Reform’s 18th Biennial Congress.

(Barbados Nation) ST JOHN’S, Antigua –LIAT wishes to advise that due to the impending passage of a tropical depression, some flights could be disrupted starting late today and into tomorrow.

(Trinidad Express) Five days after two alleged car thieves were killed by police in Central Trinidad, three more suspected bandits have been shot dead .

Cabinet has decided that government will provide the Student Loan Agency will sufficient funds to cover the increased tuition fees announced last month, says the Ministry of Finance.

More should be done for the timely disbursement of funds to Guyana, the Norwegian government agency through which monies are channelled to pay Guyana for protecting its forests, has said even as it urged the de-politicisation of Guyana’s Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS).

Georgetown Mayor Hamilton Green yesterday said that he has approached Crime Chief Leslie James to launch an investigation into the actions of Local Government Minister Norman Whittaker, who last month ordered a waiver on rates totalling $27 million on a city property, prompting accusations that he acted outside his legal authority.

Almost a month after three persons were robbed on the East Bank of millions of dollars by men dressed as police officers, one of the victims maintains that the perpetrators were actual officers and not mere impersonators.

Former Finance Minister and APNU Member of Parliament Carl Greenidge says any legal challenge mounted by the ruling PPP/C against the planned no-confidence motion against the government would be without basis.

The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China yesterday presented equipment valued 5M RMB (over US$819,000) to the Guyana Defence Force (GDF).

A self-confessed “crackhead,” who used a toy gun to rob two persons he had begged for money, has been jailed for six months.

Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Shamdeo Persaud says that Guyana has recorded a total of 76 cases of the mosquito-borne chikungunya disease from approximately 250 samples sent to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) in Trinidad and Tobago.

With the recently announced sales deal with Panama, Guyana is hoping to cash in on the Central American country’s rice shortage which is projected to carry over into 2015 but a price is still to be settled.

Dennis Downer, who the police say was held with a toy gun in the vicinity of the Palm Court Restaurant on Main Street, was yesterday charged with awaiting an opportunity to commit an armed robbery.

(Jamaica Observer) Fly Jamaica aims to service a major South American city with the acquisition of its new aircraft.

The man held by police in connection with the murder of Pradika Persaud, who is believed to have been strangled last Friday last, can be cleared by witnesses, a relative says.

ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada, Aug 20, CMC –A century stand between Kieron Pollard and Denesh Ramdin rescued an imploding West Indies and spurred them to a three wicket win over Bangladesh in the first One Day International (ODI) at the National Stadium here on Wednesday.

Guyana has conducted its first Labour Market Intelligence Survey (LMIS), with the specific aim of identifying the needs of the Labour Market.

Defending male and female champions Guyana made bright starts in the defence of their respective titles defeating Bermuda, Barbados and Cayman Islands respectively when the team section of the 22nd Senior Caribbean Squash Championships continued in Barbados yesterday.

The projects under the government’s $88M Hinterland National Secure Livelihoods Programme (NSLP) have yielded success with the exception of the Tobago Hill Hassar fish ponds, according to Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs Nigel Dharamlall.

By Delvon Mc Ewan Whether you want to view him as a rising star or a force to reckon with in Regional youth cricket, national youth cricketer Kemo Paul displayed the potential in the recently-concluded West Indies Cricket Board Under-19 tournament, that once harnessed, could enable him the opportunity to play at the highest level.

Pollards Et Filles (Guyana) Inc, an equity and bond fund, hosted its official office opening in Kitty last month with special invited guests from the UK and the across the Caribbean.

Eighty-one year-old Dorrel Canterbury, who was beaten and robbed by two persons who later set her Ann’s Grove house on fire last week, has been released from the Georgetown Public Hospital.

GAZA/JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – An Israeli air strike in Gaza killed the wife and infant son of Hamas’s military leader, Mohammed Deif, the group said, calling it an attempt to assassinate him after a ceasefire collapsed.

Alpha United Head Coach Wayne Dover said the perceived lack of chemistry within his squad was not the reason for his side’s two defeats and that the possibility exists that changes will be made to the team roster.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) notes with concern reports that the Guyana Prisons Service has entered into a contract with the Ministry of Local Government to use prisoners on its ‘Clean-Up My Country’ Programme.

S&L Electrical Agency became the latest sponsor to pledge its support towards the successful hosting and running of the Netrockers under-20 tournament.

For the first time in Guyana’s history of commemorating Amerindian Heritage Month, the Wai-Wai tribe from Masekenyari will be sending a cultural group to participate.

Dear Editor, The gross absurdity that our government has imposed on us and the country in the name foreign logging investment has been superbly exposed by KN and your newspaper.

FERGUSON, Mo., (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder met with community members in Ferguson, Missouri, yesterday and vowed a thorough civil rights probe into the fatal police shooting of an unarmed black teenager that has set off 11 nights of racially charged unrest.

Dear Editor, I must commend your reporter for the well-researched article on cornea transplants in the August 20 edition of your newspaper.

ISLAMABAD, (Reuters) – Opposition leader Imran Khan opened negotiations yesterday with the Pakistani government, a lawmaker from his party said, in an effort to end protests against the prime minister and overcome a political impasse.

A South Ruimveldt man is calling on the police to increase their presence in Sophia after he was shot and left for dead during a violent robbery in the community.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia captain Michael Clarke has dismissed the idea that the upcoming one-day tour of Zimbabwe might serve as a sort of extended audition for players keen to get into the squad before next year’s World Cup.

Dear Editor, The young people of Joshua Generation, the Youth Arm of Love and Faith World Outreach Ministries, have come to the realization that we must take a stand and let our voices and opinions be heard.

An autopsy is scheduled to be conducted today on the body of 20-year-old Nickel Leacock, who was knifed to death along a trail at Blackwater Backdam, Region Eight.

The ‘Battle of Contenders’ card which was scheduled for August 30 at Thirst Par has been knocked out by one of the forces of nature.

WASHINGTON/EDGARTOWN, Mass., (Reuters) – U.S. forces attempted to rescue journalist James Foley and other American hostages during a secret mission into Syria and exchanged gunfire with Islamic State militants only to discover the captives were not there, officials said yesterday.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – World number one Serena Williams has been top-seeded for the U.S.

Dear Editor, At recent party press conferences General Secretary Clement Rohee has made it clear that the PPP does not believe Gecom is prepared to manage national and local government elections.

MONROVIA, (Reuters) – Police in the Liberian capital fired live rounds and tear gas yesterday to disperse a stone-throwing crowd trying to break an Ebola quarantine imposed on their neighbourhood, as the death toll from the epidemic in West Africa hit 1,350.

As relatives remain tight-lipped, details surrounding the fatal shooting of businessman Ashok Raghoo at the traffic light in front of the Botanical Gardens on Monday afternoon, are still sketchy and the police are still searching for a breakthrough.

When Guyana’s largest and most lucrative horse race meet runs off on Sunday at the Port Mourant Turf Club, the nation’s premier thoroughbred, Score’s Even would not even be in the starting gate.

The Bureau of Statistics’ website was up and running again yesterday after being suspended since Monday.

Dear Editor, I would like to travel back and forth to Guyana without all the hassles that are present now.

(Trinidad Guardian) Shareholders of Claxton Bay-based Trinidad Cement Ltd (TCL) on Tuesday voted unanimously to elect seven new directors to the board of the regional cement producer, following news that six directors of the company, including its chairman Andy Bhajan and CEO Rollin Bertrand, had tendered their resignations.

KIEV/DONETSK, Ukraine, (Reuters) – Heavy shelling hit residential neighbourhoods in Ukraine’s rebel stronghold of Donetsk and government forces fought street battles in other towns yesterday as they sought to crush a four-month-old separatist rebellion.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – The Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB), the country’s biggest opposition group, would formally support environmentalist Marina Silva in a runoff vote for the presidency if its own candidate fails to qualify, a party source told Reuters.

BEIJING/SYDNEY, (Reuters) – China’s foreign ministry has condemned a verbal attack by Australian mining mogul and politician Clive Palmer as irrational and absurd, after the businessman described China’s government as “bastards” who shoot their own people.

Newly appointed Golden Jaguars head coach Denzil Thompson said the aim of his technical staff will be towards the long term development of the future national senior side and not simply competing at the 2014 CFU championships.

In the midst of that crass plosive pessimistic passiveness that drowns out any kindness, goodness, friendliness, professionalism that remains in our society, there’s one Police Officer you could turn to for prompt service in Georgetown.

Dear Editor, Once upon a time the WPA wrote in one of its pamphlets that “Nationalisation, with an anti-democratic state structure and an increasing managerial bureaucracy under the control of the ruling party, has put the political rulers in a position analogous to that of the former expatriate owners.

ACCRA, (Reuters) – West Africa must openly confront its political and governance weaknesses to curb the growing drug trade in the region, former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo said yesterday.

A Partnership for National Unity’s Shadow Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, reading from a statement at a press conference on 9th November, 2012, said: “APNU reminds Central Government of their obligations to honour constitutional provisions regarding the role and authority of Regional Democratic Councils (RDCs).

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States yesterday imposed sanctions on a Honduran group it alleges is responsible for smuggling tens of thousands of kilograms of cocaine each month into the United States.

Cartoons

A new World Bank study has revealed that across Latin America and the Caribbean, public school students are deprived of at least one full day of class a week and that this is a result of low teacher effectiveness.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Beleaguered India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni appears set to retain his test captaincy role – if he has the desire to continue – due to a sheer lack of alternative options to take on the job after yet another calamitous overseas tour.

Politikles

Dear Editor, Guyana and Singapore started at fairly similar points of economic development in the early sixties.