Daily Archive: Friday, February 13, 2015

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Guyana Jaguars put themselves in position to continue their winning run in the WICB Professional Cricket League when they manhandled Leeward Islands Hurricanes on the first day of their sixth round contest here today.

Former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran this evening said that he has decided against the formation of a political party to contest the scheduled May 11 polls.

APNU today restated its firm opposition to the promotion of cops who torture.

Reckless: This man was relaxing with his feet out of this car while it was driving past the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) The decomposing body of a man found in bushes near the Brian Lara Stadium in Tarouba this morning, is believed to be that of Azad Ali, the wheelchair-bound man suspected of murdering 19-year-old Salma Chadee of Caroni and Sherlene Mahangoo-Charles of Tarodale.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – For the first time in almost a quarter of a century, the cricket World Cup is back Down Under.

Although yesterday’s alliance talks between APNU and the AFC yielded “some fruit” both sides are still locked in heated arguments over who will fill the positions of President and Prime Minister.

The Central Committee of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) met yesterday and unanimously endorsed President Donald Ramotar as the Party’s Presidential Candidate, a release from Freedom House said last evening.

Jarvis Small, accused of the murder of 16-year-old Neesa Gopaul, had signalled the involvement of the girl’s mother in her death, according to a police witness.

A father and his two sons are among seven men who were arrested following the discovery of an illegal M15 rifle in a car on Wednesday night.

A Bare Root, East Coast Demerara man is now dead following an accident in Essequibo on Wednesday afternoon, when he and others were travelling into the interior.

Guyana has moved up in the latest World Press Freedom Index, ranking 62 out of 180 countries surveyed.

Health Minister Dr Bheri Ramsaran has credited Japan’s support for helping to reduce the number of newborn deaths at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

A fisherman who operates from the Rosignol fisheries has been taken into custody after he was caught red-handed at Bartica with a $7M boat that had been stolen over a week ago.

Representatives of the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) are set to make a field visit to the Guyana Sugar Corporation after the dismissal of 15 cane harvesters last weekend resulted in strike action at the East Demerara sugar estate this week.

Amerindian Affairs Minister Pauline Sukhai on Sunday presented land titles to Riverview/Falmouth and Batavia communities in Region Seven and charged residents to diversify into mining, tourism and agriculture.

Giftland OfficeMax yesterday donated $50,000 to the Cancer Institute of Guyana and gift hampers to cancer patients as it began celebrating Valentine’s Day early.

Following recent measles outbreaks in the United States of America and Brazil, the Pan American Health Organisation/World Health Organisation (PAHO/WHO) has urged countries to maintain high levels of measles vaccination coverage at national and local levels.

The Association of Regional Chambers of Commerce (ARCC) has joined with other private sector bodies in welcoming the announced reduction in electricity tariffs.

A labourer was yesterday granted $100,000 bail after he denied wounding another man.

As the University of Guyana (UG) staff continued to strike after collapsed wage negotiations with the university administration, the Ministry of Labour has offered to play a mediatory role but only if workers end their industrial action.

A taxi driver was placed on $100,000 bail yesterday after he denied misusing $500,000 that was entrusted to him to buy building materials.

Dwayne Stuffer, a New Amsterdam resident was sentenced to three years imprisonment on Monday after pleading guilty to the charge of possession of narcotics with the intent of trafficking.

On Tuesday, fisherman Gewan Rohit, 40, of Lot 1189 New Area Canefield, East Canje was placed on $250,000 bail in the Reliance Magistrate’s Court after he answered to a rape charge against a 13-year-old female in 2014.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC- The man attempting to dethrone Dave Cameron as president of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), Joel Garner, says cricket development, performance and governance of the sport will be his top priority if he wins elections carded for March 7.

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) in partnership with Scotia Bank yesterday launched its second season of the Kiddies Cricket School Programme, under the theme “Cricket is my Game, Learn It”.

Safety and Health Consultant Dale Beresford has told Stabroek Business that if reports regarding possible links between a defective storage tank at the Caricom Rice Mills Ltd (CRML) and last Friday’s death of company employee 17-year-old Threeion Gittens are sustainable then critical questions arise about “the diligence or otherwise” of both CRML and the Ministry of Labour as far as their safety and health obligations are concerned.

Up to the time of the writing of this editorial neither the public nor the private sector had bothered to make a public comment on the fact that there were two workplace accidents on the two preceding Fridays; the first in the bauxite industry and the second in the rice sector.

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation has announced that three overseas doctors have been added to its staff complement to bolster vital services and it is also benefiting from service from two other experts in intensive care and paediatric surgery.

With thousands in attendance and millions watching around the world, the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 opened in spectacular fashion yesterday with star-laden events in both Christchurch and Melbourne.

Dear Editor, Please refer to a letter which appeared in your Stabroek News issue of Thursday, February 12, 2015: ‘It would be highly irregular for the Mayor’s Office to manage the sale of “spots” for Mash Day’ by Minister Norman Whittaker.

General Secretary of the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) Lincoln Lewis has told the Stabroek Business that the impression which Natural Resources and the Environment Minister Robert Persaud appears to have gleaned from the management of the Bauxite Company Guyana Inc.

     Dear Editor, I appreciate the news report, ‘Court orders release of 12 Nepalese held in lock-ups for months’ (KN, February 8).

In what is expected to be a thrilling showdown, Slingerz FC will lock horns with Riddim Squad from 9pm when the quarterfinals of the Mayor’s Cup Knockout Football tourney starts today at the GFC ground in Bourda.

Bartica may have come to be known as the gateway to Guyana’s gold-rich interior but these days, like the prevailing gold price, its fortunes are declining and no one is prepared to take a serious bet on where the decline would end.

Dyna’s Ravens Head Coach Darcel Harris is confident that his charges will successfully defend their Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) ‘Road to Mecca’ championship when the event starts on Sunday.

Children having sex. Children recording and taking pictures of their and others’ sexual activity.

Dear Editor, The illustration below, reflects the voting trends in Guyana over the last five election cycles, starting from 1992 when PPP/C won the elections for the first time post independence.

Local state-run, technology-driven entities were earlier this month afforded the rare opportunity of interfacing with the internationally renowned Chinese-owned Lenovo, currently among the world’s leading personal computer manufacturers and IT innovators.

Dear Editor, I shall be grateful if you could inform your readers that the letter in Stabroek News dated February 11, 2015 titled, ‘APNU, AFC could contest separately but each in different regions’ by Ramesh Persaud is not the same Ramesh Persaud who is the Chairman of the Private Sector Commission or CEO of IPED.

The USAID-funded Skills and Knowledge for Youth Employment (SKYE) project which seeks to develop entrepreneurial and management skills among young Guyanese through its “Be Your Own Boss” (BYOB) initiative will, on Wednesday February 18, show off the achievements of the first batch of young people who have successfully completed the programme.

Dear Editor, There has been an increase in armed robberies and petty theft on the Essequibo Coast.

World Cup kicks off: Flagbearers during the opening ceremony yesterday ahead of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015.

Kitco is a Canadian company that buys and sells precious metals such as gold, copper and silver.

Dear Editor, Mr Moses Nagamootoo has recently made some interesting public statements which may clarify the views of the AFC’s leaders, and allow Guyanese to make logical inferences.

Dear Editor, There is a tendency on the part of some people to devalue our democracy because in their opinion it is more the result of ‘ethnic arithmetic’ rather than the ‘true’ expression of the will of the people.

St. JOHN’S, Antigua, , CMC – Leaders Guyana Jaguars and Barbados Pride will attempt to stretch their lead when sixth round matches start today in the WICB Professional Cricket League Regional 4-Day Tournament.

By Kartik Kannan   (ESPN Cricinfo) How important is history in determining the future?

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 602’s trading results showed consideration of $4,552,359 from 147,915 shares traded in 21 transactions as compared to session 601’s trading results, which showed consideration of $49,088,362 from 905,442 shares traded in 51 transactions.

MINSK, (Reuters) – Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine agreed to a deal offering a “glimmer of hope” for an end to conflict in eastern Ukraine, but the United States and NATO said further intense fighting yesterday ran counter to the spirit of the accord.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – South Africa’s parliament descended into chaos yesterday as opposition lawmakers were removed by force after disrupting Jacob Zuma’s annual address, an unprecedented sign of discontent at his administration.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Ireland set out their stall as potential World Cup giant-killers by beating Bangladesh by four wickets in their final warm-up match at Blacktown Oval yesterday.

St Kitts and Nevis has been thrown into political turmoil following a British judicial decision to strike down new electoral regulations a few days before the state’s general election, the UK Guardian reported yesterday Five British justices sitting on the judicial committee of the privy council in London overturned the introduction of fresh constituency boundaries ahead of the poll, which is scheduled for Monday.

SYDNEY, Australia, CMC-West Indies survived a scare to beat a motivated Scotland by three runs in their second warm-up match of the ICC Cricket World here yesterday.

Dear Editor,   This will be a historic election in Guyana, especially for the young Guyanese voters.

At a time when young Guyanese seeking to gain entry into the world of business complain with monotonous regularity about closed doors, Canadian University Services Overseas (CUSO) Youth Entrepreneurship Advisor Pamela Grant hopes her five-month stay in Guyana will result in a breakdown of the “silos” that stand between young people and the business sector.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Normalization Committee (NC) has officially appointed Richard Groden and Diedre Davis to the posts of General Secretary and Assistant General Secretary, respectively.

Small business operators who, late last month, received more than $20 million in grants under the Micro and Small Enterprise Development (MSED) Project through the Low Carbon Development Strategy Guyana Redd+ Investment Fund can anticipate stringent post-disbursement monitoring from the Small Business Bureau (SBB) to ensure compliance with the conditions under which the grants were allocated, the Bureau’s Credit Guarantee Fund Manager Gillian Griffith has told Stabroek Business.

The demand for the movement of cargo by sea between North America and the Caribbean has, for more than a quarter of a century, been driven largely by the relationships between Caribbean people in the diaspora and their families and relatives in the island and mainland territories of the region.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC-West Indies all-rounder Kieron Pollard has vowed to return with a vengeance following his omission from the West Indies team for the ICC cricket World Cup.

CARACAS/SAN CRIS-TOBAL, (Reuters) – Venezuelan security forces faced off with stone-wielding protesters yesterday as supporters of President Nicolas Maduro also rallied on the anniversary of last year’s fatal unrest.

Dear Editor, There are times when nothing irritates you more than finding yourself around folks who think excessively of themselves, creating an atmosphere of utmost discomfort and tension; it’s like an aggression and it tears you up!

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Two women accused Bill Cosby on Thursday of drugging them decades ago when they met him as young models, and one said he sexually assaulted her, as more of his performances were shelved amid an outcry from activists over similar allegations.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – England’s World Cup opener is only two days away, but captain Eoin Morgan will delve into the past for inspiration to reverse his poor batting form and help his team cope with their demons facing Australia on home soil.

ST.JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC-The Antigua and Barbuda Cricket Association (ABCA) is complaining that it was left out of a decision taken by the Leeward Islands Cricket Association (LICA) to support incumbents Dave Cameron and Emmanuel Nanthan for the positions of president and vice-president of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB).

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A Jamaican man accused of cheating elderly Americans in a lottery scheme was extradited to the United States yesterday, the first such action by Jamaica in a crackdown on global fraud, the U.S.

Fine dining: El Dorado, the Pegasus Hotel’s newest restaurant will open today offering hotel guests as well as the public a fine dining experience.

This month marks a year since Jeemima Burke opened Lady J’s Beauty Salon, Cosmetology School and Enterprise at 50 Camp and Robb streets, Lacytown, opposite Republic Bank.

SEOUL, (Reuters) – A South Korean court sentenced the daughter of Korean Air Lines’ chairman to one year in prison after finding her guilty over an on-board incident in New York concerning the way she was served nuts in first class.

Last Friday I directed the attention of those interested to the role of newspapers and how our four major dailies are used at elections time.

Even as the process of rapprochement between Cuba and the United States of America continues, with a not unexpected ebb and flow in the negotiations and a certain political caution, there is one perhaps surprising point of convergence, albeit for different reasons, between Havana and the staunchly anti-Castro Cuban exile community in Miami: the need to reform or do away with the Cuban Adjustment Act (CAA).

Dear Editor, Based on issues and performances, and not race, the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) is the only credible political party in Guyana that should win the 11th May 2015 general election.

  (Barbados Nation) For the first time in almost half-century of its existence, the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies in Barbados will be headed by a woman.

Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, Robert Persaud (left) yesterday receiving the final report on the study of investments in the Extractive Sector, from United Nations Development Programme Deputy Resident Representative, to Guyana Chisa Mikami at the Ministry’s Brickdam office.

Newly commissioned officers of the Guyana Defence Force yesterday with Commander-in-Chief, President Donald Ramotar, and the army’s top brass, after the officers had received their instruments of commission at the Office of the President.