Daily Archive: Thursday, December 13, 2012

The Ministry of Home Affairs’ Task Force on Narcotics and Illicit Weapons today lashed out at Opposition Leader David Granger over statements he made recently about cocaine trafficking.

The police say they are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about 2100h last night on Paradise Public Road, Essequibo Coast, and which resulted in the death of motor cyclist Raymond Shamlall, 32 years, of Plantation Phillips, Essequibo Coast.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez suffered bleeding as a result of a six-hour operation in Cuba meant to treat a third bout of cancer, the government said today.

(WICB) St John’s, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board announces that it has concluded an agreement with Barbados-based Verus International to launch a professional franchise-based Twenty20 league in the Caribbean starting in 2013.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation says that at about 5.30 am today cane harvester Asraf Ali, 57 years, and of 60 Cane Grove, East Coast Demerara, died by accident at the orderline in the vicinity of the Enmore Community Centre.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – A British nurse who committed suicide after being taken in by a prank call to a hospital treating Prince William’s pregnant wife Kate hanged herself from a wardrobe in her apartment, police said today.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz failed to advance to the knockout phase of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Cup following a 1-0 loss to Cuba at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua last night, providing the final bit of punctuation needed to close the chapter on a wretched campaign.

(Barbados Nation) The controversial Prevention Of Corruption Bill 2012 has gone too far and threatens to discourage people from making a worthy contribution to public life, says Senator Geoffrey Cave.

(Trinidad Express) If roads were repaired and built using a soil cement stabilisation process, then repairs and construction would cost less and the roads would be more durable.

(BBC) Debutant Joe Root and Matt Prior led England’s fightback against India on an attritional first day in Nagpur today.

(Trinidad Express) The show must go on with or without Machel Montano.

(Trinidad Express) The man accused of biting off chunks of flesh from the face and leg of his five-day-old daughter had to be quickly whisked away from the precincts of the Port of Spain Magistrates’ Court yesterday after being threatened with death by other prisoners.

HOBART,  (Reuters) – Mahela Jayawardene will step down as captain of the Sri Lanka test and one-day teams after the current tour of Australia and has backed Angelo Mathews to replace him.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – Deputy South African President Kgalema Motlanthe will challenge President Jacob Zuma for leadership of the ANC next week, his top aide said today.

BEIRUT, (Reuters) – Syrian rebels are gaining ground and might win, Russia’s deputy foreign minister said today, in the starkest such admission from a major ally of President Bashar al-Assad.

EZjet boss Sonny Ramdeo was yesterday arrested in Brooklyn, New York on a charge of embezzlement from his former employer.

Nigerian-born professor Jacob Opadeyi was yesterday selected to be the new Vice-Chancellor of the University of Guyana (UG).

Members of the Central Corentyne Chamber of Commerce (CCCC) have expressed outrage at the frequent blackouts that have been plaguing Berbicians for several weeks.

A fraction of the 1,659 police ranks who performed their duties exceptionally well for this year yesterday received monetary rewards and trophies during a simple ceremony held at the Police Officers Mess Annex, Eve Leary.

Gem George-Eastman, who was accused of murdering her husband by putting poison in his food, was set free yesterday after a no-case submission was upheld by Justice Navindra Singh in the High Court.

Family members of Kamall Ramsahoye say the 38-year-old Annandale businessman was stabbed seven times in his back and three times in his abdomen.

As 2012 comes to a close, Region 10 projects seem to be in limbo with a large number nowhere close to completion and community leaders fear this is likely to have a negative impact on the 2013 budget and work programme.

By Chevy Devonish The Ministry of Labour plans to hold seminars to address violations of labour laws by foreign nationals, particularly Brazilians, who have come to Guyana for employment or to pursue business ventures of their own.

A miner was stabbed to death on Tuesday evening during an argument at Monesee Backdam, Port Kaituma, North West District and the suspect is in custody.

Acting Police Commissioner Leroy Brumell yesterday urged police ranks to avoid corrupt practices.

A Brazilian miner was yesterday charged with the possession of over 100 illegal explosives found at a mining camp in the North Pakaraimas.

A Chinese man and his wife, said to be local restaurateurs, were yesterday fined $75,000 for forging their passports and work permits.

By Iva Wharton Sport Minister Dr. Frank Anthony yesterday said he is considering writing a letter to FIFA, the world governing body on football, seeking their intervention to bring an end to the impasse between the GFF and GFA.

Alliance For Change (AFC) leader Khemraj Ramjattan has dubbed the government’s appeal for international support because it feels Guyana is under threat as a result of the opposition’s actions in the National Assembly absurd.

Western Tigers are confident of winning the Kashif and Shanghai football title, their coach Calvin Alleyne declared yesterday.

Just days after a fire, Nesha’s Flower Shop owner Jasmine Deonauth says she will be reopening for business as early as next week.

Tevin Cole, accused of robbing another man of a gold ring during a hold-up, was yesterday refused bail and remanded to prison by Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

Despite winning only one game in their first international tournament, Coach of the University of Guyana’s Rugby team, Lawrence Adonis said that his charges were very competitive and the best is yet to come.

An Essequibo man, who police claimed was found with 400 grammes of canna-bis, was yesterday remanded to prison.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – Trinidad and Tobago rescued their CFU Caribbean Cup hopes when they beat the Dominican Republic to reach the semi-finals and qualify for the CONCACAF Gold Cup for the first time in five years.

On this day 20 years ago, Stabroek News debuted the weekly ‘Business Page’ column, written by Chartered Accountant Christopher Ram which has kept a constant focus on the state of the economy and the general business climate.

Caricom’s 35th COTED meeting is urging the United States to engage early with Caribbean rum-producing nations with a view to continuing competitive access for their rums to US markets as the large subsidies they have granted to multinational producers threaten regional economies.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Chris Martin, the New Zealand pace bowler who condemned Phillip Hughes to another year on the sidelines, has heaped pressure on the Australian batsman as he attempts to revive his test career against Sri Lanka in Hobart.

A rice farmer of Number 30 Village, West Coast Berbice is alleging that paddy is being stolen at Mahaica, Mahaicony, Abary-Agricultural Development Authority (MMA-ADA) cleaning facility and nothing is being done about it although officials are aware of the situation.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Any comfortable assumptions that world cricket has largely eradicated corruption after the shock of the Hansie Cronje match-fixing scandal are challenged in a disturbing new book investigating India’s illegal bookmaking underworld.

Chairman of the Caricom Heads of Government, St Lucia PM  Dr Kenny Anthony and President Donald Ramotar say the Region values its diplomatic relations with Cuba and vows to continue to advocate for the ending of the US embargo against it.

Dear Editor, The Kaieteur News article of December 11, 2012 entitled ‘Cobra transferred from Georgetown Prison after 23 months in solitary confinement‘ has got to be wrong.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Dashing West Indies Women batsman Deandra Dottin says she is eagerly looking forward to returning to Warner Park, when South Africa Women visit the Caribbean for a limited overs series next month.

Permission was granted for cricketers in training for the CT20 to use the National Stadium at Providence, not the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) says Sport Minister Dr.

Dear Editor, Until recently there has been far too much silence about the legality of the Broadcast Authority placed in the laws of Guyana by Act No 21 of 2011.

New Chinese Ambassador to Guyana His Excellency Zhang Limin presented his Letters of Credence to President Donald Ramotar on Monday and vowed to continue the “time honoured” friendship which the two countries have been sharing over the last four decades, the Government Information Agency (GINA) has reported.

Representatives of civil society from the Caribbean on Monday called on governments in the region to take steps towards ending the death penalty.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia open the post-Ricky Ponting era with three tests against Sri Lanka over the next four weeks, desperate to build on the positives from a thrilling series against South Africa and hoping to emerge with the opposite outcome.

Dear Editor, I wish to reply to a letter published by your newspaper on December 11, 2012, authored by Mr L C Ram. 

(Jamaica Gleaner) Agriculture Minister Roger Clarke recently joined with cane farmers in bashing the business practices of Pan Caribbean Sugar Company (PCSC), whose operations appear to diverge from traditional commercial arrangements.

Dear Editor, It is with a great amount of sadness that I pen this missive detailing the ordeal my mother experienced as she attempted to get medical attention at the Enmore Polyclinic.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is in stable condition after his cancer operation in Cuba, Information Minister Ernesto Villegas said yesterday.]

A woman was on Tuesday released on self bail after denying that she assaulted another woman.

 (Reuters) – New Zealand Cricket has publicly apologised to Ross Taylor for its poor handling of the former captain’s demotion.

WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS,  (Reuters) – Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have fired Scud missiles at rebels trying to overthrow Syria’s government, a senior U.S.

 (Reuters) – Shane Watson will bat at number four position in the Australian test batting order, the all-rounder said yesterday, insisting the move will allow him to make greater impact with the ball.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Carib-bean Court of Justice (CCJ) is to sit in Jamaica for the first time from March 4 – 12 to hear the Shanique Myrie case.

The `Summer Bliss’ from which 476 pounds of gold was seized by armed gunmen, moments after it moored in Curacao, was last in Guyana on June 19 this year and up to now local authorities have been unable to track down its owner, Police Commissioner (ag) Leroy Brumell said yesterday morning.

Dear Editor, Three weeks after arresting robbers who were on their sixth attack on my premises by discharging a few rounds, the police have not apprehended one positively identified bandit or others suspects in other robberies.

MELBOURNE, Dec 12 (Reuters) – Chris Martin, the New Zealand pace bowler who condemned Phillip Hughes to another year on the sidelines, has heaped pressure on the Australian batsman as he attempts to revive his test career against Sri Lanka in Hobart.

TEGUCIGALPA,  (Reuters) – Honduran lawmakers yesterday dismissed four Supreme Court judges who had declared unconstitutional a law designed to purge the country’s police of corruption, deepening a conflict between the ruling party and the court.

More expansion in sensitive area: A wooden passageway has been constructed near the Celina’s Restaurant and Bar, which was formerly Celina’s Atlantic Resort.

(Trinidad Guardian) The European Union Delegation in T&T is concerned about the country’s crime situation and traces it to the illegal trafficking of drugs.

Dear Editor, It is a widely held belief that the main pre-requisite to nation-building is a sound knowledge of your country’s past, especially in a multi-racial setting.

Dear Editor, A clarification is required of the Sunday editor’s note attached to my letter (SN, Nov 21) regarding comments about my polling credential and academic achievements (‘Bisram did not get it wrong’).

MIAMI,  (Reuters) – John McAfee arrived in Miami last night after Guatemala deported the computer software pioneer who is wanted for questioning in Belize over the murder of a fellow American, according to fellow passengers on the American Airlines flight.

(Jamaica Observer) Jamaica will receive euro 2.25 million (J$269.2 million) from the European Union (EU) aimed at increasing the nation’s capacity for product testing and boosting export competitiveness.

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It is bad enough that for more than two decades, residents of and visitors to Georgetown, the capital of Guyana, have had their senses assaulted by the sight and smell of garbage.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Manaus, one of the 12 cities due to stage soccer World Cup matches in Brazil in 18 months, will be ready on time, despite fears expressed by FIFA, Brazil’s deputy sports minister Luis Fernandes said yesterday.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Sitarist and composer Ravi Shankar, who helped introduce the sitar to the Western world through his collaborations with The Beatles, died in Southern California on Tuesday, his family said.

Sixth woman wins sixth Courts car: Winner of Courts (Guyana) Inc Drive Away Promotion Abiola Chase (third left), receiving the keys to her new car from Finance Director Steve Nauth (second, right) yesterday.

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