Daily Archive: Thursday, August 28, 2014

(Reuters) – Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, the glamorous Hollywood couple dubbed “Brangelina” in tabloid headlines, were married in France, according to a family statement on Thursday.

Oil explorer CGX today said that its injunction against Repsol Exploracion, S.A.

Colin Cornelius, 33, is wanted by the police for questioning in relation to a matter of rape that is under investigation.

KIEV, (Reuters) – Ukraine accused Russia today of bringing troops into the southeast of the country in support of pro-Moscow separatist rebels.

Working People’s Alliance (WPA) attorney Christopher Ram has requested that former People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) leader Robert Corbin be summoned to testify at the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the death of Walter Rodney.

The Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) is bound by the legal procedures guiding the removal of any name from the Preliminary List of Electors (PLE) or the National Register or Registrants (NRR), according to Deputy Chief Election Officer Vishnu Persaud, who says the body is confident about the accuracy of the list.

After learning that she had been infected with the chikungunya virus, a New Amsterdam woman was later told by a doctor at the New Amsterdam Hospital that the joint pains she was experiencing could last for two years.

An alleged Guyanese drug smuggler, who has been on the run for over two decades in the United States, was on Tuesday night arrested in New York following a shootout with US marshals.

By Janette Bulkan and John Palmer Why is it important to know about the Bai Shan Lin forest empire?

Weapons handed over by the GDF to then ruling PNC in 1979 pose a security threat to the country, according to Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee.

As part of its internal security, the Office of the President will soon be installing $90M worth of surveillance cameras on the premises as cabinet has given its no objection to the contract.

The Ministry of Natural Resourc-es and the Environment will provide $80 million towards a water treatment plant in Port Kaituma, Region One, in light of pollution of the main water source, the creek, as a result of mining, the Government Information Agency reported yesterday.

A 25-year-old rape accused was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before Magistrate Sunil Scarce at the Wakenaam Magistrate’s Court.

The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) is advising businesses that solicit and share consumers’ mobile numbers to others to facilitate advertisements being sent to them to immediately desist from this practice as it is an invasion of privacy.

A day after the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry (CoI) was told that more than 150 army weapons issued to external bodies were never returned, People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) lawyer Basil Williams suggested that the weapons had actually never left the custody of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF).

The Ministry of Public Works yesterday said that a statement by Minister Robeson Benn that Guyana’s airports are not meeting security standards was his personal perspective and since 2003, the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri has been successfully audited by international agencies.

Acting Town Clerk Carol Sooba and City Treasurer Ron Ron McCalmon continue to perform their duties despite the passage of a recent City Council motion to send them on administrative leave.

Former President of the Guyana Gold and Dia-mond Miners’ Association (GGDMA) Fredrick McWilfred was robbed at knife-point at his home at Meadowbrook Gardens on Tuesday night.

In an effort to create jobs, the Ministry of Tourism is looking to establish call centres at Tuschen on the East Bank of Essequibo that would see over 300 persons being employed and at Enmore.

Police ranks probing the alleged “break in” to the Office of the Town Clerk were allegedly instructed to abort their investigation, according to Mayor Hamilton Green.

A sterling performance from the Chris Barnwell-led XI set up a nail-biting three-run win over Trevon Griffith’s XI in the second Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) 50-over trials played at the Everest Ground yesterday.

The Ministry of Home Affairs has said that its Houses of Justice have served over 600 citizens since it was launched in regions Two and Three late last year and plans are in train to expand the service to other regions.

An Essequibo boy died last week after he was attacked by bees and his organs failed.

The Golden Jaguars provisional senior squad was held to a disappointing 3-3 draw in their second practice matchup by West Demerara unit Den Amstel Porknockers on Tuesday at the Tucville Community ground.

  Organisers of the “Cricket for Unity” celebrity match set to be contested on September 6 under lights at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ground, yesterday handed over outfits to the two respective teams, the Roraima Strikers and the Kaieteur Thunders.

Two seamen are still missing three weeks after a fuel tanker capsized in the Corentyne River and two survivors are telling different tales of what transpired.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) for the first time has honoured both parents and students at its 13th Annual Bursary Awards for outstanding performances at the National Grade Six Assessment Examination.

Guyana’s Non Pariel Tennis Team will tackle Suriname’s De Dolfijin Club in Suriname over the weekend.

The man who killed Debra Blackman during a botch-ed robbery at the Chinese Delicious Restaurant on Saturday is yet to be apprehended, the police say.

With a win needed to mathematically keep their hopes alive of qualifying, Alpha United will desperately attempt to fashion their first win of the tournament when they visit Honduran side Olimpia in the CONCACAF Champions League today.

Match maker of the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC), Eon Jardine yesterday announced the addition of a professional bout to the ‘Battle of Contenders’ card on September 13.

The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) yesterday said a consumer’s obligation to a utility company ends when a bill payment is made to a collection agency.

Golden Jaguars International Walter `Boyd’ Moore said the focus of the local football fraternity should be on the players and not the administration because without the players, there is no football to govern.

The Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) season will continue this weekend when the fistic sport returns to the East Ruimveldt Community Centre (California Square) for the staging of the National Intermediate Championships.

Although admitting that he stole two cases of Guinness, a man yesterday told a court that he was drunk when he committed the crime.

ST. LOUIS, (Thomson Reuters Accelus) – Major banks are getting increasingly wary of some transactions with smaller banks that have begun to allow marijuana businesses to open accounts.

As part of mining week activities, Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, Robert Persaud yesterday urged miners in Port Kaituma, Region One not give up on agriculture, the Government Information Agency said.

Invaders Masters defeated Aurora Knight Riders by one run in their thrilling rain-affected final of the South Essequibo 40-overs-a-side competition on Sunday at the New Opportunity Corp ground.

FREETOWN, (Reuters) – The worst ever Ebola outbreak is causing enormous damage to West African economies as foreign businessmen quit the region, the African Development Bank said, while a leading medical charity branded the international response “entirely inadequate.”

Dear Editor, It was with little surprise that I read that the PPP was finally giving lip service to the concept that as an executive it should be involved in a more inclusive form of governance.

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) on Sunday last took its developmental programme to the mining town of Linden when it met with representatives of the East Bank Demerara Cricket Association and Linden at the Bayroc ground last Sunday.

Dear Editor, This is our response to letter captioned ‘Can’t get internet service connected’ that was published in Stabroek News on August 22, 2014.

NEW YORK, Reuters) – Thirteen years after winning the U.S. Open, Lleyton Hewitt was back out on Arthur Ashe Stadium court sweating under a blazing sun yesterday, still battling, still fist-pumping and still not ready to call it a career.

(Barbados Nation) Where have all the students gone? That is the big question officials at Cave Hill campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) are asking now that registration for continuing students has ended, and that for new students moves into the third day today.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States is intensifying its push to build an international campaign against Islamic State jihadist fighters in Iraq and Syria, including recruiting partners for potential joint military action, Obama administration officials said yesterday.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Investors are warming up to a possible victory by Marina Silva in Brazil’s presidential election as the popular environmentalist emerges as their best shot at avoiding four more years of a government they strongly dislike.

LONDON, CMC – Lewis Hamilton has ruled out hitting back at Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg in upcoming races, as they continue their heated battle for the Formula One drivers title.

Dear Editor, The government’s response to the scourge of chikungunya has been inadequate if at all existent.

Dear Editor,     At 8.45 am we rang the Guyana Water Authority customer service number provided, 227-8701, and informed the receptionist yesterday morning, Wednesday, August 27, that no water was in the taps here in Success village again.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados have appointed Brazilian Marcos Falopa as their new Technical Director, on a six-month contract.

BEIJING, (Reuters) – When Yang Xiuzhu got wind in 2003 that Chinese anti-corruption investigators were looking into her affairs, she boarded a flight to Singapore.

Dear Editor, The writing is on the wall that Guyanese will be going to the polls soon for general elections.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago edged arch-rivals Jamaica 1-0 in the final of the Caribbean Football Union Women’s Caribbean Cup, to claim the inaugural title here Tuesday.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Chinese doubles specialist Peng Shuai supplied a shocking start to the second round of the U.S.

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.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Adrien Brody, wrapped in chains and canvas straightjackets, dives deep into the stormy waters of illusionist and escape artist Harry Houdini’s personal life and public crusades in the television miniseries “Houdini.”

Dear Editor, I am pleased to present my half year report on the state of the state here.

PARIS, (Reuters) – IMF chief Christine Lagarde has been put under formal investigation by French magistrates for alleged negligence in a political fraud affair dating from 2008 when she was finance minister.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – One of Colombia’s most feared drug cartel assassins walked free yesterday after serving 22 years in jail for scores of murders ordered by notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar during the cocaine trafficking heyday of the 1980s, police said.

Dear Editor, During my stay in New Delhi, I was informed of the passing of my friend Lionel Peters, well known as ‘Lio’ among the small group of us who fought in the campaign against the PNC dictatorship.

HARARE, (Reuters) – AB de Villiers and Faf du Plessis struck sublime centuries as South Africa chased down a massive score to beat Australia by seven wickets in the second one-day international of the triangular series yesterday.

We want conversations that inspire us. Nothing so transforms one’s day as engaging in conversations with people in our social circle that move, inspire and lift us, nourishing the spirit, filling the soul with a sweet taste.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Thwarted ambition and shattered dreams push actress Susan Sarandon to become the ultimate stage mother in “The Last of Robin Hood,” a drama about the final fling of middle-aged matinee idol Errol Flynn and his teenage lover.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Suresh Raina helped India claim first blood in the one-day international series against England, hitting an impressive century in the tourists’ rain-affected 133-run victory in Cardiff.

HOUSTON, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s state-run oil company PDVSA is considering importing Algerian light crude to be used as a diluent for its own extra heavy oil, according to an internal company document seen by Reuters yesterday, and the move could mark the first ever crude import by the OPEC member.

On Friday the “Clean-Up My Country” Programme Monitoring Unit conducted inspections in the West Ruimveldt area to monitor the work that has been on going, a release from the unit said.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – A 31-year-old man on Wednesday withdrew a high-profile lawsuit accusing “X-Men” director Bryan Singer of sexually abusing him when he was an aspiring teen actor.

In an exclusive report in last Sunday’s Toronto Sun newspaper, an Emergency Room (ER) doctor revealed his angst at being forced to respect patient confidentiality while tending to a visibly drunk driver.

Dear Editor, I see the PPP is playing a troubling game.