Daily Archive: Tuesday, May 7, 2013

GINA says that the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) today issued a release advising customers of Cummings Lodge, Liliendaal, Turkeyen and A and E Fields Sophia that their water service will be interrupted with effect from today  to May 12.

MUMBAI, India,  CMC – West Indies limited overs opener Dwayne Smith extended his rich vein of form in the Indian Premier League to help Mumbai Indians brush aside Sunil Narine’s Kolkata Knight Riders by 65 runs here Tuesday.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The Dow closed above 15,000 for the first time today and the S&P 500 ended at another record high, extending the market’s rally as more investors rushed to join the party and German industrial data beat expectations.

LAHORE, Pakistan, (Reuters) – Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan injured his head after falling off a mechanical lift raising him onto a stage at a rally today four days before national elections, party and medical officials said.

(Barbados Nation) Over a half ton of cannabis was seized by the Drug Squad of the Royal Barbados Police Force this morning.

Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman on Friday wrote President Donald Ramotar asking about the status of two pieces of legislation piloted by the Opposition and sent to him since February for assent following passage in the House.

QUITO,  (Reuters) – Ecuador removed its ambassador in Peru from his post on Monday over his involvement in a supermarket brawl in Lima, an incident that threatened to sour relations between the neighboring countries.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar last night confirmed criminals were using illegal cellphones in the nation’s prisons to co-ordinate murders and other criminal acts across the country. Persad-Bissessar

CLEVELAND, (Reuters) – Three women who vanished as teenagers about a decade ago were discovered alive in a house in Cleveland, and the home’s owner and his two brothers were arrested, police said today.

(Jamaica Gleaner) American male sprinters have been playing catch-up to their Jamaican rivals in recent years.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Jamaican and Venezuelan governments are to work out a new payment deal under PetroCaribe, which could see Jamaican cement being sold in that market under a special arrangement.

(Trinidad Express) Following the unsolved murders of her husband and father-in- law, a mother now fears for her life and that of her three children.

Guyanese businessman Ed Ahmad was the “associate” who wore a wire for the US feds to gather incriminating evidence against  indicted Brooklyn state senator John Sampson, according to sources used by the New York Post.

John L Sampson, a New York state senator of Guyanese parentage and a former leader of the Democratic caucus, was taken into custody yesterday morning by US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents following a public corruption probe, according to a spokesman for the FBI.

Guyana’s Gross Domestic Product is projected to grow by 5.5 per cent this year, 6 per cent in 2014 and 3.3 per cent by 2018, according to the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) World Economic Outlook released in April.

April 8th, 2013 marked the 20th anniversary of Stabroek News’ first application for a radio licence and to date it has not been successful even though former president Bharrat Jagdeo’s administration handed out a clutch of licences in November 2011 to persons deemed close to him and his administration.

An elderly man was found murdered at Miss Phoebe, Port Mourant, Corentyne on Sunday afternoon after bandits apparently broke into his home.

Squash sensation and seven times Guyanese Sportswoman of the Year Nicolette Fernandes produced yet another giant killing run in her professional career before losing in the final of the Irish Open in Dublin last month.

Both the man who died after allegedly making sexual advances and his alleged assailant are the true reflection of the poor and powerless in society in the Barnwell Squatting Area, Mocha, East Bank Demerara where the tragic incident occurred.

David Miller became the fourth centurion of this edition of the IPL, as he single-handedly kept Kings XI Punjab in contention for a place in the play-offs.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Legendary fast bowler Michael Holding believes the Caribbean Premier League represents an excellent opportunity for the development of professional cricket in the region.

Vice Chairman of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Dr Rupert Roopnaraine is calling for the agreements between the government and Bai Shan Lin to be made public and brought to the Parliament for scrutiny.

(Reuters) – FIFA executive committee member Chuck Blazer was provisionally suspended yesterday, less than one month after he was accused of financial mismanagement in his role as general secretary of the CONCACAF confederation.

The first Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in Berbice was commissioned on Friday at the New Amsterdam Hospital.

Shimron Hetemyer’s brutal 74 helped script a two-wicket win for Memorex XI against Regal XI in a nail-biting finish to the Georgetown Softball Cricket League (GSCL) 12/12 tournament on Sunday at the Everest Sports Club ground.

Four-time Caribbean junior champion Mary Fung-A-Fat as well as former Caribbean under-19 runner up Jason Ray Khalil and 2012 under 19 Caribbean championship runner up Ashley De Groot will headline the Guyana Squash Association Woodpecker-sponsored national junior championships which get underway tomorrow night at the Georgetown Club.

HAMILTON, Bermuda,  CMC – Half-centuries by Pradeep Airee and Sharad Vesawkar helped Nepal beat Uganda by five wickets to secure the 50-overs ICC World Cricket League (WCL) Division 3 title at the National Sports Centre on Sunday.

After days under police guard at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Allan Alston Belle appeared in the District “A” Magistrates’ Court yesterday charged with the slashing death of his estranged wife.

MADRID, (Reuters) – Britain’s Laura Robson and Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro conjured up big first-round upset victories at the Madrid Open when they surprised fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland and ninth-seeded Australian Samantha Stosur yesterday.

Diving fun: Not the Olympics, but these young girls practice their diving skills in a canal at Barnwell, Mocha, East Bank Demerara from where residents obtain water for daily chores such as washing and cleaning.

Sponsors for the inaugural first leg of the recent Digital Technology/ `Chow Pow’ 10/10 Challenge Series, Banks DIH Limited, on Friday presented the winners of the female tournament with their prizes at a simple presentation held at the entertainment group’s office.

A teenager on Saturday escaped from the Rose Hall Town lockups sometime around noon.

Western Tigers FC and Pele FC played to a tame 1-1 draw as the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) National Super League 2012/2013 season continued at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground Bourda on Sunday.

The Indian Commemoration Trust (ICT) on Sunday honoured 104-year-old Sukdiah Mohabir, a first generation Guyanese whose parents travelled from Indian as indentured labourers.

Getting ready for the next wave? Repairs underway at the jetty near the seawall bandstand in Kingston.

Dangerously positioned: This man was spotted running an illegal connection along Front Road, West Ruimveldt yesterday afternoon

(BBC) Left-arm seamer Neil Wagner pressed his claims for a Test place by taking 5-45 as New Zealand cruised to a 107-run win over Derbyshire on the final day of their tour match at Derby.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil plans to hire 6,000 Cuban doctors to serve in remote parts of the country where medical services are deficient or nonexistent, despite controversy over the quality of their training.

A macaw perched atop the rail of a bridge at High and Cowan streets, Kingston yesterday surveying the landscape.

BIRMINGHAM, England, CMC – West Indies discard Brendan Nash finished just short of triple figures in his best ever one-day performance as Kent beat Warwickshire by one run in a tense last ball finish in the Yorkshire Bank 40 here yesterday.

Dear Editor, Please permit me space in your daily publication to comment on a report entitled ‘No short-term solution to the overtopping of the seawall  -say engineers’ appearing in the Sunday Stabroek of May 5.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Experienced batsmen Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj Singh were left out of India’s 15-man squad for the Champions Trophy, the country’s cricket board said on Saturday.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Prospects for passage of a major immigration bill improved yesterday when a bipartisan group of lawmakers in the U.S.

ROME, (Reuters) – Giulio Andreotti, who served as Italian prime minister seven times and whose name was synonymous with political survival and cunning in the land that gave the world Machiavelli, died yesterday at the age of 94.

President Donald Ramotar meets Bollywood playback singer Alka Yagnik at Sunday night’s concert at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter in the Stabroek News of May 5, captioned ‘Scouring of foreshore from the earlier overtopping and severe wind caused the latest overtopping of the sea defences.’

A Guyanese woman late last year was given a reprieve in her bid to gain refugee status in Canada by a judge who set aside the initial denial of her request by the Immigration and Refugee Board after she alleged that she was escaping an abusive husband in Guyana.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – Cuba has launched a legal challenge to Australia’s tobacco packaging laws at the World Trade Organization, the Geneva-based trade body said in a statement yesterday.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – China is using espionage to acquire technologies to fuel its fast-paced military modernization program, the Pentagon said yesterday in an annual report that for the first time accused Beijing of trying to break into U.S.

(Reuters) – The connections of Kentucky Derby winner Orb have already set their sights on trying to complete the Triple Crown after their colt pulled up well from his victory in the first leg.

Dear Editor, Through your columns, Editor, I would like to ask the Minister for Natural Resources and the Environment for clarification after his evasive responses to your reporter about the expansionist Bai Shan Lin (BSL) in our forest sector (‘Bai Shan Lin holds 960,000 hectares of forest,’ Sunday Stabroek May 5). 

Bollywood playback singer Alka Yagnik performing at the Guyana National Stadium on Sunday night (GINA photo)

SAN FRANCISCO, (Reuters) – The bodies of a new bride and four friends who died trapped inside a burning limousine on a bridge over San Francisco Bay were found pressed against an opening between the passenger compartment and driver’s seat, a county coroner said yesterday.

A 2012 survey for the Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) found that Guyanese have a life satisfaction level of 70.7% – higher than Trinidad and Jamaica – and a research paper on the findings said that while corruption victims report lower levels of happiness there was no evidence that perceiving a government as corrupt had an impact on the figure.

(Reuters) – Miami Heat forward LeBron James was named the National Basketball Association’s Most Valuable Player for the 2012-13 season on Sunday.

Dear Editor, Stabroek News of Saturday, May 4, in a news item quoted Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the PNCR and Chairman of APNU Mr David Granger as saying that “Burnham was not responsible for the murder of Walter Rodney.”

A section of the audience at Sunday night’s concert at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

SAN JOSE, (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said in Central America on Saturday that the United States might be able to help relieve that region’s growing energy demands by exporting liquefied natural gas, a move opposed by some U.S.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The officer in charge of the U.S. Air Force effort to curb sexual assault in the military was arrested over the weekend for allegedly grabbing a woman by the breasts and buttocks in a parking lot not far from the Pentagon, officials said yesterday.

MADRID, (Reuters) – Bernard Tomic’s father John told a Madrid court yesterday he had acted in self-defence when he butted a member of the Australian world number 53’s coaching staff in the face at the weekend.

Three weeks on, there have been no arrests in connection with the accident at Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara involving siblings Shane and Tulsidai Prahlad, and which claimed Shane’s life.

Bollywood playback singer Udit Narayan performing at the Guyana National Stadium on Sunday night (GINA photo)

(Jamaica Gleaner) One of Curaçao’s most popular politicians, Hemlin Wiels – a senior member of that country’s governing coalition – was gunned down on the Maripampoen fishing beach outside the capital, Willemstad, Sunday afternoon.

Dear Editor, The campaign to deny Guyana’s late President Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham South Africa’s Order of the Companions of O R Tambo Award, is deserving of exposure. 

Dear Editor, Stella Ramsaroop writes in Stabroek News weekly preaching to the Guyanese public what they should or should not do. 

(SportsDirect) – Kevin Durant had 35 points, 15 rebounds and six assists and nailed the go-ahead shot with 11.1 seconds left as top-seeded Oklahoma City rallied to upend visiting Memphis 93 points to 91 in the opening game of the Western Conference semi-finals at Chesapeake Energy Arena Sunday night.

JERUSALEM/AMMAN, (Reuters) – Israel played down weekend air strikes close to Damascus reported to have killed dozens of Syrian soldiers, saying they were not aimed at influencing its neighbour’s civil war but only at stopping Iranian missiles reaching Lebanese Hezbollah militants.

The Ministry of Public Works is bracing for another round of high tides which began yesterday and will go up to May 12.

(Trinidad Express) JACK WARNER will “keep his options open”, should the United National Congress (UNC) screening committee fail to select him to contest the Chaguanas West seat at the by-election.

It took almost ten years since the passage of the Small Business Act in the National Assembly in 2004 for us to come as close as we now appear to be to the allocation of meaningful financial resources to the development of the small business sector.

The Ministry of Public Works is bracing for another round of high tides beginning today and going up to May 12.