Daily Archive: Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Even as Guyana’s already longest serving Prime Minister, Samuel Hinds remains tight-lipped about his future plans, speculation continues to mount that the PPP/C will field a new candidate for the number two spot at general elections and there are said to be several frontrunners.

The other bandit who was fatally shot during an armed confrontation with the police at Montrose, ECD, yesterday has been identified as Mahendra Sukull called ‘Vickey’, 24 years, of Ramtahal Street, Prashad Nagar, Georgetown, police said this afternoon.

(Trinidad Express) Industrial Court vice president Ramchand Lutchmedial yesterday pleaded not guilty on a charge of failing to submit a specimen of breath for a breathalyser test last Friday.

ISLAMABAD, (Reuters) – At least 126 people were killed and 122 injured today in an attack by Taliban militants on a Pakistani high school, a provincial official said.

Policeman Warren Blue and an unidentified man were last evening shot dead after they committed a daring robbery at a Montrose supermarket during which they gun butted and shot the 53-year-old proprietress.

By Suraj Narine   City workers yesterday shutdown the major markets as they began a strike for wage increases that have been snared by continuing wrangling between the City Council and acting Town Clerk Carol Sooba.

A defensive master-class led to the biggest upset in the history of the Guinness Greatest of the Streets Georgetown finale as North Ruimveldt downed a star studded Festival City Warriors 2-0 on Sunday at the National Park Tarmac.

The government has been given a week to respond to Opposition Leader David Granger’s application for an order to stop all spending not authorised by the National Assembly.

Topp XX became the first team to clinch a berth to the second round of the Upper Demerara Football Association/Banks GT Beer Cup knockout tourney, edging Amelia’s Ward Panthers by a 1-0 margin on Sunday at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) ground.

CENTURION, South Africa, CMC – West Indies chief selector Clive Lloyd believes the Caribbean side can overcome their shortage of preparation matches and excel in the three-Test series against World number one South Africa.

PERTH, Australia, CMC – Legendary West Indies batsman Brian Lara stroked typically flashy half-century but failed to prevent Australian Legends from a 50-run defeat to Perth Scorchers in an exhibition Twenty20 clash here yesterday.

After denying the charge of simple larceny read to him, Wayne Roberts was on Monday placed on $150,000 bail.

(The Sports Xchange) – Highlights of Sunday’s National Basketball Association games.

Guyanese pilot Khamraj Lall, who was caught with a large sum of undeclared currency on his aircraft in Puerto Rico last month, has waived his right to appear before the court tomorrow to plead and instead entered a not guilty plea through his lawyer Rafael F Castro Lang.

Put it down to hard work and the right mental approach.

A Corentyne fisherman was yesterday refused bail in the Whim Magistrate’s Court after he was charged with two counts of attempted murder.

Alastair Woolford, the soldier who was charged with attempted murder after allegedly shooting a friend by accident, was arraigned in court yesterday on a murder charge.

Government will continue with the upkeep of the Amaila Falls Access Road since it believes it is the link to the single most important infrastructural project needed for Guyana’s economic development – the Amaila Falls Hydroelectricity Project (AFHP), which it is working to make a reality.

CENTURION, South Africa, CMC – Rookie pacer Sheldon Cottrell is being tipped to be a surprise element for West Indies in the three-Test series starting tomorrow here.

Three months after the Education Ministry launched a revised five-year literacy programme targeting students Grade Four and below, Minister Priya Manickchand identified accountability as the biggest challenge facing the initiative.

The school at which teacher Nyozi Goodman last taught has expressed condolences to her relatives following the confirmation by way of DNA test results that her skeletal remains was found in a clump of bushes at Turkeyen, East Coast Demerara three weeks after she went missing.

Dear Editor, A nation recovering from the comments made by two prominent personalities identifying women as objects of sex and providing a gross endorsement of rape culture as well as indulging in victim blaming, has to now look forward to a party called ‘Red Light District’ slated for December 20, 2014 at a popular club.

MUMBAI, India, CMC – West Indies Twenty20 captain Darren Sammy is among five Caribbean players released by their Indian Premier League franchises, ahead of the new season which bowls off next April.

Dear Editor, I read with alarm your report of November 30, 2014 on the findings of the Ombudsman, but in particular Mr Chester’s report.

Esuan Crandon, the Guyana Jaguars head coach is optimistic that the local side can carry the momentum to the one-day format of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Regional Super 50 tournament which begins next month in Trinidad & Tobago.

Five months after Candy Rawlins was knifed to death, her husband Vidol Rawlins who is wanted by the police in connection with the stabbing, was spotted in Georgetown.

WASHINGTON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Crime and corruption are draining a record $1 trillion a year from poor and middle-income nations with the disappearance of dirty money hitting some of the world’s poorest regions hardest, a report showed yesterday.

A citizen of Ghana, West Africa, who entered Guyana illegally, is now facing deportation after being fined for the crime.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – North Korea yesterday asked the United Nations Security Council to add the issue of torture by the US Central Intelligence Agency to its agenda as the council prepares to hold a meeting next week on alleged human rights abuses by the Asian state.

Dear Editor, A medical specialist has assured me that pain is a sure symptom of an injury to someone’s body.

Rohan Phillip Khan, accused of being one of the men who stole two safes containing over $3 million from the Superbet Sport Betting centre on Hinck Street, was charged with the heist yesterday and released on $200,000 bail.

A Corriverton man was yesterday charged with the possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking when he appeared in the Whim Magistrate’s Court, before Magistrate Rabindranauth Singh.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Camille Cosby, the wife of comedian Bill Cosby, yesterday defended her husband from weeks-long accusations brought by more than a dozen women alleging that the groundbreaking entertainer sexually assaulted them decades ago.

A teen was yesterday fined $50,000 and ordered to perform community service after he admitted to being found with marijuana in front of the East Ruimveldt Secondary School.

Dear Editor, Something is definitely wrong with the management of the Essequibo ferry MV Sabanto and the Transport and Harbours Department.

Up and coming pugilist, Keevin Allicock punched his way to the best boxer award on Sunday when the third and final Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) under-16 tournament concluded at the Andrew ‘Six Head’ Lewis Gym.

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Heavily armed Australian police stormed a Sydney cafe early this morning and freed terrified hostages being held there at gunpoint, in a dramatic end to a 16-hour siege in which two captives and the attacker were killed.

No welcome here: Stabroek Bazaar locked tight yesterday in wake of the strike by City Council workers.

The Scout Association of Guyana recently embarked on its annual Share-a-Meal Christmas outreach programme at the Dharm Shala in Georgetown and Berbice.

Entries for Sunday’s Guyana Cup Rematch Horse Race Meet which will run off at the Port Mourant Turf Club will close today.

Dear Editor, President Ramotar must be complimented for stressing that “the most important factor for development is our people,” and that the main goal of his government is “the development of human capital.”

Dear Editor, The calls for accountability ring true and until it is ensured this nation and its people will continue to be done a grave disservice.

FORT DIX, NJ (Reuters) – President Barack Obama used a holiday season visit to a US military base yesterday to issue a tough warning to Islamic State militants, saying a US-led coalition will permit no safe haven to the group and will destroy it eventually.

Monedderlust FC sealed their berth to the quarterfinal section of the ECFA/EBFA and BFA Stag Beer Super 16 Knockout tourney, overcoming East Coast of Demerara unit Grove Star FC 2-1 on Sunday at the No.

SAO PAULO,(Reuters) – Brazilian prosecutors said on Monday they had formally charged four more people, including a former executive at state-run Petrobras , in a widening probe into a kickback scheme that allegedly stole billions of dollars from the oil company.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A US federal appeals court on Monday threw out a human rights lawsuit brought against Occidental Petroleum Corp over allegations that it played a role in killings carried out by the Colombian military in 2004.

Politikles

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s transport ministry said today it would report to prosecutors a former Korean Air Lines executive, who delayed a flight earlier this month because she was unhappy about how she was served nuts, for possible legal charges.

A few weeks ago this newspaper reported that part of the reason why the Food and Drugs Analyst Department is unable to perform important aspects of its work anywhere near as effectively as it should has to do with a scarcity of skills.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – A recommendation of advance notice of strike action is among eight proposals put forward by the task force investigating the controversial abandoned tour of India.

Dear Editor, No one likes to be called lazy; even children know that laziness is a bad thing.

SOL launched its Fuel Up and Win Promotion yesterday in a small ceremony at Shell Gas Station, Vlissengen Road.