Daily Archive: Friday, March 15, 2013

(Trinidad Express) Soldiers are not killing machines. Attorney General Anand Ramlogan stressed this point as he made his final case for the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2013 which was passed at 6.53 p.m.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – The health of U.S. rapper Lil Wayne was the subject of conflicting reports on Friday, with celebrity website TMZ.com

(Trinidad Express) A CARIBBEAN Airlines aircraft en-route from Miami, Florida to Piarco International Airport had to be diverted to Puerto Rico on Thursday afternoon after a passenger on board complained of feeling unwell.

The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) today announced that it will hold its long-delayed 30th Congress in August at Port Mourant, Berbice, the birthplace of its founder, the late President Cheddi  Jagan.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – U.S. rapper Jay-Z has teamed up with Australian director Baz Luhrmann to produce and perform on the soundtrack for “The Great Gatsby” which will open the 2013 Cannes film festival in May.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans were on the streets again today at a funeral parade for Hugo Chavez amid opposition protests that the government was exploiting his death for election purposes.

(Jamaica Gleaner) For 90 years, Shell has remained the most ubiquitous name on service stations across Jamaica, but that era is coming to an end.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A major fire at the Wyndham Hotel in New Kingston early yesterday morning temporarily shut down operations at the hotel and forced the management to send home workers and relocate guests to other hotels.

(BBC) Australia captain Michael Clarke was dismissed for a first-ball duck as his side finished day two of the third Test against India on 273-7.

(Trinidad Express) Integrity Commission chairman Kenneth Gordon says something has to be done about where Trinidad and Tobago stands on the corruption scale.

VATICAN CITY,  (Reuters) – Pope Francis today urged leaders of a Roman Catholic Church riven by scandal and crisis never to give in to discouragement and bitterness but to keep their eyes on their true mission.

(Trinidad Express) Bryan “Soldier Barry” Barrington, one of the key individuals who, according to National Security Minister Jack Warner, attended a meeting in St Joseph at which people conspired to destabilise the country, has vehemently denied he ever attended such a meeting.

Region Ten Chairman Sharma Solomon was last evening returned as president of the Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) when the body held its elections.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Off-spinner Shane Shillingford snatched a six-wicket haul as West Indies crushed Zimbabwe by nine wickets inside three days here Wednesday, to post their fifth consecutive Test victory for the first time in 25 years.

A 36-year-old woman, Samantha Bagot of Kildonan, Corentyne was murdered yesterday at Philippi Village by her spurned husband, Joseph Bagot, a farmer who subsequently took his own life by hanging.

The majority opposition voted against the Firearms  (Amendment) Bill 2013 in the National Assembly yesterday after the Opposition held fast to their resolve not to allow the passage of any piece of legislation piloted by Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee,  who  they had passed a motion of no-confidence in last year.

Calling for fans to be put at the centre of the `beautiful game’, businessman Faizal Khan yesterday said that football here needs a breath of fresh air and he threw his support behind Troy Cadogan for the presidency of the GFF.

The size of acreage brought under rice cultivation across the country for the 2013 first crop represents an all-time record for any crop, Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) General Manager Jagnarine Singh has told Stabroek Business.

Mae’s School has now been roped into Alpha United’s youth programme.

An accident which occurred at Le Ressouvenir on the East Coast last evening has resulted in the death of a Buxton resident.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Offspinner Shane Shillingford says West Indies’ nine wicket win over Zimbabwe yesterday is the “best test match” he has ever played since the start of his international career in 2010.

Minister of Public Works, Robeson Benn told the National Assembly yesterday that the Cummings Koker was bashed in by Tuesday’s high tide because of negligence and that it was not closed at the time.

(Reuters) – Suspended Australia vice-captain Shane Watson received the backing of former skipper Rickie Ponting yesterday as crisis surrounding the team rumbled on.

The ‘Punisher’ Clive Atwell and Venezuelan Raphael Hernandez will headline the boxing card, Fire Storm on April 20th at the Princess Hotel.

Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman hit out at this year’s Babu John Cheddi Jagan death anniversary commemoration by referring to “intolerant” comments made there by several persons.

2012 59kg Caribbean Powerlifting Championships gold medallist and record holder, Vijai Rahim  along with brothers Gumendra and Suraj Shewdas will be looking to break records when this year’s  Juniors and Novices Powerlifting Championships is staged on Sunday.

Ten persons were injured yesterday afternoon after the truck they were travelling in crashed as it attempted to swerve from another truck near to Buck Hall, Essequibo River.

(Reuters) – Kobe Bryant has been ruled out indefinitely after he severely sprained his left ankle in the final seconds of the Los Angeles Lakers’ 96-92 loss to the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday.

Some of the miners being evicted from Marudi Mountain, in Region Nine, have payment orders for selling raw gold to the Guyana Gold Board, challenging a claim by the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) that none of them had declared a single gramme of gold and that there were no records of production.

Guyana has so far been unable to conclude a new contract for the supply of rice to Venezuela for 2013, which General Manager of the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) Jagnarine Singh has put down to the preoccupation of Venezuelan officialdom with the illness and recent death of President Hugo Chavéz.

A 37-year-old mother of three and teacher of the Tucville Secondary School has been missing for the past four days

Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United will open the second round of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Super League in the feature game of a double header against Pele Football Club on Sunday.

Guyana has moved up one place on the United Nations Human Development Index (HDI).

Senior officials of the West Demerara Chamber of Commerce have told Stabroek Business that the strength of the links created between Georgetown and the business community west of the Demerara River has left the economic fortunes heavily dependent on the creation of a more secure means of traversing the Demerara River.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC-West Indies Women cricket captain Merissa Aguilleira is to lead Trinidad and Tobago on a good will tour of South Africa early next month.

Up until now we have been unable to determine whether Guyana’s public or  private sector will be represented at the March 20-21 Caribbean Exporters’ Colloquium at the Hilton Barbados Resort during which, according to a media release from the Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export), attendees “will be challenged to take an in-depth look at the report of the West Indian Commission – Time for Action – followed by an analysis of the region’s exports.”

As of Monday, residents of Lethem have only been receiving ten hours of electricity as a mechanical problem has developed in the new engine that was donated by the government last year to provide round-the-clock power.

Dear Editor, Guyana Water Incorporated wishes to respond to the letter titled ‘Are the roads and parapets dug up during GWI’s pipe-laying exercise to be fixed?’

(CPL) Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting is the first international   franchise player to be announced by the Caribbean Premiere League (CPL), and says he “cannot wait” to head back this year to the place   where it all began for him.

President Donald Ramotar yesterday called on the police to crack down on the many drug houses that are turning youths into addicts and leading subsequently to an increase in drug-related crimes.

Dear Editor, The passing of the President of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez is an event calling for comment.

Market works wonders In our first piece, we began the inquiry into the functioning of markets in Guyana noting that the members of the private sector-households and the business community-were inextricably locked in a dependent relationship of mutual survival.

Dear Editor, The legal profession in Guyana has produced students of the law, not law students, several of whom have justifiably attained prominence, although fewer can claim to have achieved eminence.

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – England wicketkeeper fell short of a century but did enough to put the brakes on a New Zealand fightback and help steer the visitors to 465 all out at tea on the second day of the second test yesterday.

Despite the challenges it faces, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) is working tirelessly to keep the crime rate down, according to Police Commissioner (ag) Leroy Brumell.

Kamarang is an Amerindian community situated on the confluence of the Kamarang and Mazaruni rivers.

Dear Editor, Traffic in Georgetown is getting worse. The rate at which vehicle licence registration is moving surpasses the rate at which authorities are dealing with traffic congestion.

Memorial mass for President Chavez: A memorial mass was yesterday held by the Venezuelan Embassy at the Brickdam Cathedral in honour of the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Frias.

LONDON, (Reuters) – England off-spinner Graeme Swann has had successful surgery on his troublesome right elbow and will now start a rehabilitation programme, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said in a statement yesterday.

A police detective yesterday testified that he shot at murder accused Rondell Bacchus, who had pointed a gun at him.

(Trinidad Guardian) One day after a High Court judge ordered Government to fulfill its promise to pay Executive Flexible Premium Annuity (EFPA) Clico policyholders in excess of TT$300 million, a second group of Clico policyholders have reacted by calling for an urgent meeting to discuss their members’ concerns.

Dear Editor, 98.1 Hot FM online has been down for weeks.

Rashid Mohammed was yesterday charged with stabbing a man, who police say was trying to protect his mother at the time.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – There is increasing evidence that the war on drugs has failed, with criminalization often creating more problems than it solves, said Helen Clark, the head of the United Nations Development Program.

WASHINGTON  (Reuters) – Two former senior U.S. officials who handled Washington’s Latin America policy vigorously denied accusations by Venezuela’s acting President, Nicholas Maduro, that they were plotting to kill that country’s opposition leader.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The self-proclaimed “best league in the world” was having a long look at itself in the mirror yesterday after Arsenal’s exit left the Premier League with no quarter-finalists in Europe’s blue riband club competition for the first time in 17 years.

Surinam Airways is moving to increase the number of its scheduled weekly flights between Georgetown and Miami in response to the high demand from its Guyanese passengers, the Airline’s Guyana Station Manager Rudi Westerborg said in an interview earlier this week.

Edward Hopkinson was yesterday freed of a death by dangerous driving charge after an ongoing trial at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

(Jamaica Observer) OSBOURNE STORE, Clarendon — A dark cloud now hangs over the Swansea district in Osbourne Store as residents mourn the murder of popular businessman Winston ‘Charlie’ Dawkins.

Dear Editor, It is becoming increasingly obvious that international cricket needs a separation of powers to maintain consistency, supremacy and durability.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron abruptly ended cross-party talks on regulating Britain’s famously aggressive newspapers on Thursday and tabled a vote on light-touch rules instead, prompting allegations he is in thrall to the press barons.

Dear Editor, Today, years after GAC was scrapped, with one airline after another pulling out of Guyana, this government is going around cap in hand begging other carriers to take over the Guyana USA-Canada route.

The family of a 14-year-old girl, who has been missing since Tuesday, is pleading for her to return home.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 502’s trading results showed consideration of $2,665,264 from 76,979 shares traded in 15 transactions as compared to session 501 which showed consideration of $1,756,747 from 22,597 shares

TEGUCIGALPA,  (Reuters) – Honduran President Porfirio Lobo yesterday said he had complained to El Salvador and Nicaragua about the presence of “threatening” boats in a shared gulf that gives the nations access to the Pacific Ocean.

Mon Repos resident Rabindra Singh was yesterday charged with breaking a padlock belonging to his elderly mother.

Dear Editor, The March 13 article in SN captioned ‘Government needs to step up to plate for Carifta team’ by Orin Davidson refers.

By Mike Mohan Mike Mohan is the Chief Executive Officer of Starr Computers However much we might pretend to the contrary, security is everybody’s business.

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica- An initiative funded by the PetroCaribe Development Fund (PDF) and implemented by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) in collaboration with the Ministry of Education (MOE) has resulted in the installation of new sanitation blocks in 26 schools.

Dear Editor, I wish to join with others who expressed condolences to the bereaved relatives and friends of the late Comrade Pariag Sukhai who passed away a few days ago.

The body of a Brazilian miner was yesterday taken to the Lyken’s Funeral Parlor after he was discovered dead in a Queenstown Hotel.

North Carolina State University Solid Waste specialist Rhonda Sherman conducting a hands on workshop on making compost for farmers and kitchen garden ‘buffa’ at the St Stanislaus College  farm earlier this week. 

VATICAN CITY,  (Reuters) – The cardinals who elect the pope are sworn to secrecy about their deliberations, but details began to filter out on Thursday about how rank outsider Jorge Bergoglio quickly emerged as a frontrunner to replace Pope Benedict.

What is interesting about Brittney Ally is the fact that at 18 she already holds a private pilot’s licence, but is yet to secure a driver’s licence.

For the sake of continuing warmth in the bilateral relationship between Guyana and Venezuela, the Government of Guyana has made all the right diplomatic moves.

Regular readers and my editor will recognize this as one of my “lazy-day” offerings.