Daily Archive: Thursday, December 31, 2009

-surpasses $86.4b estimate The GRA says it set a new record in revenue collection this year, although it continues to be challenged by some sections of the private sector engaged in tax evasion.

Twenty-three-year-old Paul Charles of Foulmouth, Essequibo River, was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court over the murder of a 50-year-old boat operator.

Hits and Jams entertainer Dwight Ferguson was robbed of $1M in the city yesterday afternoon.

Two armed men shot and wounded a gold miner outside of German’s Restaurant on New Market Street yesterday.

A midday fire yesterday left several persons contemplating where they would be spending the night after the top flat of their two-storey house was completely destroyed and the bottom flat flooded.

–but lauds strides in tertiary education Education Minister Shaik Baksh says he is concerned with some aspects of the University of Guyana’s Strategic Plan, but he will be engaging the university on his objections first.

PPP for year-long celebration of 60th anniversary Describing the last year as one of “mixed fortunes,” PPP General Secretary Donald Ramotar yesterday said national security has improved while the country was spared the worst effects of the international crises among states in the region.

By Marlon Munroe West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) CEO Dr. Ernest Hilaire is urging the Guyana Cricket Board to prepare itself for a rapidly changing cricket landscape which will force it to find new ways of operating.

The authorities are continuing to monitor the effects of spring tides which began rolling in on Tuesday, as water overtopped several sections of the seawall situated aback villages along the East Coast of Demerara yesterday for a second day.

By Rawle Toney The Kashif and Shanghai Organisation said yesterday it will desist from announcing cash incentive prizes to teams over its public address system in keeping with a decision by the Guyana Football Federation (GFF).

Police are still hunting the robbers who invaded Engineering Construction Cooperative (ECC) on Tuesday escaping with several million worth of booty in a boat along the Demerara River.

PERTH, Australia,  CMC – West Indies captain Chris Gayle has been cleared of serious injury and is expected to return to Australia’s Big Bash Twenty20 tournament next week for his team Western Australia Warriors.

By Marlon Munroe West Indies middle order batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan was named Cricketer-of-the-Year on Tuesday evening when the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) hosted its annual awards presentation ceremony at the Umana Yana in Kingston.

BROOKLYN, New York, CMC – Popular United States-based Caribbean publication Everybody’s Magazine has named Jamaica’s sprint superstar Usain Bolt as its “Person of the Year.”

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Manchester United and Arsenal  closed the gap on Premier League leaders Chelsea with classy,  one-sided wins over struggling Wigan Athletic and Portsmouth yesterday.

Dr Mahendra Chand, who is facing disciplinary action over his treating of a tortured teen while the teen’s head was covered with a bag, has submitted a response to the findings of the Medical Council of Guyana, according to Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy who said he has seen the response.

Travelspan GT Inc has assured passengers scheduled to fly to Toronto with a Titan Tours flight on January 6 and 13 that their flights are on schedule.

ATLANTA, (Reuters) – The Cleveland Cavaliers used stingy defense and a fourth quarter burst to beat the Atlanta Hawks 95-84 on Tuesday and post their fifth straight win.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Shawn Findlay stroked a top score of 78 and led a trio of batsmen getting half centuries on Tuesday’s second day of Jamaica’s last practice match ahead of the 2010 West Indies first-class season.

Lennox Hope of Lamaha Springs was pronounced dead on arrival when he was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital on Tuesday after a column concrete fell on his head as he was assisting his aunt to hang a blanket on the clothes line.

-public-spirited persons apprehended him Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday ordered that a 30-year-old father of two be remanded to prison when he appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court for allegedly snatching a boy’s gold chain at the Main Street Lime.

DURBAN, South Africa, (Reuters) – Graeme Swann and  Stuart Broad bowled South Africa out for 133 as England  completed victory by an innings and 98 runs on the fifth day of  the second test at Kingsmead yesterday.

Dear Editor, Anyone following Ravi Dev’s series of articles on revisionism with an open mind cannot help but conclude that, for once, a columnist/analyst has been able to stitch together an almost objective rendering of the practice of politics in Guyana. 

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The South team’s Sherwin Ganga and his Northern counterpart Daron Cruikshank hit contrasting centuries Tuesday to set up an exciting finale in the annual Gerry Gomez Classic at the Queen’s Park Oval.

Dear Editor, On Monday, December 28, I went to a store in Commerce Street to make a purchase.

“Ah really sorry cause she is only five” lamented 25-year-old Maxwell Francisco shortly before he was remanded to prison when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday for allegedly having sex with a child.

Police have arrested the hire car driver who hit Vibert Sam on Boxing Night before escaping.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Ousted General Secretary of the T&T Cricket Board (TTCB) Forbes Persaud has had his contract as Chief Executive Officer terminated by the new executive.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The eight American civilians  killed in a suicide bombing at a military base in southeastern  Afghanistan yesterday were all CIA agents, CNN reported,  citing an unnamed senior U.S.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Bauxite & General Workers Union (GB&GWU) has nothing to hide.

Two men are in the Georgetown Public Hospital nursing gunshot wounds after a robbery on Tuesday night.

Dear Editor, I am appealing, no pleading for our dumb, four-legged animals (dogs) who on all festive occasions are subject to an onslaught from the deafening noise of squibs and firecrackers.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Regional players union boss Dinanath Ramnarine has hit back at comments by West Indies Cricket Board CEO Ernest Hilaire, as storm clouds continued to gather over next month’s start of the regional four-day tournament.

RAMADI, Iraq,  (Reuters) – Twin suicide bombs killed  at least 26 and wounded more than 100 in Iraq’s Sunni Arab  heartland yesterday and a roadside bomb killed seven pilgrims  returning from a major Shi’ite Muslim religious festival.

NEW YORK/HOUSTON/ BEIJING (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia has quit a long-held lease for 5 million barrels of Caribbean oil storage near the key US market and state giant PetroChina is poised to move in, industry sources say, a potentially major shift in global oil trade dynamics.

OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Four Canadian soldiers and a  Canadian journalist were killed when their armored vehicle was  hit by a bomb in southern Kandahar province on Wednesday, the  Canadian Defense Ministry said.

Dear Editor, It was simply a favourable response to a crying need and a demonstration of the seriousness of the government when they announced that they believed in the promotion of an entrepreneurial class in furthering the full development of the economy and its people.

Peter Moore, one of five British men taken hostage in Iraq in May 2007, spent years working as a volunteer in both Guyana and China before he was kidnapped in Iraq and finally freed yesterday, the BBC said.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s government accused the United States yesterday of fomenting violence to undermine the Iranian administration.

HOBART, Australia, CMC – Barbadian all-rounder Dwayne Smith and his New South Wales (NSW) opened their campaign in Australia’s Twenty20 Big Bash tournament with a 31-run triumph over Tasmania yesterday.

Janelle Joseph, right, collects her cheque from Country Manager Lester Alvis.

DAKAR, (Reuters) – Police in mostly Muslim Senegal  broke up a protest outside the capital Dakar’s cathedral yesterday after Catholics accused the country’s president of  making disparaging comments about Jesus.

Dear Editor, I refer to Michael Tannassee’s thoughtful and well intended letter titled, ‘Condem-nations should be accompanied by solutions’ (SN, December 29), and offer the following in response.

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Several former West Indies players, including legendary captain Sir Vivian Richards, are slated to attend the funeral of Dominica’s former Test pacer Grayson Shillingford today.

Five persons were rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital last night after a car and minibus, reportedly speeding, ended up in a ditch just after the junction at Company Path and the East Coast Demerara Public Road.

2010 starts tomorrow. A new year and one would hope a new beginning, not just in our personal lives, but on a national scale.

(Antigua Sun) – Just days after it was announced that the US Justice Department is investigating contributions made to lawmakers by Allen Stanford, a democratic representative has been listed as one who benefited from the former billionaire at the expense of his clients.