Daily Archive: Wednesday, March 13, 2013

(Barbados Nation) Rihanna’s Diamonds World tour isn’t shining so brightly now.

(Reuters) – West Indies bagged three Zimbabwe wickets late on day two to move into a commanding position in the first test in Barbados today.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela’s government said today it may not be possible to embalm the remains of late leader Hugo Chavez as planned because the process should have been started earlier.

VATICAN CITY,  (Reuters) – Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina was elected in a surprise choice to be the new leader of the troubled Roman Catholic Church today, the first non-European pontiff in nearly 1,300 years, and said he would take the name Francis I.

Commissioner of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) Rickford Vieira says that the Bauxite Company of Guyana Limited (BCGL) botched the explosives disposal exercise at its Kwakwani mine site, which caused an explosion that injured several persons and destroyed a vehicle.

(Jamaica Observer) E-learning Jamaica Company Limited (e-LJam) has signed a two-year contract with United Kingdom publisher Nelson Thornes for the lease of an e-textbook used in preparation for the Caribbean Secondary Education (CSEC) Geography examinations.

(Reuters) – Peter Banks, a founding member of the British progressive rock band Yes and its original guitarist, has died at his home in London.

VATICAN CITY,  (Reuters) – Cardinals in secret conclave failed twice this morning to elect a new pope, as black smoke over the Sistine Chapel showed ballots on the first full day of voting were inconclusive.

(Trinidad Express) High Court judge Joan Charles yesterday ruled the CLICO bailout plan presented by the People’s Partnership Government was unlawful.

(Trinidad Express) It is more likely that a person will be struck by lightning in Trinidad and Tobago than it is that a killer will be executed.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Indian police investigating the AgustaWestland bribery case raided homes and business premises in the New Delhi area and two other cities today after formally launching a probe into the helicopter firm and its parent company, Finmeccanica.

SRINAGAR, India, (Reuters) – Two militants disguised as cricketers opened fire with automatic rifles on a paramilitary camp on the Indian side of the disputed region of Kashmir today, killing five Indian personnel and wounding five, police said.

Sections of Georgetown were flooded yesterday afternoon after high tides bashed the Kingston koker door in and engineers were at press time putting in place a temporary wall to keep out the next high tide scheduled for 5.21 am today.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Off-spinners Marlon Samuels and Shane Shillingford celebrated their return to the West Indies side by combining to wreck Zimbabwe on the opening day of the first Test here yesterday.

Guyana Telephone and Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) subscribers can now send and receive cash and pay bills from their mobile handsets with the launch of the company’s ‘Mobile Money’ service and new CEO Radha Krishna Sharma said last evening that it will revolutionise financial transactions in Guyana.

A car dealer and a woman said to be five months pregnant were yesterday charged and remanded over 158 pounds of marijuana found in three cars during a police raid at their Norton Street residence last Saturday.

Larges waves overtopped the Ocean View, Uitvlugt, West Coast Demerara seawall on Monday, leaving some residents counting millions in losses

Dozens of residents of Graham’s Hall are to pay sums of up to $400,000 to the Moravian Church in Guyana to attain transports to lands which some of them say have been occupied by their family for more than 100 years.

Fifteen-year-old junior table tennis star Chelsea Edghill bagged two titles at the Silver Bowl Table Tennis Tournament last Sunday at the Maloney Sport Complex in Trinidad and Tobago (T&T).

From Orin Davidson  in New York Now that the blame game over Guyana’s disappointing performance at the London Olympic Games is behind us, a golden opportunity has presented itself for the protagonists to back up the talk and throw maximum support behind this country’s participation at the upcoming Junior CARIFTA Games.

Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh said Guyana has reaped enormous benefits from its relationship with late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, particularly the ground-breaking PetroCaribe Agreement which has impacted the energy and other sectors.

Satesh Singh, one of the two men on trial for a fatal beating, was found not guilty yesterday, while his co-accused Parsram Lalchand will return to prison to await a re-trial in the High Court.

Secretary of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Anand Sanasie yesterday said that following their break from the West Indies Cricket Board’s Regional Four  Day and Super50 competitions  the national cricket team will engage the Combined Campuses and Colleges team in a four-day fixture at the Providence National Stadium.

A policeman came in for high praise yesterday after he returned Canadian $10, 500 (approximately $2.1M Guyana currency) and a passport which he had found in a washroom at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri to its owner.

Junior Agriculture Minister Alli Baksh has urged farmers to embrace agriculture as a business and form themselves into groups to access loans to diversify their production.

Main Opposition group APNU says residents at Aliki, Essequibo River are experiencing unnecessary hardships due to the lack of medical personnel to deal with malaria and a sloth in completing irrigation projects and other works.

A boat captain was placed on $200,000 bail after he was charged with wounding a man yesterday.

Two contractors bidding to source earthworks equipment for the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) yesterday submitted quotes that were at least $70M higher than government’s estimated cost for the contract.

National table tennis player Natalie Cummings has played some impressive strokes in her career and those strokes recently proved to be impressive enough to attract corporate funding from telecommunications company E-Networks.

Mohammed Hussein, a former driver for the Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL), was yesterday charged with stealing five gallons of molasses from the company.

LONDON, (Reuters) – President Sepp Blatter’s push to clean up FIFA flushed out another potentially corrupt official on Monday when executive committee member Vernon Manilal Fernando of Sri Lanka was banned from any football activity for three months.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela will set up a formal inquiry into claims that the late President Hugo Chavez’s cancer was the result of poisoning by his enemies abroad, the government said.

Two men and a juvenile were yesterday remanded to prison on a charge that they were part of a large gang that robbed a man at knife-point at the Kitty Seawall on Sunday night.

The 18th annual Mayor’s Cup knockout football tournament, scheduled to commence Friday, was officially launched at Mayor Hamilton Green’s Office City Hall yesterday.

VATICAN CITY,  (Reuters) – Cardinals begin the process of choosing a new pope in earnest today, holding their first full day of voting for a leader to face a major crisis in the Roman Catholic Church.

The accused in an armed robbery was yesterday denied bail after a court heard that he was arrested after the victim of the attack spotted him on the street and identified him to the police.

The Guyana National Cricket team along with their coach and manager arrived back home yesterday after competing valiantly in the first leg of the Regional Four Day and Super50 cricket tournaments.

The Government Technical Institute (GTI) has resuscitated its Agricultural Mechanics Programme, augmented with new equipment from General Equipment (Genequip).

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica’s image will take a beating across the globe this week as the deadly lottery scam goes before the United States Senate and will be featured on a major American television network.

Dear Editor, Today, (Monday 12th), I met two teachers from Aishalton who were in Lethem over the weekend; they had come to visit their dad who is working here.

The call for applications is open for the 2013 Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarships Programme. 

BARCELONA,  (Reuters) – Lionel Messi’s Barcelona gave an emphatic response to the doubters when they made Champions League history by overturning a 2-0 first-leg deficit to oust seven-times European Cup winners AC Milan  yesterday.

Seven-year-old Aaron Austin, who was struck by a motorcyclist last Thursday, is showing signs of improvement.

Dear Editor, The people who were sworn to serve and protect us, uphold and reinforce the Laws of Guyana, continue to break those same laws religiously.

First Lady Deolatchmee Ramotar, in her International Women’s day message has said that the scourge of violence is a scar on our humanity.  

Dear Editor, I was offered a house lot in Good Hope new phase on the East Coast of Demerara.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Tullow Oil colluded with Uganda to extract tax from its former exploration partner Heritage Oil in pursuit of its own commercial gain, Heritage plans to prove in London’s High Court this week.

Castellani House has announced a Women’s Film Series presented by the U.S.

INDIAN WELLS, California,  (Reuters) – Former champion Maria Sharapova raised her game when it mattered to storm into the BNP Paribas Open quarter-finals with a 7-5 6-0 victory over Spaniard Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino  yesterday.

Dear Editor, It is with a great deal of sadness that I read of the death of Pariag Sukhai, a political stalwart in the PPP with the unique ability to reach across the aisle and relate comfortably with his opponents.

Dear Editor, The US political system is lauded by many as an excellent example of shared governance based on the separation of powers as enshrined in the constitution. 

LIMA, (Reuters) – Peru is broadening restrictions on commercial fishing to prevent the collapse of an important global fishery that has been “pillaged” to worrisome lows, the government said yesterday.

The implementation of, and full use of the Single Window Automated Processing System (SWAPS) will benefit the business community and reduce the cost of doing business in Guyana,  Acting Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Irfaan Ali said According to the Government Information Agency, Ali that this achievement will also impact positively on Guyana’s implementation of the Caricom Single Market and Economy (CSME) since information for businesses can be shared across borders.

Bryan Singh was released on $60,000 bail yesterday after he denied assaulting another

On March 9, Leos from the East Demerara, Ruimveldt, and South Georgetown Leo clubs donated nine large boxes of clothing which were distributed to residents of the Night Shelter, the Mahaica Children’s Home and the Drop-in Centre for street children.

If I say so myself, by any historical standard, the 1992-97 Cheddi Jagan regime was the most productive period for legislation intended to protect the working people of Guyana.

A middle-man accused of withholding the full proceeds of a sale from the seller was yesterday released on $500,000 bail after he was charged with fraudulent conversion.

Residents on Water Street were flooded out after yesterday’s Kingston koker mishap The flooded compound of the National Trust Workmen lifting planks into position for the temporary wall at the Kingston koker last night.

Much comment has been made, following the recent death of President Hugo Chávez, emphasizing forebodings about the fate of the PetroCaribe initiative and other forms of assistance, including the creation of the Alba; and the effects of any disappearance of these initiatives on the economic welfare of the Caricom countries, among other countries of the hemisphere.

Dear Editor, As the emphasis is on environmental safety it is vital to point out that new model vehicles give off lower carbon emissions, mainly because the exhaust is filtered, in contrast to the older models, which contribute to greater pollution and build-up of greenhouse gases.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Since November 2012, the gold commission has removed three thousand illegal gold miners from the Sarakreek area, namely two thousand Brazilians and one thousand Surinamese.

(Trinidad Express) Both the State and defence attorneys representing convicted soca star Machel Montano have filed appeals in the hopes of dismissing the ruling handed down by Magistrate Maureen Baboolal-Gafoor.