Daily Archive: Tuesday, March 31, 2015

(Reuters) – Some of the world’s biggest names in music including Beyonce, Cold Play’s Chris Martin and Rihanna are backing Jay Z’s new global streaming music service Tidal, which launched on Monday, and is billing itself as the first of its kind owned by artists.

A Linden businessman is in custody following the seizure of a quantity of cocaine packed among several hundred bags of charcoal in a 40-ft container at Silver Hill, Linden, Head of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) James Singh said today.

(Trinidad Guardian) Legendary West Indies cricketer Sir Curtly Ambrose is laying blame for the collapse of regional cricket squarely at the door of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB).

ABUJA, (Reuters) – Three decades after seizing power in a military coup, Muhammadu Buhari became the first Nigerian to oust a president through the ballot box, putting him in charge of Africa’s biggest economy and one of its most turbulent democracies.

Head of State, President Donald Ramotar and First Lady Deolatchmee Ramotar formally welcomed more than 50 delegates of the Caribbean Association of Home Economists (CAHE) to State House as the hosts of the organisation’s ‘Cultural Night’ yesterday.

The Indian Technical and Economic Co-operation (ITEC) programme started 51 years ago and in 2012/13, 25 scholarships slots were allotted to Guyana.

The Indian Technical and Economic Co-operation (ITEC) programme started 51 years ago and in 2012/13, 25 scholarships slots were allotted to Guyana.

The Indian Technical and Economic Co-operation (ITEC) programme started 51 years ago and in 2012/13, 25 scholarships slots were allotted to Guyana.

Indranie Chandarpal yesterday received a posthumous award from the Ministry of Education for her husband, Navin Chandarpal, former Presidential Advisor on Science and Technology for his contributions towards science, technology and innovation.

Indranie Chandarpal yesterday received a posthumous award from the Ministry of Education for her husband, Navin Chandarpal, former Presidential Advisor on Science and Technology for his contributions towards science, technology and innovation.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia will resist the temptation to tinker with their team on tour against West Indies and plan to field their best 11 in a bid to sweep the two-test series and build momentum for the Ashes, selector Rod Marsh has said.

Three persons were killed and six others were left hospitalised early yesterday morning when a vehicle filled with party-goers crashed into two parked trucks along the Golden Grove Public Road, West Coast Berbice.

Leyrone Sandiford, called “Stammer,” who had earlier this month pleaded guilty to raping a nine-year-old girl, was yesterday sentenced to 18 years in prison.

Australian mining company Troy Resources Limited hopes to make operations at its Karouni gold project ‘green,’ by purchasing power from a reactivated Tumatumari hydropower facility.

A taxi driver is now dead after he was hit by a speeding car as he was about to enter his vehicle on the public road at Zeeburg, West Coast Demerara on Sunday night.

The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry’s (GBTI) profit for 2014 was $2.117 billion, slightly down from the previous year’s figure as provisioning for bad loans rose significantly.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) will open the first in a series of permanent tax centres on April 1, 2015.

Two men were yesterday charged with disguising themselves as police and robbing poultry farm workers of almost $1 million in cash and property after stopping them at a bogus roadblock at Mahaicony.

The police yesterday said that Thurston Kenrick Williams is wanted in connection with the murder of Charles Major on March 6 at Dickman Hill, Mahdia, North West District.

A mother and son were yesterday accused of employing a child to sell liquor at a bar.

Guyana’s participation at this year’s Carifta Games is in jeopardy and the Executive Council of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) is to meet today to make a final decision on the team’s participation.

The Ministry of Education with support from UNESCO yesterday opened a three-day implementation workshop for the recently completed National Science, Technology and Innovation Policy.

ICC president AHM Mustafa Kamal has said that the game’s governing body denied him of his right to give the trophy at the post-match presentation ceremony of the World Cup final on Sunday.

After 53 fixtures across 16 days, favourites Chase Academy will faceoff with the formidable Dolphin Secondary in the finale of the third annual Milo Schools u-20 football tourney today from 19:00hrs at the Ministry of Education ground.

A construction worker was fined yesterday after admitting to having a gramme of cannabis in his possession.

TRINIDAD AND Tobago and West Indies cricketers Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard have both welcomed the appointment of ex-national and WI all-rounder Phil Simmons as the new coach of the regional team.

A father of seven was remanded to prison yesterday after he was charged with stealing $2 million from a parked car.

Dear Editor, I understand from your article ‘Probe underway at Deeds, Supreme Court registries over forged documents’ carried in the Stabroek News of March 30, 2015 that the investigation referred to is an internal investigation.

After being found guilty of taking $2 million in an armed robbery, Jimmy Myers will be spending the next two years in jail.

Dear Editor, In a presentation to the media on March 20, former parliamentarian Stanley Ming stated in his overview of options and opportunities for national development that the Lethem-Linden road was essential for the development of Guyana, a goal which fulfils the development plan for the integration of regional infrastructures for South America.

(Reuters) – Five players from World Cup runners-up New Zealand and three from winners Australia were named in the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) team of the tournament yesterday.

Dear Editor, Your Sunday Stabroek of March 29, highlighted the beneficiaries of Government Medical Assistance for 2012-2013, but I do have concerns regarding the information shown against my name, Winston George, on page 2c under Region 4.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – Defending champion Novak Djokovic defeated Belgium’s Steve Darcis 6-0 7-5 yesterday to power into the last 16 of the Miami Open along with Japan’s Kei Nishikori and Canada’s Milos Raonic.

A week after the discovery of the nude body of schoolgirl Alicia Ali on the seawall near Turkeyen, no arrest has yet been made.

Dear Editor, On behalf of the Parent-Teachers Association of the Arapaima Nursery School in Lethem, I wish to bring to your attention, a matter of serious concern which is affecting the pupils there.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC-The Golden Oldies World Cricket Festival, an international tournament for semi-professional and retired players, will be held in the Caribbean in 2017.

Late presidential Advisor on Science, Technology and Sustainable Development Navin Chandarpal was yesterday honoured by the Ministry of Education for being instrumental in crafting of the National Science and Technology plan.

Dear Editor, Bharrat Jagdeo has emerged from his hibernation and is now ‘talking-up.’

(Reuters) – Pakistan have named Azhar Ali as their one-day captain following the retirement of Misbah-ul-Haq from one-day internationals after this month’s World Cup.

“We have an obligation to stand up for those who cannot stand up for themselves,” High Commis-sioner of Canada Dr Nicole Giles declared yesterday, while emphasising the importance of raising awareness about sexual violence.

Admitting to behaving disorderly because a policeman was apparently harassing him, young Quincy Gilbert was yesterday fined $10,000.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia have named legspinner Fawad Ahmed and veteran Western Australian batsman Adam Voges in their 17-man tour squad for the West Indies and England tours in June and July.

Dear Editor, If press reports are to be believed, former President Jagdeo and President Ramotar have confirmed that Courtney Crum-Ewing’s killing was political.

One year after a taxi driver was shot dead in his car at Strathspey Railway Embankment, East Coast Demerara (ECD), relatives are still waiting on the police to make an arrest.

Dear Editor, I refer to Mr Frederick Kissoon’s letter titled ‘Contamination and deterioration?’

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) – Iran and major powers were struggling yesterday to reach a preliminary nuclear accord as “gloom” set in, with both sides sticking to their positions a day before a self-imposed deadline.

(Reuters) – Cuba, a few decades late to the Internet era, is committed to getting the web into 50 per cent of its households by 2020, as well as achieving 60 per cent mobile phone access, a senior US State Department official said yesterday.

A man was yesterday charged with fraudulent conversion after he could not repay over $400,000 that he allegedly misused.

Dear Editor, With few exceptions, non-immigrant visa applications are evaluated under Section 214(b) of the United States Immigration and Nationality Act, which states, in part, that every applicant for a nonimmigrant visa “…shall be presumed to be an immigrant until (s)he establishes to the satisfaction of the consular officer, at the time of application for a visa… that (s)he is entitled to nonimmigrant status…” This statutory presumption of immigration may be overcome by demonstrating sufficiently strong familial, social, professional and economic ties to a country outside the United States that would compel return after a temporary stay in the United States.

Dear Editor, May I take this opportunity to thank the doctors and nurses at the Caribbean Heart Institute for the manner in which they attended to my wife Margery.

In an effort to continue their community based programmes, the Petra Organization in collaboration with the Guyana Beverage Company Incorporated officially launched the inaugural Busta Soft Shoe Football tourney yesterday at the latter’s Diamond Headquarters.

Four more persons have been found guilty and fined $7,500 each for driving under the influence of alcohol.

DUESSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) – The German pilot suspected of deliberately crashing a plane in the French Alps last week was treated for suicidal tendencies years ago before he received his pilot’s licence, German prosecutors said yesterday.

Canadian mining company Guyana Goldfields remains on track to start gold production at its Aurora Gold Project by mid-year and expects to produce between 30,000 to 50,000 ounces of gold in 2015.

Residents of Whim, Berbice and neighbouring villages have mixed reactions to the APNU+AFC Coalition with most older villagers saying that they will vote for the incumbent PPP/C while younger residents expressed optimism in the coalition.

Dear Editor, In relation to ‘Election Corner’ in Saturday’s edition of Stabroek News under the caption ‘The role of the Poll Clerk, Ballot Clerk and Information Clerk on Election Day,’ I am seeking clarification of the ballot clerk’s duties.

New York (SMS) —The acronym ‘CG’ could be for ‘commendations’ and ‘gratitude’, but for Cassey George, it was also a quirky similarity of her initials to those of the title of Guyana’s top diplomat in New York City.

NOVA FRIBURGO, Brazil (Reuters) – Two renegade Catholic bishops plan to consecrate a new generation of bishops to spread their ultra-traditionalist movement called “The Resistance” in defiance of the Vatican, one of them said at a remote monastery in Brazil.

(Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said yesterday that comments recently made by Finance Minister Joaquim Levy about the effectiveness of her policies were “misunderstood.”

Dear Editor, The health sector has delivered efficient and effective services to the people of Guyana, and while there is huge room for improvement, one cannot erase the evidence of a growing and progressive delivery of health care to the Guyanese people.

It would not have escaped the attention of careful observers that President Donald Ramotar’s promise of a highly educated work force, made to investors at last Thursday’s ceremony to mark the opening of Qualfon’s East Bank operations, came a matter of weeks before his government seeks to be returned to office at the May 11 general elections.

Ex-Guyana and West Indies pacer Reon King along with accredited coaches Orin Bailey and Trevon Garraway will bowl off an eight-day cricket coaching clinic at the Banks DIH Thirst Park Ground, from today.