Daily Archive: Saturday, February 2, 2013

The Guyana Defence Force this evening said that an Officer and four Other Ranks have been detained in relation to their alleged involvement in criminal conduct, reportedly committed in the Cuyuni mining district recently.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment will on Monday launch an initiative to rehabilitate the Zoological Park, Botanical Gardens and the National Park, a release from the Ministry today said.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – Pakistan coach Dav Whatmore believes an onslaught by the South African pace bowlers in the morning session on day two of the second test at the Wanderers today was the best he has ever seen.

(Trinidad Guardian) The T&T Publishers and Broadcasters Association (TTPBA) yesterday maintained its objection to giving free airtime to government programmes.

ISTANBUL,  (Reuters) – A member of a Turkish leftist group that accuses Washington of using Turkey as its “slave” carried out a suicide bomb attack on the U.S.

The United States has asked the Dutch island of Curacao to probe years of gold smuggling between the two jurisdictions and reports have surfaced of a dossier on illicit shipments from Guyana for the last 15 years.

PERTH, Australia, CMC – West Indies coach Ottis Gibson says there was no need to press the panic button despite watching his side get routed by Australia for their third lowest total in One-Day Internationals here last Friday.

(Jamaica Observer) The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) says it is shocked by a recent statement by Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, who told supporters at a party meeting in St Ann earlier this week that Opposition Leader Andrew Holness could be an “enemy of the State”.

(Jamaica Observer) The police have sought the public’s help in locating Marlon Omar McMillian, who goes by the aliases ‘Chris’, ‘Truthy’, and ‘Shootie’, in connection with Thursday’s brutal slaying of a five-year-old boy in Allman Town, Kingston.

(Jamaica Observer) The Office of the Contractor General (OCG) won a major battle yesterday when the Supreme Court rejected an application by the Ministry of Transport and Works challenging its authority to monitor and probe the Independent Oversight Panel set up to oversee three multimillion-dollar building projects.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Six months after labelling St James, the parish with the highest incidence of crime, Jamaica’s Minister of National Security, Peter Bunting, says there has been a dramatic reduction in murders in the western township.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – South Africa fast bowler Dale Steyn took six for eight as Pakistan collapsed to their lowest test total of 49 on the second day of the first test at the Wanderers today.

TIMBUKTU, Mali,  (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande flew to Mali today to support French troops fighting Islamist rebels in the Sahel nation, and he visited the famed ancient city of Timbuktu that was recaptured from al Qaeda-allied fighters six days ago.

MADRID,  (Reuters) – Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy strongly denied today allegations in the media that he and other leaders of his centre-right People’s Party had for years received payments out of a secret slush fund.

Two agreements signed yesterday with the US will see Guyana getting help to go after drug lords along with training for key personnel and to protect the cooperation, lie-detector tests will be required of local officers who interface with their US counterparts.

Connections to the underworld are emerging in the latest `hit’ which left Dave `Jason’ Wills’s body riddled with bullets on Thursday night and police continue to question two persons who were with him in the Meadowbrook house at the time.

The mother of Ron Somerset, one of the three men shot dead during a protest on July 18, 2012 at Linden, yesterday said that her son’s death forced her to leave the country.

A toddler died at the Georgetown Public Hospital yesterday after she accidentally fell down the stairs at her home at Buxton, East Coast Demerara.

Minister of Finance of Guyana Dr Ashni Singh and Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Guyana Nikolay Smirnov yesterday formalised the cancellation of Guyana’s US$277,490.24 (equivalent to G$56.7 million) debt to Russia.

Guyana can comfortably produce over 1,000,000 cubic metres of timber without interrupting conservation efforts, but the country’s current production level is just about 400,000 cubic metres.

Circuitry issues with Bosai’s power distribution resulted in Linden enduring a 12-hour blackout which began on Wednesday night and ended at midday on Thursday.

PERTH, Australia, CMC – Lethargic West Indies were bowled out for their lowest ever One-Day International score against Australia, as they made a calamitous start to their five-match series with an embarrassing nine-wicket defeat here  yesterday.

Police say that one person has been held in relation to the robbery and shooting of PNCR General Secretary Oscar Clarke.

The man the police have in custody for the murder of Allan Wayne Barker, who was shot in the head on Wednesday, is actually the brother of the shooter, but up to late yesterday afternoon he was still in custody.

Masimba Sampson, the prison officer accused of brutalising his wife two days before Christmas, appeared at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court on Thursday charged with attempted murder and he was released on bail.

Following the visit of CONCACAF president Jeffrey Webb and Thierry Regenass of the world governing body for football (FIFA) an end was brought to the impasse between the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) and the Georgetown Football Association with the voting rights for the latter being restored and the GFA agreeing to withdraw the matter from the Court.

Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Commodore Gary Best yesterday charged the Women’s Army Corps to lift standards as the corps celebrated its 46th anniversary with a thanksgiving service at the auditorium, at Base Camp Ayanganna.

APNU MP Volda Lawrence is to move a motion at Thursday’s sitting of the National Assembly calling on the government to embark on a major initiative to restore the capital to its long cherished title of ‘The Garden City’ of the Caribbean.

“Drama is hectic but very rewarding; you need a lot of tolerance, patience and discipline… Drama needs those qualities because it is a business in addition to be being entertaining.

Several suggestions towards ending Georgetown’s garbage crisis were made when the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development held a meeting with the private sector and the City Council on the situation recently.

For those of you who are subscribed to a cable network, the History Channel’s Bamazon has been on your schedule for the past three months hasn’t it?

Hi Everyone,  A little over two weeks ago when I shared my Holiday Bits, with you, I mentioned that I did not make any garlic pork for Christmas.

Thousands flocked the Guyana National Stadium last Saturday to witness award-winning gospel singer CeCe Winans perform.

In celebration of its sixth anniversary, Digicel Guyana yesterday launched a promotion dubbed ‘EZ Cash’, which will allow six lucky customers to win $1 million  each while 60 customers will win $600 credit daily for six weeks.

After losing in the semi final of the 23rd Kashif and Shanghai tournament to eventual winners Buxton United, Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United will look to bounce back and lift the champion’s trophy of the sixth annual NAMILCO Football Tournament.

A young man was yesterday refused bail and sent for psychiatric evaluation after he was charged with wounding his stepfather and assaulting his mother.

Just back from India, where she attended the 4th MP Exportech, following an invitation from the Government of India, Sonia Noel is preparing for the Miss Bartica Regatta set for March 13 in her hometown.

Over the past few years the disciplines of football and cricket have been affected by court injunctions.

An East Coast woman is terrified and at her wit’s end as her attempt to have her abusive husband removed from their home has been put on hold for four months after Magistrate Alex Moore gave the man that time to decide whether he wanted to leave the home or challenge the application for an occupational order.

Newly-elected president of the Linden Amateur Basket-ball Association (LABA) Haslyn Graham says that his executive will stage competitions from U-15 to the U-23 age groups in an effort to arrive at a new breed of players.

Over 50 horses are expected to participate in tomorrow’s  Bush Lot United Turf Club one-day horse race meet at Sea View Park, Bush Lot, West Coast Berbice.

“Femme”, the local cinematic premiere of three short films about women that were released last year under the auspices of CineGuyana and the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry, was a grand Red Carpet event at the Avinash Theatres on Wednesday evening last.

The Georgetown Cricket Association /Hadi’s World Incorporated division one, two-day cricket competition will continue today with three matches.

Two teenaged brothers were on Wednesday afternoon attacked by Africanised bees at Sophia, after one of them threw a stone at a nest and unleashed a swarm upon themselves.

A man accused of stealing an Apple iPhone from Dr Cheddi ‘Joey’ Jagan Jnr was yesterday refused bail when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Persistent rainfall yesterday forced an early end to the three-day warm up match at the Everest Cricket Club ground between Guyana and a team comprised of players on the reserve list.

Perth, Australia – West Indies got off to a bad start as they suffered a heavy defeat against Australia in the first encounter of their five-match One-Day International series at the WACA Ground yesterday.

A huckster accused of assaulting a police officer was yesterday released on $25,000 bail and placed on a bond to keep the peace, when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

A woman was yesterday placed on $50,000 bail after she was charged with defrauding another, when she appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Dear Editor, A patriotic, urbane and distinguished Guyanese is now lying on a hospital bed  as a recovering victim of a callous, brutal and vicious attack on his person and on his family by four ‘youth men,’ one of whom reportedly shouted “Police,” before launching their assault.

The parliamentary committee that will spearhead consultations on abolishing the death penalty and corporal punishment, as well as decriminalising consensual same sex relations and ending discrimination against Lesbians, Gays, Bi-Sexual and Trans-gender (LGBT) persons is yet to meet but will do so soon.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC-Trinidad and Tobago captain Denesh Ramdin is planning to use the regional cricket season to press his claim for a recall to the West Indies side after he was overlooked for the current tour of Australia.

The Ministry of Health and the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) met with stakeholders of the prison service on Wednesday to identify and address the main challenges and gaps in the delivery of health care to prisoners.

Dear Editor, We are appalled at what we read in the press (SN, December 15, 2012) about the squatting/trespassing at 67-68 Villages in the Corentyne.

ANKARA,  (Reuters) – A far-leftist suicide bomber killed a Turkish security guard at the U.S.

Dear Editor, What was the thought process that went into selecting the GRA location in Camp Street and was taxpayer convenience a consideration in this decision?

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexico’s government vowed yesterday to find out whether an explosion that killed 33 people at the headquarters of its state-run oil monopoly Pemex was a deliberate attack or yet another stain on the company’s poor safety record.

(Reuters) – Billy Hunter, the executive director of the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) was placed on indefinite leave  yesterday as investigations continue into his leadership of the union.

The Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG), representing some 30,000 workers, has welcomed the government’s “somewhat overdue” plans to set a national wage.

ROSEAU, Dominica,  CMC- Former president of the Dominica Football Association (DFA), Patrick John, has sued the DFA over his suspension in the wake of FIFA’s infamous bribe for vote scandal.

Residents of Non Pareil, East Coast Demerara have mixed feelings about the volume and type of music originating from Melanie Damishana on Sunday night.

Dear Editor, Mr Bates’s contribution to Stabroek News, January, 31 makes for interesting reading (‘Route 32 minibuses not going as far as the Vreed-en-Hoop stelling’).

(Reuters) – A day after controversially trading away top-scorer Rudy Gay, the Memphis Grizzlies were humbled 106-89 at Oklahoma City on Thursday as the Thunder stayed firmly in the hunt to be best in the west.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court ruled yesterday that a journalist does not have a legal right to see consultant reports prepared for American International Group Inc as part of an agreement between the company and securities regulators.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – U.S. stocks rose to five-year highs yesterday, with the Dow closing above 14,000 for the first time since October 2007, after jobs and manufacturing data showed the economy’s recovery remains on track.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – Pakistan claimed six wickets in the final session to bowl South Africa out for 253 on the opening day of the first test at the Wanderers yesterday.

A five-acre field of approximately 12,000 marijuana plants, ranging from one foot to 12 feet in height, was found by police and destroyed at Morgenstond, Upper Berbice River.

Dear Editor, Following Justice Insanally’s recent decision that a mines officer of GGMC had not shown cause why an order nisi to quash a cease work order should not be made absolute and that the Isseneru Village Council had not shown cause why the order nisi prohibiting them from exercising any form of control over the mining operations of a miner should not be made absolute, the Amerindians, the GHRA and others have sought to use the media to defame the Honourable Judge and bring the administration of justice into disrepute, thereby themselves committing unjustifiable conduct and indefensible contempt of court, which the Attorney General should pursue in defence of the judiciary.

Equipment used to clear drainage canals being put to use to get this minibus out of the canal at Providence, East Bank Demerara.

On February 14, one billion women – and those who love them – in 190 countries will rise up in solidarity to demand an end to violence against women.

Students from the Indian Culture Centre performed at ‘An Evening of Dance,’ hosted by the Indian Arrival Committee and the Indian High Commission and featured an evening of dances and singing yesterday at the Indian High Commission.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – The U.S. government is shipping emergency medical supplies to Brazil to treat survivors of a deadly nightclub fire who are suffering from exposure to cyanide gas released in the blaze, the Brazilian health ministry said yesterday.

Dear Editor, After many, many years some thought has been given to Windsor Forest Primary School.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela’s multiple opposition parties took a decade to unite against President Hugo Chavez, but old strains are emerging again just as he could be forced from power by cancer.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – Birthday boy Graeme Smith did not contribute much with the bat against Pakistan but it was still his day at the Wanderers on Friday as he captained his 100th test and basked in the adulation of the crowd.

New Honorary Consul of Norway: Desmond Sears was yesterday confirmed as Honorary of Consul of Norway in Guyana at a simple ceremony held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ South Road Boardroom.

BAMAKO/TIMBUKTU, Mali – Human rights groups said on Friday a French-led offensive against Islamists in Mali had led to civilian deaths in airstrikes and ethnic reprisals by Malian troops, a day before President Francois Hollande was due to visit the country.

Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) Chairman Dr. Steve Surujbally yesterday called on registration officers to demonstrate “unswerving efficiency” during the conduct of the ongoing continuous registration cycle.

The hue and cry that has greeted President Obama’s proposals to impose commonsense limits on his country’s multi-billion dollar firearms industry is a reminder of how entrenched the gun lobby has become in American politics.

(Barbados Nation) The female immigration officer at the centre of Jamaican Shanique Myrie’s lawsuit against Barbados will have to take the stand when the trial begins in the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) next month.