Daily Archive: Saturday, January 3, 2015

GDF troops moving out today as part of the ground search for the Air Services Limited plane which went missing on December 28.

Three teams from were flown into Mahdia, Region 7 from Timehri by GDF Skyvan today to join the search for the Britten Norman Islander and the pilot and cargo handler who went missing shortly after takeoff on December 28, the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) said today.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – Captain Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers led the chase as South Africa cut the deficit to 102 runs in their bid to haul in the West Indies total of 329 before rain ended the second day of the third test at Newlands on Saturday.

(Trinidad Express) DIRECTOR of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Roger Gaspard last night gave the green light to offi­cers of the Professional Stan­dards Bureau to lay two criminal charges against the female Special Reserve Police (SRP) officer who was involved in an incident last Saturday that was captured on video, which showed the offi­cer vigorously pushing Robbie Ramcharitar in a wheelchair down High Street, San Fernando, in oncoming traffic.

A Boxing Day disagreement ended tragically on Old Year’s Night when an Ann’s Grove man was attacked and stabbed to death by former friends.

A post-mortem examination performed on Thursday on the body of Teyana Raghbeer, 14, at the New Amsterdam Hospital by pathologist, Dr Vivekanand Brijmohan, revealed that the teen died of suffocation and drowning; there were no stab wounds on the body as was previously reported.

Nineteen-year-old Marina Persaud, who gave birth on Christmas Day at the Georgetown Public Hospital, died of a ruptured intestine, an autopsy report revealed.

Lisaveta Ramotar has been appointed General Manager of the Guyana Gold Board.

Senior Superintendents Clifton Hicken and Leslie James have been elevated to the position of Assistant Commissioner of Police.

An early New Year’s morning vehicular incident at Cemetery Road has left one person dead and two others injured with agitated residents claiming that the driver was drunk, speeding and failed to render assistance as he allegedly ran away.

Two men are in police custody for the murder of Mahdia resident Andre Britton who was stabbed to death on New Year’s Day after he upbraided some young men for throwing firecrackers into his yard.

A 22-year-old miner was yesterday remanded to prison after being arraigned at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court for unlawfully killing fellow miner Jevon Fraser who reportedly intervened in an argument as a peacemaker.

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More than a week after Dhaniram Ramgopaul, 14, disappeared from a family picnic and was later found dead in a Soesdyke creek, a post-mortem examination (PME) has revealed that he died from drowning.

Five days after an Air Services Limited (ASL) plane went missing over the Region Eight jungle after taking off from the Mahdia airstrip, search teams are yet to find any sign of it.

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A man was stabbed to death on Old Year’s night while drinking at a shop at Aracru, North West District (NWD).

With effect from 3rd December 2014, Gladwin Samuels has been named as Senior Superintendent of Prisons, a release from the Ministry of Home Affairs said yesterday.

A mason who was found with two grammes of cannabis was yesterday fined $3,000 when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court and was additionally ordered to perform community service at the Brickdam Police Station for the next seven consecutive Saturdays, beginning today.

  A West Ruimveldt man was yesterday granted $70,000 bail after he denied the charge of unlawfully and maliciously wounding another.

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A husband and wife, who have been together for three years, were yesterday arraigned at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on charges that they assaulted each other.

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Twenty-four-year-old murder accused, Donald Calender, is the latest guest of the state after he was remanded to prison when he appeared before Magistrate Sunil Scarce on Wednesday at the Anna Regina Magistrate’s Court.

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A section of Waterloo Street is continually waterlogged posing a challenge to pedestrians and other road users.

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In movies, popular actor Jackie Chan often plays the role of the good guy, the person who rescues some heroine or the other from the bad guys.

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The West Bank Demerara contractor who reportedly shot himself with his licensed .32 firearm around 11 pm on Monday was only moments before said to be drinking with his girlfriend.

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Following this weekend’s recommencement of the physical training camp, the Guyana Jaguars final 14-man squad for this month’s NAGICO Regional Super 50 tournament is expected to be named shortly, this is according to Rayon Griffith.

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CAPE TOWN, South Africa, CMC – Captain Denesh Ramdin stroked his first half-century in just over a year and rookie Jermaine Blackwood was eyeing his third in five Test outings, as West Indies produced a gallant fightback against World number one South Africa here yesterday.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, CMC – Leon Johnson believes West Indies are well placed to push on for a big score after rallying to make a relatively strong finish to the opening day of the final Test here yesterday.

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Under the fireworks illuminated sky, Grove Hi-Tech inspired by a Most Valuable Player-like showing from Domini Garnett were crowned the inaugural Stag Beer Super 16 champs, hammering Ann’s Grove 5-0 in the final on Thursday.

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Defending champions Winners Connections successfully retained their championship, edging giant-killers High Stars by a 1-0 score line when the Upper Demerara Football Association GT Beer knockout tourney concluded New Year’s Day.

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Dear Editor, I query the assertions made by the Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment in his annual report for 2014, as conveyed in the article ‘NRE sector saw “significant inputs and improvements” in 2104’ (Kaieteur News, December 31, 2014) under the heading ‘Foreign Companies.’

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – Rising West Indies star Kieran Powell is set to also miss out on the NAGICO Super50.

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Dear Editor, After reading your news article, ‘Ramotar sees closure of Amaila deal in months,’ (January 1), sourced from his New Year’s Message, I could not help harking back to an article in The Economist of May 14, 2013, ‘Hydropower in Guyana: Shrouded in secrecy.’

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Today The Scene looks back at the artists interviewed last year who inspired through their commitment to their respective fields.

Dear Editor, One of the clear signals of how private sector businesses respond to falling product prices is to decrease production or close operations in order to minimize losses.

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RIO DE JANEIRO/BRASILIA, (Reuters) – When federal investigators first identified signs of corruption at Petrobras in 2009, Dilma Rousseff insisted Brazil’s state-run oil company had nothing to hide.

2014 was an eventful year in local entertainment as this look back at some of the happenings will reveal.

Dear Editor, The MMA/ADA’S repossession and reallocation of lands of No 40 Co-op Society Ltd, Regd No 1513 is an act of gross injustice, inconsistencies and contradictions.

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Kingston, Jamaica – Former national one-day captain, Tamar Lambert, believes the 14-man squad that has been named to represent the Jamaica Franchise during this month’s WICB/NAGICO Insurance Super50 Tournament is an improvement on last year’s selections.

Kingston, Jamaica – Jamaica’s cricket coach Junior Bennett expects out-of-form wicketkeeper/batsman Carlton Baugh to bounce back after being overlooked for the Regional Super50 tournament, set to start on January 15 in Trinidad & Tobago.

Hi Everyone, The New Year has dawned and is chock full of resolutions; many of these seem to centre on our intake of food and drink.

Dear Editor, According to a government release, public servants in 1992 were paid a monthly minimum wage of $3,137.00 from which NIS was deducted.

(Trinidad Express) A Caribbean Airlines pilot is the country’s first road fatality.

(Jamaica Observer) GREEN PARK, Trelawny — The Trelawny police were on Thursday trying to locate the whereabouts of a suspect in connection with the murder of retired nurse Hyacinth Hayden, who was butchered at her home in this usually peaceful community on New Year’s Eve.

Kingston, Jamaica – Jamaica’s 50-over cricket captain Nikita Miller stressed that he welcomes the team’s collective ideas for the Regional Super50 tournament set to begin two weeks’ time in Trinidad & Tobago.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South Africa lost a record number of rhinos in 2014 as big animals across Africa were relentlessly poached to meet rising demand for horn and ivory in newly affluent Asian countries or to provide meat to fighters in the bush.

UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – In a move that heightened tensions with Israel and could lead to cuts in U.S.

Dear Editor, There is a jingle which is played on the radio.

Dear Editor, The year 2014 has come to an end. It was quite an eventful year, both locally and internationally.

Happy 2015 to all! Who else is super excited about what this year has to offer when it comes to music?

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Looking for a safe, affordable place for retirement?

(The Sports Xchange) — Forward Pau Gasol blocked a career-high nine shots to go along with 17 points and nine rebounds as Chicago topped Denver 106-101 setting a franchise record with 18 blocked shots in the process on New Year’s Day.

Dear Editor, Happiness is on the rise globally, according to an end-of-year survey of 64,000 people in 65 countries.

“Is not the pastness of the past the more profound, the more legendary, the more immediately it falls before the present?”

Happy New Year! I am sure you heard that like about a billion times already.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Having featured regularly in war of words with new India captain Virat Kohli in the ongoing test series, Australia fast bowler Mitchell Johnson believes the volatile batsman will probably be more aggressive than previous skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuban performance artist Tania Bruguera was freed yesterday after three back-to-back detentions in three days, and after more than a thousand artists worldwide signed an open letter to Cuban President Raul Castro calling for her release.

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