Daily Archive: Wednesday, April 22, 2015

The Two Brothers Gas Station at Eccles, East Bank was this evening hit by a fire which destroyed a fuel truck and caused other damage.

The electoral observation mission of the OAS this evening expressed concern about the increasingly provocative language in the elections campaign and called on all parties to sign and implement the political parties’ code of conduct.

(Reuters) – England openers Alastair Cook and Jonathan Trott made a solid start in reply to West Indies’ total of 299 by reaching 74 without loss on the second day of the second test today.

At about 1200h. today, the police say that Shawn Pestano, 50 years, of Rose Hall, Corentyne, was involved in an argument with a man at Port Mourant during which he was chopped to his body.

A recent letter by Ms. Ryhaan Shah sparked a series of responses in the letter columns, causing it to be juxtaposed with another letter by the bright young economics student, Saieed Khalil.

The Maritime Administration Department this afternoon said a vandalized Catamaran was founded on the Wakenaam foreshore last Friday and a German man who was supposed to be aboard was not seen.

Forty-three Peace Corps trainees arrived in Georgetown yesterday to begin their two years of service to the people of Guyana. 

PPP/C prime ministerial candidate Elisabeth Harper today condemned Health Minister Bheri Ramsaran’s verbal attack on rights activist Sherlina Nageer which included a threat to strip her.

At about 0150h. today, the police say that Danish Mohan Roo, 30 years, of Sparta, Essequibo Coast, who was in the lock-ups at Anna Regina Police Station, attempted to hang himself.

A young mother who was admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) about two weeks ago after she sustained fourth degree burns to her entire body, succumbed to her injuries on Sunday.

Health Minister Dr Bheri Ramsaran on Monday verbally abused rights activist Sherlina Nageer and he was recorded during the encounter saying that he would slap her for the fun of it and have her stripped in a public place.

The 13-year-old, from Wakapou, Lower Pome-roon River, who gave birth to twins last Friday, was raped during a holiday out of the area, according to her guardian, who did not learn of the attack until she realised that the girl was pregnant two months ago.

By Rae Wiltshire   An 83-year-old United Kingdom-based Guyanese man is now in critical condition at a private city hospital after he was shot multiple times by bandits, who pounced on him shortly after he arrived in the country.

A mother and her son, who were on trial after being held at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport with cocaine that they were trying to sneak onto a flight to Canada, were yesterday both sentenced to three years in jail after changing their pleas to guilty.

A Guyana-born American citizen, who was allegedly found on Monday with almost a kilo of cocaine concealed in her suitcase at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri was yesterday remanded to prison.

The APNU+AFC alliance will not respond to the many “lies” of former President Bharrat Jagdeo uttered during the ongoing campaign for the May 11 general elections, the alliance’s campaign co-chair Raphael Trotman says.

On Monday, the Gafsons Group of Companies officially handed over 2,000 classroom chairs to the University of Guyana (UG).

Fazal Mohamed, who admitted to killing a seven-year-old boy, was sentenced on Monday to 22 years in jail for the crime.

Harold Naurayan, who was found guilty of raping a six-year-old girl, has been sentenced to 19 years in jail.

The government is standing fully behind former President Bharrat Jagdeo’s controversial statements on March 8 at Port Mourant which have been labelled as racist and inflammatory saying that his comments were delivered in the third person.

Just over two weeks after starting at a new job at Arjune’s Trucking Service, Harriram Chaitu lost his life when a piece of iron fell on his head.

A minibus driver and a housewife, who were allegedly found with over 300 grammes of cannabis in their possession, were yesterday remanded to prison.

Of the 2,299 polling stations that will span Guyana on Election Day, May 11th the APNU+AFC coalition has expressed concern over a small number while the incumbent PPP/C has said it is yet to see the list.

A Mabaruma resident was yesterday refused bail after he denied having in his possession a quantity of cannabis which police said he was carrying in a five-gallon bucket.

Two of three youths, charged with stealing ATVs after breaking and entering a bond, were on Monday remanded to prison when they appeared in a city court.

Two men are now hospitalised following a shooting at the Melanie Damishana Market Road, on the East Coast of Demerara, on Monday night.

The Guyana National Youth Council (GNYC) on Saturday took its ‘Vote like A Boss’ Campaign to the ancient county of Berbice in an effort to increase voter education among residents especially youths.

The Guyana Book Foundation is pleased to announce that local writer Imam Baksh’s first novel is among the top three shortlisted for the Burt Award for Caribbean Literature, a year after he participated in the Burt Award Young Adult Writers Workshop.

ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC- West Indies middle order batsman Marlon Samuels rallied an ambitious fight back with a counter attack on England bowlers that also brought him within sight of his seventh test century on the first day of the second cricket test yesterday.

The Guyana Manufactur-ing and Services Associa-tion (GMSA) has stated that it switched the venue for a planned luncheon today with President Donald Ramotar from the Pegasus Hotel to the Marriott Hotel to meet the needs of its members and optimise financial returns.

The Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) officially kicked off their competitive season, launching the Ansa McAl sponsored `king of the hardcourt’ championship at the Starr Computers Boardroom yesterday.

A blazing 47 from Travis Drakes along with Kemo Paul’s fifty and Akene Adams’ four wickets piloted Essequibo to a commanding three-wicket win over Berbice in round two of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/Raj Singh Insurance Brokers U19 50 over tournament played at the Everest Ground yesterday.

The opposition alliance’s list of candidates submitted on Nomination Day was embarrassingly short of the constitutional requirement that one-third of the persons be women.

Led by Tevin Imlach’s century, Demerara recorded a comfortable victory over the Guyana Under-17 side yesterday, in the second round of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/ Raj Singh U-19 limited overs tournament.

Plain Talk, a one hour television programme hosted by Christopher Ram will return to the airwaves at 8 this evening on Channel 9 and will be rebroadcast on Channel 6 on Sunday evening.

Peter Green was returned unopposed as President of the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) when the body held its AGM on Sunday at the National Resource Centre.

President Donald Ramotar says more co-generation plants from sugar factories will soon be a reality with at least two more being established in the Region Six.

The Most Valuable Player (MVP) prize in the inaugural Busta Shoe Football Championship received a generous boost as hardware company 2Js General Store donated $50,000 towards the accolade.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – A convicted Haitian drug trafficker whose allegations of government corruption contributed to the ouster of former President Jean Bertrand Aristide, is set to be released from prison after his 27-year sentence was cut in half, his lawyer said on Monday.

The Guinness Great of the Streets will now roll into the Mining Town of Linden when the region’s fourth edition commences today at the Mackenzie Market Tarmac from 18:00hrs with eighth slated fixtures.

ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC- The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and the Caricom committee on cricket governance say they have ended a “productive” meeting where an agreement has been reached on “the way forward” for West Indies cricket.

(BBC) Promoter Bob Arum is still unable to explain why there are no tickets on general sale for the super-fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas on 2 May.

Dear Editor, In response to Mr. Balkarran’s misleading letter `Peasant cane farmers in Demerara want same benefits as those in Berbice’ in the Stabroek News of April 20th 2015, please be informed that all private cane farmers in Guyana are treated alike and at the Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc.

(The Sports Xchange) – Shooting guard Klay Thompson scored 12 of his 26 points in the final 6:39s of the game as Golden State battled to a hard fought 97-87 victory over New Orleans in Game Two of their Western Conference opening-round series.

Dear Editor, I am writing to share the cursing that I, a member of the public received recently from Mr.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haiti’s Justice Minister has appealed a court decision tossing an indictment against two alleged gang leaders following a storm of protest over the politically charged case involving a friend of the family of President Michel Martelly.

TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – Honduran security forces foiled an international plan last year by drug traffickers to assassinate President Juan Hernandez after he launched a crackdown on organized crime, the government said yesterday.

LUENEBURG, Germany, (Reuters) – A 93-year-old former bookkeeper at Auschwitz who is accused of assisting in the mass murder of Jews told a German court that he felt morally guilty for his work at the Nazi death camp, describing in detail the grisly killings he had witnessed there.

Dear Editor, The Marriott has opened its doors to the public- national and international.

Dear Editor, For far too long people of Region 10 have been denied a place at the decision-making table and what is rightly theirs.

(Reuters) – Three Orthodox Jewish rabbis were convicted in New Jersey yesterday of conspiracy to commit kidnapping in a scheme to force men to grant divorces to their unhappy wives under Jewish law.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia announced yesterday it was ending a month-long campaign of air strikes against the Houthi rebels who seized large areas of Yemen and said it would back a political solution to bring peace to its war-ravaged neighbour.

MUNICH, (Reuters) – Majestic Bayern Munich destroyed Porto 6-1 to charge into the Champions League semi-finals 7-4 on aggregate yesterday and remain on track for a treble in Pep Guardiola’s 100th competitive game in charge.

(Cricinfo) The man with the most runs for Kings XI Punjab had been on the bench for their first four games of the season.

Dear Editor, One got the sense that some supporters of the Coalition thought that with the united slate in place the upcoming elections would have been be a walk in the park.

(Reuters) – Pakistan are poised to host top-level international cricket for the first time in six years with a short limited-overs series against Zimbabwe next month.

Important elements of the wider strategy that finally brought down the PPP were: internal subversion to discredit the regime; various forms of economic pressure which, contrary to PPP propaganda, at best led to economic stagnation; more electoral manipulation, this time in the form of the imposition of proportional representation which favoured the opposition forces and the resuscitation of the long concluded Guyana/Venezuela border dispute as a backstop in the event that the PPP was still able to prevail.

BARCELONA, (Reuters) – Neymar scored twice as Barcelona reached the Champions League semi-finals for the seventh time in the last eight seasons by comfortably beating Paris St Germain 2-0 yesterday to complete an emphatic 5-1 aggregate victory.

Dear Editor, Ms. Rhyaan Shah is at it again, shifting the goal post and distorting Guyanese history to suit her flawed arguments.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – A U.S. cancer research center and a software company reached agreements with Cuban partners during a two-day trade mission to Cuba led by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in the first trip of its kind since the rapprochement between Washington and Havana.

Seawall show: A spectacular view of Monday’s high tides which leapt over the East Coast sea wall in various places.

Dear Editor, It is amazing the length to which some people would go to misinterpret and distort what is being said by PPP leaders at political meetings and rallies.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombia has authorized a Chinese ship to set sail after it was caught carrying 100 tonnes of explosives to Cuba illegally, the prosecutor’s office said yesterday, though it continues to hold the vessel’s captain pending a criminal investigation.

Any sense of euphoria experienced by President Dilma Rousseff and her Workers Party following her re-election as President of Brazil last year must now have vanished as large scale demonstrations broke out in protest against not simply sluggish economic growth, but what appear to be credible allegations of substantial corruption, associated with the state-owned oil company Petrobras, seemingly   beneficial to the Workers Party, prior to the elections.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s chief will step down within weeks, the Obama administration said yesterday, as a congressional panel planned to examine whether DEA agents divulged secrets at sex parties that Colombian drug lords may have staged.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Principal of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Professor Archibald McDonald, has moved to quell fears that the decriminalisation of marijuana will result in an increase in the number of emergency medical cases at hospitals in Jamaica.

On Monday, the Gafsons Group of Companies officially handed over 2,000 classroom chairs to the University of Guyana (UG).