Articles published on Friday, December 21, 2012
MELBOURNE, Australia CMC – West Indies bowling star Sunil Narine was powerless to stop his Sydney Sixers from a 21-run defeat at the hands of Melbourne Stars in the Australian Big Bash here yesterday.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Guyanese opener June Ogle has earned a recall in a strong 13-member West Indies Women’s squad announced for the first three One-Day Internationals of the five-match series against South Africa next month.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, the country’s first woman elected leader, is in hospital recovering from surgery to remove a growth on her bladder, a source close to the family said today.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – “Two and a Half Men” star Ashton Kutcher filed for divorce from actress wife Demi Moore today in Los Angeles, following more than a year of separation, according to court documents.
Reuters – Moody’s Investors Service yesterday downgraded Barbados’ credit rating to Ba1, into junk territory, citing the Caribbean country’s lukewarm economy and rising government debt levels.
President Donald Ramotar has promised to appoint a team to examine the recommendations advanced by the state-run Guyana National Printers Limited (GNPL) for recapitalising of the entity.
CHICHEN ITZA, Mexico, (Reuters) – Dawn broke over ancient holy sites in southern Mexico to celebrations today, ushering in the start of a new era for the Maya people that had been billed as a possible end of the world.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – The gang-rape of a young woman in New Delhi has sparked public outrage across India, bringing thousands of people onto city streets in protest against authorities’ failure to ensure women’s safety.
The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) yesterday announced that it has launched its online feature for the monitoring of the status of Customs Declarations by importers or their brokers.
(Trinidad Guardian) Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Dookeran is confident that T&T’s relationship with Venezuela will continue even if Venezuelan President Hugo Chavéz has to quit office because of ill health.
(Jamaica Observer) The Jamaican Copyright Licensing Agency (JAMCOPY) last week distributed J$23 million in royalties to some 300 Jamaican creators and publishers of printed materials.
(Jamaica Observer) Caribbean Airlines is now being prosecuted in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court for failure to comply with an Industrial Disputes Tribunal (IDT) ruling to reinstate a former vice-president.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The Office of the Contractor General (OCG) has unleashed a verbal assault on Industry Minister Anthony Hylton for statements he made on Wednesday.
(Jamaica Gleaner) United States District judge James Moody has reserved decision in the application by reggae artiste Buju Banton for a mistrial to be declared.
Three Bajans, including recently installed Barbados T20 captain Dwayne Smith, are among seven Windies players that have been chosen to play in the lucrative Bangladesh Premier League following yesterday’s drama-filled auction.
(Barbados Nation) As Barbadians prepare to celebrate Christmas and New Year’s holidays, they have been put on notice that private sector layoffs are looming for 2013.
(Trinidad Express) Trinidadians have been polled as being among the happiest people in the world.
In the National Assembly, the opposition yesterday voted against an allocation of $136 million for contracted employees at the Office of the President, sparking a debate over the interpretation of a ruling by the Chief Justice some months ago directing the Minister of Finance to Article 219 of the Constitution with regard to inadequate funding for agencies.
As he heroically tried to save his girlfriend from being struck by a speeding car, a 22-year-old employee of Farfan and Mendes died in a hit-and-run accident which occurred about ten feet from Lamaha and Carmichael streets, Georgetown.
Minister of Agriculture Leslie Ramsammy said yesterday that the flagship Skeldon Sugar Factory is not operating at full capacity because of a number of factors, some of them outside of the control of the company.
In a bid to end the impasse over the national game here, the Government yesterday tabled the Guyana Cricket Administration Bill which seeks to establish county boards as corporate bodies and supplies a constitution for the embattled Guyana Cricket Board (GCB).
Even as the Cayman Islands Police Department continues to search for the Guyanese man who has been missing there since last week, his mother yesterday pleaded with the public to come forward with any information which may help find him.
The Committee of Supply yesterday voted against an allocation of $170.4 million sought by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) for the provision of critical works at the CLICO building in order to facilitate the relocation of various offices of the revenue collecting agency.
To cheers in the Guyana Defence Force’s Camp Ayanganna auditorium President Donald Ramotar yesterday announced a “one-month pay” to members of the Disciplined Forces.
A nurse says she is now traumatised after being locked-up last week in connection with the fatal stabbing of Annandale businessman Kamall “Ricky” Ramsahoye, as police say the last call made to the man was traced to her phone.
By Javon Vickerie Minister of Transport Robeson Benn has said that an investigation by the Maritime Administration Department has been launched into the Pomeroon River boat collision that claimed six lives on Tuesday The disclosure came as the pilot of the
A Brazilian is dead and two other persons are injured after an All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) and a truck collided at Waini Road, Buck Hall, Essequibo River on Wednesday.
The police say they are investigating the murder of Trevor Thomas, 19 years, of Lethem, which occurred at about 2300h on
Britannia Pubs Guyana (BPG) Inc and MCG Investments, Turkeyen signed a MOU and licensing agreement on December 20, a release from Giftland OfficeMax said.
A prison warden was remanded to prison yesterday after being accused of smuggling ganja into the Camp Street Prison.
The failed $62M Kumaka, North West revetment works are being redone at the cost of $35.2M, Works Minister Robeson Benn disclosed to the National Assembly yesterday afternoon.
Dellon David will be spending the next three years in jail after a failed bid to smuggle cocaine through the postal service.
The suspect in the Stabroek Market stabbing to death of Kelvin Canes was arrested yesterday and is in police custody.
Charlton Hudson, the suspect in an armed robbery plot, was released on $150,000 bail yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.
Ramlakhan Samaroo, 67 years of Novar, Mahaicony, ECD, who was involved in an accident at Mahaicony Park, ECD, on December 10, 2012, while a passenger in motor car PLL 6153 died at the GPHC at
Baldeo Suknandan and Hafeeza Khan were yesterday charged with stealing two cases of Banks beer and unlawfully selling them.
The police say they are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about 0630h on Wednesday at Lesbeholden Public Road, Black Bush Polder, Corentyne, and which resulted in the death of pedestrian Razeem Khan, 41 years, of Lesbeholden.
(Barbados Nation) Tension between Guyanese nationals arriving in Barbados and Immigration authorities appear to be easing.
Government seems to be backpedalling on the commitment it made to the Region Ten Regional Administration, the Opposition and the people of Linden with regard to the television station to the region, says former PNCR Member of Parliament Anthony Vieira.
A hat-trick by forward Delroy Dean on Wednesday booked B.V. Triumph into the quarter-finals of this year’s Kashif and Shanghai Football Tournament.
The Private Sector Commission (PSC) says it is seeking a meeting with the Transparency Institute of Guyana Inc (TIGI) to discuss the recently published report on corruption.
A licensed firearm holder on Wednesday went to the rescue of a man who had just been robbed and managed to hold the two bandits.
Benefitting from both resilience and questionable calls, Blueberry Hill Football Club on Wednesday managed to hold off an aggressive Caribbean United team 3-2, in the latest action in the GFA/Banks Beer Knockout Cup.
CASTRIES, St Lucia, CMC – The West Indies Cricket Board yesterday credited late Dominican cricket administrator Tom LaFond with helping to develop the sport in the region.
Guyana can continue to rely on Canada’s support as a bilateral partner in the quest to create a local enabling environment for the strengthening of the mining, oil and gas sectors in Guyana, Canadian High Commissioner to Guyana David Devine has said On Monday, the Canadian envoy briefed the Stabroek Business on his country’s ongoing support for the development of the extractive industries in Guyana, emphasising that future support will focus on improving
MIAMI, (Reuters) – LeBron James and Chris Bosh feel the defending champion Miami Heat have work to do if they are to reach peak form in time for the National Basketball Association (NBA) playoffs, but both embrace the challenge.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Formula One fans have learned to expect the unexpected and 2012, despite Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull ending up as world champions for the third year in a row, was predictably unpredictable.
Business Cartoon
The masquerade: Youthful masqueraders in the city yesterday.
Dear Editor, We are all aware of the saying, ‘As the grass is growing the horse is starving.’
Motion Sir Isaac Newton helped us to gain a better understanding of the world in which we live when he explained what happens to an object that was in motion.
Keith Campbell playing at GT&T’s Magical Christmas at the Promenade Gardens on Wednesday.
PARIS, (Reuters) – The Lance Armstrong scandal left a huge gap in cycling’s record books and further tainted the sport in a year when Britain experienced Olympic bliss in the wake of Bradley Wiggins’ Tour de France title.
Dear Editor, I noted with considerable interest the comments of Mr Kurshid Sattaur, Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (‘Severe penalty for those guilty of false declaration –GRA Boss’ KN, December 12).
Tablets for MACORP customers: MACORP this week hosted a brief ceremony to hand out 15 Galaxy Note 10.1 Tablets to customers as part of its year end promotion.
SYDNEY, Australia, CMC – There was no glory for either Chris Gayle or Kieron Pollard, as both failed in a Big Bash League contest billed as the clash of the West Indies power hitters.
(Reuters) – House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner faced an embarrassing setback yesterday when he failed to unite his Republican lawmakers behind an effort designed to extract concessions from President Barack Obama in year-end “fiscal cliff” talks.
Randolph and Kerrin Stanley can be described as an unusual couple if only because they have remigrated at a time when many people their age, 36 and 31 years old, are seeking to do the opposite.
Dear Editor, The PPP/Civic administration views with deep concern the recent proclivity of the joint opposition, both in and out of Parliament, to make statements that, expressly and by implication, constitute an attack on the integrity and independence of the judiciary.
Small and medium-sized enterprises in Guyana are to benefit from a four-year, Canadian International Development Agency-funded programme targeting similar business entities in six other Caricom countries for sustainable growth.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Resurgent Haiti have knocked Jamaica off the top spot in the latest Caribbean Football Union rankings released on Wednesday.
(Reuters) – The 15-nation U.N. Security Council yesterday unanimously authorized the deployment of an African-led military force to help defeat al Qaeda and other Islamist militants in northern Mali.
Dear Editor, I wish to share my thoughts a topic that was stimulated by bloggers‘ comments on the findings of Carl Greenidge’s request to have research done on past and present senior government officials getting state land.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – West Indies and Sri Lanka will renew their rivalry then they face each other in a limited overs Tri-Nation Series next year, that also involves powerhouse India.
FREETOWN, (Reuters) – A vaccination provider set up with money from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has put on hold some $6 million earmarked for Sierra Leone after an audit showed misuse of previous funds, a document seen by Reuters showed.
Some multi-million-dollar mining operations in various parts of the interior are likely to come under official scrutiny early next year as the authorities initiate an audit aimed at identifying and removing unregistered mining operations.
Santa’s here: The Blue Santa arriving by sleigh at the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph’s Magical Night of Christmas at the Promenade Gardens.
Dear Editor, Last weekend, while conducting field research at different locations for a survey in Tobago, I met several Guyanese (more Africans than Indians) who told me they are living a comfortable life.
Classic: The Classi-que Dance Company mesmerized the crowd at GT&T’s Magical Christmas at the Pro-menade Gardens on Wednesday night.
SANGBULIMA, Sierra Leone, (Reuters) – In sight of a crumbling 18th century slave trade fort overgrown with jungle, a conveyor belt pours ochre-red iron ore into the belly of a bulk carrier moored on the muddy Sierra Leone River.
ENCINITAS, Calif., (Reuters) – Ravi Shankar’s daughters, Norah Jones and Anoushka Shankar, along with the wife of late Beatle George Harrison said their final goodbyes to the Indian sitar virtuoso yesterday at a public memorial service in Encinitas, California.
Labour activist Ian Andrews is seeking official recognition and endorsement for what he says is the first trade union for the private transport sector in the Commonwealth Ian Andrews concedes that the efforts of the United Mini Bus Workers Union (UMBWU) to unionise the owners, drivers and conductors of the country’s privately operated minibuses is as close to “an industrial relations miracle” as one can get.
Dear Editor, I wish to reproduce most of an Xmas greeting I penned to your newspaper some eight years ago which is still relevant today.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – A high-spirited Los Angeles Clippers soared to a franchise record-tying 11th straight victory with a comfortable 93-77 triumph over the slumping New Orleans Hornets on Wednesday.
Choir success: The Success Elementary School Choir performing at GT&T’s Magical Night of Christmas on Wednesday at the Promenade Gardens.
Does the mid-November visit to Guyana by Trinidad and Tobago’s Food Production Minister Devant Maraj add impetus to the ponderous pace at which the regional food security plan has been moving?
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil unveiled a $9 billion plan to overhaul two of its international airports and upgrade others yesterday as it rushes to accommodate surging air traffic in time for the 2014 soccer World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games.
Stock market updates
(Reuters) – Fast bowler Tim Southee has been ruled out of New Zealand’s tour of South Africa due to a thumb injury which is expected to keep him off the field for up to two months, the country’s cricket board said yesterday.
The strengthening and enforcement of penalties for late payment and non-payment of NIS contributions and the introduction of new legal measures to punish transgressors including the garnisheeing of the income and assets of non-compliant employers are among the matters on which the Eight Actuarial Review have commented.
Politikles
I noticed that I used the same theme and style, as in today’s lead caption, a few years ago.
Dear Editor, Everyone who learned of the killing of the 20 children and 6 teachers at a school in Newtown Connecticut, USA on Friday, December 14, will be horrified and saddened, including the families of the people in Afghanistan and Pakistan killed by US bombs, because no one can agree with the slaughter of the innocent.
This year the seasonal patronage of the Police Consumers Co-operative Supermarket by police ranks and officers and members of the prisons,
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The U.S. National Film Registry on Wednesday named 25 films to be preserved as cultural treasures, ranging from Audrey Hepburn’s 1961 classic “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” to Clint Eastwood’s “Dirty Harry” and the sci-fi action movie “The Matrix.”
Last Friday’s editorial, which focused on Presi-dent Ramotar’s southward gaze towards the Common Market of the South (Mercosur) and deeper integration with the South American continent, ended somewhat tantalisingly with the thought that the shift of perspective away from the Caribbean Community might “reflect a growing perception that Caricom may have, for the time being, reached the limits of its possibilities.”
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India’s Saina Nehwal has kicked up a storm by retiring from a match she was on the verge of winning because of a knee injury.
(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – The National Army (NL) is so divided that commander colonel Hedwig Gilaard has problems keeping things under control.
(Trinidad Express) The Brian Lara Cancer Treatment Centre (BLCTC) has been slapped with a $20 million lawsuit on the eve of the second anniversary of Ricardo “Smokey” McKenzie’s death from a suspected deadly overdose of radiation to his brain.
