Daily Archive: Monday, April 1, 2013

(Trinidad Express) The Single Fathers’ Association of Trinidad and Tobago (SFATT) is again calling on Chief Justice Ivor Archie to deal with issues faced by single fathers, especially court-related matters.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana,  CMC – Combined Campuses and Colleges were sliding towards another defeat in the Regional Four-Day Championship after suffering a batting collapse against Guyana here today.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles expressed outrage today at the description of his supporters as “heirs of Hitler” by election rival and acting President Nicolas Maduro.

PORT OF SPAIN/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Under pressure from opposition politicians, the prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago said she had sought information from U.S.

KOLKATA, India,  CMC – Delhi Daredevils’ West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell said today he hoped to play a bigger role in latest edition of the Indian Premier League starting Wednesday, after hardly featuring his first stint in the multi-million dollar Twenty20 tournament last year.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – “Glee” star Cory Monteith has entered a rehabilitation facility where he is being treated for an unspecified substance addiction, his publicist said on Monday.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Weeks after his death, Venezuelan socialist leader Hugo Chavez still leads supporters in singing the national anthem.

(Trinidad Guardian) Relatives and friends of a Claxton Bay scrap metal dealer are calling for an investigation into his death after he was shot by police on Saturday night. Joel

(Jamaica Observer) What was supposed to be a peaceful father-son walk on Good Friday transformed her into a single parent, a widow, who now cries herself to sleep at nights.

MUMBAI/NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – India’s top court dismissed Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG’s attempt to win patent protection for its cancer drug Glivec, a blow to Western pharmaceutical firms targeting India to drive sales and a victory for local makers of cheap generics.

(Trinidad Express) Trinidad and Tobago should be ashamed that, for its level of development, the mortality rate for children under five is still so high, Planning Minister Dr Bhoe Tewarie has said.

(Trinidad Express) Trinidad and Tobago has been ranked the third-fattest country in the world behind Kuwait and the United States of America, who are in first and second places, respectively.

(Trinidad Express) After fighting for life for 19 days, the firstborn of Trinidad and Tobago’s first sextuplet babies has died.

The opposition yesterday vowed that the budget presented by Minister of Finance, Dr.

The directors of Telecor, one of the companies controversially allocated radio frequencies last year, are close relatives of Minister of Natural Resources, Robert Persaud, AFC MP Khemraj Ramjattan declared on national television yesterday.

Dozens of irate residents from the East Coast village of Plaisance yesterday blocked the erecting of a tower for the government’s e-governance project noting that it was to be placed on their community centre ground.

Ronsford Beaton and Verasammy Premaul grabbed four wickets each as Guyana dismissed the Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC)side for 164 in their first innings on the second day of the Regional Four-Day tournament yesterday at the Providence National Stadium.

The recovery of the teenage girl who was viciously chopped by an older partner in a mining camp at Big Creek Backdam, North West District (NWD) last May has been a slow one.

Guyanese athletes continued their good showing on day two of the XLII CARIFTA Games at the Thomas Robinson Stadium  Nassau, The Bahamas last  evening.

On a breezy Easter Sunday afternoon at the packed Port Mourant Turf Club, six year-old gelding, Scores Even, sent the turfites’ excitement high as kites, as he galloped across the finish line to claim the feature Guyana Cup Fever event.

Weeks after the sluice gate at the Cummings canal broke resulting in the flooding of Kingston and its environs, the new koker door is still yet to be fully functional.

Former Caribbean U13 champion and present Caribbean U15 silver medallist Chelsea Edghill has received sponsorship in the lead up to her participating in the second Youth Olympic Games scheduled for Nanjing, China next year.

Despite setbacks last year, oil exploration companies are to carry out seismic surveys this year, according to Minister of Finance Ashni Singh.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Trinidad and Tobago were facing a battle to stay in contention in their sixth round match in the Regional Four-Day Championship, after half-centuries from opener Brenton Parchment and captain Tamar Lambert put Jamaica in firm control here yesterday.

Defending champs the Guyana Police Force retained the Balram Raghubir Joint Services limited overs title when they defeated the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) in the final played recently at the Police Sports Club ground, Eve Leary.

The Rupununi Rodeo garnered a $1M pledge from the government on Saturday, the Government Information Agency reported yesterday.

Foreign nationals living and working in Guyana are being invited to a meeting with President Donald Ramotar and Ministers of Government  on April 15.

The Guyana Boxing Association (GBA)on Saturday received a timely shot in the arm when CEO of Briso Promotions, Seon Bristol presented a quantity of boxing gloves to the association which will be used in the upcoming national novice’s championships.

Overseas-based athlete, 38-year-old Euleen Josiah-Tanner was in great form on Saturday morning in the Dental Dash 5k road race finishing third overall from a field of 232 athletes in the event held in Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.

(Barbados Nation) Government’s proposed Bds$600 million stimulus package may end up doing more harm than good, says a retired economics expert.

Rupununi gold miners, at the centre of controversy over illegal operations at Marudi,  will have to wait a bit longer on a mining parcels allocation lottery, even as negotiations continue between the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission and the group.

Opposition Leader David Granger yesterday declared open the Bartica Regatta and called again for it to be transformed into a town A release yesterday from A Partnership for National Unity said yesterday that Granger, declared open the Bartica Regatta in the Cuyuni/Mazaruni, Region No.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – The Brazilian government postponed until next year increases in taxes on the sale of cars and trucks in a bid to stimulate demand for manufactured goods and spur economic growth, the Finance Ministry said on Saturday.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, CMC- Sprint super star Usain Bolt yesterday launched his season with a 150-metre win on a track set up at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro.

Dear Editor, This letter is long delayed to allow me to verify certain facts.

Guyana’s Onika George on Saturday placed 10th in the girls’ 13 – 17 50m backstroke event on the first day of competition in the XXVIII CARIFTA Swimming Championships

MELBOURNE, Australia,  CMC- Former 100 metres world record holder Asafa Powell could be out of Australia’s Stawell Gift  today after suffering a tight hamstring on Saturday.

APNU kites: The Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform, David Granger, MP, distributed 150 kites to the children in the East La Penitence area (the Island) on Saturday 30th March 2013.

Dear Editor, At this festive time of the year, as I confine myself to the four walls of my living room in semi-frigid upstate New York, hoping against hope that, with the advent of real spring weather, the weather will warm up, I cannot resist the temptation to embark on that nostalgic trip to relive the fun times I used to have in the balmy temperatures of beautiful Guyana at Easter time.

Food For The Poor (Guyana) Incorporated (FFTP) has donated 91 two-and-a half gallon water bottles and 360 pairs children’s croc shoes to the Ministry of Health to distribute to residents of in the North West District of Region 1 who recently suffered from an outbreak of gastroenteritis which claimed the lives of three children.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – With U.S. business and labor now in agreement, a bipartisan group of senators has resolved all major issues in a pending deal to overhaul the U.S.

(Trinidad Express) Caribbean Airlines (CAL) is reportedly facing what amounts to more than TT$500 million in debt, but in response to an article printed in a weekly publication which alleged that CAL is bankrupt and its board has been attempting to borrow more than TT$100 million from the Government to pay its staff and suppliers, CAL’s corporate communications manager Clint Williams said he could not speak specifically to the article.

Dear Editor, I read from SN’s edition 30th March,  Mr. Christopher Ram’s detailed analysis of the 2013 budget  re old age pension that ”Too many retired businesspersons and even emigrants with the means to live a comfortable life unfairly collect this benefit.”

DALLAS,  (Reuters) – The killing of a Texas district attorney and his wife, in the same county where an assistant prosecutor was shot dead outside a courthouse in January, does not appear to be random, a local official said yesterday.

Last Monday was Budget Day, and I took the opportunity of outlining the budget procedures.

Vere Bird Jr, the elder brother of former prime minister Lester Bird, has died.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC- Former FIFA Vice president Jack Warner says he has nothing to fear following international media reports that he is the subject of a probe by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the United States.

(Barbados Nation) Mothers have been accepting payments, some as high as B$10 000, to end court cases against men charged with raping their daughters.

What separates this year’s budget from recent renderings is the clutch of budgetary measures inclusive of amendments to the tax regime.

This week, we asked persons who make their living in the Stabroek Market for their thoughts on the conditions of the market and their concerns with their trade.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts,  CMC – Out-of-favour Test opener Kraigg Brathwaite was closing on a century as Barbados trained their sights on first innings points on the second day of their sixth round clash with Leeward Islands here yesterday.

Dear Editor, The Ministry of Labour in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO) recently sponsored “A Technical Workshop on the Role of Co-operatives in Nation Building and the Development of SME’s in Guyana”. 

Dr. Maya Trotz is an Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering at the University of South Florida.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States sent F-22 stealth fighter jets to South Korea yesterday to join military drills aimed at underscoring the U.S.

The Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) has emphasised that it does not condone fraudulent activities at any level and it was on this premise that it probed matters at the Mahdia Post Office.

KANDY,  (Reuters) – Opener Kusal Perera hit an explosive maiden half-century off 44 balls to steer Sri Lanka to a 17-run win over Bangladesh in a one-off Twenty20 international in Pallekele yesterday.

The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) on Saturday evening honoured  long serving aviators, pioneers/entrepreneurs, and those that have made significant contributions to the sector but have passed on.